Cornell, preseason Ivy co-favorites with Harvard, could find itself in a heap of trouble if it doesn't rebound soon, beginning this weekend when it travels to...Columbia.

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Cornell, despite last weekend's debacle, has replaced Penn as the Ivy League's most feared team at home. But Harvard's no pushover at home, either.

Since Briggs Athletic Center opened three years ago, the Crimson is 27-8 at home. In the last two years alone, Harvard is 17-4 at Briggs.

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From this week's trivia category comes this fact: only two Harvard cagers have started every game in the last two seasons.

Senior Joe Carrabino is the obvious pick, but junior Pat Smith is the surprise.

Like Carrabino, the ever-reliable Smith has started 37 straight games.

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THE NOTEBOOK'S NOTEBOOK: After 11 games last season, Harvard was 5-6...Junior Arne Duncan leads the team in steals (15), but he also leads in turnovers (36)...Junior Bill Parkerson became Harvard's first casualty of the new year last week when he landed on freshman Bill Mohler's foot in practice. He stretched some ligaments in his right ankle and has been out of commission since. Lucklily for Harvard, he's expected to be back soon. The 5307 fans that saw the Penn-Harvard game two weekends ago at the Palestra in Philadelphia were more than Harvard had played in front of in its 10 previous games combined.

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