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Harvard (22-5, 13-1) closed out its best Ivy season since the 1996-97 undefeated team at the expense of the Big Green (11-16, 7-7). The Crimson, which clinched the outright Ivy title and an automatic NCAA berth last Friday, will now will await the tournament selection...
At last, with a resounding 77-65 victory over Yale on Friday night, the Harvard women’s basketball team clinched the Ivy League championship and earned a trip to the NCAA tournament. The Crimson boasted the nation’s first automatic bid this year.
The NCAA selection show will be broadcast live on ESPN next Sunday at 5 p.m. at which time 33 at-large teams and 31 automatic qualifiers will discover their tournament seedings and pairings. The first round games of will be played at 16 host sites throughout the nation on March...
Nevertheless, Harvard heads into next weekend’s series as favorites once again. Despite the team’s best efforts, the Crimson has a legitimate shot to advance to Lake Placid and even make a run at an ECAC Championship and an automatic NCAA Tournament birth.
At press time, there were 14 conferences that lacked a team still eligible for the automatic berth with a higher RPI than Harvard’s. This puts Harvard in solid position for a 13 seed..