There was a fervor of excitement surrounding this year's Harvard men's basketball team, and indeed surrounding the Ivy League in general, that made the season a great time to be a Harvard basketball fan.

The season saw the arrival of a nationally ranked "powerhouse" from inside the Ivy League when then-No. 8 Princeton brought its suddenly big-time road show and accompanying media circus to homely Lavietes Pavilion on Feb. 7.

Record: 13-13, 6-6 Ivy

Coach: Frank Sullivan

Highlights: Dan Clemente named Ivy Rookie of the Year; Mike Scott earns Second-Team All-Ivy honors

Senior: Mike Scott

By the time it was over, the season had seen a Harvard squad (13-13, 6-8 Ivy) with only one senior, captain Mike Scott, jostle its way through the Ivy season to finish in fourth place, behind Princeton, Penn and Yale.

The Crimson got help from a variety of unexpected sources and amassed some of the most impressive sharpshooting statistics in the nation.

The year included a strong 7-5 nonconference record, back-to-back road wins at Columbia and Cornell, and an inspiring final-weekend homestand of victories over Brown and third-place Yale to ensure a place in the top half of the league.

That the final homestand was also Scott's final two games in a Harvard uniform may be coincidental, but to those in attendance it seemed quite clear that Scott knew exactly what his career had left.

Scott ended a brilliant four years with the Crimson with a truly spectacular and memorable weekend. The 81-77 and 111-63 wins over Yale and Brown, respectively, were the perfect swan song for the floor leader whose intangibles and defensive ability made him among the most underrated and dangerous players in the league.

"We may not have lived up to expectations entirely," said junior point guard Tim Hill after the two games. "But we wanted to go out on a good note."

For the weekend, Scott was an unholy 19-22 from the floor with 12 rebounds, 10 assists and three blocks. He put up 26 against Yale, then tossed in 20 in limited action against Brown before bowing out in the second half as the Crimson ran away with the victory.

"Scott got a chance to perform and really had a great end to the season," Hill said.

But the weekend was also merely the pinnacle of Scott's season-long production. His 15.1 points-per-game were fourth in the league. He was also in the top 10 in steals (fourth, 1.85-per-game), assists (eighth, 3.0), field goal percentage (ninth, 46.9) and rebounding (10th, 5.92).