March Memories: Harvard-Princeton
True college basketball fans know March Madness is already well underway. And, as someone who loves the beauty of the bracket, I like to imagine the conference tournaments as dozens of little brackets funneling into the big bracket.
Right now, the America East Conference Finals are on my TV. Stony Brook is looking for their first ever NCAA tournament bid. They've won the regular season title three times but never the conference tournament for the autobid. That led me to hunt for a great America East appearance in the NCAA tournament...which led me to Vermont-SU 2005...which I am not going to submit SU fans to, despite how awesome that win was for the Catamounts, objectively speaking.
Instead, let's go to the one of the greatest non-tournament win-or-go-home games from recent years, the Harvard-Princeton one game playoff in the Ivy League, the only remaining conference that doesn't hold a conference tournament. In 2012, Harvard and Princeton were tied at the end of the regular season so they had to play one more game. Harvard was the favorite. And watching at the time, we thought they probably needed to win to get into the bracket. This is how the game ended:
Poor Harvard! As it turned out, they did get an automatic bid to the tournament. They lost in the first round, but pulled off an upset last year in the tournament. Harvard is back in the bracket again, and will be a tough first round opponent.
Love that game. And I love the little conference tournaments. Happy March!
Right now, the America East Conference Finals are on my TV. Stony Brook is looking for their first ever NCAA tournament bid. They've won the regular season title three times but never the conference tournament for the autobid. That led me to hunt for a great America East appearance in the NCAA tournament...which led me to Vermont-SU 2005...which I am not going to submit SU fans to, despite how awesome that win was for the Catamounts, objectively speaking.
Instead, let's go to the one of the greatest non-tournament win-or-go-home games from recent years, the Harvard-Princeton one game playoff in the Ivy League, the only remaining conference that doesn't hold a conference tournament. In 2012, Harvard and Princeton were tied at the end of the regular season so they had to play one more game. Harvard was the favorite. And watching at the time, we thought they probably needed to win to get into the bracket. This is how the game ended:
Poor Harvard! As it turned out, they did get an automatic bid to the tournament. They lost in the first round, but pulled off an upset last year in the tournament. Harvard is back in the bracket again, and will be a tough first round opponent.
Love that game. And I love the little conference tournaments. Happy March!
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