Ivy League Player Power Rankings | 1/19/15

By Bryan Cereijo

1. Javier Duren (Yale)

Duren had the best week in the Ivy League. He bounced back from an off game against Daniel Webster and had himself a game in a big win over Brown. Duren led his team with 19 points, and had 10 rebounds to go with his offensive showing.

2. Justin Sears (Yale)

A couple power rankings ago I wrote about how Sears complements Duren perfectly, and this week he showed that once more. Like Duren, Sears had his own double-double versus Brown, with 15 points and 11 rebounds. Duren and Sears are the exemplary 1-2 punch.

3. Robert Hatter (Cornell)

Hatter has had his ups-and-downs throughout the season. However, when he is given the minutes, he shows why he deserves them. In the past three games, he’s put up 20, 13, and 17 points – resulting in two wins and a close loss at Columbia. If he can continue to play well, Cornell might be able to turn things around.

4. Alex Mitola (Dartmouth)

Had it not been for Mitola’s 15 point, 5 rebound, and 3 assist game, Dartmouth would’ve dropped it’s 3^rd straight. His stellar performance against a decent NJIT team helped his Big Green team bounce back. He is also being extremely efficient, leading the Ivy League in assists to turnover ratio.

5. Leland King (Brown)

King continues to have a great season with yet another big game. Despite it resulting in a loss to a very good Yale team, King had 19 points along with 7 rebounds. He is now 4^th in the Ivy League in points and 3^rd in rebounds.

6. Rafael Maia (Brown)

While Leland King is doing most of the scoring for the Bears, Maia is the rebounding machine of this team. He’s had obtained 12 rebounds for two consecutive games, along with scoring 16 last game. He’s tied with King for 3^rd on the average rebounds list in the Ivy League.

7. Shonn Miller (Cornell)

Despite a poor game against Columbia (to his standards),  Miller still leads the Ivy League in points and rebounds per game, and is 4^th in blocks/game. Hopefully now that teammate Robert Hatter is playing well, they can both help this Cornell team finish on a higher note.

8. Wesley Saunders (Harvard)

Saunders continues to have a good season. In his last game, a loss versus Boston College, he put up 15 points and 7 rebounds. He is currently second in the Ivy League in scoring (16.1 pts/g), 5^th in assists (3.8 asts/g), and 1^st in steals (2.1 stls/g).

9. Corbin Miller (Harvard)

Miller continues to help Saunders share the offensive load as seen by his double digit scoring performances the pas four games, and that is big for Harvard. He’s an effective scorer, but would be higher on this list if he could add another skill to his game.

10. Connor Boehm (Dartmouth)

Boehm is averaging pretty good numbers (11.3 pts/g, 5.8 rebs/g) on the season. Along with Mitola, he helped his Dartmouth team bounce back from two straight losses by providing the game the Big Green needed (shot 50% from the field, had 11 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists). Would like to see more complete games like his last one.

*11. Steve Frankowski (Columbia)

Frankowski is arguably one of the best 6^th men in the Ivy League and so I made an 11^th spot for him on this list. He’s scored in double figures the past five games, and that is huge for this Columbia team that relies so heavily on Maodo Lo. In a close win versus Cornell, Lo did not score, and Frankowski’s off points were huge in the win.