PRINCETON, N.J. – With Ivy League men’s basketball at the midway point of league play, the race to secure an Ivy Madness spot heats up with a signature back-to-back weekend.
The weekend is set to conclude with the Princeton-Yale matchup on ESPN2 at 8 p.m. on Saturday. The first tilt between the two schools was tightly contested, with Yale triumphing 70-64 behind a 21-point, 12-rebound performance from seven-foot center Danny Wolf.
The Bulldogs enter the weekend as one of two remaining unbeaten teams in conference play – joined by No. 18 Saint Mary’s.
Ivy Madness, which combines the men’s and women’s league tournaments, is set to take place from March 15-17 at Levien Gymnasium in New York. Both all-session tickets and single-game tickets are now on sale and may be purchased at
IvyMadness.com.
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- The Ivy League is one of 12 Division I men's basketball conferences with three or more teams in the top 100 of the NCAA NET rankings: Princeton (55), Yale (83) and Cornell (84).
- The Ivy League ranks 12th overall in both conference NET according to WarrenNolan.com and in the KenPom conference rankings. The league has enjoyed wins over the following conferences: American, A-10, Big East, Big Ten and WCC.
- Princeton (12-1), Cornell (11-3), Columbia (9-4), Harvard (9-4), Yale (9-6) and Penn (8-7) are 58-25 (.699) in non-conference play, with each team owning a winning percentage of .533 or better. Additionally, each of the six teams has a win over a team from last season’s NCAA Tournament field.
- Four Ivies from three different schools were named to Lou Henson Award Midseason Watch List: Princeton sophomore guard Xaivian Lee, Harvard freshman guard Malik Mack, Princeton sophomore forward Caden Pierce and Yale sophomore forward Danny Wolf. The award is presented annually to the top mid-major player in division I college men’s basketball. The league’s four honorees was the second most of any conference. Princeton and James Madison were the only schools with two players named to the list.
- Several Ivies rank in the top 20 of KenPom stats categories:
| TOP 20 IN KENPOM |
| Brown G Kino Lilly Jr. |
Percentage of Minutes Played (5th, 93.3)
Fouls Committed per 40 Minutes (18th, 1.26) |
| Columbia G Geronimo Rubio De La Rosa |
Fouls Committed per 40 Minutes (5th, 1.06) |
| Cornell F Keller Boothby |
Turnover Percentage (19th, 6.8) |
| Cornell G Isaiah Gray |
Two-point percentage (19th, 70.2) |
| Cornell G Chris Manon |
Steal Percentage (3rd, 5.83) |
| Cornell F AK Okereke |
Two-Point Percentage (10th, 72.2) |
| Dartmouth G Dusan Neskovic |
Percentage of Shots Taken (4th, 36.5)
Percentage of Possessions Used (6th, 33.5) |
| Penn F Andrew Laczkowski |
Two-point percentage (12th, 71.7) |
| Princeton G Matt Allocco |
Percentage of Minutes Played (17th, 90.3) |
| Princeton G Xaivian Lee |
Offensive Rating (3rd, 120.6) |
| Princeton F Zach Martini |
Turnover Percentage (11th, 6.1) |
| Princeton F Caden Pierce |
Defensive Rebounding Percentage (8th, 28.9) |
| Yale F Danny Wolf |
Defensive Rebounding Percentage (16th, 27.9) |