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...Crimson didn’t get that chance. Instead Princeton was the team to earn a No. 4 seed—the Ivy League’s highest seed since the field expanded to 48 three years ago—in a six-team NCAA Regional. The lack of an Ivy title, however, didn’t detract from this young team’s achievements...
...field were expanded to eight teams, the percentage would be well above the 20 percent rule of thumb at 27.6 percent. But a six-team tournament, with a participation rate of 20.7 percent, would be just right...
Moreover, from a travel perspective, the Lake Placid experience has just become more burdensome. While there always will be the solid contingent of great hockey fans from the North Country at the tournament, Lake Placid is nine hours away from Princeton, five-and-a-half from Boston. The six-team format will now induce another set of fans to try and make the long trip, with now two supporters guaranteed to face a major disappointment in hauling out all that way to see their team play once. At least now, four-of-five sets of fans are guaranteed...
...conditions that awaited in the wind-tunnel that was the Charles Basin. Particularly when conditions are erratic, the work of the crew becomes essential for success. Kikuchi, Bonney, and Yu took nature’s challenge in full stride and guided Harvard with grace through yesterday’s six-team round robin...
...idea definitely not being entertained (though favored by this writer) is a merger with the U.S. major leagues, creating, say, a six-team Japan Division. Thus those stars who wanted to test themselves against big-league competition would not have to move all the way to North America to do so, and fans would be able to see all the great players in the world up close and live. "It's totally impossible," says Yomiuri's Watanabe, citing a list of reasons: higher travel costs, the shift that would be required from a system of corporate sponsorship...