Overheard: Harvard senior sub Ryan Chew to Crimson Coach Mike Getman before entering the UConn game late in the second period: "I only score in the close ones, Mike."

Getman: "Well this is pretty close."

Classic Mistake: Apparently the Huskie fans aren't aware that Latin is no longer a required course at Harvard.

When the Crimson crowd shouted the familiar "Goalie...Sieve" taunt during the first half of Sunday's contest, one UConn fan turned to his neighbor and asked: "What are they yelling?"

The deluded Huskie supporter replied: "I don't know. I think it's in Latin."

Heeling the Devil: Last year's champion Duke Blue Devils--who defeated Harvard, 3-1, in the 1986 semifinals--have already been eliminated from the NCAA tournament. The Tarheels of North Carolina burned the favored Devils, 2-0, in first-round action last weekend.

North Carolina has been the hottest team in the country in the past two weeks. The Tarheels upset Clemson, second-ranked Virginia, and North Carolina St. to earn the Atlantic Coast Conference title and an automatic bid to the NCAA tourney, where they knocked out Duke.

Where'd everybody else go?: Harvard, which played the New England Championship a week early to accommodate this Saturday's Yale game, is the only tournament team without an NCAA contest this weekend.