The 2023–24 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.
| 2023–24 Ivy League men's basketball season | |
|---|---|
| League | NCAA Division I |
| Sport | Basketball |
| Number of teams | 8 |
| TV partner(s) | Ivy League Digital Network |
| Regular season | |
| Champions | Princeton |
| Season MVP | Caden Pierce, Princeton |
| 2024 Ivy League men's basketball tournament | |
| Champions | Yale |
| Runners-up | Brown |
| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Princeton | 12 | – | 2 | .857 | 24 | – | 5 | .828 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yale † | 11 | – | 3 | .786 | 23 | – | 10 | .697 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cornell | 11 | – | 3 | .786 | 22 | – | 8 | .733 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brown | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 13 | – | 18 | .419 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Harvard | 5 | – | 9 | .357 | 14 | – | 13 | .519 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Columbia | 4 | – | 10 | .286 | 13 | – | 14 | .481 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Penn | 3 | – | 11 | .214 | 11 | – | 18 | .379 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dartmouth | 2 | – | 12 | .143 | 6 | – | 21 | .222 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2024 Ivy League tournament winner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Princeton earned the league title after finishing the regular season a League-best 12–2. However, in the Ivy League tournament, Princeton lost to Brown, 90–81. Yale, who had defeated Cornell 69–57 in the other leg of the tournament, then defeated Brown in a last-second comeback win, 62–61, earning the league's bid to the 2024 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.
Caden Pierce of Princeton was named Ivy League Men's Basketball Player of the Year.[1]
All-Ivy Teams
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| First Team All-Ivy | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| School | Class | Position | |
| Caden Pierce* | Princeton | Sophomore | Guard |
| Chris Manon* | Cornell | Senior | Guard |
| Xaivian Lee* | Princeton | Sophomore | Guard |
| Danny Wolf* | Yale | Sophomore | Forward |
| Kino Lilly* | Brown | Junior | Guard |
*Unanimous
| Second Team All-Ivy | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| School | Class | Position | |
| Nana Owusu-Anane | Brown | Junior | Forward |
| Nazir Williams | Cornell | Junior | Guard |
| Clark Slajchert | Penn | Senior | Guard |
| Matt Allocco | Princeton | Senior | Guard |
| Bez Mbeng | Yale | Junior | Guard |
| John Poulakidas | Yale | Junior | Guard |
NCAA tournament
edit| Seed | Region | School | First Four | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Sweet 16 | Elite Eight | Final Four | Championship |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | West | Yale | n/a | Defeated Auburn, 78–76 | Eliminated by San Diego State, 85-57 | ||||
| W–L (%): | 0–0 – | 1–0 1.000 | 0–1 .000 | 0–0 – | 0–0 – | 0–0 – | 0–0 –Total:1-1 .500 |
References
edit- ^ "2023-24 Men's Ivy League Season". Retrieved March 23, 2024.
- ^ "2023-24 Men's Ivy League Season". Retrieved March 23, 2024.