Basketball 2015-16

[ugarte]

Cornell hoops plays at defending Ivy champ Harvard tonight, & Dartmouth, which upset Harvard last Saturday, tomorrow.

DOWN GOES HARVARD.

Big win by Cornell. With the free throws at the end, the Big Red run away for a 12 point win.

[Al DeFlorio]

Cornell hoops plays at defending Ivy champ Harvard tonight, & Dartmouth, which upset Harvard last Saturday, tomorrow.

DOWN GOES HARVARD.

Big win by Cornell. With the free throws at the end, the Big Red run away for a 12 point win.

Wild game.  Down by 8 early.  Up by 15 at the half.  Down again early second half.  Score last 13 points to win by 12.

[Swampy]

Big win. Do you think it will save Courtney's job? Do we want to save Courtney's job?

[CAS]

Harvard, with losses of several key players due to graduation and injury, is not the team that dominated the Ivies recently.  Harvard's record is now 9-10.  Courtney should be judged by his record over his entire tenure at Cornell.

[upprdeck]

since the BOT care so little about sports at cornell , and care little about anything at cornell it seems except profits in the endowment , we may see little change in any sport no matter the results.

[scoop85]

I think this is the most watchable team Courtney has put together, and guys like Hatter, Morgan, and Smith are tremendous players for this level, his inability to bring in a big man with an offensive game is troubling.  That being said, if the team is at or even near .500 this year, hard to see Noel pulling the plug, as next year's roster would appear to be Courtney's best yet.

[ithacat]

Big win. Do you think it will save Courtney's job? Do we want to save Courtney's job?

Yes & Yes. Courtney is the best recruiter the program has ever had. If anything, he should have brought in an experienced former HC as an assistant to help him learn on the job. Basketball is never going to get a successful HC to build its program. Team is starting to show promise and is pretty young. Give him an extension.

[CAS]

You are what your record is.  Courtney is 25-46 in the Ivies, 1-2 this year. Does winning a third of your games merit an extension?  In the 6 years before Courtney was hired, Steve Donahue had 6 consecutive winning Ivy records, never finishing below 3rd in the league. We haven't finished in the top half of the Ivies since.

[Ken711]

Big win. Do you think it will save Courtney's job? Do we want to save Courtney's job?

Yes & Yes. Courtney is the best recruiter the program has ever had. If anything, he should have brought in an experienced former HC as an assistant to help him learn on the job. Basketball is never going to get a successful HC to build its program. Team is starting to show promise and is pretty young. Give him an extension.

An experienced former HC as an assistant why would they have wanted that job.  If the team finishes last in the final Ivy League standings, it's time to move on.,

[Al DeFlorio]

Another fantastic finish:  trailing 61-70, 15 straight points makes it 76-70 and a final score of 77-73.

[ugarte]

Another fantastic finish:  trailing 61-70, 15 straight points makes it 76-70 and a final score of 77-73.

thank god for hoops lol

[margolism]

When will Hatter return?  Smith another 33 points tonight.  Only question is will he be Ivy POTW or Ivy Rookie OTW?

[Al DeFlorio]

When will Hatter return?  Smith another 33 points tonight.  Only question is will he be Ivy POTW or Ivy Rookie OTW?

Morgan, not Smith, had 32.

[Chris '03]

You are what your record is.  Courtney is 25-46 in the Ivies, 1-2 this year. Does winning a third of your games merit an extension?  In the 6 years before Courtney was hired, Steve Donahue had 6 consecutive winning Ivy records, never finishing below 3rd in the league. We haven't finished in the top half of the Ivies since.

Here are the records of the last two coaches in their first five years:
3-11 (7th)
2-12 (7th)
4-10 (5th)
6-8 (5th)
8-6 (2nd)
Total: 23-47


6-8 (5th)
7-7 (5th)
5-9 (6th)
1-13 (8th)
5-9 (5th)
Total: 24-46

Winning a third of his Ivy games was enough to keep Donahue in Ithaca. If you're wondering, both coaches started year 6 at 2-2. Courtney lost two games to Columbia.  Donahue lost at home to the Lions and got beat by 40 at Penn.

[Trotsky]

Columbia is 4-0 in league and 15-6 overall.  They no sucky sucky.