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For most Harvard teams lucky enough—and good enough—to make their respective NCAA tournaments, the announcement of the brackets is an event unto itself. Players and coaches gather ceremoniously round the television and, on pins and needles, await their collective fate together—unless...
Yesterday afternoon, the Crimson (17-6, 7-0 Ivy) barely spared enough time to catch the ESPNews broadcast revealing that the squad had earned the 16-seed and the first two regional rounds would be played on Harvard turf at Beren Tennis Center.
Both the Harvard men’s and women’s tennis teams capped off their seasons with Ivy titles—and thus both squads earned berths into the 2004 NCAA Tennis Championships.
Harvard bid on both tournaments, which would be held at the Beren Tennis Center should the Crimson recieve them.
Some experts contend that no amount of marketing can boost golf and tennis. Like basketball in the late 1970s, they say, the sports need a rivalry like Larry Bird vs. Magic Johnson to capture fans' imagination. After all, tennis peaked in the 1970s, when John McEnroe, Jimmy Connors and Bjorn...