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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not a grad of any Patriot or NESCAC school but Patriot League schools would mop the floor with Amherst and Williams in football, basketball, and hockey. Less funded Olympic sports are a toss-up. Not one in LAC lane and most Ivies have the legacy of Holy Cross. HC is the only school that can claim 2 basketball titles 1 NCAA in 1947, NIT in 1950s. Holy Cross also has NCAA Championship trophy for baseball in 1954 with their 2025 baseball team competing against UNC and Oklahoma this past spring. Their men’s crew team is usually ranked in top 20 and men’s hockey is decent. HC doesn’t shy away from top,competition with football playing Northwestern, BC, Navy, Army, Syracuse and UCONN. Agree some of their other Olympic sports are underfunded. Currently 4 HC grads playing in NFL, 1 grad a star pitcher in MLB. In summary their history is fantastic for a select LAC with 3,200 kids. Trivia tidbit, Holy Cross football is undefeated vs mighty Georgia Bulldogs-3-0 with the three games in late1930s and early 1940s. Finally HC Football played UMiami in mid 1940s Orange Bowl. Only HYP can rival their high visibility and HC is the oldest non- Ivy rival of HY, Dartmouth and maybe Brown(URI). Storied athletic program at HC.

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The Holy Cross booster is really tedious. Who cares about sports from 1954? It's not relevant or interesting.

I think Holy Cross is a great place, but the booster undermines it as a serious option with all this antiquated minutia.

Plus, OP did not ask about any Catholic schools. Holy Cross may play non-Catholic schools, but there are a lot of (non-Catholic) students who - for perfectly acceptable reasons -- would prefer not to attend a school like Holy Cross, with its strong Catholic culture.[/quote]

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