Post by 01- PirateDave on Mar 6, 2015 22:05:06 GMT -6
Also could be the first team in the nation this year to be in the NCAA Tournament. Go Bulldogs!
Yale tops defending champ Harvard to clinch share of Ivy title
#22 Justin Sears & #44 Sam Downey
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Javier Duren had 22 points and nine rebounds Friday night to help Yale beat four-time defending Ivy League champion Harvard 62-52 and clinch at least a share of the conference title.
Yale (22-8, 11-2) would earn its first NCAA Tournament berth since 1962 with a victory at sixth-place Dartmouth on Saturday. The Ivy League is the only conference that awards its automatic bid to the regular-season champion.
Harvard (20-7, 10-3) could still share the title with a victory over Brown on Saturday and a Yale loss. The schools would play a tiebreaker at Penn on Saturday for the NCAA berth.
Steve Moundou-Missi had 21 points and 10 rebounds for Harvard before fouling out in the final minute. Harvard was 2 for 17 from 3-point range.
The loss could be the end of Harvard's four-year reign atop the conference, an era that included two first-round victories in the NCAA Tournament. Harvard opened the season at No. 25 in The Associated Press Top 25, but it fell out with an opening-week loss to Holy Cross, and the Ivy season proved more challenging as well.
Losses to Dartmouth and Cornell left the Crimson tied with their longtime football -- and, oh, academic -- rival and set up what might have been the biggest basketball game ever between the two schools.
The student section at the sold-out Lavietes Pavillion broke into a "Safety School!" chant before the opening tip. But the early lead quieted the gym where Harvard has only recently begun to hang banners.
Yale's 36 percent shooting was good enough for a 22-19 halftime lead after a first period in which Harvard shot 28 percent -- going 0 for 8 from 3-point range. The Bulldogs opened the second with a 9-2 run and made it a double-digit lead before Harvard's Siyani Chambers hit a 3-pointer -- Harvard's first of the game after 10 misses -- and then followed a steal with a fast-break alley-oop to Moundou-Missi.
Chambers hit a pair of free throws to make it 43-39 with just over 5 minutes left.
But Yale sank the next three baskets, including a 3-pointer by Duren that made it 50-43. Harvard never made it close again.
Yale tops defending champ Harvard to clinch share of Ivy title
#22 Justin Sears & #44 Sam Downey
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Javier Duren had 22 points and nine rebounds Friday night to help Yale beat four-time defending Ivy League champion Harvard 62-52 and clinch at least a share of the conference title.
Yale (22-8, 11-2) would earn its first NCAA Tournament berth since 1962 with a victory at sixth-place Dartmouth on Saturday. The Ivy League is the only conference that awards its automatic bid to the regular-season champion.
Harvard (20-7, 10-3) could still share the title with a victory over Brown on Saturday and a Yale loss. The schools would play a tiebreaker at Penn on Saturday for the NCAA berth.
Steve Moundou-Missi had 21 points and 10 rebounds for Harvard before fouling out in the final minute. Harvard was 2 for 17 from 3-point range.
The loss could be the end of Harvard's four-year reign atop the conference, an era that included two first-round victories in the NCAA Tournament. Harvard opened the season at No. 25 in The Associated Press Top 25, but it fell out with an opening-week loss to Holy Cross, and the Ivy season proved more challenging as well.
Losses to Dartmouth and Cornell left the Crimson tied with their longtime football -- and, oh, academic -- rival and set up what might have been the biggest basketball game ever between the two schools.
The student section at the sold-out Lavietes Pavillion broke into a "Safety School!" chant before the opening tip. But the early lead quieted the gym where Harvard has only recently begun to hang banners.
Yale's 36 percent shooting was good enough for a 22-19 halftime lead after a first period in which Harvard shot 28 percent -- going 0 for 8 from 3-point range. The Bulldogs opened the second with a 9-2 run and made it a double-digit lead before Harvard's Siyani Chambers hit a 3-pointer -- Harvard's first of the game after 10 misses -- and then followed a steal with a fast-break alley-oop to Moundou-Missi.
Chambers hit a pair of free throws to make it 43-39 with just over 5 minutes left.
But Yale sank the next three baskets, including a 3-pointer by Duren that made it 50-43. Harvard never made it close again.
good luck to all!