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Great win!  You can't count on a guy like Jaques suddenly getting hot, but when it's there it's there and they made it work.  Great team ball, better rebounding in the 2nd half, and POISE.  This is a team that knows how to win the close games - near-collapse last night notwithstanding.

The powers that be would never let it happen, but the preconference "body of work" of CU and Sucks makes a good case for a two-bid Ivy this year.

[quote Jim Hyla][quote MOBalum]And similarly, hockey and baseball are the two sports of the Big Four where top academic institutions are regularly found at the top of the rankings.[/quote]Sure, here's one ranking for this year's baseball.
1. NORTH CAROLINA – 2008 rank: 3
2. LSU – 2008 rank: 6
3. TEXAS A&M – 2008 rank: 12
4. CAL STATE FULLERTON – 2008 rank: 3
5. RICE – 2008 rank: 8
6. TEXAS – 2008 rank: 23
7. UC IRVINE – 2008 rank: 11
8. PEPPERDINE – 2008 rank: 19
9. GEORGIA – 2008 rank: 2
10. FLORIDA STATE – 2008 rank: 7
It looks a lot different than football and basketball, doesn't it?::uhoh::[/quote]

Despite the sarcasm I infer from your icon, yes it does.

I never said that only top academic schools are at the top of the list; the BCS powers are going to be strong in every sport, just as Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Notre Dame, BC are frequently ranked in hockey.  (I'm well-aware that some of those are also outstanding institutions of higher learning, then again from your list Texas, UNC, and to a lesser degree TAMU are strong as well - not the point.)

In the Rivals top ten that you mentioned, five are traditional or recent FB and BB powers, one (UNC) is obviously a basketball power but not a football strength, and the other four?  Fullerton, Rice, UC-Irvine, Pepperdine.  One is Ivy-quality, two more are in the upper half of US News' Tier I.  Add to that the fact that Vanderbilt and Tulane have both been ranked #1 in recent years, that Stanford has been a regular at the College World Series, and that Georgia Tech does better in baseball than it does in either FB or BB.

My statement was motivated by the fact that in baseball and hockey, those who only care about the professional level can sign right out of high school, leaving the college level for those who actively choose to be student-athletes.  As we all know, there are 1,355,683,250 student-athletes in the NCAA, and nearly all will go pro in something other than sports.  Obviously lacrosse and many Olympic sports are well-represented by "smart-kid" schools, but they don't have the same type of pro leagues to deal with.  Hence baseball and hockey.

Perhaps it would be a better statement to say that college baseball, like hockey, is a sport where many schools outside the expected sports-factory mold have had success.  I guess I'm not a regular here and will choose my words more carefully in the future.

[quote Trotsky][quote ugarte]This is a lot more likely to affect college hockey than football or hoops. The NHL, like MLB, doesn't require players to opt in to the draft. The NFL and NBA draft opt-in draft rules are collusive bullshit but they present a tougher case.[/quote]

Is it a coincidence that the NHL, like MLB, has a strong minor league system, while the NFL and NBA use the colleges as quasi-professional development franchises?[/quote]

And similarly, hockey and baseball are the two sports of the Big Four where top academic institutions are regularly found at the top of the rankings.

And, CSTV appears to be rebranded as CBS College Sports.  Not that it matters.

New guy here - is it laughable to think I can make a Friday decision on whether to go or not and still buy tickets at the door?  Are we talking an MSG-like showing of CU fans, or more like Hobey Baker Rink?

Thanks in advance...

That's a pretty cheap banner.  They must be using unregistered immigrant labor in Jersey.

[quote Scersk '97]Guess it's time for a change.[/quote]
Lobby the conference office for more home games against RPI?

I'm no hockey expert, but the line is "Adapt and overcome" and the movie is Heartbreak Ridge.

Go Red

Thanks very much.

Are those scrimmages or actual games?  I ask because baseball games are not allowed to start yet - seems like weather rules should be applied to all outdoor spring sports, no?

[quote Beeeej]I was especially impressed with Cornell's rebounding.[/quote]

Me too (from TV, though).  No one had the position or instinct to just grab every rebound, but on nearly every miss CU had hands swatting, men hustling, keeping the ball alive until it often landed in the hands of a CU player for easy points.

Go Red!

Miami Mike's Sports Zone at the East Hanover Ramada Inn - very friendly and tons of TVs, I'm sure they won't give you sound but Mike will spare a set.  A couple years ago they gave CU the big screen for the 3OT game, set up red and white balloons and everything for the ~10 of us that were there.

[quote Beeeej]And classy move by Donahue to give the rest of the Cornell team some playing time in Cameron.[/quote]

Absolutely - K could've acknowledged the gesture and put in his own scrubs to accept the resignation, but no.

Great job by CU against a much deeper team, when they were disciplined in shot selection, CU did quite well.  When it turned into a scrum inside, Dook got the offensive boards and won it.

Looking forward to Ivy play!

Nicely done.  Hope ya made a bundle.