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...they squared off against a Harvard Crimson team who was making only its third-ever trip to the NCAA Tournament; the same Crimson that had lost its two previous tournament games by an average of 21 points; the same Crimson no one paid any attention to, including Stanford...
...dominant 35-point, 13-rebound effort from co-captain and Kodak All-American Allison Feaster, Harvard became the first 16th seed in the history of the men's or women's NCAA Tournament to defeat a No. 1 seed, stunning Stanford to the tune of a 71-67 upset in front of a live television audience on ESPN. With one night's work, Harvard entered the realm of prime-time college athletics behind an emphatic and deafening charge whose effects are still resonating nearly three months later and probably will continue to do so for many months to come...
...Beating Stanford] gave me a glimpse of what big-time basketball is all about," Miller said. "A lot of us passed up scholarships to some pretty good schools to come to Harvard, and maybe we could have experienced this before, but there's nothing like experiencing it with the Harvard basketball team, especially because we play for the love of the sport...
...conference record and a third consecutive outright Ivy League Championship--the first Ivy team ever to win three consecutive outright titles--the Crimson was given a 16 seed for the second straight year. And despite leading by as many as 12 points in the first half versus Stanford, Harvard found itself trailing by three with under three minutes to play, and it seemed as though the Crimson's threat of an upset would remain just that--a threat...
...spectacular defensive plays by Feaster and two clutch buckets from junior co-captain-elect Suzie Miller helped Harvard end the game on a 9-2 run and oust the Cardinal from the post-season. The run began when, after a missed shot by Feaster, Stanford sophomore point guard Milena Flores grabbed the rebound and fired a pass upcourt to Honorable Mention AP All-American Olympia Scott, who would have had an uncontested lay-up at the other end that would have put Stanford ahead by five...