Word: playoffs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Though hopes for a post-season playoff berth in the NCAA tournament seemed virtually obliterated after the Princeton loss, a pair of wins this week could brighten the Crimson hopes and send Harvard back into control in New England. (The Bruins and Crimson both both have three losses on the season...
...slimmest of margins, a Harvard playoff berth once again may be feasible...
Still, the chance for reprieve remains--a sweep of the Crimson's five remaining league games, this weekend and next, would leave them at 10-4 in EIBL competition, guaranteeing at least a tie for the league title and a postseason playoff berth...
...then Brown (the University) suddenly stunned Brown (the pitcher) and Harvard with a five-run seventh inning to come from behind and take the first game, effectively shorting out the already dimmed Crimson playoff hopes...
...gives Harvard a 16-12 overall record and a 5-4 record in the crucial Eastern League standings. "We're not mathematically out of it yet." Stenhouse said yesterday, surveying his team's chances for a playoff berth. "It's going to be tough, but if we win the rest of our games and with a little help from the other teams in the league we may still get an invitation...