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All-Ivy Men's Basketball -- 2005
Created: 3/10/2005 12:09:14 PM
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After a regular season in which all eight Ivy schools finished with at least 10 regular season wins for the first time in formal Ivy League history, the All-Ivy voting followed the same pattern of consistency. For only the second time in more than two decades, all eight schools had a representative on either the first- or second-team. The last time all eight teams were represented among 10 honorees was following the 1981-82 season. The one exception (1995-96) came in a year where ties in the balloting meant 11 players had been honored.
Penn senior Tim Begley (Freehold, N.J.) was named the 2005 Player of the Year in the vote by the League's eight head coaches. Joining Begley as unanimous members of the first team were Brown senior Jason Forte (Rockville, Md.) and Yale senior Edwin Draughan (Lakewood, Calif.). Cornell junior Lenny Collins (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.) and Harvard junior Matt Stehle (Newton, Mass.) rounded out the first-team honorees
Begley proved to be Mr. Versatility in leading the Quakers to their ninth Ivy League title under head coach Fran Dunphy. In addition to being a scoring threat, the do-it-all guard led the League in assists (4.79) and was eighth in rebounding (5.4). His 13.7 points points per game ranked fifth in the Ivies, and he led the League in three-pointers made at 2.54 per game, finished first in assist/turnover ratio (1.54) and ranked among the League leaders in field goal percentage and steals.
Begley is currently second all-time in the Ancient Eight in career three-pointers made with 246. His three treys against Columbia on February 26 moved him ahead of Jim Barton of Dartmouth. Brian Earl of Princeton holds the record with 281 trifectas. Begley sank a League-high eight threes against LaSalle on December 4, and he was the only player to notch double-digit assists this season when he tallied 13 against Lafayette on January 18.
 Forte led the League in scoring for the second consecutive season at 18.4 points per game, a figure that rose to 19.3 points in Ivy contests. He also led the Ivies in assists during League play at 3.79 per game. Forte is the only Ivy Leaguer to ever lead the League in scoring and assists in conference action, a feat he first accomplished last year when he was the League's Player of the Year.
Forte had a weekend to remember on February 4-5 when he scored 36 points against Cornell for the highest individual point total for a League player this season. The following night, he hit a 19-foot jump shot with 3.5 seconds remaining to lift the Bears to a 54-52 come-from-behind victory over Columbia.
Draughan led the Bulldogs and finished second in the Ivies in scoring with an average of 18.4 points per game. Draughan became only the third player at Yale to lead the team in scoring for four years, joining Tony Lavelli (1946-49) and Butch Graves (1981-84). He was named Ivy Player of the Week on February after shooting 53.8 percent from the field and averaging 19.5 points, 4.0 rebounds and 4.0 assists as Yale swept Princeton and Penn.
 Collins finished among the League leaders in scoring (13.3 points per game) and also led the team in assists (66). After being picked to finish sixth in the League's preseason poll, the Collins-led Big Red posted a second-place Ivy finish at 8-6, 13-14 overall, and notched its first winning season in Ancient Eight action since 1996-97. Along the way, Cornell swept the season series from Princeton for the first time in 20 years.
Collins was also honored for his success in the classroom as he was named a 2004-05 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District selection.
Thanks in large part to the continued development of Matt Stehle, Lavietes Pavilion became a frightful stop for League foes in 2004-05. Stehle, who led the Ivies in rebounds at 8.9 a game, was an imposing figure at both ends of the court, ranking third in the Ivies in scoring (13.7) and field-goal accuracy (50 percent) and also finishing among the League leaders in both steals and blocked shots. And Harvard went from 2-9 at Lavietes a year ago to 8-4 in the friendly confines this winter.
Brown freshman Damon Huffman (Potosky, Mich.) was chosen as the League's Rookie of the Year after leading the League's freshman with 8.0 points per game. He started 16-of-26 games this season, averaging 28.9 minutes per game and shooting 42 percent from three-point range (44-of-106). He etched his name in the Brown record book in his collegiate debut vs. Missouri, connecting on 5-of-7 treys for the ninth best total for a single game all-time at Brown.
The second team was comprised of Harvard sophomore Brian Cusworth (St. Louis, Mo.), Dartmouth senior David Gardner (Minnetonka, Minn.), Penn sophomore Ibrahim Jaaber (Elizabeth, N.J.), Columbia senior Matt Preston (Wantagh, N.Y.) and Princeton senior Will Venable (San Rafael, Calif.).
First Team All-Ivy
*Tim Begley, Penn (Sr., Guard, Freehold, N.J.)
Lenny Collins, Cornell (Jr., Guard/Forward, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
*Edwin Draughan, Yale (Sr., Guard, Lakewood, Calif.)
*Jason Forte, Brown (Sr., Guard, Rockville, Md.)
Matt Stehle, Harvard (Jr., Forward, Newton, Mass.)
Second Team All-Ivy
Brian Cusworth, Harvard (So., Forward, St. Louis, Mo.)
David Gardner, Dartmouth (Sr., Center, Minnetonka, Minn.)
Ibrahim Jaaber, Penn (So., Guard, Elizabeth, N.J.)
Matt Preston, Columbia (Sr., Forward, Wantagh, N.Y.)
Will Venable, Princeton (Sr., Guard, San Rafael, Calif.)
Honorable Mention All-Ivy
Steve Danley, Penn (So., Forward, Germantown, Md.)
Mike Lang, Dartmouth (Jr., Guard, Chicago, Ill.)
Dominick Martin, Yale (Jr., Center, Asheville, N.C.)
Eric Taylor, Cornell (Sr., Center, Latham, N.Y.)
Judson Wallace, Princeton (Sr., Center, Atlanta, Ga.)
Mark Zoller, Penn (So., Forward, Blue Bell, Pa.)
Player of the Year - Tim Begley, Penn (Sr., Guard, Freehold, N.J.)
Rookie of the Year - Damon Huffman, Brown (Fr., Guard, Potosky, Mich.)
* - unanimous selection
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