"Those guys stay with their system,'' said Allen. "It's unusual, with mis-directions and back doors. But at the same time, it's the same system they used when we beat them in the Palestra.''
Do not make the mistake of thinking that Harvard has "backed into'' this NCAA bid. The idea is to play a full 14-game schedule, and Harvard wound up with the best record. The Crimson did what they had to do, and they have nothing to do with an Ivy League scheduling quirk that allows travel partners Penn and Princeton to escape that final back-to-back game on the last weekend by playing Game 14 the following Tuesday. If anything, that places the other six teams at a competitive disadvantage.
So it's done. Harvard gets to enjoy its first Selection Sunday. The last time Harvard went to the tournament, the news arrived by carrier pigeon.
Do not make the mistake of thinking that Harvard has "backed into'' this NCAA bid. The idea is to play a full 14-game schedule, and Harvard wound up with the best record. The Crimson did what they had to do, and they have nothing to do with an Ivy League scheduling quirk that allows travel partners Penn and Princeton to escape that final back-to-back game on the last weekend by playing Game 14 the following Tuesday. If anything, that places the other six teams at a competitive disadvantage.
So it's done. Harvard gets to enjoy its first Selection Sunday. The last time Harvard went to the tournament, the news arrived by carrier pigeon.
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