"Obviously we have to win, not only for our NCAA standing, but also for our confidence," Moore said. "A convincing win would be nice."

A victory would ensure a share of second place in the Ivy League standings, which could be crucial come selection-time. If the Crimson was to finish in third, it could be crowded out of the tournament given the large number of talented teams in the league, not to mention the region.

Last season, the Ivy League had four teams receive bids, the second-highest total of any conference behind only the ACC. It is unclear whether the committee would award the league that same number of entries again. In the year before last, just two Ivy teams earned selections; in 1997, the Ivy champion was the league's only representative.

As for this year, assuming neither Dartmouth nor Princeton stumbles this weekend, they will tie for the league title and both would gain entrance to the tournament.

That leaves the future of the conference's likely two second-place teams in doubt. Does the committee take both Harvard and Brown? If the committee decides there is room for only one of them, it would be tough to overlook the Bears' 2-0 defeat against Harvard earlier this season.

Then again, the Crimson has played a tougher schedule than Brown and has also beaten Princeton and Boston College, two teams that defeated the Bears. Harvard is also currently ranked three spots ahead of Brown in the regional rankings.

But Harvard is just 1-4 against teams that were ranked in the Top-25 at the time they played them. Against teams that have been ranked at any point this season the Crimson is 1-6.