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Women's Cagers' Charlie Horse

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But whatever you do, don't criticize her decision to play in the Ancient Eight.

"When you are highly recruited, especially in the South, and you choose to go to an Ivy League school, people completely slam your decision," says Black, a Georgia native who was also heavily recruited. "Every time I go home, people still ask me why I came to Harvard, and she deals with the same thing."

Feaster's pride in her decision made itself evident during a press conference held the day before Harvard took on UNC in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. One of the national reporters present asked Feaster if she felt she was "selling herself short" by playing Ivy League basketball.

"I expect no more from people who don't understand how competitive the Ivy League is," Feaster says. "There's a lot more to attending an Ivy League school than sports."

"She gets very mad when anyone says bad things about Harvard or her decision to come to the Ivy League," Black says. "She's very proud of the fact that she plays basketball here."

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Feaster's immense pride in wearing the crimson and white is part of why she was elected co-captain of next year's team, along with point guard Megan Basil.

"She's always been a great leader on the court, and this will just give her a chance to extend it to off the court," Grossman says.

Feaster, always a team player, does not see her role as changing now that she will be one of the captains.

"I think I'll be the same type of role player," she says. "I will continue to see other players the same and they will see me the same. We're all onCrimsonMary L. NaberJunior ALLISON FEASTER vs. Princeton, February 9, 1997

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