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...April 19, Harvard will journey to Princeton to face the Tigers, which despite four losses to Harvard--including in the Henley finals--was considered second-best in the country last year...
February 4: The Big Green embarrases Harvard in the first half in Hanover; the Crimson manages only 28 percent shooting from the floor while being outscored 44-25. Harvard stages a gutsy second half comeback but still loses by 11, spoiling yet another spectacular individual performance by Keffer (whose 28 points figures second-best in the all-time Crimson record book...
From the not that it means anything, but file: the Crimson has an 8-1 record against Brown when the game is played in a year ending with 5. This is tied for the second-best winning percentage after years ending with 0 or 1. Harvard is 8-0 in those situations. The only '5' loss came in 1955, when Brown posted a 14-6 victory over Harvard...
Plus, the Cardinals have the advantage of going home, where they had the second-best record in baseball this season and where they swept the Dodgers in the playoffs after losing the first two games in Los Angels...
...NCAA cligibility requirements, the tournament was organized on an individual--and not team--basis. Nonetheless, an unofficial compilation of individual results showed the Crimson had the second-best team performance behind Clemson...