2010–11 Ivy League men's basketball season
2010–11 Ivy League men's basketball season | |
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League | NCAA Division I |
Sport | Basketball |
Duration | January 8 – March 8, 2011 |
Number of teams | 8 |
Regular season | |
League co-champions | Harvard, Princeton |
Season MVP | Keith Wright, Harvard |
One-game playoff (March 12) | |
Champions | Princeton 63–62 |
Runners-up | Harvard |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Princeton | 12 | – | 2 | .857 | 25 | – | 7 | .781 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Harvard | 12 | – | 2 | .857 | 23 | – | 7 | .767 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Yale | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 15 | – | 13 | .536 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Penn | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 13 | – | 15 | .464 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Columbia | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | 15 | – | 13 | .536 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cornell | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | 10 | – | 18 | .357 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Brown | 4 | – | 10 | .286 | 11 | – | 17 | .393 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dartmouth | 1 | – | 13 | .071 | 5 | – | 23 | .179 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
As of March 17, 2011 Rankings from AP Poll
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The 2010–11 Ivy League men's basketball season marks the continuation of the annual tradition of competitive
Preseason
Entering the
Season
Non-conference play began on November 12, 2010.
The conference had two players recognized as
Harvard's Oliver McNally concluded his season with a 100 for 108 (92.6%)
On March 5, Harvard clinched a share of the league championship for the first time since the Ivy League was formed.[13] On March 8, Princeton defeated Penn to force a one-game playoff at the Payne Whitney Gymnasium at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.[14][15] The matchup was widely anticipated in the press.[16][17][18]
Postseason
Prior to the game both teams received championship trophies.
Entering selection Sunday (March 13), Harvard ranked 35th in the
Honors
In season
Each week the Ivy League selects a player of the week and a rookie of the week.[30]
Player of the Week | Rookie of the Week | ||||||||
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Name | School | Class | Position | Name | School | Position | |||
November 15, 2010 | Keith Wright | Harvard | Jr. | F | Miles Cartwright | Penn | G | ||
November 22, 2010 | Christian Webster | Harvard | So. | G | Sean McGonagill | Brown | G | ||
Austin Morgan | Yale | So. | G | ||||||
November 29, 2010 | Keith Wright | Harvard | Jr. | F | Miles Cartwright | Penn | G | ||
December 6, 2010 | Ian Hummer | Princeton | So. | F | Laurent Rivard | Harvard | G | ||
December 13, 2010 | Noruwa Agho | Columbia | Jr. | G | Steve Fankoski | Columbia | G | ||
Kareem Maddox | Princeton | Sr. | F | ||||||
December 20, 2010 | Kareem Maddox | Princeton | Sr. | F | Gediminas Bertasius | Dartmouth | F | ||
December 27, 2010 | Zack Rosen | Penn | Jr. | G | Miles Cartwright | Penn | G | ||
January 3, 2011 | Chris Wroblewski | Cornell | Jr. | G | Laurent Rivard | Harvard | G | ||
January 10, 2011 | Noruwa Agho | Columbia | Jr. | G | Dockery Walker | Brown | G | ||
Greg Mangano | Yale | Jr. | C | ||||||
January 17, 2011 | Noruwa Agho | Columbia | Jr. | G | Laurent Rivard | Harvard | G | ||
Greg Mangano | Yale | Jr. | C | ||||||
January 24, 2011 | Greg Mangano | Yale | Jr. | C | Jeremiah Kreisberg | Yale | F | ||
January 31, 2011 | Kyle Casey | Harvard | So. | F | Miles Cartwright | Penn | G | ||
Jack Eggleston | Penn | Sr. | F | ||||||
February 7, 2011 | Sean McGonagill | Brown | G | Sean McGonagill | Brown | G | |||
February 14, 2011 | Keith Wright | Harvard | Jr. | F | Sean McGonagill | Brown | G | ||
Greg Mangano | Yale | Jr. | C | ||||||
February 21, 2011 | Peter Sullivan | Brown | Sr. | F | Sean McGonagill | Brown | G | ||
Tyler Bernardini | Penn | Sr. | F | ||||||
February 28, 2011 | Kareem Maddox | Princeton | Sr. | F | Jeremiah Kreisberg | Yale | F | ||
March 7, 2011 | Brandyn Curry | Harvard | So. | G | Meiko Lyles | Columbia | G |
Postseason honors
The league selected its postseason awards on March 9.[31]
Player of the Year: Keith Wright, Harvard (Jr., F,
Defensive Player of the Year:
Rookie of the Year: Sean McGonagill, Brown (Fr., G,
All-Ivy League (ALL CAPS: Unanimous)
- First Team All-Ivy: Noruwa Agho, Columbia (Jr., G, Orange, CT)
- Second Team All-Ivy: San Mateo, CA)
- Honorable Mention: Tucker Halpern, Brown (So., F, Noblesville, IN)
Notes
- ^ a b c "Ivy League Men's Basketball Abound with Preseason Honors Entering the 2010-11 Season". IvyLeagueSports.com. October 15, 2010. Archived from the original on December 16, 2010. Retrieved March 6, 2011.
- ^ "55th Season of Ivy League Men's Basketball" (PDF). IvyLeagueSports.com. November 8, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 13, 2011. Retrieved March 6, 2011.
- ^ "Week 9 * January 3, 2011" (PDF). IvyLeagueSports.com. January 3, 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 13, 2011. Retrieved March 6, 2011.
- ^ "2011 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings - AP Top 25 Week 12 (Jan. 24)". ESPN. January 24, 2011. Retrieved March 6, 2011.
- ^ "2011 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings - AP Top 25 Week 13 (Jan. 31)". ESPN. January 31, 2011. Retrieved March 6, 2011.
- ^ "2011 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings - AP Top 25 Week 16 (Feb. 21)". ESPN. February 21, 2011. Retrieved March 6, 2011.
- ^ "Harvard alone atop Ivy standings following win". ESPN. February 19, 2011. Retrieved May 29, 2011.
- ^ "2010-11 Highlights" (PDF). IvyLeagueSports.com. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 8, 2012. Retrieved May 29, 2011.
- ^ "2011 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings - Week 18 (Mar. 7)". ESPN. March 7, 2011. Retrieved March 8, 2011.
- USAToday. March 13, 2011. Archivedfrom the original on January 19, 2011. Retrieved March 15, 2011.
- ^ "Brown's Leffelman, Cornell's Wroblewski Named Academic All-America in Men's Basketball". IvyLeagueSports.com. February 22, 2011. Archived from the original on July 13, 2011. Retrieved March 6, 2011.
- ^ "NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Player Free-Throw Shooting Statistics - 2010-11". ESPN. March 9, 2011.
- ^ "Harvard tops Princeton 79-67 to share Ivy title". ESPN. March 5, 2011. Retrieved March 6, 2011.
- ^ a b "Princeton tops Penn, sets up one-game playoff with Harvard". ESPN. March 8, 2011. Retrieved March 9, 2011.
- ^ "Princeton Forces a Playoff for the Ivy's N.C.A.A. Bid". The New York Times. March 8, 2011. Retrieved March 17, 2011.
- ^ Friedman, Dick (March 11, 2011). "Harvard, Princeton meet in a winner-take-all game for Ivy title". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved March 14, 2011.
- ^ Pennington, Bill (March 11, 2011). "Ivy Champions to Settle Score at Yale". The New York Times. Retrieved March 17, 2011.
- ^ Rhoden, William C. (March 9, 2011). "In the Shadow of the Big East, a Spotlight for the Ivy League". The New York Times. Retrieved March 17, 2011.
- ^ a b Pennington, Bill (March 12, 2011). "Princeton Pauses but Still Beats Buzzer on Way to N.C.A.A. Bid". The New York Times. Retrieved March 17, 2011.
- ^ "Princeton KO's Harvard on last-second jumper to earn NCAA bid". ESPN. March 12, 2011. Retrieved March 12, 2011.
- ^ "2011 Men's Basketball Playoff Information". IvyLeagueSports.com. March 11, 2011. Archived from the original on March 11, 2011. Retrieved March 12, 2011.
- ^ "Men's Basketball - Team RPIs (2010-2011)". RealTimeRPI.Com. March 13, 2011. Archived from the original on March 15, 2011. Retrieved March 13, 2011.
- ^ "2011 NCAA tournament selections". ESPN. March 13, 2011. Retrieved March 13, 2011.
- ^ "Playoff Defeat Sends Harvard to the N.I.T." The New York Times. March 13, 2011. Retrieved March 17, 2011.
- ^ "Colorado, Virginia Tech lead NIT field". ESPN. March 13, 2011. Retrieved March 14, 2011.
- ^ "Oklahoma State routs Harvard in NIT opener". ESPN. March 15, 2011. Retrieved March 16, 2011.
- ^ "2010-11 Ivy League Men's Basketball Weekly release: Postseason • March 14, 2011" (PDF). Ivy League. March 14, 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 8, 2012. Retrieved November 7, 2011.
- ^ "Brandon Knight's only basket lifts Kentucky past Princeton in final seconds". ESPN. March 17, 2011. Retrieved March 17, 2011.
- ^ McMurphy, Brett (March 18, 2011). "Pushed by Princeton, Kentucky Wins in Final Seconds". The New York Times. Retrieved March 19, 2011.
- ^ "2010-11 Ivy League MEN'S BASKETBALL" (PDF). IvyLeagueSports.com. March 7, 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 13, 2011. Retrieved March 8, 2011.
- ^ "Men's Basketball All-Ivy -- 2010-11". IvyLeagueSports.com. March 9, 2011. Archived from the original on March 13, 2011. Retrieved March 12, 2011.
External links
- Ivy League website
- Year in review from IvyLeagueSports.com
- Expanded Ivy Standings @ ESPN