According to Minnis, aside from improving its transition defense, minimizing errors will be a crucial change for Harvard in this rematch.
“They’re No. 13 in the country, and that’s what good teams do—they capitalize on your mistakes,” Minnis said.
At this point last season, the Crimson headed into Eastern Championships seeded seventh and finished eighth.
Harvard views this year’s higher seeding as indication of its success so far this season.
“It shows how much improvement we’re making as a program,” said Purcell, who leads the team with 43 assists. “We’ll continue to improve as time goes on, but this weekend, we have to come out with intensity and play at our level. If we can do that...I think we’ll be unstoppable.”
—Staff writer Patrick Galvin can be reached at pgalvin@college.harvard.edu.