Also having grad transfers doesn’t necessarily translate into success.ACClaxfan wrote: ↑Tue Apr 23, 2024 6:03 pmIt’s a little misleading to say Yale and other Ivies do not have the benefit of 5th year players as they have plenty of 2019 high school grads who have been out of high school for 5 years .Hello wrote: ↑Tue Apr 23, 2024 2:52 pm Well yes Denver had a down game Saturday and Yale had a down game Monday. We will see how it all plays out. While Denver has lost an important player to injury, they have plenty of depth given their steady supply of grad students and grad transfers while Yale is starting four freshmen and does not have the luxury of fifth and sixth year players. Overall it was a well fought game with some mistakes made by both teams but fewer by Denver in the end. Yale also does not have the experience that a team like Denver has, coming off a final four, so will definitely have to find their footing on the larger stage going forward.
Also the observation about the freshman starters, did they play more freshmen than usual in this game?
Yale has 17 in the junior class I think someone said on here recently, so I would have thought that they have a good amount of experience/leadership within that group.
I’m sure they learnt from the game yesterday and will head into their final Ivy game excited since they likely win the regular season outright this weekend as their remaining game is against Columbia.