A Letdown of Monumental Proportions and Props to an Asian Christian Brother

In what has to be one of the most dramatic turnarounds in college basketball history, the Boston College Golden Eagles followed their victory on the road versus the nationally top-ranked North Carolina team with a loss at home three days later... to Harvard University.

If you believe in the transitive property in college sports, it gets even better. Harvard beat Boston College. Boston College beat North Carolina. Therefore, Harvard would beat North Carolina. Of course, nothing could be further from the truth. The great thing about college sports is that on any given day, any team can upset another. But nobody could have seen this coming.

Harvard was buoyed by an unstoppable Jeremy Lin, who torched the Eagles' defense for 27 points on 11 for 16 shooting. Wait... the same defense that held all-American and possible NBA lottery pick Tyler Hansborough to 21 points on 6 for 15 shooting got lit up by Jeremy Lin? Wow, how about some props for great yellow hope Lin, who according to his bio, lists his interests as "spending time with family and friends, listening to music and going to church." So we're talking about a Taiwanese family-oriented Harvard-educated Christian young man who has some serious hoops skills. Jeremy, would you like to marry my daughter?

And congratulations to Harvard coach Tommy Amaker. You broke the hearts of Seton Hall fans by leaving for greener (money) pastures; you broke the hearts of Michigan fans with your terrible job of leading a team that never made the NCAA Tournament; but now you have your moment of triumph, hopefully not due to your shifty recruiting (goodness Tommy, it's Ivy League athletics!). At least you're climbing up the U.S. News and World Report college rankings.

Way to represent the Ivy League, Harvard. Usually when our schools play against top BCS conference-level competition, we're usually getting blown out by 20 points and relegated to heckling the opposition in unison, "That's all right, that's okay, you'll be working for us someday!"

Of course that's not really true. As UConn women's basketball coach Geno Auriemma once said regarding rival Duke: ''There are just as many Duke graduates waiting on tables as there is from any other school in the country. They may just be working at a better restaurant.''