Brown University NCAA News

Coming off of a tough loss at Columbia Friday night, the Brown Bears were in Ithaca, New York Saturday for a game at Cornell .

Brown men's basketball coach would prefer not to talk about the rash of injuries his team has sustained but he has little choice.

Cornell men's basketball coach Bill Courtney is finally ready to say it: This weekend is a big one for his team.

Photo courtesy of Columbia Sports Information/Media Relations PRINCETON , N.J. -- Harvard's first-place finish in the Battle for Beantown led successful outings for the Ivy League last weekend.

Harvard enters the poll at #25 following a week that began with a win at home over Cornell, 71-60. After that came another win at home against Columbia, 57-52. Joining Harvard as a newcomer, Louisville enters the Top 25 at #24 with a win at home over Rutgers, 78-66. Gonzaga falls out of the rankings this week with an upset loss at Brigham Young, ... (more)

Senior Rob Belcore scored a career-high 17 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, his second double-double of the season in Penn's win over Brown 65-48. The Penn men's basketball team wasn't going to let its quest for an Ivy title come to a halt this weekend.

The Brown Bears played with a lot of energy last week winning games against Bryant and Dartmouth before losing to 23rd-ranked Harvard.

Recognized among the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performance on the floor and in the classroom, these five Ivies were selected to the men's basketball first team in District 1 and have advanced to the national Capital One Academic All-America Team ballot, where First, Second and Third Team All-America honorees will be selected ... (more)

Track records are not broken every day, but senior distance runner Katie Matthews and junior sprinter R.J. Page both set Boston University marks on Saturday at the Terrier Invitational indoor track meet.

Gonzaga makes an appearance at #24 in the AP Top 25 poll this week, one of two new teams.

Yale used a 2-0 week to move into second-place in the Ivy League standings, with wins at Harvard, 68-63, and at Dartmouth, 89-65. Junior Janna Graf and freshman Sarah Halejian were key contributors to both of the Bulldogs' victories.

Brown's Andrew McCarthy has been selected as the StatSheet Ivy League Player of the Week for the week ending January 30th.

Looking to snap an 11-game losing streak, the Dartmouth women's basketball team fell to a tough Brown University team on Friday night at Leede Arena, 74-50. The Big Green kept it close until halftime, when the Bears pulled ahead with the win.

The University of Maine-Farmington Beavers closed the first half with a 6-0 surge for a 13-point lead en route to a 61-49 women's basketball victory over Green Mountain College in North Atlantic Conference action Friday night.

In the sport of college basketball, a select few players come in as freshman and make a major impact right away.

Brown pulled out a tough 2 overtime victory at home against Dartmouth, 73-70. Keenan Jeppesen led the team in scoring.

Maybe all you need to know about Brown women's basketball coach Jean Marie Burr is that when she was approached to do an interview for this column, she had no idea that her team's next victory would be her 300th career win as a head coach.

Photos courtesy of Cornell Athletic Communications and Princeton Athletic Communications PRINCETON , N.J. -- All eight Ivy indoor track and field teams have tasted success in the early stages of the 2011-12 campaign.

Stephen Albrecht scored 21 points as Brown snapped a six-game losing streak with a 67-60 nonconference victory over Bryant on Monday night.

Kentucky makes a return appearance as the number one team in men's basketball, according to the AP Poll, replacing Syracuse who drops to #3. Kentucky gets back the number one ranking following a week in which they first got a victory at home against Arkansas, 86-63. After that came another win at home against Alabama, 77-71. Syracuse falls from the ... (more)