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Young is an accurate perimeter shooter (.393 three-point percentage) like his predecessor Steve Goodrich, who forces opposing centers to come out of the paint on defense. But Young can also run Princeton's traditional backdoor offense, taking the ball with his back to the basket and either hitting a turnaround jumper or feeding a teammate for an easy...
Princeton's biggest weaknesses are in the backcourt, where the loss of Earl--the 1998-99 Ivy Player of the Year--will be painful. Sophomore swingman Ahmed El-Nokali (2.5 ppg, 1.5 rpg) started as a rookie, but he is not a distance shooter. El-Nokali is the only guard who saw significant playing time during the Ivy season last year...
...only two returning starters to the Harvard men's basketball team's roster, Clemente led the Crimson in scoring (14.7 points per game) and rebounding (4.6 rebounds per game) last year. The junior was also the team's top three-point shooter, converting on 41.7 percent of his shots last season...
...Springer compiled numbers in goal that would make a sharp-shooter shake, registering a 1.32 goals-against average and a blistering hot .932 save percentage with a record...
Basketball was becoming his great connector: it turned him into one of the guys in Crystal City, where he made the high school varsity squad as a freshman, engendering further resentment until his play took the team to the top. An extraordinary shooter, he became famous for passing--another way to connect with his teammates. He practiced three or four hours a day, with weights in his sneakers to improve his jumping. It led to an acclaim that as McPhee once said, made Bradley "a personality before becoming a person." Known as the best high school ballplayer in Missouri history...