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Bush won't discuss the draft, choosing to focus on next month's epic Rose Bowl matchup. So how might Texas, going for its first national championship in 36 years, try to stop Bush? "We just have to have two or three people around him at all times," says Texas safety Michael Huff. Be careful: that strategy offers U.S.C.'s other weapons more free room (remember record-breaking quarterback Matt Leinart, last year's Heisman winner?) On the other hand, U.S.C.'s defense can be porous, so Young, the nation's highest-rated passer, and his Longhorns could keep...
Last night was the only time this season both the Harvard men and women’s fencing teams would play at home this year, and the university community came out to support them in full force. In a matchup against Brandeis—and with every contest having implications for NCAA Regionals seedings later on in the season—the Crimson steamrolled the Judges by a score of 23-4 on the men’s side and 24-3 in the women’s matches. A large crowd filled the fencing room in the Malkin Athletic...
...speed. She finished with 22 points and 15 rebounds, overshadowing a solid performance by the Huskies’ star point guard, Shaleyse Smallwood. “She’s a nice player,” Delaney-Smith said. “Athletically, it’s a hard matchup for us, but if you pay attention to fundamentals like we’re supposed to do, we’re not supposed to try to out-jump her. We’re supposed to put a body on her and we didn’t do that...
...like to see us beat them at their place.”Freshman guard Corey Hassan currently ranks second on the Terriers in scoring and can light it up from behind the arc. Senior forward Kevin Gardner leads BU in scoring and rebounding, providing a tough matchup for the Crimson inside.The Terriers’ winless record masks the squad’s talent, as two of the losses came to ranked opponents (No. 1 Duke and No. 19 George Washington) while the other three were at the expense of Michigan, Rhode Island, and Rider.“When you play...
...ECAC) were swept last weekend by No. 12 Colgate and No. 13 Cornell, and after a 2-0 league start, Quinnipiac is tied for eighth in the ECAC. Meanwhile, Harvard (7-4-1, 6-4-0) lost to Yale after eight days of rest, but tonight’s matchup is the middle of the Crimson’s current Sunday-Tuesday-Thursday stretch of contests, which ends on the road against No. 9 New Hampshire. —THE CRIMSON STAFF