bradley
PhD Student
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Age: 74
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03-18-18 12:35 PM - Post#253693
In response to HARVARDDADGRAD
When I watch the top teams in the country, they play a very different brand of ball than IL basketball (uptempo, penetrate to the basketball, physical, etc). The passing around at the perimeter by IL teams is a different style of play. It can work against a team not used to it but in the long run, it can be stopped to some degree by switching out at the perimeter.
The question is does Harvard's top players have the ability to go to the hoop and play un-Ivy League like. Does Amaker change the style of play to some extent? Not sure,
The one team in the Ivies that struck me somewhat different as to style of play was Yale in Sears/Sherrod senior year with Mason doing crazy things. When they beat Baylor, they did not look like an Ivy team as well as when they lost to Duke.
Some Tiger fans cringe at not playing Pete Carril basketball. It is very tough to pull off with the athleticism in college BB.
Just an opinion.
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