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...graduation of team leader Mason Rocca, center Chris Younga--who undoubtedly would have been the best returning player in the Ivy League this season--shocked the team by forgoing his college basketball eligibility. He signed a professional baseball contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates as a third-round draft pick. The 6'11 center dominated in the Ivy League last season, leading the league in blocks with 90. Young also led the team in scoring and rebounding last season...
...forward Kate Ides, two sophomores with a year's experience under their belts, will help key the Crimson's efforts in the paint and on the board, although Sarah Johnson will likely be out until December with a knee injury. Center Lindsay Ryba, a 6'3 All-Ivy freshman pick two seasons ago who missed much of her sophomore year, will also see action in the middle, although she likes to shade out towards the arc where she is a dead-eye shooter when left open. Sharon Nunamaker, a 6'1 junior forward, will also see time in the post...
...went for a couple plays to get into the end zone," Murphy said. "They mixed up strong-side, weak-side blitzes, and we didn't have enough guys to pick up the blitz...
Clemente also recognizes the importance of rebounding. At 6'7, Clemente is one of the tallest and strongest players on the team. He claims that he could rebound in prep school and that Harvard somehow dulled his skills, but that he will pick up seven to eight rebounds a game this season...
...especially faint: he and his collaborators find planets by looking for stars that wobble under the gravitational tug of unseen companions. But the wobbles are so subtle that a lesser telescope can barely detect them. "With a 10-m telescope," says Marcy, "we can look at fainter stars and pick out the signature of smaller objects...