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Re: 2013-2014 Basketball - Penn 69 @ Cornell 65 - 10 years ago
billhoward mountainred billhoward 1 D-III non-Ivy win Oberlin thinks of themselves as Ivy-like, does that count for anything? Ivy-liked in what way: times since 1965 they occupied the president's office? overwrought faculty meetings? tuition, room and board? classes dropped for emotional wellness reasons? alumni now raiders of Wall Street? alumni shaping the news on TV? Oberlin certainly gives sby mountainred - Other Sports
Re: Wrestling -- EIWA Championships - 10 years ago
Day 2: Garrett with a forfeit win, he'll face American's Tereo (2 seed) in the final. Grey losses his semi-final to DeVoy in OT after giving up a takedown on a scramble. It was a close call and survived a challenge. Mark just never opened up against a guy he "should" have beaten based on the seeds. Grey will face Columbia's Armenta. If he wins, he qualifies for the NCAA.by mountainred - Other Sports
Re: 2013-2014 Basketball - Penn 69 @ Cornell 65 - 10 years ago
billhoward 1 D-III non-Ivy win Oberlin thinks of themselves as Ivy-like, does that count for anything?by mountainred - Other Sports
Re: 2013-2014 Basketball - 10 years ago
Penn 69 Cornell 65 final. The 2014-15 season begins.by mountainred - Other Sports
Re: Wrestling -- EIWA Championships - 10 years ago
Day 1 is done and every Big Red wrestler is still alive for tomorrow. Cornell leads second place Lehigh 92-62.5 and the Hawkineers have just 6 guys left, so title 8 in a row looks very likely. Here is what is up next for the good guys: 125: Garrett has two tech falls so far. He faces #23 and 4 seed Paul Petrov of Bucknell. The 2 and 3 seeds are alive on the other side of the bracket. 133by mountainred - Other Sports
Re: Wrestling -- EIWA Championships - 10 years ago
Cornell sends 7 to the semi-finals after every Big Red wrestler wins their first match. Duke and JAP both lost their 4/5 quarterfinal matches. At 174 the top seed also lost, so finishing 3rd is going to be very tough for Duke. JAP needs to win 3 in a row to guarantee himself a 4th place finish. The surprise quarter final loser was Brian Realbuto, who lost on late takedown 4-3 to Columbia frby mountainred - Other Sports
Re: 2013-2014 Basketball - 10 years ago
I actually expect the guys to win tonight and hope they do. Penn may be an even bigger mess and Hicks may be out (he was tossed from last night's game for throwing a punch at a Columbia player).by mountainred - Other Sports
Re: 2013-2014 Basketball - 10 years ago
After today, the "search" for a lax coach may be a lesser priority.by mountainred - Other Sports
Re: Virginia @ Cornell lax 3/8/14 - Cor 10-6 end 3rd - 10 years ago
margolism Larger margin of victory than last year, too. FWIW. Yep. And FWIW, I think this UVA team is better than last year's team. Knight was fantastic.by mountainred - Other Sports
Re: Cornell lacrosse 2014 - 10 years ago
Very impressive performance. I'm glad I never doubted them.by mountainred - Other Sports
Re: 2013-2014 Basketball - 10 years ago
CAS I hope Andy is paying attention. 1 win in last 32 D-1 games. Lose by 40 at home. It's not just a 40 point loss, it was 25-0 eight minutes in and effectively over. The 1017 people who showed up got treated to a scrimmage from there.by mountainred - Other Sports
Re: Wrestling -- EIWA Championships - 10 years ago
Duke probably has the toughest path. The top three seeds are ranked in Wrestling Report's top 15 and Duke is also behind the 5 seed from Army. Plus, he's coming off an injury. I would love to see it, but Duke has his work cut out for him. Heavy meanwhile has a bunch of good wrestlers, but no real great ones. JAP took #1 seed Billy Smith to OT earlier this year. He'll need his A game, butby mountainred - Other Sports
Re: 2013-2014 Basketball - 10 years ago
scoop85 Hard to believe there could be any chance Courtney can be retained after such a humiliation. We are going to find out where hoops ranks in the Cornell sports hierarchy. Is it a sport that matters (the school buys out the fifth year of BC's contract and starts over) or is it a sport we are contractually obligated to field (BC stays for the lamest of lame duck seasons). Is there any douby mountainred - Other Sports
Wrestling -- EIWA Championships - 10 years ago
I thought the plan was to start a new thread for the NCAA qualifing tournament; my apologies ugarte if that was wrong. Overall this season has had many positive surprises and very few disappointing ones. The Ivy win streak is now up to 63 duals (I think). An unprecendented 8th consecutive EIWA title is going to be earned on the mats, but the Big Red is favored to win in what was supposed toby mountainred - Other Sports
Re: Cornell lacrosse 2014 - 10 years ago
Well, since you asked, both seasons have Hobart, Bingo and Canisius in common. But last year's start included a 19-3 beatdown of Colgate who was coming off a National Quarterfinal appearance and had the prior season's winner of the Tewaaraton and Emmers awards returning. This year's slate includes an OT win over a Michigan team that was 1-13 last year and just lost to High Point. Last year weby mountainred - Other Sports
Re: Cornell Lax vs Canisius 3/4/14 - 10 years ago
19-6 final. The Big Red emptied the bench for the entire 4th quarter.by mountainred - Other Sports
Re: Cornell @ Michigan MLax - the game - 10 years ago
ithacat billhoward ithacat If Andy doesn't hire a talented coach the program is going to fall mightily. DeLuca was not recruiting well and team has shown that by struggling to beat two of the weakest teams in the country, and has its hands full with Michigan. First, aren't Cornell fans supposed to run Bill Courtney out of town before turning on Matt Kerwick? We're jumping the gun. Second, we knewby mountainred - Other Sports
Re: 2013-2014 Basketball - 10 years ago
billhoward You know the joke, " ... there's got to be a pony here somewhere." I'd be happy if we can find a Shetland in there somewhere.by mountainred - Other Sports
Re: 2013-2014 Basketball - 10 years ago
billhoward Small consolation: We played two overtime games (lost). We played one 1-point game (SIE, lost*). We played a 3-point game (Dartmouth, won). We played one 4-point game (Yale, lost). We led Syracuse 'til midway into the second half. We kept #3 Louisville from doubling (99-54). Only one team managed triple figures (Notre Dame). We have the rare chance for a weekend home sweep of leaby mountainred - Other Sports
Re: 2013-2014 Basketball - 10 years ago
That RPI uptick is purely a factor of playing RPI #60 Harvard. Despite the name, realtime RPI hasn't taken the Dartmouth game into account yet. What's harder to explain is how our KenPom ranking went up (granted from #336 to #333) after the loss at Dartmouth.by mountainred - Other Sports
Re: Cornell @ Michigan MLax - 10 years ago
Maybe we're betting they will be the next Denver, so we get on the ground floor for a "rivalry" that will help the SOS? Or perhaps we really wanted to get another indoor game that we were sure would be played regardless of the weather? I know Maryland is making a trip up there in a few weeks, but that could have been arranged after the Turtles agreed to jump to the big ten.by mountainred - Other Sports
Re: 2013-2014 Basketball - 10 years ago
We've never been a basketball power, true, but historically the league conceded that title to the Penn/Princeton winner, so you can say that about the other six schools. Other than a span in the early 70's when we may have had the worst program in the nation, we've been fairly competitive in the Ivies. Not the P's, but not nearly as bad as Dartmouth or Columbia. Generally, you'd find the Big Rby mountainred - Other Sports
Re: General 2013-14 Wrestling thread - 10 years ago
Cornell finishes its dual season with a 28-19 win over Hofstra. Only three of CU's regular starters competed (Jace, JAP, and Nahshon) and all won comfortably.by mountainred - Other Sports
Re: 2013-2014 Basketball - 10 years ago
ugarte ugarte Cornell can't buy a bucket in OT and just got a terrible call against them in OT on what was a clean block. Down 1, 2:36 to go. AND THEN THE RAINS CAME It all went south in a hurry, Cornell went down by 8 and ended up losing by six after a meaningless basket at the buzzer. They played a pretty decent second half (didn't see the first) and really had a chance to win. Cressler,by mountainred - Other Sports
Re: 2013-2014 Basketball - 10 years ago
Cherry has a career night (29 points), but it isn't nearly enough: Yale 82 Cornell 65.by mountainred - Other Sports
Re: 2013-2014 Basketball - 10 years ago
ugarte Jordan 04 Beating an undefeated #1 on the road may not save Donahue's job, but it's a nice night for him. Came here to write the same thing. Good for him. A little to this party myself, but I'm happy for Steve.by mountainred - Other Sports
Re: 2013-2014 Basketball - over at BC - 10 years ago
ugarte Columbia is in double OT with Harvard. Didn't see that coming. Did you see the call that sent it to double OT? Rosenberg is called for a charge that wipes out the apparent game winner with two seconds left. If Columbia had fans, there would have been a riot.by mountainred - Other Sports
Re: 2013-2014 Basketball - over at BC - 10 years ago
In better news, the Big Red their first D1 game. 70-67 over Dartmouth. Cornell loses a 15 point second half lead, but I will take it.by mountainred - Other Sports
Re: 2013-2014 Basketball - over at BC - 10 years ago
scoop85 ugarte billhoward Boston College and Steve Donahue made #2 on the ESPN highlights playing a day later at Georgia Tech (snow). BC goes up 71-70 with :03 to play, Donahue calls time out to settle his team (Tech has none), lets Tech score a long trey to win. BC falls to 6-18. Wow. That's almost a firing offense right there (unless he was worried that his team was about to get a technical).by mountainred - Other Sports
Re: 2013-2014 Basketball - 10 years ago
Princeton was desperate and a bad match-up. The 2009 champs lost in Jadwin by 20. Ken Pomeroy still gives Cornell a 77% chance of winning a league game and our best opportunity is Friday night at home versus Dartmouth. The Big Green stunned Penn and Princeton two weeks ago, but came back to earth a bit with double digit home losses to Brown and Yale this weekend.by mountainred - Other Sports