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Harvard was not among the 32 teams selected last night to participate in the 1984 National Invitational Tournament (NIT...
That fact brought to a close the season that had apparently ended with the final buzzer in Harvard's 88-77 win over Columbia more than a week ago. But a campaign led by Harvard Coach Frank McLaughlin to earn his squad its first-ever NIT bid left a flicker of hope in Cambridge that a season reprieve...
...candle burned out, though, when the NIT executive committee released its invitations last night...
...weeks later, though, the Crimson came within three points of toppling ACC power Duke, in an 89.86 performance that has not escaped the NIT committee's attention. That demonstration was one of only four losses--three of them by three points or less--in Harvard's last 14 games, and the Crimson's power down the stretch came despite a mid-February injury to Bob Ferry's foot that kept the star junior guard on the bench for two games and limping for four more...
Asked how he felt the Crimson would line up against NIT squads. Bender responded. "It how they played against us was indicative, they'd be a very worthy competitor...