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With the return of sleek-shooting forward Joe Carrabino after last year's painful back injury, there seems to be more power in Cambridge than on any Crimson squad since that 20-3 team of 50 years ago. And though, as far as winning traditions go, the Harvard men's basketball squad's rivals the Titanic's, the 1983-84 edition seems ready to change all that...
...this is really The Year for Harvard, no one figures to play a bigger role than Carrabino. The former Ivy League Rookie of the Year and standout forward spent all but three games on the bench last year as his squad slipped to a disappointing 12-14 overall and 4-10 in league play...
...return to the lineup paid immediate dividends last Saturday, when he contributed 30 points and nine rebounds in the squad's season-opening win over Merrimack. "Carrabino makes everyone better," McLaughlin says. "His presence on the court allows us to do different things...
...also can't win if your big man is on the bench, as the 6-ft., 10-in. Trout was for the Merrimack contest. Currently plagued by a hand injury, Trout figures to platoon with Carrabino and the squad's other big man, Co-Captain Ken Plutnicki...
Enter sophomore guard Arne Duncan. Subbing for Wildes, Duncan added seven points in the final five minutes to pace the Crimson offense and Carrabino pulled in three rebounds to pace the Crimson defense to the final 77-68 score...