2019–20 Ivy League men's basketball season

2019–20 Ivy League
men's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Number of teams8
Regular Season
Season championsYale
Season MVPA. J. Brodeur
Season MVPPaul Atkinson
Tournament
ChampionsCancelled
Basketball seasons
2019–20 Ivy League men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
x-Yale 11 – 3   .786 23 – 7   .767
Harvard 10 – 4   .714 21 – 8   .724
Princeton 9 – 5   .643 14 – 13   .519
Penn 8 – 6   .571 16 – 11   .593
Brown 8 – 6   .571 15 – 12   .556
Dartmouth 5 – 9   .357 12 – 17   .414
Cornell 4 – 10   .286 7 – 20   .259
Columbia 1 – 13   .071 6 – 24   .200
x – Ivy League champions
Ivy League tournament canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic


The 2019–20 Ivy League men's basketball season is the Ivy League's 66th season of basketball. Yale and Harvard are defending regular season champions. Yale defeated Harvard in the Ivy League tournament to each the conference's bid to the NCAA tournament last season.

The 2019-2020 Ivy League Tournament was scheduled to take place at Harvard University, March 13–15, 2020.[1]

On March 10, 2020, the Ivy League announced that the 2020 Ivy League Tournament is cancelled due to the coronavirus. Yale was to represent the Ivy League in the 2020 NCAA Men's basketball tournament.[2]

The last Ivy League games were played on March 7th, 2020. 612 days later, the Ivy League would resume play after a hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Coaches

Team Head coach Seasons at school Overall record at school Ivy record Ivy regular season championships Ivy tournament championships NCAA tournaments NCAA Final Fours NCAA championships
Brown Mike Martin 7 93–112 (.454) 36–62 (.367) 0 0 0 0 0
Columbia Jim Engles 3 29–53 (.354) 15–27 (.357) 0 0 0 0 0
Cornell Brian Earl 3 35–53 (.398) 17–25 (.405) 0 0 0 0 0
Dartmouth David McLaughlin 3 25–59 (.298) 9–33 (.214) 0 0 0 0 0
Harvard Tommy Amaker 12 230–131 (.637) 116–52 (.690) 7 0 4 0 0
Penn Steve Donahue 4 67–53 (.558) 30–26 (.536) 1 1 1 0 0
Princeton Mitch Henderson 8 148–88 (.627) 76–36 (.679) 1 1 1 0 0
Yale James Jones 21 327–278 (.540) 169–111 (.604) 4 1 2 0 0

Notes:

  • All records, appearances, titles, etc. are from time with current school only.
  • Overall and Ivy records are from time at current school through the end of the 2018–19 season.

Players of the week

Week Player of the Week Rookie of the Week
Nov. 11 Brandon Anderson, Brown Jordan Dingle, Penn
Nov. 18 Brandon Anderson (2), Brown Chris Ledlum, Harvard
Nov. 25 Bryce Aiken, Harvard Jordan Dingle (2), Penn
Dec. 2 Paul Atkinson, Yale Jordan Dingle (3), Penn
Dec. 9 Paul Atkinson (2), Yale Chris Ledlum (2), Harvard
Dec. 16 Richmond Aririguzoh, Princeton Ryan Langborg, Princeton
Dec. 23 Paul Atkinson (3), Yale Max Martz, Penn
Dec. 30 Chris Lewis, Harvard Chris Lewis, Harvard
Jan. 6 Jaelin Llewellyn, Princeton Chris Ledlum (3), Harvard
Jan. 13 Ryan Schwieger, Princeton Tosan Evbuomwan, Princeton
Jan, 20 Jordan Bruner, Yale Jack Forrest, Columbia
Jan. 27 A. J. Brodeur, Penn Jordan Dingle (4), Penn
Feb. 3 Azar Swain, Yale Jordan Dingle (5), Penn
Feb. 10 Tamenang Choh, Brown Max Martz (2), Penn
Feb. 17 Chris Knight, Dartmouth Chris Ledlum (4), Harvard
Feb. 24 Jordan Bruner (2), Yale August Mahoney, Yale
Mar. 2 Chris Knight (2), Dartmouth Max Martz (3), Penn
Mar. 9 A. J. Brodeur (2), Penn

Zach Hunsaker, Brown

Jordan Dingle (6), Penn

Conference matrix

Brown Columbia Cornell Dartmouth Harvard Penn Princeton Yale
vs. Brown – 0−2 1−1 0−2 0–2 1–1 2−0 2–0
vs. Columbia 2−0 − 1−1 2−0 2–0 2–0 2−0 2–0
vs. Cornell 1−1 1−1 − 2−0 2–0 2–0 0−2 2–0
vs. Dartmouth 2−0 0−2 0−2 − 2–0 1–1 2−0 2–0
vs. Harvard 2−0 0−2 0−2 0−2 − 1–1 1−1 0–2
vs. Penn 1−1 0−2 0−2 1−1 1–1 − 2−0 1–1
vs. Princeton 0−2 0−2 2−0 0−2 1–1 0–2 − 2–0
vs. Yale 0−2 0−2 0−2 0−2 2–0 1–1 0−2 −
Total 8–6 1–13 4–10 5–9 10–4 8-6 9–5 11–3

Source[3]

All-Conference teams and awards

On March 11, the Ivy League handed out its major awards.[4]

Award Recipients
Co-Player of the Year A. J. Brodeur (Penn)

Paul Atkinson (Yale)

Coach of the Year James Jones (Yale)
Rookie of the Year Jordan Dingle (Penn)
Co-Defensive Player of the Year Jaylan Gainey (Brown)

Jalen Gabbidon (Yale)

First Team A. J. Broduer (Penn)

Paul Atkinson (Yale)
Azar Swain (Yale)
Noah Kirkwood (Harvard)
Richmond Aririguzoh (Princeton)
Jordan Bruner (Yale)

Second Team Chris Knight (Dartmouth)

Jaelin Llewellyn (Princeton)
Tamenang Choh (Brown)
Chris Lewis (Harvard)
Mike Smith (Columbia)

Honorable Mention Devon Goodman (Penn)

Terrance McBride (Cornell)

References

  1. ^ "2020 Ivy League Men's and Women's Basketball Tournaments - Ivy League".
  2. ^ "Ivy League Cancels Basketball Tournaments, Limits Spectators In All Sporting Events". ivyleague.com. March 10, 2020. Retrieved March 10, 2020.
  3. ^ "Watch Ivy League on ESPN Now! - Ivy League". ivyleague.com. Retrieved February 13, 2020.[permanent dead link‍]
  4. ^ "Ivy League hands out men's basketball All-Ivy, major awards" (Press release). Ivy League. March 11, 2020. Retrieved March 11, 2020.