Men's Basketball 21-22

[scoop85]

It wasn't a huge crowd, but that was the rowdiest Newman has sounded in some time.

[upprdeck]

Yale only has the loss to top 3 penn
Penn has the loss to top4 Pricn.. but last place Col
Prin has the loss to top 4 yale and cornell
Cornell has the loss top 4 yale/penn/princ

If we sweep Harvard we are in good shape if the other 3 continue to beat up the bottom 4.

still wondering how Penn lost to Col though.

[mountainred]

It's basically 5 teams for 4 slots, unless you think Brown can win out.  At least one projector has Cornell with the best odds for winning the Ivy League bid.  Not sure I buy it, but it is fun to see.  

One thing Cornell has going for it is two games left against last place Columbia (but as upprdeck said, the Lions did beat Penn).  Harvard still has two games left to play against both Yale and Princeton, so their path is going to be difficult, but they host the ILT if they get there.

[Al DeFlorio]

Sloppy start and wasting possessions on rushed threes.

[scoop85]

Ugly start for both teams, with game tied at 8-8. Both offenses stagnant

[Al DeFlorio]

Ugly start for both teams, with game tied at 8-8. Both offenses stagnant

11 points in 10 minutes.  Take it to the hoop.  High percentage shots and draw fouls.

[ugarte]

turned it on and heard "rally from 21 down" but Cornell is down 3 with .7 seconds left and Penn heading to the line as someone called a timeout so i'll check in later but assume this is over.

[upprdeck]

6 games left in the Reg season.. need to go 4-2 to end up 8-6

Harvard is 3-4 with games against Yale/Penn2x/Princ/Cornell. all ahead of them in the standings.  they would need to go 5-2  so 3-2 against that group and still win the other 2.

Brown would have to run the table and thats not happening..

7-7 is where it gets Dicey

if we beat Harvard and still go 4-2 we are probably in. If we go 3-3 and beat Harvard probably in.

[semsox]

Flew under my radar, but I guess the make up game with Columbia was held this afternoon at Newman. Game flow made it look like a pretty comfortable win, 88-75.

[upprdeck]

yup.. i lost tracj of it as well.

Harvard lost to Yale which is a good result for us.

[scoop85]

Flew under my radar, but I guess the make up game with Columbia was held this afternoon at Newman. Game flow made it look like a pretty comfortable win, 88-75.

I watched the replay. Cornell, and especially Boothby, was red hot the 1st half and looked like it would be a blow out. But we cooled off the 2nd half and twice Columbia cut what was an 18 point lead to 3. But Dean Noll was rock solid and we were able to pull away toward the end.

Huge game at home Saturday against Brown.

[billhoward]

Huge game at home Saturday against Brown.

Not many sports, in most seasons, does one think of a Brown-Cornell game as crucial.
Okay, maybe in Ultimate.

[ugarte]

Ugh. Brown gets payback with a putback slam with 3 seconds left to win by a point in Ithaca in a fun seesaw game.

With under a minute left Cornell took a one point lead on a 3 by Manon, then got a clean steal from Noll. Alas, Manon gave Brown the ball back and sent Brown to the line on a clumsy turnover / foul when he stumbled on a drive with ~30 seconds left. Dickson scored to get Cornell the lead back with ~14 seconds left. The defense forced a bad Brown shot but Ganey - the biggest player on the floor, I think - skied above everyone for a highlight reel jam and Cornell couldn't get upcourt cleanly for a last shot.

[rss77]

Brown's offensive rebounding was a difference and Cornell's interior defense has been its Achilles Heel all season.  Cornell's offense is as good as anyone's in the Ivy League but it gets caught up in trading baskets.  Manon is getting better at passing off when he drives but that late game turnover was a killer.

[upprdeck]

down the stretch

cornell Harv/Yale/Dart/Col  

Have to win at least 2..  7-7
Beating Harvard and going 3-1 would make it 8-6

Harv has 5 left cornell/prin2x/col/dart
4-1 would be the top of them i suspect 7-7
3-2 makes them 6-8


Brown has Prin/penn/yale/col.
going 2-2 would be most likely and ending up 6-8
beating 2 of the top teams and going 3-1 gets them to 7-7

if cornell beats harvard and then beats one of the lower 2 thats 7-7 and knocks out harvard most likely as well