Ivy League 2003-04 Recap by Owen Bochner What began as a season with expectations for parity and fierce competition in the Ivy League ended as one characterized by routine and predictability. Sure, things looked bright in the Ancient Eight with surprising non-conference showings by middle-of-the-pack teams such as Yale and […]

Ivy League Notebook by Owen Bochner Things are coming down to the wire in the Ivy League with Princeton firmly in the drivers’ seat. The Tigers extended their winning streak to four with last weekend’s sweep of Brown and Yale, and clinched their 51st consecutive winning conference season in the […]

Ivy League Notebook by Owen Bochner The second weekend of Ivy-exclusive games proved once again that anything can happen. Cornell, for example, looked downright bipolar in the weekend’s action. Friday night, the Big Red demolished Brown, 96-81, leading by as many as 24 points. Twenty-four hours later, the Red looked […]

Ivy League Notebook by Owen Bochner Every year, one team emerges as the surprise contender in the Ivy League. Two years ago, that team was Yale. Last year, it was Brown. This year’s contender is Cornell. After one weekend of exclusive Ivy play, the Big Red is sitting at the […]

Ivy League Notebook by Owen Bochner Going into this season, no one expected that Yale would struggle like it did last season. With a mature, healthy roster and the collective memory of both winning the league and falling back to mediocrity, the Elis, it seemed, were primed for a repeat […]

Ivy League Notebook by Owen Bochner It was a week of ups and downs for the Ivy League, as the conference prepares to dive into conference play beginning this weekend. The ups belonged to Cornell, Harvard, Princeton, and Penn, while the week was a downer for Brown, Dartmouth, and Yale. […]

Ivy League Notebook by Owen Bochner As if only to quiet any doubters, Penn resumed its familiar post as the Ivy League frontrunner with a stellar non-conference performance in the 2003 portion of its season. Following their Holiday Festival tournament championship, the Quakers stand at a non-so-impressive, but conference-leading 5-4 […]

Ivy League Notebook by Owen Bochner While millions dug out of the weekend’s snowstorms in the Northeast, the arenas of the Ancient Eight remained relatively quiet, as most of the Ivy League’s schools took a break for exams. But the league’s players didn’t take time out to watch the snow […]

Ivy League Notebook by Owen Bochner A couple of Ivy League teams picked up their first wins of the season, while others continued their previous patters of play, as the Ancient Eight entered the month of December with a vengeance this past week. But though none of the conference’s teams […]

Ivy League Notebook by Owen Bochner The theme of this young season for the Ivy League has been a valiant (though usually unsuccessful) attempt to play with the big boys. One look at the early non-conference schedules of several Ancient Eight squads gives the impression that maybe these teams have […]