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...news comes less than a year after Amaker was hired by Harvard Athletics to turn around the lackluster basketball program. Amaker’s hiring was a coup for Harvard. In addition to having held an assistant-coaching position at Duke, his alma matter, the hotshot coach had held head-coaching positions at Seton Hall and Michigan before arriving at the College on the Charles...
...regular season title.If the past holds any implications for the playoffs, the Crimson have plenty of evidence to feel confident about the upcoming battle after defeating the Golden Knights 5-0 and 3-1 in two regular-season contests, the last of which occurred on Jan. 12. But, head coach Katey Stone knows it will not be so easy.“In the tournament, everyone starts back at zero,” Stone said. “At this point each team has two wins and that’s all that matters.”In fact...
Rampant conjecture about academic standards, accusations leveled at the coaching staff, and debate over recruits have recently placed Harvard’s barketball program in the national spotlight and diverted attention away from the games themselves. Amidst mostly unwelcome attention, however, a basic reality has been overlooked. This season is not over yet.This weekend, the Crimson end the year at home against conference foes Brown (17-9, 9-3 Ivy) tonight and Yale (11-15, 5-7 Ivy) tomorrow night. Harvard suits up at Lavietes Pavilion following a deuce of losses in New York last weekend that began with...
...championship in basketball for many decades. But our reputation for academic rigor, high admissions standards, and integrity is far older than our basketball team. In a story published last Sunday, the New York Times laid out evidence that suggests that recently-hired men’s basketball coach Tommy Amaker may be undermining that tradition in order to improve his team. While we do not believe that Amaker’s actions reflect seriously lowered academic standards, the story raises troubling questions about the new hire, particularly with regards to potential violations of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) rules. Former...
...Crimson is in the driver’s seat this weekend because of the team’s crucial 51-48 triumph over Cornell (17-8, 9-3) last Saturday in a packed Lavietes Pavilion.“I thought it was a great game,” Coach Kathy Delaney-Smith said. “I’ve always said it’s harder to stay at the top than to get to the top. We would not have walked away with the win if it were not for the energy in the building...