As the only freshmen point guard, there is a lot of pressure to perform as the heir apparent to the Tim Hill dynasty.

"Sure, there are definitely some pretty big shoes to fill, and the comparisons are always going to be there, I'm even wearing his old number," Prasse-Freeman said. "However, I'm more of a pure passer. I try to run the offense from the backcourt, know where everyone is on the court, and just try to make my teammates that much better."

Given time, Prasse-Freeman has the potential to fill Hill's shoes and even exceed the performance of last year's star point guard. In the team's first exhibition match up against St. Francis Xavier, Prasse-Freeman logged 32 minutes on the floor and picked up 10 assists, all without taking a shot.

"Elliott is going to be a great point-guard," Gellert said. "He sees the floor really well and is good at distributing the ball."

Highly recruited out of high school, Prasse-Freeman almost went to Stanford to play basketball.

"It was down to two kids and in the end they chose the other guy," Prasse-Freeman said. "After that, there was some discussion about playing at Stanford as a walk-on, but you can't beat Harvard in terms of the academics, and school's really important to me. Between riding the bench at Stanford and getting a chance to play here, it really wasn't much of a decision."

Prasse-Freeman's decision to choose Harvard is a major indication that the Harvard basketball program, under Sullivan, is gaining national attention.