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Sullivan hopes Harris will be able to fill the vacuum created by Stehle’s graduation. Harris started at power forward in both of the team’s preseason scrimmages and the opener against Maine last Saturday, and although there will surely be a deeper rotation at the four spot than there was behind Stehle, Harris will be given the opportunity to make the position...
...your squad into submission. The 2005-06 campaign was the most highly anticipated in Harvard’s recent history, as the Crimson was expected to challenge Penn and Princeton for its first-ever league title on the strength of a formidable frontcourt. Harvard was picked second in the preseason media poll mainly based on the presence of first-team All-Ivy forward Matt Stehle ’06 and second-team All Ivy center Brian Cusworth, the league’s top two returning scorers and rebounders. Harvard would bludgeon teams with its post presence, the thinking went, dominating...
...more touches await the standout sophomores, as does increased responsibility in late-game situations. Moreover, Delaney-Smith knows the talent of her sophomore class will be indispensable to an Ivy title run this season.“We’ve worked really hard over the summer and preseason because we want to show that we are a different team and we have made changes,” Rollins says. “I think we’ve stepped it up.”Their closeness along with their talent will arguably provide the best point guard-low post...
...defensive stopper and a dirty work player,” Pusar says. “There’s so much offensive firepower on this team that I would like to bring a defensive mind-set.”Pusar started in both of Harvard’s preseason scrimmages, and also got the nod in the team’s season opener against Maine last Saturday, making him the early favorite to collect a significant chunk of the minutes tat the crucial spot.“I felt like [the starting assignment] was an acknowledgement from the coaches that...
...game last season.Player to Watch: Brittney CarforaCarfora dropped 16 on Harvard, going 4-for-6 from three. Her range will take pressure off of Griffith, who gets the best defender every night. CORNELLThe league’s biggest surprise in 2006, Cornell finished fifth in the Ivies after a preseason poll picked the Big Red to place last. Thanks to standout freshman Jeomi Maduka—the league’s Rookie of the Year and team leader in points (14.8), rebounds, (7.8) and steals (1.7)— and guard Lindsay Krasna, Cornell was a threat last year...