Tufts is a proud member of the NESCAC, which, contrary to popular belief, does not stand for Never Expect Sports Championships At Colby. In fact, the New England Small College Athletic Conference houses some of the most successful teams in all of Div. III, including six 2008-09 national champions — Williams women's tennis and rowing, Trinity squash, Middlebury women's cross country, Amherst women's ice hockey and Bowdoin field hockey — and the top three schools in the Director's Cup — Williams, Middlebury and Amherst. Now when someone asks you why you went to school in the Northeast (because don't lie, it wasn't the weather or the raging parties), you can inform them that Tufts belongs to the country's best Div. III conference. So take a trip through the 10 other schools that share a conference with the Jumbos — institutions you will come to know and hate in your time here. With all the success, we figure that the stands should be filled with more than eight fans.
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