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Ivy W. Hoops a Complex Picture

As it turned out, the weekend's events left all three Ivy frontrunners in exactly the same position. Dartmouth, Harvard, and Penn each lost once, leaving the Crimson and the Quakers still tied for second behind the Big Green.

As the season now enters its final week and a half, no team can afford to take anything for granted.

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Another loss by either Harvard or Penn could effectively make a league championship an impossibility for both teams. Additionally, should the Big Green run the table in its final three games, it will claim the Ivy title outright.

Of the two teams breathing down Dartmouth's neck, only Harvard has the ability to control its own destiny. While the Quakers have already played the Big Green twice, the Crimson takes on the Ivy pole-sitter in both teams' last regular season game.

When Harvard travels to Hanover on Mar. 7, it will face a much different Dartmouth team from the one it upended at home back in January. After that defeat, the Big Green went on to win its next eleven games.

That winning streak was snapped just this past weekend, as Princeton shocked Dartmouth 64-51on Saturday. The loss came one night after Harvard had survived an injury to sophomore point guard Jenn Monti to outlast the Tigers, 47-43.

The loss to Princeton aside, Dartmouth has made great progress since its loss to Harvard.

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