From the Ivy sports website: there have been 14 men’s basketball teams that went 14-0. Penn did it 7 times, Princeton 6 and Cornell once. There is only one time the second place team had 5 Ivy losses, 90-91 when Princeton won and Yale was second. Yale will at least tie for largest margin in games ahead if they win their last two Ivy games and could set a record if Princeton, Dartmouth and Cornell all lose one more. The list of undefeated teams with season and second place team(s) losses: 69 Pr Cl 3; 70 Pe, Col 3; 71 Pe H 3; 76 Pr Pe 3; 91 Pr Y 5; 93 Pe Cr 4; 94 Pe Pr 3; 95 Pe Pr 4; 97 Pr D,H 4; 98 Pr Pe 4; 00 Pe Pr 3; 03 Pe B 2; 08 Cr B 3; 17 Pr H 4
I think the 1984-85 Columbia team finished 2nd with a 9-5 record.
The 85 Ivy winner was Penn at 10-4, with Columbia second at 9-5. The list I gave earlier was only of the 14-0 undefeated Ivy teams.
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Congrats to Dartmouth on punching their ticket. Happy to see the Big Green make their first Ivy Madness and boost Princeton’s ILT chances in the process. They’re playing with so much confidence right now - they can beat anyone in the ILT. Mitchell-Day is a game-changer - 1st team All-Ivy worthy.
Yale losing its perfect season to… Harvard?! Just a cosmetic blemish for the Bulldogs but a nice win for the Crimson nonetheless. If Amaker can hang onto Hinton, he may have a comeback in 2025-26. If I calculate correctly, Harvard can still make the ILT if Cornell loses its last two and Yale beats Brown…
I don’t think a Tiger win is likely tomorrow, but with Brown’s loss, they just need to TCB vs. Penn to punch their own ticket.
amaker ended a lot of streaks today.
paging donahue? come on bro. they are quitting the penn board on basketball-u.
buy when there is blood in the street?
Dartmouth locked into the 2/3 game
Brown’s possible paths:
Win +
- Cornell Lose Out + Dartmouth Win
- Cornell Lose Out + Harvard Win + Princeton Win over Penn
- Princeton Lose Out + Dartmouth Win
Harvard’s possible paths:
- Cornell Lose Out + Harvard Win + Princeton or Brown Loss last week of season
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So after today’s game…
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Harvard is eliminated.
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Cornell and Dartmouth are locked into the 2/3 game. Seeds might flip but matchup is set.
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Princeton is in if they beat Penn. Or if they lose AND Brown also loses.
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Brown is in if they beat Yale AND Princeton loses.
Is that correct?
This site seems to suggest that if Brown and Harvard both win and Princeton loses next week, Princeton would win the three-team tie-breaker between P-B-H. At this point I care a lot more about beating Penn than I do making the ILT.
Oh that’s right. I forgot a three-team tie uses a cumulative W-L tiebreaker. Going 2-0 vs. Harvard gives Princeton the edge over Brown who split with P and H.
think brown has a path if princeton loses and they beat yale
