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Harvard, whose non-Ivy schedule and longest road trip of the year comes to a close here tonight, is a decided underdog to Duke, the King of the ACC and the nation's sixthr-ranked team...
...weeks later, though, the Crimson came within three points of toppling ACC power Duke, in an 89.86 performance that has not escaped the NIT committee's attention. That demonstration was one of only four losses--three of them by three points or less--in Harvard's last 14 games, and the Crimson's power down the stretch came despite a mid-February injury to Bob Ferry's foot that kept the star junior guard on the bench for two games and limping for four more...
...proficiency. The team competes against the best talent in the country, game in and game out, and has gained national recognition-Duke is ranked 25th in the country. Sopomore Dawkins is thinking about going pro. And playmaker Tommy Amaker--he collected 10 assists last night--is touted as the ACC's best freshman...
Compared to the omnipotent ACC, the Ivy League seems to be dwarfed into obscurity For these reasons, Harvard's dramatic and inspiring effort is something to be considered highly unexpected, if not extraordinary...
...Blue Devils don't really care how much confidence the Crimson has. Their only concern is that a member of the Ivy League--a league dwarfed by the ACC--almost upset and humiliated them...