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...Sullivan said. “That’s been a very important concept for us.” LOOKING AHEAD The Harvard men’s 2006-2007 basketball season is over, but Sullivan is already salivating over next season’s potential starting backcourt of Jeremy Lin and Drew Housman. “We’ve seen some really solid play from Jeremy and Drew,” Sullivan said. “I think that’s gonna be really neat to observe over the next couple of years.” Housman struggled...
...guard whose speed and defensive radar propelled the Seattle SuperSonics in 1979 to their only championship, and later, with Larry Bird, pushed the Boston Celtics to four consecutive NBA finals and two championships; of a heart attack; in Austin, Texas. The man opponent Magic Johnson called the "best backcourt defender of all time" excelled in postseason games. His most famous play with Bird was in the last five seconds of Game 5 of the 1987 Eastern Conference Championship against the Detroit Pistons, in which Bird whipped Johnson the ball after stealing a pass--and Johnson, off-balance, pushed aside...
...have the edge in the backcourt, with freshmen sensations Louis Dale and Ryan Wittman, along with veteran Graham Dow. It also has the advantage up front with big man Naeve. That adds up to about a nine-point win for Cornell, snapping Brown’s surprising three-game winning streak...
...points, despite dealing with foul trouble in the second half. Reserve forward Brennan Votel had a career-high 11 points, while Grandieri and center Steve Danley each had 10. Captain guard Jim Goffredo led Harvard with 14 points, but shot only 5-of-19 from the floor. His backcourt mate, sophomore Drew Housman, had a relatively quiet night with just nine points, compared to his career-high 33-point outburst the night before at Princeton. But Housman made his mark on the defensive end, holding reigning Ivy League Player of the Year Ibrahim Jaaber to nine points...
Chip and Dale is motored by its stellar guard play and talented young forwards. The team features the Ivies' most effective backcourt duo in Penn stars Ibrahim Jaaber, the reigning Ivy Player of the Year and conference leader in steals and assists, and Brian Grandieri. And the team's namesake, Cornell point guard Louis Dale, is in the running for Ivy Rookie of the Year. They are complemented by Dartmouth sophomore Alex Barnett and Harvard second-year man Evan Harris...