Previewing the NFL postseason picture
Over the next five weeks, fans will be on the edge of their seats, as one game can decide whether a team will spend January fighting for the Lombardi Trophy or on the golf course.
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Over the next five weeks, fans will be on the edge of their seats, as one game can decide whether a team will spend January fighting for the Lombardi Trophy or on the golf course.
After winning the Centennial Conference for the sixth straight year, the Hopkins football team hosted the first round of the NCAA South Region playoffs. The Blue Jays picked up right where they left off in the regular season, facing off against the Randolph-Macon College Yellow Jackets.
The Hopkins women’s basketball team ended their two-game losing streak against the McDaniel College Green Terror with a 75-53 Centennial Conference-opening victory. After Tuesday night’s game, the Jays sit at 18-6 all time in Centennial Conference openers.
The Hopkins women’s cross country team earned its fourth NCAA National Championship in five years on Nov. 19.
So when the dust settles, which schools will have their names called on selection day?
Statistics matter, of course. But it is also important to consider the way in which he has been able to make his teammates better, while displaying poise and grit in crunch time.
This weekend, for the fourth time in program history, the Hopkins volleyball team appeared in the NCAA tournament held at the University of Mary Washington.
The Oakland Raiders were expected to improve, but they had few believers because of their consistently disappointing seasons in recent years. The San Diego Chargers were not expected to be much better than they were during the 2015 season, when they won only four games.
The seventh-ranked Blue Jays completed their fourth consecutive undefeated regular season with a 48-28 victory over the McDaniel Green Terror. With a 10-0 record, the Blue Jays earned their sixth straight Centennial Conference title.
The long hours of training that began in June in preparation for the cross country season proved to be worth it this past weekend, when both the men’s and women’s teams delivered impressive performances.
The Hopkins women’s soccer team turned in two impressive performances in the NCAA D-III Tournament this past weekend at Homewood Field. In the first round, they toppled the Western Connecticut State Colonials 3-1.
This past Saturday, the Hopkins men’s cross country team clinched the NCAA Mideast Regional Championship for the second time in Hopkins history, defeating top seed and conference rival Haverford College by just one point.
I wanted to provide some semblance of analysis on the games which have come to define the recent portion of the NBA slate. The only problem is that I have not been paying attention; Offering commentary on this week in the NBA would be a disservice to those who passionately follow the game.
This weekend was the annual Centennial Conference Volleyball Championship Tournament. Five teams competed for the automatic bid into the NCAA Volleyball Tournament. After going undefeated in Conference play during the regular season, Hopkins was the #1 seed and therefore was able to host the tournament here at Homewood.
Last Friday night was the highlight of the season for the Jays men’s water polo team. In their last home game of the year, the Jays defeated the 18th ranked George Washington University Colonials in what turned out to be a riveting contest. The Jays ended the Colonials five-game league winning streak with a 15-10 win at the Newton White Athletic Center, handing the Colonials their second loss in the Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference (MAWPS) this season.
After a full 90 minutes of play and double overtime, the Blue Jays took the eighth-ranked Franklin & Marshall Diplomats to penalty kicks in the semi-finals of the Centennial Conference Tournament. The final score was 0-0, but the Blue Jays fell short 4-3 in penalty kicks.
The Hopkins women’s soccer team will enter the NCAA D-III Tournament with momentum on their side after emerging triumphant this weekend in the Centennial Conference Championship. On Saturday, they toppled the Swarthmore Garnet 3-1, and the following day they avenged their loss from earlier this season against the McDaniel College Green Terror with another 3-1 win.
This past weekend, the Hopkins Women’s Fencing Team headed to Philadelphia for the 2016 Elite Invitational. The competition was fierce, and the Jays certainly had their work cut out for them facing North Carolina, Northwestern University, University of Pennsylvania, Princeton, Temple and Yale.
LeBron was right: 3-1 leads are spooky. This June the Cleveland Cavaliers came back from a three-game deficit to defeat the Golden State Warriors in the NBA Finals. Then in November, the Chicago Cubs came back from a three-game deficit to defeat the Cleveland Indians and win the World Series.
This season, the 10 teams that reached the playoffs were all exceptional in their own respective ways. However, with impending free agents and various holes opening up on their rosters, they each face major questions heading into the offseason.