rbg
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09-29-17 09:19 AM - Post#233355
In response to bradley
In June, the New Haven Register reported that "Mason isn’t 100-percent participating in full basketball activities just yet, but he’s getting close."
The same article noted that sophomore forward Jordan Bruner had knee surgery in April to repair his meniscus but is expected to be ready for the beginning of the regular season in November.
Looking at Bart Torvik's rankings for the end of 2015-2016 and 2016-2017, as well as the preseason for 2017-218, Yale can make the argument that its upcoming non-conference schedule (including TCU, Wisconsin, Creighton, Georgia Tech, St. Bonaventure, Vermont, Albany, Iona and Monmouth) is as strong, if not stronger, than its last two seasons.
http://www.courant.com/sports/college/hc-yal e-mens...
http://www.barttorvik.com/trankpre.php
Opp Ranking # of Games Against
1- 20 '15-'16 (2) '16-'17 (1) '17-'18 (1)
21-50 '15-'16 (1) '16-'17 (0) '17-'18 (1)
51-100 '15-'16 (0) '16-'17 (2) '17-'18 (4)
101-150 '15-'16 (2) '16-'17 (4) '17-'18 (3)
151-200 '15-'16 (2) '16-'17 (0) '17-'18 (0)
201-250 '15-'16 (2) '16-'17 (0) '17-'18 (1)
251-351 '15-'16 (4) '16-'17 (5) '17-'18 (5)
Yale, Harvard and Princeton all are around the Top 100 and have strong non-conference schedules. If they can win some of these marquee games, hopefully that will help the league's chances of gettting a second bid. If not, then any of these teams are going to need to win the Ivy Tournament to get the one bid.
For those top IL teams that miss out on the NCAA Tournament, the recent inclusion of former Princeton AD Gary Walters on the NIT Committee can hopefully improve the Ivy League's chances of getting 1 or more teams into that tournament.
Edited by rbg on 09-29-17 09:20 AM. Reason for edit: No reason given.
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