Several Dramatic Finished in Premier and D1AA Brackets at CRC
The weather wasn't especially cooperative, but the CRC 7s kicked off with plenty of action.
A Look at those CRC Men's Brackets
NCR's CRC has its brackets set.
With four men's divisions all on single-elimination, starting strong will be at a premium for these teams. Let's take a look at who might be the favorites, or the teams that could shake up the pecking order.
Big E Memorial Invitational Celebrates a Fallen Teammate, and a Cause
March 28 sees a 7s tournament and a 15s exhibition at Bolden Stadium in Columbia, SC to celebrate a former USC Gamecock rugby player.
Erik "Big E" Elken was a beloved teammate and an intense competitor for University of South Carolina. Last year he was dealing with a hip injury and eventually got an MRI to look at the cause.
College 7s Qualifiers: Hoosiers Happy
Indiana won the Yellow Rose Showcase 7s over the weekend to clinch a place in the NCR CRC 7s this spring.
IU ran the table beating, among others, Texas A&M, Southern Nazarene, and Harvard.
The 38-7 scoreline in the final against SNU is an indication of how strong this team is.
Yellow Rose Showcase Offers Early Cross-Border 7s Qualifier in Texas
The New Year sees the NCR college schedule shift from 15s to 7s, and a series of tournaments leading up to the CRC event April 24-26 in Maryland.
This 7s schedule includes a series of automatic qualifiers. Some of these are a bit more local in nature, but others push to get as many competitors from around the nation. One of the latter type is the Yellow Rose Showcase.
