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Last night, in the considerably smaller playpen of the IAB, Wagner's infant basketball program threw away its swaddling clothes. The Seahawks defeated Harvard 82-73, outscoring the Crimson 44-29 in a second half comeback...
Three years ago Wagner was a Division Three college with an innocuous basketball program. Then the decision was made to move up to Division One. Carlesimo was hired and he brought players named Ciampaglia, Aponte, and DiDonna to the Grymes Hill gymnasium framed by the span of the Verrezano Bridge...
...Wagner was now playing wide-open, hard rebounding basketball, though, as the Crimson press proved ineffectual. Ruben Jimenez picked up a three-point play for a 71-66 Wagner edge with seven minutes remaining and the cagers were never to contend for the lead again...
...over the Crimson Tide in the annual Thanksgiving tournament bruited the name of Wagner throughout the basketball world. "It was a great opportunity for us," say Carlesimo, "it was such a big upset that both AP and UPI picked it up nationally...
After all these years in the ranks of the unknown, though, success caught one Wagner team a little off its guard. One of the assistant coaches walked out of the deserted IAB, paused for a second in surprise, and mused "Hey, this is a famous place. It's been a great win." WAGNER FG FT REB PF AST TP DiDonna 6-10 2-3 6 3 1 14 Lewis 5-11 0-0 5 3 0 10 Dillard 0-0 0-1 2 1 3 0 Aponte 8-13 1-2 6 4 3 17 Jimonez...