general 2010-2011 basketball season thread

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

Can we please change the thread title back to the original title?  The ALL CAPS "shout" is somewhat annoying.

[Beeeej]

Can we please change the thread title back to the original title?  The ALL CAPS "shout" is somewhat annoying.

Yeah, it might not be a bad idea to start a new thread if you want to draw specific attention to upcoming games.  I'm changing the title back.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

Can we please change the thread title back to the original title?  The ALL CAPS "shout" is somewhat annoying.

Yeah, it might not be a bad idea to start a new thread if you want to draw specific attention to upcoming games.  I'm changing the title back.

Tnx, Beeeej.

JH

[phillysportsfan]

Can we please change the thread title back to the original title?  The ALL CAPS "shout" is somewhat annoying.

Sorry just trying to draw attention to the game on Friday since the student attendance has been so pathetic this year, too many fans jumped off the bandwagon already yet were at the first game to get a free shirt

[ugarte]

Cornell withstands a late rally to beat Penn by a pair. I have to admit, I'm pretty happy with how this season has gone. Not as happy as last season but the team has really improved of the course of the Ivy schedule and I look forward to seeing what Courtney can do with players recruited for his system.

Also, Harvard may have choked away the title tonight, so that's pretty cool.

[phillysportsfan]

Yeah funny that this years team did something last year's team could not, sweep Penn

Yeah we have been in every Ivy league game except for the two games against Harvard, in which the players admitted they respected Harvard too much and tried to just keep it close.

I hate to expect too much from the freshman next year but I am really interested to see what Miller, Cherry, Cancer can do, those three seem to be some of the better recruits we have brought in on paper in awhile. I think our guard play will be good next year but the big question will be what we can get from our frontcourt. Figini and Eitan really need to bulk up this summer as Foote did and Lamore might be able to contribute early on too. It also works out that I think the team is up for their summer trip this year that they do every 4 years

I'd like to see a top 4 finish in the league next year, maybe competing for a Ivy league title in 2-3 years. Next year is basically Harvard's title to lose, given that they are already a contender and they have no seniors since Amaker cut them all.

It will be interesting to see who wins the league this year, Harvard is at home but beating Penn and Princeton on back to back nights wont be easy especially when Princeton only has to play Dartmouth the night before.

[mountainred]

Wins in the Palestra are few and far between for Cornell; wasn't there a twenty-odd game losing streak there for the Big Red?  Now, the team is two home games against Brown (who they beat) and Yale (who they should have) from finishing 6-8 in the League, something I really didn't think was possible after the 0-5 start.  Unlike some Ivy squads who started the way Cornell started, this team didn't give up on the season.  The amazing thing to me is that this late season improvement has been without Osgood and only minimal contributions from Wire.  Not sure what happened there, I would told you Adam was on the top five players on this team when the season began -- but he just doesn't seem to work in Coach Courtney's system.

Freshman are always a crap shoot, but my guess is that Courtney is going to have them play as many minutes as they can.  On paper, that looks possible.  Giddens may wind up as a steal, a guy Cornell catches on the upswing. One thing to like about LaMore -- he doesn't appear to shoot three pointers.  This team could use a post player that likes to play the post.

Hard to imagine this team competing next year, next year's Harvard team could well be Amaker-proof.  But a winning league record looks like a plausible goal.

[Swampy]

Wins in the Palestra are few and far between for Cornell; wasn't there a twenty-odd game losing streak there for the Big Red?  Now, the team is two home games against Brown (who they beat) and Yale (who they should have) from finishing 6-8 in the League, something I really didn't think was possible after the 0-5 start.  Unlike some Ivy squads who started the way Cornell started, this team didn't give up on the season.  The amazing thing to me is that this late season improvement has been without Osgood and only minimal contributions from Wire.  Not sure what happened there, I would told you Adam was on the top five players on this team when the season began -- but he just doesn't seem to work in Coach Courtney's system.

Too bad there's no Ivy tournament. It would be interesting to see this team play some of the upper echelon with a restart on the season and a neutral court.

[phillysportsfan]

Yeah these are the kinds of years we wish there was a tournament, while last year a fluke upset in the tournament may have kept us from even getting to the NCAA's

[ugarte]

Yeah these are the kinds of years we wish there was a tournament, while last year a fluke upset in the tournament may have kept us from even getting to the NCAA's

However much this team has improved, I still don't think that they would go on a three game run. I guess that's the fun of a tournament, though, since I think the same thing about the hockey team and I'm hoping like hell that they pull off an upset or two.

[Swampy]

Yeah these are the kinds of years we wish there was a tournament, while last year a fluke upset in the tournament may have kept us from even getting to the NCAA's

However much this team has improved, I still don't think that they would go on a three game run. I guess that's the fun of a tournament, though, since I think the same thing about the hockey team and I'm hoping like hell that they pull off an upset or two.

No, I wouldn't expect a 3-game run either. In fact, I'd (figuratively) bet against them if they played Princeton or Harvard. But if I remember correctly, last year we were in a tournament and it was a gas, even if we only won two games before losing the third. **]

[phillysportsfan]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rh06TstqUxs&feature=player_embedded

Spanish team Foote is playing for put out the above highlight video called Jeff Foote es SuperBlockMan

[scoop85]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rh06TstqUxs&feature=player_embedded

Spanish team Foote is playing for put out the above highlight video called Jeff Foote es SuperBlockMan

I hope his salary isn't based on the number of fans attending those games!

[Josh '99]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rh06TstqUxs&feature=player_embedded

Spanish team Foote is playing for put out the above highlight video called Jeff Foote es SuperBlockMan

Oh my, how awesome is this?

[billhoward]

The old Christopher Reeve '74 jersey