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Week of 13 March 1998 Vol. I, No. 23 BU Yesterday The doctor is in. In 1971, future NBA Hall-of-Famer Julius Erving, a.k.a. Dr. J, made a house call to the Sargent Gym, the Terriers' home before the Case Athletic Center was built. On January 21 of that year, UMass-Amherst defeated BU, 77-63 -- a closer score than the previous season's matchup, when the Minutemen demolished BU, 103-68. And we thought physicians were supposed to heal, not hurt. Boston University Photo Services