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...very young Columbia team is also very deep. Juniors John Baumann and Ben Nwachukwu anchor the Ivy League??s best frontcourt (a lot of good that did Harvard last year) and there are a number of nice options on the perimeter as well, most notably the Japanese sharpshooter ace K.J. Matsui. Try to avoid calling those three-point makes “bombs...
Last season, a familiar lesson was rudely reinforced for the Harvard men’s basketball team—attempt to challenge the one immutable law of the Ivy hoops universe and the reality of the league??s unchanging landscape will pound your squad into submission. The 2005-06 campaign was the most highly anticipated in Harvard’s recent history, as the Crimson was expected to challenge Penn and Princeton for its first-ever league title on the strength of a formidable frontcourt. Harvard was picked second in the preseason media poll mainly based...
...outstanding rookie contributors a season ago. Tay, the flashy passer who thrives off penetration and a pull-up jumpshot, stymied slower defenses in the second half of the Ivy season. And beginning with a dominant opening performance against Dartmouth, Rollins emerged as one of the league??s finest post players in just her freshman season.Rollins finished the season as the Crimson’s leading scorer, averaging 10.8 points per game despite missing the first 10 games of the season with an arm injury. The team’s sparkplug off the bench, Tay led Harvard in steals...
...that all five sophomores have been healthy at the same time—a fact that will make the girls knock on wood faster than you can say “two torn menisci.” Forward Katie Rollins, who established herself last season as one of the league??s most talented low-post players, missed the first ten games of last season recuperating from off-season arm surgery before debuting against Dartmouth in January. Guard Niki Finelli missed the team’s first six games with a torn meniscus, while forward Liz Tindal played...
...Neither has been a star in their three years with Harvard, but the veterans are ready to step into their roles as team leaders and examples of hard work and dedication.Their collective work ethic has impressed Harvard coach Kathy Delaney-Smith so much that the Ivy League??s winningest coach refers to them both as her “blue-collar workers.”“They would be in my top five in their work ethic of anyone I have ever coached,” Delaney-Smith says. “That?...