Word: tourneys
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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When bids to the 1984 National Invitational Tournament (NIT) are released next Monday. McLaughlin and his crew hope to find the Crimson's name among the 32 teams who will receive invitations to the prestigious tourney...
...Crimson lost its shot at an automatic berth in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) tourney-the nation's premiere postseason basketball event when Princeton edged out Harvard for the Ivy League title by sweeping its games with Yale and Brown last weekend Harvard, which lost to Cornell on Friday but defeated Columbia on Saturday, finished one game behind the 10-4 champion Tigers, who with their title are headed for the 53-team NCAA extravaganza...
Racquetmen Peter Dinneen, undefeated this season prior to his Class C final loss to Ullman, won the tourney's sportsmanship award...
What's wrong with that, you ask? The Tigers just happen to be leading the tourney, and by all accounts, they would like to keep it that way. Furthermore, fourth-place Cornell's coach is the second man on the committee, and he's not likely to donate points to the Harvard Championship Fund either. Hence the problem...
Weekend sweeps from both the Crimson and the Tigers will force a single playoff game at Yale's Payne Whitney Gymnasium Tuesday for the title and accompanying tourney berth...