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A Crimson victory today would put Harvard in tomorrow night's championship game against either St. Lawrence, Dartmouth, or Vermont, with the winner gaining an automatic berth in the 12-team NCAA tournament. Harvard would play in the tournament consolation game earlier tomorrow with a loss. All games will be...
The Crimson is also the Ivy League champion, and on the strength of those results garnered three automatic and three wild-card bids in this weekend's tournament.
With fewer games this season as a result of the sport's recent move to NCAA status, Harvard needs to beat both Brown and Massachusetts to be considered the top team in the east and gain the region's automatic berth in the ECAC championships.
The bottom line is that the team who captures the ECAC tournament this weekend will essentially be guaranteed a berth in the NCAA Frozen Four. Although there is no official automatic berth on the line, the ECAC championship should be as hotly contested as ever this season.
Well, too bad. The Ivy's automatic bid to the tournament is no one's birthright. And this league needs some shaking up.