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The Cloud Over Yale vs. Duke Basketball
The Bulldogs' missing captain reminds us how inadequate colleges' approach to sex-assault cases can be.
March madness.
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Among this year's March Madness upsets, 12th-seeded Yale defeating fifth-seeded Baylor stands on its own. It was the Bulldogs' first tournament appearance since 1962, and their first-ever tournament win in four chances. Yale will now take on defending champion Duke in a contest of academic titans that is being billed as the "preppy" matchup -- or, more frankly, "the Insufferable Bowl."
But despite the seeming improbability of Yale making it even this far, the elephant in the room is a former Bulldog: recently dismissed Yale captain Jack Montague.