Cornell Basketball - ECAC Holiday Classic

ugarte · December 20, 2009, 03:17:46 PM

Gotta remember to set the DVR for tomorrow night's game. I suspect St. John's and I want to play them even though we are much more likely to beat Hofstra. A loss to St. John's probably means more than a win over Hofstra. Even if not, I'd rather take another shot at taking a Big East scalp. America East is already among the coup we've counted.

kingpin248 · December 20, 2009, 03:27:47 PM

At halftime, St. John's 37, Hofstra 36.

Also, for what it's worth, Hofstra is in the CAA, not the America East (they made that move in 2001, I believe).

ugarte · December 20, 2009, 04:06:27 PM

Quote from: kingpin248Also, for what it's worth, Hofstra is in the CAA, not the America East (they made that move in 2001, I believe).

True enough - but we've got the CAA in our trophy case already also.

phillysportsfan · December 20, 2009, 04:43:33 PM

Well we got St Johns who went on a 13-1 run to win the game 72-60

Swampy · December 20, 2009, 05:22:20 PM

Quote from: phillysportsfanWell we got St Johns who went on a 13-1 run to win the game 72-60

I'm assuming the consolation game is at 7, with the championship after that. Can someone confirm?

BCrespi · December 20, 2009, 05:43:46 PM

Quote from: Swampy
Quote from: phillysportsfanWell we got St Johns who went on a 13-1 run to win the game 72-60

I'm assuming the consolation game is at 7, with the championship after that. Can someone confirm?

Yes, I can confirm. Figure 9:15-9:30 or so for the start.

BCrespi · December 20, 2009, 05:52:06 PM

Quote from: dbilmesWe were lucky to win this game. We needed Davidson to choke on foul shots at the end of regulation and at the end of OT, which it did. And we needed a basket at the buzzer in regulation to send the game into OT, and a basket at the buzzer in OT to win the game after Dale, who got us into OT and carried us in the first part of OT, blew two FTs which would have given us a three-point lead. It's a great win, but our defense was terrible in the second half.

Really fun win to be at, but you certainly wouldn't draw it up that way. The offensive let-down in the second half was not all that surprising. You're not going to continue shooting 55% from 3, or whatever it was, that they did in the first half. However, it was the 2nd half defense that was the real let-down. One observation: it wasn't that the help-D wasn't there, as someone mentioned above, it's that it was AWFUL and necessary FAR too often. The primary defender bit on every shot-fake, from a team that wasn't shooting all that well, allowing the player to dribble by and either get a layup around the late/weak help defense or pass to open teammate while we were scrambling around. We're going to need to be a lot better defensively to win tomorrow night, beat Harvard, win the Ivies and/or make some noise in the tourny.

That rant said, I had a great time and it was an awesome win. Really good stuff from Louis Dale carrying the team through the last few minutes of regulation when they really needed it, after scoring no points up until that point. His missed free throws were certainly costly, but we wouldn't have been in that position without his play in the waning minutes.

Let's Go Red tomorrow night!

Greenberg '97 · December 21, 2009, 03:49:14 PM

All three local hockey teams play tonight -- MSG will join the Cornell game in progress after Rangers postgame (roughly 10:00). FSC-A [edit: or the MSG overflow channel (see link below)] will carry it from the beginning.

I'll probably just go to a sports bar and ask for a dedicated TV. There's no other big New York game tonight, is there? **]

Chris '03 · December 21, 2009, 04:10:43 PM

Quote from: Greenberg '97All three local hockey teams play tonight -- MSG will join the Cornell game in progress after Rangers postgame (roughly 10:00). FSC-A will carry it from the beginning. For those with Cablevision, it's on the Sports Pak tier ($5/month).

If you don't already subscribe to the Sports Pak, you can order it today, cancel it tomorrow, and pay a pro-rated 17 cents, as I did when the ECAC semifinal was on the NHL Network earlier this year.

I'll probably just go to a sports bar and ask for a dedicated TV. There's no other big New York game tonight, is there? **]

No need to pay for FCS if you have cablevision already. It will be on the MSG overflow channel from start to finish. For me it's channel 66 (CSPAN2). Cablevision subscribers see here: http://www.optimum.net/downloads/csupport/12_21_09.pdf Sorry Bill, no HD tonight.

ETA: See here for other operators with overflow stations http://www.msg.com/channellistings/b-channel-info.html

Jim Hyla · December 21, 2009, 06:11:18 PM

Quote from: Chris '03
Quote from: Greenberg '97All three local hockey teams play tonight -- MSG will join the Cornell game in progress after Rangers postgame (roughly 10:00). FSC-A will carry it from the beginning. For those with Cablevision, it's on the Sports Pak tier ($5/month).

If you don't already subscribe to the Sports Pak, you can order it today, cancel it tomorrow, and pay a pro-rated 17 cents, as I did when the ECAC semifinal was on the NHL Network earlier this year.

I'll probably just go to a sports bar and ask for a dedicated TV. There's no other big New York game tonight, is there? **]

No need to pay for FCS if you have cablevision already. It will be on the MSG overflow channel from start to finish. For me it's channel 66 (CSPAN2). Cablevision subscribers see here: http://www.optimum.net/downloads/csupport/12_21_09.pdf Sorry Bill, no HD tonight.

ETA: See here for other operators with overflow stations http://www.msg.com/channellistings/b-channel-info.html

Thanks, I wouldn't have guessed that our local TW would pick this up on their overflow TW station, but they are.

billhoward · December 21, 2009, 11:36:26 PM

Quote from: srg1Does anyone have any ticket information for the game at MSG? Also, is the game against Seton Hall sold out?

Those who attended can confirm, seats were available both days and it appears weather was not a tipping point in the difference between sold out and available.

HeafDog · December 22, 2009, 01:02:10 AM

Quote from: billhowardThose who attended can confirm, seats were available both days and it appears weather was not a tipping point in the difference between sold out and available.

Seats were available? More like, sections were available.

Fellow Cornellians, please do not let the question of availability of tickets keep you from a game, with the possible exception of hockey vs. Harvard at home. God knows, we need all the people to show up we can get.

billhoward · December 22, 2009, 01:21:27 AM

Quote from: HeafDog
Quote from: billhowardThose who attended can confirm, seats were available both days and it appears weather was not a tipping point in the difference between sold out and available.

Seats were available? More like, sections were available.

Fellow Cornellians, please do not let the question of availability of tickets keep you from a game, with the possible exception of hockey vs. Harvard at home. God knows, we need all the people to show up we can get.

It was fascinating that at timeouts a dozen - 15? 20? - guards ringed the court. So the fans wouldn't mob the court? So the players wouldn't go hide in the stands after missed shots? Too bad Cornell couldn't have mustered, say, 2500 fans for each game. Relative to the other teams' turnouts (actually, Davidson did okay, considering it's more than 500 miles away and it's not very big), that many would have made the rafters ring.

Beeeej · December 22, 2009, 09:40:42 AM

Quote from: billhowardIt was fascinating that at timeouts a dozen - 15? 20? - guards ringed the court. So the fans wouldn't mob the court? So the players wouldn't go hide in the stands after missed shots? Too bad Cornell couldn't have mustered, say, 2500 fans for each game. Relative to the other teams' turnouts (actually, Davidson did okay, considering it's more than 500 miles away and it's not very big), that many would have made the rafters ring.

The other problem was that there was really no cohesive "Cornell section." We did have a good few hundred people there, at least - consolidated, we could've been loud and effective. As it was, we were pretty spread out, so the St. John's fans probably think we only have one loud fan* and a bunch of relatively polite ones.

*HeafDog, natch.

ugarte · December 22, 2009, 10:57:06 AM

Quote from: Beeeej
Quote from: billhowardIt was fascinating that at timeouts a dozen - 15? 20? - guards ringed the court. So the fans wouldn't mob the court? So the players wouldn't go hide in the stands after missed shots? Too bad Cornell couldn't have mustered, say, 2500 fans for each game. Relative to the other teams' turnouts (actually, Davidson did okay, considering it's more than 500 miles away and it's not very big), that many would have made the rafters ring.

The other problem was that there was really no cohesive "Cornell section." We did have a good few hundred people there, at least - consolidated, we could've been loud and effective. As it was, we were pretty spread out, so the St. John's fans probably think we only have one loud fan* and a bunch of relatively polite ones.

*HeafDog, natch.

Nah, you all came through on the teevee. Well, HeafDog did anyway.