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Ivy League Basketball 2015-16 Ivy League Basketball Media Guide 15 1 16 Ivy League Basketball 2015-16 Ivy League Basketball Media Guide THE IVY LEAGUE TABLE OF CONTENTS 228 Alexander Street, 2nd Floor • Princeton, N.J. 08540 • (609) 258-6426 SECTION 1 — INTRODUCTION 1-6 Robin Harris Executive Director [email protected] Preseason Polls Composite Schedules Carolyn Campbell-McGovern Deputy Executive Director ......... [email protected] Television/Broadcast Schedule Celene McGowan Associate Executive Director ....... [email protected] The Ivy League Digital Network Scottie Rodgers Associate Executive Director ....... [email protected] Media Teleconferences Megan Morrison Assistant Executive Director ...... [email protected] Matt Panto Assistant Executive Director [email protected] Trevor Rutledge-Leverenz Assistant Executive Director ........ [email protected] SECTION 2 — TEAMS 7-38 Ashley Waters Assistant Executive Director [email protected] Brown Allan Simon Assistant [email protected] Columbia Cornell Morgan Rupp Coordinator ............................. [email protected] Dartmouth Robin Patsey Administrative Assistant ............... [email protected] Harvard Regina Maguire Business Manager ...................... [email protected] Penn Reggie Greenwood Coordinator of Men’s Basketball Officials Princeton Jon Levinson Coordinator of Women’s Basketball Officials Yale CREDITS The 2015-16 Ivy League Basketball Media Guide is published by The Ivy League Office, SECTION 3 — 2014-15 MEN’S YEAR IN REVIEW 39-43 Robin Harris, Executive Director. SECTION 4 — MEN’S HONORS 44-50 SECTION 5 — MEN’S YEAR-BY-YEAR HISTORY 51-72 Edited by: Scottie Rodgers Associate Executive Director, SECTION 6 — MEN’S RECORDS 73-92 Communications & External Relations SECTION 7 — MEN’S POSTSEASON HISTORY 93-100 Trevor Rutledge-Leverenz Assistant Executive Director, SECTION 8 — 2014-15 WOMEN’S Communications & Championships YEAR IN REVIEW 101-104 Additional Editorial SECTION 9 — WOMEN’S HONORS 105-107 Assistance/Research: Allan Simon Communications & Championships Assistant SECTION 10 — WOMEN’S YEAR-BY-YEAR HISTORY 108-122 Jordan Whitley Fall Intern, Ivy League Office SECTION 11 — WOMEN’S RECORDS 123-136 SECTION 12 — WOMEN’S POSTSEASON HISTORY 137-152 15 2 16 Ivy League Basketball Media Information WEEKLY RELEASE Men’s and women’s basketball information including standings, statistics, news and notes are updated regularly on the League’s website and social media platforms. The complete Ivy League men’s and women’s basketball releases are posted online on Monday afternoons during the season. WEEKLY AWARDS The Ivy League will name Players and Rookies of the Week in men’s and women’s basketball beginning Monday, Nov. 16. The winners will be selected by a vote of the Ivy League Communications staff from nominations submitted by the schools’ sports information offices. The winners will be announced Mondays throughout the season. POSTSEASON AWARDS Following the end of the season, the Ivy League will announce its postseason awards in men’s and women’s basketball, respectively, as voted on by the League’s eight head coaches. The All-Ivy teams (first, second and honorable mention), Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, Rookie of the Year and Coach of the Year will be announced on Wednesday, March 9 for men’s basketball and Thursday, March 10 for women’s basketball. WEBSITES & SOCIAL MEDIA Keep up with the Ivy League on IvyLeagueSports.com and IvyLeagueDigitalNetwork.com or ILDN.tv. Follow the Ivy League on Facebook (facebook.com/TheIvyLeague and facebook.com/IvyBasketball), Twitter (@Ivy_Athletics and @Ivy_Basketball), Instagram (IvyLeagueSports), YouTube (IvyLeagueSports) and Snapchat (IvyLeagueSports). Use the hashtags #IvyLeague, #IvyBasketball and #OneIvy on social media to keep up the conversations and coverage of Ivy League men’s and women’s basketball. WEBSITE FACEBOOK TWITTER INSTAGRAM YOUTUBE BROWN UNIVERSITY brownbears.com BrownAthletics @BrownAthletics BrownAthletics BrownAthletics @BrownBasketball (m) @BrownHoops (w) COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY gocolumbialions.com ColumbiaAthletics @GoColumbiaLions GoColumbiaLions ColumbiaAthletics @CULionsMBB (m) @CULionsWBB (W) CORNELL UNIVERSITY cornellbigred.com CornellAthletics @CornellSports CornellSports CornellAthletics @CUBigRedHoops (m) @CornellWBBall (w) DARTMOUTH COLLEGE dartmouthsports.com DartmouthSports @DartmouthSports DartmouthSports Dartmouth Sports @DartmouthMBK (m) @DartmouthWBB (w) HARVARD UNIVERSITY gocrimson.com HarvardCrimsonFan @HarvardCrimson HarvardAthletics HarvardAthletics @HoopsAtHarvard (m) @HarvardHoops (w) UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA pennathletics.com PennAthletics @PennAthletics PennAthletics PennSportsNetwork @PennBasketball (m) @PennWBB (w) PRINCETON UNIVERSITY goprincetontigers.com PrincetonUniversityAthletics @PUTigers PrincetonAthletics @Princeton_Hoops (m) @PrincetonWBB (w) YALE UNIVERSITY yalebulldogs.com YaleBulldogs @YaleAthletics TheOfficialYaleAthletics YaleAthletics @Yale_Basketball (m) @YaleWBB (w) THE IVY LEAGUE IvyLeagueSports.com TheIvyLeague @Ivy_Athletics IvyLeagueSports IvyLeagueSports @Ivy_Basketball #IvyLeague #IvyBasketball #OneIvy IvyLeagueDigitalNetwork.com @IvyLeagueNet ILDN.tv #ILDN 15 3 16 Ivy League Basketball 2015-16 Preseason Polls MEN WOMEN In one of the closest votes ever, Yale emerged as the preseason favorite to win the 2015-16 Ivy No. 25-ranked Princeton was selected to repeat as Ivy League champion after a vote by League men’s basketball title by a select panel of media representatives. conference media and women’s basketball sports information directors. Yale (22-10, 11-3 Ivy League) topped the preseason media poll for the first time in the poll’s The Tigers gathered 16 first-place votes and 135 points to earn the top spot, followed by last 31 years of existence with 117 points and five first-place votes, just ahead of Columbia with year’s runner-up Penn, which received one first-place vote and 115 points. Harvard was third 114 points and six first-place votes and Princeton with 108 points and six first-place votes. The with 94 points, followed by Yale (76), Cornell (64), Dartmouth (60), Brown (42) and Columbia Bulldogs’ previous highest preseason ranking was second on seven previous occasions (1985-86, (26). 1990-91, 2002-03, 2003-04, 2007-08, 2011-12 and 2014-15). Since the preseason poll began in 1999-2000, Princeton is just the fifth team to receive 16 first- This was the closest margin (three points) between first and second place since 1998-99 when place votes and the first since the 2010-11 Tigers squad. The 2015-16 Princeton team brings the margin was just two points. That year, Princeton was picked first with 121 points (nine first- back four of its starters from a unit that won all 30 of its regular season games last season place votes) and Penn was second with 119 points (seven first-place votes). It was also the first and finished 31-1 overall, received the highest-ever seed for an Ivy League team in the NCAA time in the poll’s history that the team voted first did not receive the most number of first-place votes. The closest other time was 1987-88 when Dartmouth was voted first with 50 points (three Tournament (eight) and became the first Ivy team to advance to the second round since Harvard of the eight first-place votes) and Cornell was second 44 points (three first-place votes). defeated top-seed Stanford in 1998. Yale comes into the season looking to secure back-to-back Ivy titles for the first time since 1961- Princeton opened No. 25 in the preseason USA Today Coaches Poll and in the receiving votes 62 and 1962-63 seasons. Leading the way for the Bulldogs is Yale senior forward Justin Sears category (26th overall) of the preseason AP poll, the first Ivy team to not only be ranked (14.3 points per game, 7.5 rebounds per game), the League’s reigning Player of the Year, who preseason top 25 but also appear in both national preseason polls. The Tigers look to returning has been tabbed as the preseason favorite by several publications to repeat as the League’s top starters seniors Amanda Berntsen, Michelle Miller, Annie Tarakchian and Alex Wheatley to player. hold on to the Ivy League title and reach the NCAA Tournament. Columbia (13-15, 5-9 Ivy) was voted second in the preseason poll for just the second time since 2013-14 Ivy League champion Penn finished 21-9 overall, 11-3 in Ivy play last season, and poll began before the 1985-86 season. The Lions were also predicted to finish second prior to returns junior Sydney Stipanovich, the two-time Defensive Player of the Year and 2013 Rookie the start of the 1991-92 season. Columbia’s 1-2 punch are poised to be one of the most prolific of the Year returns, as well as last season’s Rookie of the Year Michelle Nwokedi. duos in the League with senior guard Maodo Lo (18.4 ppg, 4.4 rpg) in the backcourt and senior forward Alex Rosenberg (16.0 ppg, 3.7 rpg in 2013-14) out on the wing. Harvard (14-14, 7-7 Ivy) will be led by senior Annmarie Healy, who posted 13.4 points and 6.4 rebounds per game last season, while first-year Yale head coach Allison Guth guides a young Princeton (16-14, 9-5 Ivy) enters the year in position to claim its first conference crown in six team that brings back four starters from last year’s 13-15, 7-7 Ivy team, including junior forward seasons. The Tigers feature a strong trio of upperclassmen in junior forward Spencer Weisz Katie Werner. (11.6 ppg, 4.9 rpg), senior forward Hans Brase (11.5 ppg, 7.5 rpg) and junior forward Steven Cook (10.4 ppg, 3.4 rpg). Cornell (15-13, 6-8 Ivy) junior Nia Marshall looks to improve upon her 2014-15 campaign Harvard (22-8, 11-3 Ivy) rounded out the top half of the poll in fourth with 96 points. The where she averaged 16.3 points and 7.3 rebounds per game en route to first-team All-Ivy Crimson has its hopes on keeping its title run and NCAA Tournament streak going, though honors, while Dartmouth (14-14, 5-9 Ivy) will be led by junior Fanni Szabo, who finished second that task is going to be more daunting with more parity predicted at the top of the standings.
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