Yale men’s basketball notches tough road win over Vermont

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The last time Yale men’s basketball defeated Vermont in Burlington, Barack Obama was president. (It was 2014.)

Burlington was a house of horrors for Yale two years ago, when a Vermont four-point play with .7 seconds left downed the visitors.

But Yale exorcised those demons with a tough 77-74 victory over the Catamounts Sunday in a heavyweight mid-major battle.

“We just played together and stuck in there,” Yale coach James Jones said. “Vermont is a really good team. Just makes you feel good about us going forward.”

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Quakeaways from Penn men’s basketball pulling out Cathedral Classic win over La Salle

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PHILADELPHIA — The earliest chapters of Penn’s season are still being written, but it’s going to be pretty hard to top what the Quakers put on the page Saturday at the Palestra.

Led by a 29-point effort from junior forward TJ Power, Penn erased a 15-point deficit in the second half and withstood a frenetic final few seconds in a 73-71 triumph over Big 5 rival La Salle.

The Quakers (5-2, 3-0 Big 5) used a string of threes and fadeaway jumpers from Power to draw close to the Explorers (3-5, 0-3), then finally drew ahead for good after Power one-touched a pass on a runout to an open Ethan Roberts for a corner three with 3:56 to go.

La Salle got a decent look at a game-tying shot in the dying moments of the game, but freshman big Dalton Scantlebury contested a baseline jumper from the Explorers’ Josiah Harris and Power got in the mix on the glass to ensure La Salle had no chance at a buzzer-beating putback.

Penn is now a win over Hofstra away from a clean sweep of its own in-house multi-team event, the Cathedral Classic. Saturday’s win followed a somewhat similar script to the Quakers’ Friday triumph over Merrimack, mostly through how …

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Quakeaways from Penn men’s basketball’s Cathedral Classic win over Merrimack

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Penn started its three-day homestand for the Cathedral Classic off right Friday with a convincing 77-65 win over Merrimack — even if it didn’t play out the way Quakers fans might have expected.

The Quakers’ (4-2) offense looked stagnant and disjointed for long stretches, clearly disrupted by the Warriors’ (2-5) aggressive 2-3 zone. Instead of folding, though, the Quakers found another way to win.

Instead of relying on finesse and outside shooting, Penn won by exploiting a size mismatch and physically overpowering Merrimack. The Warriors are one of the shortest teams in Division I, with no rotation player standing taller than 6-foot-8.

The Quakers responded by scoring 50 points in the paint and a plud-14 rebound margin. They took control of the game with a 10-0 run late in the first which flipped a 30-25 deficit into a 35-30 edge; an inside finish from forward TJ Power off a slick feed from fellow big Augustus Gerhart gave Penn the lead for good.

What could Quakers fans take away from a successful afternoon?

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Columbia men’s basketball overcomes injuries to thump Fairfield

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Leo D. Mahoney Arena is pictured Nov. 26, 2015, the place and date of a 106-77 win for Columbia men’s basketball over Fairfield. (Ray Curren | Ivy Hoops Online)

FAIRFIELD, Conn. – After going 1-13 in Ivy League play last season, the Columbia men’s basketball team was picked dead last in the 2025-26 media poll, and it wasn’t particularly close.

The all-knowing computers disagreed a bit, taking into account Columbia’s solid nonconference campaign last season and the fact the Lions returned a decent amount of minutes in a year where many others did not.

The story of the 2025-26 Ivy League basketball season has barely begun, but it’s starting to look like the media projections are in big trouble.

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Princeton men’s basketball outlasted by Vermont in final ESPN Events Invitational clash

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Ivy Hoops Online contributor George “Toothless Tiger” Clark recaps a 79-74 defeat for Princeton men’s basketball versus Vermont in the Terry’s Chocolate ESPN Events Invitational in Kissimmee, Fla. Wednesday evening:

Princeton women’s basketball rallies late to beat Rhode Island for fourth straight win

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After recording historic wins last week, it was a good bet that either Princeton women’s basketball or Rhode Island would suffer a letdown in their following contest.

It ended up being both teams.

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Princeton men’s basketball topped by Temple at Terry’s Chocolate ESPN Events Invitational

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Ivy Hoops Online correspondent George “Toothless Tiger” Clark recaps a 79-75 loss for Princeton men’s basketball to Temple at the Terry’s Chocolate ESPN Events Invitational Tuesday night in Kissimmee, Fla.:

Princeton men’s basketball flops without Dalen Davis in 88-64 loss to Bradley

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Ivy Hoops Online contributor George “Toothless Tiger” Clark recaps an 88-64 loss for Princeton men’s basketball (3-4) to Bradley (3-3) in the Terry’ Chocolate ESPN Events Invitational in Kissimmee, Fla. Monday night:

Yale men’s basketball holds off Akron to win Paradise Jam Tournament

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22-for-22.

You read that right. Yale men’s basketball (6-1) was 22-for-22 from the free-throw line and held off a furious Akron (5-2) charge to win the U.S. Virgin Islands Paradise Jam Tournament, 97-94, Monday night.

“I thought our guys were really connected against a really difficult opponent,” Yale coach James Jones said.

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Nick Townsend powers Yale men’s basketball to Paradise Jam Tournament final

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It was the Nick Townsend show Sunday evening at the Paradise Jam Tournament in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

The senior forward posted a career-high 32 points plus eight rebounds to lead Yale into the tournament final with a decisive 74-63 win over the College of Charleston.

“They let him (Townsend) go one on one, and he took advantage of it,” coach James Jones said.

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