Around the Ivies
Week Four To Test Ivy Squads
About 45 minutes before last Saturday’s game, we asked where we could get a bite in town. The locals were very friendly to their Harvard visitors, but after a solid 30 seconds of thinking and conferring between the three people running the student give-away table, they couldn’t really think of any place for us to go.
Ancient Eight Keeping Kosher
Well, that’s not entirely true. But as it so happens, this year, the start of 5772 coincides with some of the first meaningful games of the Ancient Eight season.
Ivy Title On the Line This Weekend
Three teams—three-and-a-half if you count Dartmouth—have a shot at killing the dreams of a title hopeful. Penn has a crack at Harvard tonight and Princeton next Tuesday, and the Tigers and the Crimson throw down tomorrow evening, likely for the top spot in the conference (the Big Green also has a statistically insignificant chance at beating Princeton tonight).
Weekend Challenge Ahead
After overcoming an 11-point halftime deficit to snatch a thrilling comeback victory against Brown and enduring a heartbreaking one-point loss at Yale on last weekend’s two-game road trip, the team returns to Lavietes Pavilion this weekend, where it is 12-0 this season.
Ancient Eight Locals to Meet
The Bears did the Crimson a big favor last weekend by beating league-leading Princeton, and perhaps the neighborly thing to do would be to show Brown some gratitude. But I won’t, because in my experience, neighbors are rarely neighborly.
