Cornell Basketball 2025-26 Thread

[chimpfood]

Bad loss, Samford was getting to the rim whenever they wanted in the second half. We're just too damn small.

[ugarte]

We 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

[Mr. Niss]

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.

[mountainred]

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. 

[rss77]

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. 

[mountainred]

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.

[scoop85]

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.