“Jimmy’s got the same skill package,” Sullivan said. “We’re excited about having him.”

Yada, a 6’2 point guard from Newport (OR) High School, should also see significant time for the Crimson.

“He’s got good speed,” Sullivan said. “He’s got good vision.”

A solid ball handler and defender, Yada may be Harvard’s point guard of the future.

“He’s going to be real good,” Norman said. “It’s just going to take more practices and some game experience.”

Whatever lineup Sullivan puts out on the floor, it will not suffer from a lack of intensity.

“With the people coming back, we all are very aggressive on defense,” Beal said. “We got at it every day last year in practice. Kev [Rogus] and I got noses broken in practice.”

Through the pre-season conditioning and practice, the players have gained a better feel for one another.

“[We] all bring different assets to the table and we are beginning to coalesce together, taking advantage of our particular skills [to] form a diverse back court,” Rogus said.

“We’re very inexperienced right now, but with more reps in practice and as the season progresses, we’ll be fine,” Norman added. “By Ivy League play [on Jan. 3], we should be one of the strongest back courts in the league.”

If that’s the case, Harvard could well be chalking up enough victories to cover that blank slate.