Knight said that he was exceptionally pleased with the play of Green, Laskowski, and sophomore guard-John Kamstra. "When the sophomores and freshman come into the ball game late in the first half, that's when we started moving the ball," he said.

Harrison compared Indiana to North Carolina, explaining that both teams had such good personal that they could substitute freely without giving anything up.

The tenacious defense made it difficult for Harvard to run its new offense. "The Indiana defense was so light that it forced us out of our patterns," Fitzsimmons said after the game. The Crimson looked best when it was running its fast break.

Indiana plays its game in the 17,000 seat Assembly Hall which was completed last year, 12,330 people, a small crowd by Hoosier standards, turned out to watch Saturday's season opener for both squads. Assembly Hall was constatnly in bedlam as the Hoosier fans went wild whoever an Indians player scored a basket or brought in a rebound, At halftime, Indiana's brass hand played and a girl in a sequin costume twirled a baton at midcourt.

Throughout the game, a group of 35 cheerleaders performed carefully choreographed routines, hoping to further excite the already wild Indiana fans. However, local observers were not impressed by the crowd performance.

"If you think this is something, you ought to the Indians fans at high school games during tournament time," one local reporter commented.

Harvard's Indoor Athletic building holds a capacity of 1400 people.

Harrison said that he was "disappointed but not discouraged" by Saturday's game.