For reference, these are the individual stats per Torvik (omit Henderson from the Freshman, she is a junior)
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Top 20. Full season (MIN > 40%)
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Top 20. Ivy Season (MIN > 40%)
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Freshman. Full Season (MIN > 20%)
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Freshman. Ivy Season (MIN > 20%)
Based on this, haven seen a lot of the games, and team performance, I would say:
- Weiss and St. Rose are the only real candidates for POY. I think it’s decently clear that it should go for Riley (even unanimously), as St. Rose’s Ivy season has not been to Riley’s level.
- Additional main candidates for 1st Team are: Page, White, Arnolie, Belker and Tall. I think the first 3 should be the clear choices.
- Other candidates for at least an Honorable mention are: Hutcherson, Gayle, Moore, Wright, Sawyer, Collins, Chea, Njike. I feel another Columbia player should be here based on results, but not sure if Rafiu, Henderson or Broom have done enough to be there.
- ROY shouldn’t even be questioned. Anything that is not Jones unanimously is not a serious result.
- DPOY should be between Moreland and Page. Simmons is also a candidate, but her lack of minutes does not favor her.
- COY should be between Monique LeBlanc, Megan Griffith and Carla Berube. I feel given how conference play has developed, Griffith should be the winner again. But this might depend on the Harvard at Columbia game.
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Hutcherson must be considered for DPOY. Easy call.
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Hutcherson is not top 5 in any defensive category. In terms of raw stats, she is #12 in rebounding (#27 in defensive rebounding), #9 in blocks, and #10 in steals. In terms of composite stats, she is #16 in D-PRPG, #19 in DRTG, and #16 in DPBM. And Princeton is the 4th team in the league in ADJ Defensive Rating. I don’t doubt she is a good defender. But her season is not to be considered as DPOY.
Numbers don’t tell the whole story. They are great for insomnia cures.
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I’ve also seen the games, don’t worry. She is a great defender, and the best one at Princeton, but Page and Moreland are clearly above her. Moreland was by far the best paint defender in the league. There is no one with an inside presence that comes close to hers. Page is by far the best overall defender in the league. She has been the most complete defender in the league, successfully shutting down the opponent best player, defending 1 to 5 almost every game and leading the league in steals per game.
The last game makes a difference here. I don’t see Weiss as POY.
Page is probably more valuable to Columbia.
First Team
St. Rose (Princeton)
Page (Columbia)
Weiss (Columbia)
White (Harvard)
Tall (Princeton)
Second Team
Amolie (Brown)
Moore (Yale)
Mataya (Penn)
Wright (H
arvard)
Belker (Princeton)
Honorable mention
Hucherson (Princeton)
Henderson (Columbia)
Moreland (Brown)
POY- St.Rose (Princeton)
ROY- Jones (Harvard)
DPOY- Moreland (Brown))
COY- Berube (Princeton
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I agree that Griffith cannot be coach of the year. The Brown coach may get the nod.
Even though Wiess has been streaky and was bad today in losing is the ivy title, I don’t think think St. Rose has the stats to be player of the year.
Ivy League Post-Season Awards Preview
Post-season honors in the Ivy League are highly correlated with scoring. Players averaging more than 10 points per game with an efficiency rating above 15 and overall win shares above 1.0 form the core of the All-Ivy conversation — and this year, the top of the list is well-defined.
It would not be surprising to see a senior or two from Cornell, Dartmouth, or Yale earn Honorable Mention recognition as well, particularly given voter tendencies to reward career contributions.
Player of the Year
Riley Weiss (Columbia) is the most compelling candidate. She leads the league in scoring at 20.7 points per game and pairs that offensive production with the defensive win shares to suggest she impacts the game on both ends - a combination that typically earns the award.
Rookie of the Year
Olivia Jones (Harvard) stands alone as the clear choice here. No other first-year player in the league comes close to matching her overall impact — leading the conference in defensive win shares (0.8) while ranking sixth in rebounds and steals — making this award effectively uncontested.
Defensive Player of the Year
Historically, this award has skewed toward frontcourt players -rebounding tends to be weighted most heavily, followed by blocks, with steals a more distant third.
The strongest all-around candidate is Alyssa Moreland (Brown), who leads the league in total rebounds (142), ranks third in blocks (21), and sits second in defensive win shares (0.7). Her combination of rebounding volume and rim protection makes her the most complete defensive profile in the Ivy and the natural fit for what voters traditionally reward.
The other compelling option is Olivia Jones (Harvard), who ranks sixth in rebounds (93) and steals (27) while leading the entire conference in defensive win shares at 0.8. That top mark is a meaningful differentiator and makes her the statistical frontrunner — though voters may be reluctant to hand both Rookie of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year to the same player, which could work in Moreland’s favor.
If an All-Defensive Team were ever formally selected - here would be the likely
Mary Meng (Yale) would deserve serious consideration — she ranks third in rebounds (122) and leads the league outright in blocks (31) but Yale’s modest win total likely suppresses her win share figure, somewhat underselling her individual impact.
Coach of the Year
Two names stand out. Carla Berube (Princeton) guided her team into the top 25 for much of the season — a remarkable achievement, though much of that national ranking was built on non-conference results rather than Ivy play specifically, which may temper her case when voters focus on league performance. Monique LeBlanc (Brown) is the other strong candidate, earning recognition for breaking through into Ivy Madness and continuing to build the Bears into a legitimate program.
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Mentioning Weiss last game as the reason for her to not be POY without realizing that last weekend, Princeton played at Harvard and St. Rose played a way more awful game than Weiss last afternoon is ridiculous bias. One game does not define a season, specially when talking about individual merits. The whole team played bad, not just Weiss.
Every objective metric puts Weiss Ivy season significantly above St. Rose. Even White had a significantly better Ivy season than Madison. And I think everyone can see that. There shouldn’t be even a debate about POY after a bit of hesitation.
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She averaged 24.5 ppg on 53% shooting during the second half of the Ivy League going into the game yesterday. Those numbers are lower today but that’s an incredible run during a critical stretch of the season.
Given said that, this is what I would consider a good Ivy League awards:
1st team:
Riley Weiss (COL)
Karlee White (HAR)
Perri Page (COL)
Madison St. Rose (PRIN)
Grace Arnolie (BRO)
2nd team:
Fadima Tall (PRIN)
Skye Belker (PRIN)
Mataya Gayle (PENN)
Abigail Wright (HAR)
Ciniya Moore (YALE)
Honorable mention:
Alyssa Moreland (BRO)
Olivia Hutcherson (PRIN)
Simone Sawyer (PENN)
Olivia Jones (HAR)
POY - Riley Weiss (COL)
ROY - Olivia Jones (HAR)
DPOY - Perri Page (COL) / Alyssa Moreland (BRO)
COY - Carla Berube (PRIN)
I really think Page should still be DPOY. I can understand if its given to Moreland, especially given how in recent years (a part from last year) it has been given to dominant rebounders. I think Berube should be COY beause of Princeton only having 3 losses in a very hard schedule. Monique LeBlanc season is certainly impressive, but I don’t think going from being the 5th team close to making the tournament in recent years to being the 4th team is enough to get a COY award. And I think Berube will get it also due to being outright season champs, although if Columbia had won the last game, losing twice to the other season champ would most certainly make the COY award lean to Griffith.
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Yes, I mean, every league stat you look at makes it very obvious Riley should be POY.
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What stat other than scoring are you looking at?
As I mentioned, Page is actually more productive
in most statistical categories, and both she and
St. Rose are seniors, which usually gets some weight.
Weiss deserves first team, but not POY.
Coaches like kids who can score a lot, especially during the Ivy League season.
They really like winners.
You seem to have little respect for Weiss and the Columbia women. Columbia’s women’s team has been pretty good recently and I’d say they qualify as “winners”. It’s also comical that you criticize Meg for being too tough, while your board consistently criticizes Henderson for not being tough enough.
Okay, let’s run the full analysis for Ivy season:
The only stat where St. Rose has been significantly better than Weiss is 2FG% (and therefore FG%), but the difference in 3FG% means that effectively Weiss is more efficient scoring wise (56.9% to 53.3%). St. Rose is slightly better in Reb , Ast and Ast/TO ratio, but the difference is minimal. I don’t see a case for St. Rose
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Weiss and Columbia have done plenty of that
Winners also win the toughest match-ups. As far as I know, Princeton got outplayed twice by Columbia this year
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