It will also be tough for Harvard to succeed without its bench. Sophomore guard Brady Merchant, one of the best sixth men in the league, provides scoring punch and athleticism off the bench.
Junior guard Alex Lowder and senior guard Bryan Parker will also play key minutes in these two games.
After its inability to put away a weaker Hartford team this past week (the Crimson led by eight with a little over a minute left in the game), Harvard will hope to sustain its offensive and defensive pressure for the duration of the games this weekend.
"We were a little rusty coming off exams," Harvey said. "We turned the ball over a lot, which really negated our shooting and all our steals. We knew we needed one tune-up game because you don't want to come out sloppy for a league game."
The Crimson cannot overlook Cornell and Columbia if it is to compete for the Ivy League Championship, as conference powers Penn and Princeton loom just around the corner.