When my recruiting class entered Harvard in 1980, its ambition was to bring the university its first Ivy League men’s basketball title. That didn’t happen. But the 1983-84 team left campus with a consolation prize: It set the N.C.A.A. Division I single-season record for free-throw percentage, 82.2 percent. The record has stood for 37 years. It may not survive the weekend.
I should say upfront that I shot 75.3 percent. My teammates, though: Joe Carrabino, 90.5; Bob Ferry, 90.3; Arne Duncan, 86.7; Keith Webster, 86.7; Pat Smith, 78.1. The national leaders that year were Steve Alford of Indiana at 91.