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Life in the Minors: The Men's JV Hoops Team

A Harvard Crimson Sports Cube Feature

Ed Brown. Fr., The Ivory Coast. Good player, nifty inside moves.

Kevin Collins. Fr. Potential varsity material. Excellent athlete. Freshman football player. Team's high scorer and "designated dunker."

Brian Curtin. Fr., Cambridge native. Injured first half of seanson. Played on nationally-ranked Cambridge Rindge and Latin. Insists, "Harvard people just don't know what Cambridge is like."

Dan Gerstein. Fr. Sixth man. Part-time coach at Rindge and Latin. Admires Bill Walton because, "He doesn't have to score to be a good player. I try to be a role player, also."

Hermann Johansson. Soph., Sweden. Good shooter. Great skier. Loves travelling and playing "Jale." Known, of course, as "the Swede."

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Dave Kulick. Sr. Team Captain. Excellent court savvy. Very efficient player. From Jersey. Models play after roommate, a former hockey team member. Admired by teammates for his leadership and yellow Cadillac.

Andy Morehead. Fr., Wyoming. Extremely hard worker. Has shown amazing progress. Claims to have a backboard-breaking brother.

Steve Mullery. Fr., New York City. Excellent knowledge of game. Second leading scorer. All-around ability makes him a coach's dream. Has played in N.Y.C. leagues with stars from the ACC (Olden Polynice) and the Big Eight (Derrick Chevious).

Stan Rodgers. Fr., South Carolina. Nice jump shot. Has great desire to play. Lives eight miles from William Perry's hometown.

Marc Rosenman. Jr., Chicago. Pefect team player. Last man on team last year, now a starter. The self-proclaimed Jim McMahon of the Crimson squad.

Jim Topitzes. Soph., Milwaukee. Starting point guard. Great improvement from last year. Excellent ball-handling and defense. Game high of eight assists on the year. Almost decapitated unnamed reporter after kicking anonymous basketball during anonymous practice.

Steve Bzomowsky. Head coach. Sample of players' comments: "You really want to work hard for him", "He's really cool and really wants to win", "He lets you play the game", "He never raises his voice". Triple threat as coach, bus-driver, and practice player. Coached team to a first-time-in-memory victory over the Harvard Classics baskeball club last month after suffering early season drubbing by the same. Widespread player praise for showing excellent "Boston driving" skills.

"It's a real commitment," the team's bus driver/coach was saying, "they practice 10 to 15 hours a week, sometimes at crazy hours.

"The other day," he continued, "a five-seven guard who played in high school said to me, `Coach, this is the most enjoyable basketball experience of my life.'''

To some people, "JV" may not be all that impressive. To these guys, though, it's their team.

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