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01-10-19 03:57 PM - Post#271990
In response to Streamers
No one can doubt that the Ivy League regular season looks to be a scrum between at least 5 teams. Certainly, Yale, Princeton and Brown are on the upswing and we can anticipate that Penn will be as well once healthy. Harvard is competitive, but could take a major step forward if either Bryce Aiken or Seth Towns return and can contribute.
This year, no Ivy squad is currently ranked below 243 in KenPom, meaning that despite all of the focus on the big dogs, Dartmouth, Columbia and Cornell might have a say in who goes to the Tournament.
For instance:
- Columbia has put together a strong 4 game stretch, including close losses at BC, Rutgers and Northwestern. Mike Smith's offense could threaten to win any game, but Columbia sure is playing well without him;
- Cornell's Matt Morgan can, on any given night, win a game all by himself. He's averaging 23.6ppg while shooting 45.5% from 3. On six occasions, Morgan has hit at least 5 trey's in a game. In those 6 games, he has shot almost 60% on 3's averaging 29ppg. If Morgan goes off like he did last night (38pts on 9-14 3's), Cornell can beat anyone.
- Dartmouth is winning games, especially at home where the Big Green are 7-1. Knight is emerging inside and Barry, Sistare and Foye are combinging to average more than 7 3's per game on 50%+ shooting.
- Just in case anyone still considers Brown as an outsider, this 11-4 squad is #130KP and has won its last 5 games. Desmond Cambridge, like Cornell's Morgan, can win a game all by himself (e.g., 31pts on 7-13 3's and 25pts on 7-11 3's in recent games)
Y, P, P and H may have high expectations, but I wouldn't take any game for granted.
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