Word: preseasonitis
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...efforts earned him first team All-Ivy honors, second team All-ECAC honors, and a spot on the ECAC All-Tournament team.No one in the league is expecting him to disappoint this year, either, as indicated by the captain’s selection to the media’s preseason All-ECAC team.But Reese isn’t ready to rest on his laurels. Despite all of the individual achievements, he still wants the one thing that no skater on the current Crimson roster has experienced—a victory in the NCAA tournament.“That?...
...Penn is not the same Penn they were ten years ago,” Murphy said. “There’s a lot more parity in our league.”That parity has been evident throughout the season. Only three teams have lived up to preseason expectations. Harvard, picked first, continues to be near the top, and Columbia and Dartmouth, picked last and next-to-last, respectively, are exactly where predicted. But first-place Yale was predicted to finish fifth (despite getting a pair of first-place votes) and Princeton was chosen sixth.Penn, the second-place pick...
...doubt you're still a threat? The day I stopped worrying about my stats was the day I started winning. Everyone is still going to double- and triple-team me, and when they do that, I just make my guys better. One of my rookies asked me [after a preseason game against Houston], "Damn, Yao Ming is 7 ft. 6 in., and they double you?" I said, "Yeah, that's cause...
...Senior preseason All-American Mike Berg was named the Ivy League’s defensive player of the week after his performance opposite the ball against Dartmouth on Saturday. The defensive tackle led a Harvard defensive performance that notched its first shutout in two years, a 28-0 win over the Big Green. Berg led the team with seven tackles, three for a loss, as well as two forced fumbles, a fumble recovery, and a sack. He filled up three categories on a single play Saturday, when he charged through the line to sack Dartmouth quarterback Mike Fritz before...
...team rules. The suspension left the starting quarterback job to Chris Pizzotti, a Massachusetts native who missed the entire 2005 season with a back ailment. “I have confidence in Chris, but there’s no substitute for experience,” Murphy said during the preseason. “As an example, how Liam was a lot better quarterback over the last half of the season than he was over the first half of the season, especially in decision-making.” Pizzotti vindicated Murphy in the early going of the season opener versus Holy...