Columbia will play the loser of the Arizona State-Cal State Fullerton matchup in an elimination game Sunday.
Italy, who finished next to last in their first-round group and then upset Germany in an elimination game, edged out Greece 62-59 in the last quarter-final.
The major reason obviously is a single-game elimination in which they may have to use their ace starting pitcher, making him unavailable until Game 3 of a five-game division series.
New York also avoided elimination with a Game 7 win versus Washington in the second round.
So a new playoff round, either a best-two-of-three or a single game elimination, may well happen.
So are the Boston Bruins, the defending Stanley Cup champions, who staved off elimination and forced a Game 7 by beating Washington 4-3 in overtime Sunday.
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Now, after allowing 28 points on 20 turnovers, the Nets trail the Bulls 3-1 with the series heading back to Brooklyn where they'll be facing elimination in Monday's Game 5.
But the Pacers have pushed four-time MVP LeBron James and his high-scoring, high-profile teammates to the brink of elimination by punching back, and Game 6 followed a familiar story line.
By the middle of the week, a decision was made to postpone the games of that weekend until the weekend following the last scheduled regular season game, with the elimination of the bye week prior to the Super Bowl.
One round later, Miami lost a home Game 5 of the East finals to Boston, then went on the road for Game 6 and got a virtuoso 45-point night from LeBron James to stave off elimination before coming home and winning a nailbiter of a Game 7 to advance.
Daniel Paille scored the tiebreaking goal with 3:31 left in the third period after defenseman Johnny Boychuk got the Bruins even earlier in the frame and Boston put the Rangers on the brink of elimination with a 2-1 victory in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinal series on Tuesday night.
The next challenge for Brooklyn is avoiding elimination when the series shifts back to Barclays Center for Game 5 on Monday.
The only way to do that is to win Game 7 and avoid a second straight playoff elimination at the hands of the Heat.
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With their elimination Monday, they have now lost nine series in which they held a two-game lead.
Anthony scored 28 points and the Knicks avoided elimination in the Eastern Conference semifinals with an 85-75 victory over the Indiana Pacers in Game 5 on Thursday night.
With the Yanks down 3-0 in the American League Championship Series and facing elimination Wednesday, A-Rod was not in the starting lineup against righty Max Scherzer before the game was eventually rained out.
In the day's other game, Nigeria's Super Eagles need a win against Ethiopia to be sure of avoiding early elimination from the finals.
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