Word: offing
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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In other words, Harvard must play a near perfect game. It came close at New Hampshire, and it has performed every one of the requirements at one time or another during the season.
The caliber of play at Providence, however, would probably not have been sufficient to defeat Cornell. But then again, Harvard merely played as well as it had to win. Perhaps it will tomorrow night.
The Tigers' main offensive threat is All-Ivy guard Jeff Petrie, and if Date Dover, who held All-East Jim Hayes of B. U. to 18 points, successfully bottles up Petrie, Harvard could top Princeton for the first time since 1966.
Only 5-5 so far this season, the Tigers have stayed close to some of the best teams in the nation, including a 76-75 last second loss to second-ranked UCLA. Petrie, who missed Princeton's first four games because of a back injury, came back to pace his...
However, the Tigers are winless in the Ivy League with a pair of losses to Penn-which the Crimson plays on Saturday night in the Palestra. The Quakers, ranked 18th in the country by one poll, pose one of the most balanced offensive challenges Harvard has faced this winter.