2014–15 Ivy League men's basketball season

The 2014–15 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.

2014–15 Ivy League men's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
DurationJanuary 11
– March 11, 2015
Number of teams8
TV partner(s)Ivy League Digital Network
Regular season
ChampionsHarvard and Yale
Season MVPJustin Sears, Yale
One-game playoff (March 14)
ChampionsHarvard 53-51
2014–15 Ivy League men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
x-Harvard †11–3 .78622–8  .733
x-Yale11–3 .78622–10  .688
Princeton9–5 .64316–14  .533
Dartmouth7–7 .50014–15  .483
Columbia5–9 .35713–15  .464
Cornell5–9 .35713–17  .433
Penn4–10 .2869–19  .321
Brown4–10 .28613–18  .419
x – Ivy League co-champions
† – NCAA participant

Harvard and Yale shared the league title after finishing the regular season tied with identical 11-3 conference records. Harvard earned the league's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament by defeating Yale 53–51 in a one-game playoff. Overall, the conference had five postseason participants and won eight postseason games, marking the best postseason in league history.[1]

Wesley Saunders of Harvard was named Ivy League Men's Basketball Player of the Year. James Jones of Yale was named Ivy League Coach of the Year and Spencer Weisz of Princeton was named Ivy League Freshman of the Year.[2] Brown's Cedric Kuakumensah earned his second consecutive Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year recognition.[3]

Saunders was an Associated Press honorable mention NCAA Men's Basketball All-American.[4] On February 20, Matt Townsend of Yale was named a third team Academic All-American selection.[5] Penn's Dau Jok was named to the Allstate Good Works Team by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) and earned the Most Courageous Award from the United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA).[2]

The NABC named Saunders, T.J. Bray of Princeton and Justin Sears of Yale to the All-District 13 First Team and Sean McGonagill of Brown and Siyani Chambers of Harvard to its Second Team.[2][6] The USBWA named Saunders to its All-District I Team.[2][7]

All-Ivy Teams


First Team All-Ivy
SchoolClassPosition
Maodo Lô*ColumbiaJuniorGuard
Shonn Miller* CornellSeniorForward
Wesley Saunders*Harvard SeniorGuard
Javier Duren*YaleSeniorGuard
Justin Sears*YaleJuniorForward

*Unanimous

Second Team All-Ivy
School Class Position
Cedric Kuakumensah Brown Junior Forward
Gabas Maldunas Dartmouth Senior Center
Alex Mitola Dartmouth Junior Guard
Siyani Chambers Harvard Junior Guard
Steve Moundou-Missi Harvard Senior Forward
Steve Cook Princeton Sophomore Forward
Spencer Weisz Princeton Sophomore Forward

[8]

NCAA tournament
Main article: 2015 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
Seed Region School First Four Round of 64 Round of 32 Sweet 16 Elite Eight Final Four Championship
13 West Harvard n/a Eliminated by North Carolina, 67-65
W–L (%): 0–0 – 0–1 .000 0–0 .000 0–0 – 0–0 – 0–0 – 0–0 –Total:0-1 .000

College Basketball Invitational
Main article: 2014 College Basketball Invitational
School First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Princeton Defeated Tulane 56–55 Eliminated by Fresno State 56–72
W–L (%): 1–0 1.000 0–1 .000 0–0 – 0–0 – Total: 1–1 .500

CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament
Main article: 2014 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament
School First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Brown Eliminated by Holy Cross 65–68
Columbia Defeated Valparaiso 58–56 Defeated Eastern Michigan 69–56 Eliminated by Yale 69–72
Yale Defeated Quinnipiac 69–68 Defeated Holy Cross 71–56 Defeated Columbia 72–69 Defeated VMI 75–62 Eliminated by Murray State 65–57
W–L (%): 2–1 .667 2–0 1.000 1–1 .500 1–0 1.000 0–1 .000 Total: 6–3 .667

References
  1. Katz, Andy (April 23, 2014). "Look back, look ahead: Ivy League". ESPN. Retrieved April 25, 2014.
  2. "Men's Basketball Collects Postseason Honors". IvyLeagueSports.com. April 5, 2014. Archived from the original on April 29, 2014. Retrieved April 29, 2014.
  3. "Men's Basketball All-Ivy -- 2013-14". IvyLeagueSports.com. March 12, 2014. Archived from the original on June 24, 2017. Retrieved April 30, 2014.
  4. "College basketball: Creighton's Doug McDermott leads AP All-America team; Gator's Wilbekin on third team". Naples News. Associated Press. March 31, 2014. Archived from the original on June 1, 2014. Retrieved April 29, 2014.
  5. "Capital One Academic All-America® Division I Basketball Teams Announced: Stanford's Chiney Ogwumike and Ohio State Aaron Craft lead the team and are the Capital One Academic All-Americas of the Year for Division I women's and men's basketball, respectively". College Sports Information Directors of America. February 20, 2014. Retrieved April 29, 2014.
  6. "National Association of Basketball Coaches Announces 2013-14 Division I All-District Teams" (PDF). National Association of Basketball Coaches. March 12, 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 18, 2016. Retrieved March 12, 2014.
  7. "USBWA Names 2013-14 Men's All-District Teams". United States Basketball Writers Association. March 11, 2014. Retrieved March 12, 2014.
  8. "Men's Basketball All-Ivy, Postseason Awards Announced". ivyleague.com. Retrieved January 17, 2020.
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