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...perimeter-oriented league, that should be enough to propel it into the Big Dance. Sharp-shooting Ryan Wittman was the Ivy Rookie of the Year last season, scoring 15.6 points per game mostly by hoisting up a stunning 216 three-balls—and draining 43 percent of them. The league’s top freshman from the year before, Adam Gore, missed all of last season with a torn ACL, but he’s another guy who can score in bunches. And Louis Dale is a dynamic point guard with excellent rebounding skills for a six-footer.Cornell checks...
...they embark on their first season together. “We want him to blossom, to be a high-flyer, and we need that from him,” Amaker says. The bar has thus been raised for Lin, who averaged 4.8 points per game while shooting 41.5 percent from the floor last year and also knocked down an impressive 81.8 percent from the free-throw line. He also registered 70 rebounds and 28 steals last year. Lin will also be building on other, less quantifiable skills, such as awareness of his surroundings on the court and a high energy...
...directly on domestic issues, though he wasn’t beyond dropping hints. “We have been spending more in this country than we can afford,” he said. “We can’t afford to keep indefinitely spending six to seven percent more than we are producing. “We have had a happy time in the financial markets, which have led to some considerable excesses which are going to have to be repaired. We’re going through that process right now.” Volcker expressed doubts about...
...Erian took the helm of HMC after the departure of Jack R. Meyer and more than 30 other HMC employees in late 2005. In fiscal year 2007, El-Erian’s only full year as HMC president, Harvard’s investments earned returns of 23 percent, adding $5.7 billion to the endowment...
...Demons by forcing turnovers, sharing the ball, and pushing the tempo. With both squads playing their third game in less than 48 hours, Harvard seemed by far the fresher club. The Crimson was consistently able to get ahead of the defense in transition and convert layups, shooting over 59 percent from the floor and racking up 27 assists—four shy of the single-game school record—on 36 field goals. “We like to play in the open court because we have bigs that can run and we have guards that...