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Twenty-One Points, Five Points . . . Who's Counting?

The Basketball Notebook

In this category, Cornell will have the toughest time, playing only two of its last six showdowns at home.

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A few interesting notes before Penn and Princeton invade Briggs this weekend. Harvard swept the Quakers and Tigers on the road for the first time ever earlier this season.

Therefore, if Harvard takes a sweep this weekend, it would mark the first time in history that Harvard went 4-0 in the same season against the Ivies' most feared teams.

Furthermore, a victory over Penn would make it Harvard's first sweep of the Quakers in the same season since 1941-42. The only other time Harvard swept Penn in The same season was the year before, 1940-41.

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Still more: A victory over Princeton would make it the first time in history Harvard has taken four straight from the Tigers and would mark the first time the Crimson has swept the Tigers in consecutive years.

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With all this talk of sweeping. Harvard's fans ought to bring some brooms to this weekend's games.

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The winner of Friday's Harvard-Penn confrontation--slated for 7:30 p.m.--will become the favorite to wrest the Ivy crown.

But Quaker fans won't get much of a chance to see the game since Harvard has refused to allocate any visitors tickets.

Speaking of tickets--which are reportedly going quickly--students can pick them up tree at the Harvard Athletic Ticket Office.

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Iromeally this could be the biggest weekend in McLaughlin's eight year's here for several reasons.

A sweep of Penn-Princeton would not one vault McLaughlin's charges into the lead in the race for the Ancient Eight crown, but also would vault McLaughlin into the 100 Club.

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