March Madness is the most exciting event in sports. And the Crimson sits on the sideline every year, watching the same Ivy teams participate.

We should be sick and tired of losing. We should be making changes. We should be doing everything in our power to get TWO premiere basketball players at this school.

We accept the best violinists, the best scientists, the best poets and even the best actors.

Can’t we entice a couple of basketball players, with the promise of a free ride through school and a Harvard degree, so that we can finally win our small eight-team league?

We’ve got the Charles River, Pinnochio’s and La Flamme! What more do you want?

Our consistent failure is inexcusable and must be put to a stop. Frank Sullivan is a good basketball coach. But without the talent, he can only do so much.

Two players. That’s all the Crimson needs to turn a 50-year disappointment into a program we can be proud of.

It’s time for the losing to stop.

—Staff writer Alex M. Sherman can be reached at sherman@fas.harvard.edu. His column appears on alternate Wednesdays.