It’s 80 degrees out. The sun is shining, the birds are chirping, and Frisbees have become a constant disturbance in the Yard. It must be…early April?
Spring has sprung in more ways than one, as league play began this weekend for the Ivy diamond sports. We’ve got upsets, no-hitters, and a couple of new powers making a splash. Let’s take a spin around the Ancient Eight.
Coach Steve Donahue has led the Cornell Big Red to three straight Ivy titles. He was hired today to become BC's new basketball coach.
Cornell’s Steve Donahue will be the new men’s basketball coach at Boston College, according to multiple sources.
Jeff Goodman of FoxSports.com first reported this morning that Donahue, who during a ten-year tenure in Ithaca had taken the Big Red to three consecutive NCAA tournaments—including the Sweet 16 this year—was chosen to replace Al Skinner at BC.
Jeremy Lin hopes to become the first Asian-American basketball player in the NBA.
This week, Harvard guard Jeremy Lin will begin his quest to the NBA as he goes up against the nation’s best seniors at the Portsmouth Invitational Tournament in Virginia.
Lin is currently viewed by scouts as a borderline late second-round pick. The Crimson star will need to improve his stock by a good margin in the next ten weeks if he is to get drafted.
One team that Lin has certainly drawn interest from is the local Boston Celtics. 14 NBA scouts reportedly attended the February 19th Harvard-Cornell game, as did Celtics GM Danny Ainge.
Sophomore Rachel Brown had her first no-hitter of her young career this weekend.
Not even halfway through her Harvard career, sophomore pitcher Rachel Brown has already made her way into Crimson softball history.
A year after setting the program single-season strikeout record, Brown added another accomplishment to her already-lengthy resumé on Friday—her first career no-hitter.
Senior Jason Duboe leads by example, volunteering in his spare time
Despite its loss to Duke last Friday night, coach John Tillman is still proud of his No. 14 men’s lacrosse team. He’s proud of the way his team plays on the field, but also of the way the athletes conduct themselves on the north side of the Charles.
“We want to be part of the Harvard community,” Tillman said. “We want to be really good students—we’re not just here to play lacrosse.”
