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This intersection of populism and accuracy in the 2008 Tournament makes the outcome particularly infuriating to experts. Anyone with the ability to count could have predicted the Final Four. In fact, Kelly Evans ’10 did just that, and picked the higher seed in every single game. She’s currently in third place out of 115 entries in the Harvard Sports Analysis Collective’s pool. (This puts her 24 places ahead of yours truly. Ever the non-conformist, I spiced up my bracket with a two seed, Duke, and a three seed, Louisville...
Every year, regardless of what unfolds, the NCAA Tournament always confounds sophisticated prognosticators. A 64-team single elimination college basketball tournament is inherently unpredictable. March Madness, with its frequent Cinderella teams, is a consistent reminder that life has an inexorable chaotic streak, and that there is no way to perfectly divine the future, regardless of how much knowledge and expertise one brings to bear. While we often look back and presume that outcomes were foreseeable, in many circumstances random chance simply has more influence than reason can account for. Take, for example, Russell Pleasant, who beat out more than...
...hockey team. With a 4-1 victory over the No. 16 Crimson (17-14-4) on March 22 at the Times Union Center in Albany, N.Y., the No. 15 Tigers (22-13-0) ended Harvard’s season and extended their own, clinching the ECAC tournament title and the accompanying NCAA bid. While Princeton lost 5-1 to No. 1 seed North Dakota in the Midwest region in the first round, the Crimson spent a second consecutive spring break without any NCAA hockey to look forward to. “We didn’t finish it off exactly...
...games, one could certainly say that the No. 16 Harvard (17-13-4) men’s hockey team is on a roll. Its latest victory came March 21, as the Crimson rolled over archrival No. 20 Cornell (19-14-4) in the semifinals of the ECAC championship tournament. “This is great,” Harvard coach Ted Donato ’91 said in a postgame press conference. “But our guys came here with one thing in mind, and that’s to win the ECAC.” Despite this mindset...
...college wrestling, the Big Ten spells trouble.Iowa, Ohio State, and Penn State claimed the top three spots last weekend at the NCAA Championships in St. Louis, Mo., leading a Big Ten group that overwhelmed the field with 10 teams in the top 17.Sending only two grapplers to the tournament, the Harvard squad had little interest in the team competition. But freshman Corey Jantzen (141 lbs) and sophomore J.P. O’Connor (149) felt the sting of the dominant conference, both falling to Big Ten opponents.O’Connor, ranked third in the tournament and harboring legitimate hopes...