Basketball Preseason Poll

Ivy League
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Langham for Brown, as well.

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Kenan Parrish from Harvard. 7-footer who red-shirted last season so heā€™s probably ahead of the curve.

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Vote, vote, vote! About to close!

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Preseason results
Men:

  1. Yale 168 (18)
  2. Harvard 111 (1)
  3. Cornell 99
  4. Penn 86 (1)
  5. Princeton 81
  6. Brown 64 (1)
  7. Darmouth 53
  8. Columbia 45

Women

  1. Princeton 46 (4)
  2. Columbia 43 (2)
  3. Harvard 37
  4. Penn 28
  5. Brown 21
  6. Cornell 16
  7. Yale 12
  8. Darmouth 12
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While I think Jack Sullivan may be one of the most talented freshmen, Iā€™m not sure the playing time opportunity will be there for him. Yale is starting out with a very big lineup, which helps his chances, but I think Yale will ultimately play enough stretches with 2-3 guards to push Celiscar, Fox, and Simmons into the 3 and 4 spots a lot. That will mean fewer minutes for Sullivan. Yale is just too deep and strong up front.

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I think we might be better poll voters that what we expected. We got the correct 4 teams on the men side, with Penn and Cornell switched. Regarding the rest, it looks like Princeton and Brown were a bit overrated (and Dartmouth and Columbia underrated by consequence)

Regarding the Women, except for the change between Penn and Brown, and the fact that the title is going to be decided next weekend between Princeton and Columbia, everything went kind of expected. Maybe I would point out that Harvard was a bit overrated and Brown certainly underrated.

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Shootout to @1969LotteryPick for being the only one that correctly predicted the 4 ILT teams in order. Unfortunately, did not predict the whole standings, as he selected Brown to finish 6th, and they finished 8th already

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Hmmm. File that under ā€œblind squirrelā€. :slight_smile:

I forgot that I even made a prediction. Yale was easy. I thought Harvard had loads of talent, but spotty coaching. I was impressed by Pennā€™s new coach and influx of talent, and I thought Cornell had a great scheme but had lost too much talent. Columbia was the wild card, but I thought they couldnā€™t turn it around in one year.

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