The Ivy League announced its major men’s awards Wednesday. But we know this is the moment you’ve all been waiting for: Ivy Hoops Online’s 2024-25 All-Ivy Awards, as determined by IHO’s contributors:
Xaivian Lee
Power ranking candidates for Penn men’s basketball to succeed Steve Donahue
Instead of dragging out the inevitable, Penn fired Steve Donahue on Monday after 10 years as head coach and two consecutive seventh-place finishes in the Ivy League. Donahue ends his time at Penn with a record of 131-130.
The Quakers have retained Georgia-based executive search firm Parker Executive Search to find Donahue’s replacement. It seems likely that the next Penn head coach will be one of the names below, conveniently grouped into a handful of tiers for debate and discussion:
LISTEN: Princeton men’s basketball clinches Ivy League Tournament berth with 13th straight win over Penn
Ivy Hoops Online correspondent George “Toothless Tiger” Clark recaps a 95-71 victory for Princeton (19-10, 8-6 Ivy) over Penn (8-19, 4-10) at Jadwin Gym Saturday that clinched an Ivy League Tournament berth for the Tigers:
Quakeaways from Penn men’s basketball’s 95-71 loss at Princeton
For the second straight year, one of the worst seasons in Penn basketball history came to an end with a humiliation at the hands of Princeton.
The Quakers came out sluggish and were never seriously competitive with the Tigers in a 95-71 drubbing at Jadwin Gymnasium. Penn (8-19, 4-10 Ivy) has now finished seventh in the Ivy League for a second straight season, while Princeton (19-10, 8-6) clinched a trip to the Ivy League Tournament with the easy win.
Penn has now lost 13 consecutive games to Princeton. The all-time series is tied at 126-126, the first time the all-time ledger has been even since the Roosevelt administration … the Theodore Roosevelt administration, that is.
For one last kick in the behind, the Tigers’ Xaivian Lee racked up a 23-point triple-double.
If you’re a masochist, read on.
LISTEN: Princeton men’s basketball’s presser after 95-71 win over Penn
Ivy Hoops Online correspondent George “Toothless Tiger” Clark brings us the postgame press conference for Princeton after a 95-71 win for the Tigers (19-10, 8-6 Ivy) over Penn (8-19, 4-10) that claimed them an Ivy League Tournament berth:
LISTEN – Cornell men’s basketball pummels Princeton, 102-70
Ivy Hoops Online correspondent George “Toothless Tiger” Clark recaps Sunday afternoon’s 102-70 blowout win for Cornell (16-10, 8-5 Ivy) over Princeton (18-10, 7-6) at Newman Arena:
LISTEN: Princeton men’s basketball claws past Columbia, 73-68
Ivy Hoops Online correspondent George “Toothless Tiger” Clark recaps a 73-68 win for Princeton (18-9, 7-5 Ivy) at Columbia (12-13, 1-11) Friday:
LISTEN: Dartmouth men’s basketball downs Princeton, 76-61
Ivy Hoops Online correspondent George “Toothless Tiger” Clark recaps a 76-61 defeat for Princeton (17-9, 6-5 Ivy) versus Dartmouth (13-11, 7-4) at Jadwin Gym Saturday:
LISTEN: Princeton men’s basketball tops Harvard, 76-71
Ivy Hoops Online correspondent George “Toothless Tiger” Clark recaps a 76-71 win Friday for Princeton (17-8, 6-4 Ivy) over Harvard (9-14, 4-6) at Jadwin Gym:
Elegy for the Killer Ps
Not so long ago, the Princeton Tigers and the Penn Quakers – the Killer Ps – ruled the realm of Ivy League men’s basketball.