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With the best backcourt in the Ivy, good all-around depth and big-game experience, Penn is a prohibitive favorite to repeat...
Princeton's biggest weaknesses are in the backcourt, where the loss of Earl--the 1998-99 Ivy Player of the Year--will be painful. Sophomore swingman Ahmed El-Nokali (2.5 ppg, 1.5 rpg) started as a rookie, but he is not a distance shooter. El-Nokali is the only guard who saw significant playing time during the Ivy season last year...
There is plenty of talent in the backcourt as well. Junior guard Greg Buth (16.5 ppg, 2.7 rpg), a second team All-Ivy selection, led the nation with a .466 three-point shooting percentage last season. Sophomore point guard Flinder Boyd (7.2 ppg, 151 assists) proved himself a capable floor leader as a rookie, and developed better floor sense as the season went...
Prather will be joined in the backcourt by junior Kevin Cuttica (7.8 ppg, .375 three-point percentage), senior Jim Pieri (2.5 ppg, 0.7 rpg) and sophomore A.J. McGuire...
...guard rotation in his up-tempo offensive scheme. Senior point guard Corey Vandiver (6.5 ppg, 80 assists), a two-year starter, and sophomore Travis Brown (7.5 ppg, 3.4 rpg), who started as a rookie and shot a .423 three-point percentage last year, should join Bowes-Little in the backcourt...