Basketball 2015-16

mountainred · November 30, 2015, 05:19:48 PM

Quote from: Ken711
Quote from: mountainredBig Red lose on the road at UMass-Lowell 80-77. Guys fall behind by 15, but fight back so it is close throughout the second half. The good: Cornell forces 23 turnovers and freshman Matt Morgan scores 23 with 4 assists. The bad: UML outrebounded the Red by 46-27.

Cornell doesn't have a lot of height this year, being outrebounded will most likely happen often.

True, but UML has even less. They started four guys 6-3 or shorter. Getting rebounded by UML is a bad, bad sign; Yale may collect every rebound.

mountainred · December 01, 2015, 11:05:47 PM

Of course we follow the UML debacle with the best win by an Ivy this season. 81-80 over Siena. Hatter couldn't miss in the second half as the Big Red continue to match up well with the Saints. Cornell won handily there last year and even during the nightmarish 13-14 season, the Red played Siena down to the final horn.

Seriously, Siena has the best KenPom rating of any team that an Ivy has beaten so far this season. It was a quality win.

And UML was the worst team to beat an Ivy this season. Weird.

billhoward · December 03, 2015, 04:01:26 PM

Quote from: mountainredAnd UML was the worst team to beat an Ivy this season. Weird.

Only just beginning. Hockey will probably have quality wins (ties?) over a top five team and then lose to an American International level team.

KeithK · December 03, 2015, 04:48:37 PM

Quote from: billhoward
Quote from: mountainredAnd UML was the worst team to beat an Ivy this season. Weird.
Only just beginning. Hockey will probably have quality wins (ties?) over a top five team and then lose to an American International level team.

This is the bball thread Bill. Hockey doesn't count.

Swampy · December 03, 2015, 09:50:02 PM

Quote from: KeithK
Quote from: billhoward
Quote from: mountainredAnd UML was the worst team to beat an Ivy this season. Weird.
Only just beginning. Hockey will probably have quality wins (ties?) over a top five team and then lose to an American International level team.
This is the bball thread Bill. Hockey doesn't count.

The only thing worse than idle, counter-factual speculation is off-topic idle, counter-factual speculation.

Al DeFlorio · December 05, 2015, 04:13:09 PM

Easy 85-67 win over Lafayette. 43-33 at the half. Hatter with 29.

scoop85 · December 05, 2015, 04:30:44 PM

Quote from: Al DeFlorioEasy 85-67 win over Lafayette. 43-33 at the half. Hatter with 29.

One of the better performances I've seen during Courtney's 6 years as HC. Lafayette has really taken a step back this year and is not very good, but Cornell can clearly play competitvely with most mid-majors.

mountainred · December 06, 2015, 12:12:25 PM

Quote from: scoop85
Quote from: Al DeFlorioEasy 85-67 win over Lafayette. 43-33 at the half. Hatter with 29.

One of the better performances I've seen during Courtney's 6 years as HC. Lafayette has really taken a step back this year and is not very good, but Cornell can clearly play competitvely with most mid-majors.

Was watching the wrestlers, so I missed the game. Lafayette isn't very good, but they did knock off Penn, so an 18 point win over them is solid.

Tossing out the D3 gimme, Cornell is 3-0 when Hatter scores 29 or more, 1-4 when he scores under 20. He has no games in between. It may really come down to: "If Hatter is on, Cornell can stay with anyone outside the top 100 or so; if he's not, the Big Red will struggle to score enough to win."

jeff '84 · December 19, 2015, 08:05:55 AM

Today's noon game at Syracuse will apparently be on Yes Network on Cablevision in the NYC area.

ugarte · December 19, 2015, 01:55:20 PM

Quote from: jeff '84Today's noon game at Syracuse will apparently be on Yes Network on Cablevision in the NYC area.

Down by 4 at the half, Cornell went on a 6-0 run to take the lead. Then it got very ugly. Syracuse by 21.

billhoward · December 20, 2015, 06:51:44 AM

Quote from: ugarte
Quote from: jeff '84Today's noon game at Syracuse will apparently be on Yes Network on Cablevision in the NYC area.
Down by 4 at the half, Cornell went on a 6-0 run to take the lead. Then it got very ugly. Syracuse by 21.

Should have been the Oh No network. Too bad the Cornell press guide doesn't show the Cornell-Syracuse series results versus the point spread. Then we'd have a fighting chance.

mountainred · December 20, 2015, 11:14:46 AM

Right now, Kenpom.com projects Cornell to finish in a four way tie for 5th in the Ivies at 5-9. Brown is a mess and just had a guy transfer back to Florida Atlantic. Penn is 2-5 after a quick start and just barely beat D3 Ursinus. Dartmouth just got punished by UNH. The bottom half of the league is not very good this year, so 5th place is very realistic.

Monmouth on Wednesday is a tough one -- much tougher than when it was scheduled. The Hawks have beaten UCLA, USC, Notre Dame and Georgetown already this season.

ugarte · December 20, 2015, 11:41:20 AM

Quote from: mountainredMonmouth on Wednesday is a tough one -- much tougher than when it was scheduled. The Hawks have beaten UCLA, USC, Notre Dame and Georgetown already this season.

That's an understatement. They are going to stunt on us AND reenact the Titanic maidenhead scene.

dbilmes · December 20, 2015, 06:38:20 PM

Quote from: mountainredRight now, Kenpom.com projects Cornell to finish in a four way tie for 5th in the Ivies at 5-9. . . . The bottom half of the league is not very good this year, so 5th place is very realistic.

If we finish in a four-way tie for 5th in an 8-team league, it means we finished in a four-way tie for last place. There will be no one below us in the standings. I suppose it's better than finishing 7th or 8th.

ugarte · December 24, 2015, 02:25:26 PM

Quote from: ugarte
Quote from: mountainredMonmouth on Wednesday is a tough one -- much tougher than when it was scheduled. The Hawks have beaten UCLA, USC, Notre Dame and Georgetown already this season.
That's an understatement. They are going to stunt on us AND reenact the Titanic maidenhead scene.

Did the Monmouth kids do anything interesting? (Aside from win?)