Random Ivy notes for 7/1

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Got to start off the new month with a new "notes." Here we go:

1) Today marks the start of a new era in Ivy athletics, as Robin Harris officially takes over as Ivy League Executive Director. She'll replace Jeff Orleans, who had led the league for 25 years as the first official director in league history.

(As a heads up, expect a column about the challenges Harris will face in the next issue of the Summer Pennsylvanian, which comes out a week from tomorrow.)

2) Which would you rather do: play professional sports or go to Harvard? Well Louis Leblanc might get to do both. Despite being drafted in the first round of the NHL draft by his hometown Montreal Canadiens, he's decided to attend Harvard in the fall and play for the Crimson hockey team.

3) Here's a rundown of the Ivy League M. Hoops scene from Fox Sports' Jeff Goodman, although the Penn stuff  -- games at Duke, Penn State and Villanova and home games against Temple, St. Joe’s, La Salle and Drexel, as well as Harrison Gaines transferring to UC-Riverside --  is old news (HT CBB).