Cornell-Duke (No Spoils in Thread Title)

[Al DeFlorio]

2nd chance points:  Duke 16; Cornell 2

[nr53]

[quote MOBalum][quote Beeeej]And classy move by Donahue to give the rest of the Cornell team some playing time in Cameron.[/quote]

Absolutely - K could've acknowledged the gesture and put in his own scrubs to accept the resignation, but no.
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The radio announcers said the dookies put in their own subs, but to be honest I wasn't completely paying attention.

[ugarte]

That was fun to watch.

Cornell was totally overmatched in every aspect of the game and still hung tough. Still, this team has a lot of trouble against a team that can guard the perimeter, When our long-range shooters can't spot up, they aren't very smooth off the dribble (Wittman, anyway - Gore seems able to make his own space a little better.)

Foote, who is far too awkward to play against a team like Duke ... played an amazing game against Duke. I've got to hand it to that kid, he showed a lot of guts. Robinson is fearless, but probably a little too fearless. Dale was a great leader out there.

I am very, very happy with the way this game went. They elevated their game to the competition, but I hope that they can keep it at that level. They played to the level of Quinnipiac and Colgate also, and that's not a good thing.

I can't wait for the conference schedule to start.

[CornellFan]

Gotta wonder if playing on a neutral court, or even in a place like Newman, would have helped Cornell.  There are rumors that Duke may be coming up north next year, not sure if we are playing them, for Paulus' senior year.

[ithacat]

[quote CornellFan]There are rumors that Duke may be coming up north next year, not sure if we are playing them, for Paulus' senior year.[/quote]

Duke playing at Cornell in front of 4,000 would be a nice gesture by Coach K. Obviously, Duke playing Syracuse in front of 34,000 would make more sense (and cents). Then again, maybe Paulus won't want to be booed by that many people. ::crazy::

[ugarte]

[quote ithacat][quote CornellFan]There are rumors that Duke may be coming up north next year, not sure if we are playing them, for Paulus' senior year.[/quote]

Duke playing at Cornell in front of 4,000 would be a nice gesture by Coach K. Obviously, Duke playing Syracuse in front of 34,000 would make more sense (and cents). Then again, maybe Paulus won't want to be booed by that many people. ::crazy::[/quote]
I don't know that these thank-you-seniors games are supposed to be tough road games. UNC came to Ithaca for Binghamton-native King Rice's senior year; today they might go to Binghamton instead (which was not yet D-I at the time).

[CornellFan]

Duke usually does not do these senior games.... but like I said, on inside information, I heard it might happen, and I know we've been talking to some other big time teams about coming to Ithaca as well.

We may also be going to Minnesota next year so Ryan Wittman can play for pops.  Papa Wittman is often busy coaching the wolves and can't make many games.  Mrs. Wittman was at the game last night with Ryan's sister, but Randy was unavailable to attend.  His mom and dad both made the Ps road trip last season.

[scoop85]

[quote CornellFan]Duke usually does not do these senior games.... but like I said, on inside information, I heard it might happen, and I know we've been talking to some other big time teams about coming to Ithaca as well.

We may also be going to Minnesota next year so Ryan Wittman can play for pops.  Papa Wittman is often busy coaching the wolves and can't make many games.  Mrs. Wittman was at the game last night with Ryan's sister, but Randy was unavailable to attend.  His mom and dad both made the Ps road trip last season.[/quote]

Given the putrid state of the T-Wolves (though not the fault of Wittman the elder) it's hard to see Ryan's dad still being the coach this time next year.