Basketball Season Opener

[CornellFan]

Anyone going to the game on Saturday night in Ithaca?  Anyone watching over the internet on RedCast?

[ugarte]

Anyone think that now that Gardner-Webb beat Kentucky and Findlay beat Ohio State that, since these things happen in threes we should now be expected to beat Duke? No? Me either.

Unfortunately I can't watch the season opener, but ... LET'S GO RED!

[ithacat]

[quote ugarte]Anyone think that now that Gardner-Webb beat Kentucky and Findlay beat Ohio State that, since these things happen in threes we should now be expected to beat Duke? No? Me either.

Unfortunately I can't watch the season opener, but ... LET'S GO RED![/quote]

G-Webb beating Kentucky in the regular season? Findlay over OSU and Grand Valley State over Michigan State in exhibition games? That's tough to swallow for me. Of course, St. Rose almost beat Syracuse in an exhibtion as well. This could be one crazy year.

[jkahn]

Strange things can happen.
1966 Cornell at Kentucky:

http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/Statistics/Games/19661228Cornell.html

[ugarte]

Findlay and GVSU don't consider them "exhibitions." They may not count for RPI but I'll bet that the committees remember those games all the same.

[Al DeFlorio]

[quote jkahn]Strange things can happen.
1966 Cornell at Kentucky:

http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/Statistics/Games/19661228Cornell.html[/quote]
Lotta talent on that Cornell team.

[ugarte]

[quote jkahn]Strange things can happen.
1966 Cornell at Kentucky:

http://www.bigbluehistory.net/bb/Statistics/Games/19661228Cornell.html[/quote]

That is crazy. A down year for Kentucky in between two top-5 teams including the famous loss to Texas Western in the National Championship game.

[ugarte]

In Game 2, Cornell loses to Ohio U 102-89. Not bad, actually.

[BCrespi]

[quote ugarte]In Game 2, Cornell loses to Ohio U 102-89. Not bad, actually.[/quote]

Well, considering they were up by 8 with 14 minutes to go, it would have been nice to see them finish close, at least.

[ugarte]

[quote BCrespi][quote ugarte]In Game 2, Cornell loses to Ohio U 102-89. Not bad, actually.[/quote]

Well, considering they were up by 8 with 14 minutes to go, it would have been nice to see them finish close, at least.[/quote]
Depends on which part you consider the anomaly. I expect a good MAC team to beat us by more than 13, so if we happened to hang for a half I consider that a good sign.

[BCrespi]

I hear you, and agree, but a 21 point swing in 14 minutes is rather unfortunate.

[CornellFan]

This is an Ohio team that beat New Mexico State last week by 8.  The Bobcats are an NCAA tournament caliber opponent.  It was a tough loss, but not a bad loss.

The Big Red will improve defensively when Jeff Foote joins the team on December 19.  

Siena on November 25 in Ithaca, looks dangerous after downing #20 Stanford.

Big Red gets Army tomorrow night.  We need a big win.

[Al DeFlorio]

It isn't clear to me why we have so much confidence in Jeff Foote at this point in time.  Would someone tell me what he has to offer other than his height?  Has he scored in double figures at the college level?  Has he averaged several blocked shots a game at the college level?  I don't think so.  Every web site I can find shows NO games played--ever--and something about "possible red shirt year."  Yet he is going to be our savior.::rolleyes::

Oh, the Ivy champion Princeton teams of Pete Carril would never have lost to Ohio by 14 after leading by 8 in the second half.  I'll believe this team has Ivy championship capabilities when they show they can play even ordinary defense (neither the Lehigh nor Ohio game showed such) and can hold onto a lead without folding under a press late in the game.

The hype is getting tiresome.  Show me some results...the hype can follow.

[ugarte]

[quote Al DeFlorio]
Oh, the Ivy champion Princeton teams of Pete Carril would never have lost to Ohio by 14 after leading by 8 in the second half.[/quote]
I don't know that anyone besides CornellFan (and even CornellFan, in his private honest moments) thinks this team is as good as the ranked Princeton/Penn teams.

[scoop85]

[quote Al DeFlorio]It isn't clear to me why we have so much confidence in Jeff Foote at this point in time.  Would someone tell me what he has to offer other than his height?  Has he scored in double figures at the college level?  Has he averaged several blocked shots a game at the college level?  I don't think so.  Every web site I can find shows NO games played--ever--and something about "possible red shirt year."  Yet he is going to be our savior.::rolleyes::

The hype is getting tiresome.  Show me some results...the hype can follow.[/quote]

Agreed.  I don't think Foote is going to be much of a contributor. Let him surprise us.