mrjames
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12-06-15 11:29 AM - Post#196779
In response to digamma
It'll continue to be up and down with a general trend upwards, I'd wager. Some of the things killing Harvard right now are correctable with the personnel that the team has (as opposed to situations where a team just doesn't have the personnel to correct a glaring error and will have to ride a season out).
Lots of the turnovers are kids trying to do too much, and those should subside as players settle into roles. That will improve the offense a bit, but there will still be enough bad, live-ball TOs to put a cap on how much ground the offense can gain.
Harvard really needs Chris Egi to make free throws. The ability to throw out Zena, Cummins and Egi along with Okolie, Steeves and Perez at the 4-5 or 3-4-5, will create an advantage for the Crimson in Ivy play, as not a lot of other teams can match that size. Add Corey Johnson at essentially the 2, and Harvard could roll out there with four guys at 6'5 to 6'9.
It'll be a very fun season. It is extremely unlikely to end in an Ivy title, but with 5 of the first 8 at home (and two coin-flip road games), Harvard could hop out 5-3 or 6-2 before fading in the face of a five-game stretch that includes four road games and hosting Princeton.
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