Word: seeds
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...will probably always be a problem for these kinds of projects. But even some conservatives are realizing that being tough on crime for the past three decades hasn't reduced the disproportionate number of criminals coming from certain areas. The Department of Justice now backs about 300 Weed and Seed programs nationwide, some in areas as small as a few square blocks. Police, prosecutors and neighborhood-watch groups collaborate to weed out the drug dealers and other undesirables, while public and private social-service providers seed the area with wholesome extracurricular activities, new community centers, job counseling and beautification projects...
...Crimson may not be playing one of the tourney’s top four seeds, but it may have drawn the next-toughest thing in the Terrapins. The defending champions began the ’06-’07 at the top of the national rankings, but its four conference losses this season have dropped them to the sixth spot in the nation. Maryland is coming off a loss to North Carolina—a number one seed in the tournament’s Dallas region—in the semifinals of the ACC Tournament...
...that improbability will become reality Sunday, when Harvard (15-12, 13-1 Ivy) will take on defending national champion Maryland (27-5, 11-4 ACC) in the first round of the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Tournament. The Crimson is a 15-seed and Maryland is the second-ranked team in the tourney’s Dayton regional bracket. Tip-off is scheduled for 2 p.m. at the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, Conn., and the game will be televised on ESPN and ESPNU...
...Crimson’s placement as a 15-seed was surprising given the team’s abysmal nonconference showing—Harvard went 2-11 before tearing through the Ivy League. Tournament experts projected the Crimson as the lowest-possible 16-seed, which would have given Harvard a matchup with one of the tournament’s four top-ranked teams: North Carolina, Tennessee, Connecticut, or Duke...
...didn’t pay much attention to ‘Bracketology’ or the coverage, but I thought we were a 16 [seed] all the way,” Crimson coach Kathy Delaney-Smith said. “But I’m thrilled to be playing the national champions...