Minutes later, amidst cheers from the Crimson fan section and celebrations from the Harvard players, the final buzzer rang, indicating the team’s third consecutive outright Ancient Eight championship and berth in the Big Dance.

“I think we’ve shown that we have been the best team in our league,” Amaker said after the contest. “We never thought about pressure or expectations…. It’s been about the journey for us. We talked about and used this since the banquet of last year. When teamwork is the destination, victory happens along the way.”

V. MARCHING FORWARD

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For a squad whose destination has been “teamwork” all season long, in just a few short hours, it will have a second destination to head towards.

Harvard will find out which team it will face in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Selection Sunday at 6 p.m. According to current projections, the Crimson will most likely be seeded in the No. 12 position. Harvard will be placed in one of eight possible Tournament locations, ranging from San Diego, Calif. to Buffalo, N.Y.

This week will mark the one-year anniversary of Harvard’s upset over the University of New Mexico, the first NCAA Tournament win in program history. Expectations for the Crimson have only grown since that night, and, riding an eight-game winning streak into March Madness, the spotlight will be on the Crimson wherever the game takes place.

Amaker, however, has maintained that history doesn’t matter when entering the Big Dance.