Word: harvardization
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...What Harvard did best, however, was shoot. Accurately. Deadly. The team opened the second half by nailing its first nine field goal attempts, an assault that left the Crimson with a comfortable 1-point advantage...
Poised sophomore guard-forward Don Fleming, Harvard's top scorer last year, led the attack in the first half with 13 points, including seven in a row. He finished tied for the game's scoring lead with 21--despite fouling out with more than a quarter remaining...
History will note that 5-ft. 9-in. freshman Calvin Dixon scored his first points in a Harvard uniform on a high arching 18-footer with 3:10 left in the first half. They will not be his last...
Less flashy, but just as important, was the way Harvard cleared the boards against a team that had a front line measuring 6-ft, 11-ins., 6 ft. 8 ins., and 6-ft. 5-ins. Captain Bob Allen, the squad's only senior, tied forward Tom Mannix with six rebounds, and Allen also hit five for five from the floor...
McLaughlin not only liked seeing those 1000 people enjoying themselves in the bleachers--he viewed them as a potential weapon. "If we fill this place up when Penn and Princeton come in here, this will be a real pit." At least someone sees a silver-lining in Harvard's most embarrasing facility...