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Penn’s 3-1 record this year is a far cry from last season’s atrocious 0-8 start that doomed the Quakers from the outset. Ultimately, they suffered as many Ivy losses as in their previous three campaigns combined...
...simultaneous decrease in scoring and increase in turnovers was also a result of the adjustments that Cserny has had to make after having played European basketball for 11 years. The way traveling is called in the U.S. has been difficult for Cserny to adjust to at the outset of the season...
Although Donnelly overstates the point, he is not far from the mark. From the outset, many Pentagon officials, most notably Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz, vociferously supported ousting the Taliban and Hussein in one swift stroke. And although initially hesitant, the State Department now seems to cautiously support the idea. Secretary of State Colin Powell has warned that countries “such as Iraq” should not think that we will be “unconcerned” about their chemical and biological weapons stockpiles. At the same time, U.S. diplomats appear to be forging closer ties...
...Crimson played a more defensive game from the outset. Harvard kept Rutgers from getting scoring chances in the first half, but the Crimson itself was rarely able to connect with its forwards...
...change in the offense, which relies more on ball-handling skills and ball reversal from side-to-side, was evident from the outset of the game. Harvard repeatedly earned easy baskets underneath after series of passes and picks...