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September 14, 2010 at 8:00 am
Filed under Basketball, Princeton, Season Previews

Earlier than ever, college basketball previews are starting to appear for 2010-11.

For a prior five years of prognostications, click the Season Previews category above.

Here are some of the Ivy-centric projections out there...

Athlon Sports

1. Princeton
2. Harvard
3. Cornell
4. Penn
5. Columbia
6. Brown
7. Yale
8. Dartmouth

-First-Team All-Ivy:

Noruwa Agho, Kyle Casey, Doug(las) Davis, Zack Rosen, Peter Sullivan

Basketball Times

1. Princeton
2. Harvard
3. Penn
4. Cornell
5. Brown
6. Yale
7. Columbia
8. Dartmouth

Lindy's (written by former Trenton Times sports editor Craig Haley)

1. Princeton
2. Harvard
3. Penn
4. Cornell
5. Brown
6. Columbia
7. Yale
8. Dartmouth

-First-Team All-Ivy:

Noruwa Agho, Doug(las) Davis, Zack Rosen, Chris Wroblewski, Kyle Casey

-Second-Team All-Ivy:

Dan Mavraides, Jack Eggleston, Errick Peck, Michael Sands, Peter Sullivan

Rush The Court (written by Howard Hochman)

1. Harvard
2. Princeton
3. Penn
4. Cornell
5. Yale
6. Brown
7. Columbia
8. Dartmouth

-All-Conference Team:

Kyle Casey, Doug(las) Davis, Brandyn Curry, Christian Webster, Zack Rosen

-Sixth Man:

Dan Mavraides

Street & Smith's / Sporting News (written by Andy Jasner)

1. Cornell
2. Princeton
3. Harvard
4. Yale
5. Penn
6. Columbia
7. Brown
8. Dartmouth

-First-Team All-Ivy:

Noruwa Agho, Chris Wroblewski, Mark Coury, Zack Rosen, Kyle Casey

Yahoo! Sports (written by Jeff Eisenberg)

1. Harvard
2. Princeton
3. Penn
4. Cornell
5. Brown
6. Yale
7. Columbia
8. Dartmouth

Douglas Davis is one of three "Players to Watch."

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Gregg Lange said,

September 14, 2010 @ 10:06 am

Not that the league is bursting with alternatives, but you have to worry about anybody who picks Cornell at this stage. [That even ignores the laziness of literally recopying last year's standings]

Jon Greenwald said,

September 14, 2010 @ 11:26 am

Had one of these projected Kareem Maddox as a likely Ivy first teamer, I would have given it more credence. As it is, the expertise is probably pretty shallow.

Jon Solomon said,

September 14, 2010 @ 3:38 pm

Jon, I was surprised how little Maddox factored into these write-ups - despite their brevity - but I don't believe any of the authors (including Haley) saw more than a couple of Princeton games last season at most.

The Sporting News merely mentions Maddox "returns for his senior season."

Althon writes that Patrick Saunders and Maddox "play big roles on both ends of the court."

Lindys says Maddox is part of an "excellent trio of forwards" alongside Hummer and Saunders but awards Harvard's Brandyn Curry the honor of "Best Defender" in the Ivy League.

That's it.

Peter Carry said,

September 14, 2010 @ 11:50 pm

It's no surprise to me that astute observers like the two Jons would zero in on the Maddox omission. Anyone who watched the Ivy portion of the schedule last year knows that Maddox was Princeton's and perhaps the Ivy League's most valuable player during that stretch. Defensive players never do well in polls for all-league and other honors, but on a defensive team a player like Maddox should be recognized as Sidney was his senior year. I'd say that Rosen and Maddox would be the leading contenders for POY going into the season. I also fear Cornell and Penn more than Harvard.

Sean Gregory said,

September 15, 2010 @ 2:14 pm

For what it's worth, in the 16 years I've been closely following the Tigers, two guys have given me the "hell, this guy can play in the NBA" gut reaction. Chris Young and Kareem Maddox.

Knew Steve and Mitch could be in the league, but that was after seeing them develop over a period of time. If I showed up a game during that era and watched them, don't think they would have screamed "NBA" in the gut. Glad Steve proved I would not have been an astute fan (and Mitch came close with his training camp stint with the Hawks).

Will Venable also comes to mind but guess his height was what kept him out of the league, in my make-pretend NBA scout mind. Heard he's good at baseball though.

Another one separate from Young and Maddox, cause of circumstance: Jesse Rosenfeld, circa 2000, after he returned to New York City after his stint in the Israeli pro league. Wish Princeton fans had the chance to see him dominating high-level pick-up games and amateur leagues, etc, during that time. He morphed into a strong, sharpshooting 6'7" forward with advanced ball-handling skills, who could post-up inside with a series of slick new moves. That's why the Kings extended him a summer league offer in 2001, and I'm pretty sure he played really well in California (and remember, the Kings were one of the best teams in the Western Conference back then. If he got that invite today. . .who knows?). Not that Jesse was a slacker at Princeton: always thought his overtime performance during the '96 playoff win against Penn at Lehigh, when he held things down after Steve fouled out, got lost in all the insane drama of that time.

Anyway, my Kareem thoughts might prove silly - hope they don't - but that's what one gut says . . .

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