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Fifty. Funny he should mention it. Because 1980 marks the 50th anniversary of the IAB's construction. Harvard historians have had little difficulty verifying that, but the best records available indicate the shiny new IAB opened on Dec. 13, 1930, when the Crimson dealt Holy Cross a 35-22 defeat...
...university nearly obsessed with records, anniversaries and the like, isn't it a little surprising that this landmark has gone by unnoticed? Not at all, because the IAB is an embarrassment and everyone knows it. Men's hoop coach Frank McLaughlin says of the Harvard administration: "They recognize we can't keep playing in the worst basketball facility in the country...
Perhaps that's an overstatement, but the IAB is no bargain. Fans must walk up four long flights of stairs to the court. Maximum capacity is about 1600, smallest in the Ivy League, and that does not mean 1600 seats. More like bleachers which are pulled out for games. Not exactly the big time...
However the location issue is resolved, one thing is certain: this weekend Bob Allen, the team's senior captain, will be taking his final bows on the creaky floor of the IAB. A three-year veteran, and the only senior on the squad, Allen arrived the same year as coach Frank McLaughlin, who says of his field leader: "I suppose our careers have been sort of parallel; we've had our ups and downs, but we hope to end this season with two wins...
...soft-spoken South House resident, he's "looking forward to taking two." He notes that the team is 6-2 at the IAB, and he believes that the fourth place Bruins (Friday night, 8 p.m. on WHRB, and Channel 25) and third place Elis (Saturday night at 8 p.m. on WHRB) stand ripe for upsets...