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Sunday, December 22, 2024
It was a great night for a few players in the Ivy League while the race evened up. Plus the Horizon League has a regular season champion, the Gators have some personnel questions, and the Miners will be short a coach on what will be a very busy day of action.
The weekend has featured several instances of something we don’t see often: BCS conference (or Group of Five, or whatever term you want to use) teams taking to the road against good non-BCS teams.
The 2013-14 season was a great one for the Icy League, and it may be a harbinger of things to come
It may be early, but Princeton is already in a deep hole in the Ivy League, to the point where they no longer control their own destiny.
In any normal year, this Princeton team would have some people pick them to win and not look crazy for it.
With Harvard and Princeton both winning on Saturday night, another big showdown between the teams is set for Friday evening.
Harvard is young, and a young player had a big weekend for them, but after winning the first showdown with Princeton, the Crimson are alone in first place in the Ivy League.
Friday night’s 67-64 win over Princeton was no ordinary game for Harvard. It was against the team that had been a thorn in their side, the team whose heart-breaking defeat of them led to a constant mention of a simple number all season: 2.8.
Baylor was thought by some to be a Final Four or national title contender. With four losses to Kansas and Missouri, the Bears are quite clearly not the best in their own conference right now.
Princeton went 1-5 in the first six games, with three losses being by six points or less, and they had some question marks offensively. While the offense is always a subject of conversation, an improvement at the defensive end has helped changed the team’s success.
