2011–12 Ivy League men's basketball season

October 2016 2011–12 Ivy League men's basketball season #008000 #FFFFFF NCAA Division I Basketball 125px January 7– March 6, 2012 8 Regular season Harvard League Champions Zack Rosen, Penn Ivy League Men's Basketball Player of the Year Basketball 2010–11 2012–13 The 2011–12 Ivy League men's basketball season marked the continuation of the annual tradition of competitive basketball among Ivy League members that began when the league was formed during the 1956–57 season, continuing from the predecessor Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League, which was formed in 1902. Harvard was the preseason favorite for the first time and spent most of the season receiving vote in the 2011–12 national rankings. The season marked the first time that four Ivy League teams (Harvard, Penn, Princeton and Yale) participated in the postseason. The season marked the second time that the Ivy League had three 20-win teams (Harvard, Penn and Princeton). Zack Rosen earned Ivy League Men's Basketball Player of the Year and earned Associated Press All-American honorable mention recognition. Reggie Willhite was Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year and Shonn Miller was the Conference Rookie of the Year. In addition to Rosen, Ian Hummer was a unanimous first team All-Ivy League selection. The conference had two Academic All-America honorees (Matthew Sullivan and Chris Wroblewski) and a Lowe's Senior CLASS Award finalist (Rosen). Preseason Entering the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season head coach Mitch Henderson began his tenure at Princeton.http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2010-11/releases/Mitch_Henderson_Named_Princeton_Mens_Basketball_Coach Mitch Henderson Named Princeton Men's Basketball Coach March 12, 2012 April 20, 2011 IvyLeagueSports.com https://web.archive.org/web/20120129143042/http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2010-11/releases/Mitch_Henderson_Named_Princeton_Mens_Basketball_Coach January 29, 2012 dead mdy-all Greg Mangano was one of 22 USA Basketball invitees to the USA Basketball Men's World University Games Team training camp to select the team for the 2011 Summer Universiade held at Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2010-11/releases/Yales_Mangano_Invited_to_the_2011_USA_Basketball_World_University_Games_Team_Training_Camp Yale's Mangano Invited to the 2011 USA Basketball World University Games Team Training Camp March 12, 2012 June 8, 2011 IvyLeagueSports.com https://web.archive.org/web/20120129141316/http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2010-11/releases/Yales_Mangano_Invited_to_the_2011_USA_Basketball_World_University_Games_Team_Training_Camp January 29, 2012 dead mdy-all He competed in basketball at the 2011 Summer Universiade, becoming the first Men's Ivy League Basketball World University Games participant since Bill Bradley.http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/weeklyreleases/2011-12_MBB_Release_Week_18.pdf 2011-12 Ivy League MEN'S BASKETBALL March 12, 2012 March 5, 2012 IvyLeagueSports.com 13 https://web.archive.org/web/20150919060328/http://ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/weeklyreleases/2011-12_MBB_Release_Week_18.pdf September 19, 2015 dead mdy-all Jeremiah Kreisberg was named to the Israeli team for the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division B held in Bosnia and Herzegovina.http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2010-11/releases/Yales_Kreisberg_Named_to_Israel_Under-20_Mens_Basketball_National_Team Yale's Kreisberg Named to Israel Under-20 Men's Basketball National Team March 12, 2012 June 27, 2011 IvyLeagueSports.com https://web.archive.org/web/20120129141924/http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2010-11/releases/Yales_Kreisberg_Named_to_Israel_Under-20_Mens_Basketball_National_Team January 29, 2012 dead mdy-all He played in 6 of the team's 8 games, leading the team in scoring and finishing second in rebounds. Preseason publications predicted Harvard would finish in first place. For the first time in school history, the Ivy League media panel selected Harvard as its first place choice. Princeton and Yale finished tied for second.http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/weeklyreleases/2011-12_MBB_Release_Week_18.pdf 2011-12 Ivy League MEN'S BASKETBALL March 12, 2012 March 5, 2012 IvyLeagueSports.com 12 https://web.archive.org/web/20150919060328/http://ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/weeklyreleases/2011-12_MBB_Release_Week_18.pdf September 19, 2015 dead mdy-all Season By returning all of their key players from the 2010–11 Ivy League co-champion 2010–11 Crimson and competing successfully, Harvard received votes in the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings polls every week until the final week of the season and was ranked for many weeks.http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/weeklyreleases/2011-12_MBB_Postseason_Release.pdf 2011-12 Ivy League MEN'S BASKETBALL March 13, 2012 March 12, 2012 IvyLeagueSports.com 7August 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes Harvard represented the Ivy League by sweeping its three contests and emerging victorious in the 2011 Battle 4 Atlantis.http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/weeklyreleases/2011-12_MBB_Postseason_Release.pdf 2011-12 Ivy League MEN'S BASKETBALL March 13, 2012 March 12, 2012 IvyLeagueSports.com 18August 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes Among the highlights of the season were victories by both Harvard and Princeton over eventual 2012 ACC men's basketball tournament champion Florida State.http://www.theacc.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/031112aaa.html Florida State Wins the #ACCTRNY 85-82 over North Carolina: This is Florida State's first ACC Championship March 14, 2012 March 11, 2012 CBS Interactive TheACC.com https://web.archive.org/web/20121123050848/http://www.theacc.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/031112aaa.html November 23, 2012 dead mdy-allhttps://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/team/schedule/_/id/52/year/2012/florida-state-seminoles Florida State Seminoles Schedule - 2011-12 March 12, 2012 ESPN Zack Rosen finished the season as the Ivy League Men's Basketball Player of the Year. Following the annual 14-game round robin home & home schedule, Harvard emerged as champion and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. Harvard entered the tournament as a number 12 seed, making its first NCAA tournament appearance since 1946.http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/releases/Harvard_Handed_No._12_Seed-to_Face_Vanderbilt_in_the_2012_NCAA_Mens_Basketball_Championship Harvard Handed No. 12 Seed, to Face Vanderbilt in the 2012 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship March 12, 2012 March 11, 2012 IvyLeagueSports.com https://web.archive.org/web/20120813013848/http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/releases/Harvard_Handed_No._12_Seed-to_Face_Vanderbilt_in_the_2012_NCAA_Mens_Basketball_Championship August 13, 2012 dead mdy-all Princeton and Penn were invited to the 2012 College Basketball Invitational.http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/releases/Penn-Princeton_to_Play_in_the_2012_College_Basketball_Invitational Penn, Princeton to Play in the 2012 College Basketball Invitational March 12, 2012 March 11, 2012 IvyLeagueSports.com https://web.archive.org/web/20120312155206/http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/releases/Penn-Princeton_to_Play_in_the_2012_College_Basketball_Invitational March 12, 2012 dead mdy-all Yale was invited to the 2012 CollegeInsider.com Tournament.http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/releases/Yale_Mens_Basketball_Open_with_Fairfield_in_the_2012_CIT Yale Men's Basketball Open with Fairfield in the 2012 CollegeInsider.com Tournament March 12, 2012 March 11, 2012 IvyLeagueSports.com https://web.archive.org/web/20120825085955/http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/releases/Yale_Mens_Basketball_Open_with_Fairfield_in_the_2012_CIT August 25, 2012 dead mdy-all The season marked the first time that four Ivy League teams (Harvard, Penn, Princeton and Yale) participated in the postseason.https://twitter.com/Ivy_Athletics/status/179053898139570176 @Ivy_Athletics status March 12, 2012 March 12, 2012 Twitter Ivy Leaguehttp://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/weeklyreleases/2011-12_MBB_Postseason_Release_1.pdf 2011-12 Ivy League Men's Basketball: Postseason - Week 1 • March 12, 2012 March 20, 2012 March 12, 2012 IvyLeagueSports.com https://web.archive.org/web/20150919042831/http://ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/weeklyreleases/2011-12_MBB_Postseason_Release_1.pdf September 19, 2015 dead mdy-all The season marked the second time that the Ivy League had three 20-win teams (Harvard, Penn and Princeton).http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/weeklyreleases/2011-12_MBB_Postseason_Release_2.pdf 2011-12 Ivy League Men's Basketball: Postseason - Week 2 • March 18, 2012 March 21, 2012 March 18, 2012 IvyLeagueSports.com 6 https://web.archive.org/web/20150213203656/http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/weeklyreleases/2011-12_MBB_Postseason_Release_2.pdf February 13, 2015 dead mdy-all Honors and accolades Five players (Eitan Chemerinski - Jr., Cornell; Austin Morgan - Jr., Yale; Matthew Sullivan - Jr., Brown; Reggie Willhite - Sr., Yale; Chris Wroblewski - Sr. Cornell) were named Academic All-District, meaning that they were among the 40 finalists to be named to the 15-man Academic All-America Team.http://cosida.com/media/documents/2012/2/Acad_All_District_M_Basketball_2011_12.pdf Capital One Academic All-District Men's Basketball Teams Released February 2, 2012 February 2, 2012 College Sports Information Directors of America Sullivan and Wroblewski were both named third team Academic All-Americans.http://www.cosida.com/news.aspx?id=3569 Tyler Zeller of UNC, Elena Delle Donne headline Capital One Academic All-America Division I Basketball Teams February 23, 2012 February 23, 2012 College Sports Information Directors of America https://web.archive.org/web/20120713070920/http://cosida.com/news.aspx?id=3569 July 13, 2012 dead mdy-allhttp://www.cosida.com/media/documents/2012/2/2011_12_Cap_One_AAA_D1_Basketball_Teams.pdf Tyler Zeller of UNC, Delaware's Elena Delle Donne Top Capital One Academic All-America Division I Basketball Team March 12, 2012 February 23, 2012 College Sports Information Directors of America It was Wrobleski's second consecutive Academic All-American recognition.http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2010-11/releases/Leffelman-Wroblewski_Named_Academic_All-America_in_Mens_Basketball Brown's Leffelman, Cornell's Wroblewski Named Academic All-America in Men's Basketball March 6, 2011 February 22, 2011 IvyLeagueSports.com https://web.archive.org/web/20110713070858/http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2010-11/releases/Leffelman-Wroblewski_Named_Academic_All-America_in_Mens_Basketball July 13, 2011 dead mdy-all Keith Wright was a preseason candidate for the John R. Wooden Award and the Lou Henson Award. Penn's Zack Rosen, Columbia's Brian Barbour, Cornell's Wroblewski and Harvard's Brandyn Curry were among 65 preseason Cousy Award preseason watchlist candidates. Rosen made the list of 20 finalists. Rosen and Wrobleski were among 30 preseason Lowe's Senior CLASS Award candidates. Rosen was among the ten finalists.http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/weeklyreleases/2011-12_MBB_Release_Week_18.pdf 2011-12 Ivy League MEN'S BASKETBALL March 12, 2012 March 5, 2012 IvyLeagueSports.com 8 https://web.archive.org/web/20150919060328/http://ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/weeklyreleases/2011-12_MBB_Release_Week_18.pdf September 19, 2015 dead mdy-all In season Each week the Ivy League selects a player of the week and a rookie of the week.http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/weeklyreleases/2011-12_MBB_Release_Week_18.pdf 2011-12 Ivy League MEN'S BASKETBALL March 12, 2012 March 5, 2012 IvyLeagueSports.com 2 https://web.archive.org/web/20150919060328/http://ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/weeklyreleases/2011-12_MBB_Release_Week_18.pdf September 19, 2015 dead mdy-all Player of the Week Rookie of the Week Name School Class Position Name School Position November 14, 2011Zack RosenPennSr.GShonn MillerCornellF Greg ManganoYaleSr.CJvonte BrooksDartmouthF November 21, 2011Zack RosenPennSr.GShonn MillerCornellF Gabas MaldunasDartmouthF November 28, 2011Keith WrightHarvardSr.FAlex RosenbergColumbiaF Shonn MillerCornellF December 5, 2011Meiko LylesColumbiaSo.FJonah TravisHarvardF December 12, 2011Kyle CaseyHarvardJr.FGabas MaldunasDartmouthF Tyler BernardiniPennSr.G December 19, 2011Ian HummerPrincetonJr.FGalal CancerCornellF John GoldenDartmouthG December 26, 2011Tyler BernardiniPennSr.GJvonte BrooksDartmouthFGreg ManganoYaleSr.CDenton KoonPrincetonF January 9, 2012Greg ManganoYaleSr.CGabas MaldunasDartmouthFKeith WrightHarvardSr.FShonn MillerCornellF January 23, 2012Mark CiscoColumbiaJr.CCorbin MillerHarvardG January 30, 2012Andrew McCarthyBrownJr.FSteve Moundou-MissiHarvardF February 6, 2012Greg ManganoYaleSr.CShonn MillerCornellF February 13, 2012Chris WroblewskiCornellSr.GJvonte BrooksDartmouthF February 20, 2012Zack RosenPennSr.GGabas MaldunasDartmouthF February 27, 2012Zack RosenPennSr.GJohn GoldenDartmouthG March 5, 2012Kyle CaseyHarvardJr.FJvonte BrooksDartmouthF Zack RosenPennSr.G All-Ivy The following players earned Ivy League postseason recognition:http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/releases/Mens_Basketball_All-Ivy_--_2011-12 Men's Basketball All-Ivy -- 2011-12 March 12, 2012 March 7, 2012 IvyLeagueSports.com https://web.archive.org/web/20120829033924/http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/releases/Mens_Basketball_All-Ivy_--_2011-12 August 29, 2012 dead mdy-all Player of the Year ^Zack Rosen, Penn (Sr., G, Colonia, N.J.) Rookie of the Year Shonn Miller, Cornell (Fr., F, Euclid, Ohio) Defensive Player of the Year Reggie Willhite, Yale (Sr., G/F, Elk Grove, Calif.) First Team All-Ivy Brian Barbour, Columbia (Jr., G, Alamo, Calif.) Chris Wroblewski, Cornell (Sr., G, Highland Park, Ill.) Kyle Casey, Harvard (Jr., F, Medway, Mass.) ^Zack Rosen, Penn (Sr., G, Colonia, N.J.) ^Ian Hummer, Princeton (Jr., F, Vienna, Va.) Greg Mangano, Yale (Sr., C, Orange, Conn.) Second Team All-Ivy Sean McGonagill, Brown (So., G, Brookfield, Ill.) Brandyn Curry, Harvard (Jr., G, Huntersville, N.C.) Keith Wright, Harvard (Sr., F, Suffolk, Va.) Douglas Davis, Princeton (Sr., G, Philadelphia) Reggie Willhite, Yale (Sr., G/F, Elk Grove, Calif.) Honorable Mention All-Ivy Johnathan Gray, Cornell (Jr., G, Tampa, Fla.) Rob Belcore, Penn (Sr., G, Lake Forest, Ill.) ^Unanimous Selection USBWA On March 6, the U.S. Basketball Writers Association released its 2011–12 Men's All-District Teams, based upon voting from its national membership. There were nine regions from coast to coast, and a player and coach of the year were selected in each. The following lists all the Big Ten representatives selected within their respective regions.http://www.sportswriters.net/usbwa/news/2012/alldistrict120306.html U.S. Basketball Writers Association USBWA Names 2011-12 Men's All-District Teams March 6, 2012 March 6, 2012 District I (New England) Coach of the Year Tommy Amaker, Harvard All-District Team Kyle Casey, Harvard Greg Mangano, Yale Keith Wright, Harvard District II (New York, New Jersey, Delaware, District of Columbia, Pennsylvania, West Virginia) All-District Team Zack Rosen, Penn NABC The National Association of Basketball Coaches announced their Division I All-District teams on March 14, recognizing the nation's best men's collegiate basketball student-athletes. Selected and voted on by member coaches of the NABC, 240 student-athletes, from 24 districts were chosen. The selection on this list were then eligible for the State Farm Coaches' Division I All-America teams. The following list represented the District 13 players chosen to the list.http://www.nabc.com/NABC_Releases/releases/2011-12_NABC_Releases/2012_NABC_Division_I_All-District_teams.pdf National Association of Basketball Coaches National Association of Basketball Coaches Announces 2012 Division I All-District Teams March 14, 2012 March 14, 2012 March 4, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304171925/http://nabc.com/nabc_releases/releases/2011-12_nabc_releases/2012_nabc_division_i_all-district_teams.pdf dead First Team Zack Rosen Pennsylvania Greg Mangano Yale Keith Wright Harvard Second Team Ian Hummer Princeton Kyle Casey Harvard Brian Barbour Columbia Other Rosen was named an honorable mention Associated Press All-American.http://washingtonexaminer.com/sports/2012/03/2011-12-ap-all-america-teams/408371 2011-12 AP All-America Teams March 26, 2012 March 26, 2012 Washington Examiner June 2017 InternetArchiveBot yes Wright was also selected to participate in the NABC 2012 Reese's Division I All-Star Game at the 2012 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament final four.http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/releases/Harvards_Wright_Selected_to_Play_in_the_2012_NABC_Division_I_All-Star_Game Harvard's Wright Selected to Play in the 2012 NABC Division I All-Star Game April 14, 2012 March 26, 2012 IvyLeagueSports.com https://web.archive.org/web/20150918235125/http://ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/releases/Harvards_Wright_Selected_to_Play_in_the_2012_NABC_Division_I_All-Star_Game September 18, 2015 dead mdy-all Rankings 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings On December 5, 2011, Harvard made its first ever appearance in either the AP (25) or Coaches Poll (24).https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/7319295/duke-blue-devils-north-carolina-tar-heels-stand-ground-top-losses Duke, UNC don't cede much in Top 25 December 5, 2011 December 5, 2011 ESPN It leaves Brown as the only remaining Ivy League school to have never been ranked in the AP Poll and leaves only seven schools that have played Division I basketball since the AP Poll began that have never been ranked in it.https://www.espn.com/blog/collegebasketballnation/post/_/id/41106/harvard-shakes-one-monkey-off-its-back Harvard shakes one monkey off its back Brennan, Eamonn December 5, 2011 December 5, 2011 ESPN Harvard is the first Ivy League team ranked in the Coaches Poll since the 2009–10 Cornell Big Red and the first Ivy League team ranked in the AP Poll since the 1997–98 Princeton Tigers, who finished 8th in the poll.http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/releases/Harvard_Mens_Basketball_Appears_In_National_Polls Harvard Men's Basketball Appears In National Polls December 5, 2011 December 5, 2011 IvyLeagueSports.com https://web.archive.org/web/20120130081037/http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/releases/Harvard_Mens_Basketball_Appears_in_National_Polls January 30, 2012 dead mdy-all By January 2, the team achieved rankings of 22 in the AP Poll and 21 in the Coaches Poll.https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/rankings/_/year/2012/week/9/seasontype/2 2012 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings – Week 9 (Jan. 2) March 4, 2012 January 2, 2012 ESPN The team was also ranked 21st in the Coaches Poll On February 6.https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/rankings/_/year/2012/week/14/seasontype/2 2012 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings – Week 14 (Feb. 6) March 4, 2012 February 6, 2012 ESPN Below are Harvard's rankings for the season: AP Pollhttp://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/rankings 2011–12 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings October 21, 2011 ESPN ESPN Internet Ventures dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080329071504/http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/rankings March 29, 2008 0 19 RV RV RV RV 25 RV RV 24 22 RV RV RV RV 25 RV RV RV RV RV Coaches Poll 0 19 RV RV 24 RV 25 23 21 25 24 23 23 21 RV RV RV RV RV Postseason NCAA tournament 2012 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament TeamBid TypeSeedResultsHarvardAutomatic#12 lost to #5 Vanderbilt 79–70http://espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=320750238 https://web.archive.org/web/20120316230315/http://espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=320750238 dead March 16, 2012 Vanderbilt overcomes Harvard's late charge to advance April 20, 2012 March 15, 2012 ESPN National Invitation tournament 2012 National Invitation Tournament The Ivy League did not have any entrants in this tournament. College Basketball Invitational 2012 College Basketball Invitational TeamResultsPenn defeated Quinnipiac 74–63https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/boxscore?gameId=320740219 Quinnipiac 63 (18-14, 10-8 NEC); Pennsylvania 74 (20-12, 11-3 Ivy) April 20, 2012 March 14, 2012 ESPN lost to Butler 63–53https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/boxscore?gameId=320790219 Butler 63 (22-14, 11-7 Horizon); Pennsylvania 53 (20-13, 11-3 Ivy) April 20, 2012 March 19, 2012 ESPNPrinceton defeated Evansville 95–86https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/boxscore?gameId=320730339 Princeton 95 (20-11, 10-4 Ivy); Evansville 86 (16-16, 9-9 MVC) April 20, 2012 March 13, 2012 ESPN lost to Pittsburgh 82–61https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/boxscore?gameId=320790221 Princeton 61 (20-12, 10-4 Ivy); Pittsburgh 82 (19-16, 5-13 Big East) April 20, 2012 March 19, 2012 ESPN CollegeInsider.com tournament 2012 CollegeInsider.com Tournament TeamResultsYale lost to Fairfield 68–56https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/boxscore?gameId=320742217 Yale 56 (19-10, 9-5 Ivy); Fairfield 68 (20-14, 12-6 MAAC) April 20, 2012 March 14, 2012 ESPN Notes 30em External links Ivy League website