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...second in the league in scoring margin, second in field-goal percentage, and first in field-goal defense. The major question mark is the lack of a Windex man, to borrow a Dick Vitale-ism—someone to clean the glass. Physical center Andrew Naeve is gone, but coach Steve Donahue drew a 7’0 transfer from St. Bonaventure, Jeff Foote, to help fill the lane.2. COLUMBIAA fellow Crimson writer—let’s just say his name rhymes with Bed Derby—provided the Lions’ lone first-place vote...
...pressure is on for the Harvard men’s basketball team. With the nation’s watchful eye waiting to see whether the Crimson will sink or swim under the leadership of new head coach Tommy Amaker, the young Harvard team will be looking to its underclassmen to step up to the challenge. Leading the way is sophomore standout Jeremy Lin. Lin, who is one of six returning sophomores on a team made up largely of this age group, is leagues ahead of his classmates in experience. Playing in all 28 of the Crimson’s games...
...basketball teams.None, however, belong to the men.So while the women’s team has been cutting down the nets over the years, its cohort has been left out of the Dance.To change this, Harvard brought in former Duke All-American point guard Tommy Amaker, formerly the head coach at Seton Hall and Michigan. Amaker has coached teams to where the Crimson hopes to go, having led Seton Hall to the Sweet 16 as a No. 10 seed in the 2000 NCAA Tournament and plans to get Harvard to that promised land soon.Will it be this year? History says...
...high school senior at Westwood High School—a public high school in a quiet Boston suburb just 30 minutes from Cambridge—Lindsay Hallion faced a choice.Where would she play her college ball? Her decision came down to two head coaches, pitting Harvard’s Kathy Delaney-Smith, who had already coached in the Ivy League for 20 seasons and earned legendary status in women’s college basketball, against Jennifer Rizzotti, an up-and-coming young coach at Hartford. The catch? Rizzotti had been a former star—at point guard, no less?...
...Housman passed to Harris for the game-winning layup with 0.8 seconds left. “Our relationship is at a great place, and it’s getting better on the court.” Though the pair will be the focus of opposing squads, they and their coach caution against viewing themselves as an inside-outside duo. The big man-little man combinations like Shaq-Wade that have become a generic recipe for success at the NBA level won’t be the model for this team. “It’s not just...