The Smart Get Richer: Harvard Lands Two

After already pulling in a good recruiting class for this year and with some great players considering or committed for the year after, Harvard just pulled in a couple more set to arrive in Cambridge next year. First, the Crimson received a commitment on Monday from a GA C, #19 in the class at his position according to ESPN, named Mike Hall. The fact that he was being pursued by Oklahoma State and Florida State ought to speak to his ability and how much of a steal he is for an Ivy League school. Hall has great size to use once he adds strength and will be a force down low both defensively and on the glass.

Only a day later, another team receiving high-major attention, Siyani Chambers, committed to play for Tommy Amaker's squad. a PG from Minnesota, Chambers is solid defensively and will be an excellent play-maker who will make opportunities for both himself and others. Both join MA prep Evan Cummins (who is no slouch himself) as the Crimson's class of 2012.

Ballin' is a Habit has a great article discussing how exactly Tommy Amaker is managing to have such success without being able to give out athletic scholarships at a program of rather historic ineptitude. It's a great read that really illuminates the rise of a program that takes student-athletes and makes them succeed in truly both senses of that hyphenated amalgamation of a word.