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...Matt Polhemus. b. Its defense, ranked first in the nation in fewest rushing yards allowed and sacks per game, is far superior.c. It is playing at home, where it is unbeaten in 2006, outscoring its opponents 112-51. d. It has not lost to the Bulldogs since 2000, a streak unprecedented in the history of the series, giving it a psychological edge before the teams even leave their locker rooms. e. All of the above. Now, don’t strain yourselves, my dear Yalies. When “all of the above” is offered as an answer...
...some measures, tonight’s game could just have easily been played in Cambridge: Harvard enters play No. 13 in the latest NSCAA/Adidas poll, where the Bruins are ranked 22. The Crimson enters the contest on a nine-game win streak, whereas UCLA finished 10-5-4 and lost twice—by 3-1 and 4-1 scores—to Pac-10 champion and No. 13 seed California...
...Cusworth and captain Matt Stehle ’06, the motivating factor behind Harvard’s preseason No. 2 ranking, could not prevent the Crimson’s best shot in years at the Ivy title from flaming out in a late-season eight-game league losing streak. To do so, Cusworth must take over the lead of the Crimson frontcourt in the absence of first team All-Ivy forward Stehle, help his teammates develop a head of steam to compete in the second half, and, in the process, complete his evolution into the dynamic force so many have...
...think we started to panic and get away from the things that had gotten us to that point.”Two weeks and two more losses later, Harvard dropped another agonizing contest in the final minute to the Quakers at the Palestra. The losing streak then reached its ugliest point on the very next night in a 27-point throttling at the hands of Princeton. To keep itself afloat in the Ivies this year, the Crimson will have to prove that it can hang with the big dogs of the Ancient Eight. Doing so would reverse a long running...
...rebounders. Harvard would bludgeon teams with its post presence, the thinking went, dominating the smaller, less skilled big men of the Ancient Eight en route to the top of the standings.While Stehle and Cusworth performed well, however, their combined interior force could not prevent an eight-game league losing streak at the end of the season that dropped the Crimson to a 5-9 Ivy record, perhaps the most disappointing finish in school history. “At this time last year there was a lot of energy, a lot of hype, a lot of excitement about the return...