Dartmouth didn't have its big man from last year, Duke transfer Crawford Palmer, but it still got 10 and 11 points, respectively, from Stan Kowalewski and Brian Gilpin inside. Throw in 19 points from Lonergan and 15 from captain Gregg Frame, an the Dartmouth offense doesn't seem that bad at all.

The difference between last season and this lay instead with Harvard's players. Start with captain Tarik Campbell. After a miserable shooting performance last December in Hanover, the senior bombed in 11 points last night, including two important three-pointers at the beginning of the second half, and also handed out seven assists.

Sophomore Mike Gilmore showed flashes of his outside shooting touch, tallying a solid 11 points for the night and carrying Harvard at one point in the second half with seven points in one 90-second stretch.

And then, of course, there were Rankin and Snowden inside. One year ago, as Sullivan pointed out, one was sitting on the bench for most of the game, and the other was playing high school games.

Last night, they were everywhere for the Cardiac Kids. Er, Frank and the, uh....

Who cares? The bottom line, as Dartmouth coach Dave Faucher put it, was that "We played well enough to win, but obviously, Harvard played just a little bit better."

HARVARD, 67-66 at Briggs Cage Dartmouth  29  37  --  66 Harvard  32  35  --  67

DARTMOUTH: Jones 0-1 0-0 0, Mitchell 0-4 0-0 0, Richards 1-1 0-0 2, Lonergan 9-13 1-1 19, Frame 6-13 1-2 15, Butler 2-2 2-2 6, Gilpin 5-7 1-2 11, Fisher 0-0 0-0 0, Capps 1-2 0-0 2, Halligan 0-2 1-2 1, Kowalewski 4-4 0-0 10 Totals 28-49 6-9 66.

HARVARD: Campbell 4-14 1-3 11, Leake 1-5 3-4 5, Gilmore 3-8 4-5 11, Morris 1-1 0-0 2, Mann 0-4 0-0 0, Scott 1-1 0-0 2, Snowden 5-7 5-5 15, White 0-1 0-0 0, Fricka 0-0 0-0 Rankin 10-13 1-2 21. Totals 25-54 14-19 67.