JDP
Masters Student
Posts: 581
Reg: 11-23-04
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04-13-23 11:53 AM - Post#355742
In response to cc66
I certainly believe Columbia will be in the mix for Ivy Madness next season … but replacing seven seniors, especially program altering seniors, is always hard … in all the ways that don’t show up in box score … some we see as fans (are they in the right place / doing the right things on offense – defense) … most we do not see – who is driving practice intensity, weight room workouts, pickup games. Maintaining success is in some ways harder than achieving success ... to the incoming freshman the 8-19 & 4-10 of the 18-19 season is ancient history as a core class on the Roman Empire.
In the way way too early thoughts on next season … I see four tiers:
Harvard & Princeton
Columbia & Penn
Brown & Yale
Cornell & Dartmouth
And any portal transfer is likely to reshape the list
In recruiting, Princeton is the hardest (not sure any Ivy can really compete) – the Tigers have the best financial aid package (could be 10k better vs non HY) … so they are the cheapest Ivy to attend … and they have a decade plus winning tradition … hard to beat out for a kid that they really want.
Harvard and Yale have the financial aid money to compete with Princeton, they just don’t have the NCAA tournament success to displace Princeton – and Penn and Columbia do have the success to represent top 100 programs vs Harvard & Yale. Harvard, if they can build on their NIT run, is in the best position to recruit against Princeton.
This is why Columbia’s NIL program could be a game changer – or if the Ivy League lawsuit results in basketball scholarships – then scholar-athletes will not be choosing Ivy schools based on financial considerations - and the pool of eligible scholar-athletes that consider Ivy will also be larger.
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