2014–15 Ivy League men's basketball season
| 2014–15 Ivy League men's basketball season | |
|---|---|
| League | NCAA Division I |
| Sport | Basketball |
| Duration | January 11 – March 11, 2015 |
| Number of teams | 8 |
| TV partner(s) | Ivy League Digital Network |
| Regular season | |
| Champions | Harvard and Yale |
| Season MVP | Justin Sears, Yale |
| One-game playoff (March 14) | |
| Champions | Harvard 53-51 |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| x-Harvard † | 11 | – | 3 | .786 | 22 | – | 8 | .733 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| x-Yale | 11 | – | 3 | .786 | 22 | – | 10 | .688 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Princeton | 9 | – | 5 | .643 | 16 | – | 14 | .533 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dartmouth | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 14 | – | 15 | .483 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Columbia | 5 | – | 9 | .357 | 13 | – | 15 | .464 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cornell | 5 | – | 9 | .357 | 13 | – | 17 | .433 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Penn | 4 | – | 10 | .286 | 9 | – | 19 | .321 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brown | 4 | – | 10 | .286 | 13 | – | 18 | .419 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| x – Ivy League co-champions † – NCAA participant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2014–15 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 and Yale shared the league title after finishing the regular season tied with identical 11-3 conference records. Harvard earned the league's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament by defeating Yale 53-51 in a one-game playoff. Overall, 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] Brown's Cedric Kuakumensah earned his second consecutive Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year recognition.[3]
Saunders was an Associated Press honorable mention NCAA Men's Basketball All-American.[4] On February 20, Matt Townsend of Yale was named a third team Academic All-American selection.[5] Penn's Dau Jok was named to the Allstate Good Works Team by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) and earned the Most Courageous Award from the United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA).[2]
The NABC named Saunders, T.J. Bray of Princeton and Justin Sears of Yale to the All-District 13 First Team and Sean McGonagill of Brown and Siyani Chambers of Harvard to its Second Team.[2][6] The USBWA named Saunders to its All-District I Team.[2][7]
All-Ivy Teams
| First Team All-Ivy | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| School | Class | Position | |
| Maodo Lo* | Columbia | Junior | Guard |
| Shonn Miller* | Cornell | Senior | Forward |
| Wesley Saunders* | Harvard | Senior | Guard |
| Javier Duren* | Yale | Senior | Guard |
| Justin Sears* | Yale | Junior | Forward |
*Unanimous
| Second Team All-Ivy | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| School | Class | Position | |
| Cedric Kuakumensah | Brown | Junior | Forward |
| Gabas Maldunas | Dartmouth | Senior | Center |
| Alex Mitola | Dartmouth | Junior | Guard |
| Siyani Chambers | Harvard | Junior | Guard |
| Steve Moundou-Missi | Harvard | Senior | Forward |
| Steve Cook | Princeton | Sophomore | Forward |
| Spencer Weisz | Spencer Weisz | Sophomore | Forward |
NCAA tournament
| Seed | Region | School | First Four | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Sweet 16 | Elite Eight | Final Four | Championship |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | West | Harvard | n/a | Eliminated by North Carolina, 67-65 | |||||
| W–L (%): | 0–0 – | 0–1 .000 | 0–0 .000 | 0–0 – | 0–0 – | 0–0 – | 0–0 –Total:0-1 .000 |
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
- ^ Katz, Andy (2014-04-23). "Look back, look ahead: Ivy League". ESPN. Retrieved 2014-04-25.
- ^ a b c d "Men's Basketball Collects Postseason Honors". IvyLeagueSports.com. 2014-04-05. Archived from the original on 2014-04-29. Retrieved 2014-04-29.
- ^ "Men's Basketball All-Ivy -- 2013-14". IvyLeagueSports.com. 2014-03-12. Archived from the original on 2017-06-24. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
- ^ "College basketball: Creighton's Doug McDermott leads AP All-America team; Gator's Wilbekin on third team". Naples News. Associated Press. March 31, 2014. Retrieved April 29, 2014.
- ^ "Capital One Academic All-America® Division I Basketball Teams Announced: Stanford's Chiney Ogwumike and Ohio State Aaron Craft lead the team and are the Capital One Academic All-Americas of the Year for Division I women's and men's basketball, respectively". College Sports Information Directors of America. 2014-02-20. Retrieved 2014-04-29.
- ^ "National Association of Basketball Coaches Announces 2013-14 Division I All-District Teams" (PDF). National Association of Basketball Coaches. 2014-03-12. Retrieved 2014-03-12.
- ^ "USBWA Names 2013-14 Men's All-District Teams". United States Basketball Writers Association. 2014-03-11. Retrieved 2014-03-12.
- ^ "Men's Basketball All-Ivy, Postseason Awards Announced". ivyleague.com. Retrieved 2020-01-17.