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OUTLOOK: Last season, the Ivy League was split into two distinct tiers, with four teams winning 19 or more games and four teams winning 15 or fewer, but with some of the league's best players from 2011-12 graduated, the balance of power could be up for grabs.Harvard had a spectacular season, spending part of the year ranked in the Top-25 en route to earning it's first-ever outright Ivy League title, and although it experienced a large turnover in the offseason, it expects to be in the championship hunt once again. Penn finished just one game behind the Crimson for the league crown, but the Quakers too may have lost too many pieces to earn a berth in the 2013 NCAA Tournament. Of the top teams from a year ago, Princeton (20-12) appears to be in the best shape as the Tigers return four starters, including arguably the league's best player in Ian Hummer.The middle of the pack consists of a pair of overachievers from last season in Yale (19-10) and Columbia (15-15), and an underachiever in ...

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  1. Rasheed leads Princeton to 78-66 win over Harvard , first outright Ivy League title since 1978

    CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Freshman forward Niveen Rasheed had 23 points and 10 rebounds, and Princeton beat Harvard 78-66 on Saturday to win its first outright Ivy Lea...

  2. Harvard places league-high 10 on All-Ivy football

    Harvard placed 10 players on the All-Ivy League first team Tuesday, including quarterback Colton Chapple.The total was the highest in the league and twice as many as...

  3. Princeton's Dibilo is Ivy rookie of the year

    Princeton freshman running back Chuck Dibilio was named Ivy League Rookie of the Year on Tuesday.Dibilo is a finalist for the Jerry Rice Award, which is presented by...

  4. Harvard to play six home games in 2012

    Harvard football hopes to take advantage of six home games while it tries to defend its Ivy League championship this season.The Crimson will play six of its 10 games...

  5. 2 Ivy games pushed back a day by storm

    Two Ivy League games that were scheduled for Saturday night have been moved back to Sunday because of treacherous travel conditions caused by the winter storm batter...

  6. Harvard wins Ivy League

    Laurent Rivard scored a game-high 17 points as the Harvard Crimson defeated the Cornell Big Red, 65-56, in Ivy League play at Lavietes Pavilion.Siyani Chambers recor...

  7. ROTC returns to Ivy League universities with long military traditions, but few recruits

    Yale sophomore Andrew Hendricks has gotten used to receiving strange looks when he crosses the Ivy League campus in his Air Force uniform.Hendricks, the only Air For...

  8. Ivy squads kick off season on Saturday

    It's the annual lament among Ivy League football coaches as their teams get set to begin their seasons.On Saturday, the late-starting Ivy League teams again will pla...

  9. Casey scores 24 to lead Harvard past Princeton 79-67 for at least a share of Ivy League title

    Kyle Casey scored a season-high 24 points to lead Harvard to a 79-67 victory over Princeton on Saturday night and guarantee the Crimson at least a share of their fir...

  10. No. 25 Harvard remains perfect in Ivy League with 56-50 over rival Penn

    There were no late-game thrills for Zack Rosen and Tyler Bernardini, and Penn is running out of hope for an Ivy League title.You just don't want to face anything ass...

  11. Tops in the Ivy League , Cornell has Cinderella dreams

    This isn't the same Cornell team that lost to Missouri in the first round of the NCAA tournament a year ago."We're light years ahead of last year," Big Red coach Ste...

  12. Maddox sinks late free throws as Princeton beats Harvard 56-53 to stay unbeaten in Ivy League

    CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Kareem Maddox had 14 points and eight rebounds, making a pair of free throws with 11 seconds left to lead Princeton to a 56-53 victory over H...

  1. In the FCS Huddle: Ivy League spring football notebook

    The other Ivy League schools have changed head football coaches in an effort to catch Penn, Harvard and, to a lesser extent, Brown.In a new twist, Cornell has staked...

  2. In the FCS Huddle: 2012 Ivy League Preview

    Like many quarterbacks, Cornell's Jeff Mathews threw countless passes and worked on his footwork this offseason.That's not what Big Red coach Kent Austin has noticed...

  3. Ivy League race tightens after No. 25 Harvard loses 70-62 at Princeton

    Harvard coach Tommy Amaker is more worried about the Ivy League standings than the national rankings.Both took a hit on Saturday night.Keith Wright had 16 points and...

  4. Harvard battles Penn in pivotal Ivy League tussle

    The 25th-ranked Harvard Crimson will try to maintain their spot atop the Ivy League standings, as they head to Philadelphia to take on the Penn Quakers tonight at Th...

  5. In the FCS Huddle: 2011 Ivy League Preview

    If there's any doubt Ivy League football time players and teams this season, consider this:Each of the eight teams will play at night this season as the Ancient Eigh...

  6. Harvard could have a second chance for NCAA berth if Ivy League gets two teams in tournament

    In the world of college basketball , the Ivy League has long been considered a quaint little non-scholarship conference that isn't even big-time enough to hold a pos...

  7. Harvard cheating scandal opens Ivy basketball race

    Harvard was stocked up and ready to make a run at its third consecutive Ivy League title. Then came a cheating scandal that cost the Crimson two of its top seniors a...

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