Hey,
Didn't see this thread started yet.
Here is the schedule that I have been able to gather so far. Please let me know if there is any other games and times out there yet. Thanks and GBR!
Date Away Home Time
7-Nov Cornell Kent State 7:00 PM
9-Nov Cornell Illinois State 2:00 PM
13-Nov Cornell Lafayette 6:00 PM
18-Nov Army Cornell 8:00 PM
20-Nov Colgate Cornell 7:00 PM
26- Nov Misercordia Cornell 12:00 PM
30-Nov Cornell Bucknell 1:00 PM
2-Dec Cornell George Mason TBD
3-Dec Cornell Towson TBD
7-Dec Cornell Samford 7:00 PM
29-Dec Cornell Michigan State TBD
2-Jan Alfred State Cornell 2:00 PM
5-Jan Columbia Cornell 5:00 PM
17-Jan Cornell Yale 2:00 PM
19-Jan Cornell Brown 2:00 PM
24-Jan Cornell Harvard 2:00 PM
30-Jan Princeton Cornel 6:00 PM
31-Jan Penn Cornell 6:00 PM
7-Feb Cornell Columbia 2:00 PM
13-Feb Cornell Princeton 7:00 PM
14-Feb Cornell Penn 6:00 PM
21-Feb Harvard Cornell 2:00 PM
27-Feb Yale Cornell 6:00 PM
28-Feb Brown Cornell 5:00 PM
7-Mar Cornell Dartmouth 2:00 PM
We any good this year?
Yeah, I'd say one of the better shooting teams in the country. Will outpace other teams, issue will be size given that the 6'9+ guys aren't filled out weight wise. Big loss losing Okereke to Vanderbilt (early graduation) and Ragland Jr. to graduation. Used the portal for a forward from Valpo. The team should be good enough to compete in the Ivy and the silver lining is that the Ivy Madness Tournament is in Ithaca this year. Think the 4 teams that make it are Yale, Penn, Cornell and Harvard/Princeton but just a guess.
I'm less confident, I just hope we can sneak our way into Ivy madness after losing so many key pieces. Noard isn't a guy that I see being able to take on most of the volume scoring that we're losing from Naz, AK, etc so I think we're gonna need to see some other guys step it up. If Beccles can become a bona fide point guard or Hinton can become a 10/5/5 guy with good defense I love our odds though.
Didn't know about the Michigan state game, that's exciting.
Quote from: chimpfoodI'm less confident, I just hope we can sneak our way into Ivy madness after losing so many key pieces. Noard isn't a guy that I see being able to take on most of the volume scoring that we're losing from Naz, AK, etc so I think we're gonna need to see some other guys step it up. If Beccles can become a bona fide point guard or Hinton can become a 10/5/5 guy with good defense I love our odds though.
Didn't know about the Michigan state game, that's exciting.
We're really falling into the "ivy madness" marketing, eh? The ILT does seem all that, but what do I know?
Quote from: RichHQuote from: chimpfoodI'm less confident, I just hope we can sneak our way into Ivy madness after losing so many key pieces. Noard isn't a guy that I see being able to take on most of the volume scoring that we're losing from Naz, AK, etc so I think we're gonna need to see some other guys step it up. If Beccles can become a bona fide point guard or Hinton can become a 10/5/5 guy with good defense I love our odds though.
Didn't know about the Michigan state game, that's exciting.
We're really falling into the "ivy madness" marketing, eh? The ILT does seem all that, but what do I know?
I hope not. There is no need to give a small conference post-season tournament, which are as common as crabgrass, a cute brand. And I like Ivy hoops!
The cupboard isn't bare, but the losses from last year are pretty significant. I agree that a top four finish is doable and since the tournament is at Newman, who knows? But we're talking a 15-11 kind of season, not 20 wins, unless the newcomers are really good.
Cornell receives a 2026 basketball commitment. Trey Williams, Loyola Academy IL, 6'3 180lbs PG.
Agreed 3rd or 4th place would be a successful season IMO
Quote from: Ken711Cornell receives a 2026 basketball commitment. Trey Williams, Loyola Academy IL, 6'3 180lbs PG.
We're good at finding guards, not as successful with big men.
Quote from: scoop85Quote from: Ken711Cornell receives a 2026 basketball commitment. Trey Williams, Loyola Academy IL, 6'3 180lbs PG.
We're goid at finding guards, not as successful with big men.
Agreed, that's been the case for a long time. Hopefully, they are targeting a few in this class.
The issue with the bigs are that they pick up 6'10+ guys that weigh 200 pounds soaking wet and they don't fill out in size and muscle. They should recruit based on current frame and not projected muscle and size.
Wouldn't those big guys already be going to bigger programs at that point?
Quote from: underskillWouldn't those big guys already be going to bigger programs at that point?
There will also be the risk as in any position, to lose them to bigger programs as happened with Yale losing center Danny Wolf to Michigan.
I rather have guys that are undersized as a center 6'7-6'9 but filled out and can guard 4's and 5's and transfers out after 1-2 years than 6'10+ that don't play for 3-4 years and never get to fill out. When Jeff Foote led the 2010 team to the Sweet 16 he was 7'0 245lbs. Don't think Cornell has had a big like that since. Rather play at a slower pace with the shooting Cornell has between Noard and Fiegan with a filled out big than with guys who can move faster paced but can't rebound/score.
Quote from: CornellLonghornI rather have guys that are undersized as a center 6'7-6'9 but filled out and can guard 4's and 5's and transfers out after 1-2 years than 6'10+ that don't play for 3-4 years and never get to fill out. When Jeff Foote led the 2010 team to the Sweet 16 he was 7'0 245lbs. Don't think Cornell has had a big like that since. Rather play at a slower pace with the shooting Cornell has between Noard and Fiegan with a filled out big than with guys who can move faster paced but can't rebound/score.
Cornell has never had a center with the size of Jeff Foote before or after him. It was a nice run while he was here.
Quote from: Ken711Quote from: CornellLonghornI rather have guys that are undersized as a center 6'7-6'9 but filled out and can guard 4's and 5's and transfers out after 1-2 years than 6'10+ that don't play for 3-4 years and never get to fill out. When Jeff Foote led the 2010 team to the Sweet 16 he was 7'0 245lbs. Don't think Cornell has had a big like that since. Rather play at a slower pace with the shooting Cornell has between Noard and Fiegan with a filled out big than with guys who can move faster paced but can't rebound/score.
Cornell has never had a center with the size of Jeff Foote before or after him. It was a nice run while he was here.
Cornell didn't have a center the size of Jeff Foote when Jeff Foote tranferred in. He spent his transfer year alternating between lavage and the weight room.
So in November and December (so far) we play 8 games, 7 of which are on the road?
Schedule just dropped, only having two home non-conference games is brutal (no offense to Alfred State and Misericordia, whatever the hell that is, but they don't count)
https://cornellbigred.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule/2025-26
Quote from: chimpfood on September 29, 2025, 02:51:31 PMSchedule just dropped, only having two home non-conference games is brutal (no offense to Alfred State and Misericordia, whatever the hell that is, but they don't count)
https://cornellbigred.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule/2025-26
Actually it's 4, not 2. Colgate and Army are non-conference, too.
And Misericordia is a tiny D-III college outside Wilkes-Barre, PA.
Quote from: Jeff Hopkins '82 on September 29, 2025, 05:47:16 PMQuote from: chimpfood on September 29, 2025, 02:51:31 PMSchedule just dropped, only having two home non-conference games is brutal (no offense to Alfred State and Misericordia, whatever the hell that is, but they don't count)
https://cornellbigred.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule/2025-26
Actually it's 4, not 2. Colgate and Army are non-conference, too.
And Misericordia is a tiny D-III college outside Wilkes-Barre, PA.
Right, I wasn't counting the D3 games because I can go to Ithaca high school and catch a more interesting basketball game. I'll still probably go to those though because I'm a sicko.
Quote from: chimpfood on September 29, 2025, 06:34:14 PMQuote from: Jeff Hopkins '82 on September 29, 2025, 05:47:16 PMQuote from: chimpfood on September 29, 2025, 02:51:31 PMSchedule just dropped, only having two home non-conference games is brutal (no offense to Alfred State and Misericordia, whatever the hell that is, but they don't count)
https://cornellbigred.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule/2025-26
Actually it's 4, not 2. Colgate and Army are non-conference, too.
And Misericordia is a tiny D-III college outside Wilkes-Barre, PA.
Right, I wasn't counting the D3 games because I can go to Ithaca high school and catch a more interesting basketball game. I'll still probably go to those though because I'm a sicko.
Aaaaahhhhh. Now I understand.
To be fair, I went to one BBall game in my 4 years, so no Bball game is truly interesting to me.
Four co-captains (https://cornellbigred.com/news/2025/10/9/mens-basketball-baldwin-nixon-noard-named-2025-26-mens-basketball-captains.aspx), all seniors: Josh Baldwin, Jake Fiegen, DJ Nix and Cooper Noard.
"But wait!," I hear you saying. "Fiegen is a junior." Alas, no, he has reclassified as a senior and I guess that means we're going to lose him a year early, a la Okereke.
Quote from: ugarte on October 10, 2025, 03:14:28 PMFour co-captains (https://cornellbigred.com/news/2025/10/9/mens-basketball-baldwin-nixon-noard-named-2025-26-mens-basketball-captains.aspx), all seniors: Josh Baldwin, Jake Fiegen, DJ Nix and Cooper Noard.
"But wait!," I hear you saying. "Fiegen is a junior." Alas, no, he has reclassified as a senior and I guess that means we're going to lose him a year early, a la Okereke.
Ivy League basketball continues to be a feeder conference for the power conferences. It doesn't have to be this way. We have the richest alumni. The only real impediment to us being nationally competitive is the Ivy League leadership who refuses to get with the times.
Any chance that the Ivy wakes up and changes their antiquated rules. With the power of our alumni-base things hopefully will change.
Manon made his NBA debut with the lakers last night. First since Foote I believe.
That's correct. And before Jeff, you really need the Wayback Machine.
The preseason poll (https://cornellbigred.com/news/2025/10/23/mens-basketball-chosen-third-in-ivy-league-preseason-media-poll.aspx) has Cornell picked 3rd, just behind Harvard. Yale is the unanimous pick to win, and Columbia is a distant 8th.
Alumni in the pros... Chris Manon made his NBA debut with the Lakers.
what's up with not playing Syracuse this year? Since I started watching in '84, I'm guessing there have been only a couple of seasons that we didn't play.
Quote from: Mr. Niss on October 31, 2025, 09:34:33 PMwhat's up with not playing Syracuse this year? Since I started watching in '84, I'm guessing there have been only a couple of seasons that we didn't play.
whoa. maybe post-boeheim the new coach wasn't interested in continuing.
Quote from: scoop85 on September 18, 2025, 12:08:42 PMQuote from: Ken711Cornell receives a 2026 basketball commitment. Trey Williams, Loyola Academy IL, 6'3 180lbs PG.
We're good at finding guards, not as successful with big men.
I was in the same class as John Bajusz and I recall thinking that he's really good but really good 6'2" guys are easy. Find a really good 6'8" guy then you have something.
Quote from: arugula on November 01, 2025, 11:08:46 AMQuote from: scoop85 on September 18, 2025, 12:08:42 PMQuote from: Ken711Cornell receives a 2026 basketball commitment. Trey Williams, Loyola Academy IL, 6'3 180lbs PG.
We're good at finding guards, not as successful with big men.
Yale has excelled over the past 10 years in bringing in talented big men, which explains their recent success.
I was in the same class as John Bajusz and I recall thinking that he's really good but really good 6'2" guys are easy. Find a really good 6'8" guy then you have something.
There was a seven-year stretch of no games 1994-2000. https://cornellbigred.com/sports/mens-basketball/opponent-history/syracuse-university/38
With the season starting this weekend, why not drop a quick summary of the men's team.
I thought Jon Jaques did a really nice job in his first season as coach last year. Cornell was the clear second best team in the league, unfortunately Yale was even more clearly the best. Two of the losses to the Elis were close, but they won all three. Now, Jon has go without his three best players.
But, there is still some talent. That talent is mainly in the back court. Senior Cooper Noard toyed with the transfer portal, but returned. He's a skilled shooter and the computer models have him as the likely leading scorer this season. Jake Fiegan, who reclassified so this is his last year with Cornell (ugh), would be my pick as the best all around player; he's efficient with the ball and a good defender. I'm going to be glass half-full and be thankful he didn't enter the portal this past off season. Junior Jacob Beccles is electric with the ball and more of a true point than the other two guards. I'm a fan, but the first game notes don't list him as a "potential starter" for whatever that's worth. Instead it lists senior Adam Hinton. Adam started to earn more PT last year and was solid, but my money says Jacob gets more minutes over the course of the season. Sophomores Anthony Nimani and Gioacchino Panzini got the most minutes as frosh last year, and flashed some skill, but did not play enough to really know. Last year's freshman weren't much of a factor. Senior Josh Baldwin is a wild card. I've liked him when he's played, but he cannot stay healthy. There is also Juco transfer DaMaryon Fishburn.
The issue, as everyone on this board has noted, is the front court. Gone are Ragland and Okereke. The games notes list senior DJ Nix and Junior transfer Kaspar Sepp as the starting forwards. Nix was a highly-regarded recruit who has not developed as I had hoped. He's athletic, but has struggled with his shot and Jacques barely used him in last year's ILT. But if he puts it together, he could have a huge year. Sepp is a transfer from Valpo. He started two years there, averaging 4 points and 5 rebounds. The Big Red will be leaning on him to save us on the glass. Maybe the WSU transfer AJ LeBeau asserts himself, but he was relegated to the deep bench last year. I can see a lot of four and five guard sets in our future, but three years ago did anyone see Okereke exploding? Put your hand down, you did not. I have no idea what to expect with the freshman, but none are coming in with Shonn Miller like reviews.
The league is in flux, really good players departed all over the place. Yale is a heavy favorite, then basically who knows? Cornell was picked third by the official poll; Kenpom says Cornell and Brown tie for third at 7-7; Bart Torvik says third in a tie with Brown and Princeton. All of them have Harvard second. As you will hear a ton, the ILT is at Newman so the guys have have to finish 4th. I don't think Cornell has the firepower to beat Yale over a 14 game stretch. But they can win two home games.
This weekend is a pair of challenging midwest road games @ Kent St and @Illinois St. A split would be fantastic. Then five winnable games to close out November. We will know a lot more after Thanksgiving.
Sorry for going on so long. Hope this helps.
never apologize!
Love the preview. Another name I would throw in there is Mateen Rafiq, he was in the rotation before his injury last year.
I agree on Beccles, I think he'll start most games for us. It feels like Hinton will foul out any time he plays more than 15 minutes per game. Plus I think a typical point guard works well with the offense we run, and it feels like similar guys like Naz or Dean Noll in the past have really been the heart of the offense.
If Nix and LaBeau really are starting every game at forward and center it's gonna be a long season. They are fine role players but you can't go anywhere with them getting big minutes every game. I do think that the way we play lets us get away with not having size so I'm curious how small we go at times with absolutely no depth of big men.
If Sepp, Fishburn, and a freshman or two step up it seems like we have a pretty high ceiling, especially if Baldwin can finally contribute as well.
The top of our lineup seems like a very likable team so I'm excited to watch this year, don't get me started on the white boys with mullets on the back of the bench though.
Good call on Rafiq, I completely forgot about him! He was the first frosh to play in game 1. Thought he looked good, but so hard to tell against a D3 opponent.
24/7 lists Nix as the best prospect (https://247sports.com/college/cornell/sport/basketball/alltimerecruits/)Cornell landed in 20 years. Better than anyone on the 2010 crew, Matt Morgan, Shonn Miller, anyone. That should mean something, but if you look at the rest of their top 10, it probably doesn't. FYI next year recruit Ryan Burbach is 4th on their list.
At worst, the guys will play entertaining, if occasionally frustrating, ball and be around .500. If Jon hits on a couple of recruits, it could be better. If he doesn't, next year could be tough. But I will worry about that later.
Quote from: mountainred on November 05, 2025, 07:13:11 PMGood call on Rafiq, I completely forgot about him! He was the first frosh to play in game 1. Thought he looked good, but so hard to tell against a D3 opponent.
24/7 lists Nix as the best prospect (https://247sports.com/college/cornell/sport/basketball/alltimerecruits/)Cornell landed in 20 years. Better than anyone on the 2010 crew, Matt Morgan, Shonn Miller, anyone. That should mean something, but if you look at the rest of their top 10, it probably doesn't. FYI next year recruit Ryan Burbach is 4th on their list.
At worst, the guys will play entertaining, if occasionally frustrating, ball and be around .500. If Jon hits on a couple of recruits, it could be better. If he doesn't, next year could be tough. But I will worry about that later.
Burbach is a freshman this year.
Red started down 3-12, came back to tie at 55 but late 3-pointer gave Kent State 58-55 lead at the half.
Adam Hinton, where have you been all my life?
Of course, we come out of the half cold.
I'm mad because hockey won so this is a pretty fun one to laugh at. Giving up 110 to Kent state is absurd, but on the bright side we scored over 100. Not a great result but some of the guys looked great tonight and nothing really matters until league play anyway
Also no Fiegen?
Fiegen is injured. Was impressed with 2nd half comeback against a really good Kent State team. The 3 straight turnovers in the last 2 minutes really hurt. As per usual wish we had more size.
Kid from Valpo didn't have a great game, especially down the stretch. Hope for better.
Kent State shot well from three, which was not supposed to be their thing. We might have won that game had their shooting been closer to expectations. The kid Safford who was great is a sixth-year senior.
Meanwhile, Princeton getting destroyed by Akron, picked #1 in that conference (Kent State picked #3).
can't win games against comparable/better teams, especially on the road, if you can't make free throws
wasn't expecting a road win out of this pair, though it would be nice. i appreciate a tough but competitive schedule to start the season. we aren't in the running for an at-large bid, so may as well schedule tough games. cute bit of scheduling to have the guys play Alfred to salve the wounds after traveling to East Lansing for a beatdown.
Doesn't look like we schedule road games for seniors (if we ever did). SIU is a 5+ hour drive from Noard and Feigen's hometowns north of Chicago. Nothing near LA (Hinton), NC (Nix), Idaho (LaBeau) or Utah (Zentner).
Cornell is not going to win often when they shoot 6-31 from behind the arc.
Still, two competitive games against good opponents and without a key player. Hope Fiegen is back this week and makes a difference. He should.
Lafayette and Army are games the Big Red should win.
@Lafayette tonight in ~20 minutes.
Quote from: ugarte on November 13, 2025, 05:37:01 PM@Lafayette tonight in ~20 minutes.
kind of a sloppy start and not shooting well. despite that, only down 22-21 at the 8 minute time out.
Quote from: ugarte on November 13, 2025, 06:29:46 PMQuote from: ugarte on November 13, 2025, 05:37:01 PM@Lafayette tonight in ~20 minutes.
kind of a sloppy start and not shooting well. despite that, only down 22-21 at the 8 minute time out.
Good run out of the break, Lafayette came back to tie it but Noard hit a three at exactly the 4 minute mark to go up 34-31 at the break.
I'm sorry but this Estonian dude fucking blows.
On a more positive note, Beccles is doing a great job of getting penetration, drawing 2, then moving the ball and not being selfish forcing a shot. Also Hinton is doing good at getting to the line which we always struggle with.
Quote from: ugarte on November 13, 2025, 06:42:37 PMQuote from: ugarte on November 13, 2025, 06:29:46 PMQuote from: ugarte on November 13, 2025, 05:37:01 PM@Lafayette tonight in ~20 minutes.
kind of a sloppy start and not shooting well. despite that, only down 22-21 at the 8 minute time out.
Good run out of the break, Lafayette came back to tie it but Noard hit a three at exactly the 4 minute mark to go up 34-31 at the break.
Nice run to stretch the Cornell lead to 8 before a running layup by Lafayette at the end of the half cut it to 6.
12-4 Cornell run to start the second half forces a Lafayette timeout before the first break. Cornell 58-44.
Noard is unreal. We're lucky he stayed.
Quote from: chimpfood on November 13, 2025, 07:19:13 PMNoard is unreal. We're lucky he stayed.
yeah running away now - Noard drive and dish to Hinton on the perimeter has Cornell up 78-59 with 9:09 remaining.
Very refreshing and encouraging win. This team can contend in the Ivy if we play like we did tonight. Although Yale has looked unreal so far this year.
My look at Yale's schedule led me to believe that, other than a game against Alabama, they play nobody. KenPom has them losing only the Alabama game. Not sure not challenging your team is great scheduling.
Quote from: Mr. Niss on November 13, 2025, 08:27:49 PMMy look at Yale's schedule led me to believe that, other than a game against Alabama, they play nobody. KenPom has them losing only the Alabama game. Not sure not challenging your team is great scheduling.
Harvard does the same as Yale when it comes to football. Their out of conference scheduling is very weak. I guess they like the wins and confidence building it gives them.
Also a lot of larger schools just won't schedule basketball games against mid majors that they think they might lose against, hell we've seen it ourselves over the past couple of years.
Quote from: chimpfood on November 14, 2025, 12:42:31 PMAlso a lot of larger schools just won't schedule basketball games against mid majors that they think they might lose against, hell we've seen it ourselves over the past couple of years.
The Yale coach was complaining about that in a preseason article.
The University of New Haven just went DI in all sports and they hosted Penn State in their campus gym, which seats less than 1,000. The Penn State coach was willing to come there to help promote their program, but in return, UNH has to play at Penn State the next three years and won't receive any money for coming.
Quote from: dbilmes on November 14, 2025, 03:06:11 PMQuote from: chimpfood on November 14, 2025, 12:42:31 PMAlso a lot of larger schools just won't schedule basketball games against mid majors that they think they might lose against, hell we've seen it ourselves over the past couple of years.
The Yale coach was complaining about that in a preseason article.
The University of New Haven just went DI in all sports and they hosted Penn State in their campus gym, which seats less than 1,000. The Penn State coach was willing to come there to help promote their program, but in return, UNH has to play at Penn State the next three years and won't receive any money for coming.
Honestly not a terrible deal?
Quote from: ugarte on November 14, 2025, 04:30:40 PMQuote from: dbilmes on November 14, 2025, 03:06:11 PMQuote from: chimpfood on November 14, 2025, 12:42:31 PMAlso a lot of larger schools just won't schedule basketball games against mid majors that they think they might lose against, hell we've seen it ourselves over the past couple of years.
The Yale coach was complaining about that in a preseason article.
The University of New Haven just went DI in all sports and they hosted Penn State in their campus gym, which seats less than 1,000. The Penn State coach was willing to come there to help promote their program, but in return, UNH has to play at Penn State the next three years and won't receive any money for coming.
Honestly not a terrible deal?
Terrible for Yale?
Quote from: ugarte on November 14, 2025, 04:30:40 PMQuote from: dbilmes on November 14, 2025, 03:06:11 PMQuote from: chimpfood on November 14, 2025, 12:42:31 PMAlso a lot of larger schools just won't schedule basketball games against mid majors that they think they might lose against, hell we've seen it ourselves over the past couple of years.
The Yale coach was complaining about that in a preseason article.
The University of New Haven just went DI in all sports and they hosted Penn State in their campus gym, which seats less than 1,000. The Penn State coach was willing to come there to help promote their program, but in return, UNH has to play at Penn State the next three years and won't receive any money for coming.
Honestly not a terrible deal?
Quote from: marty on November 14, 2025, 06:47:18 PMQuote from: ugarte on November 14, 2025, 04:30:40 PMQuote from: dbilmes on November 14, 2025, 03:06:11 PMQuote from: chimpfood on November 14, 2025, 12:42:31 PMAlso a lot of larger schools just won't schedule basketball games against mid majors that they think they might lose against, hell we've seen it ourselves over the past couple of years.
The Yale coach was complaining about that in a preseason article.
The University of New Haven just went DI in all sports and they hosted Penn State in their campus gym, which seats less than 1,000. The Penn State coach was willing to come there to help promote their program, but in return, UNH has to play at Penn State the next three years and won't receive any money for coming.
Honestly not a terrible deal?
Terrible for Yale?
Yale can now tell potential recruits that they'll get to play in a big arena with a ton of fans as opposed to going and playing western Connecticut in front of 200 people. It's not the end all-be all but it helps. Similar to Cornell hockey playing at msg.
Quote from: CU2007 on November 14, 2025, 07:28:02 PMQuote from: ugarte on November 14, 2025, 04:30:40 PMQuote from: dbilmes on November 14, 2025, 03:06:11 PMQuote from: chimpfood on November 14, 2025, 12:42:31 PMAlso a lot of larger schools just won't schedule basketball games against mid majors that they think they might lose against, hell we've seen it ourselves over the past couple of years.
The Yale coach was complaining about that in a preseason article.
The University of New Haven just went DI in all sports and they hosted Penn State in their campus gym, which seats less than 1,000. The Penn State coach was willing to come there to help promote their program, but in return, UNH has to play at Penn State the next three years and won't receive any money for coming.
Honestly not a terrible deal?
Quote from: marty on November 14, 2025, 06:47:18 PMQuote from: ugarte on November 14, 2025, 04:30:40 PMQuote from: dbilmes on November 14, 2025, 03:06:11 PMQuote from: chimpfood on November 14, 2025, 12:42:31 PMAlso a lot of larger schools just won't schedule basketball games against mid majors that they think they might lose against, hell we've seen it ourselves over the past couple of years.
The Yale coach was complaining about that in a preseason article.
The University of New Haven just went DI in all sports and they hosted Penn State in their campus gym, which seats less than 1,000. The Penn State coach was willing to come there to help promote their program, but in return, UNH has to play at Penn State the next three years and won't receive any money for coming.
Honestly not a terrible deal?
Terrible for Yale?
Yale can now tell potential recruits that they'll get to play in a big arena with a ton of fans as opposed to going and playing western Connecticut in front of 200 people. It's not the end all-be all but it helps. Similar to Cornell hockey playing at msg.
I meant for UNH as a new D1 team. Tougher sell for Yale.
Cooper Noard receives Ivy Player of the Week is #2 in scoring in the country.
Has the start of the game been delayed? Or is this typical ESPN+ difficulties?
(edit: now ESPN+ saying the game starts at 8:30 ...?)
10-19 from the free throw line is nauseating. Tough for an Ivy League team to compete against the big boys when you can't shoot free throws.
Sepp still sucks unfortunately. Everyone who is playing well is small. It was good to see Rafiq get out there finally and he turned it on. Overall just glad to be back in Newman and get out of there with a win
ask SU what happens when you cant make Fts. Maybe it was a CNY thing last night
We have so many nice pieces that it's frustrating we don't have real quality bigs. Colgate comes in tomorrow with a 6'8" freshman, Andrew Alekseyenko, who we offered. He's averaging over 15 PPG and is exactly the kind of player we seem to be missing out on in recruiting the past few years.
Tonight should be a good test. Much better Patriot League team than the guys have played so far. KenPom says Cornell is a 2pt favorite, though Vegas seems to say the Big Red by 4.5. You have to think the Raiders will try to exploit the Big Red's interior and Jon has only had one practice to prepare.
I think once the Ivy season starts we should probably break up the thread by weekend (even though we don't have the old hockey scheduling anymore). But here we go against Colgate.
Feigen is back. 9-9 at the first break.
24 is a problem. He's extremely sloppy with the ball, repeatedly. Not sure I understand why he's on the court so much other than that these are "preseason" games and Jon's getting a look at a bunch of guys.
Noard with a corner 3 with 4 seconds on the clock to send it to OT. Great shooting down the stretch to close the gap. Free throw shooting problems somewhat eased by excellent rebounding.
Going to double OT after Noard makes an ill advised pass that leads to Colgate's tying basket. Some great plays mixed with plenty of gaffes.
This game should have been over in the first OT. Way too sloppy with the ball and then 5 dribbles into no man's land and pulls a Carmelo Anthony by holding the ball and holding the ball until the only alternative is a ridiculous heave.
Noard fouled taking a 3 with 2.5 left, down 1. Hits 2 of 3.
Colgate misses the buzzer beater from half court and Cornell survives, 95-94 in 2OT.
LGR
Quote from: ugarte on November 20, 2025, 09:50:38 PMNoard fouled taking a 3 with 2.5 left, down 1. Hits 2 of 3.
Colgate misses the buzzer beater from half court and Cornell survives.
LGR
After all that was let go previously, seemed a bit of a soft call on Noard's shot. If I were a Colgate fan I'd be a bit ticked off.
Quote from: scoop85 on November 20, 2025, 09:51:59 PMQuote from: ugarte on November 20, 2025, 09:50:38 PMNoard fouled taking a 3 with 2.5 left, down 1. Hits 2 of 3.
Colgate misses the buzzer beater from half court and Cornell survives.
LGR
After all that was let go previously, seemed a bit of a soft call on Noard's shot. If I were a Colgate fan I'd be a bit ticked off.
They reviewed it. For a long time. Looked like the kid hit Noard's arm. Noard called for it immediately. That's gonna get called most of the time.
Kind of funny that the win over Colgate barely moved either of us in kenpom. Not a surprise that they are still 10 slots ahead of us since the model apparently predicted a 2 point home win for us and we won by 1.
Extremely exciting game. Going from freezing outside watching soccer dominate to coming into the warm gym to watch this thriller made for a perfect Thursday night.
Noard had some moments today that got on my nerves. Terrible body language and fussing when he wasn't getting the ball and it also seemed like he was chasing stats, taking rebounds out of teammates hands at points. He redeemed it all with that shot to end regulation, then blew it in the first OT, then won it for us in 2OT. No doubt he's got talent, but he's gotta be a teammate first. Live by the Noard, die by the Noard.
Looks like Sepp and Fishburn played themselves out of the circle of trust.
I loved what I saw from Nimani, super tenacious on D and getting some stuff going offensively. It's also massive to have Fiegen back, he's our best all around player.
The end of the game was interesting. Running 4 guards plus Baldwin is weird but it worked for the most part. Baldwin had some sloppy turnovers today but also some massive blocks. Hopefully he can be a piece for us this year, but I don't think we can use him at center in most games.
Overall a very fun game, we're still feeling out our team which is what non con games are for. Great win!
It's a shame we haven't been able to recruit a quality big since Ragland (Okereke doesn't count since he fell into our laps), because we are going to be at a significant disadvantage against teams that have any semblance of quality size. Sepp is pretty meh, and the coaches evidently have little confidence in any of the other big guys on the roster if they're playing 6'5" Baldwin in the post. Not a recipe for real success.
I agree with Chimpfood that Nimani looks like a player. While Beccles had a decent stat line, I'm still waiting to see his game pop. At his best he should be close to what Cox provides for Colgate. Fiegen provided a big lift, and will only get better once he gets his game legs under him.
The team is exciting and infuriating, often within the same span of 30 seconds. Looks like we'll have a roller coaster ride with this squad; I think 8-6 in the Ivies is about our ceiling, which would hopefully be enough to get into the league tournament.
Quote from: scoop85 on November 21, 2025, 10:02:42 AMIt's a shame we haven't been able to recruit a quality big since Ragland (Okereke doesn't count since he fell into our laps), because we are going to be at a significant disadvantage against teams that have any semblance of quality size. Sepp is pretty meh, and the coaches evidently have little confidence in any of the other big guys on the roster if they're playing 6'5" Baldwin in the post. Not a recipe for real success.
I agree with Chimpfood that Nimani looks like a player. While Beccles had a decent stat line, I'm still waiting to see his game pop. At his best he should be close to what Cox provides for Colgate. Fiegen provided a big lift, and will only get better once he gets his game legs under him.
The team is exciting and infuriating, often within the same span of 30 seconds. Looks like we'll have a roller coaster ride with this squad; I think 8-6 in the Ivies is about our ceiling, which would hopefully be enough to get into the league tournament.
I was hoping the transfer AJ LaBeau would have had more of an impact. I agree on the lack of recruiting big men, I really hope Cornell is able to bring in some size in the front court.
Best misericordia but looks like Burbach tore his ACL. In other news, Sepp still sucks and Fiegen is still a baller.
I'm baffled at how the kid got on to the Valpo team.
Tidy 29 point win over an injury depleted Bucknell team that isn't great to begin with. Amazing we can win games without an effective player over 6'5"
Good showing today for sure. Noard is a special shooter, only major flaw in his game is that he can't create his own shot.
Sepp still sucks and I'm gonna keep saying it until he doesn't suck. It helps that Fiegen played serviceable D on one of Bucknell's big men today, that's big if we want to keep playing as small as we are.
Big test vs George Mason Tuesday.
Quote from: scoop85 on November 30, 2025, 04:59:08 PMTidy 29 point win over an injury depleted Bucknell team that isn't great to begin with. Amazing we can win games without an effective player over 6'5"
Not to insult a solid performance, but your first sentence kind of answers your second -- at least for Sunday. Still, good to see the guys take care of business.
The game I am curious about is Wednesday night. Towson is the opposite of Cornell. They play very slowly, don't go that deep, have a ton of height, don't shoot well, but rebound very well. It will be interesting to see how the guys adapt. I only wish it wasn't the night after another game.
11.5 dogs vs George Mason tonight.. Should be smaller dogs vs Towson.
Great start to this game. Beccles is out of control -- in a bad way. Too many turnovers, and he missed two FTs. But overall, we're hanging with this really good, much taller team.
42-40 GMU halftime
Please get Beccles off the court.
Hinton blows a dunk and next thing you know we're down 8. Jeezus.
Oh look, two more missed free throws and a turnover, and we go from being down 2 to about to go back down 8.
Boy did we ever S the bed. We had a good shot at this game, but the shoot ourselves in the foot better than we shoot free throws. Hopefully we have another run in us.
Bottom line on this one was the Patriots had too much height and got to the rim far too easily. George Mason could win the A-10, so this was always a longshot.
Sepp has taken a beating in this forum, but IMHO there are two starters who have been worse so far this year. At least this team has depth and can bring Fiegen and Baldwin (especially Fiegen) off the bench for quality minutes.
Untelevised.
Quote from: mike1960 on December 03, 2025, 07:12:30 PMUntelevised.
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Quote from: mountainred on December 03, 2025, 12:08:20 PMSepp has taken a beating in this forum, but IMHO there are two starters who have been worse so far this year. At least this team has depth and can bring Fiegen and Baldwin (especially Fiegen) off the bench for quality minutes.
Yeah I don't see it, he's dreadful.
How is it that a team that shoots 28% from 3 is 11 of 19 tonight? It's not like these shots are wide open. How does this seem to happen to us any time we play a decent team?
Tough game, a bounce back against samford is much needed
We need to euthanize Sepp dude.
Remarkable collapse. 63-48 to 67-67. Sack up and win this thing
Quote from: chimpfood on December 07, 2025, 07:06:28 PMWe need to euthanize Sepp dude.
Interesting I get so much heat on the hockey forum for being a passionate fan, given the things said in the basketball/football threads, as well as the constant negativity...
Bad loss, Samford was getting to the rim whenever they wanted in the second half. We're just too damn small.
Quote from: BearLover on December 07, 2025, 08:43:16 PMQuote from: chimpfood on December 07, 2025, 07:06:28 PMWe need to euthanize Sepp dude.
Interesting I get so much heat on the hockey forum for being a passionate fan, given the things said in the basketball/football threads, as well as the constant negativity...
lol are you a lawyer too
Heads need to roll.
I don't know whose. Maybe serve up an equipment manager. Three straight second-half collapses can't happen, especially the third one to an inferior team when we had a 15-point lead.
Yeah, that was a bad loss against a mediocre opponent. All in all, a very disappointing trip.
The rest of the non-conference schedule is: a d3 gimme, a very winnable game at Albany who still has not beaten a D1 opponent and the paycheck game at Michigan State.
This team's D is brutal. Rim protection is an issue, but we are also getting beaten off the dribble way too often.
Yes to both points and they get caught up double teams leading to open 3s from the opposing team. In other words not rotating off of the double teams to the open guy. On the other gambling on the doubling teams is a gamble worth taking when a team is undersized like this year's edition of the Big Red.
That too. The issue is, from looking at the numbers, we aren't generating enough turnovers off the double-teams. The last couple of Brian Earl teams were really good at forcing turnovers, though Manon and Gray were a big reason why.
A big second half results in a much needed 83-75 win at Albany today. Noard led the way with 25, going 5 for 6 from 3. Next up is the payday game at Michigan State, followed by a D3 game before the Ivy schedule begins. Unlike recent years we'll likely be underdogs in our 1st league game against Columbia, which will likely be 9-3 after losing to Cal today, but has some solid wins.
Thought I would share a look at the rest of the league. For dramatic purposes, teams are ordered along the pre-season poll.
1) Yale. The Bulldogs were the preseason favorite and have looked the part. Yale is 11-1; their only loss is to a good, but not great, URI squad. They don't have a WOW win (Akron's good, but they are still Akron). Maybe they get a win at Alabama on Monday. They have the league's best coach and the favorite for Ivy POY in Nick Townsend (the only returning member of last year's all-Ivy 1st team). Nick averaged 23 and 7 against the good guys last year. What's unusual is that they are doing this with offense and not defense; Yale is top five in three point percentage and free throw percentage, while the computers say their defense is below average. The Elis are close to a lock for the ILT.
2) Harvard. The Crimson have underwhelmed. Amaker's strength as a coach has always been recruiting. In the darkest timeline, the Crimson would have the last two ROY's and the odds on favorite for this year. In this timeline, Mack took his talents to G-town and 4 Star Elzie Harrington stayed on the west coast at San Diego St. What's left is effectively a six man team (they are bottom 20 in bench minutes) and the Crimson are just 6-7, with five of those wins against really bad teams. Sure, that squad has the reigning ROY in Hinton, and some good players in Pigge, Barbour and Batties, but they look flat. Still, that talented core will be a tough out on most nights.
3) Cornell. Still 3rd with the computers and will host the ILT. See the rest of this forum for details.
4) Princeton. If the Crimson have underwhelmed, the Tigers have seriously disappointed. Xaivian Lee took the money (rumored to be $5 Million+) and ran to Florida. Caden Pierce is taking the year off to graduate and chase his bag o' money next year. **Not a criticism, I'd avoid Princeton grads for free, let alone for a lot of cash.** Dalen Davis has been hurt. Princeton is 3-11 and has lost 8 straight. They have really struggled on offense as this is the worst shooting Princeton team I can remember. Otherwise, they look like your standard issue Princeton team; they play slow and hold teams to one shot. I've watched enough Ivy hoops that I'm not counting out the Tigers until they are formally eliminated -- no team plays the role of a cliched horror movie villain better -- but this looks like a lost season for the Tigers. Now watch them rise from their grave again.
5) Dartmouth. The Big Green finished a surprising 3rd last year, but team leader Ryan Cornish is gone (graduated and starting at USC). Brandon Mitchell-Day returns after being second team All-Ivy, along with two other senior starters, but whatever magic they had last year looks gone. The Big Green are 5-6 and coming off a terrible 22 point loss to Sacred Heart. Yeah, I didn't see Dartmouth making a run last year, but a repeat performance would stun me. Sure, Cornell may lose in Hanover, that's a Big Red tradition in all sports, but I don't see a repeat ILT appearance for a team that is sixth on both offense and defense according to the computers.
6. Brown. Keno Lilly and Aaron Cooley are gone, both of whom did the crazy thing of playing four years at the same school and graduating. Landon Lewis was hurt to start the season and has not yet gotten his game into gear. As a result, the Bears showcase the worst offense in the league and bottom 50 nationally. Mike Martin is a good coach, and his teams normally play great D, but that's too much to ask of any team. They are currently 5-7 and those wins are against teams that would finish last in the Ivies. Brown will, as always, win their share of rock fights and be a tough out every night. They also have one of the better freshman in starting freshman Isaiah Langham.
7. Penn. The Quakers are winning for new coach Fran McCaffery, but I'm still trying to figure what to make of them. They are 6-5 and playing exactly like a team that is on the fringe of the top 200. They are top 20 in three point shooting and bottom 40 in two point shooting. Most annoying is that they have a freshman center in Dalton Scantlebury who has looked pretty good.
8. Columbia. The league's surprise with a 9-3 record under new coach Kevin Hovde. Some of you may be thinking: "wait didn't they do that last year?" And you would be right. The Lions started 11-1, before finishing 1-13 in the league and firing Jim Engles. Like last year, the schedule this year has been bad. Shoot, last year they won at 'nova by 10, which is far more impressive win that this year's best, which is beating Hofstra at home by 2. (Not to say the Hofstra win wasn't a good one). But honestly, Cornell would be no worse than 8-4 against the Lions' schedule. Maybe things will be different with the new coach, or maybe we are seeing the same crappy schedule mirage. We will start to know January 5th when Columbia comes to Ithaca. Last year, Cornell opened up an early 17 point lead at Columbia and, despite some garbage time issues, cruised to a win. Then the wheels came off in NYC.
tl/dr -- Yale will make the ILT, 2-8 will be a logjam, and if Cornell can make the top 4, someone will have beat then in Newman to make the NCAA. And the Ivy's have one top 100 win so far -- Yale over Akron.
Was talking to another CU basketball fan and he told me Cornell has a surplus of 2s (Shooting guards) and 4s (Power Forwards) and no true point guard.
Beccles is a pretty true point guard but he can't play the whole game, and probably isn't good enough that we would want him to if he could. Not sure we have a surplus of power forwards, unless you count the benchwarmers. Nimani and Baldwin play as decent small forward types, center is really just the big whole. We have way too many guards and no size at all. We started 4 forwards last game. Michigan state will surely punish this.
Beccles is definitely a PG, but next down the list is ... Rafiq? According to KenPom, Baldwin gets the second most minutes at PG (not his best position) then Fishburne and Noard.
Nix is probably best suited for PF, but how many minutes can you give DJ? -- same with Sepp (who is way undersized at center). Everyone else is really is a SG, though Fiegen is skilled enough to play a smallish SF. This is only survivable playing the style we do, but it's limiting and exploitable.
Cannot see the guys staying with MSU.
Quote from: mountainred on December 29, 2025, 10:29:14 AMBeccles is definitely a PG, but next down the list is ... Rafiq? According to KenPom, Baldwin gets the second most minutes at PG (not his best position) then Fishburne and Noard.
Nix is probably best suited for PF, but how many minutes can you give DJ? -- same with Sepp (who is way undersized at center). Everyone else is really is a SG, though Fiegen is skilled enough to play a smallish SF. This is only survivable playing the style we do, but it's limiting and exploitable.
Cannot see the guys staying with MSU.
Agree that tonight could be ugly. While Colgate played the Spartans well (I think it was a 12 point game), the Raiders have a much better inside game with their stud freshman (who we'd offered), and we just don't match up against MSU's size at all.
Playing with house money. As long as we look competitive at some point I don't think I'll be too upset. Unless Sepp has another stinker.
Well this is a pleasant start
so far we've given away three points with missed free throws, not even 1/4 way through the game
Noard is a little too quick with the three.
MSU right on us so difficult to shoot threes.
Great half, we're playing our game. make free throws, stop fouling and we'll have a chance to win this
The story of this team. Great first half, destroyed in the second.
When hitting the 3s we can match up up but the defense is our Achilles heel-regardless of playing a Michigan or a Kent State.
I'm somewhat satisfied overall. The first half was obviously incredible. Second half we weren't getting any penetration and seemed to give up on cutting off-ball. As a result we chucked a lot of bad threes and missed them. The fouls were awful. I get being frustrated that Michigan State is constantly grabbing O boards over your head but you can't keep swiping at the ball after they have it if the refs are calling it every time. Luckily Ivy League refs let a lot go so I don't think this will be a major issue down the stretch.
Sepp had what must be one of the fastest foul outs ever but I didn't hate how he played when he was out there despite a pretty putrid stat line.
Baldwin played a great game today. It's so hard to play against a power school as an undersized center and he left it all out there on defense, and put up 10 points along the way.
Good games from Fiegen, Noard, Hinton, but everyone else seemed scared to shoot. Wonder if coach told them not to or if they just thought they should feed the stars against such a good team.
We scored the most points that Michigan state will let up all year so that is definitely a positive. Downsides were the fouling, defense, and second half offense. We need to be less slap happy on the ball and not just resort to chucking threes to try to get back into a game. And of course we are too small but there is nothing to do about that.
I'm somewhat encouraged overall. Let's crush Alfred state and then get a big first Ivy League win over Columbia.
We have Alfred State tripled up at halftime. They are 2-10 as a DIII school. Yikes
Quote from: chimpfood on January 02, 2026, 02:51:36 PMWe have Alfred State tripled up at halftime. They are 2-10 as a DIII school. Yikes
Final 133 - 65. A new all-time scoring record for the Big Red -- by 10 points.
Cornell has played Alfred State twice. This was the close game. I guess it was a workout, got some game time for the deep bench, and no one got hurt. Otherwise, on Monday it counts.
HS classmate of my son's got 13 minutes of run on a D-1 court so that's pretty cool.
Was curious how Brian Earl was doing at Willam & Mary this year, they're off to a 11-3 start.
Quote from: mountainred on January 02, 2026, 03:46:13 PMQuote from: chimpfood on January 02, 2026, 02:51:36 PMWe have Alfred State tripled up at halftime. They are 2-10 as a DIII school. Yikes
Final 133 - 65. A new all-time scoring record for the Big Red -- by 10 points.
Cornell has played Alfred State twice. This was the close game. I guess it was a workout, got some game time for the deep bench, and no one got hurt. Otherwise, on Monday it counts.
Up until recently, Alfred State was a 2-year school, basically my high school's 13th & 14th grades.
Quote from: mountainred on January 02, 2026, 03:46:13 PMQuote from: chimpfood on January 02, 2026, 02:51:36 PMWe have Alfred State tripled up at halftime. They are 2-10 as a DIII school. Yikes
Final 133 - 65. A new all-time scoring record for the Big Red -- by 10 points.
Cornell has played Alfred State twice. This was the close game. I guess it was a workout, got some game time for the deep bench, and no one got hurt. Otherwise, on Monday it counts.
The Gio kid looked pretty good today.
Get effing Beccles off the court already.
oh man. from 76-71 good guys when i turned it on to 88-78 bad guys in a heartbeat. 5:23 remaining.
Final is 104-99 Columbia. While we haven't been a strong defensive team the past several years, this year we are simply atrocious. I've posted previously that I think our ceiling is 8-6 in the league, and today's result doesn't change that prediction.
Nimani's absence was noticeable today. Saturday's game is as much of a must win as a game can be this early in the season.
Cornell's opponents know they drive right to the hoop. The lack of size was really telling in this game with Columbia denying inside shots especially in 2nd half. Give Columbia credit as they showed excellent spacing on offense. Yes need to win on Saturday against Dartmouth.
Dartmouth ran out to a big lead while I was watching wrestling but with the first three baskets out of halftime, Cornell is up 59-55.
And now down 14. Defense es no bueno.
102-91 final. Not remotely that close. Feigen with 33 and Noard with 20+.
D didn't have their leading scorer so... even worse than it looks.
Wrote a massive rant that got deleted when I accidentally left the page. Not even gonna bother rewriting it. Such a fucking embarrassing performance when we host Ivy madness this year. The system and the players suck, not much you can do with that.
The team can score but cannot defend to save their lives. 2 Ivy losses at home-cannot see this team making Ivy tornament.