NCAA Tourney Notes

The Harvard men's soccer team has at least a week until it knows its NCAA tournament destiny.

The tournament pairings will not be announced until Monday, November 14, at 6:30 p.m. in a national conference call between coaches, media and the selection committee. Thirty-two teams qualify; the field is filled out with at-large teams after automatic bids are given to certain conference champions, somewhat like the NCAA basketball tournament selects its teams.

Action begins November 20 at 16 campus sites around the country.

"From what I understand, teams are pretty much paired up within their regions, at least in round one," senior captain Pepper Brill said. If one had to guess, the likelihood of the 5-8-2 Crimson facing 16-0-1, number-one Boston University in its opening