"As the game went on, he was fine," Sullivan said. "There was no need to pull him."

The next night, against Columbia, Clemente started and played 38 minutes--and played well. Despite starting out slowly with several badly missed jumpers, Clemente quickly went "en fuego." With the game close at the end of the first half, Clemente knocked down two three-pointers and two layups, scoring 10 points in a row and giving Harvard the halftime lead.

After Harvard lost the lead in the second half, and with the game slipping away, the Crimson turned to Clemente, the same way it had back in December. Dan didn't disappoint. His three-point shooting quickly turned a 10-point deficit into a two-point lead.

He was the go-to guy once again. He popped back and hit the three, moved in and nailed the jumper. He moved into second place in career three-pointers on the all-time Harvard list. He was the Clemente the Crimson team sorely needed.

"I feel pretty good about my play, especially the rebounding," Clemente said. "The three-point record? Well, did it change the final score? I don't think so."

Alas, the final score. With Harvard down two and under a minute to play, the Crimson once again went to Clemente. Everybody in Lavietes Pavilion knew what was coming--he had already made six three-pointers. This time, it clanged off the rim and Harvard's shot of winning was gone.

Next week, Harvard will travel to Penn and Princeton for its biggest games to date. Nobody would have given the Crimson much of a chance three days ago. With "D.C." back in the lineup, the possibility of an upset in Philadelphia becomes less and less remote.