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DATE / TEAM SCORE W/L RECORD Team Leaders
1/3 - @ Harvard W 67-61 14-0 (1-0) D. Curtis (36 pts 1 reb 1 ast 1 stl 1 blk); V. Boston (2 pts 10 reb 4 ast 2 stl)
1/6 – Pennsylvania W 77-71 15-0 (2-0) V. Boston (17 pts 6 reb 4 ast 3 stl 1 blk); D. Curtis (16 pts 2 reb 1 ast 2 stl)
We finally got national recognition with a #21 ranking after the decisive win over Penn on our court! It is the first national ranking in the history of the program, and we've gotten here by doing things the right way. Dartmouth, meanwhile, jumped in at #22, giving the Ivy two ranked teams for the first time ever as far as I can recall!
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1/10 – Princeton W 65-44 16-0 (3-0) D. Curtis (13 pts 2 reb 1 ast 3 stl 2 blk); V. Boston (13 pts 6 reb 1 ast 1 blk)
1/13 - @ #22 Dartmouth L 65-74 16-1 (3-1) D. Curtis (26 pts 5 reb 2 ast 2 stl); M. Jones (10 pts 6 reb 1 stl 1 blk)
1/17 – Yale W 61-48 17-1 (4-1) D. Curtis (21 pts 2 reb 1 ast 2 stl 1 blk); J. Thompson (9 pts 2 reb 2 stl 1 blk)
1/20 - @ Cornell L 54-55 17-2 (4-2) D. Curtis (16 pts 5 reb 1 ast 1 blk); T. Hamilton (10 pts 1 ast 1 stl)
1/24 – Columbia W 64-52 18-2 (5-2) D. Curtis (19 pts 2 reb 1 ast); M. Jones (10 pts 6 reb 3 ast 3 stl 1 blk)
1/27 – Harvard W 85-71 19-2 (6-2) D. Curtis (15 pts 2 reb 3 ast 1 stl 2 blk); D. Werner (14 pts 6 reb 2 ast 2 stl 1 blk)
1/31 - @ Pennsylvania L 61-79 19-3 (6-3) D. Curtis (19 pts 3 reb 2 ast); M. Jones (12 pts 6 reb 2 ast 1 stl)
2/3 - @ Princeton L 51-69 19-4 (6-4) V. Boston (10 pts 3 reb 3 ast 1 stl 1 blk); D. Curtis (8 pts 1 reb 1 ast)
2/7 – #12 Dartmouth L 73-76 19-5 (6-5) D. Curtis (10 pts 1 reb 2 ast); K. Jenkins (12 pts 1 reb 7 ast)
2/10 - @ Yale L 57-73 19-6 (6-6) D. Curtis (20 pts 1 reb 1 ast); V. Boston (13 pts 5 reb 2 ast 2 stl)
A brutal four game losing streak (and six of our last 10) finally dropped us out of the top 25 – and out of the top 30 RPI. If we don't beat Cornell and Columbia next week we have zero shot at getting an at-large bid into the NCAA tournament, as I don't see a middle-of-the-pack finish in the Ivy being good enough.
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2/14 – Cornell W 79-57 20-6 (7-6) K. Jenkins (19 pts 2 reb 5 ast); D. Curtis (18 pts 3 reb 1 ast 4 stl)
2/17 - @ Columbia W 80-75 21-6 (8-6) D. Curtis (25 pts 6 reb 2 ast 1 stl 2 blk); K. Jenkins (11 pts 2 reb 2 ast 1 stl 1 blk)
We wound up in a tie for third in the Ivy, with Penn's Quakers winning the tiebreakers. Based on the surprising strengh of the Ivy this year we may have done enough to get a rare at-large bid due to our strength-of-schedule, but it's hard to know, as our stock can drop as all the other conferences play their tournaments and we sit here for a month.
IVY STANDINGS01 #10 Dartmouth (14-0, 26-1) – RPI: 4
02 Columbia (9-5, 19-8) – RPI: 83
03 Pennsylvania (8-6, 16-11) – RPI: 71)
04 Brown (8-6, 21-6) – RPI: 23)05 Yale (5-9, 9-19) – RPI: 321
06 Princeton (5-9, 8-19) – RPI: 322
07 Cornell (4-10, 6-21) – RPI: 334
08 Harvard (3-11, 5-22) – RPI: 339
March 12, 2020SELECTION SUNDAY
Dartmouth drew the 3rd seed in the San Jose Regional, where they'll face (14) Jacksonville in the first round.
We stunned EVERYONE by being seeded 9th in the same regional, where we'll face Georgia in the first round!
Columbia made the NIT while Pennsylvania wound up in the CBI.
Columbia lost their opener to Auburn 54-76 but Penn won against Western Kentucky 80-67.
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DATE / TEAM SCORE W/L RECORD Team Leaders
3/17 – (n) (8) Georgia W 80-75 22-6 D. Curtis (42 pts 7 reb 1 stl); J. Thompson (12 pts 4 reb)
3/19 – (n) (1) Miami (FL) L 74-78 22-7 D. Curtis (22 pts 4 reb 1 ast 1 blk); V. Boston (17 pts 7 reb)
In the opening round both Ivy teams survived, something that has never happened – obviously, as no Ivy team has ever made it as an at large team into the tournament before, but still, seeing our conference go 2-0 on the second day of the tournament was pretty wild. As was seeing Deon Curtis put on such a show in prime time … take that, SEC! We then took Miami all the way to the wire before narrowly missing out on a Sweet Sixteen, but Dartmouth kept dancing after knocking off (11) Xavier by a 76-67 margin!
Penn lost in the second round of the CBI 70-86 to Santa Clara's Broncos.
Dartmouth lost in the Regional Semifinals to (2) Louisville 60-76, bringing our Ivy League NCAA record to 3-2 for this tournament.
NCAA TOURNAMENT: (2) Michigan beat (3) Georgia Tech 80-67 to win their second straight title in their third visit in a row to the championship game.
NIT TOURNAMENT: (4) Kansas pounded (7) Kansas State 79-60.
CBI TOURNAMENT: (5) Oklahoma stomped on (7) Santa Clara 79-67.