Harvard will also look to sophomore guard Pat Harvey, who is second on the team in scoring and has carried the squad with last-second, game-winning plays against both Dartmouth and Hartford.

Although beating both Penn and Princeton is a daunting task, this figures to be Harvard's best chance in years.

Both schools were hit hard by personnel losses over the offeseason. Penn entered this season having to replace its starting backcourt, including Ivy Player of the Year Michael Jordan.

Princeton lost its coach Bill Carmody to Northwestern, as well as all-league center Chris Young, who signed a professional baseball contract.

Penn and Princeton also struggled through their non-conference schedules this year. As usual, each school played top-rate competition, but neither team pulled off the shocker this year that seemed to always happen in seasons past.

Penn opened the year 0-8, but most of those defeats were quality losses to highly-rated teams. In early December, the Quakers dropped two close decisions at home to Maryland and at Seton Hall, two teams once ranked in the top ten.

However, the Quakers have not been able to duplicate that level of play since. Along with the losses to teams like N.C. State and Temple were some less-than-impressive defeats against Drexel, Delaware and Fordham. Penn finished 0-5 against the "Big Five" Philadelphia schools for the first time in four years, culminating with a lopsided 80-51 blowout at the hands of Villanova on Tuesday.