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Kevdog's Ballers has most of its eggs in one basket: the blue and white one marked Yale. Reyes' team has relied on the contributions of the upstart Bulldogs' three best players--swingmen Casey Hughes and Caleb Holmes and speedy junior guard Eric Flato--to challenge for the league lead. That trio is aided by the Big Red's outstanding freshman Ryan Wittman, who leads the Ancient Eight in three-point conversions, and Brown guard Marcus Becker, with solid Princeton forward Luke Owings on reserve as insurance or possible trade bait...

Author: By The Crimson Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: IVY FANTASY HOOPS: Kevdog's Ballers (Kevin Reyes) | 2/7/2007 | See Source »

After watching his team endure a total collapse at the end of last year, Harvard men’s basketball coach Frank Sullivan spent his off-season trying to right the ship. He put together a recruiting class ripe with sharp-shooting guards and slashing swingmen, and also worked on developing the pieces returning to the Crimson fold. But with key veterans leaving, diplomas in hand, and the shocking and untimely loss of highly-touted recruit Tomas Balcetis due to a heart condition, many questions still remain unanswered for the Crimson. One gaping hole in particular is the three position...

Author: By Loren Amor, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: BASKETBALL '06: Three’s a Crowd | 11/14/2006 | See Source »

Both teams feature athletic swingmen (Princeton's Gabe Lewullis and Penn's Jed Ryan), who pose serious problems for either an undersized guard or a forward lacking enough foot speed and quickness...

Author: By Zachary T. Ball, | Title: Penn, Princeton a Tough 1-2 Combination | 2/8/1999 | See Source »

...sizzling swing-era trumpet section in 1937. Two years later, after forming his own band, James discovered young Frank Sinatra, who left (to join Tommy Dorsey) before the band's romantic 1941 hit recording of You Made Me Love You established James as one of the premier swingmen during World War II. His fame hit its peak in 1943, when he married America's No. 1 pinup, Betty Grable (from whom he was divorced 22 years later). Despite the many subsequent changes in popular taste, James held a band together for 40 years, playing his final...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Thinker of the Unthinkable | 7/18/1983 | See Source »

Fine's backcourt mate is sure-shooting Rich Bengal. Bengal will be spelled by sophomores Mike Stenhouse and Bobby Allen. The forwards are co-captain Gary Ackerman, a trenchman under the boards, 6-ft. 6-in. Cyrus Booker, and swingmen Mark Hadley and Bob Hooft. Hooft was the Crimson's second leading scorer last year, averaging 10.3 points a game...

Author: By Robert Sidorsky, | Title: McLaughlin Debuts Revamped Cagers | 11/29/1977 | See Source »

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