Word: preseasonitis
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...here that Begley stepped up to eliminate any notion that first-place Penn’s Ivy League supremacy would be challenged. On the same night that preseason favorite Princeton was stunned by Dartmouth, the Quakers’ captain refused to let a similar scenario play out in Cambridge. Begley hit two quick jumpers to ignite the sizeable Penn crowd, and added an acrobatic reverse layup shortly thereafter to quickly give a cushion back to Penn...
...preseason favorite to win the Ivy League held onto that position for just 40 minutes, as Princeton fell to Brown 58-53 at Jadwin Gym last Friday...
This weekend will be crucial for both sides, but possibly more so for Yale. The expectations for this Bulldogs squad, which was picked to finish third behind Penn and Princeton in the preseason media poll, are such that a 1-3 or 0-4 start would be completely unacceptable, even on the road. Look for Yale to bounce back with a big weekend and possibly a New York sweep...
...Crimson faced two other teams—the University of South Florida and Embry Riddle—in what co-captain Jonathan Chu called “our own little preseason...
...first time in the last three years, the Crimson was not ranked first in the preseason media poll. Its perennial spot was snagged by the Big Green, who blazed to an 8-2 start in league play last year before dropping its last four and settling into fourth place. In the teams’ first meeting last season, which was also each squad’s Ivy opener, Dartmouth shocked Harvard in overtime at Lavietes Pavilion, snapping the Crimson’s streak of 26 league victories...