2012–13 Ivy League men's basketball season

Preseason

The Ivy League media selected Princeton as the preseason favorite when 16 of 17 voting members (one voter selected Harvard) named Princeton first in the preseason poll. Jeff Goodman of CBS Sports also selected Princeton as his preseason choice with Harvard second, noting that Harvard had been his preseason favorite until the September 2012 Harvard cheating scandal that involved about 125 athletes and students, including Kyle Casey and Brandyn Curry who withdrew from school as a result. Casey and Curry had been first-team and second-team All-Ivy selections for the 2011–12 Ivy League men's basketball season, respectively. Both players withdrew in hopes of preserving their final year of athletic eligibility following the investigation.

Season

Twelve different television networks scheduled a total of 36 Ivy League men's basketball live broadcasts for the 2012–13 season. This includes a 14-game television package, featuring all eight member institutions, with 13 games being broadcast on the NBC Sports Network and one on the CBS Sports Network. The conference endured two one-day postponements due to the February 2013 nor'easter (also known as Winter Storm Nemo). Harvard's contest against Columbia at Levien Gymnasium in Manhattan that was originally scheduled for February 9 at 7:00 PM was postponed until February 10 at 2:00 PM. Similarly, Dartmouth's game against Cornell originally scheduled to be played at 7:00 PM on February 9 at Newman Arena in Ithaca, New York was postponed until February 10 at 12:00 noon.

Led by Wesley Saunders' five Ivy League Player of the Week Awards and Siyani Chambers' six Rookie of the Week Awards, Harvard tied the Ivy League team record with thirteen single-season weekly recognitions. Meanwhile, Hummer tied the individual career record with nine player of the week awards and set a new single-season record with seven.

Honors and accolades

Columbia senior guard Brian Barbour was listed among 30 preseason Senior CLASS Award candidates. Cornell's Eitan Chemerinski and Brown's Matthew Sullivan were first team All-District selections from District I placing them among the 40 candidates for the 15-man Academic All-American team. Brown, a third-team selection in 2012, was recognized as a 2013 first-team All-American.

In season

Each week the Ivy League selected one or more player(s) of the week and one or more rookie(s) of the week.

:G – Guard :F – Forward :C – Center

:Fr. – Freshman :So. – Sophomore :Jr. – Junior :Sr. – Senior

All-Ivy

The following players earned Ivy League postseason recognition with (Class, Position – Hometown): ;Player of the Year

• Ian Hummer, Princeton (Sr., F – Vienna, Va.)

;Rookie of the Year

• ^Siyani Chambers, Harvard (Fr., G – Golden Valley, Minn.)

;Defensive Player of the Year

• Cedric Kuakumensah, Brown (Fr., F – Worcester, Mass.)

;First Team All-Ivy

• Sean McGonagill, Brown (Jr., G – Brookfield, Ill.)
• Shonn Miller, Cornell (So., F – Euclid, Ohio)
• Siyani Chambers, Harvard (Fr., G – Golden Valley, Minn.)
• ^Wesley Saunders, Harvard (So., G/F – Los Angeles)
• ^Ian Hummer, Princeton (Sr., F – Vienna, Va.)

;Second Team All-Ivy

• Matthew Sullivan, Brown (Sr., G – Wilmette, Ill.)
• Brian Barbour, Columbia (Sr., G – Alamo, Calif.)
• Gabas Maldunas, Dartmouth (So., F – Panevezys, Lithuania)
• Miles Jackson-Cartwright, Penn (Jr., G – Van Nuys, Calif.)
• T.J. Bray, Princeton (Jr., G – New Berlin, Wis.)
• Austin Morgan, Yale (Sr., G – Reno, Nev.)

;Honorable Mention All-Ivy

• Errick Peck, Cornell (Sr., F – Indianapolis)
• Steve Moundou-Missi, Harvard (So., F – Yaounde, Cameroon)
• Laurent Rivard, Harvard (Jr., G – Saint-Bruno, Quebec, Canada)
• Tony Hicks, Penn (Fr., G – South Holland, Ill.)
• Denton Koon, Princeton (So., G – Liberty, Mo.)
• ^Unanimous Selection

USBWA

On March 12, the U.S. Basketball Writers Association released its 2012–13 Men's All-District Teams, based upon voting from its national membership. There were nine regions from coast to coast, and a player and coach of the year were selected in each. The following lists all the Ivy League representatives selected within their respective regions.

District I (New England)

All-District Team

• Wesley Saunders, Harvard District II (New York, New Jersey, Delaware, District of Columbia, Pennsylvania, West Virginia) All-District Team
• Ian Hummer, Princeton

NABC

The National Association of Basketball Coaches announced their Division I All-District teams on March 26, recognizing the nation's best men's collegiate basketball student-athletes. Selected and voted on by member coaches of the NABC, 240 student-athletes, from 24 districts were chosen. The selections on this list were then eligible for the State Farm Coaches' Division I All-America teams. The following list represented the District 13 players chosen to the list.

First Team

• Ian Hummer, Princeton
• Wesley Saunders, Harvard
• Siyani Chambers, Harvard Second Team
• none

Other

Hummer also earned Associated Press honorable mention All-American recognition.

Postseason

NCAA tournament

Main article: 2013 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament

On March 21 in the 2013 NCAA tournament, Harvard earned the school's first NCAA tournament victory and its first victory over a top 10 opponent when it defeated number three seeded New Mexico (10, AP Poll/10, Coaches' Poll). The victory was the conferences first since the 2009–10 Cornell Big Red men's basketball team advanced to the Sweet Sixteen.

Other

Main article: 2013 National Invitation Tournament, 2013 College Basketball Invitational, 2013 CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament

Princeton declined any postseason invitation. No other bids were accepted.

Notes

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