Ivy League Media Day Recap and Response

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MEDIA DAY PRESEASON POLL:

  1. Yale
  2. Harvard
  3. Princeton
  4. Penn
  5. Brown
  6. Dartmouth
  7. Cornell
  8. Columbia

 

COMMENTS FROM DAVID:

-It’s never easy to forecast how a season is going to go.  That’s why so many preseason predictions, even the ones that come from experts, end up being flat-out wrong.  It’s also the reason that we don’t really make predictions anymore, but rather just try and offer a few notes on each team.  With that being said, doing that for a conference where none of the teams played a season ago won’t be easy.

-Yale is the preseason favorite and they appear to have a strong perimeter led by SR G Azar Swain.  They have been the class of the league in recent years and appear to be close to the top again.

-I was really excited about Harvard’s team last year, and was kind of disappointed when the Ivy opted not to play.  A lot of guys that would have been on the team last year graduated and moved on and it’s kind of hard to know what to make of them.  They’ve got a lot of new players so I guess we will see once the season starts.

– Princeton returns a lot of players who were in contributing roles two seasons ago, and that experience should help them out this year.

-Penn has what appears to be a strong backcourt and could have a decent frontcourt as well with some players being back from injury.

-Tamenang Choh is back for Brown and that should give them some experience this year.  It’s hard to say how much help he is going to get.

-Brendan Barry transferred from Dartmouth to Temple last year…and has now transferred back.  He should be able to give them a boost as well but they may still be in for a long season.

-Neither Cornell or Columbia had good years the last time we had an Ivy League season, and chances are this year will be a struggle for them as well.

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