Men’s Basketball Picked Fifth In Ivy League Preseason Poll

ITHACA, N.Y. — The Cornell men’s basketball team has been picked to finish fifth in the 2026 Ivy League Preseason Media Poll, which was announced by the league office. Penn was tabbed to finish first with 157 points and 11 first-place votes, followed by Harvard (146 points, seven first-place votes), Yale (133, two) and Princeton (97, one). Cornell received 82 points, ahead of Columbia (69), Brown (42) and Dartmouth (30). The Big Red finished fourth in the Ivy League standings in 2025-26 at 8-6 in conference play (15-13 overall) and qualified for Ivy Madness for the fifth consecutive season, falling…