Poisoning Ivy: All-Ivy League Choices Transferring to Power Conferences
May 14th, 2023 - 9:35
Well-endowed Harvard, which should have been more concerned about school ties to sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein, accepted admonition about rejecting millions of dollars from Small Business Administration's PPP. Meanwhile, it isn't business as usual for the Crimson and fellow Ivy League members as well-endowed PPPs (Productive Premium Players) leave their programs; especially after conference intellectuals cowered in fetal position in ivory tower corner cancelling a season because of coronavirus.
The Ivy League is recognized as the nation's most academically prestigious NCAA Division I conference. But as the previously-idealistic Ivy League accepted more athletic exemptions, including transfers from other institutions, the alliance also exponentially increased the number of prominent players leaving the Ivy to learn about playing at the highest athletic level. Last year's MVP Jordan Dingle (Penn shifting to St. John's) and three other all-conference selections last season (Yale's EJ Jarvis, Harvard's Chris Ledlum and Brown's Paxson Wojcik) joined a trend featuring All-Ivy players in the past eight years transferring to a power conference. Seth Towns, aspiring to make a last hurrah, is on the following alphabetical list of players leaving the Ivy League for a power-league member:
Transfer Player Position Ivy League School Power-League Member Quinton Adlesh G Columbia 16-19 Southern California 20 Bryce Aiken G Harvard 17-20 Seton Hall 21 Paul Atkinson F Yale 18-20 Notre Dame 22 Joe Beaulieu C Harvard 77 Boston College 79-81 Ryan Betley G Penn 17-20 California 21 Jimmy Boeheim F Cornell 18-20 Syracuse 22 Evan Boudreaux F Dartmouth 16-17 Purdue 19-20 Jordan Bruner F Yale 17-20 Alabama 21 Brian Buckelew G Harvard 81 Connecticut 82 Kyle Castlin G Columbia 15-18 Xavier 19 Peter Coker Sr. F-C Dartmouth 63 North Carolina State 65-66 Nolan Cressier G Cornell 13-14 Vanderbilt 16-17 Jordan Dingle G Penn 20-23 St. John's 24 Jaron Faulds F Columbia 18 Michigan 20-22 Danny Feldmann F Columbia 11 Missouri 13-14 Jaylan Gainey G Brown 19-22 Florida State 24 Stone Gettings F Cornell 16-18 Arizona 20 Christian Gore G Brown 12 Texas Christian 14-15 Tony Hicks G Penn 13-15 Louisville 17 Max Hooper G Harvard 12 St. John's 14 EJ Jarvis F Yale 20-23 Florida 24 Jeremiah Kreisberg C Yale 11-13 Northwestern 15 Ryan Langborg G Princeton 20-23 Northwestern 24 Chris Ledlum F Harvard 20-23 St. John's 24 Jaelin Llewellyn G Princeton 19-22 Michigan 23 Makai Mason G Yale 15-18 Baylor 19 Shonn Miller F Cornell 12-15 Connecticut 16 Grant Mullins G Columbia 13-16 California 17 David Onuorah F-C Cornell 14-16 Connecticut 18 Will Scott G Cornell 05 Louisville 07-09 Mike Smith G Columbia 17-20 Michigan 21 Ben Spiva C-F Penn 88 Memphis State 90-91 John Stovall F Penn 86-87 Boston College 89 Patrick Tape F Columbia 17-19 Duke 21 *Seth Towns F Harvard 17-18 Ohio State 21 Pax Whitehead G-F Cornell 93 Vanderbilt 95-97 Paxson Wojcik G Brown 22-23 North Carolina 24 *Subsequently aligned with Howard University for 2023-24 campaign.