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MEDIA DAY PRESEASON POLL:
- Yale
- Harvard
- Princeton
- Penn
- Brown
- Dartmouth
- Cornell
- 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.