Men's Basketball 21-22

[mountainred]

Guys gut out a 79-71 win. Dean Noll really stepped up late:  20 points with some great drives, plus 7 rebounds.  Shout out to Evan Williams (the player not the drink).  He played some key minutes and looked really good on defense and on the glass, plus had two clutch free throws.

For about an hour, Cornell is alone in first place in the Ivy League.

[upprdeck]

3pt shows lept Dart in  the game.. made 45% and shot a bunch.  had multiple chances to get the game strected out but never really had a run of shots go in to do it.. good game though. Penn will be tough next week

[mountainred]

Cornell has a bad habit of overpursuing on defense, which leads to good looks on threes if you are willing to be patient.  Dartmouth did a great job of keeping the ball moving until someone was open.  14 assists on 25 made shots for them.

Penn has been leading Brown by 10 most of the game.

[Al DeFlorio]

Cornell's first 26 second half points came on eleven layups and four free throws on fouls drawn by layups.  Five three-point tries in the second half vs. twelve in the first.

[arugula]

I know these things are mostly ridiculous, but it looks like someone or some computer is noticing.  The most recent Bracketology for Hoops:

https://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/page/bracketology/ncaa-bracketology-projecting-2022-march-madness-men-field

[upprdeck]

being in first place gets the AQ right now.  Beat Penn and then make it thru the first half of the games before starting to think about it..  even then its probably a bid league still have to win that season ender but if you can get into that there is always a shot.

[mountainred]

Yeah, in a one bid league like the Ivy, they just plug in the first place team and move on.  We get the tie-break because of our record.

Still, fun to see.

[mountainred]

Cornell trails Penn at the half 38-36.  Still no Jones.  Game is being played at Cornell's pace, but Penn is winning the game near the rim.  Or at least hitting more of their shots there.  Cornell is shooting just 6-22 from inside the arc, which is woof.

EDIT:  At the half, Columbia leads Princeton by a dozen because why not?

[Al DeFlorio]

Cornell trails Penn at the half 38-36.  Still no Jones.  Game is being played at Cornell's pace, but Penn is winning the game near the rim.  Or at least hitting more of their shots there.  Cornell is shooting just 6-22 from inside the arc, which is woof.

EDIT:  At the half, Columbia leads Princeton by a dozen because why not?

Some of the bricks they throw up from inside five feet just defy belief.

[Ken711]

Cornell loses to Penn 79-65.  The FG shooting % says it all.  34% for Cornell vs 51% for Penn.

[mountainred]

Penn wins 79-65 as the game gets away late.  Quakers could do what they wanted to near the rim, and Cornell couldn't hit enough 3's to stay in it.  It may be a while before see any more bracketology stories with Cornell's name.

Princeton next and they destroyed Columbia in the second half. Maybe Cornell's depth will play a role tomorrow night.

[mountainred]

Cornell loses to Penn 79-65.  The FG shooting % says it all.  34% for Cornell vs 51% for Penn.

Cornell shot 12 for 37 from inside the arc.  That's brutal.  The threes helped their shooting percentage.

Chris Manon does some good things.  He's a strong rebounder and an intense defender.  But 2 for 12 shooting is hard to watch.

[upprdeck]

they just missed to many within 3-5 ft.. at the beginning the refs swallowed the whistle then they called everything then they went back again.. the key play I thought was the blatant flop the penn kid took on the 3 around 5 min to go and then the charge he got called right after that..

more than enough chances.. 3s got the lead and they missed a ton of open looks down the stretch. but we have to finish around the basket better.

[mountainred]

but we have to finish around the basket better.

Bart Torvik's website breaks down 2 point shots as "at the rim" or "mid-range" (or dunks, but there aren't enough of those to matter).  Cornell was 8-22 at the rim, Penn was 20-28.  There is your difference.  The Quakers also shot 17 more FTs, which I'd love to be more ticked off about, but we did get very 3-ball heavy.

[mountainred]

Good first half in New Jersey:  Cornell 39 Princeton 25.  The Tigers are without their best player, injured last night, but Jones is still out for Cornell.
Cornell's pace looks like it is throwing off the Tigers, especially down their PG.  But the Tigers trailed at the half last night and won going away.