Brown men's basketball was picked seventh in the eight-team Ivy League preseason poll released Oct. 12, receiving 42 points from the league's media panel.
The Bears enter the 2026-27 season under new head coach Eric Reveno. Dartmouth, also under a new coach, was eighth with 30 points.
Penn led the poll with 157 points and 11 first-place votes after winning last season's Ivy League tournament. Harvard followed with 146 points and seven first-place votes, while Yale received 133 points and two first-place votes. Princeton was fourth with 97 points and the remaining first-place vote, followed by Cornell and Columbia.
Twenty-one media members who cover the league voted. The top four teams in the season's standings will qualify for the Ivy League tournament, scheduled for March 12-14, 2027, at the Palestra on Penn's campus.