Final Home Calls For Columbia Seniors by Matthew Moll NEW YORK – Columbia’s Joe Jones has described his fifth men’s basketball team as the “grind-it out type” and a defensively focused team, juxtaposing them with last season’s 12th-best three-point shooting team’s style. Senior weekend highlighted both the peaks and valleys […]
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Brown’s Senior Guards End With Success
Brown’s Seniors Traveled Different Paths to Success by Phil Kasiecki Senior Night for Brown came on Saturday evening. Among those honored were two young men who have been through quite a bit on the court at the school, going from rebuilding to a winning team in their senior season. But […]
Ivy League Notebook
Ivy League Notebook by Phil Kasiecki As another weekend of Ivy League basketball has completed, there hasn’t been much change at the top. With two more road wins, Cornell has run their record to 8-0 and remains two games in front of Brown. The Big Red could move even closer […]
Ivy League Notebook
Ivy League Notebook by Phil Kasiecki Ivy League play has begun in earnest, and with two full weekends in the books a few things have already become clear. Most notable is that Cornell is the team to beat. The Big Red have run out to a 6-0 start and have […]
Cornell Looks Like Ivy Favorites
Cornell Looks Like the Favorite by Phil Kasiecki PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The first Ivy League showdown of the season went to the preseason favorites. Cornell knocked off Brown on Friday night by a 75-64 margin, asserting themselves as the team to beat early on. The Big Red moved to 3-0 […]
Brown Looks Like A Contender
Bears Look Like Potential Ivy Contenders by Phil Kasiecki PROVIDENCE, R.I. – This is a different Brown team taking the court these days. Although a number of players return from last season’s team, there’s plenty that’s different about this team. There is a different feel to this team, with different […]
Penn Starts Slow, Has Promise
Young Quakers Have Potential During Slow Start by Phil Kasiecki PHILADELPHIA – Before the season, much was said about this year’s Penn team not being the Penn team we’ve known over the years. Much has been said about how wide-open the Ivy League appears to be and how this could […]
Ivy League Preview
Ivy League 2007-08 Preview by Phil Kasiecki As the 2007-08 season approaches, there is a sense that this season could be different in the Ivy League. Prognosticators and even coaches are all saying that this just might be the year that someone other than Penn or Princeton breaks through at […]
Columbia Senior John Baumann
Baumann Gears Up For Senior Year On The Hardwood by Zach Smart John Baumann arrived at the New York City campus of Columbia University with his name circled in hyperbolic lure. Anytime a player who averaged 30 points in high school inks with an Ivy League program, hype, hearsay, and […]
The Question Facing Ivy League Basketball
Can Ivy League Basketball be Competitive Again? by Jay Pearlman Those of you who have followed these columns will recognize the general theme that the caliber of play in the Ivy League has deteriorated noticeably in recent years, to this writer resembling Division III ball during the 1980’s. Now, I’ve […]
