Word: beaulieu
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...team played on the fourth floor of the Indoor Athletic Building (now the Malkin Athletic Center), which could not even pass for a poor high school gym. Because there were so few basketball courts at Harvard, Beaulieu wasn't even able to practice every...
...team's attitude angered Beaulieu--he claimed that only one player on both the varsity and freshman teams was serious about basketball...
...team's strategy angered Beaulieu even more--Harvard had a deliberate game plan, which focused on setting up the open shot and placed no emphasis on the transition game. This didn't, and couldn't, appeal to talented athletes accustomed to displaying their impressive skills. Beaulieu claimed that most of the talented players at Harvard didn't play for the varsity team, but instead preferred to play the more informal style of intramurals...
...Beaulieu seems to resurrect the question of whether a competitive basketball program, nationally or locally, can exist at Harvard," David Dalquist wrote in The Crimson in September...
Jack Reardon's efforts in the last 12 years have gone a long way to ensure that Joe Beaulieu remains a remnant in the history of Harvard athletics...