Men's Basketball 21-22

[semsox]

Without commenting on any other aspect of the game, I will say, the officiating down the stretch of this one has left something to be desired.

[mountainred]

Cornell blows an 18 point lead and Princeton hits a circus three at the horn to win 72-70.  I didn't expect to win at Princeton, but this loss is galling.

[ugarte]

Cornell blows an 18 point lead and Princeton hits a circus three at the horn to win 72-70.  I didn't expect to win at Princeton, but this loss is galling.

the layup by noll was clean and the defense on the last possession was so good. forcing a 25 footer only to have it drop. i have no comment on anything else because i left for dinner with about an 8 point lead.

[mountainred]

Dean going the length of the floor after the missed FT was nice (the play before with Manon dribbling into trouble and turning it over on the other hand).  And they harassed Princeton perfectly on their last desperate attack.  You want them to take that shot. Kid just made an insane 3.

It never should have come down to that though.  Cornell led by 18 with 16 minutes to go.  Princeton switched to a 1-3-1 and the Big Red were lost on offense.  The Tigers just slowly crept back into it from there.

Getting swept at the P's happens all the time.  But the letting Tigers crawl back from down 18, and without their best player, is so frustrating.  Columbia beat Penn and Dartmouth beat Brown last night, so we're looking at a logjam in the middle for the ILT.  This would have been a nice win to get.

[Trotsky]

Cornell blows an 18 point lead and Princeton hits a circus three at the horn to win 72-70.  I didn't expect to win at Princeton, but this loss is galling.

the layup by noll was clean and the defense on the last possession was so good. forcing a 25 footer only to have it drop. i have no comment on anything else because i left for dinner with about an 8 point lead.

So.  It was you.

[mountainred]

Assuming the game goes forward, the Big Red travel to Yale for a single-ish game this Saturday.  Yale was the pre-season favorite, are very well coached, and have a couple outstanding guards (Swain, Cotton), but they don't have their usual dominant bigs (now watch a youngster break out).  Because of the holidays and Covid, they haven't played since 12/28 (a one-side loss at a really good St. Mary's team).  But they haven't looked that impressive all season; they haven't won since 12/7, and arguably have beaten just one good team (UMass over two months ago). Of course, an Eli fan could say the same about Cornell's wins (Colgate is just 6-10, but at least they've started winning again). Yale has won the last 15 meetings, which is staggering.  Sure they've been good, but damn!  This would be a great one to steal on the road to balance out the Princeton collapse.

There is a Monday matinee against Columbia.  The Lions have been brutal for most of the season, but they got their best player back and just knocked off Penn at the Palestra.  Winning this one is pretty much mandatory to maintain realistic hopes of making the ILT.

[upprdeck]

hard to see the Columbia game given the forecast..  anywhere from 10-20 inches expected sun-mon around here, gonna be a tough travel day by bus for monday game.

[Al DeFlorio]

6 of 16 free throws.  Dreadful.

[mountainred]

They've hit their last four from the line, so that's something right?

Ugly first half.  Tons of fouls, horrid shooting and, of course, they are making Yale's bigs look good.  No Jones and no Dolan, which is not helping, but it does not look good.

44-33 at the half.

[Ken711]

They've hit their last four from the line, so that's something right?

Ugly first half.  Tons of fouls, horrid shooting and, of course, they are making Yale's bigs look good.  No Jones and no Dolan, which is not helping, but it does not look good.

44-33 at the half.

Starting to think that start of the season was a mix of weak teams and luck.  I don't see Cornell doing very well this season with such a young team and no impactful bigs.

[mountainred]

It's 80-55 -- someone else can watch the last 8 minutes.

[Al DeFlorio]

6 of 26 on threes.  Take it to the hoop and play basketball.

[mountainred]

hard to see the Columbia game given the forecast..  anywhere from 10-20 inches expected sun-mon around here, gonna be a tough travel day by bus for monday game.

Called it.  Team is off until Saturday when they play Harvard.

[mountainred]

Harvard comes to town fresh off a one point win at Dartmouth.  Two Harvard forwards have missed time; Chris Ledlum has missed the last two games and Mason Forbes has only played in one game.  If they remain out, Harvard has a very short bench.  They basically relied on 6 guys at Dartmouth, but one of those guys is Noah Kirkwood and he'll be easily the best player on the floor Saturday.  The computers call this one pretty even, maybe even a small advantage to Cornell, but the computers haven't watched the last game and half.  Half to hope that being at home will help and the Big Red's depth can play a role.

[mountainred]

The men's hoops team played maybe their best half of the year, taking a 5 point halftime deficit and turning it into a 76-61 win over Harvard.  Jordan Jones was back and led the team with 18 points.  Other than being way too sloppy with the ball, and some of that is Harvard's quickness and length, the offense looked really good.  They took open threes, but tried to work the ball inside and had 20 assists on 27 made FGs.  Harvard was largely reduced to chucking up 3s; they took 34.

Really nice win.