Just out......#25 in basketball

[French Rage]

If Harvard beat us in Cambridge, would the one-game playoff be played at a neutral site or are there other tie breakers to determine where the playoff is held?

How would that happen? I mean, seriously. We beat them by 36 effing points. The only way I could see that happening is if, giant turtle forbid, an injury occurred to one particular seven-foot-tall center, whose last name starts with the letter 'F' and ends with "oote".

Gus Frerotte is our center?

[KeithK]

I just don't see a reason for the voters that excluded Cornell this week, to include them next week and the following weeks.  The Harvard game was effectively a peak for the team.  Beating Brown and Yale?  Not sure that means much to the voters.  the fact we're in the top 25 though is great, I think it's more likely we rise than fall.  let's just maintain #25 and not have to click through to the Ivy slate to check our scores.  Now we can see it on the front page of ESPN.com!!!!

Well beating SLU and Clarkson sure helped the hockey team in their poll.

But SLU and Clarkson are well respected names in college hockey.  Even if they aren't good right now pollsters can remember them being national contenders.  Yale and bown in basketball? Not so much.

[ugarte]

I just don't see a reason for the voters that excluded Cornell this week, to include them next week and the following weeks.  The Harvard game was effectively a peak for the team.  Beating Brown and Yale?  Not sure that means much to the voters.  the fact we're in the top 25 though is great, I think it's more likely we rise than fall.  let's just maintain #25 and not have to click through to the Ivy slate to check our scores.  Now we can see it on the front page of ESPN.com!!!!

Well beating SLU and Clarkson sure helped the hockey team in their poll.

But SLU and Clarkson are well respected names in college hockey.  Even if they aren't good right now pollsters can remember them being national contenders.  Yale and bown in basketball? Not so much.

As much as we disrespect the pollsters, I'm sure they are well aware of how Clarkson is doing this year. Nobody is voting for them, for instance.

[KeithK]

I just don't see a reason for the voters that excluded Cornell this week, to include them next week and the following weeks.  The Harvard game was effectively a peak for the team.  Beating Brown and Yale?  Not sure that means much to the voters.  the fact we're in the top 25 though is great, I think it's more likely we rise than fall.  let's just maintain #25 and not have to click through to the Ivy slate to check our scores.  Now we can see it on the front page of ESPN.com!!!!

Well beating SLU and Clarkson sure helped the hockey team in their poll.

But SLU and Clarkson are well respected names in college hockey.  Even if they aren't good right now pollsters can remember them being national contenders.  Yale and bown in basketball? Not so much.

As much as we disrespect the pollsters, I'm sure they are well aware of how Clarkson is doing this year. Nobody is voting for them, for instance.

Sure the pollsters will know that Clarkson has been awful this season. But I still maintani that beating Clarkson and St. Lawrence in hockey will sound better to a poll voter than beating Brown and Yale in basketball, since we generally expect that voters aren't doing exhaustive analysis before casting votes. It's a psychological effect.  I can't prove or measure this but you probably can't disprove it either.

[ugarte]

I just don't see a reason for the voters that excluded Cornell this week, to include them next week and the following weeks.  The Harvard game was effectively a peak for the team.  Beating Brown and Yale?  Not sure that means much to the voters.  the fact we're in the top 25 though is great, I think it's more likely we rise than fall.  let's just maintain #25 and not have to click through to the Ivy slate to check our scores.  Now we can see it on the front page of ESPN.com!!!!

Well beating SLU and Clarkson sure helped the hockey team in their poll.

But SLU and Clarkson are well respected names in college hockey.  Even if they aren't good right now pollsters can remember them being national contenders.  Yale and bown in basketball? Not so much.

As much as we disrespect the pollsters, I'm sure they are well aware of how Clarkson is doing this year. Nobody is voting for them, for instance.

Sure the pollsters will know that Clarkson has been awful this season. But I still maintani that beating Clarkson and St. Lawrence in hockey will sound better to a poll voter than beating Brown and Yale in basketball, since we generally expect that voters aren't doing exhaustive analysis before casting votes. It's a psychological effect.  I can't prove or measure this but you probably can't disprove it either.

Now THAT'S analysis!

[Jim Hyla]

I just don't see a reason for the voters that excluded Cornell this week, to include them next week and the following weeks.  The Harvard game was effectively a peak for the team.  Beating Brown and Yale?  Not sure that means much to the voters.  the fact we're in the top 25 though is great, I think it's more likely we rise than fall.  let's just maintain #25 and not have to click through to the Ivy slate to check our scores.  Now we can see it on the front page of ESPN.com!!!!

Well beating SLU and Clarkson sure helped the hockey team in their poll.

But SLU and Clarkson are well respected names in college hockey.  Even if they aren't good right now pollsters can remember them being national contenders.  Yale and bown in basketball? Not so much.

As much as we disrespect the pollsters, I'm sure they are well aware of how Clarkson is doing this year. Nobody is voting for them, for instance.

Sure the pollsters will know that Clarkson has been awful this season. But I still maintani that beating Clarkson and St. Lawrence in hockey will sound better to a poll voter than beating Brown and Yale in basketball, since we generally expect that voters aren't doing exhaustive analysis before casting votes. It's a psychological effect.  I can't prove or measure this but you probably can't disprove it either.

Now THAT'S analysis!

Keep it up guys, I'm having fun.::twak::

[phillysportsfan]

For the alumni on here, how long has the This team is the winning team! This team is the losing team chant! been going on?

There was an article today about Utah State doing the chant and the guy says he never heard the chant before.
http://www.collegehoopsjournal.com/2010/02/04/utah-state-truly-has-one-of-the-most-annoying-chants-and-its-terrific/

We might have gotten from somewhere else but I was just wondering how long ago that chant started here?

[scoop85]

For the alumni on here, how long has the This team is the winning team! This team is the losing team chant! been going on?

There was an article today about Utah State doing the chant and the guy says he never heard the chant before.
http://www.collegehoopsjournal.com/2010/02/04/utah-state-truly-has-one-of-the-most-annoying-chants-and-its-terrific/

We might have gotten from somewhere else but I was just wondering how long ago that chant started here?

We were doing it back in 81-82, and I know it started before that.

[Roy 82]

For the alumni on here, how long has the This team is the winning team! This team is the losing team chant! been going on?

There was an article today about Utah State doing the chant and the guy says he never heard the chant before.
http://www.collegehoopsjournal.com/2010/02/04/utah-state-truly-has-one-of-the-most-annoying-chants-and-its-terrific/

We might have gotten from somewhere else but I was just wondering how long ago that chant started here?

We were doing it back in 81-82, and I know it started before that.

We (Mike Wapner) started doing it at games after seeing it done by UNH at the ECACs the previous year (1979 ECACs at the Gahden?) IIRC.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

For the alumni on here, how long has the This team is the winning team! This team is the losing team chant! been going on?

There was an article today about Utah State doing the chant and the guy says he never heard the chant before.
http://www.collegehoopsjournal.com/2010/02/04/utah-state-truly-has-one-of-the-most-annoying-chants-and-its-terrific/

We might have gotten from somewhere else but I was just wondering how long ago that chant started here?

We were doing it back in 81-82, and I know it started before that.

I thought you stole it from NoDak at the '80 NCAA's.  That's the first time I remember seeing  it.

We (Mike Wapner) started doing it at games after seeing it done by UNH at the ECACs the previous year (1979 ECACs at the Gahden?) IIRC.

[JasonN95]

In furtherance of the "enjoy it while we can" moment, I'll mention that the score tracker at the bottom of the Lakers Nuggets game on ESPN has NCAAM in the rotation with one dot, shows the Cornell over Yale score, then moves onto the next category.  Yes, I take pleasure in the simple things. :-)

[David Harding]

A the moment Ken Pomeroy's Matt Carberry's B-T calculation puts Cornell at #21.  His own Ken Poemeroy's system, whose data Matt uses has Cornell at #44.

[KeithK]

A the moment Ken Pomeroy's B-T calculation puts Cornell at #21.  His own system has Cornell at #44.

The first link show Cornell with the 47th best strength of schedule in the country. Do we have to play the last nine Ivy games?

[Swampy]

In furtherance of the "enjoy it while we can" moment, I'll mention that the score tracker at the bottom of the Lakers Nuggets game on ESPN has NCAAM in the rotation with one dot, shows the Cornell over Yale score, then moves onto the next category.  Yes, I take pleasure in the simple things. :-)

Yeah, and at halftime during today's Georgetown - Villanova game on ESPN the announcers were running down the Big East teams and their changes of getting to the Dance. When the got to Syracuse, they asked what was its best non-conference win. After rattling off a list including California, North Carolina, Florida,and Memphis, they agreed that the win over Cornell was the best. ::wow::

Boy, is this great or what?::banana::

[jkahn]

A the moment Ken Pomeroy's B-T calculation puts Cornell at #21.  His own system has Cornell at #44.

John Wobus has us at 20 in his KRACH (B-T) ratings as of 2/2/10.http://www.vaporia.com/sports/collegebasketballkrach.html