Men's Basketball (2017-2018)

[mountainred]

That looks right to me.  

Recruit update:  Kobe Dickson is averaging 15 points, 11 rebounds and 3 blocks a night so far this season.  His team is 18-1, so he's not piling up stats in losing efforts.  He might be a really solid under the radar find.

[mountainred]

Entertaining, but ultimately disappointing, loss to Yale 82-80.  The Bulldogs scored 52 in the second half as the Big Red's defense struggled again.

Cornell and Brown are now tied for 5th and Saturday's game is one of survival for both teams.  Win and the ILT is still reachable.  Lose and you are basically done.

[upprdeck]

really just a couple poor defensive decision late.  up 2 you cant allow a 3 and tied they did it again..  at worst its OT if you just make then shoot 2s

[mountainred]

really just a couple poor defensive decision late.  up 2 you cant allow a 3 and tied they did it again..  at worst its OT if you just make then shoot 2s

In fairness, they've been pretty lousy at allowing 3s all season, it wasn't just a late game breakdown.
EDIT:  wait, are you thinking about Yates's shot to give Yale the lead for good?  Cornell only led by 1 before that shot.  Yates shouldn't have been that open either way.

[Ken711]

Cornell beats Brown 73-68.

[mountainred]

Cornell beats Brown 73-68.

The defense has struggled this year, but that's twice they solved Brown.  Their PG averages 17.5 ppg, he scored 14 total in the two games v. Cornell.

The Big Red is now tied with Columbia for 4th, one game ahead of Brown and Princeton.  The Lions hold the tiebreaker for the last spot in the ILT, so Cornell needs to sweep next weekend or hope Columbia loses at last place Dartmouth.

[upprdeck]

too bad tey let that Yale game get away.

[scoop85]

too bad tey let that Yale game get away.

Both that and the Harvard game.  On the other hand, we probably had no business pulling out the Dartmouth or Princeton games, so it's probably evened-out.

I'd love to see us sneak in, but hard to see winning 2 on the road.

[Ken711]

too bad tey let that Yale game get away.

Both that and the Harvard game.  On the other hand, we probably had no business pulling out the Dartmouth or Princeton games, so it's probably evened-out.

I'd love to see us sneak in, but hard to see winning 2 on the road.

Yeah not likely they sweep.  Given their road record (3-10), it's much more likely they get swept and lose both.

[mountainred]

I think Cornell gets in if they win at Harvard and lose at Dartmouth and Columbia does the opposite; that would make Cornell's sweep of Brown the tie-breaker.  Unless Princeton sweeps Brown and Yale at home, in which case the Tigers have the advantage because they would be the only team to have beaten 3rd place Yale.  EDIT:  except in my scenario I assumed a Cornell win over 2nd place Harvard.  Sorry about that.

The Yale loss hurts because it was there for the taking, but that was likely Karma payback for stealing one versus Princeton.

[ugarte]

Great job to come back and send this game to OT and then couldn't hold an OT lead and then Harvard ran away in 2OT. Surprisingly close given that I only saw Cornell hit a single shot beyond 10 feet. The boxscore says we hit 9 threes but I didn't see any of them; just one bad miss after another. *sigh* Insanely frustrating because Columbia lost and we could have controlled our own destiny tomorrow.

[mountainred]

Another entertaining, but ultimately disappointing loss.  96-88 at Harvard in double overtime.  Cornell had the ball with a chance to take the lead with about 1:20 in the second OT but Gordon missed the shot and the wheels came off.  Matt missed a shot at the end of the first OT that would have won it, but he was too deep. Morgan had 34, Gettings 23 before fouling out.

Two defensive stats:  Harvard shot 48% from behind the arc (lots of wide open looks) but turned it over 19 times to give the Red a chance.  They also hit 24 of 27 from the line, so credit them there.

BUT, Columbia spit the bit at Dartmouth (they trailed by 19 late, closed to within 2 but the gap was too much).  So, Cornell can take the last ILT spot with: 1) a win at Dartmouth; 2) a Columbia loss at Harvard; and 3) a Princeton loss at Yale.  It's a lot of help, but none of those outcomes are crazy.

[mountainred]

Surprisingly close given that I only saw Cornell hit a single shot beyond 10 feet. The boxscore says we hit 9 threes but I didn't see any of them; just one bad miss after another.

Morgan hit some serious bombs, but he was the only one.

[upprdeck]

harvard playing for the ivy tomorrow so that will help them vs Columbia, as will yale SR night vs Princeton.

it wont be an easy game as dartmouth has played pretty very game close.

had plenty of chances tonight . too bad we couldnt hit 3s for most of the game.

[mountainred]

KenPom predictions for tonight:  Dartmouth over Cornell 75-73, Yale over Princeton 71-68, Harvard over Columbia 75-67.

Harvard won't want to lose the #1 seed so soon after taking it back from Penn and they will want revenge for their loss in NYC.  I'm not too worried about that domino falling into place.

I'm not as sold on Yale/Princeton going our way.  That game means a lot more for Princeton than it does for Yale.

Dartmouth has played everyone tough (except the trip to the P's, but every league team knows that experience).  And the Green really should have won in Ithaca (93 % win percentage with a minute left).  

I know the ILT isn't going away, but a 6-8 team making it for the second straight year is not a good look.