"It was a disjointed game," Sullivan said, "Our shot selection was too quick. We didn't get enough mid- and late-possession jumpers."
Clemente's ongoing recovery certainly complicates matters. He has yet to get his jumpshot back to last season's form-he is shooting just 39.1 percent from the floor and 20.0 percent from behind the three-point arc--and his injured ankle prevents him from creating mismatches against undersized or lead-footed opposition.
Without a healthy Clemente, teams have much less difficulty containing the more traditional backcourt shooters.
However, when Harvard goes 10 trips down the court without a point--as it did in the middle of the second half yesterday-it seems the team needs to overhaul how it views its offense.
Or maybe that analysis is overly academic. Dartmouth ran roughshod over the Crimson, and Harvard stood idly by and let it happen. These were two Ivy opponents, and the two are smart enough to know what needs to be done. It might simply be a matter of determination and execution.
"We're too soft as a team right now, Fisher said. "We need to play with some heart."