Yale's Petersen is a top candidate for Player of the Year. The job of stopping him falls to freshman point guard Jared Leake.
Leake always draws the tough assignments: Princeton's Sean Jackson and Pennsylvania's Paul Chambers. But Petersen will be tougher than both of them.
Deadly Combination
Jackson was primarily a shooter, and Chambers was primarily a ball-handler. Petersen is a deadly combination of the two. Not only does he score an average of 17.7 points per night, he also creates nine points more with his flashy passing.
Tyler Rullman has the opportunity to break Savage's newfound rhythm. Rullman's top defensive effort came against Penn, when he hounded Jerome Allen into a 0-for-8 night.
It all starts with the defense. Without it, there is not much chance to slow down those southern New England juggernauts.
But the defense has been a strength, not a weakness. If the offense flows with it, the Crimson could pull off the upsets.
Who knows? The team might even double its win total.