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...over. For the first time this season, the high-scoring Harvard offense is shut out, thanks to a solid effort by Reed and the UCLA defense. And just like that, the Crimson's successful season is over...
...Sullivan says.While his foot has ceased to be an issue, Cusworth missed four games in 2004-05 with a thumb injury, and then was sidelined for seven games last year with a fractured hand. The seasons that Cusworth should have spent building upon the promise of his solid freshman campaign—the only year he stayed healthy—have thus been continually interrupted. The big man has never been able to completely incorporate himself into the flow of the season, as each injury has necessitated a period of reintegration.The continual breaks and fractures have no doubt been caused...
Justin Conway, Noah “Noble” Savage, and Luke Owings form a solid, veteran nucleus, but the Tigers are woefully undersized (Conway plays center at six-foot-four) and will suffer from the graduation of point guard Scott Greenman...
...excitement about the return of Matt and Brian, because of their scoring, for their rebounding,” Harvard coach Frank Sullivan says. “I think at the end we all realized this is a guard-dominated league, always was, always will be. You have to be solid at the one, two, and three spots.” An analysis of the Ivy League’s guard orientation must begin at the three-point arc, which, in the college game, stands just 19’9 away from the basket (as opposed to 23?...
...particularly difficult challenge for shorter defenders.Most crucial, however, is whether Harvard can overcome the offensive inconsistency that doomed the Crimson in January and February of last year. Harvard had the talent to stay atop the Ivy heap last year, but never managed to put together two halves of solid basketball against the league’s premiere competition. In the six games against Dartmouth, Brown, and Princeton, Harvard was outscored in the first half 220-169 and never led at the break. “[Last year] is a huge motivation for us this season,” Hallion said...