Going back to the dance
For the Harvard men’s basketball team, the novelty’s over, but the excitement’s rising. The team is headed to the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship for the second year in a row, after an absence of 67 years. For the first time, the squad knows what to expect in the tournament because most of the players have been there. “We’re going to go in … with the idea and the attitude that we’re going to have a spirit about us,” head coach Tommy Amaker said Wednesday at a press conference in Lavietes Pavilion. “We’re going to be competitive. And crazier things have happened in this great tournament that we’re participating in.” Harvard finished its regular season at 11-3 in the Ivy League and 19-9 overall, and won its third straight Ivy title, two of them outright. The team was 13-1 at home. “I think good things will happen. If we go out and just...