Rob Browne

Harvard men’s basketball clamps down on Cornell to clinch Ivy Madness slot

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Harvard men’s basketball is headed back to the Ivy League Tournament.

Powered by a stifling 40-minute defense and strong second-half offensive production, the Crimson throttled the Big Red, 73-54, at Newman Arena on Saturday afternoon to clinch a spot in the Ancient Eight’s upper division.

“It feels great to get to Ivy Madness. It’s been a while since this program has been there,” Tey Barbour said to ESPN+’s Eric Taylor after the sophomore guard’s career-best 30-point performance. “We had a heartbreaking loss (to Yale) last week, but I’m proud of our team to bounce back and have a great win.”

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Brown men’s basketball takes down Princeton for second straight win

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The Brown men’s basketball team used a 21-point effort by senior forward Landon Lewis and a career-high 20-point performance from junior guard Luke Paragon to beat Princeton, 80-71, at the Pizzitola Sports Center on Friday night.

With their Ivy Madness chances hanging by a thread, the Bears (9-15, 3-8 Ivy) picked up a second straight win and moved to within a game of the seventh-place Tigers (8-18, 4-7), which lost their fourth in a row.

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No. 24 Princeton women’s basketball uses strong defensive second-half effort to speed past Cornell

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Princeton women’s basketball looked every bit like a team that had to endure a four-hour bus trip from Manhattan to Ithaca after a high-profile loss on Friday night, being outplayed and outhustled by Cornell over the opening 20 minutes of Saturday’s contest.

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Harvard men’s basketball holds on for Aloha Night win over Brown

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It’s usually the Saturday game in the Ivy League back-to-backs when teams have to win ugly, but the Harvard men had to do so on Friday.

In a game in which both offenses struggled, the Crimson survived a game-tying triple at the buzzer to escape with a 56-53 victory over Brown in front of a Hawaiian shirt-wearing Aloha Night crowd at Lavietes Pavilion.

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Red-hot Cornell men’s basketball puts away Columbia

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With Manhattan experiencing Ithaca-like frigidity on Saturday afternoon, the visiting Cornell men’s basketball team felt right at home and used that wintry familiarity to dominate Columbia, 88-67, at Levien Gymnasium.

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Harvard men’s basketball cruises to victory at Brown

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Prolific production from a trio of Harvard guards, Robert Hinton, Tey Barbour and Chandler Pigge, neutralized a monster 30-point effort from senior forward Landon Lewis and propelled the Crimson men to a 69-59 victory over Brown at the Pizzitola Sports Center on Friday evening.

With the win, Harvard (11-9, 4-2 Ivy) claimed sole possession of second place through the first six conference games of the 2026 season, while Bruno (1-5, 7-12) remained at the bottom of the Ancient Eight.

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Cornell men’s basketball outlasts Harvard for key Ivy League road win

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In an action-packed contest that turned into a battle between the brothers Hinton, it was Cornell and older brother Adam prevailing over Harvard and younger brother Robert, 86-79, at Lavietes Pavilion Saturday afternoon.

“If you can’t get up for playing your younger brother …” the senior guard from Hollywood Hills, Calif. told ESPN+ after the game. “We keep track for bragging rights for whose got more wins. I’m up 2-1 [in head-to-head matchups] right now. I’ve got one more win on my best friend [Harvard senior guard] Chandler [Pigge] as well.”

After going winless in their first three Ancient Eight contests, the Big Red (9-9, 2-3 Ivy) won their second straight road contest and move into a three-way tie for fifth place with Columbia and Penn. The Crimson (10-9, 3-2), however, ended a three-game winning streak and dropped to their own three-way tie for second with Dartmouth and Princeton.

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Cornell men’s basketball routs Brown to get into Ivy League win column

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Feeling a sense of urgency after starting the 2026 Ivy League campaign with three straight losses, the Cornell men’s basketball team dominated on both sides of the ball to cruise to an 89-67 triumph over Brown at the Pizzitola Sports Center Monday.

The Cornell win marks the fifth straight time in the series that the road team came away victorious.

With the Martin Luther King Jr. Day matinee win, the Big Red (8-9, 1-3 Ivy League) moved into a three-way tie for sixth place in league play with the Bears (7-10, 1-3) and Columbia, which was swept by Bruno and Yale over the holiday weekend.

“Starting 0-3 is never ideal, but we know what team we’re capable of being,” senior guard Cooper Noard told ESPN+ after the game. “It doesn’t matter how the other team is guarding us, it just matters that we have the right energy and the right confidence.”

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Brown men’s basketball takes down Columbia in overtime for first Ivy League win

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In a physical battle that featured 17 lead changes and 15 ties over 45 minutes, Brown men’s basketball opened up its largest lead of the game in the extra session and held on for an 86-80 victory over Columbia at the Pizzitola Sports Center on Saturday afternoon.

Mike Martin’s Bears (7-8, 1-2 Ivy League) picked up their first conference win in three tries, while Kevin Hovde’s Lions (12-5, 1-2) dropped their second straight Ancient Eight contest.

“Really, really pleased,” Martin told the ESPN+/NESN broadcast team after the game. “That was a hard, hard-fought game. They’re (Columbia) a heck of a team.”

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Harvard men’s basketball cruises to victory at Columbia

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Harvard men’s basketball jumped out to an 11-2 lead before the first media timeout and never looked back, as the Crimson notched a 79-54 wire-to-wire win over Columbia at Levien Gymnasium Saturday afternoon.

“I thought it was a tremendous effort from start to finish from our guys,” coach Tommy Amaker told Harvard Athletics.  “It really was defensively. We had energy. We got the stops. We were able to get out and play from ahead. We were able to play a fun style early, which makes you get confidence quickly. On the road, that is so critical.”

Amaker’s squad improved to 1-1 in Ivy play and 8-8 on the season, while Kevin Hovde’s Lions, which lost their first home game of the 2025-26 campaign, dropped to 1-1 in the Ancient Eight and 12-4 for the year.

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