Don't forget Bob Hooft (many feel McLaughlin often did), who led Harvard in Ivy scoring (14.4 avg.) enroute to nailing down the runner-up slot behind Banks in total scoring (12.6 avg.) and rebounding (5.1) for the second straight season. Despite rarely starting, the junior swingman wowed enough Ivy coaches with his roller-coast rides down the lane to earn All-Ivy honorable mention.

More Than Baseball

Then there was super-soph Mike Stenhouse who proved he could do more than just hit a baseball by popping in 17 points against Northeastern and then duplicating this career high with some final-second IAB heroics against Dartmouth.

Mix in Frank Konstantynowicz, a pesky guard with an Oscar-calibre ability to draw offensive fouls; forward Mark Hadley, who could be an Ivy star were it not for stone-hands; The Stabilizer, senior co-captain Gary Ackerman--and the dye was cast for a turnaround.

But it took a giant among tall men to spearhead the stretch drive, and junior playmaking wizard Glenn Fine did the job, leading the Ivies in assists while earning a second-team All-Ivy berth with tenacious (52 steals worth) play.

Most important of all, thanks to Frank McLaughlin's revitalizing presence in 1977-78, Harvard basketball fans are no longer an endangered species.