Cornell in Top 35 in Both BBall Polls

[Jim Hyla]

If we run the table, getting a #10 seed is a very likely outcome.  I wouldn't hope for any seed higher than that because if we win the 8 vs. 9 game, in all likelihood we play the #1 seed in the 2nd round.

Did the Carril Princeton teams get as high as a 10 seed?

8 seed in 1991 (lost to 9-seed Villanova)

By one point, and the baseline pick play WORKED and should have gotten them a shot to win the game on the free throw line. And that wasn't nearly as egregious a no-call as the swallowed whistle when Mourning fouled Mueller on a last second three that would have given the 1989 team a shot to beat #1 seed Georgetown.

And that's one reason why I can't get that interested in basketball. As bad as the no call was on the winning UND goal, basketball has that kind of problem on every close game. Too many chances for a foul to be called or not.

[Trotsky]

And that's one reason why I can't get that interested in basketball. As bad as the no call was on the winning UND goal, basketball has that kind of problem on every close game. Too many chances for a foul to be called or not.

College basketball would be fine if in the final 2 minutes foul shots were automatic and there were no timeouts.  The NBA turned into music video for crackheads 20 years ago and is beyond any hope.

[Killer]

Up to 27th in today's AP Poll:

AP Top 25
 1. Kansas (54)     20-1 1,605
 2. Villanova (4)   19-1 1,534
 3. Syracuse (6)    21-1 1,506
 4. Kentucky (1)    20-1 1,460
 5. Michigan State  19-3 1,367
 6. West Virginia   17-3 1,230
 7. Georgetown      16-4 1,204
 8. Purdue          18-3 1,182
 9. Texas           18-3 1,069
10. Kansas State    17-4 1,025
10. Duke            17-4 1,025
12. Brigham Young   21-2 748
13. Ohio State      16-6 677
14. Tennessee       16-4 655
15. New Mexico      20-3 636
16. Wisconsin       16-5 585
17. Gonzaga         17-4 541
18. Vanderbilt      16-4 502
19. Temple          18-4 495
20. Baylor          16-4 461
21. Georgia Tech    16-5 459
22. Pittsburgh      16-5 278
23. Butler          18-4 216
24. Northern Iowa   19-2 193
25. Mississippi     16-5 132

Others Receiving Votes
Florida State 77, Cornell 39, UAB 32, Wake Forest 31, Xavier 31, Siena 19.

Dropped From Rankings
Connecticut 19, UAB 25.

[RichH]

Others Receiving Votes
Florida State 77, Cornell 39, UAB 32, Wake Forest 31, Xavier 31, Siena 19.

Dropped From Rankings
Connecticut 19, UAB 25.

I need to print this out for my UConn-loving office.

[Al DeFlorio]

#25 in the USAToday/ESPN poll: http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/mensbasketball/usatpoll.htm

[Jordan 04]

Too bad. Puts a nice big target on your back.

[Ben Rocky '04]

YEA RED!

[phillysportsfan]

Others Receiving Votes
Florida State 77, Cornell 39, UAB 32, Wake Forest 31, Xavier 31, Siena 19.

Dropped From Rankings
Connecticut 19, UAB 25.

I need to print this out for my UConn-loving office.

Yeah who would have thought Cornell ever would be ranked higher than UConn and UNC

[ugarte]

Too bad. Puts a nice big target on your back.

Unlike back-to-back conference titles and a 36 point beatdown on the presumed top competition.

I think Cornell was the game other Ivies were already circling on their calendars.

[Jordan 04]

Too bad. Puts a nice big target on your back.

Unlike back-to-back conference titles and a 36 point beatdown on the presumed top competition.

I think Cornell was the game other Ivies were already circling on their calendars.

I'm thinking more about the tournament than the Ivy League schedule. Obviously every is gunning for us in league play.

But come the first round in March, it's a lot easier for a coach to get their team focused on a nationally ranked team that everyone and their mother will be picking as an upset favorite in the first round that it would be for "that team that got the Ivy League autobid."

[ugarte]

Too bad. Puts a nice big target on your back.

Unlike back-to-back conference titles and a 36 point beatdown on the presumed top competition.

I think Cornell was the game other Ivies were already circling on their calendars.

I'm thinking more about the tournament than the Ivy League schedule. Obviously every is gunning for us in league play.

But come the first round in March, it's a lot easier for a coach to get their team focused on a nationally ranked team that everyone and their mother will be picking as an upset favorite in the first round that it would be for "that team that got the Ivy League autobid."

Everyone is gunning for everyone in the tournament. You lose, you go home. All other motivators are just bullshit to pad out articles about the team.