ITHACA, N.Y. – The Cornell men's basketball team was picked to finish in a sixth place tie when the 2013-14 Ivy League preseason media poll was announced today during the annual conference call with the league's eight head coaches.

Harvard, last year's league champion, was the unanimous preseason favorite, picking up all 17 first-place votes and 136 points total. Penn was picked second with 100 points, followed closely by Yale (third, 96 points) and Princeton (fourth, 93 points). Brown was chosen fifth (74 points), while Cornell was tied with Dartmouth with 38 points. Rounding out the field was Columbia in eighth with 37 points.

Two media members from each school and one national representative voted in the poll.

Cornell returns six letter winners from last season's 13-18 squad that finished sixth in the Ivy League with a 5-9 record. The Big Red opens the 2013-14 campaign when it visits Central New York foe Syracuse on Friday, Nov. 8 at 7 p.m. at the Carrier Dome.

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2013-14 IVY LEAGUE MEN'S BASKETBALL PRESEASON MEDIA POLL

Rank	School	Points
1.	Harvard (17)	136
2.	Penn	100
3.	Yale	96
4.	Princeton	93
5.	Brown	74
6.	Cornell	38
	Dartmouth	38
8.	Columbia	37