Far removed from the minds of the Harvard coaches and players was the Crimson's 77-62 blowout of defending Ivy champ Penn.
In that game, Clemente and the Harvard offense came out with such fire and resolve that the Quakers left Cambridge stunned.
In the wake of the weekend's amazing action, players and coaches talked less about the particulars of zone defense and backdoor cuts and instead spoke in general terms of what it meant to live through the most interesting weekend in the Ivy League in quite some time.
For example, Penn head coach Fran Dunphy, whose Quakers had lost for the first time in 25 conference contests, said that the loss to the Crimson "is what life is about. You pick yourself up and if you can handle adversity you've got a chance to handle life; but if you can't then there's a whole lot [of] bigger things in this world you're going to be struggling with."
The next night Penn went out and spanked Dartmouth 75-62.
For Clemente, Friday's win was just a hyperextension of his normal approach to the game.
"I play this game because I love it, and I have fun playing it. So that's what I did tonight, I went out and had a lot of fun."
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