Though Princeton's abysmal record may be a bid exaggerated by its tough schedule, including national powers such as Vanderbilt, Hawaii, Arkansas, Northwestern, and Providence, the Tigers have not been handling their easy opponents either. Princeton lost to Navy, another 2-12 team, by a score of 67-63.
But despite the terrible start, the Ivy League season is still young, and the Tigers have every opportunity to turn their season around and contend for the title.
Dartmouth (8-6, 2-1 Ivy), the defending league champions, rebounded nicely from its Ivy-opening loss to Harvard with an 82-42 defeat of Brown and an 80-63 thrashing of Yale this past weekend.
The Big Green may have the best freshman in the league in center Katherine Hanks. Since opening her college career with a 30 point performance in an 80-77 loss against Kent, Hanks has been the Big Green's leading scorer.
Senior guard Courtney Banghart has struggled with inconsistency this season, highlighted by her near no-show in Darmouth's loss to Harvard. But she may have found her game again this weekend, scoring a total of 35 points against Brown and Yale.
In its non-conference games thus far, the Big Green struggled against nationally ranked UC-Santa Barbara and Boston College, but it managed to pull off impressive wins against New Hampshire and Northeastern, two teams that the Crimson was unable to beat.
Though Harvard posted an easy victory in its first meeting against Dartmouth, it will have to be on its guard in March when it closes its season with the rematch at Hanover.
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