HARVARDDADGRAD
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11-30-23 11:49 AM - Post#359920
Justice Ajogbor in a cast on his right wrist after surgery and out for a month. Just what this team with no depth couldn’t withstand, an injury to a true and irreplaceable starter. Fortunately, Malik Mack’s amazing first half (22 pts without a single missed shot or FT) and Chisom Okpara’s 17 point second half willed the Crimson over KP #280 American at Lavietes.
Putting it in perspective, the minutes that would have gone to Justice, Evan Nelson, Sam Silverstein, Josh Hemmings and maybe Bennett Pitcher are going to Wojcik (0 pts), Batties (9 pts), Ace-Nasteski (4 pts) and Simon (2 pts). That’s 67 minutes and 15pts/8 rbs. Silverstein, Hemmings and Filipowski aren’t on the roster while Nelson and Pitcher aren’t coming back this year. Hopefully, Ajogbor can return before Harvard plays Brown (1/12) and Penn (1/20). Harvard looks to be a major underdog at Princeton on 1/6 regardless.
Some Musing/Comparison:
Current Rotation
Mack
Okpara
Lesmond
Batties (FR)
Pigge
Ace-Nasteski (FR)
Wojcik
Simon
Injured/Out
Nelson
Ajogbor
Silverstein
Hemmings
Pitcher
Filipowski
Playing Elsewhere
Ledlum, St. Johns (9.7 ppg, 8 rpg, 42.1% 3pt%)
Tretout, Iona (16.6 ppg, 37.8 3pt%))
Sakota, NE (11.3 ppg, 35.3 3pt%)
Towns, Howard (17.8 ppg, 7.6 rpg, 46.9 3pt%)
Freedman, NYU (15.2 ppg, 7.7 assts, 46.9 3pt%)
Tretout, Towns, Sakota and Freedman are leading their respective squads in scoring. Ledlum is, well, Ledlum – a beast who is among the team leaders in every category. The group is shooting 3's at >40% and appears to be shooting FT’s at around 80% as well.
Which Roster would you prefer to have? Perhaps the weakest option is currently 6-2 and ranked KP#135.
By the way, this exercise led me to notice that SETH TOWNS, who had missed the first few games of the Bison’s season, appears to be somewhat healthy. On Tuesday, he scored 24 points and pulled down 7 boards in 40 minutes in an OT loss to KP#37 Cincinnati. Really awesome to know that Seth is finally getting to play. I was there when Seth hurt his knee at the Palestra in the final minutes of the Ivy League Championship game in March of 2018. His pain and anguish was immediately apparent, and his subsequent frustration and torment was equally obvious. On Monday, December 11th, Seth and Howard return to the Palestra to play Penn. Enough said.
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