Aside from the teams at the top and bottom of the standings, everyone else split this weekend. This made putting together this week’s Power Rankings a very tricky endeavor. Nonetheless, the show must go on. Some teams are ranked below opponents they may have beaten recently, but if you look at records over the past few weeks, you’ll understand why they are ranked in this way.
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| 1. | Penn (19-8, 10-1 Ivy) | 1 | Despite a pair of lackluster performances, Penn got through its final Ivy road weekend unscathed and opened up a two-game lead, setting up a clinching opportunity on Friday. After claiming their first nine Ivy wins by double digits, the Quakers had to pull out a tight one at Dartmouth. |
| 2. | Yale (13-12, 9-3 Ivy) | 2 | The Bulldogs keep their runner-up spot — even after the shocking home shellacking at the hands of Columbia on Saturday — because of their big win over Cornell the night before and the previous weekend’s sweep. However, Yale now is much closer to Harvard than Penn. |
| 3. | Cornell (15-11, 8-4 Ivy) | 3 | Following a second-straight deflating road loss against a contender, Cornell’s freshmen got the team back on track with big performances at Brown. Don’t understimate the psychological importance to a young team of going into the final weekend still alive — even if only mathematically thanks to Columbia. |
| 4. | Brown (10-17, 5-7 Ivy) | 4 | The three-game home winning streak got the Bears to within a game of .500 in the league, but that came to an unceremonious end on Senior Night against Cornell. Still, with Marcus Becker being the only serious graduation loss, the future looks bright for the Brown program. |
| 5. | Columbia (14-12, 5-7 Ivy) | 6 | Mired in a three-game losing streak and facing a hot team in a hostile environment, things looked very bleak for Columbia on Saturday. But the Lions gave their best performance of the season, dismantling Yale in an 18-point win that wasn’t as close as the final margin indicated. |
| 6. | Dartmouth (9-16, 4-8 Ivy) | 7 | A good weekend that began with Dartmouth’s first sweep of Princeton in Ivy League history nearly became a great one when Terry Dunn’s team pushed Penn to the wire. Leon Pattman may have played his final game at Leede Arena, but Alex Barnett looks like a star in the making. |
| 7. | Harvard (11-15, 4-8 Ivy) | 8 | With Brian Cusworth rooting on his former teammates from the bench, Harvard shook off a terrible offensive first half to get revenge on Princeton. Just like in the earlier meeting, Drew Housman took the Crimson offense on his shoulders after halftime, repeatedly getting to the basket. |
| 8. | Princeton (11-14, 2-9 Ivy) | 5 | To hold an opponent without a field goal for over 18 minutes and still lose has to be one of the more deflating experiences in college hoops — and that’s the last thing this team needed. The Tigers are home for the final three games, and the way they finish out could have a lasting effect. |
