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After losing only two seniors from last year’s Ivy championship team, Harvard didn’t have to rebuild to remain the league favorite this season. With seven freshmen on the 15-man roster, however, the Crimson may be the Ivy League favorite for years to come.“[The freshman class is] potentially one of the most talented classes that I’ve ever recruited,” coach Kathy Delaney-Smith says.Most of Harvard’s “diaper-dandies,” five guards and two forwards, should provide quality...
...starting point guard of the defending Ivy champions, and is set to captain the squad in her senior season. She’s also the emotional leader of a Harvard team that needed some heroics last season to set it on its run to the championship. Entering its Ivy League opener at Dartmouth, the Crimson, with a 2-11 non-conference mark, faced the prospect of another disappointing year. The game also brought two more immediate challenges: the two-time defending Ancient Eight champion Big Green, and a stomach bug plaguing its star point guard. But Hallion shook...
...adage in basketball is that defense wins championships. But anyone can tell you that at the end of the game, it’s the team with the most points that wins. The other side of the saying then, is that in addition to stopping the other team, you have to put your own numbers on the board. The Crimson thus turns to two rising stars to provide the offensive output needed to compete in the Ivy League. This season, juniors Drew Housman and Evan Harris will be counted on for an inside-outside presence. Their emergence is even more...
...bench—coaching against his former squad.Amaker was fired from the Michigan post in March, after being unable to bring the Wolverines to the NCAA Tournament in six seasons in charge. He had his successes, though, leading Michigan to two NIT Tournament title games and winning the championship in 2004.But when Michigan comes to Lavietes, Amaker’s old friends will be his new enemies, as the coach and his new squad will have the challenge of knocking off one of college basketball’s most storied teams.“We’re going...
...year, Amaker brought in a recruiting class that ESPN ranked second nationally. These accomplishments become all the more significant when contrasted with Harvard’s own basketball history—no NCAA Tournament appearances since 1946, no wins at either Penn or Princeton since 1991, no Ivy League championship...ever.The team must work day in, day out to erase this history. Amaker will work day in, day out to forge a history of his own.“We’re doing the best to create our identity, to reposition our program, to become a contender in this...