Word: cinderella
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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What the South Regional lacks in Cinderella value, it makes up for in quality--witness tonight's St. John's-Maryland duel, one which carries all the promise of being an NCAA Tournament classic...
...What the South Regional lacks in Cinderella value, it makes up for in quality--witness tonight's St. John's-Maryland duel, one which carries all the promise of being an NCAA Tournament classic...
While Stanford's loss and the defeats of countless other teams (Valparaiso was a particularly painful disappointment), Southwest Missouri State has been keeping me going. They face Duke this weekend, so for my bracket hopes to stay alive, their Cinderella run must end. But their unexpected success is the point of March Madness. It's no fun if everything goes according to plan; we all love rooting for the underdog and watching him succeed. This attitude mostly has to do with basketball, but it also has to do with the time of the year--it's spring, and pleasant surprises...
...what better than a white knight for this Cinderella team, I mean, chapel? Southwest Missouri State will probably lose in the next round of March Madness, but their tournament will have been a success. The Swedenborg Chapel deserves a more permanent victory, and Harvard can help it avoid a final foreclosure. Susannah B. Tobin '00 is a classics concentrator in Lowell House. Her column appears on alternate Thursdays...
...understand why people can get excited about a Cinderella team upsetting a high seed in the tournament. And I can even understand if Dicky V. gets a little manic as he analyzes the last few seconds of a close game...