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- Updated: March 8, 2018
Penn’s AJ Brodeur is the first Quaker since Zack Rosen in 2012 to be named first-team All-Ivy.
The future of Ivy League basketball is very bright, based on the composition of the first and second teams announced by the league this week.
In what is a rarity for any conference, not a single one of the 12 chosen as the league’s best is a senior. Of the top five, only one is a junior and the other four are sophomores.
The second team, which was expanded to include seven players because of ties in the voting, is made up of four juniors, two sophomores, and a freshman.
THUMBNAILS
Miye Oni of Yale is one of only a handful of players in the nation to lead his team in league scoring (14.0), rebounding (6.4) and assists (3.8).
AJ Brodeur is the first Penn player to be named to the first-team since Zack Rosen in 2012. Brodeur averaged nearly 15 points and eight rebounds per game.
Seth Towns, the Ivy League Player of the Year, led Harvard with 18.6 points per game in conference play, second in the league.
Matt Morgan of Cornell led the league in individual scoring, averaging 22.6 points. He was a second-team selection his first two years.
Harvard’s Chris Lewis had the second best shooting percentage.
FIRST TEAM
Seth Towns, Harvard, sophomore (also Player of the Year)
Chris Lewis, Harvard, sophomore
Matt Morgan, Cornell, junior
AJ Brodeur, Penn, sophomore
Miye Oni, Yale, sophomore
SECOND TEAM
Trey Phills, Yale, junior
Stone Gettings, Cornell, junior
Devin Cannady, Princeton, junior
Myles Stephens, Princeton, junior
Ryan Betley, Penn, sophomore
Mike Smith, Columbia, sophomore
Desmond Cambridge, Brown, freshman, also Rookie of the Year
HONORABLE MENTION
Darnell Foreman of Penn, a senior, and Harvard sophomore, Justin Bassey.
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Amir Bell, Princeton senior
COACH OF THE YEAR
Steve Donahue, Penn
IVY ON THE VINE
Just learned that Cornell has provided students with free game tickets to the Ivy League Tournament in Philadelphia on Saturday and a round-trip bus trip for $10.00. A 6:30 AM departure apparently was no drawback, as the offer was accepted in large numbers. The college intends to do the same on Sunday if the Big Red upsets Harvard.
Related: Should the Ivy League tournament really be in the Palestra?
