2015-16 Ivy League Men's Basketball March 18, 2016
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Postseason 2015-16 Ivy League Men’s Basketball March 18, 2016 #OneIvy #IvyAt60 STANDINGS POSTSEASON SCHEDULE & RESULTS Ivy League Overall Wednesday, March 16 Record Pct. Home Away Record Pct. Home Away Neutral Streak CIT First Round Yale 13-1 .929 7-0 6-1 23-6 .793 12-0 9-6 2-0 W 6 Columbia 86, Norfolk State 54 Princeton 12-2 .857 7-0 5-2 22-7 .759 13-0 9-6 0-1 L 1 Columbia 10-4 .714 5-2 5-2 22-10 .688 15-4 7-6 0-0 W 1 NIT First Round Harvard 6-8 .429 4-3 2-5 14-16 .467 8-5 4-10 2-1 W 3 (3) Virginia Tech 86, (6) Princeton 81 (ot) [ESPNU] Penn 5-9 .357 4-3 1-6 11-17 .393 9-6 2-11 0-0 L 4 Thursday, March 17 Dartmouth 4-10 .286 3-4 1-6 10-18 .357 8-6 2-12 0-0 L 1 NCAA West Region First Round Cornell 3-11 .214 0-7 2-5 10-18 .357 5-8 5-10 0-0 W 1 Dunkin Donuts Center, Providence, R.I. Brown 3-11 .214 3-4 0-7 8-20 .286 7-6 1-13 0-1 L 3 (12) Yale 79, (5) Baylor 75 [CBS] THE IVY LEAGUE IN THE POSTSEASON Saturday, March 19 The Ivy League is making noise in the postseason once again as Yale upset Baylor in the first round of NCAA East Region Second Round the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship, Columbia won in its CollegeInsider.com Tournament Dunkin Donuts Center, Providence, R.I. (CIT) opener and Princeton pushed its Postseason National Invitation Tournament (NIT) first-round game to (12) Yale vs. (4) Duke, 2:40 pm [CBS] overtime. Wednesday, March 23 TOP STORYLINES CIT Quaterfinal • Yale secured its first win in the NCAA Tournament in its fourth overall TBA at Columbia, 7 pm appearance. The Bulldogs were one of two 12 seeds (Arkansas-Little Rock being the other) to win on the tournament’s opening day. Thursday & Saturday, March 24 & 26 NCAA Regionals • Yale sophomore guard Makai Mason poured in a career-high 31 South: KFC Yum! Center, Louisville, Ky. points in the victory. His 31 points are the most by a Bulldog in an NCAA West: Honda Center, Anaheim, Calif. Tournament game, surpassing the 27 points scored by Tony Lavelli vs. Illinois on March 21, 1949 in New York. Friday & Sunday, March 25 & 27 NCAA Regionals • Yale’s win gives the Ivy League a victory in three of the last four NCAA Tournaments (2013, 2014 and 2016). East: Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia In the last seven NCAA Tournaments (2010-16), the Ivy League has totaled five wins and has a 4-3 record Midwest: United Center, Chicago in opening games. Sunday, March 27 • The Ivy League is now 5-4 in its last five NCAA Tournament appearances as a CIT Semifinals [CBSSN] No. 12 seed -- Princeton 1-1 in 1998, Cornell 2-1 in 2010, Harvard 0-1 in 2012, Harvard 1-1 in 2014 and Yale 1-0 in 2016. Tuesday, March 29 CIT Championship [CBSSN] • Yale’s win ups the League’s NCAA Tournament records to 43-82 (.344) in 73 all-time appearances (since 1938-39) and 34-62 (.359) in 59 appearances since Saturday, April 2 the conference’s first official season in 1956-57. NCAA National Semifinals NRG Stadium, Houston • Princeton lays claim to six of the Ivy League’s 10 all-time Postseason NIT berths. The Tigers lead the League in both Postseason NIT (six) and NCAA Tournament appearances (24). League teams have combined for a Monday, April 4 8-9 (.471) record in 10 Postseason NIT appearances. NCAA National Championship NRG Stadium, Houston • Columbia has a postseason win to its credit in two of the last three seasons. The Lions have received a bye into the CIT quarterfinals by virtue of being one of the tournament’s top-three seeds based on Pomeroy Ratings regular-season RPI. Columbia entered as the No. 3 team, checking in 113 behind UC Irvine and Texas-Arlington. League teams have combined for a 7-6 (.538) record in six CIT appearances. • The Ivy League boasts multiple teams in the postseason for the sixth time in seven years (2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-12, 2013-14, 2014-15 and 2015-16). • The Ivy League boasts multiple 20-win teams for sixth time in the last seven seasons. In four of those occurrences (2009-10, 2011-12, 2013-14 and 2015-16), the League had three teams reach that important 20-win mark. 2015-16 Ivy League Men’s Basketball Postseason 2 WEEKLY AWARDS HISTORY WEEKLY AWARD WINNERS PLAYER OF THE WEEK PLAYERS OF THE WEEK School Last Occurrence Player November 16 ...........................................................Sam Jones, Penn (So., F) Brown December 15, 2014 Cedric Kuakumensah Columbia February 22, 2016 Maodo Lo November 23 ................................................ Luke Petrasek, Columbia (Jr., F) Cornell February 1, 2016* Matt Morgan Justin Sears, Yale (Sr., F) Dartmouth November 30, 2015 Miles Wright November 30 ................................................Miles Wright, Dartmouth (So., G) Harvard March 7, 2016* Zena Edosomwan Penn November 16, 2015 Sam Jones December 7 .......................................................Robert Hatter, Cornell (Jr., G) Princeton February 29, 2016* Spencer Weisz December 14 ................................................ Luke Petrasek, Columbia (Jr., F) Yale March 7, 2016* Makai Mason December 21 ......................................................Maodo Lo, Columbia (Sr., G) December 28 .........................................Zena Edosomwan, Harvard (Jr., F/C) ROOKIE OF THE WEEK School Last Occurrence Player January 4 .................................................................Justin Sears, Yale (Sr., F) Brown March 10, 2014 Leland King January 11 .................................................Agunwa Okolie, Harvard (Sr., G/F) Columbia February 2, 2015 Kyle Castlin Amir Bell, Princeton (So., G) Cornell March 7, 2016 Matt Morgan Dartmouth February 15, 2016 Evan Boudreaux January 18 ............................................................Makai Mason, Yale (So., G) Harvard December 7, 2015 Weisner Perez January 25 ....................................................... Brandon Sherrod, Yale (Sr., F) Penn January 4, 2016* Jackson Donahue February 1 ..........................................................Matt Morgan, Cornell (Fr., G) Princeton February 22, 2016 Devin Cannady Brandon Sherrod, Yale (Sr., F) Yale January 12, 2015 Makai Mason February 8 .......................................................Steven Cook, Princeton (Jr., F) *Shared honor Justin Sears, Yale (Sr., F) February 15 .............................................................Justin Sears, Yale (Sr., F) February 22 ........................................................Maodo Lo, Columbia (Sr., G) February 29 .................................................Spencer Weisz, Princeton (Jr., F) Makai Mason, Yale (So., G) March 7 .................................................Zena Edosomwan, Harvard (Jr., F/C) Makai Mason, Yale (So., G) ROOKIES OF THE WEEK November 16 ...........................................Evan Boudreaux, Dartmouth (Fr., F) November 23 ......................................................Matt Morgan, Cornell (Fr., G) November 30 ...........................................Evan Boudreaux, Dartmouth (Fr., F) December 7 ....................................................Weisner Perez, Harvard (Fr., F) December 14 ...........................................Evan Boudreaux, Dartmouth (Fr., F) December 21 ............................................... Guilien Smith, Dartmouth (Fr., G) December 28 ...........................................Evan Boudreaux, Dartmouth (Fr., F) Devin Cannady, Princeton (Fr., G) January 4 ............................................................Matt Morgan, Cornell (Fr., G) Jackson Donahue, Penn (Fr., G) January 11 ...............................................Evan Boudreaux, Dartmouth (Fr., F) January 18 ..........................................................Matt Morgan, Cornell (Fr., G) January 25 ...............................................Evan Boudreaux, Dartmouth (Fr., F) February 1 ..........................................................Matt Morgan, Cornell (Fr., G) February 8 ...............................................Evan Boudreaux, Dartmouth (Fr., F) February 15 .............................................Evan Boudreaux, Dartmouth (Fr., F) February 22 ................................................Devin Cannady, Princeton (Fr., G) February 29 ........................................................Matt Morgan, Cornell (Fr., G) March 7 ..............................................................Matt Morgan, Cornell (Fr., G) 2015-16 Ivy League Men’s Basketball Postseason 3 NATIONAL POSTSEASON HONORS IVY POSTSEASON HONORS CoSIDA PLAYER OF THE YEAR Academic All-District Justin Sears, Yale (Sr., F - Plainfield, N.J.) First Team Steven Spieth, Brown ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Grant Mullins, Columbia Evan Boudreaux, Dartmouth (Fr., F - Lake Forest, Ill.) Connor Boehm, Dartmouth Patrick Steeves, Harvard DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR Agunwa Okolie, Harvard (Sr., G/F - Ajax, Ontario, Canada) COLLEGE SPORTS MADNESS Mid-Major National Awards COACH OF THE YEAR Coach of the Year *James Jones, Yale James Jones, Yale FIRST TEAM ALL-IVY First Team All-Mid-Major *Maodo Lo, Columbia (Sr., G - Berlin) Justin Sears, Yale Henry Caruso, Princeton (Jr., F - San Mateo, Calif.) Makai Mason, Yale (So., G - Greenfield, Mass.) SENIOR CLASS AWARD *Justin Sears, Yale (Sr., F - Plainfield, N.J.) Finalist Brandon Sherrod, Yale (Sr., F - Bridgeport, Conn.) Justin Sears, Yale SECOND TEAM ALL-IVY^ Candidate Cedric Kuakumensah, Brown (Sr., F - Worcester, Mass.) Cedric Kuakumensah, Brown Grant Mullins, Columbia (Sr., G - Burlington, Ontario, Canada) Matt Morgan, Cornell (Fr., G - Concord, N.C.) UNITED STATES BASKETBALL WRITERS ASSOCIATION (USBWA) Evan Boudreaux, Dartmouth (Fr., F - Lake Forest, Ill.) District I Zena