bradley
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02-04-17 10:24 AM - Post#220372
Probably comes down to which team shoots the 3 better,turnovers and does Chambers or Weisz have the edge in keeping their team together thru rough spots.
Coach Amaker and Henderson will be scoping each other out as to strategy as they may be playing each other two more times this year but the winner of this game or future games may well be dependent on 3 pt shooting percentage and turnovers.
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sparman
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Re: Harvard 02-04-17 10:36 AM - Post#220374
In response to bradley
Right, given the likelihood that both teams go to the new tournament (ugh), looks to me almost like a reconnaissance mission.
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Tiger69
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Re: Harvard 02-04-17 12:31 PM - Post#220382
In response to sparman
Vets win tonight; newbies win at Princeton; toss up if they meet in stupid tourney.
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bradley
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Re: Harvard 02-04-17 01:38 PM - Post#220388
In response to Tiger69
I have it in reverse order that Harvard frosh shoot 3s better at home than on the road, especially at Jadwin. But, surprises are not uncommon in the IL on any given night.
The final game in the IL tournament may well come down to what team shoots 3 pointers better on Sunday. Great way to decide league representative.
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SRP
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02-04-17 08:13 PM - Post#220433
In response to bradley
First four minutes are a defensive struggle at 2-2. Brennan with a nice block on a Harvard layup attempt; Harvard's only score off a live-ball turnover from Cook to Chambers and a Chambers one-man fast break.
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SRP
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02-04-17 08:30 PM - Post#220438
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Princeton outplaying Harvard but getting reamed by the officials. Apparently there is no way a Tiger can get a call driving to the hoop. An absurd, late offensive foul call on Cook on a breakaway layup bails out Harvard again. The Crimson have been terrible with the basketball, turning it over against the Tigers' active hands and Aiken taking some very iffy shots (he got a couple to drop, but also got stuffed by Cook and missed badly on a trey).
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SRP
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02-04-17 08:54 PM - Post#220445
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Up 30-24 at the half. 11 TOs from Harvard lead to 14 Princeton points. Tigers hitting threes pretty well, with Weisz picking up where he left off against Dartmouth. Cook and Stephens chipping in well, Bell provides good punch on both ends off the bench. Cannady struggling a bit on offense, but I feel like he may have a spurt or two in him.
Interesting looking at the highly touted Harvard freshmen against Princeton, where I have a pretty good frame of reference of what the Tigers bring. One thing that pops out is that I'm very glad Aiken doesn't play for PU--my stomach couldn't take it. No matter how good he turns out to be (and he does hit some high degree-of-difficulty shots and will surely improve), the horrible, overoptimistic decisions he makes would be painful to watch. You'd think a short player would be used to being short and wouldn't get himself into some of these no-win situations against taller, longer opponents, but in the three of his games I've watched so far it seems like he's frequently surprised that the other team has Division I defenders. I suppose you can't coach confidence and that works for him most of the time, but geez.
Towns hit a three that looked good but otherwise looks like a player who wants to be Wesley Saunders on offense but doesn't draw fouls or convert enough after making a decent move to have that level of production. (There is no comparison on D, as you'd expect.)
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Petrie
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02-04-17 08:57 PM - Post#220448
In response to SRP
I think the tiger defense looked great in first half. Hope they have the legs to play the same D in second half.
Is something wrong with miller ?
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SRP
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02-04-17 09:08 PM - Post#220457
In response to Petrie
He played a little bit at the beginning, I think.
Good start to the second half except for more bad calls going against Princeton. Cook called on an iffy charge (at least he got his money's worth leveling Townes) and then an absurd blocking call when he was motionless and vertical against a charging Edosomwan. Then a loose-ball foul that looked pretty phantom.
At least the treys have been going down.
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SRP
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02-04-17 09:20 PM - Post#220465
In response to SRP
Cannady 0-8, all but one of them threes, I think. Those two Lewis steals on passes to Gladson changed the momentum of the game but the Tigers don't seem too rattled. Still up a couple of possessions.
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SRP
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02-04-17 09:27 PM - Post#220468
In response to SRP
Corey Johnson looks to be the Rivard replacement they've been looking for. Deadly from far out without much time and his D is pretty good, even though he's not quite as big and strong as Rivard was.
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Tiger81
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02-04-17 09:28 PM - Post#220469
In response to SRP
Tigers look tired, they will need to dig deep to finish this one strong on both ends
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SRP
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02-04-17 09:35 PM - Post#220478
In response to Tiger81
Yeah, still up three with Chambers heating up. Big trey hit by Stephens and then Weisz draws the charge from Aiken. I like the composure so far. Harvard really cranking up the half-court man ball pressure, and I wish this team were more practiced in the good old backdoor stuff because it would really be there now.
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SRP
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02-04-17 09:39 PM - Post#220480
In response to SRP
If the Tigers lose this, missed FTs will be a big part of the story. Cook cleverly draws one from Lewis but misses the second, then there's a bad foul giving Chambers three FTs.
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SRP
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02-04-17 09:45 PM - Post#220486
In response to SRP
Another iffy over-the-back call on Bell where it looked like Chambers low-bridged him. Game tied now with 2:27 left.
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TigerFan
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02-04-17 09:47 PM - Post#220491
In response to SRP
Too much one on one bs on offense.
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TigerFan
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02-04-17 09:48 PM - Post#220493
In response to TigerFan
What the hell is going on at the FT line?!
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TigerFan
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02-04-17 09:49 PM - Post#220494
In response to TigerFan
Grotesque FT shooting.
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TigerFan
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02-04-17 09:53 PM - Post#220496
In response to TigerFan
Cannady just doesn't have it...
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TigerFan
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02-04-17 09:54 PM - Post#220498
In response to TigerFan
Amir Bell!
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