2010-11 All-Ivy Men's Basketball.

March 9, 2011 at 6:28 pm
Filed under All-Ivy, Basketball, Princeton

The Ivy League announced its 2010-11 All-Ivy team moments ago. Princeton's Kareem Maddox (above) was named Defensive Player of the Year and unanimous First Team All-Ivy. Maddox is the Tigers' first All-Ivy first team selection since Scott Greenman's senior year of 2006.

Dan Mavraides and Ian Hummer were named Second Team All-Ivy.

Keith Wright of Harvard is the Player of the Year. Brown's Sean McGonagill is Rookie of the Year.

2010-11 All-Ivy Men's Basketball

First Team
Noruwa Agho, Columbia (Jr., G, New City, N.Y.)
*Keith Wright, Harvard (Jr., F, Suffolk, Va.)
Zack Rosen, Penn (Jr., G, Colonia, N.J.)
*Kareem Maddox, Princeton (Sr., F, Oak Park, Calif.)
*Greg Mangano, Yale (Jr., C, Orange, Conn.)

* unanimous selection

Second Team
Chris Wroblewski, Cornell (Jr., G, Highland Park, Ill.)
Kyle Casey, Harvard (So., F, Medway, Mass.)
Brandyn Curry, Harvard (So., G, Huntersville, N.C.)
Ian Hummer, Princeton (So., F, Vienna, Va.)
Dan Mavraides, Princeton (Sr., G, San Mateo, Calif.)

Honorable Mention
Tucker Halpern, Brown (So., F, Brookline, Mass.)
Brian Barbour, Columbia (So., G, Alamo, Calif.)
Christian Webster, Harvard (So., G, Washington, D.C.)
Jack Eggleston, Penn (Sr., F, Noblesville, Ind.)

Player of the Year
Keith Wright, Harvard (Jr., F, Suffolk, Va.)

Rookie of the Year
*Sean McGonagill, Brown (Fr., G, Brookfield, Ill.)

Defensive Player of the Year
Kareem Maddox, Princeton (Sr., F, Oak Park, Calif.)

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David Lewis said,

March 9, 2011 @ 6:52 pm

I'm surprised that Doug Davis did not even get honorable mention. I know his points have slipped a little bit due to Maddox and Hummer but his shooting percentage is still excellent and he has gotten better defensively.

Steven Postrel said,

March 9, 2011 @ 9:55 pm

So let's see...the defensive POY is also his team's best offensive option and plays for the co-champion of the league but isn't the overall POY?? That's pretzel logic, and not of the soft kind.

Stuart Schulman said,

March 9, 2011 @ 10:22 pm

David--

For Doug Davis to have gotten a mention, one coach would have had to believe that there were no more than 9 other players in the league who had a better year than Davis.

As important as Davis was on this team, I can't make that argument. All five on the first team, Mavraides, Hummer, Curry and Casey have pretty strong resumes. To vote for Davis, you have to believe he had a better year than Wroblewski AND Eggleston AND Barbour. That's a hard argument to make.

Steven--

Based on what I saw, I would have voted for Maddox...but remember that Wright also played for an Ivy co-champion and put up big numbers. I can't say Maddox was robbed. (Rosen over Hummer for first team, on the other hand...)

Kareem will have an opportunity to exact his revenge on Saturday.

David Lewis said,

March 10, 2011 @ 9:14 am

Stuart,
When they pick honorable mention players, do they do it by position? If so, the question about Davis is whether he is one of the top five guards in the league. If so, he should have at least received an honorable mention selection. This is a player who scored more than 1,000 points as a junior. Mavraides did not reach this milestone until the end of his senior year and he is a second team selection.

Patrick Ying said,

March 10, 2011 @ 11:48 am

I think it was clear that Mavraides was superior to Davis this season. I think the Honorable mentions includes anyone who received votes for 1st or 2nd team all-Ivy and didn't get it.

selden Edwards said,

March 10, 2011 @ 4:02 pm

Four years ago, hearing that a guy named Kareem Maddox lived nearby and was going to be a Tiger, I went to the Oak Park-Carpinteria (my CA home) high school game and wrote my impressions for Jon Solomon's Princeton Basketball message board, which then featured regular contributions from the members. This morning, I emailed Jon and asked if there was any chance that '07 write-up of mine was archived on his system. Amazingly, he found it! Here it is, my first and last scouting report ever.

Selden Edwards '63

Kareem Maddox '11

Last week, I watched Oak Park's Kareem Maddox play, and I was very
impressed. And as far as I know he hasn't rescinded HIS commitment.
It is pretty rare that a Princeton recruit shows up within driving
distance, and here he was playing at Carpinteria High, about 5
minutes from my garage. The Tri-Valley League is pretty small
potatoes in terms of Division I college athletics, so it is rare to
see someone of Kareem's stature and ability in local games. If he
has a major asterisk next to his college-potential status, it is that
day in and day out he plays against lesser talent (by far) than if he
went to a big California urban high school. But anyway, I thought he
was VERY good, and I was delighted to know that he was on his way to
being a Tiger. He is 6'6", ambidextrous, fluid, savvy, a pure
shooter, and (most important) an imaginative and selfless passer. He
looks like a very good kid (lots of stroking to teammates). He
passes well and often, to a fault, in fact. Many times he tried a
pass when his teammate wasn't ready or that open, reminding me of a
Bill Bradley idiosyncrasy. I'm sure his coach cringes some of the
time: "Kareem, will you shoot the damn ball," I could hear Butch van
Breda Kolff saying. He was called for a questionable offensive
foul, and he smiled graciously at the ref. His team lost the game to
a scrappy underdog Carp team, and Kareem played guard, bringing the
ball up (Magic Johnson-like), starting outside the 3-line, facing the
basket; and the defense was obviously trying to cut down his
mobility. He scored near his 25-point average, but didn't really
dominate. I think I would have moved him inside and gotten the ball
into him on every series: he was much the best pure player on the
floor. By the end of the evening, I was delighted to know that he
was going to play in Jadwin. Because of the small-potatoes context,
it was hard to see just how good he really is, and whether he could
be in the all-Ivy category of the Ibby Jaaber ilk: that is certainly
a possibility. He has excellent skills, and a great attitude, but
maybe he isn't mean enough. He looks like he'd be a great roommate.
I notice that over the holidays he was MVP in the big Santa Barbara
tournament, competing with the bigger schools. I have heard that he
is a hard worker, a quick learner, a team player, and an assist-
oriented kind of kid. Basketball or no, I think he'll love
Princeton, and vice versa. As I say, I was impressed.

Selden Edwards '63

Steven Postrel said,

March 10, 2011 @ 4:54 pm

Selden: Pretty good scouting there--even down to the need for him to learn to play inside more.

Stuart Schulman said,

March 10, 2011 @ 8:41 pm

My understanding is that the coaches are not bound by position.

Stuart Schulman said,

March 10, 2011 @ 8:43 pm

Patrick--your understanding of how Honorable Mention works matches mine.

Jon Solomon said,

March 11, 2011 @ 11:09 pm

Not bound by position limitations.

"Honorable mentions includes anyone who received votes for 1st or 2nd team all-Ivy and didnâ€™t get it." = correct.

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