UNH faces tough task at Villanova
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The University of New Hampshire football team will have its hands full when it travels to Villanova today for a pivotal Atlantic 10 matchup.
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When the University of New Hampshire opened the season with a 34-17 win over Division 1-A Northwestern in Evanston, Ill., coach Sean McDonnell considered the result a mixed blessing.
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Jay Wright has heard this before. The Villanova coach is in his third season at the Wildcats&#39; helm, and this is the third time he&#39;s heard that the Big East is in decline.
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George Mason arrives in Worcester to play Holy Cross tomorrow night as a 4-4 team. Jim Larranaga is doing his best to coach 'em up, but the final result will be out of his control. A coach can provide the blueprint for success, but either the players figure things out or they don't, and thus far they ...
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Although a bid to the N.C.A.A. tournament remains a longshot, Connecticut clinched a spot in the Big East tournament and improved its overall record to a respectable 17-10.
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From a standings perspective, last night's regular-season finale didn't mean anything. New Hampshire already had wrapped up the Hockey East title and the No. 1 seed in next weekend's conference tournament, and Boston College had wrapped up the second seed. Each team also knew the identity of its quarterfinal opponent, with the Wildcats set to face No. 8 Providence and ...
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Harvard figured out how to limit the effectiveness of Vermont's star players last night. But the Catamounts were resourceful enough to take a 2-1 win on Dean Strong's goal 3:25 into overtime in a nonleague game at Bright Center.
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The New Jersey Institute of Technology menâs basketball team has not been able to overcome substantial obstacles and has lost more games than all but two N.C.A.A. Division I teams.
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Virginia faces a tough task Sunday, needing a victory over undefeated Duke on the road to avoid an 0-4 start in the ACC.
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It&#39;s hard to imagine, but the league that gave us college basketball&#39;s last two national champions is about to get a lot better.
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The University of New Hampshire was expected to beat Providence in the first game of their Hockey East best-of-three quarterfinal series last night. The tournament's top-seeded team and the fourth-ranked team in the country, the Wildcats won the regular-season conference title and almost everyone expected them to dispatch eighth-seeded Providence almost just by taking the ice.
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Northeastern and Providence, two struggling teams, came into last night's encounter at Matthews Arena looking for an improved performance. The Huskies accomplished their mission, dominating the Friars, 6-0.
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The status-seekers in menÂs college basketball juggle national exposure, money and the disadvantage of playing top-ranked opponents on the road.
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For almost 30 minutes last night at Matthews Arena, the Northeastern men's basketball team offered a glimpse of "Billy Ball," the fundamental play first-year coach Bill Coen has brought to the Huskies.
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UNH (8-2) vs. MAINE (5-5) When, where: Tomorrow, 1 p.m., at Orono, Maine. TV, radio: None. Last season: UNH won, 47-27. Comments: UNH will be looking for a repeat of last week's 62-24 victory over Towson, which enabled the Wildcats to take over first place in the Atlantic 10 North and earned earn them a No. 5 ranking in Division ...
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Harvard was sharp; Northeastern self-destructed. That was a bad combination for the Huskies, who suffered a demoralizing 41-14 defeat at Harvard Stadium yesterday, and a good one for the Crimson, who kept an undefeated season going.
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The result of Saturdayâs game against Rutgers offered some respite for a troubled Connecticut team that is accustomed to being not only a Big East power, but also a national contender.