Basketball 2014-15

[jeff '84]

Wow. Tough loss.

[mountainred]

Ugh.  The only thing missing was Havlicek making the steal.

On the bright side, it wasn't like Cornell was close because of freakish three point shooting.  We shot well, okay 22 of 23 from line won't be repeated, but not anything absurd.  We played good D.  That looked like two evenly-matched teams.  Ivy teams are going hate playing Cornell.

[ugarte]

Ugh.  The only thing missing was Havlicek making the steal.

it reminded me of the lax final against syracuse but without any of the stakes.

[mountainred]

I don't dislike this team.

I'm torn on these guys.  They play hard and to the buzzer.  Shoot, they played hard in most games last season.  I enjoy watching the defense go at it.  I hate watching the playground offense, though that could just be my biases of what's "good basketball."  

Excuse me, I have to go tell some kids to get off my lawn.

[mountainred]

Ugh.  The only thing missing was Havlicek making the steal.

it reminded me of the lax final against syracuse but without any of the stakes.

I almost said the exact same thing, except that they never played a lax final in 2009.

[upprdeck]

there are multiple winnable games coming up. lets see if the can win 3-4

[billhoward]

Ugh.  The only thing missing was Havlicek making the steal.

it reminded me of the lax final against syracuse but without any of the stakes.

+1

[mountainred]

there are multiple winnable games coming up. lets see if the can win 3-4

At the half, the Big Red leads Drexel 26-17.  It hasn't been pretty, but it's been effective so far.

Not as effective in the second half and Drexel rallies to win 61-59.  Too many turnovers late.  Next three games (Canisius, at Bingo and UMass Lowell) are all winnable.

[upprdeck]

2 games in a row cornell had leads with under 2 to go..

[ugarte]

2 games in a row cornell had leads with under 2 to go..

This was infuriating to follow. They weren't just winning, they were dominating. And then they fell apart at the end again. Goddamn.

[Ken711]

2 games in a row cornell had leads with under 2 to go..

This was infuriating to follow. They weren't just winning, they were dominating. And then they fell apart at the end again. Goddamn.

Lack of coaching.

[mountainred]

Win #3.  Cornell 67 Canisius 60.

It wasn't pretty and the Big Red was rather fortunate that the Griffs did not capitalize on a ton of chances down the stretch.  But after last season (and the Penn State game), the guys were due some luck.

Nice game for Daryl Smith:  13 points.  He's not as flashy as our starters, but he makes better decisions.

[ugarte]

Win #3.  Cornell 67 Canisius 60.

I saw that we had the lead and then refused to follow. No way. They had to win one before I started paying close attention again.

[mountainred]

Win #3.  Cornell 67 Canisius 60.

I saw that we had the lead and then refused to follow. No way. They had to win one before I started paying close attention again.

The last three minutes were pretty frustrating, so I'm not sure they solved anything.  3 turnovers and 5 fouls in the last three minutes.  But it didn't matter because Canisius missed 5 FT's and a bunch of lay-ups down the stretch.

[ugarte]

Win #3.  Cornell 67 Canisius 60.

I saw that we had the lead and then refused to follow. No way. They had to win one before I started paying close attention again.

The last three minutes were pretty frustrating, so I'm not sure they solved anything.  3 turnovers and 5 fouls in the last three minutes.  But it didn't matter because Canisius missed 5 FT's and a bunch of lay-ups down the stretch.

Sounds like the Sixers. Bill Courtney is tanking for a draft pick.