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GoBigGreenBasketball 
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11-11-16 02:55 PM - Post#212988    
    In response to HARVARDDADGRAD

  • HARVARDDADGRAD Said:
Very insightful article. Thanks for the heads up.

As for Harvard, although Juzang (14pts) and Aiken (17pts) played well vs MIT and Kevin Whittaker is merely recognizing that, I expect them to play behind Corbin Miller and Andre Chapman, neither of whom played vs MIT, and, of course, Corey Johnson, who only played 10 minutes vs MIT. Amaker has the depth and schedule to rest key players, and it started against MIT as only Siyani (returning from injury) and Chris Egi (working his way into a larger role) saw significant minutes among upperclassmen.

In competitive games, I don't see Amaker eschewing Johnson, Miller or Chapman for Juzang nor Siyani for Aiken. Aiken will get minutes as Siyani's backup, but Juzang might have to wait for next year.

Towns is set as the SF. Matchups and performance will dictate who joins Chris Lewis off the bench - Baker, Perez, or Dragovich or who backups up Seth Towns.

Starters:

Edosomwan
Egi
Towns
Johnson
Chambers

This lineup allows Chris Lewis to be on the court when Zena is not. He could dominate some Ivy backup 4/5's. It also provides three long range shooting options. On the other hand, the FT shooting deficiencies of Zena and Egi should impact the end of game lineups in close games.

That's starting only one player under 6'5". If the game dictates small ball, Aiken/Miller/Chatfield/Ju zang stand ready and if an opponent pressures the guards, Chambers and Aiken should join forces to make such a team pay for that strategy (see the Penn board) and Juzang/Chatfield/Miller could join them.



Harvard v Stanford Media Guide Starters:

01..Siyani Chambers..Sr..G..6-0..170
25..Corey Johnson..So..G..6-5..200
00..Chris Lewis..Fr..F..6-9..235
24..Chris Egi..Jr..F..6-9..220
31..Seth Towns..Fr..F..6-7..205
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