Harvard has learned its opponent for its first NCAA tournament game in 66 years, but that news might not even be the biggest of the day for Tommy Amaker and his staff.
The story of how the Harvard men's basketball team reached Tuesday's milestone involves far more than just a 19-man roster that went 26-4 during its regular season.
After falling just short of its first NCAA tournament appearance in six years last season, the No. 15 Harvard men’s lacrosse team went out and reloaded.
If Harvard loses the Ivy title, the Red Sox 2011 season will no longer be Boston’s biggest sports disaster of the year. Because, as Ricky Bobby would say, “if you’re not first, you’re last.”