Bruno
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03-02-24 10:08 AM - Post#364264
In response to HARVARDDADGRAD
There were a number of times Harvard had bigs out on the perimeter on defense and I thought that length disrupted Brown.
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HARVARDDADGRAD
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03-02-24 11:42 AM - Post#364271
In response to Bruno
Until it didn’t.
Might have facilitated Browns amazing first half offensive rebounding as well.
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Old Bear
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03-02-24 11:56 AM - Post#364273
In response to HARVARDDADGRAD
Lesmond did a pretty good job of defending Lilly until the last 5 seconds.
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Bruno
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03-02-24 12:27 PM - Post#364276
In response to Old Bear
Held Brown’s top two scorers to 10-34 shooting. If you’d told me that I wouldn’t have believed it would even make it to overtime, much less winning it.
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HARVARDDADGRAD
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03-02-24 12:40 PM - Post#364278
In response to Old Bear
Lesmond’s a tall guard (6’6”)
But bringing Ajogbor and Okpara out on the perimeter opened up the lane (e.g., Lily’s end of first half drive) and Brown’s remarkable offensive rebounding in the first half.
I guess the foreshadowing was on Brown’s first possession. Ajogbor rejected Lily’s 3 on the perimeter, but Lily chased down the rejection, stepped even further back, and barely beat the 30 second clock with a rainbow over Ajogbor for Brown’s first basket of the game. A precursor of the games ending(s).
Definitely a few games in one:
A rock fight: First 4:45 minutes: Harvard 4 - Brown 3
Brown dominance: Middle 25 minutes: Brown 47 - 29
A stirring Harvard Comeback (final 11 minutes) Harvard 28-8
Lily clutch closing 3 to tie at 61
Harvard up in OT: score 64-61
Brown 7-2 run to lead 71-66
Final: Brown: 71-68
Amazing how performances in both games between these teams were so uneven:
First Game;
1H: Brown 41-24
2H: Harvard 48-33
That’s Ivy Basketball I guess.
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Bruno
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03-02-24 01:14 PM - Post#364280
In response to HARVARDDADGRAD
The psychology and strategy of playing with a big lead is fascinating to me. Lots of theories why leads get blown in college (and NBA basketball). My own (largely baseless) hypothesis is that teams start to work the clock, meaning they’re not starting their offensive set until half the shot clock has gone by, which limits the quality of their shots and the change in pace from slow to fast further reduces their effectiveness. And then when the other team gets it back they’ll be even more aggressive than normal, and crashing for offensive rebounds. So you end the game with the losing team taking 20 pct (?) more shots down the stretch and over a long enough stretch that will catch up. It’s just math.
But what do I know.
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