2008–09 Ivy League men's basketball season

August 2023 #008000 #FFFFFF 2008–09 Ivy League men's basketball season NCAA Division I Basketball 8 Regular Season Cornell Ivy League Men's Basketball Player of the Year Alex Barnett, Dartmouth Basketball 2007–08 2009–10 The 2008–09 Ivy League men's basketball season was the Ivy League's 55th season of basketball. Cornell University won the league title for the second year in a row and was the recipient of the Ivy League's automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. Alex Barnett of Dartmouth College was the Ivy League Men's Basketball Player of the Year. During the 2008–09 season, Harvard's Jeremy Lin was the only NCAA Division I men's college basketball player who ranked in the top ten in his conference for scoring (17.8), rebounding (5.5), assists (4.3), steals (2.4), blocked shots (0.6), field goal percentage (0.502), free throw percentage (0.744), and 3 point shot percentage (0.400).O'Neil Dana Immigrant dream plays out through son: Harvard's do-it-all star learned the game from his father and a host of NBA legends ESPN December 10, 2009 https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/columns/story?columnist=oneil_dana&id=4730385 2010-02-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20100209183851/http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/columns/story?columnist=oneil_dana&id=4730385 9 February 2010 live Results Home\AwayBrownColumbiaCornellDartmouthHarvardPennPrincetonYaleBrown57–70 45–85 69–59 61–59 52–73 61–43 62–70Columbia65–59 59–7165–52 60–59 50–51 58–44 53–42Cornell90–58 83–72 79–76 96–75 60–51 83–59 64–36Dartmouth63–6167–53 57–75 62–63 63–60 66–63 62–74Harvard64–6372–63 71–70 66–75 66–60 71–77 66–87Penn64–54 63–74 63–88 59–69 66–75 56–59 79–87Princeton56–48 63–35 41–64 59–54 58–55 55–62 62–54 Yale57–5557–49 72–60 74–62 59–69 63–68 60–48 Host win Guest win NCAA tournament Team Seed Results Cornell 14 Lost First Round vs #3 Missouri (box score) See also Ivy League Notes