2019–20 Ivy League men's basketball season

The 2019–20 Ivy League men's basketball season is the Ivy League's 66th season of basketball. Yale and Harvard are defending regular season champions. Yale defeated Harvard in the Ivy League tournament to each the conference's bid to the NCAA tournament last season.

2019–20 Ivy League men's basketball season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Basketball
Number of teams	8
Regular Season
Season champions	Yale
Season MVP	A. J. Brodeur
Season MVP	Paul Atkinson
Tournament
Champions	Cancelled
Basketball seasons
← 2018–19 2021–22 →

2019–20 Ivy League men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
x-Yale	11	–	3		.786			23	–	7		.767
Harvard	10	–	4		.714			21	–	8		.724
Princeton	9	–	5		.643			14	–	13		.519
Penn	8	–	6		.571			16	–	11		.593
Brown	8	–	6		.571			15	–	12		.556
Dartmouth	5	–	9		.357			12	–	17		.414
Cornell	4	–	10		.286			7	–	20		.259
Columbia	1	–	13		.071			6	–	24		.200
x – Ivy League champions Ivy League tournament canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic

The 2019-2020 Ivy League Tournament was scheduled to take place at Harvard University, March 13–15, 2020.^[1]

On March 10, 2020, the Ivy League announced that the 2020 Ivy League Tournament is cancelled due to the coronavirus. Yale was to represent the Ivy League in the 2020 NCAA Men's basketball tournament.^[2]

The last Ivy League games were played on March 7th, 2020. 612 days later, the Ivy League would resume play after a hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Coaches

Team	Head coach	Seasons at school	Overall record at school	Ivy record	Ivy regular season championships	Ivy tournament championships	NCAA tournaments	NCAA Final Fours	NCAA championships
Brown	Mike Martin	7	93–112 (.454)	36–62 (.367)	0	0	0	0	0
Columbia	Jim Engles	3	29–53 (.354)	15–27 (.357)	0	0	0	0	0
Cornell	Brian Earl	3	35–53 (.398)	17–25 (.405)	0	0	0	0	0
Dartmouth	David McLaughlin	3	25–59 (.298)	9–33 (.214)	0	0	0	0	0
Harvard	Tommy Amaker	12	230–131 (.637)	116–52 (.690)	7	0	4	0	0
Penn	Steve Donahue	4	67–53 (.558)	30–26 (.536)	1	1	1	0	0
Princeton	Mitch Henderson	8	148–88 (.627)	76–36 (.679)	1	1	1	0	0
Yale	James Jones	21	327–278 (.540)	169–111 (.604)	4	1	2	0	0

Notes:

• All records, appearances, titles, etc. are from time with current school only.
• Overall and Ivy records are from time at current school through the end of the 2018–19 season.

Players of the week

Week	Player of the Week	Rookie of the Week
Nov. 11	Brandon Anderson, Brown	Jordan Dingle, Penn
Nov. 18	Brandon Anderson (2), Brown	Chris Ledlum, Harvard
Nov. 25	Bryce Aiken, Harvard	Jordan Dingle (2), Penn
Dec. 2	Paul Atkinson, Yale	Jordan Dingle (3), Penn
Dec. 9	Paul Atkinson (2), Yale	Chris Ledlum (2), Harvard
Dec. 16	Richmond Aririguzoh, Princeton	Ryan Langborg, Princeton
Dec. 23	Paul Atkinson (3), Yale	Max Martz, Penn
Dec. 30	Chris Lewis, Harvard	Chris Lewis, Harvard
Jan. 6	Jaelin Llewellyn, Princeton	Chris Ledlum (3), Harvard
Jan. 13	Ryan Schwieger, Princeton	Tosan Evbuomwan, Princeton
Jan, 20	Jordan Bruner, Yale	Jack Forrest, Columbia
Jan. 27	A. J. Brodeur, Penn	Jordan Dingle (4), Penn
Feb. 3	Azar Swain, Yale	Jordan Dingle (5), Penn
Feb. 10	Tamenang Choh, Brown	Max Martz (2), Penn
Feb. 17	Chris Knight, Dartmouth	Chris Ledlum (4), Harvard
Feb. 24	Jordan Bruner (2), Yale	August Mahoney, Yale
Mar. 2	Chris Knight (2), Dartmouth	Max Martz (3), Penn
Mar. 9	A. J. Brodeur (2), Penn Zach Hunsaker, Brown	Jordan Dingle (6), Penn

Conference matrix

	Brown	Columbia	Cornell	Dartmouth	Harvard	Penn	Princeton	Yale
vs. Brown	–	0−2	1−1	0−2	0–2	1–1	2−0	2–0
vs. Columbia	2−0	−	1−1	2−0	2–0	2–0	2−0	2–0
vs. Cornell	1−1	1−1	−	2−0	2–0	2–0	0−2	2–0
vs. Dartmouth	2−0	0−2	0−2	−	2–0	1–1	2−0	2–0
vs. Harvard	2−0	0−2	0−2	0−2	−	1–1	1−1	0–2
vs. Penn	1−1	0−2	0−2	1−1	1–1	−	2−0	1–1
vs. Princeton	0−2	0−2	2−0	0−2	1–1	0–2	−	2–0
vs. Yale	0−2	0−2	0−2	0−2	2–0	1–1	0−2	−
Total	8–6	1–13	4–10	5–9	10–4	8-6	9–5	11–3

Source^[3]

All-Conference teams and awards

On March 11, the Ivy League handed out its major awards.^[4]

Award	Recipients
Co-Player of the Year	A. J. Brodeur (Penn) Paul Atkinson (Yale)
Coach of the Year	James Jones (Yale)
Rookie of the Year	Jordan Dingle (Penn)
Co-Defensive Player of the Year	Jaylan Gainey (Brown) Jalen Gabbidon (Yale)
First Team	A. J. Broduer (Penn) Paul Atkinson (Yale) Azar Swain (Yale) Noah Kirkwood (Harvard) Richmond Aririguzoh (Princeton) Jordan Bruner (Yale)
Second Team	Chris Knight (Dartmouth) Jaelin Llewellyn (Princeton) Tamenang Choh (Brown) Chris Lewis (Harvard) Mike Smith (Columbia)
Honorable Mention	Devon Goodman (Penn) Terrance McBride (Cornell)

References

1. "2020 Ivy League Men's and Women's Basketball Tournaments - Ivy League".
2. "Ivy League Cancels Basketball Tournaments, Limits Spectators In All Sporting Events". ivyleague.com. March 10, 2020. Retrieved March 10, 2020.
3. "Watch Ivy League on ESPN Now! - Ivy League". ivyleague.com. Retrieved February 13, 2020.^{[permanent dead link]}
4. "Ivy League hands out men's basketball All-Ivy, major awards" (Press release). Ivy League. March 11, 2020. Retrieved March 11, 2020.