cantab
Freshman
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Loc: c-bridge
Reg: 11-28-04
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07-21-06 02:56 PM - Post#21522
Is anyone else as mystified as I am by Cusworth deciding to play the first semester instead of the second one I realize this means he'll play in 15 games vs. 12, but those 12 games are all Ivy League games. I'd rather have Brian around for the 12 Ivy games than the three extra games against Maine, Colgate, etc.
And I'm surprised Frank is going along with this, with his job possibly riding on this season. He's going to be judged more by his team's Ivy record than its overall record. It just doesn't seem logical.
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internetter
Postdoc
Posts: 3400
Loc: Los Angeles
Reg: 11-21-04
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Re: priorities-source?
07-21-06 10:23 PM - Post#21523
In response to cantab
Where did you read that?
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cantab
Freshman
Posts: 29
Loc: c-bridge
Reg: 11-28-04
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Re: priorities-source?
07-22-06 01:49 PM - Post#21524
In response to internetter
It's been pretty well-documented. This was in the Harvard game notes most of last season:
Moving Up
As second semester begins, Brian Cusworth is now designated as a first-semester senior with two semesters of eligibility remaining. Cusworth will play the first semester next year.
link: http://graphics.fansonly.com/photos/schools/harv/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/GameNotes27.pdf
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palestra38
Professor
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Reg: 11-21-04
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Re: priorities
11-03-06 01:18 PM - Post#21525
In response to cantab
Has anyone gotten a statement from Cusworth as to why he would do this? I can understand if he were going to be graduated and leave school after the first semester, but if he is staying in Cambridge until the end of the year and taking courses the second semester, I cannot understand his decision. Wouldn't he prefer a last chance to play the Ivy schedule and compete for a championship and an NCAA bid? Do we have the facts on this other than the statement that he is going to play the first semester only?
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Brian Martin
Masters Student
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Loc: Washington, DC
Reg: 11-21-04
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Re: priorities
11-03-06 03:32 PM - Post#21526
In response to palestra38
I think he still has two semesters of basketball eligibility left, but only one semester of academic work to complete his degree requirements. Harvard won't let him hang around and take ballroom dancing in the spring.
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palestra38
Professor
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Re: priorities
11-03-06 06:04 PM - Post#21527
In response to Brian Martin
I know that H-Y-P do this, but I don't quite understand the policy behind it. I completed my undergraduate requirements at Penn in 3 1/2 years, but that didn't mean that I couldn't take a slate of classes---the requirements are the minimum, not the maximum. If I am willing to fork over the tuition and want to take 4 history courses that I never got around to taking, why shouldn't I be allowed to do so? I don't think you have to take it to ballroom dancing, although one might argue there is merit in that too.
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Brian Martin
Masters Student
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Loc: Washington, DC
Reg: 11-21-04
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Re: priorities
11-03-06 06:47 PM - Post#21528
In response to palestra38
That was a Matt Leinart reference:
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2143657
A sociology major, Leinart needs two credits to graduate as he begins his fifth year at USC.
"School's done for me -- I'm here to concentrate on football," he said.
Leinart will complete his schooling by taking a class in ballroom dancing with Cameron, a sophomore from Thousand Oaks who plays on USC's women's basketball team.
"We both kind of figured, 'Let's take that.' We'll practice our tango or whatever the heck they do -- the 1-2 step," Leinart said, smiling.
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hoopstar
newbie
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Reg: 01-31-06
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Re: priorities
11-04-06 03:25 PM - Post#21529
In response to cantab
How did the two Harvard srimmages go?????
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