Go Green
PhD Student
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Age: 52
Reg: 04-22-10
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05-02-18 07:58 AM - Post#256274
In response to flinder
I think we have trouble attracting players because (a) we're a rural school, (b) the campus is perceived as conservative, and (c) we haven't won an Ivy title since 1960. How do you overcome those three factors until you actually win with a group you've got? Somewhere along the line, the team has to overachieve; when was the last time Dartmouth did that? The Sea Lonergan years?
I would be shocked if this is an issue today.
And I don't know what definition you are using for "overachieve." Arguably, we overachieved this past season given the hand we were dealt.
If you mean "last time we were a legit threat for the title" was the late 1990s with that Boyd-Buth-Gee-Harris-MacG innis starting five. Unfortunately, we didn't have anyone good on the bench and were not able to finish games (worth mentioning that the guys on the bench were products of Furstenberg raising the AI).
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