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Men's Basketball Piles Up Preseason Honors Heading into the 2011-12 Season
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PRINCETON, N.J. -- Anticipation and interest in Ivy League men's basketball is high as evidenced by the numerous preseason predictions and mentions about the League leading into the 2011-12 season.
The reigning Ivy League Player of the Year, Harvard senior forward Keith Wright, leads the way for the Ancient Eight as a unanimous preseason All-Ivy choice and one of 50 preseason candidates for the John R. Wooden Award, the nation's most coveted college basketball honor, as announced by The Los Angeles Athletic Club on ESPN.com. Chosen by a preseason poll of national college basketball media members, the list is comprised of 50 student-athletes who, based on last year's individual performance and team records, are the early frontunners for college basketball's most prestigious honor.
Joining Wright named on four different All-Ivy first teams are Columbia senior guard Noruwa Agho, Yale senior forward Greg Mangano and Penn senior guard Zack Rosen.
Agho returns for his final season in a Columbia uniform after averaging a League-best 16.8 points per game in 2010-11. His 470 points last season were the most by a Lion in 10 years.
Mangano is back off a impressive junior campaign and summer. Last season, he was the first player in Yale history to average a double-double for the season since Chris Dudley (17.6 ppg, 13.3 rpg) in 1986-87 and the first Ivy player since Harvard's Kyle Snowden (15.1 ppg, 11.1 rpg in all games, 14.1 ppg, 10.8 rpg in Ivy games) in 1995-96. This summer, he was just the third Yale player and sixth Ivy League player to earn a spot on a USA Basketball roster. Mangano represented the USA in the 2011 World University Games this summer where he averaged 3.2 points and 3.2 rebounds in six tournament games. Team USA finished fifth in the tournament.
Rosen, a two-time, first-team All-Ivy pick, finished the 2010-11 season averaging a team-leading 14.3 points per game, and in Ivy play he finished 12th among Ancient Eight players in scoring (13.1 ppg) and was second in assists per game (6.2) while averaging a League-high 37.4 minutes per contest.
Here is a look at the 2011-12 preseason accolades for Ivy League men's basketball:
ATHLON SPORTS
Predicted Order of
Finish
1. Harvard
2. Yale
3. Princeton
4. Penn
5. Cornell
6. Brown
7. Columbia
8. Dartmouth
Preseason All-Ivy First
Team
Noruwa Agho, G, Columbia
Ian Hummer, F, Princeton
Zack Rosen, G, Penn
Greg Mangano, C, Yale
Keith Wright, F, Harvard
Player of the
Year
Keith Wright, Harvard
COLLEGEHOOPS.NET
Preseason All-Ivy
Team
Noruwa Agho, G, Columbia
Zack Rosen, G, Penn
Keith Wright, F, Harvard
Ian Hummer, F, Princeton
Greg Mangano, C, Yale
LINDY'S SPORTS ANNUALS
Predicted Order of
Finish
1. Harvard
2. Yale
3. Princeton
4. Penn
5. Brown
6. Cornell
7. Columbia
8. Dartmouth
Preseason All-Ivy First
Team
Noruwa Agho, G, Columbia
Zack Rosen, G, Penn
Greg Mangano, C, Yale
Keith Wright, F, Harvard
Chris Wroblewski, G, Cornell
Preseason All-Ivy Second
Team
Sean McGonagill, G, Brown
Tyler Bernardini, G/F, Penn
Douglas Davis, G, Princeton
Kyle Casey, F, Harvard
Ian Hummer, F, Princeton
Player of the
Year
Greg Mangano, Yale
Newcomer of the
Year
Rafael Maia, Brown
Best Shooter
Chris Wroblewski, Cornell
Best
Rebounder
Greg Mangano, Yale
Best
Playmaker
Zack Rosen, Penn
Best Defender
Greg Mangano, Yale
Most
Versatile
Noruwa Agho, Columbia
Best NBA
Prospect
Greg Mangano, Yale
RIVALS.COM
Predicted Order of
Finish
1. Harvard
2. Princeton
3. Penn
4. Yale
5. Cornell
6. Columbia
7. Brown
8. Dartmouth
Preseason All-Ivy First
Team
Greg Mangano, C, Yale
Keith Wright, F, Harvard
Noruwa Agho, G, Columbia
Zack Rosen, G, Penn
Chris Wroblewski, G, Cornell
Preseason All-Ivy Second
Team
Kyle Casey, F, Harvard
Ian Hummer, F, Princeton
Tyler Bernardini, G/F, Penn
Brandyn Curry, G, Harvard
Sean McGonagill, G, Brown
Player of the
Year
Keith Wright, Harvard
Newcomer of the
Year
Rafael Maia, C, Brown
Best
Frontcourt
Harvard
Best
Backcourt
Penn
Coach on the
Rise
Jerome Allen, Penn
SPORTING NEWS
Predicted Order of
Finish
1. Harvard
2. Princeton
3. Penn
4. Cornell
5. Yale
6. Columbia
7. Brown
8. Dartmouth
Preseason All-Ivy
Team
Oliver McNally, G, Harvard
Keith Wright, F, Harvard
Douglas Davis, G, Princeton
Tyler Bernardini, G/F, Penn
Chris Wroblewski, G, Cornell
Top Player
Keith Wright, Harvard
Top Newcomer
Brian Fabrizius, Princeton
Top Coach
Jerome Allen, Penn
THE SPORTS NETWORK
Predicted Order of
Finish
1. Harvard
2. Princeton
3. Penn
4. Yale
5. Cornell
6. Brown
7. Columbia
8. Dartmouth
