Word: duked
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Blue Devils dunk, then run fast breaks with graceful 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...
Harvard's ability to compete closely with Duke came not from a sense of apathy or anticipation of an easy victory against an Ivy League team. The Blue Devils played hard, and they played well. The contest developed into an intense emotional struggle. At several points during the game, the atmosphere proved hectic enough to spark some minor physical confrontation...
...performance as a team has gelled over their last three contests. During the longest and most gruelling road trip of the season, to Columbia and Cornell, Harvard split over the weekend, losing to the Big Red only in the game's final seconds. With their stellar show against Duke, the cagers enter this weekend's crucial Ivy contests--against league leaders Brown and Yale--with a sense of confidence they have not experienced for quite a long while...
...There's no question that if we play like we did against Columbia, Cornell and Duke that we can win this Friday and Saturday," McLaughlin said. "But we can't just leave here and say, 'Boy, we're going to win...The only thing that I'm concerned about is an emotional... letdown...
...coming razor-close to dunking Duke, Harvard has proven itself--once and for all--a team to be taken very seriously in league competition. Co-Captain Monroe Trout seems to have recovered from his nagging injuries. McLaughlin has discovered new depth in the backcourt by granting adequate playing time to freshman Keith Webster. For these reasons--and some more--Harvard's season record of 7-9 (3-3 in the Ivies), is a bit deceiving...