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General Category => Other Sports => Topic started by: Beeeej on March 17, 2008, 05:54:08 PM

Title: ESPN Declares Cornell Among the "Hot" Teams in South Region
Post by: Beeeej on March 17, 2008, 05:54:08 PM
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/ncaatourney08/columns/story?columnist=katz_andy&id=3297826
Title: Re: ESPN Declares Cornell Among the "Hot" Teams in South Region
Post by: ugarte on March 17, 2008, 06:32:51 PM
And a glowing reference it is!

The better reference was
Quote from: That articleHIGHEST SAT/ACT SCORES
• It has to be Stanford versus Cornell. Maybe after the game the players should quiz each other.
Title: Re: ESPN Declares Cornell Among the "Hot" Teams in South Region
Post by: KeithK on March 17, 2008, 06:59:43 PM
[quote ugarte]And a glowing reference it is!

The better reference was
Quote from: That articleHIGHEST SAT/ACT SCORES
• It has to be Stanford versus Cornell. Maybe after the game the players should quiz each other.
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Heh!  A reference to Ivy League athletes being smart.  How original!
Title: Re: ESPN Declares Cornell Among the "Hot" Teams in South Region
Post by: mnagowski on March 17, 2008, 07:16:28 PM
http://sports.espn.go.com/broadband/video/video?id=3297858

Now if only Mr. Wittman knew the first name of our founding benefactor...
Title: Re: ESPN Declares Cornell Among the "Hot" Teams in South Region
Post by: cth95 on March 17, 2008, 07:40:53 PM
On one of the Sportcenter segments on ESPN Radio today, they were talking about the potential for interesting matchups.  After expressing disappointment that the Hansborough (sp?) brothers were not going to get to play against eachother, the committee was praised for pairing Cornell and Stanford to get the game leading to the most lawyers, doctors, and CEO's.
Title: Re: ESPN Declares Cornell Among the "Hot" Teams in South Region
Post by: Jeff Hopkins '82 on March 18, 2008, 08:23:07 AM
I find it instersting that we have two teams whose nicknames are colors.  It's common within the Ivies, but how often does it happen in the NC$$ tourney.