The injury to senior forward Pat Magnarelli has only made matters worse.

The team’s best defender, Lin cannot be asked to take on big men (though, on occasion he found himself guarding Foote one-on-one Saturday night, to disastrous results).

Out on the perimeter, no defender was quick enough to keep up with the Big Red’s Louis Dale.

Not sophomore Oliver McNally, who is shooting at a lower percentage than he did as a freshman, and not Curry, who may be hampered by a reported knee injury that will require surgery at season’s end.

Add in a long bus ride the night before to the burden carried by Harvard last Saturday, and the blowout starts to make a little bit more sense.

This is not to rain on the revival of Harvard basketball, but simply to remind to keep expectations reasonable.

Head coach Tommy Amaker has done a commendable job in his short tenure at the helm, as his team now has the chance to break the school record for most victories in a season.

Though it looks to be Cornell’s year—and even if the Big Red comes to Lavietes Pavilion Feb. 19 and takes down the Crimson again—it’s truly a season to be savored for fans of Harvard basketball.

—Staff writer Dennis J. Zheng can be reached at dzheng12@college.harvard.edu