Ridiculous Lax Schedule

[CornellFan]

http://cornellbigred.com/documents/2008/10/22/2009%20Scheudule.pdf?id=1373

[nyc94]

For anyone else whose computer downloads PDFs by default:


February
7 LOYOLA ^ Ithaca, N.Y. 1:00 p.m.
14 at Johns Hopkins ^ Baltimore, Md. 1:00 p.m.
21 at Binghamton Binghamton, N.Y. 1:00 p.m.
28 at Army West Point, N.Y. 5:00 p.m.

March
8 at Virginia Charlottesville, Va. 2:30 p.m.
10 CANISIUS Ithaca, N.Y. 4:00 p.m.
17 at Duke Durham, N.C. 7:00 p.m.
21 at Yale * New Haven, Conn. 1:00 p.m.
28 PENN * Ithaca, N.Y. 12:00 p.m

April
4 HARVARD * Ithaca, N.Y. 1:00 p.m.
7 at Syracuse Syracuse, N.Y. 7:00 p.m.
11 at Dartmouth * Hanover, N.H. 1:00 p.m.
18 PRINCETON * Ithaca, N.Y. 1:00 p.m.
25 at Brown * Providence, R.I. 1:00 p.m.

May
2 HOBART Ithaca, N.Y. 3:00 p.m.

^ - indicates home games (this appears to be a typo)
CAPS indicate home games

[Josh '99]

[quote nyc94]For anyone else whose computer downloads PDFs by default:


February
7 LOYOLA ^ Ithaca, N.Y. 1:00 p.m.
14 at Johns Hopkins ^ Baltimore, Md. 1:00 p.m.
21 at Binghamton Binghamton, N.Y. 1:00 p.m.
28 at Army West Point, N.Y. 5:00 p.m.

March
8 at Virginia Charlottesville, Va. 2:30 p.m.
10 CANISIUS Ithaca, N.Y. 4:00 p.m.
17 at Duke Durham, N.C. 7:00 p.m.
21 at Yale * New Haven, Conn. 1:00 p.m.
28 PENN * Ithaca, N.Y. 12:00 p.m

April
4 HARVARD * Ithaca, N.Y. 1:00 p.m.
7 at Syracuse Syracuse, N.Y. 7:00 p.m.
11 at Dartmouth * Hanover, N.H. 1:00 p.m.
18 PRINCETON * Ithaca, N.Y. 1:00 p.m.
25 at Brown * Providence, R.I. 1:00 p.m.

May
2 HOBART Ithaca, N.Y. 3:00 p.m.

^ - indicates home games (this appears to be a typo)
CAPS indicate home games[/quote]Maybe the ^ means preseason games?  2/7 seems awfully early to start the season and 15 seems like more games than normal.

In any case, whether it's @SU, @UVA, @Duke and @JHU or "only" the first three, that's a tough non-conference schedule, and only 5 of 13 (if my guess is right, or 6 of 15 if not) games at home.

[Jim Hyla]

[quote Josh '99]Maybe the ^ means preseason games?  2/7 seems awfully early to start the season and 15 seems like more games than normal.

In any case, whether it's @SU, @UVA, @Duke and @JHU or "only" the first three, that's a tough non-conference schedule, and only 5 of 13 (if my guess is right, or 6 of 15 if not) games at home.[/quote]

Considering we scrimmaged at Loyola and home with JHU last Feb., I think your assumption is correct.

[Al DeFlorio]

[quote Josh '99][quote nyc94]For anyone else whose computer downloads PDFs by default:


February
7 LOYOLA ^ Ithaca, N.Y. 1:00 p.m.
14 at Johns Hopkins ^ Baltimore, Md. 1:00 p.m.
21 at Binghamton Binghamton, N.Y. 1:00 p.m.
28 at Army West Point, N.Y. 5:00 p.m.

March
8 at Virginia Charlottesville, Va. 2:30 p.m.
10 CANISIUS Ithaca, N.Y. 4:00 p.m.
17 at Duke Durham, N.C. 7:00 p.m.
21 at Yale * New Haven, Conn. 1:00 p.m.
28 PENN * Ithaca, N.Y. 12:00 p.m

April
4 HARVARD * Ithaca, N.Y. 1:00 p.m.
7 at Syracuse Syracuse, N.Y. 7:00 p.m.
11 at Dartmouth * Hanover, N.H. 1:00 p.m.
18 PRINCETON * Ithaca, N.Y. 1:00 p.m.
25 at Brown * Providence, R.I. 1:00 p.m.

May
2 HOBART Ithaca, N.Y. 3:00 p.m.

^ - indicates home games (this appears to be a typo)
CAPS indicate home games[/quote]Maybe the ^ means preseason games?  2/7 seems awfully early to start the season and 15 seems like more games than normal.

In any case, whether it's @SU, @UVA, @Duke and @JHU or "only" the first three, that's a tough non-conference schedule, and only 5 of 13 (if my guess is right, or 6 of 15 if not) games at home.[/quote]
But remember:  What matters most for tournament selection and seeding is whom you play, not whether you win or lose...as long as you're .500 or better.::bugeye::  Unfortunately, with Binghamton, Canisius, and Hobart on the non-Ivy schedule, there'll still be a bunch of low-RPI teams among Cornell's top ten opponents counted in determining strength of schedule.  But Tambroni's got the schedule moving in the right direction quality-wise.

I, too, think the ^ indicates scrimmages.  We've scrimmaged Hopkins regularly in recent years.  Opening with five of first six on the road will be a challenge...and only five of thirteen are at home.

[CM cWo 44]

All the tough non-conference games are on the road... jeeezzz. Tell me they're gonna give us a return game in Ithaca sometime soon.

[RichH]

[quote CM cWo 44]All the tough non-conference games are on the road... jeeezzz. Tell me they're gonna give us a return game in Ithaca sometime soon.[/quote]

Especially freaking Duke.  We keep having to schlep down to North Carolina to play either them or UNC every freaking year with no reciprocation.  I know what the "A" in ACC stands for.  At least UVA has committed to come to Ithaca next year (I think that's what I remember).

[Al DeFlorio]

[quote RichH][quote CM cWo 44]All the tough non-conference games are on the road... jeeezzz. Tell me they're gonna give us a return game in Ithaca sometime soon.[/quote]

Especially freaking Duke.  We keep having to schlep down to North Carolina to play either them or UNC every freaking year with no reciprocation.  I know what the "A" in ACC stands for.  At least UVA has committed to come to Ithaca next year (I think that's what I remember).[/quote]
Is the Duke game during spring break?  I think the team goes south for a week to practice in warm[er] weather and has played Duke (twice; winning both) and UNC (losing last year) while in Carolina.

[Chris '03]

[quote Al DeFlorio]
But remember:  What matters most for tournament selection and seeding is whom you play, not whether you win or lose...as long as you're .500 or better.::bugeye::  Unfortunately, with Binghamton, Canisius, and Hobart on the non-Ivy schedule, there'll still be a bunch of low-RPI teams among Cornell's top ten opponents counted in determining strength of schedule.  But Tambroni's got the schedule moving in the right direction quality-wise.
[/quote]

I am already picturing the cornell bashing in may if say cornell gets a seed despite losing 2 or all of those big road games. "Boy who did they beat?" Maybe that's the sort of thing it will take to wake up those who stubbornly support a selection process that weighs SoS at something like 70%.

[David Harding]

[quote Al DeFlorio][quote RichH][quote CM cWo 44]All the tough non-conference games are on the road... jeeezzz. Tell me they're gonna give us a return game in Ithaca sometime soon.[/quote]

Especially freaking Duke.  We keep having to schlep down to North Carolina to play either them or UNC every freaking year with no reciprocation.  I know what the "A" in ACC stands for.  At least UVA has committed to come to Ithaca next year (I think that's what I remember).[/quote]
Is the Duke game during spring break?  I think the team goes south for a week to practice in warm[er] weather and has played Duke (twice; winning both) and UNC (losing last year) while in Carolina.[/quote]Spring break is March 14-22, so it's Duke in the middle of the week and Yale on the way home Saturday.

[TimV]

True, but we have Princeton, Harvard, and Penn at home, only difficult league game on the road is Brown.  Virginia and Duke are warm-weather games.  At Army in Feb or early March is always tough.