And when the game ended just after 2 a.m. in Cambridge, undergraduates of all types--from the avid sports aficionado to the sports illiterate who had only wanted to watch someone from his or her house on television--poured into the streets in celebration. Students hugged and celebrated together. And for one night, the Harvard women's basketball team had united a campus in a fashion more reminiscent of the camaraderie that surrounded the student takeover of University Hall in 1969 than that of the typical Harvard sporting event.

As athletic contests go, only the Harvard-Yale Game comes close to creating the bond between such a diverse student body as the women's basketball team's accomplishment did. But not since the early part of the 20th century when the gridders could still vie for a national title has The Game approached the significance of The Upset.

"It is amazing that now, months later, people still congratulate us," Basil said. "I hope people will look back at that moment and remember that feeling. I hope there are more experiences here in the future, not just sporting events, that bring people together like that."

But Harvard's historic win did not come easily. Despite an impressive 9-2 pre-conference record and a third consecutive outright Ivy League Championship--the first Ivy team ever to win three consecutive outright titles--the Crimson was given a 16 seed for the second straight year. And despite leading by as many as 12 points in the first half versus Stanford, Harvard found itself trailing by three with under three minutes to play, and it seemed as though the Crimson's threat of an upset would remain just that--a threat.

But two spectacular defensive plays by Feaster and two clutch buckets from junior co-captain-elect Suzie Miller helped Harvard end the game on a 9-2 run and oust the Cardinal from the post-season. The run began when, after a missed shot by Feaster, Stanford sophomore point guard Milena Flores grabbed the rebound and fired a pass upcourt to Honorable Mention AP All-American Olympia Scott, who would have had an uncontested lay-up at the other end that would have put Stanford ahead by five.

But Feaster, who had missed her shot from the left baseline, sprinted after Scott and leaped high in the air to snare the ball and keep the score at 65-62. After a lay-up by Feaster pulled Harvard within one, Miller followed a Stanford miss with an off-balance 16-foot runner at 1:32 to give Harvard the lead for good.

But Miller outdid herself 46 seconds later by knocking down the greatest shot of the season--and arguably in the history of Harvard basketball--with Harvard still nursing its slim 66-65 lead. Off of a missed three-pointer by Flores, Feaster grabbed the rebound and rifled a pass upcourt to freshman point guard Lisa Kowal, who found Miller all alone in the left corner. Miller caught and shot, burying the trifecta that extended Harvard's lead to 69-65 and sent the outnumbered Harvard contingent into a frenzy.

"I remember turning and looking at my teammates down the bench [when Miller hit that shot], and everyone was in shock," Basil said. "I froze for a second and thought, `We're actually going to do this."

"I will never forget the looks on everyone's faces. I have never experienced that feeling before, and I highly doubt I will ever have thatfeeling again," she said.

Stanford raced the ball quickly into thefrontcourt in the hopes of responding to Miller'strey, but it was not to be. Scott received a passin the low post and attempted to penetrate intothe lane, but Feaster swiped the ball cleanly fromScott's hands to prevent any Stanford heroics.After a couple of Harvard game-sealing freethrows, one final lay-up by Stanford and somedesperation misses by the Cardinal, the finalbuzzer sounded and Harvard's players and coachesrushed onto the court in an exuberant display ofelation and disbelief.

"I literally had dreamt about the celebration,"Miller said. "We were in the locker room after thegame talking about what we had just done, and itstill staggers my mind. We're a team of history."

The victory over Stanford was merely theculmination of the greatest season in Harvardbasketball history. The team's 23 victories arethe most ever by a Harvard basketball team, men'sor women's, and continued a home winning streak atLavietes Pavilion that dates back to the 1996-97season and currently stands at 22 games, fullyintact for next year's squad to build upon.

It was also an historic and record-settingseason for Feaster. The All-American and ECACPlayer of the Year broke a slew of records enroute to capturing Harvard's first-ever nationalscoring title with a 28.5 points-per-game average.She became Harvard's all-time leading scorer andrebounder after entering the season as theschool's career leader in assists, and shegraduates as the Ivy League's all-time leadingscorer (2,312) and second-leading rebounder(1,134).

Feaster was a unanimous selection for IvyLeague Player of the Year--her third consecutiveleague Player of the Year award--making her thefirst Harvard athlete, male or female in anysport, to win Ivy Rookie of the Year honors as afreshman and Player of the Year honors in each ofthe next three years. And on April 29, Feaster wasdrafted fifth overall in the first round of theWNBA draft, and she will be showcasing her skillsat the professional level this summer for the LosAngeles Sparks.

Harvard's win over Stanford also marked themoment of redemption for a lack of respect thatthe Crimson had complained it received throughoutthe past two years. The Crimson proved, as it hadoften claimed, that it did not deserve the 16 seedit was awarded, and Harvard showed the nation thatthe Ivy League can compete at the highest levelsof women's college basketball.

"For the Ivy League to get the recognition itdeserved, we knew we had to win a game, and itcouldn't just be a fluke," Miller said. "We playedwell all game, and we showed we were a team. Youcan't even describe it with words. Until the day Idie, that win will bring me joy."