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Back from last year is a nucleus of veterans, including high scoring swingman Donald Fleming and senior co-captain Mark Harris and Tom Mannix, not to mention the backfield tandem of Calvin Dixon and Robert Taylor...
With senior co-captains Tom Mannix and Mark Harris forming the experienced core along with junior scoring machine and first team All-Ivy forward Donald Fleming, and standout recruits Monroe Trout (first team Connecticut All-State) and Joe Carrabino (first team All San-Fernando Valley) leading the freshmen, the Crimson should improve dramatically on last season's 11-15 overall, 6-8 Ivy League mark...
Offensively too, the squad should be stronger than last year. With some sort of inside threat provided by Harris and the gaggle of rookies, the outside should open up for Mannix and Fleming, last year's big guns...
...trio of talented guards will join Fleming when he plays in the back court, most notably Mannix and sophomore Calvin Dixon. Mannix was the Crimson's second leading scorer last year, averaging over 12 points per game. He could equal that clip this year, and along with Harris will provide a stabilizing influence on the young team...
Returnees, of course, will form the core of the team. Tom ("...three point range") Mannix, the team's only senior besides Harris, junior playmaker Robert Taylor, and Harris will certainly all play key roles. Highly touted recruit Calvin Dixon put on some flashy shows as a freshman, but never put it all together. Improvement from Dixon in the backcourt, where Harvard surely needs it, would mean a great deal to the team--and certainly pack...