In Saturday's rematch with Penn, Harvard must turn in a complete 40-minute effort defensively. If it can do that, Long is confident that the team's shots will start to fall at the other end of the court.

"Penn is very fast and can contest a lot of shots," Long said. "But I'm not worried about our shooting."

Successfully defending Penn is easier said than done, however. Jordan (15.9 ppg, 4.9 apg) is a master of so many dimensions of the game that he almost cannot be stopped.

"It's impossible to take Jordan out of the game completely," Long said. "Even if you can keep him from scoring, he will just dish the ball off. He wreaks a lot of havoc."

In addition to Jordan, Penn frequently turns to senior guard Matt Langel, the team's second leading scorer with 11.4 ppg, to help offensively. Also, senior center Geoff Owens is the team's leading rebounder, snagging 7.1 boards per game.

Saturday night's tilt with Penn will be the final home game of the season for the Crimson, and the last in the careers of Harvard seniors Long and Ethan Altaratz.

Both players were with the Crimson last year when that team's five seniors went out on top by upsetting Princeton in the home season finale.