And then, something inexplicable happened.

In that span of 29 seconds, the heroics of sophomore Elliott Prasse-Freeman, captain Dan Clemente and Harvey turned a disappointing Ivy League loss into a game that no one will soon forget. It's hard to put into words, but it was an ending worthy of legend.

With 29 seconds left, Prasse-Freeman dribbled the ball upcourt and tried to set up a quick scoring play. Unable to find Clemente, Prasse-Freeman had to pass to Winter on the perimeter. Winter then fired off a three-point attempt that caromed of the back of the iron.

The ball, which fortunately had enough momentum to carry it over the Big Green frontcourt players, was gathered in by Prasee-Freeman on the left wing. With the clock running below 10 seconds, Prasse-Freeman had the presence of mind to look for Clemente and threw a cross-court pass to the senior marksman.

Clemente caught the lob, which was nearly intercepted by a Dartmouth defender, and calmly drained a three-pointer to pull the Crimson within one with 6.3 seconds left. Fittingly, Clemente ended the game with 170 three-pointers for his career, making him the all-time leader from beyond the arc. Harvard then took a timeout, setting up what would become the game's deciding play.

Like Boston in the 1987 Eastern Finals, the Crimson was down by one with little time on the clock and with its opponents in possession of the ball. Like Detroit's Isaiah Thomas, Dartmouth's point guard Boyd handled the inbounds pass. And like Larry Bird, Pat Harvey came up with a steal for the ages.

Although Harvey was not able to dish the ball off to a teammate like Bird in '87, Boyd fouled him with 3.7 seconds left in the game. Unfortunately for Dartmouth, free throws are Harvey's bread-and-butter.