Also, the team will undergo what members fondly refer to as “spring break boot camp” while friends and fellow students are busy partying on beaches. All twelve members will remain in Cambridge and practice every day for six hours and then break down videotape at team meetings at night for another two hours.

Although the goal for the CDT is certainly the National Tournament, the team also has other matters to consider before the end of the year. In May the team will put on a show in Lowell Lecture Hall featuring original choreography from each member of the team. In the fall, according to Kennedy-Paesler, the CDT hopes to begin dancing during halftime at football games.

And if their basketball halftime shows are any indication, the Department of Athletics should consider the team’s offer. During the halftime show in the men’s basketball contest versus Penn, spectators commented that the performance was “terrific,” “splendid,” and “eye-catching.”

Judy Halks, the mother of a boys’ basketball player at Marblehead High School, offered another insight.

“Those girls were simply amazing,” Halks said. “And believe me, they definitely got the boys’ attention.”

This weekend, the women’s basketball games will mark the final home appearance for the CDT before Daytona. The team, by all accounts, hopes to give two more great performances before calling it a season.

The doors for the games open at 6 p.m., but you might want to get there a little early. After all, the Marblehead boys’ basketball team may be making another visit to Lavietes Pavilion. And this time, they might be bringing friends.