Amaker’s Move Creates a Clash of Harvard Ideals
One week after the Harvard men’s basketball program was cleared by a five-month Ivy League investigation into its recruiting practices, Coach Tommy Amaker continued his aggressive overhaul of the team.
One by one, Amaker called five players into his office before classes began in early September and told them they no longer had spots on the team. The five players included all three sophomores on the team, each of whom started games last season.
Amaker said they were welcome to play on the junior-varsity team, but did not have varsity roster spots and could not participate in the preseason workouts and conditioning work, the players said. The move cleared room for Harvard’s heralded seven-man freshman recruiting class.
nytimes.com
9/27/08
Magnolia Tribune
