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Immediately after Princeton hit the shot the first thing our point guard, Oliver McNally, did was drop to the floor to avoid the Princeton fans coming in from the stands. He ducked his head down towards them the way you do when a wave is coming at you, or if you’re a ball-carrier playing football and somebody bigger than you is heading your way; but when no one made direct contact with him—he wasn’t the main source of attraction—he fell out of balance to the floor, and then he lay there, and then he got up.
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ECAC men’s hockey doesn’t get much better than this.
Because no remaining team could string together two consecutive victories in the best-of-three ECAC quarterfinals, today’s four games pose a very clear ultimatum: win or go home.
The action begins when Harvard faces off against No. 18 Dartmouth at 4 PM. So far, the series has been tightly contested. Harvard held on to win, 3-2, on Friday night, but Dartmouth evened the series with a 2-1 overtime victory yesterday.
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With the entire campus caught up in basketball fever, some of Harvard’s other winter sports are due recognition as well: in particular, the Crimson men and women’s fencing teams, who are heading to Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., this Sunday to compete in the NCAA regional championships. Last year Harvard qualified the maximum of 12 fencers for national competition and is hoping to repeat the feat this year.
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Even in what an anonymous senior has called "possibly the jokiest semester at Harvard yet," the Crimson’s athletes often have to rely on hearsay and history to find light courses with their already busy schedules. Team lists, Facebook threads, and text messages are all used to balance the demands of critical coaches and courses.
When picking comfortable concentrations, less jarring general education courses, or easy electives, some teammates may flock to seniors and captains for how to navigate through arguably the most challenging curriculum this country has to offer.
Some 3,000 miles away, in the calm repose of California, Stanford’s athletes have been lucky enough to go to a school which does this for them.
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Each Thursday, The Crimson will compile a series of unique statistics about Harvard's sports scene. Welcome to the Magic of Numbers—without the problem sets. We'll do the math for you.
10: The number of athletes from Harvard women’s swimming and diving team who earned All-Ivy League Honors.
9: The number of athletes from the Crimson men’s swimming and diving team who received All-Ivy League Honors.
23: The number of wins the Harvard men’s basketball team has posted so far this year—a program record.
41: The number of times the Crimson men’s hockey team has qualified for the quarterfinals of the ECAC Tournament since its inception.
6: The number of athletes from the Harvard field hockey team who earned a selection to the 2010 Gladiator by SGI/NFHCA Division I National Academic Squad.
1,285: The number of career points scored by senior forward Emma Markley of the Crimson women’s basketball team. She is eighth on the all-time Harvard leader board.
