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...mentioned thus far is a conference tournament. Most will point to years like this as examples for why such a venture would be unjust. What if Penn were to win the league by five games, only to be knocked off in the conference tournament and have some unworthy squad steal the NCAA bid?I look at this year as a perfect example of why it is necessary. The reasoning is simple. Consider the following two scenarios.The Quakers coast for the final five games of league play, get rusty, and fail to wake up until they trail a major conference team...
Stehle scored eight of Harvard’s first 10 points out of the break, getting the team going with a three-pointer, a steal that led to a breakaway layup, and a feed to senior center Brian Cusworth that aroused Harvard’s student section into chants of “defense...
...deal. Just 55 seconds remained and the Crimson lead was still four. All Harvard needed to do was stay strong with the ball, fend off Princeton’s desperation attempt at a steal, and then absorb the foul. If anything went wrong, the Crimson still had both timeouts as escape valves...
...start the game. Harvard took its first lead soon after the intermission, pulling ahead 31-30 on a fast-break bucket from senior swingman Mike Beal off a feed from Stehle. Beal then put a cap on a dominant 16-3 run with a steal and a breakaway dunk that opened the lead...
Instead of fouling, the Tigers maintained their swarming full-court defense in the hopes of coming up with another steal. Attempting to find an open man in the backcourt, junior guard Jim Goffredo had his pass deflected and stolen by Conway with 20 seconds left. Determined not to let Princeton’s captain beat them again, several Crimson defenders hounded Greenman, only to have him find an open Savage for the winner with two tenths showing on the clock...