Around the Ivies
AROUND THE IVIES: A League of its Own
There’s something special about fall. Millions of kids across the country begin school, young adults leave their families for the first time to go off to college, the leaves start to turn, and—perhaps most importantly—it’s football season.
AROUND THE IVIES: Weekend to Shake Up Tight Ancient Eight Standings
Every time Columbia basketball gets moving, the world has a funny way of knocking it to its knees.
AROUND THE IVIES: Historically Dominant Yale Headlines Ancient Eight
As we near the midpoint of the Ivy League season, preseason narratives are beginning to take shape. After losing Siyani Chambers ’16 to an ACL injury before the year started, Harvard was projected a distant fourth in the standings behind the league’s academic middle class—Yale, Princeton, and Columbia. Narrow losses to Providence and Kansas and a run to the finals of the Diamond Head Classic changed the story on the Crimson temporarily, but injuries and defensive lapses have induced a market correction. After five straight losses, Harvard carries the worst point differential in the Ancient Eight.
AROUND THE IVIES: Yale Overtakes Harvard as League Favorite
The king is dead, and his prince is in charge.
AROUND THE IVIES: Columnist Wonders Why Drake Stopped Calling Him On His Cell Phone
Last we parted, dear Around the Ivies reader, Harvard was on the edge of becoming the first school to win three straight first-round games as a double-digit seed in the NCAA Tournament. A week after winning a scintillating playoff in Philadelphia, the Crimson played their best game of the year in a dogfight against North Carolina.
