PROVIDENCE -- Brown produced 10 winning teams and four Ivy League championships last year, and men's basketball, women's rowing and academics were the highlights.

Basketball coach Craig Robinson and his Bears created a buzz on two fronts. The team won 19 games, the most in Brown history, and its winning percentage of .655 was the best since 1945. Brown won 10 of its last 11 games, swept perennial Ivy League powers Penn and Princeton for the first time, and earned a postseason trip to the inaugural College Basketball Invitational.

Lacking a consistent inside game, the Bears turned to guards Damon Huffman and Mark McAndrew (Barrington). Each passed the 1,000-point mark for his career, Huffman finishing eighth (1,306) in the history of the program, and McAndrew 17th (1,100). Huffman broke Brown records for career three-pointers (232) and treys in a season (82). Huffman and McAndrew were first-team All-Ivy.

Robinson was busy off the court talking about his brother-in-law Barack Obama, who was in the thick of the Democratic primaries last winter, and his sister Michelle, who was emerging as a voice in Obama's campaign.

After two years at Brown, his first as a head coach, Robinson left for Oregon State and a salary of more than $700,000 per year. Brown conducted a search and finally hired assistant coach Jesse Agel, who in turn hired TJ Sorrentine, the former St. Raphael and University of Vermont star.

The women's crew defended its NCAA championship on Lake Natoma in Sacramento, Calif., in June. The most successful program in NCAA history, the Brown crew can boast of six national championships: 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2007 and 2008. The Bears finished ahead of Washington, California, Yale and Virginia.

"If I had to pick a highlight, winning the national championship in rowing would be it. That was fun. That was pretty fabulous," said Mike Goldberger, director of athletics.

Brown put all three of its boats in the grand finals. The second varsity eight finished first, the varsity fours third and the varsity eight third. Corlis Gross (Providence/Lincoln School) and Libby Boghossian (Jamestown/Lincoln School) rowed on the second varsity boat.

The championship occurred about a year after Patrick Murphy, son of head coach John Murphy and assistant coach Phoebe Murphy, was killed in a boating accident in Barrington.

"We really wanted to win this championship for John and Phoebe Murphy," said Ellie Smith, coxswain in the varsity fours boat.

The men's soccer team was undefeated in the Ivy League and was seeded sixth for the NCAA Tournament. The Bears received a first-round bye, hosted Old Dominion in the second round at Stevenson Field and lost a 2-1 heartbreaker in double overtime.

The men's lacrosse team beat Princeton before 2,913 fans in the season finale and tied Cornell for the Ivy League championship, Brown's first since 1995. The Big Red had beaten Brown, however, and received the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. Brown won 10 of its last 11 games, partly on the play of freshman goalkeeper Jordan Burke.

Brown excelled on the academic front, producing more Academic All-District and All-America honorees than any other Ivy League school. Seven Brown athletes were Academic All-Americas, one fewer than the eight All-Americas from the other Ivy League schools combined. Harvard and Penn each had two; Cornell, Dartmouth, Yale and Princeton one each. Kate Auriemma (field hockey), Ryan Graddy (track), Paul Raymond (football), Dylan Sheehan (soccer) and Conor Reardon (baseball) were second-team and J.J. Eno (baseball) and Michelle Moses (softball) third-team.

Brown had 18 of the 82 Academic All-District honorees in the Ivy League, one more than Harvard and three more than Cornell. Yale had 14, Penn 7, Dartmouth 4, Princeton 4 and Columbia 3. Brown, Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth, Cornell and Columbia are in District I, Penn and Princeton in District II.

McAndrew was first-team Academic All-District in basketball. Classmate Kerrilynn Careny (North Smithfield) was second-team in soccer.

The 18 Academic All-District honorees is a Brown record, beating the 13 academic stars Brown produced in 2006. Thirteen of Brown's Academic All-Districts were first-team. Harvard had 11 and Yale 9.

"I was happy with the year and particularly happy with our academic achievements," Goldberger said.

The summary:

BASEBALL (20-24, 9-11 Ivy League): Defending Ivy champs won 20 games for the third time in the last four years; upset Florida; DH Conor Reardon, who missed two seasons with a leg injury, returned and was first-team All-Ivy and All-New England.

MEN'S BASKETBALL (19-10, 11-3): Won the most games in a season and its winning percentage of .655 was the best since 1945; won 10 of its last 11 and played in the inaugural College Basketball Invitational.

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL (2-26, 1-13): Not much to write about this season; Sadiea Williams made the Ivy all-rookie team.

WOMEN'S CREW (7-2, 4-1): Won the NCAA, Eastern Sprints and Ivy League championships; Emma Olson and Sarah Wu were first-team All-America; John Murphy was the coach of the year.

MEN'S CREW (8-2, 4-1): Won Ivy League championship; finished second to Wisconsin at the Eastern Sprints and fifth at the IRA.

MEN'S CROSS-COUNTRY: Won New England championship and finished seventh at the Heps; Christian Escareno was third at the New Englands and ninth at the Heps.

WOMEN'S CROSS-COUNTRY: Ran third at the New Englands and 15th at the NCAA meet; Smita Gupta and Ariel Wright ran the third- and fourth-fastest times in Brown history at the Heps.

EQUESTRIAN: Finished fifth at the IHSA show and first in the Ivy League.

MEN'S FENCING (7-12, 0-5): Adam Pantel and Adam Yarnell qualified for the NCAA Championships.

WOMEN'S FENCING (18-4, 3-3): Set school record for Ivy League victories; Randy Alevi qualified for NCAA Championships.

FIELD HOCKEY (1-16, 1-6): Won season finale to avert a shutout; Ani Kazarian (Providence/Lincoln School) was second-team All-Ivy.

FOOTBALL (5-5, 4-3): Finished third behind Yale and Harvard; Dereck Knight (Pawtucket/Shea) missed most of the season with a foot injury; Michael Dougherty led the league in passing, Buddy Farnham in receiving and Bobby Sewall (Portsmouth) in all-purpose yardage.

MEN'S GOLF: Finished eighth at the Ivy championship; Larry Haertel finished second and was first-team All-Ivy for the third consecutive year; Mike Hughes was promoted to head coach.

WOMEN'S GOLF: Seventh at Ivy championships.

GYMNASTICS (9-14, 0-4): Jennifer Sobuta and Chelsey Binkley were second-team All-America.

MEN'S ICE HOCKEY (6-21-4, 6-13-3 ECAC, 3-7 Ivy): Jeff Prough finished career with 49 goals, 60 assists, the most in 12 years; Sean Hurley was first-team All-Ivy and second-team All-ECAC.

WOMEN'S ICE HOCKEY (5-19-5, 4-12-4 ECAC, 0-7-3 Ivy): Hayley Moore finished her career with 130 points on 68 goals, 62 assists; Nicole Stock broke the Brown record for saves in a season (1.004), game (66) and period (27).

MEN'S LACROSSE (11-3, 5-1): Won most games since 1994 and the Ivy League championship only two years after a winless season; ranked No. 1 in New England and No. 13 in the nation; goalie Jordan Burke was the Ivy player of the year and second-team All-America.

WOMEN'S LACROSSE (6-10, 2-5): Upset 20th-ranked Dartmouth for its first win over the Big Green in 10 years; Lauren Vitkus scored 31 goals and assisted on nine.

WOMEN'S SKIING: Finished ninth overall at national championships, sixth in slalom; freshman Krista Consiglio finished in the top 10 in all 10 races, won four, became the first Brown skier to win the MacConnell Division individual title and was second-team All-America.

SOFTBALL (8-26, 3-17): Senior Amy Baxter was first-team All-Ivy.

MEN'S SOCCER (15-2-1, 7-0): Won its 19th Ivy League championship and made its 23rd NCAA appearance; Matt Britner was the Ivy player of the year and goalie Paul Grandstrand the rookie of the year; Britner was drafted by the New England Revolution.

WOMEN'S SOCCER (6-10-1, 3-4): Winless after six games, team finished 6-5 and posted five shutouts; handed Penn its first loss on a goal by Kerrilynn Carney (North Smithfield) in the second overtime; Lindsay Cunningham (Cumberland) was second-team All-Ivy.

MEN'S SQUASH (6-11): Finished 14th at the Hoehn Cup.

WOMEN'S SQUASH (8-10): Finished eighth at the Howe Cup nationals.

MEN'S SWIMMING (3-5, 3-4): Finished sixth at Eastern championships and broke seven school records; diver Jonathan Speed was first-team All-Ivy in the three-meter.

WOMEN'S SWIMMING (2.5, 2-5): Finished sixth at Ivy League championships.

MEN'S TENNIS (14-14, 5-2): Tied for second in the Ivy League; Saurabh Kohli and Basu Ratman were first-team All-Ivy in doubles.

WOMEN'S TENNIS (11-9, 2-5): Tied for fifth in the Ivy League; Bianca Aboubakare was the unanimous Ivy rookie of the year and first-team All-Ivy in singles and in doubles with Marisa Schonfeld.

MEN'S INDOOR TRACK: Finished seventh at the Heps; David Howard won the shot and was first-team All-Ivy.

WOMEN'S INDOOR TRACK: Finished second at the Heps; Nicole Burns won the 400 and Natasha Smith the pentathlon and were first-team All-Ivy.

MEN'S OUTDOOR TRACK: Finished sixth at the Heps; Ozzie Myers (steeplechase) and Craig Kinsley (javelin) were first-team All-Ivy.

WOMEN'S OUTDOOR TRACK: Finshed third at Heps; Burns (400) and Smith (heptathlon) were first-team All-Ivy.

VOLLEYBALL (7-17, 5-9): Katie Lapinski set a career record for digs per game (4.79) and Julie Mandolini-Trummel for hitting percentage (.278).

MEN'S WATER POLO (20-11, 6-1 CWPA North): Ranked No. 20 in the nation at the end of the season; Felix Mercado was Northern Division coach of the year.

WOMEN'S WATER POLO (16-15, 5-2): Ranked 20th; Mercado was coach of the year; finished second at North championships.

WRESTLING (7-9, 3-7 EIWA, 2-3 Ivy League): Levon Mock (285), Jeff Schell (133) and Matt Gevelinger (184) qualified for the NCAA Championships.