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...fourth-ranked Crimson has emerged from an upset-marked NCAA second round as the tourney favorite. The nation's top three teams--Indiana, Virginia and SMU--all fell in last weekend's action, as did fifth-ranked South Carolina. Harvard, the only undefeated Division I team in the nation, cannot meet another top 10 team until the semifinal round...

Author: By Jennifer M. Frey, | Title: Booters Favored to Reach Final Four | 11/25/1987 | See Source »

...Indiana, Virginia, and SMU--the nation's top three teams--were upset in second-round NCAA Tournament action Sunday, leaving number four Harvard the top-ranked team left in the playoffs. Clemson knocked off first-ranked Indiana, Loyola, Md., ousted Virginia, and San Diego dumped...

Author: By Jennifer M. Frey, | Title: Crimson Booters to Host Adelphi in NCAA Quarterfinals | 11/24/1987 | See Source »

...three Senate Republicans who signed the majority report are Rudman, Maine's coolly independent William Cohen and Virginia's Paul Trible, whose unrelenting pursuit of the arms-money trail surprised Administration loyalists. But other Republicans felt the final product was, in Utah Senator Orrin Hatch's words, "too political." Claims Henry Hyde, the fiercely partisan Illinois Congressman: "The majority report is polemical in the extreme. It is impossible to sign." He argues that the report ignores what he believes was the true intent of the arms deals: to seek better relations with Iran. The majority report, in fact, cites various...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Where The Buck Finally Stops | 11/23/1987 | See Source »

North Carolina has been the hottest team in the country in the past two weeks. The Tarheels upset Clemson, second-ranked Virginia, and North Carolina St. to earn the Atlantic Coast Conference title and an automatic bid to the NCAA tourney, where they knocked out Duke...

Author: By Jennifer M. Frey, | Title: Sour Grapes in the Aftermath of an Overtime Thriller | 11/20/1987 | See Source »

They dropped their semifinal match to a top-seeded West Virginia team...

Author: By Jonathan S. Cohn, | Title: Sports Wrap | 11/16/1987 | See Source »

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