2021–22 Ivy League men's basketball season
The 2021–22 Ivy League men's basketball season marked the continuation of the annual tradition of competitive basketball among Ivy League members after the league did not play during the 2020–21 season. Previously, 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.
| 2021–22 Ivy League men's basketball season | |
|---|---|
| League | NCAA Division I |
| Sport | Basketball |
| Number of teams | 8 |
| TV partner(s) | Ivy League Digital Network |
| Regular season | |
| Champions | Princeton |
| Season MVP | Tosan Evbuomwan, Princeton |
| Finals champions | Yale |
| Runners-up | Princeton |
| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Princeton | 12 | – | 2 | .857 | 23 | – | 7 | .767 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yale † | 11 | – | 3 | .786 | 19 | – | 12 | .613 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Penn | 9 | – | 5 | .643 | 12 | – | 16 | .429 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cornell | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 15 | – | 11 | .577 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dartmouth | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | 9 | – | 16 | .360 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Harvard | 5 | – | 9 | .357 | 13 | – | 13 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brown | 5 | – | 9 | .357 | 13 | – | 16 | .448 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Columbia | 1 | – | 13 | .071 | 4 | – | 22 | .154 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2022 Ivy League Tournament winner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Princeton earned the league title after finishing the regular season 12–2 within the Ivy League. However, Yale earned the league's bid to the 2022 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament after defeating Pennsylvania, 67–61, in the semifinals and Princeton, 66–64, in the finals of the inaugural conference tournament.
Tosan Evbuomwan of Princeton was named Ivy League Men's Basketball Player of the Year.[1]
All-Ivy Teams
| First Team All-Ivy | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| School | Class | Position | |
| Jordan Dingle* | Penn | Sophomore | Guard |
| Noah Kirkwood* | Harvard | Senior | Guard |
| Tosan Evboumwan* | Princeton | Junior | Forward |
| Azar Swain* | Yale | Senior | Guard |
| Jaelin Llewellyn* | Princeton | Senior | Guard |
*Unanimous
| Second Team All-Ivy | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| School | Class | Position | |
| Tamenang Choh | Brown | Senior | Forward |
| Jalen Gabbidon | Yale | Senior | Guard |
| Ethan Wright | Princeton | Senior | Guard |
| Brendan Barry | Dartmouth | Senior | Guard |
| Jaylan Gainey | Brown | Senior | Forward |
| Dean Noll | Cornell | Senior | Guard |
NCAA tournament
| Seed | Region | School | First Four | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Sweet 16 | Elite Eight | Final Four | Championship |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | West | Yale | n/a | Eliminated by Purdue, 78–56 | |||||
| W–L (%): | 0–0 – | 0–1 .000 | 0–0 – | 0–0 – | 0–0 – | 0–0 – | 0–0 –Total:0-1 .000 |
References
- "2021-22 Men's Ivy League Season". Retrieved March 23, 2024.
- "2021-22 Men's Ivy League Season". Retrieved March 23, 2024.