Men's basketball 2018-19

scoop85 · October 31, 2018, 08:42:10 AM

Ithaca's a pretty good D-III team, so a 37 point win in the exhibition game is a good sign

mountainred · October 31, 2018, 09:08:09 AM

IC isn't Williams,* but they are probably on the level of Cortland St. Cornell beat the Dragons 96-70 in last year's opener. So, yeah, good sign and certainly better than most of the alternatives.

Boeheim was the #2 scorer, as he was in the inter-squad scrimmage. He looks to be the first choice to replace Stone's scoring. JUCO Thurston McCarty had a nice stat line in the intersquad (14p, 7R, 2A), but wasn't mentioned in the story about last night.

*BTW, after a couple of so-so seasons at Williams, Kevin App has the Ephs back to a 20-win, top 10 program.

Ken711 · November 01, 2018, 05:38:43 PM

Meanwhile Harvard signs their SECOND 4 star recruit. Chris Ledlum is ranked as the No. 105 prospect in the 247Sports Composite Rankings. This gives Harvard their second four-star prospect in the 2019 recruiting class. Harvard's class currently ranks No. 22 overall in the 247Sports Composite Rankings.

https://247sports.com/Article/Harvard-gets-second-four-star-pledge-in-Chris-Ledlum-124078476/

billhoward · November 02, 2018, 12:44:47 PM

WSJ coverage of the Harvard (alleged) discrimination against Asians says 86% of all recruited athletes are admitted. Versus 5% of all applicants.

mountainred · November 04, 2018, 11:00:59 AM

Quote from: Ken711Meanwhile Harvard signs their SECOND 4 star recruit. Chris Ledlum is ranked as the No. 105 prospect in the 247Sports Composite Rankings. This gives Harvard their second four-star prospect in the 2019 recruiting class. Harvard's class currently ranks No. 22 overall in the 247Sports Composite Rankings.

https://247sports.com/Article/Harvard-gets-second-four-star-pledge-in-Chris-Ledlum-124078476/

The only good news there is Chris' coach at Harvard is still Tommy Amaker, who wastes a lot of talent. But Yale, Penn and Princeton are also nabbing big time recruits and, to put it mildly, Cornell isn't.

I'm going to focus on enjoying Matt Morgan's last year. It could be very bleak after that.

mountainred · November 06, 2018, 10:25:01 PM

Nice road win to start the season 86-75 at Binghamton.

Morgan with a career high 38 -- he could average 25 points a game. Boeheim was the second option and looked pretty good (20p). Only newcomer to the rotation was Soph. Jake Kuhn.

Glorified scrimmage on Thursday against a bad d3 team with a good nickname (the SUNY-Canton Roos), then Colgate at home on Sunday.

scoop85 · November 06, 2018, 10:37:36 PM

Quote from: mountainredNice road win to start the season 86-75 at Binghamton.

Morgan with a career high 38 -- he could average 25 points a game. Boeheim was the second option and looked pretty good (20p). Only newcomer to the rotation was Soph. Jake Kuhn.

Glorified scrimmage on Thursday against a bad d3 team with a good nickname (the SUNY-Canton Roos), then Colgate at home on Sunday.

Morgan started slowly but blew up in the 2nd half. Boeheim has really improved and looks like he can at least partially fill the gap left by Gettings. Binghamton had some dangerous offensive players and I think this was a very nice road win against a decent D1 team.

billhoward · November 10, 2018, 12:34:13 AM

When will this chance come our way again? Cornell 2 points short of doubling Canton, winning 86-44.

Wondering how often this kind of headline is used on the Duke basketball site?

CAS · November 10, 2018, 12:15:54 PM

Ridiculous headline given 2nd win vs D3 SUNY Canton. The Roos went 7-18 last yr

billhoward · November 10, 2018, 12:18:52 PM

Quote from: CASRidiculous headline given 2nd win vs D3 SUNY Canton

"And the last time the Big Red went 2-0, they went to the Sweet Sixteen."

CAS · November 10, 2018, 12:31:54 PM

Look forward to returning to the Sweet 16 & maybe playing Kentucky again.

billhoward · November 10, 2018, 04:24:35 PM

Quote from: CASLook forward to returning to the Sweet 16 & maybe playing Kentucky again.

It was closer than the score indicated, for the first 10 minutes.

mountainred · November 11, 2018, 02:50:00 PM

Ugly loss to Colgate 73-57. Basically, the Big Red looked awful. They couldn't shoot (4 of 28 from behind the arc) and the Raiders got to the basket with ease (they had 54 points in the paint).

Nobody is as bad as their worst loss, but the team I watched today finishes last in the Ivy.

scoop85 · November 11, 2018, 02:51:05 PM

Quote from: mountainredUgly loss to Colgate 73-57. Basically, the Big Red looked awful. They couldn't shoot (4 of 28 from behind the arc) and the Raiders got to the basket with ease (they had 54 points in the paint).

Nobody is as bad as their worst loss, but the team I watched today finishes last in the Ivy.

Interior defense is nonexistent

mountainred · November 11, 2018, 03:02:01 PM

Quote from: scoop85
Quote from: mountainredUgly loss to Colgate 73-57. Basically, the Big Red looked awful. They couldn't shoot (4 of 28 from behind the arc) and the Raiders got to the basket with ease (they had 54 points in the paint).

Nobody is as bad as their worst loss, but the team I watched today finishes last in the Ivy.

Interior defense is nonexistent

No argument here. And if Morgan isn't scoring, the team isn't scoring. That's a bad combination.