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Despite those key losses, anyone who thinks the Quakers have no chance next year has to be kidding themselves. Penn may not return its senior studs, but plenty of talent will come back to the Palestra next year. Swingman Brian Grandieri, an All-Ivy Second Team selection this past season, will be back, along with guard Darren Smith, who Crimson fans might remember from his lights-out performance from three-point range at Lavietes this year. Plus, during warm-ups before their home meeting with Harvard last month, seemingly every Penn player could dunk, indicating quite a few real athletic...
...Haven. Either way, it is a tough environment for visiting teams. The Bulldogs also welcome back four starters from last year’s team, including potential Player of the Year Eric Flato at the point. The one starter Yale loses, however, is Second Team All-League swingman Casey Hughes, the team’s top defender and rebounder...
...crowd let him know about it. On every open shot he seemed to be pressing just a little bit more, with the same result. With the game no longer in doubt and the crowd’s taunts growing louder, Goffredo gave a tough foul on Yale swingman Nick Holmes...
...guard-oriented league. But without a fearsome pivot keeping them honest, opposing defenses will key in on Goffredo and make senior Brian Darcy or junior Brad Unger or sophomore Evan Harris or freshman Jo Mama beat them down low. I’m hearing good things about rookie swingman Jeremy Lin, though...
...been subject to the most debate, and holds the most uncertainty.Last season, Michael Beal ’06 filled that role admirably. With a 6’5, 215-pound frame, Beal was your quintessential small forward—a position that in the Ivy League often becomes a swingman or third guard. He could drive the lane and kick it out to the perimeter or take it to the hole when he had to. He could bang bodies underneath the rim, as evidenced by his 6.3 rebounds per game last year, good for third most on the team...