Harvey still doesn’t talk much, but his game says a lot. A First Team all-Ivy selection last year, Harvey has carried the Crimson to some of the program’s greatest wins, including last year’s upset over NCAA-bound Penn. In that game, Harvey poured in 28 points—including 15 straight for Harvard in the second half—and, as he had done all season, stymied junk defenses deliberately designed to stop him.

“It’s always incredible,” Sullivan says. “He’s able to generate shots. He’s just so hard to guard. He commands special attention, no doubt.”

“Very few basketball players simply amaze me, but Pat is one of those guys,” senior point guard Elliot Prasse-Freeman gushes. “We have a joke that Pat can hit a layup from anywhere on the court.”

And Harvey has adapted in other ways. He’s louder now—if only a little bit. Richardson recalls seeing a tape of his star against Brown and being surprised at how vocal Harvey was on defense.

“He’s always had a terrific sense of humor,” Sullivan says. “And he’s always been his own worst critic—he just sets high standards for himself. But yeah, his verbal skills have come a long way.”

Harvey’s verbal skills might have to go just a bit further. After his final season, Harvey will have to adjust to the situation again, this time in the way that all seniors so—by finding something to do. What lies ahead?

“I’m running through ideas now,” Harvey says. “Maybe play overseas. Nothing’s set in stone. I’ll just see where it takes me.” And he shrugs.

At a banquet at the end of his senior year at Brother Rice, Pat Richardson told Harvey that “He’d have to talk” once he got to Harvard. Maybe he’ll have to get even more vocal if he plays in Europe, or maybe getting loud in practice doesn’t mean as much when the guys on the court with you don’t speak English.

Either way, you’d expect Harvey to adapt somehow.

—Staff writer Martin S. Bell can be reached at msbell@fas.harvard.edu.