CU @ Duke lax

[David Harding]

[quote Josh '99][quote JasonN95][H]aving to always play at Duke makes Cornell look second tier.[/quote]I don't buy it.  I just can't picture a recruit weighing that against the wide variety of evidence that Cornell is a top-tier program:

- Won or shared the Ivy title six years in a row
- Played in the Final Four recently
- Had recent winners of the McLaughlin (Boulukos), Schmeisser (Belisle), and Kelly (McMonagle) Awards
- Have players on the Tewaaraton Watch List every year; had two finalists last year (Glynn, Seibald)
- Tambroni was National Coach of the Year in 2007

... and still conclude that Cornell is second-tier because they play regular road games at Duke.[/quote]I'm not an athlete, but I can imagine that a spring trip to the South could sound attractive.

[RichH]

[quote David Harding][quote Josh '99][quote JasonN95][H]aving to always play at Duke makes Cornell look second tier.[/quote]I don't buy it.  I just can't picture a recruit weighing that against the wide variety of evidence that Cornell is a top-tier program:

- Won or shared the Ivy title six years in a row
- Played in the Final Four recently
- Had recent winners of the McLaughlin (Boulukos), Schmeisser (Belisle), and Kelly (McMonagle) Awards
- Have players on the Tewaaraton Watch List every year; had two finalists last year (Glynn, Seibald)
- Tambroni was National Coach of the Year in 2007

... and still conclude that Cornell is second-tier because they play regular road games at Duke.[/quote]I'm not an athlete, but I can imagine that a spring trip to the South could sound attractive.[/quote]

Yeah, and really, there hasn't been ANY team (Duke or otherwise) south of the PA-MD border (some call it Mason-Dixon) to play a reg. season game in Ithaca since at least 2003.  The furthest team to appear in Schoelkopf was Notre Dame.  If UVA makes the trip, it will be a special occasion.  It's just the way it is.