2011-12 Ivy League MEN's BASKETBALL
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BROWN • COLUMBIA • CORNELL • DARTMOUTH • HARVARD • PENN • PRINCETON • YALE 2011-12 Ivy League MEN’S BASKETBALL Week 1 • November 7, 2011 Contact: Scottie Rodgers • [email protected] • 609-258-2999 2011-12 STANDINGS UPCOMING SCHEDULE Friday, November 11 Ivy League Overall Johnson & Wales at Brown, 5 pm GP Record Win% Home Away GP Record Win% Home Away Neutral Streak Columbia at Connecticut, 7 pm [ESPNU] Brown 0 0-0 0.000 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0.000 0-0 0-0 0-0 L 2 Cornell at St. Bonaventure, 7 pm Columbia 0 0-0 0.000 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0.000 0-0 0-0 0-0 W 1 MIT at Harvard, 7 pm Cornell 0 0-0 0.000 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0.000 0-0 0-0 0-0 W 3 Dartmouth at Rutgers, 7:30 pm Dartmouth 0 0-0 0.000 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0.000 0-0 0-0 0-0 L 11 Penn at Maryland-Baltimore County, 7:30 pm Harvard 0 0-0 0.000 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0.000 0-0 0-0 0-0 L 2 1-Yale vs. Central Connecticut State, 8 pm Penn 0 0-0 0.000 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0.000 0-0 0-0 0-0 L 1 Saturday, November 12 Princeton 0 0-0 0.000 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0.000 0-0 0-0 0-0 L 1 Wagner at Princeton, 5 pm Yale 0 0-0 0.000 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0.000 0-0 0-0 0-0 L 1 Monday, November 14 2-Brown vs. Albany, 4 pm 56TH SEASON OF IVY LEAGUE MEN’S BASKETBALL Furman at Columbia, 7 pm The 2011-12 season marks the 56th official season of Ivy League men’s basketball with all eight Ivy teams Binghamton at Cornell, 7 pm tipping off over the opening weekend. Temple at Penn, 7 pm The 2011-12 season sets up to be an exciting one in the Ancient Eight as the Player of the Year and four of Tuesday, November 15 the five players on each of the first and second teams earning All-Ivy honors return for their respective teams Harvard at Holy Cross 7 pm for the upcoming season. Yale at Quinnipiac, 7 pm 2-Brown vs. Syracuse/Manhattan, 4/7 pm Harvard, the unanimous preseason pick to win Ivy title this season, returns 12 players from last year’s record- [ESPN3] setting team that won a share of its first-ever League title. The Crimson is led by senior co-captain and reigning Ivy League Player of the Year, Keith Wright, who has been honored on every preseason All-Ivy team, tabbed Wednesday, November 16 by several media outlets as the preseason choice to repeat as Player of the Year and named to the preseason Cornell at Buffalo, 7 pm lists for the John R. Wooden and Lou Henson awards. Vermont at Dartmouth, 7 pm 3-Princeton at North Carolina State, 7 pm Yale will be led by senior forward Greg Mangano, who became just the third Yale player and sixth Ivy League [ESPNU] player to earn a spot on a USA Basketball roster when he played in the 2011 World University Games this summer. Mangano averaged 3.2 points and 3.2 rebounds in six tournament games for a USA team that Thursday, November 17 finished fifth. 4-Penn at Rider, 7 pm Lyndon State at Yale, 7 pm Coming off its League-leading 26th Ivy title and 24th NCAA Tournament appearance, Princeton returns four starters that include junior center Brendan Connolly, senior guard Douglas Davis, junior forward Ian Hummer and senior forward Patrick Saunders. KEY: 1-Connecticut 6 Classic at Mohegan Sun Penn has three starters and 10 letterwinners overall back from last year, headlined by senior guards Zack Arena (Uncasville, Conn.) Rosen, a two-time first-team All-Ivy selection, and Tyler Bernardini, the 2007-08 Ivy League Rookie of the 2-Dick’s Sporting Goods NIT Season Tip-Off Year. (Regional-Syracuse, N.Y.; Semifinals & Final- New York) Brown features the reigning unanimous Rookie of the Year in sophomore guard Sean McGonagill, who 3-TicketCity Legends Classic (Regional- tickled the twine often for the Bears in his rookie season, averaging 11.8 points per game. Raleigh, N.C.; Subregional-Lewisburg, Pa.) 4-Philly Hoop Group Classic Cornell sports four returning starters, led by senior guard Chris Wroblewski, on a squad that won six of its final nine contests, including a sweep of Penn and a win over Yale. Columbia boasts the League’s top returning scorer in senior guard Noruwa Agho, who averaged 16.8 points and 4.9 rebounds per game in 2010-11. Dartmouth has its hopes on moving up the Ivy standings on a young team supported by six freshmen and senior guard/forward David Rufful, who has played in every game (66) since arriving on campus. 2011-12 Ivy League MEN’S BASKETBALL Week 1 PLAYER OF THE WEEK WEEKLY AWARD WINNERS The 2011-12 Ivy League Player of the Week awards begin November 14. PLAYERS OF THE WEEK November 14 ................................................................................................ ROOKIE OF THE WEEK November 21 ................................................................................................ The 2011-12 Ivy League Rookie of the Week awards begin November 14. November 28 ................................................................................................ December 5 .................................................................................................. AWARD HISTORY December 12 ................................................................................................ PLAYER OF THE WEEK December 19 ................................................................................................ School Last Occurrence Player December 26 ................................................................................................ Brown February 21, 2011* Peter Sullivan January 2 ...................................................................................................... Columbia January 17, 2011* Noruwa Agho January 9 ...................................................................................................... Cornell January 3, 2011 Chris Wroblewski January 16 .................................................................................................... Dartmouth February 23, 2009 Alex Barnett January 23 .................................................................................................... Harvard March 7, 2011 Brandyn Curry Penn February 21, 2011* Tyler Bernardini January 30 .................................................................................................... Princeton February 28, 2011 Kareem Maddox February 6 .................................................................................................... Yale February 14, 2011* Greg Mangano February 13 .................................................................................................. February 20 .................................................................................................. ROOKIE OF THE WEEK February 27 .................................................................................................. School Last Occurrence Player March 5 ........................................................................................................ Brown February 21, 2011 Sean McGonagill Columbia March 7, 2011 Meiko Lyles Cornell December 7, 2009 Errick Peck Dartmouth December 20, 2010 Gediminas Bertasius ROOKIES OF THE WEEK Harvard January 17, 2011 Laurent Rivard November 14 ................................................................................................ Penn January 31, 2011 Miles Cartwright November 21 ................................................................................................ Princeton February 1, 2010 Ian Hummer November 28 ................................................................................................ Yale February 28, 2011 Jeremiah Kreisberg December 5 .................................................................................................. *Shared honor December 12 ................................................................................................ December 19 ................................................................................................ December 26 ................................................................................................ January 2 ...................................................................................................... January 9 ...................................................................................................... January 16 .................................................................................................... January 23 .................................................................................................... January 30 .................................................................................................... February 6 .................................................................................................... February 13 .................................................................................................. February 20 .................................................................................................. February 27 .................................................................................................. March 5 ........................................................................................................ www.ivyleaguesports.com Page 2 2011-12 Ivy League MEN’S BASKETBALL Week 1 TEAM-BY-TEAM NOTES BROWN ASSOCIATED PRESS POLL Brown is scheduled to play 31 games in 2011-12, which would tie the school Preseason record for games played in a season. Junior F Andrew McCarthy enters the Rk Team (First Place Votes) .................... 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