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S8 March 30, 2012 Game #8-800: Pennsylvania Quakers at Harvard CrimsonFebruary 25, 2012 7:00 pmLavietes PavilionBBState Stats/Recap "May I, composed like themOf Eros and of dust,Beleaguered by the sameNegation and despairShow an affirming flame." -September 1st, 1939, W.H. AudenI don't know Zack Rosen, the man. I ... [more]

2. The Impossible Triad (Harvard vs. Brown)

S8 March 29, 2012 Game #8-479: Harvard Crimson at Brown BearsJanuary 28, 2012 6:00 pmPizzitola Sports CenterBBState Stats/RecapThe Pizzitola Sports Center is a bizarre place to watch a college basketball game. It is a low-slung, wide building from the outside, connected to Brown's hockey rink next door. Inside, the s... [more]

3. The Drought

S8 March 27, 2012 Game #8-791: Brown Bears at Harvard CrimsonFebruary 17, 2012 7:00 pmLavietes PavilionBBState Stats/RecapAs Harvard and Brown lined up for the National Anthem on a mild February Friday night at Lavietes Pavillion, you could easily spot the disparity that became the story of the Bears' season. Harvard... [more]

4. Basketball Succeeds Where Hockey Has Not

S8 March 26, 2012 Game #8-787: Harvard Crimson at Boston University TerriersDecember 10, 2011 4:00 pmCase GymBBState Stats/RecapBoston University is a hockey school. That much is immediately clear after walking into BU's sparkling Agganis Arena. Agganis, and the dorms beside it, opened in the heart of BU's campus in ... [more]

5. A Mile High And Louder Than Hell

S8 March 17, 2012 Game #8-768: Montana Grizzlies vs. Wisconsin BadgersMarch 15, 2012 3:10 pmAlbuquerque, NMBBState Stats/RecapDrive past the University Arena on the campus of New Mexico, aka The Pit, and it doesn’t look so fearsome. The low-slung, one-story structure sits on a plateau overlooking the valley south of ... [more]

6. Harvard`s Final Exam

S8 March 17, 2012 Game #8-767: Harvard Crimson vs. Vanderbilt CommodoresMarch 15, 2012 5:40 pmAlbuquerque, NMBBState Stats/Recap “I am not afraid. I’m actually rather curious. Usually in life, you know how things are going to happen. You can imagine even in great detail what the dentist is going to do to you, what yo... [more]

7. The Last Stand of the Tigers

S8 February 25, 2012 Game #8-620: Princeton Tigers at Harvard CrimsonFebruary 24, 2012 7:00 pmLavietes PavilionBBState Stats/RecapWatching the Princeton-Harvard game last night, I couldn't help but be reminded of one of my favorite movies, Die Hard. At the end of Die Hard, after our hero John McClane has against all odd... [more]

8. When Nobody Cares Who Gets the Credit

S8 February 24, 2012 Game #8-613: Yale Bulldogs at Harvard CrimsonFebruary 18, 2012 7:00 pmLavietes PavilionBBState Stats/RecapSometimes, it takes an outsider to provide a new perspective on this game we love. I've seen, either in person or from afar, every game Harvard has played this season. I've seen the Crimson triu... [more]

9. The Power of Narratives

S8 February 12, 2012 Game #8-554: Harvard Crimson at Princeton TigersFebruary 11, 2012 7:00 pmJadwin GymnasiumBBState Stats/RecapPrinceton basketball. The name instantly conjures up visions of backdoor cuts, low-scoring games and teams that won with ruthless execution rather than talent. Our consumption of sports is bui... [more]

10. A Throwback Revival at the Cathedral

S8 February 11, 2012 Game #8-547: Harvard Crimson at Pennsylvania QuakersFebruary 10, 2012 7:00 pmThe PalestraBBState Stats/RecapImagine a drill sergeant yelling at you in your face. Then imagine that you are in a tiny room, and the noise reverberates and crashes. Then multiply that by 8,000.That was what the Palestra w... [more]

11. Home Court Advantage

S8 February 5, 2012 Game #8-505: Columbia Lions at Harvard CrimsonFebruary 4, 2012 7:00 pmLavietes PavilionBBState Stats/RecapAs I walked into Lavietes Pavilion with 1:30 left to go in the first half of Harvard's clash with Columbia, I thought to myself that, all things considered, things had gone very well. I had plan... [more]

12. The Benefits of Youth

S8 January 28, 2012 Game #8-474: Harvard Crimson at Yale BulldogsJanuary 27, 2012 7:00 pmJohn J. Lee AmphitheaterBBState Stats/RecapFor any fan of Harvard basketball, it only took stepping one foot inside the John J. Lee Amphitheater in New Haven, Connecticut for the memories to come flooding back. Harvard’s twin last ... [more]

13. Harvard at Yale 1/27/2012

S8 January 28, 2012 Game #8-469: Harvard Crimson at Yale BulldogsJanuary 27, 2012 7:00 pmJohn J. Lee AmphitheaterBBState Stats/RecapFor any fan of Harvard basketball, it only took stepping one foot inside the John J. Lee Amphitheater in New Haven, Connecticut for the memories to come flooding back. Harvard’s twin last ... [more]

14. That Defining Moment

S8 December 9, 2011 Game #8-210: Harvard Crimson at Connecticut HuskiesDecember 8, 2011 7:00 pmHartford Civic CenterBBState Stats/RecapIt happened right in front of me. The famous Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges once wrote that there is “a single moment—the moment when a man knows forever more who he is.” While sma... [more]

15. The Power of Success

S8 December 4, 2011 Game #8-183: Seattle Redhawks at Harvard CrimsonDecember 4, 2011 2:00 pmLavietes PavilionBBState Stats/RecapTwo years ago, as a freshman, I made the trek across a frozen Charles River to Lavietes Pavillion for my first Harvard basketball game. On that blustery December night, the Crimson beat Rice b... [more]