Word: jadwin
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...January, at the Tigers' Jadwin, it seemed that the team could will itself to win, despite the odds and the defending league champions. The next night, at the Quakers' Palestra, the burden of history, and the curse of not being able to win on the road, fell away--for a while...
Ironically, when the cagers finally beat Princeton at Jadwin Gym a year ago to end a 25-year drought there, the Tigers showed their classless stripes and refused to shake hands with the Crimson after the game. Now Harvard has sunk to that level...
History, the odds, and the highly partisan crowds at the Tigers' intimidating Jadwin Gym and the Quaker's awesome Palestra were, to say the least, not in the visitors 'favor...
...adversity didn't end there,either. Going up against the godfather of Ivy League coaches. Pete Carril,and the raucous . Tiger fans in cavernous, chilly Jadwin,for a while it seemed the Crimson just couldn't get a break...
Harvard has never overcome the Jadwin and Palestra jinxes in a single season, but they've never has such a good shot. Tonight and tomorrow, in the cradle of Ivy League basketball, the Crimson hopes to make history...