Basketball 2014-15

[margolism]

Things to be thankful for:

- Only one blowout loss (thus far)
- 3 of 4 losses by 5 points (2 possessions) or less
- Perfect at home
- Already more W than last season

[CAS]

3 senior starters on team.  Frosh haven't contributed much yet.

[mountainred]

3 senior starters on team.  Frosh haven't contributed much yet.

Yeah, if Miller graduates and takes his fourth year somewhere else, Cornell will have to replace more than half of its minutes.  Yikes!

On the bright side, Princeton, Brown, Dartmouth and Penn are a combined 2-15 so far this season.

[margolism]

Who would have thought that Cornell would have more wins than Princeton, Brown, Dartmouth, and Penn combined, at this point?

[upprdeck]

props for another win..

[mountainred]

props for another win..

Agreed.  KenPom has Cornell up another dozen or so places and is now projecting 13-17, 5-9 in the league.

[semsox]

I will be pretty surprised if we only manage 5 league wins. We'd be favored in all 4 games against Penn/Dartmouth. Call me crazy, but if everything breaks right, I could honestly see us competing for 2nd in the league.

[upprdeck]

harvard lost to Holy cross and watching HC play against SU they are a scrappy team with no size and poor shooters. I think harvard is only marginally better than 2-3 teams in the ivy.

[ugarte]

It's crazy. Our team should be 6-2 with wins over Penn State and Drexel on our record. This team isn't trash. I like it. Going to have to see them at Columbia and I was thinking about blowing it off this year.

[mountainred]

I will be pretty surprised if we only manage 5 league wins. We'd be favored in all 4 games against Penn/Dartmouth. Call me crazy, but if everything breaks right, I could honestly see us competing for 2nd in the league.

You're crazy, unless "everything breaking right" includes Justin Sears and Javier Duren quitting basketball to become Whiffenpoofs.  Yale is a very solid team.

This team isn't trash and could compete for the top half of the league.  They've caught a few breaks:  Brown is floundering, Penn is a mess and both Princeton and Columbia have been hit with injuries.  That's not Cornell's problem and after last year they were due a few breaks.

The thing is, the margin for error for these guys is very small.  They aren't a good offensive team; they turn the ball over too much, don't shoot well and grab surprisingly few offensive rebounds.  They are going to need to make 65 or so points stand up.  They're winning because opponents are shooting around 40% from 2 point range, and just 30% from behind the arc.  If the guys can maintain that, they'll be fine.  But that's pretty elite territory.

[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.

HOW DID WE BLOW THE LEAD IN THIS GAME TO THIS TEAM http://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2014/12/4/7337737/university-of-the-sciences-beats-drexel-first-non-di-team-to-beat-di

[scoop85]

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.

HOW DID WE BLOW THE LEAD IN THIS GAME TO THIS TEAM http://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2014/12/4/7337737/university-of-the-sciences-beats-drexel-first-non-di-team-to-beat-di

Certainly not good for the KenPom rating ::wtf::

[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.

HOW DID WE BLOW THE LEAD IN THIS GAME TO THIS TEAM http://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2014/12/4/7337737/university-of-the-sciences-beats-drexel-first-non-di-team-to-beat-di

Certainly not good for the KenPom rating ::wtf::

Will it even factor in? They don't count D-II wins, but is there a penalty for the shocking loss to a D-II team?

[ugarte]

Yale beat UConn tonight. Ivy race is going to be interesting.

[margolism]

Another MBB win.  Undefeated at home.  Beat a team that had won six in a row coming into today's game.