bradley
PhD Student
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11-26-17 10:33 PM - Post#237997
In response to HARVARDDADGRAD
Fortunately, it is very early in the season and perhaps, several of the IL teams will perform better as the non-conference season continues on. Brown, Cornell and possibly Penn will get better over time which will be a plus for the league. Harvard may also go off on a good winning streak and try to get a bid irregardless of the IL Tournament, unlikely but you never know. At the end of the day, the major excitement for the IL regular season will probably be which team finishes fourth like last year.
It makes sense for a good to very good IL team to play a very competitive non-conference schedule in order to secure an invitation without winning the IL Tournament and hope that the other IL teams play competitively in non-conference action. The other play by a coach might be to simply develop your team during non-conference play in order to peak for the March weekend and be less concerned about non-conference wins/losses.
Legitimate questions regarding the IL Tournament would become somewhat muted if the league improves enough to truly have two representatives.
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