2016–17 Ivy League men's basketball season

The 2016–17 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.

2016–17 Ivy League men's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
DurationJanuary 7
– March 12, 2017
Number of teams8
TV partner(s)Ivy League Digital Network
Regular season
ChampionsPrinceton
Season MVPSpencer Weisz, Princeton
2017 Ivy League men's basketball tournament
ChampionsPrinceton
  Runners-upYale
2016–17 Ivy League men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
x-Princeton140 1.000237  .767
Harvard104 .7141810  .643
Yale95 .6431811  .621
Penn68 .4291315  .464
Columbia59 .3571116  .407
Brown410 .2861317  .433
Cornell410 .286821  .276
Dartmouth410 .286720  .259
x – Ivy League champions
2017 Ivy League Tournament winner

Princeton earned the league title after finishing the regular season 14–0 within the Ivy League. Princeton earned the league's bid to the 2017 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament after defeating Pennsylvania in the semifinals and Yale in the finals of the inaugural conference tournament.

Spencer Weisz of Princeton was named Ivy League Men's Basketball Player of the Year.[1]

All-Ivy Teams


First Team All-Ivy
SchoolClassPosition
Bryce Aiken*HarvardFreshmanGuard
Steven Spieth* BrownSeniorGuard
Spencer Weisz*Princeton SeniorForward
Myles Stephens*PrincetonSophomoreGuard
Siyani Chambers*HarvardSeniorGuard
Steven Cook*PrincetonSeniorForward

*Unanimous

Second Team All-Ivy
School Class Position
Evan Boudreaux Dartmouth Sophomore Forward
Miye Oni Yale Freshman Guard
Luke Petrasek Columbia Freshman Forward
A.J. Brodeur Penn Freshman Forward
Matt Morgan Cornell Sophomore Guard

[2]

NCAA tournament

Seed Region School First Four Round of 64 Round of 32 Sweet 16 Elite Eight Final Four Championship
13 West Princeton n/a Eliminated by Notre Dame, 60–58
W–L (%): 0–0 0–1 .000 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 Total:0-1 .000

References

  1. "2016-17 Men's Ivy League Season". Retrieved March 23, 2024.
  2. "2016-17 Men's Ivy League Season". Retrieved March 23, 2024.
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