Ivy League Basketball News

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August 20th, 2010 at 8:41 pm

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Yale announces 2010-2011 basketball schedule

Yale announced its 2010-2011 Men’s basketball schedule today. Highlights include Boston College (Nov 18), Providence (Nov 15), Illinois (Nov 23), and Stanford (Dec 28).

Date	Opponent	Time/Status	Result
Nov. 13	vs. Quinnipiac @ Mohegan Sun Arena	TBA
Nov. 15	at Providence	7:00 PM
Nov. 18	at Boston College	7:00 PM
Nov. 23	at Illinois	TBA
Nov. 27	Army	2:00 PM
Nov. 30	Hartford	7:00 PM
Dec. 4	at Vermont	1:00 PM
Dec. 6	Albany	7:30 PM
Dec. 8	at Bryant	TBA
Dec. 19	Sacred Heart	2:00 PM
Dec. 28	at Stanford	TBA
Dec. 31	Lehigh	2:00 PM
Jan. 4	at Holy Cross	TBA
Jan. 8	Baruch	2:00 PM
Jan. 15	at Brown *	TBA
Jan. 22	Brown *	2:00 PM
Jan. 28	at Penn *	TBA
Jan. 29	at Princeton *	6:00 PM
Feb. 4	Cornell *	7:00 PM
Feb. 5	Columbia *	6:00 PM
Feb. 11	at Harvard *	7:00 PM
Feb. 12	at Dartmouth *	7:00 PM
Feb. 18	Princeton *	7:00 PM
Feb. 19	Penn *	7:00 PM
Feb. 25	Dartmouth *	7:00 PM
Feb. 26	Harvard *	6:00 PM
Mar. 4	at Columbia *	7:00 PM
Mar. 5	at Cornell *	7:00 PM

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August 11th, 2010 at 2:36 pm

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Rush The Court presents Ivy predictions

Rush The Court reviews the Ivy League’s summer — including coaching changes, Lin’s pro signing, and Harvard’s recruiting violation — and presents its predicted ivy standings for next year, which are as follows:

Harvard (12-2): Yes, they lose Jeremy Lin, but they return three ultra-talented sophomores, including Freshman of the Year Kyle Casey. The 6’7 forward began last season as the 6th man but started the last ten games, averaging ten points and five rebounds per game. They also boast a sophomore backcourt that we see as a potential top-10 duo in the country in Brandyn Curry and Christian Webster. The latter scored 24 points in only 28 minutes in Harvard’s postseason loss to Appalachian St. Sprinkle in another prized recruiting class that includes a few players in the top 150 and you have all the ingredients for an Ivy Championship.
Princeton (11-3): They were six points away from hoisting the conference championship trophy last season, as two heartbreaking three-point losses to eventual champion Cornell did them in. Most publications project the Tigers as 2010-11 champs, as this is another team that returns a talented trio in top scorer Doug Davis, leading rebounder Dan Mavraides and late-blooming freshman Ian Hummer. We see a nip and tuck race with the depth of the Crimson being the deciding factor.
Penn (10-4): Don’t be surprised if Penn projects itself into the Ivy race this season. And if they do, it will be most assuredly on the back of last year’s RTC Ivy POY Zack Rosen. The 6’1 junior was at or near the top in five key stats, including leading the league in scoring. If he continues to mature as a player, he very well could receive a lot of national recognition, a la Jeremy Lin and Ryan Wittman last season. Now, if only the rest of the roster can remain healthy — a difficult task the past two years — the Quakers can take aim at what they consider their rightful place at the top of the league.
Cornell (9-5): How the mighty have fallen; Is the reign of the Big Red over? Maybe not, despite huge losses via graduation. They return four players who saw considerable action during last year’s championship run (Chris Wroblewski, Errick Peck, Adam Wire, and Mark Coury), and thus have enjoyed and expect success. While this year’s freshman class was recruited by Steve Donahue, who is no longer with the program, they come with promising credentials. Should our projections hold true, the future in Ithaca should be bright. Remember, it was new leader Bill Courtney who recruited most of the George Mason NCAA Final Four team in 2006.
Brown (5-9): The bad news: the graduation of All-Ivy Matt Mullery, who led the Bears last season in several offensive stats. The good news: the next six scorers all return, led by Peter Sullivan and All-Ivy freshman Tucker Halperin. Brown could improve by leaps and bounds; They went 4-4 over their final eight league games, which included an almost unheard of weekend road sweep of Penn and Princeton. We would not be surprised to see the Bears make a run.
Columbia (4-10): One would have to consider the now-concluded Joe Jones era a disappointment. At times showing promise during his seven-year tenure (one top four finish), the bottom line is that the Lions were 20 games below .500 in Ivy play during that period. Enter Kyle Smith, the former associate head coach at St. Mary’s of California. He was responsible for running the offense and coordinating all recruiting activities. And lest you forget, St. Mary’s reached the Sweet 16 in last year’s tournament. Admittedly, it is not easy to build a program and win at Columbia — one has to go back to the Jim Macmillan/Heyward Dotson days. Maybe Smith, a master recruiter, is exactly what the Lions need.
Yale (3-11): There is still one Jones left in the Ivy League: James at Yale. And to offset the loss of All-Ivy swingman Alex Zampier, Jones brought in a national recruiting class, with players from California, Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts and New York, all of whom were 1000-point scorers in their high school careers. Additionally, the Elis return six players who averaged more than ten minutes of playing time per game, led by second-leading scorer Michael Sands. If the class of 2014 can contribute immediately, Yale could be one of the deepest teams in the league.
Dartmouth (2-12): Hope in Hanover? Paul Cormier, who returns for his second tour of duty at Dartmouth, must think there’s some. The basis for such optimism lies in the fact that the Big Green, who amazingly had no player average in double figures last year, returns five of their top six scorers and eight players who averaged double figures in minutes played. This group is led by 6’1 Ronnie Dixon, the best shooter on the team. If the rest of the returnees can show some improvement, perhaps Cormier can lead his team out of the cellar.

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August 9th, 2010 at 10:38 am

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Twitter Updates for 2010-08-01

Greeley Basketball Star Matt Townsend May Continue Career At Yale | Chappaqua-Mount Kisco Patch, NY http://ow.ly/2jvUa #

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August 1st, 2010 at 9:00 pm

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Twitter Updates for 2010-07-31

Even in NBA, Jeremy Lin to Win for Harvard? | The Harvard Crimson http://ow.ly/2jc3s #
Yale commit Matt Townsend mentioned in ESPN article on 17U Nationals as "toughest player" | ESPN http://ow.ly/2ji47 #

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July 31st, 2010 at 9:00 pm

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News roundup: Harvard accepts violation, Wittman DNP vs. OKC, + more.

The Harvard Crimson reports on Havard’s acceptance of its secondary recruiting violation. It includes some statements from Harvard coach Tommy Amaker:

“These events occurred three years ago, and I’m pleased to bring this two-year review to a conclusion,” Amaker wrote in a statement to The Crimson. “This extensive and comprehensive inquiry yielded one minor and unintentional secondary. We’re excited about the future, growth and development of our basketball program at this tremendous institution.”

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A story in the Troy Record of Troy NY warns parents about chasing slim hopes of sports dreams when focusing on schools that give your children the best chances to succeed might be a better choice. The article uses Yale’s Alex Zampier as an example:

… Do not get hung up on the dollar amount offered in scholarships. Which school will give your child the best chance to succeed after graduation?

Consider the case of Columbia High School graduate Alex Zampier, who turned down an athletic scholarship from Siena College to pay-to-play for the men’s basketball team at Yale University. According to a report in Business Week magazine, the average median salary for a Yale graduate is $126,000, one of the highest in the nation.

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Cornell’s Ryan Wittman did not play yesterday in the Celtics game against OKC but might get a chance when Boston faces Philadelphia tonight at 5. PressConnects reports:

Ryan Wittman will have to wait at least another day to make his NBA Summer League debut for the Boston Celtics.

Wittman, a recent Cornell University grad, did not play in Monday’s AirTran Always Pro Summer League game. Boston blew a 15-point halftime lead in an 87-82 loss to Oklahoma City.

He may not have to wait long, however, to see his first action.

Boston plays Philadelphia at 5 p.m. Tuesday. The Celtics also have games scheduled this week Wednesday against Charlotte, Thursday versus Indiana and Friday with New Jersey.

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The Cornell Daily Sun reports on Louis Dale’s signing with a German team and Ryan Wittman’s Celtics debut.

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July 6th, 2010 at 10:45 am

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News: Harvard declares unintentional secondary violation regarding 2007 “scandal”

Yesterday, the Ivy League office issued a statement on Harvard Men’s Basketball with regard to conversations in the summer of 2007 between a Harvard asst. coach and potential recruits:

The Ivy League and Harvard University announced today that Harvard has declared an unintentional secondary violation in connection with conversations in the summer of 2007 between current Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach Kenny Blakeney and members of the Harvard coaching staff that occurred before Mr. Blakeney was employed by Harvard.

“Secondary violations” are by NCAA definition “inadvertent” and deemed to provide at most a “minimal advantage” to the institution. They are also routine for all Division I members, including Ivy League institutions; the NCAA processes over two thousand secondary violations annually. While Harvard and the Ivy League do not ordinarily release information related to secondary violations, they are doing so in this case in view of prior publicity in 2008, when the Ivy League released a statement that its inquiry into these matters found no violations of Ivy League or NCAA rules.

This revised conclusion reflects conversations between Harvard and the NCAA subsequent to Harvard’s submission of the initial report to the Ivy League on this matter and its acceptance by the Ivy League Office. The NCAA staff agreed with the Ivy League’s and Harvard’s original conclusions that at the time of the conversations Mr. Blakeney had not been offered employment and did not have an employment agreement, and that any violation was “secondary”. However, under the NCAA’s interpretation of its rules, Mr. Blakeney’s conversations with the Harvard coaching staff during a time when he was independently observing prospective student?athletes required a finding of improper recruiting assistance to Harvard. After these discussions with the NCAA, Harvard elected to acknowledge a secondary violation and to self?impose recruiting limits for the 2010-2011 academic year.

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Both IvyLeagueSports.com and the Ithaca Journal have short stories about Cornell’s Ryan Wittman signing with the Celtics’ summer league.

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IvyLeagueSports.com also has a story about Harvard’s Jeremy Lin, who will be on the Mavericks summer squad, and Brian Cusworth, Harvard ‘07, who will be on the Hornets’ Summer League squad.

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WVBR radio discusses Cornell coach Bill Courtney’s previously mentioned plan to utilize the full-court press next season.

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Yale announced its 5-man incoming recruiting class .

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A Harvard Crimson article discusses Harvard’s summer basketball camp, which was filled with potential prospects.

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July 2nd, 2010 at 9:19 am

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Zampier tries out for foreign coaches

All-Ivy Yale grad Alex Zampier took part in a tryout session last Saturday in Brooklyn NY for a cadre of foreign coaches, some in attendance and others who observed online. From Slam Online:

… You have a guy who could probably be earning big bucks in a different fashion rather than trying out for an overseas contract.

“I’m just here trying to get seen, just like everybody else,” says the 6-3 sharp-shooting guard Alex Zampier, who just graduated from Yale this spring after majoring in sociology and economics. “I went to a smaller school and I’m just trying to get as big an opportunity as I can to get my name out there and have somebody see me play. I just want to get a good contract, just like everybody else.”

Zampier also recently took part in NBA Development League tryouts.

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June 24th, 2010 at 1:31 pm

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Video: Alex Zampier highlight video

Note: There seems to be something wrong with the audio.

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June 22nd, 2010 at 12:55 am

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Random items

Princeton rising sophomore Gus Gabel has apparently left the team. His facebook profile, for those who can view it, lists him as ” Arizona State University ‘14,” implying he might be transferring there.

I’m having trouble confirming this at an official site NBADL site, but Yale’s Alex Zampier apparently took part in NBA Development League try-outs last week. The site www.i95ballerz.com listed him among the standouts, saying “he can flat shoot the lights out”.

Former Penn coach Glen Miller might be returning to his Connecticut roots. The North Central Connecticut Journal Inquirer reported earlier this week:

According to sources, former Pennsylvania and Brown head coach Glen Miller has emerged as a leading candidate for the director of operations, a job now referred to as the “director of basketball administration,” by Calhoun. Miller, who played for Calhoun at Northeastern, was an assistant coach at UConn under Calhoun from 1986-1993.