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Ivy League overview

No surprise: It's Penn vs. Princeton once again

Special to CNNSI.com

Fran Dunphy has built a yearly Ivy League contender at Penn. Damian Strohmeyer/Allsport

Order of Finish 1. Pennsylvania 2. Princeton 3. Columbia 4. Harvard 5. Dartmouth 6. Brown 7. Yale 8. Cornell

Top storylines

It's no great mystery that Penn will battle Princeton for Ivy League supremacy in 2000-2001. It's been that way for the past 30 Years, during which time the two schools have won all but one of the last 30 league titles between them. In fact, the league could be known as the P's (Penn and Princeton) and the Q's (the six other teams with question marks). Days after Chris Young, who would have been the league's top player, left Princeton to sign with the Pittsburgh Pirates, the other shoe dropped when coach Bill Carmody elected to leave Princeton to succeed Kevin O'Neill as the head coach at Big Ten lightweight Northwestern.

With Carmody gone and long-time Princeton assistant Joe Scott taking over at Air Force last spring, the school acted quickly in hiring John Thompson III as its new head coach. Then with Young and Carmody both gone, the talented Spencer Gloger came back to Princeton and then on the first day of classes told Thompson that he wanted to transfer to UCLA, the school that courted him out of high school. In Gloger, the Tigers lose a guy who averaged 12.1 points and three boards as a freshman, hitting a team-high 65 three-pointers. In addition to Gloger and Young, Thompson must make due without 6-7 junior forward Ray Robins, who has taken a leave of absence from the team.

Players to Watch

Top Three Players

Dan Clemente, F, Harvard • Clemente, a 6-7 senior will probably lead the Ivy League in scoring this season. He started the last nine games last year after eye surgery and made 44 three-pointers, shot 43 percent from the floor and averaged 18.6 points on the season. Greg Buth, G, Dartmouth • Buth averaged 16.9 points per game last year, good for fourth in the Ivies. He'll be the Team's go-to guy and could finish among the school's top six or seven all-time scorers with a productive senior season (he's currently No. 22 in scoring with 997 points). Ugonna Onyekwe, F, Pennsylvania • Onyekwe, last year's Ivy League Rookie of the Year and a second-team all-league selection, is truly something special. He was third on the team in scoring (11.7 ppg) and second in rebounding (6.0 rpg).

Top Newcomer

Konrad Wysocki, F, Princeton • The 6-7 Wysocki could push for a starting job right away. Schools like Siena and SMU offered full rides, but Wysocki opted to attend Princeton instead. Formerly from Germany, his private school in Greensboro, N.C., won more than 30 games and a state championship.

Coaches

Hot Coach

Fran Dunphy, Pennsylvania • Dunphy led his team to the NCAA Tournament last year and is 194-105 in 11 years at Penn.

Coach on the Hot Seat

John Thompson III, Princeton • Princeton always contends for the Ivy League title and with his name, Thompson will be expected to keep it among the top contenders.

Mark Your Calendar

Feb. 13, Princeton at Pennsylvania • First matchup of league's best two teams. Feb. 17, Pennsylvania at Columbia • Columbia could shake things up with a victory here. Mar. 6, Pennsylvania at Princeton • This one usually decides the league champion.

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