The Crimson ended the first half with 12 personal fouls and added 20 more in the second half to finish with 32 for the game. To put that number in perspective, Harvard only had 38 rebounds and Brown only had 18 personal fouls for the entire game.

More frustrating than the silly fouls and the rebounding ineptitude was the Crimson's inability to regain the lead after falling behind early. Harvard pulled within a basket of tying or taking the lead seven times after the initial 12-2 deficit. After each and every Harvard run, the Bears were able to pull away. Suffice it to say, Harvard never had the lead at any point in the game.

After the game, I realized another disappointing statistic. For the first time all season, the Crimson had lost back-to-back games. This is noteworthy because the team had particular pride in keeping the streak intact and was the best such run since the 1945-46 Crimson squad that went to the NCAA Tournament.

"The players are a bit deflated that it happened tonight," Sullivan said. "But in the context of our program, the streak is very commendable."

So, as dejected as the team, Rahul and I were driven back to Cambridge that night by our crack sports photographer Jonelle Lonergan. Surely, I thought, Harvard would win at Yale and regain momentum heading into the final stretch of the Ivy season. After some merriment and ill-advised emails, I slept soundly before our next trip.

On the train ride to Yale, Rahul and I discussed what had happened the night before and were still perplexed.

Saturday night, still perplexed, Rahul and I went to Subway to have a quick pre-game meal.