Then it was senior guard James White (14 points) with a three-pointer and a pass to senior center Paul Kubiak (career-high six points) for a crashing alley-oop dunk.

At this point in the game, Sullivan rightly put all five of the seniors in Leake, Kubiak, Morris, White and center Kevin Fricka. They would stay in until the final two minutes, when each came out one-by-one for a classy standing ovation.

Hey, when the game's a blowout, you can have fun.

"All I know is that this meant a lot to the seniors," Scott said. "They have tried to instill [a winning mentality] in us so that we wouldn't go through what they went through for four years. Hopefully these two games will turn it around."

A game like this could turn the Exxon Valdez around. Look at the turnovers--21 for Columbia and eight for Harvard. Or the assists--eight to 20, respectively. Or how about the rebounds--34 to 49. There is no way to overestimate how badly the Lions were pummeled on Saturday.

What happened to Columbia was the same thing that has happened to Harvard 20 times this year--the Lions were utterly demoralized. It's not a pretty thing to see, but it's about time that the Crimson was on the giving end and not the receiving.

"There was a lot of emotion, seeing the seniors leaving," Snowden said. "It's the most fun I've ever had on the court."

HARVARD, 93-61 at Briggs Cage Columbia34  27  --  61 Harvard  39  54  --  93

COLUMBIA: Curry 0-1 0-0 0; Johnson 2-8 2-2 8; Lozner 0-1 0-0 0; Fuchs 4-7 2-2 10; Twer 1-2 5-5 7; Watkins 0-2 0-2 0; Doyle 2-9 3-5 8; Tubridy 4-9 5-5 13; Piskun 4-9 5-6 13; Worly 0-1 2-2 2. TOTALS 17-49 24-29 61.

HARVARD: Demian 2-8 0-0 5; Leake 2-3 1-2 5; Gilmore 3-7 1-2 10; Morris 2-6 0-1 4; M. Scott 5-8 5-5 17; Snowden 9-14 3-7 21; Grancio 0-3 0-0 0; Kubiak 3-6 0-0 6; Fisher 2-8 2-2 6; Ju White 4-10 4-4 14; Fricka 1-3 3-4 5. TOTALS: 33-76 19-27 93.