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I have to admit, today does not sting nearly as much because of what last year's team was able to accomplish. Which isn't to say it's not disappointing for everyone on the team, but, for as much as we try to talk about each year in a vacuum, it's very clear it's not played that way by the actual guys on the field.

After the bracket came out, I thought losing in this round would be disappointing, but losing subsequently to Notre Dame would not be, so it's all a matter of degree. Seemed like lots of little things worked against us (2nd half FOs, Hopkins D playing the game of their lives, a couple questionable end-line calls), not least of which was the sun of all things? (Please, no more 5 PM start times - Schoellkopf is clearly not designed for it).

Lots to look forward to in 2027.

Quote from: upprdeck on April 19, 2026, 08:46:20 PMso it looks like we play Harvard the next 2 games no matter what happens. one chance we play the at home and two ways we play them on the road.

Per CU77's charting, the middle scenario of us losing to Harvard next week coupled with a Yale win over Brown puts us as the 4 seed with Princeton hosting.

Quote from: ugarte on April 12, 2026, 08:29:53 PMhow does the at-large picture look in, say, a not-quite wrist case scenario: beat Dartmouth but lose to Harvard and in the ILT SF?

Bubble seems weak this year and there's been a not insignificant number of bizarre results (e.g., PSU losing to Michigan yesterday), but even with losing 2 of the last 3, we're probably in. W over Princeton looms large, as does the W over Duke (who is likely a direct competitor for an at-large in this scenario).

Won't be able to follow live, but will probably pay for the replay broadcast if we win. Hope the production improved from last year (which was brutal). I know they did two prior games this year but haven't looked at FanLax to see what people thought of them.

I'm still bullish on this team as they continue to get healthier and more experienced. Absent an AQ, Duke is likely to be a direct competition for one of the final at-large spots, so I think this game looms large for our chances to make the tournament, especially if we were to lose additional Ivy games.

Complaining about ESPN+? All I see is another person who wasn't around in the ILDN days...

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Quote from: chimpfood on February 27, 2026, 10:33:35 PMWe stormed the court. Not sure why but it was fun

because everyone is appointing Yale in advance, I guess. the sweet 16 Cornell squad had multiple ivy losses too.

The Sweet 16 team had only one Ivy loss, an inexplicable defeat to a weak Penn team.

This was my first game at the Palestra, and I don't even remember being mad at the outcome because of how overwhelmed I was by the venue. But also, eff you Zack Rosen.

I think we can only clinch tomorrow with a W and loss by both Columbia and Dartmouth. For the Dartmouth game, a loss is likely bad news, as first tie-breaker in a two-team tie is H2H, which would go to Dartmouth in that scenario.

Penn also came back to beat Dartmouth, so we're alone in 4th now. Great result

Not that we've been treated with the utmost respect over the years, but I'd be curious to see actual numbers on pre-season ranking placement for defending champions before getting too upset. We lost alot, and frankly, if not for the showing Goldstein had in the tournament, we'd be even lower.

Quote from: dbilmes on January 19, 2026, 05:46:37 PMNoard scored his 1000th career point on a buzzer-beating shot from near halfcourt.

Took our 4 and 1 (first game!) year olds down to Brown today on the holiday. Really good effort overall by the team. Amusingly, Brown had a trivia at one of the media timeouts on how many 1000 point players they've had in their program history. 33 was the answer, so some nice context on what an accomplishment this is for Noard. Nice effort after the Yale showing on Saturday

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Quote from: BearLover on November 09, 2025, 08:49:20 PMI'd like to see the people lambasting the deal lay out how they would expect the next three years to play out in the universe where Cornell refuses to play ball.

Respectfully, you lack the imagination to make this request given the position you are arguing from.

I have no idea what this means

It means you are having trouble imagining a universe where Cornell fighting ends up better in the long run than capitulating. I don't think people lambasting the deal have any such problem.

Quote from: BearLover on November 09, 2025, 08:49:20 PMI'd like to see the people lambasting the deal lay out how they would expect the next three years to play out in the universe where Cornell refuses to play ball.

Respectfully, you lack the imagination to make this request given the position you are arguing from.

Sounds similar to the Michigan field house. I remember a game against them where it was moved to that location at the last minute. Capacity was minimal and the sightlines for the goalkeepers were not what you'd want. Looking it up, we did come away with the W though: https://cornellbigred.com/news/2014/3/1/MLAX_0301142802.aspx

Quote from: rss77Let us not forget the great lacrosse goalies we have had:  Dan Mackesey, Paul Schmoler, Chase Ierlan, Butch Hilliard, John Griffin and the guys from the 1971 team (Bucky Gunts and cannot recall the other one)

I wouldn't have Chayse with this group. In the ~20 years I've been following the team, Matt McMonagle is probably the best I can remember in goal. We then had some really solid goalies, but none of them really felt like top tier goalies (Knight, Fiore, Ierlan)

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Quote from: djk26Speaking of "do everything", I saw a Seibald highlight reel where he was taking faceoffs for Cornell, too. Wow, I did not remember that.

Took three in the second half of that Albany quarterfinal and brought Cornell back from a two-goal deficit.  Lost two of the three.  On one of the ones he lost, he hounded the guy who picked it up and forced a weak pass toward the Albany goalie that Hurley picked off and then dunked for a goal.  On the second one he lost, he chased down the Albany guy who picked it up and stripped him of the ball for a turnover.  He was something else.

I don't remember this team having a true FOGO, and felt the vast majority of the draws that year were taken by John Glynn. I believe it was late in this season where he had a broken arm or some other arm injury, yet continued to take the draws (and do pretty well) with essentially one arm.