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An Observer
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Date Posted: 09:41:02 03/17/25 Mon
In reply to:
M3
's message, "Re: Women’s Ivy Madness" on 07:17:34 03/17/25 Mon
M3,
Whether there are 7 teams in the Ivy League or 8, there is no comparability at all between placing three teams into the NCAA women's tournament and only one team into the men's.
It is often said that men's/boys' lacrosse and women's/girls' lacrosse are two completely different sports that happen to use the same ball.
In terms of qualifying for their respective NCAA tournaments, men's and women's basketball are two completely different sports. And they don't even use the same ball.
As you know, the women use a smaller, lighter ball to account for their smaller, DJT-sized hands.
The Ivy League cannot realistically hope to be a two-bid conference on the men's side. Our self-imposed academic restrictions make that impossible.
The women's field is much, MUCH weaker than the men's. In terms of on-the-court competitiveness, the NCAA women's tournament should really have a 32-team bracket. But for the sake of political correctness, the NCAA matched the men's size of 64. And then to add to the ridiculousness, when the men went to 68, the women went right along even though 64 was already too large.
Don't compare the Ivies' three bids on the women's side to our sole Yale bid on the men's side. Apples to oranges. Or more aptly, it's like comparing apples to tomatoes.
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