| 2013–14 Ivy League men's basketball season | |
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| League | NCAA Division I |
| Sport | Basketball |
| Duration | January 11 – March 11, 2014 |
| Number of teams | 8 |
| Regular season | |
| Champions | Harvard |
| Runners-up | Yale |
| Season MVP | Wesley Saunders, Harvard |
| Basketball seasons | |
← 2012–13 2014–15 → | |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| x-Harvard | 13 | – | 1 | .929 | 27 | – | 5 | .844 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yale | 9 | – | 5 | .643 | 19 | – | 14 | .576 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Princeton | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 21 | – | 9 | .700 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Columbia | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 21 | – | 13 | .618 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brown | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 15 | – | 14 | .517 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dartmouth | 5 | – | 9 | .357 | 12 | – | 16 | .429 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Penn | 5 | – | 9 | .357 | 8 | – | 20 | .286 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cornell | 1 | – | 13 | .071 | 2 | – | 26 | .071 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rankings from AP Poll x-Ivy League champion | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2013–14 Ivy League men's basketball season marked the continuation of the annual tradition of competitive basketball among Ivy League members. The tradition began when the league was formed during the 1956–57 season and its history extends to the predecessor Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League, which was formed in 1902.
Harvard won the regular season title outright and earned the conference's only 2014 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament bid. Overall, the conference had five postseason participants and won eight postseason games, marking the best postseason in league history.[1]
Wesley SaundersofHarvard was named Ivy League Men's Basketball Player of the Year. James JonesofYale was named Ivy League Coach of the Year and Spencer Weisz of Princeton was named Ivy League Freshman of the Year.[2] Brown's Cedric Kuakumensah earned his second consecutive Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year recognition.[3]
Saunders was an Associated Press honorable mention NCAA Men's Basketball All-American.[4] On February 20, Matt Townsend of Yale was named a third team Academic All-American selection.[5] Penn's Dau Jok was named to the Allstate Good Works Team by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) and earned the Most Courageous Award from the United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA).[2]
The NABC named Saunders, T.J. Bray of Princeton and Justin Sears of Yale to the All-District 13 First Team and Sean McGonagill of Brown and Siyani Chambers of Harvard to its Second Team.[2][6] The USBWA named Saunders to its All-District I Team.[2][7]
The All-Ivy teams were as follows:[3]
*Unanimous
| Seed | Region | School | First Four | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Sweet 16 | Elite Eight | Final Four | Championship |
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| 12 | East | Harvard | n/a | Defeated Cincinnati 61–57 | Eliminated by Michigan State 80–73 | ||||
| W–L (%): | 0–0 – | 1–0 1.000 | 0–1 .000 | 0–0 – | 0–0 – | 0–0 – | 0–0 –Total: 1–1 .500 |
| School | First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Princeton | Defeated Tulane 56–55 | Eliminated by Fresno State 56–72 | ||
| W–L (%): | 1–0 1.000 | 0–1 .000 | 0–0 – | 0–0 – Total: 1–1 .500 |
| School | First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown | Eliminated by Holy Cross 65–68 | ||||
| Columbia | Defeated Valparaiso 58–56 | Defeated Eastern Michigan 69–56 | Eliminated by Yale 69–72 | ||
| Yale | Defeated Quinnipiac 69–68 | Defeated Holy Cross 71–56 | Defeated Columbia 72–69 | Defeated VMI 75–62 | Eliminated by Murray State 65–57 |
| W–L (%): | 2–1 .667 | 2–0 1.000 | 1–1 .500 | 1–0 1.000 | 0–1 .000 Total: 6–3 .667 |
