Ivy League hoops: As good as the ACC*

*Kinda

After an exciting weekend of Ivy basketball, Penn climbed to No. 94 in RPI — a system that ranks teams based on wins, losses and strength of schedule. With Yale and Princeton filling in at 96 and 99, and Harvard way up at 37, that puts half the Ancient Eight in the top 100.

As former DP Sports editor Jeff Shafer points out on his blog "Par for the Course," that's as good percentage-wise as the ACC and better than the 'Conference of Champions' the Pac-12:

Eight of America’s 15 finest universities are in the Ivy League. This is well established.
As of today, four of the nation’s top 100 basketball teams are in the Ivy League. That’s a new one.

Long regarded as below average most seasons, the Ancient Eight is having one of its finest seasons in aggregate in some time, putting conference solidly in mediocre territory. Overall, the Ivy League ranks 15th out of 32 conferences. That’s due in large part to Brown and Dartmouth being absolutely awful. But the league does have Harvard (37), Yale (96), Penn (97) and Yale (99) in the top 100. That’s more top teams than the Pac-10, CAA, WCC and Missouri Valley — all conferences that will receive multiple NCAA bids.

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