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John Harvard
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Date Posted: 13:34:03 05/31/24 Fri
In reply to:
Jerrylh
's message, "disappointing upcoming Ivy basketball season" on 07:30:59 05/31/24 Fri
As a Harvard Crimson fan, I feel your pain big time.
Brown retains 2 of its most important players, only losing Nana to the portal but a few others to graduation.
Columbia and it's youthful depth will benefit, as it loses nothing to the portal.
Cornell is losing some big players to graduation, so a dropoff was expected.
Dartmouth will remain scrappy, but overmatched.
Harvard has seven freshman and Evan Nelson to add to it's decimated core, but the best three players from 2023-24 are gone.
Penn - despite losing Perkins - has been really active in the transfer portal, possibly making them the most opportunistice and improving team, .
Princeton, if Lee stays, the Tigers have retained its nucleus.
Yale loses big names to graduation and Wolf, but has returning talent.
Certainly, the league is weaker (especially Harvard, Yale, Brown, Cornell and, to a lesser extent, Princeton). This opens it up for Columbia and Dartmouth to close the gap. Penn may be a sleeper due to who they return and the addition of transfers.
My Projection:
In the Tournament: Yale & Princeton at the top
Bubble: Brown (Lilly/Anya), Penn (Spinoso/transfers), Columbia (depth/growning experience), Harvard (Freshmen & guards)
Outside: Dartmouth, Cornell (too much turnover at key places)
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