The 2014–15 Ivy League men's basketball season marked the continuation of the annual tradition of competitive basketball among Ivy League members. The tradition began when the league was formed during the 1956–57 season and its history extends to the predecessor Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League, which was formed in 1902.
Harvard and Yale shared the league title after finishing the regular season tied with identical 11-3 conference records. Harvard earned the league's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament by defeating Yale 53–51 in a one-game playoff. Overall, the conference had five postseason participants and won eight postseason games, marking the best postseason in league history.
Wesley Saunders of Harvard was named Ivy League Men's Basketball Player of the Year. James Jones of Yale was named Ivy League Coach of the Year and Spencer Weisz of Princeton was named Ivy League Freshman of the Year. Brown's Cedric Kuakumensah earned his second consecutive Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year recognition.
Saunders was an Associated Press honorable mention NCAA Men's Basketball All-American. On February 20, Matt Townsend of Yale was named a third team Academic All-American selection. Penn's Dau Jok was named to the Allstate Good Works Team by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) and earned the Most Courageous Award from the United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA).
The NABC named Saunders, T.J. Bray of Princeton and Justin Sears of Yale to the All-District 13 First Team and Sean McGonagill of Brown and Siyani Chambers of Harvard to its Second Team. The USBWA named Saunders to its All-District I Team.
All-Ivy Teams
First Team All-Ivy School Class Position Maodo Lô* Columbia Junior GuardShonn Miller* Cornell Senior Forward Wesley Saunders* Harvard Senior Guard Javier Duren* Yale Senior Guard Justin Sears* Yale Junior Forward
*Unanimous +Second Team All-IvySchoolClassPositionCedric KuakumensahBrownJuniorForwardGabas MaldunasDartmouthSeniorCenterAlex MitolaDartmouthJuniorGuardSiyani ChambersHarvardJuniorGuardSteve Moundou-MissiHarvardSeniorForwardSteve CookPrincetonSophomoreForwardSpencer WeiszPrincetonSophomoreForward
NCAA tournament
Seed Region School First Four Round of 64 Round of 32 Sweet 16 Elite Eight Final Four Championship13 West Harvard n/a Eliminated by North Carolina, 67-65 W–L (%):0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 Total:0-1
College Basketball Invitational
School First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals Princeton Defeated Tulane 56–55 Eliminated by Fresno State 56–72 W–L (%):1–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 Total: 1–1
CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament
School First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals Brown Eliminated by Holy Cross 65–68 Columbia Defeated Valparaiso 58–56 Defeated Eastern Michigan 69–56 Eliminated by Yale 69–72 Yale Defeated Quinnipiac 69–68 Defeated Holy Cross 71–56 Defeated Columbia 72–69 Defeated VMI 75–62 Eliminated by Murray State 65–57W–L (%):2–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 Total: 6–3
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