Basketball 2014-15

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

Should we just accept/expect losing in basketball?  Why field a team then?

Two thoughts:

1.)  Why not accept/expect losing in basketball?  We do in football.::screwy::

2.)  If we DIDN'T field BOTH basketball and football, could we pour the savings into hockey and lacrosse?::cheer::::cheer::::cheer::
         Ok, maybe a few shekels for wrestling.  But only a few.:-D

I suspect the Ivies make you compete in hoops and football as a condition of membership.  Clearly this is not true of all sports.

Participate, maybe.  We haven't competed in football in a while.

[Trotsky]

Should we just accept/expect losing in basketball?  Why field a team then?

Two thoughts:

1.)  Why not accept/expect losing in basketball?  We do in football.::screwy::

2.)  If we DIDN'T field BOTH basketball and football, could we pour the savings into hockey and lacrosse?::cheer::::cheer::::cheer::
         Ok, maybe a few shekels for wrestling.  But only a few.:-D

I suspect the Ivies make you compete in hoops and football as a condition of membership.  Clearly this is not true of all sports.

Participate, maybe.  We haven't competed in football in a while.

Tss.

[Swampy]

Should we just accept/expect losing in basketball?  Why field a team then?

Two thoughts:

1.)  Why not accept/expect losing in basketball?  We do in football.::screwy::

2.)  If we DIDN'T field BOTH basketball and football, could we pour the savings into hockey and lacrosse?::cheer::::cheer::::cheer::
         Ok, maybe a few shekels for wrestling.  But only a few.:-D

I suspect the Ivies make you compete in hoops and football as a condition of membership.  Clearly this is not true of all sports.

Participate, maybe.  We haven't competed in football in a while.

So when do we start competing in hockey?

[TimV]

Nice uniforms.  But the numbers should be darker for contrast- won't show up well for TV.

[RichH]

Miller getting heavily recruited by Mich St, UConn, Marquette, Cal, BC, Mich, Illinois, just to name a few of 30 schools. Good for him, hope he lands on a NCAA tournament team next year. Has to be the dumbest Ivy league rule that grad students cannot play sports, its anti academics if anything

He chose UConn: http://www.courant.com/sports/uconn-mens-basketball/hc-uconn-men-shonn-miller-0419-20150418-story.html

If it were possible, Miller said, he would have stayed at Cornell.

"I don't know why that's the rule in the first place," he said. "but I had no control over that situation."

...

Miller, who is from Euclid, Ohio, will graduate from Cornell on May 24, and he plans to begin summer courses at UConn soon after that. He said he is not sure what he will study at UConn.

I haven't been able to find out what his Cornell major is. His bio on the CU Athletics site just says "He is enrolled in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences."

[Ken711]

As Columbia gets a top recruit, Cornell sinks lower.

http://nypost.com/2015/05/13/columbia-hoops-terrific-catch-could-put-them-over-the-top-in-ivy/

[scoop85]

As Columbia gets a top recruit, Cornell sinks lower.

http://nypost.com/2015/05/13/columbia-hoops-terrific-catch-could-put-them-over-the-top-in-ivy/

I hope he has a better experience at Columbia then the current German student at Columbia who's at the center of the "Mattress Girl" travesty.

[billhoward]

Basketball problem solved: new assistant coach for recruiting. He replaces Marlon Sears, who accepted the head coaching position at Montclair (NJ) State last month.

Craig Carter [Rutgers '92] Named Assistant Men's Basketball Coach

[ugarte]

Basketball problem solved: new assistant coach for recruiting. He replaces Marlon Sears, who accepted the head coaching position at Montclair (NJ) State last month.

Craig Carter [Rutgers '92] Named Assistant Men's Basketball Coach

Holy cow. Craig Carter was the superstar basketball player as a senior when I was a freshman at Bronx Science. I don't know if we've had a scholarship D-I Men's basketball player since.

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

He looks more like a football player.::bolt::

[Ken711]

Meanwhile Harvard keeps bringing in 4 star recruits.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2499170-why-a-4-star-f-decided-to-play-basketball-at-harvard-over-michigan-ohio-state

[marty]

Meanwhile Harvard keeps bringing in 4 star recruits.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2499170-why-a-4-star-f-decided-to-play-basketball-at-harvard-over-michigan-ohio-state

Back door into the Crimson Chemical Engineering program, no doubt.

[Jim Hyla]

Meanwhile Harvard keeps bringing in 4 star recruits.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2499170-why-a-4-star-f-decided-to-play-basketball-at-harvard-over-michigan-ohio-state

Well, congratulations to the kid. It's nice to see someone have a good perspective on the value of college. He could have ended up with a good degree from OSU or UM, but he chose a different route. Overall it could help elevate the Ivies in other recruits eyes, but we (CU) may not be able to capitalize on it.

[marty]

Meanwhile Harvard keeps bringing in 4 star recruits.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2499170-why-a-4-star-f-decided-to-play-basketball-at-harvard-over-michigan-ohio-state

Well, congratulations to the kid. It's nice to see someone have a good perspective on the value of college. He could have ended up with a good degree from OSU or UM, but he chose a different route. Overall it could help elevate the Ivies in other recruits eyes, but we (CU) may not be able to capitalize on it.

Agreed, my snarky comments about their engineering programs aside, I hope he makes the most of his time at Harvard.

[Swampy]

Meanwhile Harvard keeps bringing in 4 star recruits.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2499170-why-a-4-star-f-decided-to-play-basketball-at-harvard-over-michigan-ohio-state

Well, congratulations to the kid. It's nice to see someone have a good perspective on the value of college. He could have ended up with a good degree from OSU or UM, but he chose a different route. Overall it could help elevate the Ivies in other recruits eyes, but we (CU) may not be able to capitalize on it.

Agreed, my snarky comments about their engineering programs aside, I hope he makes the most of his time at Harvard.

The quotations from the kid are terrific. Doesn't sound as if he needed a back door anywhere. Every year there must be a few really smart, academically qualified, 4-star recruits. Harvard seems to be cornering the market, while Cornell seems painted into a corner.