In a way, Friday's win over Penn is redemption for Clemente. Last season, Harvard also had a chance to give the Quakers their first Ivy loss. Down one point, Clemente missed a turnaround three-pointer that clanked off the rim as time expired.

"I had memories about that [shot] all summer. People bring it up and it kills me," Clemente said.

Unfortunately for the Crimson the lasting memory of this weekend will be Wente's miracle three. Unless Harvard can run the table and somehow win the Ivy League, the story of the weekend will be that, once again, fate interceded on behalf of Princeton.

But no matter how strong your belief that Princeton "stole" a victory or that the Tigers didn't earn a win, you can't help but feeling anything but happy for Wente.

An ankle injury and a subsequent surgery limited Wente to 18 total minutes in his freshman year. Starting this season on the bench, Princeton coach John Thompson inserted him in the lineup when the Tigers' leading scorer, Mike Bechtold (10.4 ppg), went down two weeks ago with a foot injury. Since then, Wente has provided the offensive spark needed to guide Princeton to a 5-1 Ivy

start.

On Saturday, Wente had the biggest game of his life, single-handedly keeping his team in the game. He had 22 points to lead all scorers, and picked up the slack left by players who had sub-par games, like guards Ahmed El-Nokali and C.J. Chapman.

Harvard still has to play both teams again, and the main question is how the wild weekend affects the Ivy landscape. The short answer is that it gave the league a glimpse of what parity is like. Every team except Columbia had a victory this weekend, but in the end Penn and Princeton emerged embattled at the top.