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...team. For the second straight year, a final-day loss to Dartmouth derailed the Crimson’s shot at a NCAA Tournament spot—and this year, the Ivy League title slipped away with it.Playing for a share of the championship and a chance at a one-game playoff for the league’s tournament spot, Harvard fell uncharacteristically flat, going down, 64-51, to the Big Green in Hanover, N.H. on March 10.“Unfortunately, in the biggest game of the season, we played our worst,” Crimson coach Kathy Delaney-Smith...
...silver lining to this bad luck was that Harvard head coach Tommy Amaker got to showcase his first-class recruits. Forwards Keith Wright and Peter Boehm filled the holes in the frontcourt, averaging 8.0 and 6.1 points per game, respectively, and guards Oliver McNally and Max Kenyi provided valuable minutes off the bench...
...freshmen gained experience, the Crimson started finding success. Harvard gutted out a 66-60 victory at Penn and prevailed, 72-63, over Columbia before facing Cornell in its last home game of the season. Lin and senior guard Drew Housman each poured in 20 points, and a late defensive stand gave the Crimson a 71-70 win over the tournament-bound...
...Housman’s performance was one of the main ingredients in Harvard’s late turnaround. The senior reached double digits in points in his last eight games, averaging 15.3 points per game over this stretch...
...final game of the season, the Crimson faced a Yale team that had won the last seven meetings. A complete team effort, with four players scoring in double figures, helped Harvard capture a 69-59 win in the final collegiate game for seniors Housman, Pusar, and Harris...