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Michael James is the RTC correspondent for the Ivy League. You can also find his musings on Twitter at @ivybball.

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With Alex Rosenberg back in the mix, is it Columbia’s year? (USA TODAY Sports)

Unusual Suspects – The last time Harvard failed to receive a first-place vote in the preseason Ivy media poll, Cornell was wrapping up its three-peat in a season that would see the Big Red ultimately advance to the Sweet Sixteen. Five Ivy titles and four NCAA appearances later, the Crimson finds itself slotted fourth while the first-place votes were split as evenly [...]]]>
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Checking in on… the Ivy League http://rushthecourt.net/2014/12/05/checking-in-on-the-ivy-league-34/ http://rushthecourt.net/2014/12/05/checking-in-on-the-ivy-league-34/#respond Fri, 05 Dec 2014 15:31:44 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=106533

Michael James is the RTC correspondent for the Ivy League. You can also find his musings on Twitter at @ivybball.

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Soft Around The Middle – The biggest theme of the preseason Ivy media teleconference was the league’s historic depth. In fact, one set of rankings had six Ivy teams among the top 169 squads nationally, which would have bested last year’s record five teams in the top 170. Through the first three weeks of the season, Harvard and Yale have held up their ends of the bargain, checking in at 34th and 83rd in Pomeroy, respectively, while the rest of [...]]]>
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Morning Five: 11.07.14 Edition http://rushthecourt.net/2014/11/07/morning-five-11-07-14-edition/ http://rushthecourt.net/2014/11/07/morning-five-11-07-14-edition/#respond Fri, 07 Nov 2014 12:12:53 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=105835

We have been focusing quite a bit on the academic scandals at North Carolina and Syracuse quite a bit recently, but the one that is reported to to have occurred at Southern Mississippi might lead to more immediate repercussions. According to Jason King, current Tennessee coach Donnie Tyndall is alleged to have used a scheme where “Prop 48” recruits were reimbursed for tuition, living expenses, and other fees prior to qualifying for scholarships. At issue is the way these recruits were reimbursed. As Gary Parrish points out it would be relatively easy for a program to pull something similar off, but it would require [...]]]>
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O26 Shake-Up: Assessing an Ugly Week of Suspensions & Injuries http://rushthecourt.net/2014/11/04/o26-shake-up-assessing-an-ugly-week-of-suspensions-injuries/ http://rushthecourt.net/2014/11/04/o26-shake-up-assessing-an-ugly-week-of-suspensions-injuries/#respond Tue, 04 Nov 2014 14:31:40 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=105741

The past 10 days have been especially fraught with injuries and suspensions and ineligibility rulings, many of which are sure to affect conference races across the Other 26. Let’s examine some of the major losses and their impact as the season approaches:

Isaac Fotu’s career might be over at Hawaii. (Charles Simmons/chasingthemomentphoto.com)

Isaac Fotu – F – Hawaii. Just a couple days after head coach Gib Arnold was abruptly fired, Hawaii lost its best player last week when Fotu was ruled ineligible due to an ongoing improper benefits investigation. The 6’8’’ all-conference forward averaged 14.9 PPG and 6.1 RPG a year ago [...]]]> http://rushthecourt.net/2014/11/04/o26-shake-up-assessing-an-ugly-week-of-suspensions-injuries/feed/ 0 Checking In On… The Ivy League http://rushthecourt.net/2012/02/03/checking-in-on-the-ivy-league-28/ http://rushthecourt.net/2012/02/03/checking-in-on-the-ivy-league-28/#respond Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:41:08 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=59318

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Not Your Older Brother’s Ivy League: By Adjusted Pythagorean Winning Percentage – the same method used by Ken Pomeroy to rank teams – this year’s Ivy League is far and away the best since roaring ’70s, which culminated with Penn’s Final Four run. Turns out, the RPI isn’t far behind. The previous high-water mark for the league was 2002, when Penn won the league in a three-way playoff with Princeton and Yale. That year, the Quakers [...]]]> http://rushthecourt.net/2012/02/03/checking-in-on-the-ivy-league-28/feed/ 0 Checking In On… the Ivy League http://rushthecourt.net/2012/01/20/checking-in-on-the-ivy-league-27/ http://rushthecourt.net/2012/01/20/checking-in-on-the-ivy-league-27/#respond Fri, 20 Jan 2012 22:18:02 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=57257

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Contenders and Pretenders: The first Ivy League back-to-back weekend is in the books, though for only half of the league’s teams. In true 14-game tournament fashion, it took just one weekend for the Ivy title race to change pretty drastically. With a road sweep of Cornell and Columbia, Pennsylvania immediately vaulted into the number one contender spot behind Harvard. The New York trip will be the second-toughest in the Ivies this season (the Princeton/Philadelphia swing [...]]]> http://rushthecourt.net/2012/01/20/checking-in-on-the-ivy-league-27/feed/ 0