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 | |
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League | NCAA Division I |
Sport | Basketball |
Number of teams | 8 |
Regular Season | |
League champions | Cornell |
Season MVP | Alex Barnett, Dartmouth |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cornell | 11 | – | 3 | .786 | 21 | – | 10 | .677 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Princeton | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 13 | – | 14 | .481 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Yale | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 13 | – | 15 | .464 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Columbia | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 12 | – | 16 | .429 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dartmouth | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 9 | – | 19 | .321 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Harvard | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | 14 | – | 14 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Penn | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | 10 | – | 18 | .357 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Brown | 3 | – | 11 | .214 | 9 | – | 19 | .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\Away | Brown | Columbia | Cornell | Dartmouth | Harvard | Penn | Princeton | Yale |
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Brown | 57–70 | 45–85 | 69–59 | 61–59 | 52–73 | 61–43 | 62–70 | |
Columbia | 65–59 | 59–71 | 65–52 | 60–59 | 50–51 | 58–44 | 53–42 | |
Cornell | 90–58 | 83–72 | 79–76 | 96–75 | 60–51 | 83–59 | 64–36 | |
Dartmouth | 63–61 | 67–53 | 57–75 | 62–63 | 63–60 | 66–63 | 62–74 | |
Harvard | 64–63 | 72–63 | 71–70 | 66–75 | 66–60 | 71–77 | 66–87 | |
Penn | 64–54 | 63–74 | 63–88 | 59–69 | 66–75 | 56–59 | 79–87 | |
Princeton | 56–48 | 63–35 | 41–64 | 59–54 | 58–55 | 55–62 | 62–54 | |
Yale | 57–55 | 57–49 | 72–60 | 74–62 | 59–69 | 63–68 | 60–48 |
Host win |
Guest win |
NCAA Tournament
Team | Seed | Results |
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Cornell | 14 | Lost First Round vs #3 Missouri (box score) |
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See also
Notes
- 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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