Harvard senior Brian Cusworth is a 7-foot center, and is one of the best big men the Ivy League has seen in a long time who hasn't worn a Princeton jersey. There's a rule at that famed bastion of academia that you can only attend the place as an undergrad for eight semesters or less, and it's biting Cusworth rather harshly in the rear end right now.
After suffering a preseason injury in his sophomore year, Cusworth decided to stay in classes, so that semester was used. But he withdrew from the second semester, so he had one semester of eligibility remaining in the 2006-07 academic year. Though the Crimson's biggest Ivy League games (including both against Penn) take place in the second semester, Cusworth had to play the first semester because of the aforementioned rule.
Harvard is one of those odd schools that has its exams after Winter Break, so Cusworth's career will end tomorrow night. But on this evening, against rival-in-everything Yale, Cusworth turned in a performance that must have had the full attention of the NBA scouts who've been watching him.
Yes, that's right. NBA scouts have been watching a Harvard basketball player. It wouldn't make any sense to me either if I hadn't seen him myself in years past. Though Yale won tonight, Cusworth had a monster game. And for what it's worth, the Ancient Eight might not be as bad as everyone thinks -- it's 16th in conference RPI at the moment, with Penn-St. Joe's tomorrow the next to last non-conference game of the season for Ivy teams.
Besides, I don't know of any good storylines in Mercer-Stetson or Portland State-Sacramento State.
Name |
Min |
FG |
3pt |
FT |
OR |
TR |
A |
TO |
S |
Blk |
PF |
Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
B. Cusworth |
36 |
12-18 |
0-2 |
4-6 |
4 |
10 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
28 |
I promise that Philadelphia's teams will be far more relevant and far more discussed in the morning. I'll be at Penn-St. Joe's tomorrow night, and I'll be getting there pretty early, so if you see me, do say hello.
