“We don’t need to be heroes. We don’t need to step up and do something exceptional,” Wheaton said. “They just played, and when they do that, they can play with anyone.”
UConn learned that the hard way, as the Crimson snapped the Huskies’ nine-game winning streak in route to an impressive non-conference victory. The visiting Huskies had beaten the Crimson in the teams’ last four meetings, and UConn came into the game ranked second in New England.
That kind of win keeps talk of an at-large NCAA tournament bid alive for the Harvard squad, provided that the Crimson wins its remaining two games against Ivy doormats Dartmouth and Columbia.
“We’ve talked about staying in control of our own destiny and we knew that we had to take care of today to do it,” Wheaton said. “They wanted it. You could see it.”