Men's Basketball 22-23

nshapiro · February 06, 2023, 09:31:08 AM

https://ivyleague.com/feature/ivymadness2023 shows men's Ivy tournament March 11,12
but https://ivyleague.com/calendar.aspx?path=mbball shows March 10,11 (and puts the whammy on Cornell/Yale/Princeton)

Anybody know which is correct?

upprdeck · February 06, 2023, 10:17:33 AM

I would say it has to be fri-sat.. they are trying to stop sunday games before march madness and the thing starts on tues as well so if an ivy played in one of those games even less time to get ready.

ugarte · February 06, 2023, 11:25:38 AM

big thanks to cornell's web folks

upprdeck · February 10, 2023, 01:39:17 PM

Cornell at Brown tomorrow

lose and as tight as the standings are it becomes Dicy.. gonna be a tie breaker it would seem someplace by the end.

Prince over Dartmouth helps us
Yale over Columbia not a big deal but Columbia winning would help keep Yale in site.
Penn - Harvard. Harvard winning means at worst we stay in the top 4. But a Harard loss also means one less time stays in play.

we can end up 2-3-4-5 after tomorrow..

3 homes games left and vs the bottom 3 teams.. Still a good chance the 3 homes are enough to get us to the playoff.

mountainred · February 11, 2023, 01:43:09 PM

Quote from: upprdeckCornell at Brown tomorrow

lose and as tight as the standings are it becomes Dicy.. gonna be a tie breaker it would seem someplace by the end.

Prince over Dartmouth helps us
Yale over Columbia not a big deal but Columbia winning would help keep Yale in site.
Penn - Harvard. Harvard winning means at worst we stay in the top 4. But a Harard loss also means one less time stays in play.

we can end up 2-3-4-5 after tomorrow..

3 homes games left and vs the bottom 3 teams.. Still a good chance the 3 homes are enough to get us to the playoff.

I still can't wrap my head around Harvard being 7th, they have way too much talent. Winning at Brown would be huge, but they are playing well. 5 wins in their last 7, with only losses at Yale and in Ithaca.

Really hope to see Nazir back.

Technically, the Big Red could wake up tomorrow in a tie for second, but I just can't see Columbia finishing a sweep of Yale.

chimpfood · February 11, 2023, 02:33:51 PM

This absolutely blows

Al DeFlorio · February 11, 2023, 02:50:35 PM

Quote from: chimpfoodThis absolutely blows

Whatever magic this team had has vanished.

mountainred · February 11, 2023, 02:53:59 PM

This is the worst half of basketball this team has played all season.

chimpfood · February 11, 2023, 02:55:54 PM

They entire half was painful to watch. Last few games our shots just haven't been falling like they did before

ugarte · February 11, 2023, 03:14:35 PM

Quote from: chimpfoodThey entire half was painful to watch. Last few games our shots just haven't been falling like they did before

honestly thought there was a problem with the rim in Princeton but tbh Boothby has lost his stroke and Ragland had way too much leeway to bomb off the back iron. it seems clear to me that Williams is much more important to the team than just his numbers.

mountainred · February 11, 2023, 03:34:47 PM

IMHO, in the Harvard, Penn and Princeton losses, it was the defense that really let them down. You score 80+ in an Ivy game, you take it and you should win. But you can't let up 90.

Ragland shoots way, way too much. You can't lead the team in 3's taken and make under 30% of them. Boothby though has found his stroke in league play (He did stink OOC). Would you believe that coming into today he was hitting 58% of his threes in league play (best in the league)?

Brown is just vastly better today. Tip of the hat to Coach Martin and the Bears.

ugarte · February 11, 2023, 05:33:54 PM

Quote from: mountainredIMHO, in the Harvard, Penn and Princeton losses, it was the defense that really let them down.

agreed. can't close out shooters and when they try they leave wide open cuts to the basket. I watched the first 5 minutes of the second half and turned it off because it was sad.

upprdeck · February 12, 2023, 08:50:28 AM

the stretch in the first where they had 3 charges called turned the game and the lead exploded after that

mountainred · February 14, 2023, 12:40:04 PM

Quote from: ugarte
Quote from: mountainredIMHO, in the Harvard, Penn and Princeton losses, it was the defense that really let them down.
agreed. can't close out shooters and when they try they leave wide open cuts to the basket. I watched the first 5 minutes of the second half and turned it off because it was sad.

Opponents are hitting 56.8 % of their shots inside the arc. That is horrid, like bottom 10 in the country bad. Cornell's offense was outpacing this problem with lots of 3s and lots of forced turnovers for most of the season, but as of late our league opponents are doing a good job of finding the open man and making us pay.

If Cornell wins its 3 remaining home game -- not a certainty by any stretch -- they should make the ILT since Brown still has the P and P trip to make plus a game with Yale. But the margin for error is now microscopic.

Ken711 · February 14, 2023, 01:57:51 PM

Quote from: mountainred
Quote from: ugarte
Quote from: mountainredIMHO, in the Harvard, Penn and Princeton losses, it was the defense that really let them down.
agreed. can't close out shooters and when they try they leave wide open cuts to the basket. I watched the first 5 minutes of the second half and turned it off because it was sad.

Opponents are hitting 56.8 % of their shots inside the arc. That is horrid, like bottom 10 in the country bad. Cornell's offense was outpacing this problem with lots of 3s and lots of forced turnovers, for most of the season but as of late our league opponents are doing a good job of finding the open man and making us pay.

If Cornell wins its 3 remaining home game -- not a certainty by any stretch -- they should make the ILT since Brown still has the P and P trip to make plus a game with Yale. But the margin for error is now microscopic.

They've lost their mojo and I don't seem them getting it back. Teams obviously found a way on film to exploit the Cornell defense.