Men's Basketball (2016-17)

[Al DeFlorio]

Interesting quote from Martha Pollack the new President of CU:

We both love music, especially classical and jazz, so we hope to attend the Cornell Concert Series and some of the student performances, and we're basketball fans, so look for us at some of the men's and women's basketball games.

Hockey or GTFO.

Probably was turned off by a coach who pissed all over campus.::uhoh::

[billhoward]

I thought, "why not mention hockey," but if she added that, she's started a list, and somebody would wonder about lacrosse, and wrestling, and etcetera, and it'd sound as if all she cared about was sports.

I do recall that Skorton (or was it Lehman?) was introduced in person to the student body at a hockey game.

[Ken711]

Possible big loss for the basketball program.

http://cornellbigred.com/news/2017/4/23/mens-basketball-morgan-to-test-waters-declares-for-nba-draft.aspx

[ugarte]

Possible big loss for the basketball program.

http://cornellbigred.com/news/2017/4/23/mens-basketball-morgan-to-test-waters-declares-for-nba-draft.aspx

I am ... not concerned.

[mountainred]

Possible big loss for the basketball program.

http://cornellbigred.com/news/2017/4/23/mens-basketball-morgan-to-test-waters-declares-for-nba-draft.aspx

I am ... not concerned.

He could learn from a few of the workouts, but he will almost certainly pull his name. Mason from Yale did this last year.

Actually, the best part of these stories is hearing that Morgan isn't thinking transfer.

[jhib]

Jeremy Lin says racist remarks he heard from opponents were worse in NCAA than NBA

He mentions Cornell right off the bat.

"The worst was at Cornell, when I was being called a c---k," the Brooklyn Nets point guard said in an interview on his teammate's podcast, "Outside Shot with Randy Foye." "That's when it happened. I don't know ... that game, I ended up playing terrible and getting a couple of charges and doing real out-of-character stuff. My teammate told my coaches [that] they were calling Jeremy a c---k the whole first half. I didn't say anything, because when that stuff happens, I kind of just, I go and bottle up -- where I go into turtle mode and don't say anything and just internalize everything."

[Trotsky]

Anti-Asian chants at Cornell?  Something something coals to Newcastle.

[ugarte]

Possible big loss for the basketball program.

http://cornellbigred.com/news/2017/4/23/mens-basketball-morgan-to-test-waters-declares-for-nba-draft.aspx

I am ... not concerned.

ahem
https://twitter.com/GoodmanESPN/status/866729453690511360

[Trotsky]

So what was that all about?  Did somebody (Morgan himself?) just have a wildly optimistic idea of his draft value?

[scoop85]

So what was that all about?  Did somebody (Morgan himself?) just have a wildly optimistic idea of his draft value?

He was just gauging interest and looking for feedback as to whether he has a realistic chance to someday be an NBA caliber player. Apparently he was contacted by 3 NBA teams during the process.

[Ken711]

http://cornellbigred.com/news/2017/5/22/mens-basketball-mens-hoops-adds-six-to-class-of-2021.aspx

[billhoward]

Men's Hoops Adds Six Newcomers For 2017-18 Season
http://cornellbigred.com/news/2017/5/22/mens-basketball-mens-hoops-adds-six-to-class-of-2021.aspx

Cornell's sports information department has done a masterful job introducing the five freshman and one transfer. Based on their stats, honors, and pedigrees (Jim Boeheim Jr out of Syracuse NY), we should be in the running for the Ivy title and an NCAA berth. Here's hoping.