In 1998, they won their tenth straight PAC-10 title in program history, and the senior class of players had a combined record of 113-13 leading up to the NCAA Tournament.
Harvard was ranked as a 16 seed for the third straight year despite a record of 22–4 on their way to the program's sixth Ivy League title (1986, 1988, 1991, 1996, 1997) and the nation's leading scorer in Allison Feaster.
[3] This was Harvard's third overall NCAA Tournament appearance (all under Kathy Delaney-Smith, hired in 1982), which had seen them lose in the first round each time.
No Ivy League women's basketball team would win an NCAA Tournament game again until Princeton in 2015.
The game was televised nationally on ESPN and announced by Ann Meyers and Dave Barnett.
A subsequent stop by Harvard led to Miller getting another shot opportunity, and she sank a three-pointer to make it 69–65.
[5] The Crimson won the game 71–67, making it the first time in the history of college basketball, both men and women, that a 16-seed defeated a 1-seed.
[9] The feat was not accomplished by a men's college basketball program until 2018, when UMBC beat Virginia, 74–54.