Word: preseasonitis
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Last year, the Harvard women's basketball team struggled to a mediocre 6-5 record during its preseason games before turning its season around with an inspired 92-70 victory over Dartmouth. Harvard went on to win all but one of its next 13 games versus Ivy League rivals en route to capturing the league title...
Entering Saturday's Ivy opener at Dartmouth, Harvard found itself in a similar situation with a 6-5 record, having endured an inconsistent preseason...
Harvard's preseason started off strong, with four consecutive wins before the Crimson was upset by Holy Cross. The team has been led all season by the scoring (18.2 points per game) and rebounding (9.3 rebounds per game) of senior Kyle Snowden and the floor leadership of Hill, who is averaging under two turnovers a game to go along with his 6.3 assists...
Dartmouth has had little to complain about thus far this preseason. The Big Green has the best record in the Ivy League and, like the Crimson, is considered among the favorites for the league title. Its five wins include a 28-point shellacking of Holy Cross, which beat Harvard...
...Last year we had tied Harvard's best finish in NCAAs, 16th, our goal for this year was to do better," Wriede said. "In the preseason coach's poll we were only ranked 17th...