Basketball U. Ivy League Coach of the Year: Fran Dunphy, Penn
Dunphy took a Penn team that had lost its leader and go-to offensive threat from last season and turned it into a 20-game winner and repeat Ivy League champion. Aside from poor second halves against Colorado and Fordham, the Quakers looked pretty good outside the league, and clinched the Ivy title early again this season. Dunphy’s squad did regress the second half of Ivy League play, struggling against zone defenses, however five of the final seven games were on the road and the only two losses in that span both came at the buzzer.
Basketball U. All-Ivy League
First Team
Scott Greenman, Princeton
The senior captain’s return from a back injury was one of the keys to Princeton’s dramatic turnaround in Ivy League play. He started out the season in a terrible shooting slump, but after getting healthy and changing his shot over the exam break, Greenman averaged 15.1 points, shot 50.8 percent (51.8 percent from three), and repeatedly came up huge for the Tigers late in close games. He also provided a steady presence running the Princeton offense, recording 57 assists to just 34 turnovers on the season.
Ibrahim Jaaber, Penn – Player of the Year
Jaaber did it all for the Quakers, controlling games at both ends of the court. He led the league in scoring at 18.4 points per game and did so with remarkable efficiency, shooting 39.4 percent from three and 53.9 percent overall. With Jaaber hounding them defensively, Ivy starting point guards averaged just 7.1 points and posted a 28-45 assist-turnover differential against Penn. The junior did appear to wear down the final four games, but finished the regular season with a huge 22-point second half at Princeton.
Dominick Martin, Yale
After sitting out seven games during the fall semester, Martin was inconsistent when he first returned, but came on strong in February, averaging 17.3 points and 9.9 rebounds in eight games that month. For the season the Princeton transfer averaged 13.7 points and 7.1 rebounds while shooting 56.9 percent from the field. While he never did develop into an adept passer on the blocks, Martin did cut down on his turnovers every season at Yale and probably was probably the best big man in the Ivy League this season.
Matt Stehle, Harvard
The Harvard senior was looking like Jaaber’s only competition for Player of the Year until he seemed to get frustrated during his team’s losing streak and let it affect his game. Despite averaging just 11.7 points on 42.6-percent shooting and grabbing only 6.7 rebounds per game in the final six contests, Stehle still finished with averages of 14.8 points and 8.8 rebounds on the season.
Mark Zoller, Penn
After battling ankle problems early on, Zoller shot just 42.3 percent the first nine contests. But when 2006 rolled around, Zoller found his shot, hitting on 51.4 percent of his field goal attempts this calendar year. In Ivy games the junior averaged 13.1 points and 9.0 rebounds per game to combine with Jaaber to form the league’s premier one-two punch.
Second Team
John Baumann, Columbia
Baumann was a consistent scorer for the Lions, tallying 14 or more points in 18 of 27 games. On the season he averaged 13.7 points and 6.0 rebounds per contest — both team highs.
Lenny Collins, Cornell
The 2004-05 First Team All-Ivy selection’s shooting percentage plummeted this season from 44.8 percent to 35.5 percent. Collins still helped his team with 4.6 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game.
Brian Cusworth, Harvard
The junior was hampered this year by multiple injuries and some questionable on-court decisions, but still put up very solid numbers for the Crimson with 13.3 points and 7.6 rebounds per game.
Keenan Jeppesen, Brown
After doing virtually nothing offensively the first half of the season (5.8 points per game), Jeppesen exploded in Ivy League play, finishing second in scoring at 16.1 points per league game.
Eric Osmundson, Penn
The Quaker senior went through an awful shooting slump in December (2 of 24 from three), but averaged 10.6 points on 37.0-percent three-point shooting while playing great defense.
Third Team
Eric Flato, Yale
The sophomore averaged 11.3 points per game on 40.9-percent three-point shooting.
Jim Goffredo, Harvard
Two huge games lifted Goffredo to third in scoring in league games at 15.9 points per game.
Sam Kaplan, Yale
Kaplan scored 10.6 points per contest on 54.6-percent shooting from the field.
Mike Lang, Dartmouth
The senior led Dartmouth in scoring at 10.9 points per game and shot 42.1 percent from three.
Luke Owings, Princeton
Owings averaged 10.7 points and 4.7 rebounds in Ivy play for the runner-up Tigers.
All-Reserve Team
Justin Armstrong, Columbia
Edwin Buffmire, Princeton
Brian Grandieri, Penn – Sixth Man of the Year
Jason Hartford, Cornell
Dragutin Kravic, Columbia
All-Defensive Team
Graham Dow, Cornell
Ibrahim Jaaber, Penn
Keenan Jeppesen, Brown
Kyle Koncz, Princeton
Eric Osmundson, Penn
All-Freshman Team
Dan Biber, Dartmouth
Scott Friske, Brown
Adam Gore, Cornell – Freshman of the Year
Drew Housman, Harvard
Ross Morin, Yale
All-Potential Freshman Team
Alex Barnett, Dartmouth
Brian Kreefer, Cornell
Tommy McMahon, Penn
Travis Pinick, Yale
Chris Skrelja, Brown
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