Word: sullivans
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...times to defeat Princeton 65-64 and Penn 59-57. Although the Tigers and Quakers lost last weekend, their struggles are trivial compared to Harvard’s current three-week slide. “The first two games were buzzer-beaters,” said head coach Frank Sullivan. “But the final three were not, because the defense hasn’t been strong enough or consistent enough.” The concentration on defense is as much a result of the Crimson’s poor play as it is related to Columbia?...
...much as Harvard coach Frank Sullivan and his players wanted to distance themselves from it, the current collapse draws an eerie parallel to the one that happened three seasons ago. The Crimson started out 10-5 and 2-0 in the Ivy League in both years, but after losing a few close games early, the team went in the tank. The 2002-2003 squad won two of its final 12 games. This year’s team has won two of its last eight and has just four more chances to make a move from shockingly similar to just somewhat...
...That makes twice in four years that Sullivan has had his players quit on him. At most schools, that’s not a good sign for a basketball coach. At Harvard, it’s never really clear if any of that matters...
...point is that when a program as a whole is mired in mediocrity, it’s hard to demand more than that from each of its component parts. Sure, Sullivan seems destined for no better than a 7-7 Ivy finish, which would be the squad’s sixth in eight years and the ninth straight season that the Crimson failed to finish above .500 in the Ivy League. But in six seasons under coach Peter Roby, Sullivan’s predecessor, Harvard never cracked .500 in league play and only hit 7-7 twice...
...This season, for the first time since 2002-2003, Sullivan had first-place talent. Yet, poor coaching decisions and poor execution on the part of the players have left the Crimson dangerously close to the Ivy cellar...