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Every year, regardless of what unfolds, the NCAA Tournament always confounds sophisticated prognosticators. A 64-team single elimination college basketball tournament is inherently unpredictable. March Madness, with its frequent Cinderella teams, is a consistent reminder that life has an inexorable chaotic streak, and that there is no way to perfectly divine the future, regardless of how much knowledge and expertise one brings to bear. While we often look back and presume that outcomes were foreseeable, in many circumstances random chance simply has more influence than reason can account for. Take, for example, Russell Pleasant, who beat out more than...
...can’t win them all.Splitting its road matches last weekend, the Harvard men’s volleyball team (7-10, 4-4 Hay) slipped back to .500.Although the Crimson snapped its four-game losing streak against Sacred Heart (6-12, 1-7) last Friday with a 3-1 victory (26-30, 30-20, 30-24, 30-16), Harvard could not overcome NYU (19-6, 7-1), falling to the Violets for the second time this season, 3-0 (30-24, 31-29, 31-29).“It definitely ended on a poor note with the loss...
Entering the western region on a two-game losing streak, Harvard dramatically ended their losing ways by winning a 10-9 thriller over Concordia University...
...Harvard men’s lacrosse team mounted a late rally to chase Penn March 22 but ultimately took a 12-10 loss in its Ivy opener, spiking the Crimson’s four-game win streak.“When you’re playing behind the whole game and you’re playing way too much ‘D’ its going to catch up with you,” senior midfielder Zach Widbin said.After a 5-0 Quaker run in the third period, Harvard muscled four goals in the final frame, fired eight shots...
This past week the Harvard women’s lacrosse team (7-2, 1-1 Ivy) notched two wins, stretching its winning streak to four games, before falling on Saturday.On March 22, the Crimson defeated Brown (2-5, 0-1), 14-13, in its first game of Ivy League play. The following Tuesday, Harvard captured another win, 13-10, against Vermont (5-3), before seeing its streak end with a 14-6 loss to Yale (7-3, 2-1).YALE 14, HARVARD 6The No. 14 Bulldogs were too much for the Crimson in the final game of spring break, opening...