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Despite a second half that saw the Crimson (20-9, 11-3 Ivy) outscore Syracuse (23-10, 7-9 Big East), there was already too big of a hole for it to matter. Harvard fell in the first round of the WNIT, 86-67, Thursday night at Manley Field House...
...loss in the first round of the CollegeInsiders.com Tournament left the Crimson’s seniors with a disappointing conclusion to their collegiate careers, and its rookies with a sense of what postseason basketball so often entails for Ivy squads—games on the road against bigger and quicker teams...
...team event in 1985. "I love the tournament now," says Anthony. "I loved it when there were 48 teams. I loved it when there were 32 teams. And I'm going to love it if and when it becomes 96." (See the top 10 NCAA tournament first-round upsets...
...good those two teams were," says Thompson. "Those kids deserve to be in the tournament as much as anybody. I asked myself if I would want to play against them, and I said hell no." Old Dominion won that game and faces Notre Dame in the first round on Thursday; William & Mary was forced to settle for a spot in the NIT, one of the consolation tournaments...
Despite such noble sentiments, expanding the tournament would still be a mistake. Sure, the NCAA could squeeze a few extra dollars out of the television networks by adding an extra round of games. But schools could also lose money if an expanded tournament devalues the regular season to the point that they sell fewer tickets to those games, or if television networks don't pony up as much dough to broadcast battles in January and February. "I don't think it's good for the game," says Martelli, one of the few coaches who have come out against the expansion...