big weekend for basketball @Harvard/@Dartmouth

[phillysportsfan]

Hopefully this will be the result of the Harvard game. But this game is critical, since it looks like they will still be missing two of their big men, Keith Wright and Andrew Van Nest, we will need a monster game from Foote, especially this mini 3 pt shooting drought we have been in. A win would effectively eliminate Harvard while a loss would make the next 2 weekends painful and make the one game playoff for the Ivy title a real possibility.

[jtwcornell91]

the one game playoff for the Ivy title

[pedant]If two are more teams are tied, they are both/all Ivy co-champions.  The playoff is just for the NCAA bid.[/pedant]

[ugarte]

the one game playoff for the Ivy title

[pedant]If two are more teams are tied, they are both/all Ivy co-champions.  The playoff is just for the NCAA bid.[/pedant]

True, but only one of those teams cares.

[Willy '06]

They still get rings...

[YankeeLobo]

Harvard 70, Cornell 69 Friday night
Cornell 82, Dartmouth 48 Saturday night

Get ready for a playoff!!

[phillysportsfan]

They still get rings...

An Ivy league title is meaningless without going to the NCAA tournament.

[Willy '06]

My girlfriend's volleyball team would disagree with you. They shared the Ivy Title 4 ways her freshman year (made it to the finals in the playoff where they lost to Yale). That was a big step for the program. They won the championship outright the next two years.

Yes, for basketball it would be a big step back and a disappointment, but not completely meaningless.

[Trotsky]

They still get rings...

An Ivy league title is meaningless without going to the NCAA tournament.

Argh!!!!!!!

Everything I hate about March Madness in one sentence.

The NCAAs is a cute way for networks to make money, but beating traditional rivals and winning the conference championship has a value that, for many of us, is much greater.

See also: bowls > BCS, c.f., my lawn comma get off

[phillysportsfan]

I would agree that 2 years ago I would have taken an Ivy league title in a 4 way tie or any tie for basketball but anything less than making the tournament will be a disappointment for this team.

[Josh '99]

I would agree that 2 years ago I would have taken an Ivy league title in a 4 way tie or any tie for basketball but anything less than making the tournament will be a disappointment for this team.

"for this team", yes, but that's not the same as your broader original statement:

An Ivy league title is meaningless without going to the NCAA tournament.

Yes, for this particular group of players that set an extremely high bar by running the league schedule two years ago and have made the NCAA tournament two years running, and have a decent shot to win a game in the tournament this season, it would be a disappointment not to make the tournament.  Your original statement seemed to be implying more than that, though.

[phillysportsfan]

Sorry what I meant was for this team because 2 years ago no one could be disappointed if we had a tie for an Ivy league title considering we had not won one in 20 years

[sockralex]

Score of hockey is 0-0 after 1 period. Could someone please post BB score at halftime?  Thanks.

[Doug Dickerson]

Alex
The basketball score is 43 - 34 Cornell at the half.
Doug

[Al DeFlorio]

Score of hockey is 0-0 after 1 period. Could someone please post BB score at halftime?  Thanks.

43-34 Cornell, despite being outrebounded 14-11 and outscored from the foul line 16-6.  Foote had scored only 3 and Cornell was up only 28-25.  At the half he had 9 and Cornell was up by 9.  Harvard's big guys are hurt so Cornell has to get the ball inside to Foote to take advantage.

[sockralex]

Thank you. CU is up 2-0 after 2. Two great goals off of passing plays after 5 minutes of sustained pressure.