Men's Basketball | Pierce's night overshadowed by controversial call in midweek loss
February 4The Tufts men's basketball team simply cannot catch a break.
The Tufts men's basketball team simply cannot catch a break.
On paper, the BCS title game should be one for the ages, with the undefeated and top-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide set to square off against the No. 2 and likewise unblemished Texas Longhorns on Jan. 7. But if you look at both sides' recent results, it isn't hard to see why the Tide is the favorite to come away with its first national championship since 1992.
The idiots who vote for the Heisman Trophy just might make the right decision this year. When the question comes up as to who is the "most outstanding player in college football" (the criteria given by the Downtown Athletic Club to Heisman voters), everyone who seems reasonably knowledgeable about the game seems to be unequivocal in their final decision -- it's Ndamukong Suh (pronounced en-de-ma-ken soo, I think), the 6-foot-4, 305-pound defensive tackle from the University of Nebraska.
Though the season has yet to begin, the Tufts ski team is raring to go. And over winter break, it will get a chance to test its mettle in the first races of the 2010 season.
Coming off an impressive second-place finish at last weekend's MIT Invitational, the men's swimming and diving team will travel to Fort Lauderdale over winter break to continue its training regimen. Over the course of the 12-day trip to Florida, the team hopes to develop group cohesion and endurance, in addition to a dash of historical perspective by spending a few hours at the International Swimming Hall of Fame.
The men's track and field team will return from winter break early to prepare for the start of the spring semester, which kicks off with the first of two Tufts Invitationals on Jan. 16 on the indoor track at the Gantcher Center.
While most Tufts students will spend winter break celebrating the holidays and recovering from the grind of the fall semester, the women's track team will be hard at work preparing for the indoor season.
While the winds thrash and the snow blankets Tufts' campus, the women's swimming and diving team will be in sunny Florida over winter break. For the Jumbos, this trip serves as more of a strength-builder than a luxurious vacation away from the blistering cold of New England.
For the first time in three years, the Tufts men's basketball team will not be taking a trip anywhere out of the region over break. They won't be traveling to La Verne, Calif. for the SCIAC Classic like last year or driving down to Wilkes-Barre, Penn. for the Wilkes Barre Challenge.
Already having experienced a changing roster and a reshuffled lineup due to studying overseas and graduation, the 1-3 fencing team will be faced with more changes as fencers come and go in the next semester.
In a high-paced and physical sport like hockey, momentum is everything. If everything is going right for a team, it can even appear as though the ice is tilted. Lately, things have been going that way for the Jumbos, as they have rattled off four straight wins — just one shy of their longest streak from last year — to improve to 4-2-1 overall.
The nationally ranked No. 19 women's basketball team will face some unique challenges this winter break as it looks to continue its hot start to the 2009-10 season.
Oct. 10 | Football wins Homecoming thriller over Bowdoin. With one deft swing of his left leg, sophomore kicker Adam Auerbach delivered the game-winning field goal in overtime, sending the Jumbos to a dramatic 25-22 victory over NESCAC rival Bowdoin on Homecoming.
For the second straight Tuesday night, the men's basketball team found itself holding a slim lead with under a minute to play. And for the second straight Tuesday night, the Jumbos couldn't hold on, this time losing 64-63 at Plymouth State.
When the Williams men's soccer team got to San Antonio, Texas for the Div. III national semifinals, San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich gave an inspiring speech to the players before their semifinal game. But despite Popovich's words of wisdom, the Ephs could not surprise defending national champion Messiah, falling 2−1 last Saturday.
This past Friday, the 2010 World Cup draw took place in South Africa, setting the stage for sports' greatest spectacle. And given the United States' relatively easy draw, they should be a part of the festivities for a while, even if its team is not a top contender to make it to the final.
It might still be warm down in Texas, but after the Dallas Cowboys' 31-24 loss to the New York Giants, the reality of December's arrival has dawned upon owner Jerry Jones and company once again.
We can all admit it. For all the niceties that are exhibited between the United States and Great Britain, we still kind of resent the English -- at least a little bit. Maybe it is the way they lord Oasis over us or how they claim that their version of "The Office" is better than ours (which, given the latest episodes, might be true), but those pesky former oppressors across the pond always seem to be flaunting their greatness.
For the fourth time in its first five matches, the Tufts women's squash team fell victim to the strength of some of the toughest teams in the nation without winning even a single of the nine matches played.