Live Blog from Ivy League Media Day...

We are here to post live updates on the media day with the Ivy League coaches. Keep refreshing this post for the live updates.

The preseason poll was just released a few moments ago by Wesley Harris of the Ivy Office.

2009-10 Ivy League Men's Basketball Preseason Media Poll Results

1. Cornell — 128 points (16 first-place votes)
2. Princeton — 96
3. Penn — 92
4. Harvard — 86
5. Yale — 59
6. Columbia — 55
7. Brown — 41
8. Dartmouth — 19

And here is a look at how we voted in the poll...

The Cornell Basketball Blog's Vote in the Ivy League Preseason Media Poll
1. Cornell
2. Penn
3. Princeton
4. Harvard
5. Columbia
6. Brown
7. Yale
8. Dartmouth

Here is the schedule for the media day.

Schedule
11:00 am Opening Comments
11:05 am Coordinator of Officials – Reggie Greenwood
11:15 am Brown – Jesse Agel
11:25 am Columbia – Joe Jones
11:35 am Cornell – Steve Donahue
11:45 pm Dartmouth – Terry Dunn
11:55 am Harvard – Tommy Amaker
12:05 pm Penn – Glen Miller
12:15 pm Princeton – Sydney Johnson
12:25 pm Yale – James Jones

LIVE BLOG

• Reggie Greenwood is giving some rule changes in the Ivy League.
• Greenwood mentions new changes in the offensive control (charge rule). He calls it a quasi-NBA rule.
• Jesse Agel takes the microphone at 11:20 a.m.
• "Everything that is Brown basketball starts and ends with Matt Mullery"-Jesse Agel, Brown coach
• "Andrew McCarthy... he will be 21 before Ivy play starts... he has a great IQ"--Jesse Agel, Brown coach
• "Matt Sullivan [younger brother of Peter Sullivan]... very versatile."-Jesse Agel, Brown coach
• "We are playing seven schools that appeared in the postseason last year...[including] Top 25 Siena"--Jesse Agel, Brown coach
• Agel asks Joe Jones for Yankee tickets (laughter)
• Joe Jones, Columbia steps up at 11:26
• Jones mentions that Brian Grimes and Pat Foley are almost fully healthy and back to playing shape
• Max Craig is down with a stress fracture and out until at least Ivy League season
• Ithaca Journal's Brian Delaney asks Jones about how Brian Grimes looks in practice. Jones responds that Grimes keeps doing "different things" in practice and "can hurt you in a lot of different ways... he is the anchor of our defense."
• Jonathan Tannenwald, Philly.com asks Jones what it will take to knock off Cornell. Jones responds, "You have to be at a high level consistently to beat them."
• "We are going be challenged right from the start of the season with DePaul... and then we play Syracuse, we have American... some Patriot League schools... we have our hands full."-Joe Jones, Columbia
• Steve Donahue takes the stage at 11:34 a.m.
• "We got our... bruises like everyone else [in the preseason]...practice thus far has been good, please where we are at this point."-Steve Donahue, Cornell
• Jon Tannenwald asks Donahue to compare his Cornell team to some of the great Penn teams of the past. Donahue responds that although he doesn't have guards like Jerome Allen and Matt Maloney, he feels his team has a more dominant center in Jeff Foote.
• "In reality we've basically sold out every Ivy League game [in our building]... our kids love that... the city, student body [and community support] us."-Steve Donahue, Cornell
• "Adam Gore was such a warrior...everyday in practice a leader...loved going to away gyms with that kid... poise on the road... We are going to miss that whole senior class... I am so appreciative that those guys came to Cornell at a time when it was not a place [people would expect would win a championship]"-Steve Donahue, Cornell
• "Max Groebe... is an extremely hard worker... he will be a kid who will come in and really help us... great range, quick release, very athletic for our league and his ability to get to the rim, he knows to share the basketball."-Steve Donahue, Cornell
• "Mark Coury... was someone we looked at in high school.... He's longer... physical... a very good defender."-Steve Donahue, Cornell
• "I felt our group was ready for this schedule... this schedule... gives these guys the best kind of college basketball experience.... It gets us ready for our league."-Steve Donahue, Cornell
• Terry Dunn at the plate at 11:45 a.m.
• Brian Delaney of the Ithaca Journal asks Dunn about Herve Kouna.
• "Really can't talk about them [the freshmen] right now... one of them, Josef Brown from Houston, Texas is not healthy... maybe ask me again in a month and a half."-Terry Dunn, Dartmouth
• "I think we have a pretty challenging non-conference [schedule]... Virginia... George Mason... then we go to Furman...UNH and UVM."-Terry Dunn, Dartmouth
• Tommy Amaker is speaking at 11:53 a.m.
• "We are fairly healthy...knock on wood... we are excited like everyone else at this time of the year, great optimism."-Tommy Amaker, Harvard
• Amaker implies that Keith Wright could be Harvard's most important player about the younger players
• Glenn Miller takes the mic at 12:01 p.m.
• "We are a healthy team this year... in particular, Darren Smith...and 'dre Schreiber"- Glen Miller, Penn
• Zach Rosen and Darren Smith were named Penn's captains
• "[Cornell] has gotten their hype through their play, not their talk... It's going to take multiple teams to beat Cornell... the League will be stronger than last year... Cornell is the favorite and rightfully so."-Glen Miller, Penn
• [Jeff Foote]...is a huge problem [for Ivy opponents].... [against Foote]...[Andreas Schreiber] absolutely helps us."-Glen Miller, Penn
• "Tyler Bernardini... played last year at less than one hundred percent."-Glen Miller, Penn
• Sydney Johnson takes the stage at 12:16 pm.
• "I don't look at the [preseason polls]... but you gotta tip your hat to Cornell, but lets play these games and just see what happens."-Sydney Johnson, Princeton
• "[Ian Hummer] is college basketball ready, now we just got to get him Princeton basketball ready."-Sydney Johnson, Princeton
• James Jones of Yale, the last speaker, takes the big stage at 12:26.
• Brian Delaney asks Jones about players other than Alex Zampier who can step-up for Yale. Jones lists Paul Nelson, Michael Sands and Jordan Gibson.
• Media Conference ends... an MP3 will be posted. Use the link down below.
  

See also the Ivy League Basketball Media Guide, below:

2009-10 Ivy Basketball Central

PRINCETON, N.J. -- The Ivy League officially tipped off the 2009-10 basketball season on Wednesday, October 28 with the announcement of the men’s and women’s basketball preseason polls and its men’s preseason media teleconference.

The men's preseason media teleconference featured all eight men’s head coach for approximately 10 minutes, each giving his thoughts and insights entering the start of the 2009-10 regular season. Reggie Greenwood, the League’s coordinator of men’s basketball officials, also participated on the call to discuss the major rules changes and points of emphasis for the upcoming season.

2009-10 IVY LEAGUE BASKETBALL CENTRAL

2009-10 Ivy Men’s Basketball Preseason Media Teleconference Audio (.mp3)

2009-10 Ivy Men’s Basketball Preseason Media Poll

2009-10 IVY BASKETBALL MEDIA GUIDE

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