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...having graduated its three best players from a year ago—including two-time Player of the Year Ibrahim Jaaber and big-time forward Mark Zoller—the Ancient Eight’s long-suffering underlings are all gunning for the top spot.Cornell, the favorite in the preseason media poll; Yale, a dominant home team; and a very deep and experienced Columbia squad all have legitimate title aspirations. Brown and Dartmouth hope to hang around, and even Harvard, likely still a year and a round of Tommy Amaker recruits away from seriously contending, has a prayer to hang...
...snagged at least part of one crown since league play began in 1956. More recently, Harvard saw promising title chances in 2003 and 2006 slip away as the team faltered in the heat of Ivy play.The critics dislike Harvard’s chances this year as well. The preseason media poll gave first- place votes to five teams, none of them located in Cambridge. That was generous compared to several publications. Athlon and Street & Smith each picked the Crimson to finish seventh, while Lindys thinks it will finish dead last.None of this matters to the people who will actually decide...
...Unger says. “I know Adam and Kyle have both been playing big guy spots, and we don’t have very many big guy numbers right now. The opportunity will be there for them to contribute right away.”With Unger suffering a preseason injury a month ago that will sideline him for at least the next two weeks, the underclassmen may indeed have their opportunity to showcase their talents. Intense practices are one thing, but nothing can substitute actual game-time experience, especially when that experience will present completely new challenges...
...There is a high level of competition, kids who love the game of basketball, and who give great effort to improve themselves. I love that about the players we’ve encountered here so far.”Brown, picked to finish fifth in the Ivy League preseason media poll—one slot ahead of Harvard, travelled to Michigan last weekend. The Wolverines knocked off the Bears, 72-57.The Michigan squad graduated its three leading scorers from last season, including big man Courtney Sims, who recently signed a 10-day contract with the NBA’s Indiana Pacers...
...eight minutes remaining, but the Gauchos pulled away late to hand the Crimson its second straight loss to begin the season, 79-61, on Saturday.After getting blown out in the opening minutes of its meeting with Stanford the night before, Harvard began the game by trading baskets with the preseason favorites in the Big West Conference. “I thought we showed a lot of signs of batting back from a really tough, disappointing performance yesterday,” said Amaker, who fell to 0-2 as the Harvard head coach. “We were fighting...