Inside Ivy Hoops

2023-24 IHO preseason polls and what we’re watching for

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With the start of the 2023-24 Ivy League basketball season just nine days away, Ivy Hoops Online presents our contributors’ predicted final standings.

Finishing atop the conference in the regular season has never been less important on the men’s side given the NCAA’s announcement Friday that for the 2024 NIT, conference regular-season champions that don’t win their conference tournament or are not given an at-large slot in the men’s NCAA Tournament will not receive an automatic bid to the NIT.

That news drew pushback from Ivy League Executive Director Robin Harris, who criticized not only the decision but how it came to be:

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Inside Ivy Hoops – Oct. 24, 2023

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Welcome to the 2023-24 Ivy League basketball season preview edition of Inside Ivy Hoops. Ivy Hoops Online editor Mike Tony is joined by IHO writer Rob Browne for a wide-ranging discussion that takes stock of the Ivy men’s and women’s basketball preseason media polls and what to expect from all 16 teams, while also reflecting on off-the-court developments, including NIL (name, image and likeness), labor unionization momentum and more:

Inside Ivy Hoops 4-11-23

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Ivy Hoops Online editor Mike Tony and IHO writer Rob Browne discuss memorable postseason runs for Princeton men’s and women’s basketball and Columbia and Harvard in the WNIT, the new “Big 5” (really City 6) Classic, the prospect and potential impact of athletic scholarships for Ivy hoopsters and much more:

Inside Ivy Hoops – Dec. 29, 2022

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Ivy Hoops Online editor Mike Tony is joined by IHO writer Rob Browne to discuss the highlights of Ivy men’s and women’s basketball through this season’s nonconference slate, what to watch for as league play starts this weekend and much more:

Inside Ivy Hoops 4-5-22

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Ivy Hoops Online editor Mike Tony is joined by IHO writer Rob Browne for the final podcast episode of the 2021-22 season. Topics of discussion include the coaching carousel (namely Carrie Moore taking over at Harvard and Fran Dunphy offering his services at La Salle) memorable postseason runs for the Princeton and Columbia women, tough postseason outings for the Yale and Princeton men, the restructured Ivy conference schedule, what to watch for next season and much more.

Listen here: Inside Ivy Hoops 4-5-22

Inside Ivy Hoops – Jan. 5, 2022

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Ivy Hoops Online editor Mike Tony is joined by IHO writer Rob Browne for the first podcast episode of Inside Ivy Hoops since March 2020! Topics of discussion include whether to pause Ivy League play due to COVID-19 concerns, the highlights of the first conference hoops action in two seasons, next weekend’s matchups and predictions on which teams will make the Ivy League tournaments in March.

Listen here: Inside Ivy Hoops 1-5-22

Inside Ivy Hoops 3-13-20

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In the season finale episode of Inside Ivy Hoops recorded Thursday night, Ivy Hoops Online editor Mike Tony is joined by IHO writer Rob Browne, and the two reflect on the Ivy League’s decision to cancel the men’s and women’s basketball conference tournaments and the remarkable fallout since, plus reaction to the league’s All-Ivy selections:

My apologies for inexplicably leaving out the great Ray Curren from the IHO contributor acknowledgments. Ray did a characteristically fantastic job covering the Dartmouth men this season for IHO.

Inside Ivy Hoops – March 6, 2020

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In the latest episode of Inside Ivy Hoops, Ivy Hoops Online editor Mike Tony is joined by IHO writer George Clark, and the two look ahead to the final weekend of regular season play and reflect on the penalties that the NCAA issued against Jerome Allen, Penn Athletics and Penn men’s basketball, and more: