Jump to content

2013–14 Ivy League men's basketball season: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Content deleted Content added
top: expand
top: expand
Line 58: Line 58:


Harvard won the regular season title outright and earned the conference's only [[2014 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament]] bid. The conference had five postseason participants and won eight postseason games, marking the best postseason in league history.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebasketballnation/post/_/id/98608/look-back-look-ahead-ivy-league|title=Look back, look ahead: Ivy League|accessdate=2014-04-25|date=2014-04-23|publisher=[[ESPN]]|author=Katz, Andy}}</ref>
Harvard won the regular season title outright and earned the conference's only [[2014 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament]] bid. The conference had five postseason participants and won eight postseason games, marking the best postseason in league history.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebasketballnation/post/_/id/98608/look-back-look-ahead-ivy-league|title=Look back, look ahead: Ivy League|accessdate=2014-04-25|date=2014-04-23|publisher=[[ESPN]]|author=Katz, Andy}}</ref>

[[Wesley Saunders]] of [[2013–14 Harvard Crimson men's basketball team|Harvard]] was named [[Ivy League Men's Basketball Player of the Year]]. [[James Jones (basketball coach)|James Jones]] of [[2013–14 Yale Bulldogs men's basketball team|Yale]] was named Ivy League Coach of the Year and Spencer Weisz of [[2013–14 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team|Princeton]] was named Ivy League Freshman of the Year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2013-14/releases/Mens_Basketball_Collects_Postseason_Honors|title=Men's Basketball Collects Postseason Honors|accessdate=2014-04-29|date=2014-04-05|publisher=IvyLeagueSports.com}}</ref>


==NCAA Tournament==
==NCAA Tournament==

Revision as of 03:56, 29 April 2014

2013–14 Ivy League men's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
DurationJanuary 11
– March 11, 2014
Number of teams8
Regular season
ChampionsHarvard
  Runners-upYale
Season MVPWesley Saunders, Harvard
Basketball seasons
2013–14 Ivy League men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
x-Harvard 13 1   .929 27 5   .844
Yale 9 5   .643 19 14   .576
Princeton 8 6   .571 21 9   .700
Columbia 8 6   .571 21 13   .618
Brown 7 7   .500 15 14   .517
Dartmouth 5 9   .357 12 16   .429
Penn 5 9   .357 8 20   .286
Cornell 1 13   .071 2 26   .071
Rankings from AP Poll
x-Ivy League champion

The 2013–14 Ivy League men's basketball season marked the continuation of the annual tradition of competitive basketball among Ivy League members. The tradition began when the league was formed during the 1956–57 season and its history extends to the predecessor Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League, which was formed in 1902.

Harvard won the regular season title outright and earned the conference's only 2014 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament bid. The conference had five postseason participants and won eight postseason games, marking the best postseason in league history.[1]

Wesley Saunders of Harvard was named Ivy League Men's Basketball Player of the Year. James Jones of Yale was named Ivy League Coach of the Year and Spencer Weisz of Princeton was named Ivy League Freshman of the Year.[2]

NCAA Tournament

Seed Region School First Four Round of 64 Round of 32 Sweet 16 Elite Eight Final Four Championship
12 East Harvard n/a Defeated Cincinnati 61–57 Eliminated by Michigan State 80–73
W–L (%): 0–0 – 1–0 1.000 0–1 .000 0–0 – 0–0 – 0–0 – 0–0 –Total: 1–1 .500

College Basketball Invitational

School First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Princeton Defeated Tulane 56–55 Eliminated by Fresno State 56–72
W–L (%): 1–0 1.000 0–1 .000 0–0 – 0–0 – Total: 1–1 .500

CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament

School First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Brown Eliminated by Holy Cross 65–68
Columbia Defeated Valparaiso 58–56 Defeated Eastern Michigan 69–56 Eliminated by Yale 69–72
Yale Defeated Quinnipiac 69–68 Defeated Holy Cross 71–56 Defeated Columbia 72–69 Defeated VMI 75–62 Eliminated by Murray State 65–57
W–L (%): 2–1 .667 2–0 1.000 1–1 .500 1–0 1.000 0–1 .000 Total: 6–3 .667

References

  1. ^ Katz, Andy (2014-04-23). "Look back, look ahead: Ivy League". ESPN. Retrieved 2014-04-25.
  2. ^ "Men's Basketball Collects Postseason Honors". IvyLeagueSports.com. 2014-04-05. Retrieved 2014-04-29.