2008–09 Ivy League men's basketball season

The 2008–09 Ivy League men's basketball season was the Ivy League's 55th season of basketball. Cornell University won the league title for the second year in a row and was the recipient of the Ivy League's automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament. Alex Barnett of Dartmouth College was the Ivy League Men's Basketball Player of the Year.

2008–09 Ivy League men's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Number of teams8
Regular Season
League championsCornell
Season MVPAlex Barnett, Dartmouth
2008–09 Ivy League men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Cornell113 .786  2110  .677
Princeton86 .571  1314  .481
Yale86 .571  1315  .464
Columbia77 .500  1216  .429
Dartmouth77 .500  919  .321
Harvard68 .429  1414  .500
Penn68 .429  1018  .357
Brown311 .214  919  .321
Rankings from AP Poll

During the 2008–09 season, Harvard's Jeremy Lin was the only NCAA Division I men's college basketball player who ranked in the top ten in his conference for scoring (17.8), rebounding (5.5), assists (4.3), steals (2.4), blocked shots (0.6), field goal percentage (0.502), free throw percentage (0.744), and 3 point shot percentage (0.400).[1]


Results

Home\AwayBrownColumbiaCornellDartmouthHarvardPennPrincetonYale
Brown57–7045–8569–5961–5952–7361–4362–70
Columbia65–5959–7165–5260–5950–5158–4453–42
Cornell90–5883–7279–7696–7560–5183–5964–36
Dartmouth63–6167–5357–7562–6363–6066–6362–74
Harvard64–6372–6371–7066–7566–6071–7766–87
Penn64–5463–7463–8859–6966–7556–5979–87
Princeton56–4863–3541–6459–5458–5555–6262–54
Yale57–5557–4972–6074–6259–6963–6860–48
Host win
Guest win

NCAA Tournament

TeamSeedResults
Cornell14Lost First Round vs #3 Missouri (box score)
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See also

Notes

  1. O'Neil, Dana (December 10, 2009). "Immigrant dream plays out through son: Harvard's do-it-all star learned the game from his father and a host of NBA legends". ESPN. Archived from the original on 9 February 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
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