"The makeup of our team is that we can beat anyone in this league and we can lose to anyone in this league," Princeton coach Thompson said on Saturday. The same statement is applicable to the Crimson, who has so far split every Friday-Saturday Ivy weekend. It has defeated Penn, but lost to Columbia and Yale.

Even though the NCAA tournament may have been put out of reach thanks to Wente, Harvard still has an opportunity to make its mark as "the third contender" in the conference. The hardest part of its schedule is still to come, as four of the Crimson's last six

games are on the road, including a trip down to Philly and New Jersey in two weeks.

If the Crimson can defeat one of the "killer P's" on the road and finish second or third in the Ivies, it will cement its place as a legitimate contender year-in, year-out. If this weekend has proved anything, it is that Harvard can run with the big boys, and that the sophomore core of the team is intact and experienced.

Even more remarkably, Harvard has yet to lose two games in a row. While that may not seem like an incredibly big deal, it is something that the coaching staff and team prides itself on.

"From the outset, I think our guys were determined not to lose two in a row. I think that's a streak they're starting to value more and more as this whole thing goes on," Sullivan said after the Penn win. (Harvard had lost its last game to Columbia)

Sophomore guard Elliott Prasse-Freeman, who also had a big game against Penn, confirmed Sullivan's thoughts.