If it seems odd to be considering the potential demise of a team that was on a four−game winning streak heading into last night's game against the Cleveland Cavaliers and is closer to creeping up on the team with the second−best record in the West, the Dallas Mavericks, than giving up a playoff spot, that's because it is.
9 - Members of the men's swimming and diving team who qualified for the NCAA National meet when the qualifiers were announced on midnight this Monday. Sophomore Owen Rood leads the pack of Tufts swimmers with a No. 2 seed in the 50-yard freestyle and also was seeded seventh in the 100-yard free. The Jumbos also earned the sixth seed in two separate relays — the 200-yard medley and freestyle — while senior Rob Matera qualified on the diving board and hopes to earn repeat All-American honors.
It wasn't her best performance of the season, but sophomore Nakeisha Jones did enough to come in first in the triple jump, leading the women's track and field team to its best finish in the ECAC Championships since the 2006−07 season.
There were at least a few moments on Saturday evening in Union, N.J. when it appeared that the women's basketball team might be able to give powerhouse Kean a serious case of March Madness.
In its final weekend to qualify for nationals, the men's track and field team's distance medley relay (DMR) did more than that: It set a new school record by running an impressive 14 seconds faster than it did last weekend to hit the automatic qualifier for the NCAA Championships.
During spring training, hope springs eternal for all 30 MLB teams, regardless of their chances of contending in the coming season. Such is life at the Baltimore Orioles camp in Sarasota, Fla., even though the O's finished the 2009 campaign with the worst record in the American League (64−98).
In this weekend's College Squash Association (CSA) Individual Championships, the country's best talent will travel to Trinity College to compete for an individual crown. Among the competitors, juniors Alex Gross and Valerie Koo are expected to make the trip to represent Tufts in bracket play, which is divided into divisions based on individual national rankings.
Despite a season−ending 6−2 loss to Middlebury College in the NESCAC Tournament quarterfinals, the Tufts ice hockey team finished with its best campaign in nine years and a conviction that next year will be even better.
The NESCAC announced its all−conference selections in men's and women's basketball on Wednesday, and the Jumbos were prominently represented. A look at Tufts' honorees:
Kansas, Kentucky and Purdue, the former top three teams in the nation, were upset in a matter of 36 hours this past weekend. First, No. 2 Kentucky went down on Saturday afternoon, followed hours later by No. 1 Kansas. Then No. 3 Purdue scored only 44 points on Sunday afternoon and turned in one of its worst performances in recent memory. When all the rubble had settled, Syracuse had established itself as the No. 1 team in the nation. However, with the 2010 NCAA Tournament only weeks away, no team has truly emerged as a favorite.
Every year, no matter who is playing well or what teams seem to be dominating the NBA, there is always debate over who should win the Most Valuable Player (MVP) award for the league.
Last year, the Middlebury men's basketball squad enjoyed one of the best years in the program's 92−year history. The team — which was led by NESCAC Player of the Year Ben Rudin — had cruised to its first conference title in school history and headed into the NCAA Tournament ranked No. 9 in the nation on the strength of a 24−3 record.
Outside of the awesome Phoenix Suns hat I lost when I was five, the first memories I have relating to sports all occurred in 1994. I was six then, and attended the first three sporting events that I can recall.
For the red, white and blue, the Vancouver games were a magical run. Team USA had successful results across the board, from Nordic combined to ice hockey, ending up with 37 total medals, a Winter Olympics record. It was also the first time the United States has led the medal count in the winter games since 1932 in Lake Placid. The Daily takes a look at the top five American athletes at the center of the success.
The 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics contained all the excitement, heartbreak and pride necessary to make it an instant classic. Now that one of the most successful and ground−breaking Winter Olympics of all−time has drawn to a close on Sunday, the Daily takes a look ahead at the 2014 Olympics, to be held in Sochi, Russia.
In the Olympics, just like any other sporting event, there are favorites and underdogs. Some countries have established reputations of winning in figure skating and bobsled, while others are happy just to come away with a medal. During the 17 days of competition in Vancouver, streaks were snapped, and upsets were plentiful. Here are the five biggest surprises of the 2010 Winter Games.
Sidney Crosby's game−winning goal in overtime Sunday night in the gold−medal final of men's hockey against the United States was the exclamation point to two weeks of exciting Olympic action at the 2010 Vancouver games. An Olympics that started on a somber note with the tragic death of Georgian Nodar Kumaritashvilli in a luge practice run gone awry ended in jubilation for the hometown fans, who had been longing for hockey gold ever since Canada last took first in the event eight years ago.
As part of a historic day for the NESCAC, the women's basketball team was awarded an at−large bid to the NCAA Tournament yesterday afternoon by the tournament's selection committee.
The Tufts men's swimming and diving team started its season with one date above all circled on its calendar: this weekend's 12th−annual NESCAC Championships, held at Williams College in Williamstown, Mass. After finishing only 237 points behind the Ephs at least year's tournament, the 24 Jumbos competing at NESCACs had high hopes that this would finally be the year that they would break through and claim their first−ever conference title.
For the ski team, the regional race usually serves as a measuring stick for the team to end its season. But for junior captain Brian Bresee, the Eastern Regional Championships from Feb. 20−21 at Waterville Valley in New Hampshire were simply another stepping stone.
