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* Coach: Tommy Amaker (third season)
* Record: 13-3 (2-0 Ivy League)
* Last time out: Standout senior Jeremy Lin scored 19 points, and Harvard eked out a 62-58 victory Jan. 23 at Dartmouth. The Crimson was scheduled to play Friday night at Columbia.
* Probable starters: Lin (6-foot-3, 200 pounds, Senior, Guard), Oliver McNally (6-3, 180, Soph., G), Christian Webster (6-5, 205, Fr., G), Doug Miller (6-7, 220, Sr., F), Keith Wright (6-8, 240, Soph., F).
* Key reserves: Pat Magnarelli*(6-7, 215, Sr., F), Kyle Casey (6-7, 215, Fr., F), Dee Giger (6-6, 180, Fr., G), Brandyn Curry (6-1, 195, Fr., G), Andrew Van Nest (6-10, 235, Soph., F)
* may miss the game due to injury.
* Statistically: Magnarelli (.603), Miller (.605), Wright (.609) and Casey (.653) are all shooting better than 60 percent from the field. ... Harvard has won five games by at least 21 points. ... Just like Cornell, two of Harvard's losses (Georgetown, Connecticut) have come against Big East schools. ... In its 13 victories, Harvard is averaging 26 trips to the free throw line. ... Non-starters are scoring 41.2 percent of Harvard's points and playing 48 percent of the minutes. ... Lin ranks third in the Ivy in scoring (17.1 points per game), 14th in rebounding (4.5), fifth in field goal percentage (.512), second in assists (4.8), first in steals (2.9) and fourth in blocks (1.3). ... Last year at Newman, Lin was held to 11 points and eight turnovers in a 96-75 Cornell victory.
* Outlook: Harvard is one of the most athletic Ivy teams in recent memory (as an example, the Crimson had a school-record six dunks in beating Rice), with a slew of wing-type players that enable Amaker to extend half-court defensive pressure, trap ball-handlers and force a quick pace. At the forefront is Lin, a terrific all-around guard and one of the nation's top 30 players according to the Wooden Award watch list.
What Harvard lacks (consistent 3-point shooting/size), it makes up for in other areas (getting to the free throw line/quickness, depth, length and good rebounding guards). Against Cornell, the Crimson have their work cut out for them in a couple areas:
1. Dealing with the environment. Each of the last two years, in front of loud Newman Arena crowds, Cornell has won by 21 and 33 points. (At Lavietes Pavilion in Cambridge, the last two meetings have both been one-point affairs, with each team winning once.) Overall, Cornell has won 31 of its last 33 at home.
2. Defending Jeff Foote
3. Dealing with their first back-to-back games of the season, with four freshmen regulars and a first-year player in Van Nest adjusting to the unique Ivy schedule.
Cornell is tops in the Ivy League in taking care of the ball. Harvard must turn the Big Red over and get breakout opportunities, because Cornell -- with its physicality and senior leadership -- has the advantage in a half-court style game.
This game has drawn rare attention to the Ivy League on a national level, with each program boasting top-60 like resumes heading into the weekend. The winner will have the inside track at the league championship.
* Coach: Tommy Amaker (third season)
* Record: 13-3 (2-0 Ivy League)
* Last time out: Standout senior Jeremy Lin scored 19 points, and Harvard eked out a 62-58 victory Jan. 23 at Dartmouth. The Crimson was scheduled to play Friday night at Columbia.
* Probable starters: Lin (6-foot-3, 200 pounds, Senior, Guard), Oliver McNally (6-3, 180, Soph., G), Christian Webster (6-5, 205, Fr., G), Doug Miller (6-7, 220, Sr., F), Keith Wright (6-8, 240, Soph., F).
* Key reserves: Pat Magnarelli*(6-7, 215, Sr., F), Kyle Casey (6-7, 215, Fr., F), Dee Giger (6-6, 180, Fr., G), Brandyn Curry (6-1, 195, Fr., G), Andrew Van Nest (6-10, 235, Soph., F)
* may miss the game due to injury.
* Statistically: Magnarelli (.603), Miller (.605), Wright (.609) and Casey (.653) are all shooting better than 60 percent from the field. ... Harvard has won five games by at least 21 points. ... Just like Cornell, two of Harvard's losses (Georgetown, Connecticut) have come against Big East schools. ... In its 13 victories, Harvard is averaging 26 trips to the free throw line. ... Non-starters are scoring 41.2 percent of Harvard's points and playing 48 percent of the minutes. ... Lin ranks third in the Ivy in scoring (17.1 points per game), 14th in rebounding (4.5), fifth in field goal percentage (.512), second in assists (4.8), first in steals (2.9) and fourth in blocks (1.3). ... Last year at Newman, Lin was held to 11 points and eight turnovers in a 96-75 Cornell victory.
* Outlook: Harvard is one of the most athletic Ivy teams in recent memory (as an example, the Crimson had a school-record six dunks in beating Rice), with a slew of wing-type players that enable Amaker to extend half-court defensive pressure, trap ball-handlers and force a quick pace. At the forefront is Lin, a terrific all-around guard and one of the nation's top 30 players according to the Wooden Award watch list.
What Harvard lacks (consistent 3-point shooting/size), it makes up for in other areas (getting to the free throw line/quickness, depth, length and good rebounding guards). Against Cornell, the Crimson have their work cut out for them in a couple areas:
1. Dealing with the environment. Each of the last two years, in front of loud Newman Arena crowds, Cornell has won by 21 and 33 points. (At Lavietes Pavilion in Cambridge, the last two meetings have both been one-point affairs, with each team winning once.) Overall, Cornell has won 31 of its last 33 at home.
2. Defending Jeff Foote
3. Dealing with their first back-to-back games of the season, with four freshmen regulars and a first-year player in Van Nest adjusting to the unique Ivy schedule.
Cornell is tops in the Ivy League in taking care of the ball. Harvard must turn the Big Red over and get breakout opportunities, because Cornell -- with its physicality and senior leadership -- has the advantage in a half-court style game.
This game has drawn rare attention to the Ivy League on a national level, with each program boasting top-60 like resumes heading into the weekend. The winner will have the inside track at the league championship.
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