Cornell worst game of the decade

[billhoward]

What about the game that was either Cornell's most underachieving performance or the game that made you feel worst, walking out in your Cornell sweatshirt? I realize this overlaps a lot with the best as in most memorable games of the decade since losses ended every single lacrosse, hockey, and basketball season that involved playoffs.

UNH NCAA semifinals hockey 2003
Clarkson ECAC quarterfinals 2004 (CU wins game 1 5-1, proceeds to blow the next two and not reach Albany)
Wisconsin 3 OT NCAA regional finals hockey 2006
Duke NCAA seminfinals lacrosse 2007
Syracuse NCAA finals lacrosse 2009
Dartmouth football 2009 (worst as in "could this team sink any lower?")

[scoop85]

2009 lax final -- the way we lost a championship game makes it a no-brainer as far as pain and suffering.

[Swampy]

What about the game that was either Cornell's most underachieving performance or the game that made you feel worst, walking out in your Cornell sweatshirt? I realize this overlaps a lot with the best as in most memorable games of the decade since losses ended every single lacrosse, hockey, and basketball season that involved playoffs.

UNH NCAA semifinals hockey 2003
Clarkson ECAC quarterfinals 2004 (CU wins game 1 5-1, proceeds to blow the next two and not reach Albany)
Wisconsin 3 OT NCAA regional finals hockey 2006
Duke NCAA seminfinals lacrosse 2007
Syracuse NCAA finals lacrosse 2009
Dartmouth football 2009 (worst as in "could this team sink any lower?")

For some perverse reason, I actually didn't feel too bad after the 2006 Wisconsin game. It was a terrific game between two teams that gave their all. With triple overtime, luck was as important as anything. I'd much rather lose a game in which the team does its best than one in which the team chokes or doesn't show up. On the other hand, would I like to see them win important games due to a fluke, the other team choking, crucial injuries to opponents' key players, or bad calls by the refs? ... Sure, what the heck!::banana::

[ebilmes]

2009 lax... and I say that having seen both that game and the 2007 Duke game in person

[Trotsky]

The 2009 NCAA QF loss to Bemidji is really down there as far as disappointment goes.  The 2002 ECAC F loss to Harvard really, really, really sucked balls, too.  Both are among the most crushing losses (1990 ECAC SF vs RPI) in a game in which we ought to have played much better that I've ever seen.

But for my money the most underachieving performance in a game that mattered was the 6-2 2006 ECAC F loss to Harvard.  That was a team Cornell should have easily handled, and an ECAC title there for the taking.  Bleech!

[ugarte]

Bemidji.

[jtwcornell91]

The 2009 NCAA QF loss to Bemidji is really down there as far as disappointment goes.  The 2002 ECAC F loss to Harvard really, really, really sucked balls, too.  Both are among the most crushing losses (1990 ECAC SF vs RPI) in a game in which we ought to have played much better that I've ever seen.

I was going to nominate that 2002 ECAC Final too; not only did we lose in double overtime, but the game itself was actually pretty bad.  We played like crap and were lucky to be up 3-2 when Harvard tied it in the final minute of the second.  (Hyphen made a total of five saves on eight shots in those first two periods.)  And there were long stretches of the third period and the first overtime where it felt like Harvard won 90% of the faceoffs in their zone, and immediately iced the puck after 90% of those.

All in all an awful way to end the ECAC's association with Lake Placid.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

But for my money the most underachieving performance in a game that mattered was the 6-2 2006 ECAC F loss to Harvard.  That was a team Cornell should have easily handled, and an ECAC title there for the taking.  Bleech!

I'm with Trotsky.  This is the game that I hate to think about the most.

[Josh '99]

And there were long stretches of the third period and the first overtime where it felt like Harvard won 90% of the faceoffs in their zone, and immediately iced the puck after 90% of those.

I'm fairly convinced that Dominic Moore singlehandedly won that game for Sucks by taking and winning roughly every single faceoff in both overtimes.

[Rosey]

But for my money the most underachieving performance in a game that mattered was the 6-2 2006 ECAC F loss to Harvard.  That was a team Cornell should have easily handled, and an ECAC title there for the taking.  Bleech!

I'm with Trotsky.  This is the game that I hate to think about the most.

I recall being very annoyed after that game, and screamed some not-so-nice things from my corner of the rink.  I third this one.

[Al DeFlorio]

2008 NCAA lacrosse first-round blow-out by tOSU worthy of mention.

[TimV]

Another vote for The loss to Ohio State in the 2008 NCAA first round. After the great games of 2007, playing at home, on national TV, against a really mediocre team.

[French Rage]

There was no QF series in 2004.  The team stopped playing at the end of the regular season to focus on spring break plans.

[Flyers1037]

But for my money the most underachieving performance in a game that mattered was the 6-2 2006 ECAC F loss to Harvard.  That was a team Cornell should have easily handled, and an ECAC title there for the taking.  Bleech!

I'm with Trotsky.  This is the game that I hate to think about the most.

I recall being very annoyed after that game, and screamed some not-so-nice things from my corner of the rink.  I third this one.

I vote this one as well.  I remember not understanding what McKee was doing during that game, because playing goal was certainly not his focus that night.  Te 3OT loss to Wisconsin was just an amazing game to watch.  The Lacrosse games... after the regular season game against UVA, I was excited just to be in the championship game, and with how much we were down in the 3rd to Duke... it was exciting just to watch the team come back from that.  The 06 game against sucks was just atrocious and a game that we should have won easily.  Nothing worse than losing to your rival in a big game.

What about the first BU/Cornell game at MSG?  I remember wanting to try to get out of the arena without being noticed after that game too.

[RichH]

I vote this one as well.  I remember not understanding what McKee was doing during that game, because playing goal was certainly not his focus that night.  Te 3OT loss to Wisconsin was just an amazing game to watch.  The Lacrosse games... after the regular season game against UVA, I was excited just to be in the championship game, and with how much we were down in the 3rd to Duke... it was exciting just to watch the team come back from that.  The 06 game against sucks was just atrocious and a game that we should have won easily.  Nothing worse than losing to getting undressed by your rival in a big game.

FYP.  I remember that game because it jarred a big group of our fans who were so complacent in winning the 2005 ECAC Championship.  We (as fans) went in there with the same attitude in '06 and got a nice reminder that winning the league isn't so easy.

What about the first BU/Cornell game at MSG?  I remember wanting to try to get out of the arena without being noticed after that game too.

That can't be the worst game, because we could buy beer.  Well...those of us 21+.