2013-2014 Basketball

[Ken711]

Cornell now 1-15 after a 74-58 home loss to Columbia.

[mountainred]

Cornell now 1-15 after a 74-58 home loss to Columbia.

It was 51-49 Big Red with 10 minutes to go when the Lions threw it into another gear.

[mountainred]

Brown 78 Cornell 66.  The Big Red killed a much taller Brown team on the offensive glass, but it wasn't enough.

[Al DeFlorio]

Brown 78 Cornell 66.  The Big Red killed a much taller Brown team on the offensive glass, but it wasn't enough.

Shooting 3 for 22 beyond the arc doesn't help.

[Ken711]

Can they beat Yale to avoid 1-17?

[mountainred]

Can they beat Yale to avoid 1-17?

Unlikely -- Ken Pomeroy gives the Big Red a 6% chance at winning.  Yale draws a ton of fouls and Cornell sends team to the line like it's our job.  But after last night we are probably "due" for a good a night from behind the arc.

[Ken711]

Can they beat Yale to avoid 1-17?

Unlikely -- Ken Pomeroy gives the Big Red a 6% chance at winning.  Yale draws a ton of fouls and Cornell sends team to the line like it's our job.  But after last night we are probably "due" for a good a night from behind the arc.

Close game but unfortunately 1-17.

[mountainred]

In an interesting bit of compare and contrast:  Dartmouth lost its best player (and one of the league's best) for the season a few weeks back.  This weekend they swept Penn and Princeton.

[scoop85]

In an interesting bit of compare and contrast:  Dartmouth lost its best player (and one of the league's best) for the season a few weeks back.  This weekend they swept Penn and Princeton.

You're not implying anything about the coaching, are you ;-)

[billhoward]

In an interesting bit of compare and contrast:  Dartmouth lost its best player (and one of the league's best) for the season a few weeks back.  This weekend they swept Penn and Princeton.

Cut it to 3 late in the game, succumbed 61-57. Dartmouth comparison is interesting but Cornell has more than one player.

[CAS]

Cornell has now lost 23 consecutive games against Division 1 competition.

[phillysportsfan]

last D1 win was 2/16/2013 almost a year ago, still crazy that we had a half time lead over #1 Cuse

can't deal with Courtney's nonsense for another year

[scoop85]

last D1 win was 2/16/2013 almost a year ago, still crazy that we had a half time lead over #1 Cuse

can't deal with Courtney's nonsense for another year

But according to BRF, it's a certainty he's coming back.  Hard to believe he could stick around after this train-wreck of a season, but we'll have to see.

[mountainred]

last D1 win was 2/16/2013 almost a year ago, still crazy that we had a half time lead over #1 Cuse

can't deal with Courtney's nonsense for another year

But according to BRF, it's a certainty he's coming back.  Hard to believe he could stick around after this train-wreck of a season, but we'll have to see.

I generally agree with honoring contracts, if for no other reason than paying someone not to coach is a lousy use of money.  23 straight D1 losses trumps that in my mind, but I'm not the one making out the budget.

Nonetheless, I'm going to predict D1 win #1 will come on Friday.  Hard as it may be to believe, but Jerome Allen may be an even worse bball coach than Courtney.  Penn is incredibly inefficient on offense, so they may not torch our D.  They like to run up and down the court, which plays into the one thing we do well:  have our guards run the floor in transition.  And while the Big Red is still playing hard for Courtney (they had chances to give up in their last four games but fought back), Penn looks like they are just going through the motions. Plus, we've won 4 of the last 6 in the Palestra (that's just fun to type).

[TimV]

I generally agree with honoring contracts, if for no other reason than paying someone not to coach is a lousy use of money.  23 straight D1 losses trumps that in my mind, but I'm not the one making out the budget.

Agree with your statement on trump, but your first sentiment really kills recruiting.