With that resume, Notre Dame has reason to be confident going into its third-round match with the Crimson. Still, if the Irish know what is good for them, they won't too readily dismiss Harvard.

Notre Dame has already made that mistake once. Before Harvard even played its second-round game with Hartford last Saturday, the Irish--assuming the Hawks would be their third-round opponent--reportedly called up the Dartmouth coaching staff for a scouting report not on Harvard, but on Hartford.

But don't expect the Crimson to take offense to such lack of respect. Harvard will be more than happy to teach Notre Dame a lesson on Friday.

"We have nothing in the world to lose," Costello said. "As far as they know, we're just some unknown team that barely made it into the tournament."

The Crimson's performance last Saturday showed exactly what the team is capable of.

"If we play the way we played against Hartford, we can beat anybody," Corkery said.

Truer words may never have been spoken. Come Friday, I don't care who Harvard is playing. For my money, I'll take the Crimson ten times out of ten.