Harvard vs Stanford Men’s Basketball: Breakdown Analysis

Hey basketball fans! The college basketball season is upon us, and the Jerod Haase era has begun. Coach Haase has gotten his team off to a good start with a 80-70 victory over Harvard in Shanghai. Junior forward Reid Travis returned from injury, and had a monster game with 24 points and 17 rebounds. Lets take a look at how he got going…

Throughout the game, Stanford looked to impose their will in the paint. Off of the in-bounds pass, Stanford guard Christian Sanders simply dribbles to the opposite wing, and makes a 30 foot pocket pass to Travis in the post. Typically you don’t want to make a pass to the post from that far away or even from that angle, but credit Sanders for seeing that…