Here at the 'Prince' the tendency is to focus solely on our men's basketball team and forget about the rest of the Ivy League. When it comes time to determine at-large bids to the National Invitation Tournament, however, how the rest of the Ancient Eight performs against non-conference foes becomes important. So without further ado, a look around the league.
Quakers
Penn (2-3 overall) remains Princeton's biggest rival, and, despite losing Ugonna Onyekwe — the two-time Ivy League Player of the Year — head coach Fran Dunphy continues to put a quality team on the floor.
This year Penn is led by sharpshooter Jeff Schiffner. The senior, who was also recruited to play at Princeton, led the nation in three-point shooting percentage last season and has picked up right where he left off, connecting on 15 of his 31 attempts so far this season.
The Quakers have already played three teams ranked in the A.P. Top 25 poll, though they have lost all three contests. The latest defeat was at the hands of St. Joseph's, 67-59, at the Big 5 Classic.
In that game, Schiffner matched national player of the year candidate Jameer Nelson point-for-point as both finished with 23.
Elis
Yale (4-3), the preseason No. 1 team in the Ivy League media poll, has struggled as of late. Following a close season-opening loss to then-No. 1 Connecticut, the Elis ripped off three consecutive wins over the likes of Eastern Michigan, Coastal Carolina and Bucknell to temporarily join Princeton and Penn in the upper echelon of Ivy League hoops.
But blowout losses to both Wake Forest and Fairfield, the latter at home, have dampened the enthusiasm in New Haven (not that there was much to begin with).
Former Princeton center Dominick Martin is leading the way for the Elis, averaging 14.7 points per game. The six-foot-ten center has bulked up to 235 pounds and has become a complete low-post player.
Yale is last in the Ivy League in three-point shooting, however, hitting an abysmal 28.6 percent from beyond the arc.
Big Red
Cornell (3-3) came into this season looking to make the jump into the top half of the Ivy League and senior Ka'Ron Barnes is making sure that happens.
The guard out of Buffalo, N.Y., has been lighting up opponents to the tune of 18.5 points per game.
Cornell just finished a weekend split against a pair of America East Conference foes, Vermont and New Hampshire. Vermont downed the Big Red, 73-60, but head coach Steve Donahue and his squad rebounded with an 83-67 win over UNH.
Bears
Head coach Glen Miller and his team have had a disappointing start to the season, with their record currently sitting at 2-5.
Brown is coming off a loss at previously winless Ohio, 71-62, and to make matters worse it was unable to get home because of the Nor'easter that hit the area.
Before that the Bears came close to pulling off an upset over intrastate rival Rhode Island, 66-62, and suffered a bad loss to Maine, 79-69.
In the loss to URI, the Bears were without junior guard Jason Forte.
Big Green
To open its season, Dartmouth (1-4) lost four consecutive close games by a combined 10 points. The remedy was simple — play Division III foe Tufts at home. Dartmouth did just that and last Thursday earned its first win of the season by romping the Jumbos, 95-60.
Lions
Head coach Joe Jones, in his first season at Columbia, saw his team (1-4) beat Sacred Heart, 85-79, to snap a 20 game losing streak dating back to last season. The Lions nearly earned back-to-back wins against Hofstra but the Flying Dutchmen hit a three at the buzzer to earn a 58-55 win. Despite the poor record, enthusiasm for the program is slowly growing.
Crimson
Harvard (0-5) has had a very poor start to the 2003-04 campaign. Head coach Frank Sullivan knew his team was going to be inexperienced, but then sophomore Brian Cusworth went down with an injury in the preseason and the Crimson still haven't recovered. Cusworth was the leading scorer and rebounder among Harvard's returning players. The Crimson next take on cross-river rival Boston University looking for that elusive first win.
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