You should have seen it.

Many of you, for a change, actually did.

Bleachers full, a rabid student section, electricity in the house.

Tuesday night saw the women’s basketball team top rival Dartmouth 70-67 in a thriller. For the Big Green, a chance to lock up the Ivy title and punch its ticket to the NCAA tournament was on the line. For the Crimson, this was its last chance to grab a share of the Ivy title—win or stay home.

Often times when a large crowd shows up for a game—such as the women’s ice hockey team’s games against Dartmouth—we reporters make a big deal about it.

That’s because it is.

Both Aidan Tait’s and Alex McPhillips’s stories in yesterday’s paper mentioned the crowd prominently.

The overwhelming majority of the time, there is very poor attendance at games—such as 98% of the time—and we reporters make a big deal about it.

That’s because it is.

Maureen McCaffery made it a point to chase down Aidan and profusely thank all those that came out in support.

“I’d just like to say something about how wonderful the fans were and having students here,” mighty Mo McCaffery said. “It made an enormous difference. Having a student base and having the community come together was so special. And it doesn’t happen at Harvard very often. To have athletes together, and non-athletes—everyone—here, it was so special. It made all the difference, just knowing that people were here…We just want people to know that that was amazing and we’re so grateful.”

Aidan asked senior star Reka Cserny if she thought the team would have been able to come back from the 15 point deficit it faced in the second half if the team had not had the home crowd behind it.

Cserny was surprisingly candid.

“I would say no right now, but I don’t know,” the star center replied. “It definitely helped a lot.”

Coach Kathy Delaney-Smith likewise appreciated the presence of the copious crowd.