HARVARDDADGRAD
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Reg: 01-21-14
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12-05-21 01:47 PM - Post#330671
In response to whitakk
This Harvard team, as currently constituted without Forbes, Ajogbor and Pitcher, is fun to watch but difficult to have confidence in. Every game is unpredictable and filled with streaks.
Also, there is no room for injuries. Back to back Ivy games will be a problem as well.
From what I saw on a streamed game, Pitcher is still in a giant brace and so not looking likely soon. Of Ajogbor and Forbes, Forbes seems to be more mobile when the bench is shown. Forbes would be really really meaningful. Hemmings has played in two games now, but for nominal minutes. Also, Cathings didn't play against UMass.
After Babson on Monday, the Crimson play Holy Cross and Howard on Dec. 19/21, then Kansas on Dec. 29th, before opening the Ivy season with Princeton on January 2nd followed by Brown and Yale the following weekend.
I'm really hoping that Mason Forbes can rejoin the rotation for the Holy Cross/Howard weekend in two weeks. Othewise, it will be a rough start to the season, with the saving grace being that those first 3 Ivy games are at home where we seem to play (and shoot) better.
Seems like Penn is in a similar situation with both of their bigs being sidelined and return uncertain. Yale is playing small. Brown's size will be a problem, and even Princeton's could be as well.
Thinking we need to focus on making sure we finish in the top 4 and then find outselves more healthy for the tournament at Lavietes.
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