Ivy League Notebook by Phil Kasiecki As we head into the all-important month of February in the Ivy League, there are three teams ahead of the pack, and it might well stay that way. Prohibitive favorite Penn is 2-0 after easily handling Cornell and Columbia in the middle of the […]

Ivy League 2005-05 Preview by Steve Sheridan Let’s just make it easy: Penn might well win the Ivy League title this season. After 23 overall titles and five of the last seven championships, this bold prediction will not make any huge waves throughout the Ivy League community. Nonetheless, the Quakers […]

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 […]