After Saturday's results, the Ivy championship picture became a bit less clear. Although Harvard, Princeton and Penn share the lead, both Yale and surging Brown are breathing down their necks only one game back. This week's games promise to be crucial ones in the race for the Ancient Eight crown.
In the biggest battle of the weekend, Penn travels to Princeton to take on the Tigers in a battle of first place teams.
This match-up promises to be a good one as Princeton sends the Ivy's top-ranked scoring defense up against Penn's second-ranked offense. Both units come into the game hitting on all cylinders, with the Tigers coming off a shutout victory, and the Quakers scoring 85 points combined in their last two ballgames.
The Ivy's other first-place team, Harvard, looks to continue its four-game win streak when it plays host to Brown Saturday. The Bears have won three straight of their own, however, including the victory against first-place Penn.
Brown, led by the explosive duo of Coyne and Perry, will send the Ivy's best offense against the Crimson, who will counter with the its own one-two punch of Menick and Linden.
For Brown the game is a must-win if it is to have any change of earning a share of the Ivy crown, while Harvard will look to keep pace with the winner of the Princeton-Penn game in its quest for a second consecutive league championship.
Yale will try to keep its hopes for a title alive Saturday when it goes up against Cornell in New Haven. The Elis, in the identical position of the Bears, will call upon Walland to try to take this crucial contest.
And rounding out the Ivy schedule is a battle of league doormats, Columbia and Cornell. The Lions and Big Green--who with Cornell are in a three-way tie for last in the Ancient Eight--will try to crawl out of the Ivy cellar with a win.
With the league slate full of high-stakes contests this weekend, the cloudy Ivy championship picture should clear up a bit this weekend.