Men’s Basketball 23-24

[chimpfood]

We are clearly outplaying them but it so bothers me to see us keep worse teams in the game.

[Mr. Niss]

Disorganized, sloppy final three minutes and Brown cuts lead from 16 to 7.  Yuck.

Sometimes I get the feeling that we go on a big run, open up a lead, and some guys on the team begin to think they're Curly Neal and start to play Globetrotters' ball.  And next thing you know, we're not blowing them out any longer.

[Al DeFlorio]

Disorganized, sloppy final three minutes and Brown cuts lead from 16 to 7.  Yuck.

Sometimes I get the feeling that we go on a big run, open up a lead, and some guys on the team begin to think they're Curly Neal and start to play Globetrotters' ball.  And next thing you know, we're not blowing them out any longer.

Opened up to a 14 lead 2nd half, now back to 8.  Offense stagnant again.

[Mr. Niss]

The officiating in this game is atrocious.  Not unusual and not one-sided.  But still atrocious.

[chimpfood]

Made that way more interesting than it had to be but I can't complain about being 3-0 in the Ivy. I can't wait for the Princeton game at home next week.

[ugarte]

That final was *a lot* closer than I thought it was going to be when I looked it up but at least the Brown trey that cut the lead to 84-83 was at the buzzer, so, meaningless as long as we didn't foul.

[semsox]

Went to the game today in person. I think it was around the 2nd half 12 minute timeout (had a ~10+ point lead) where I told my wife, "Any road win is good, and we'll be 3-0 in the Ivy". Needless to say, the rest of the game was not as enjoyable, but the point still stands. Good win

[ugarte]

Up next is Wells, who is losing D-III games by 50, so I'm hoping to see some guys who don't play much getting major minutes.

[CU2007]

Up next is Wells, who is losing D-III games by 50, so I'm hoping to see some guys who don't play much getting major minutes.

Good opportunity to get some young guys / walk-ons out there and build some team camaraderie.

[Ken711]

Cornell 105 Wells 49.  Good game for the whole bench to get some minutes.  The starters played the first 10 minutes before sitting out the rest of the game.

[Trotsky]

Any chance Cornell gets into the polls this year, even as "Also receiving votes"?

[chimpfood]

Any chance Cornell gets into the polls this year, even as "Also receiving votes"?

If we beat Princeton Saturday I bet we either get a vote then or if we sweep the next weekend as well.

[billhoward]

Any chance Cornell gets into the polls this year, even as "Also receiving votes"?

It could happen with a tailwind and a few more W's including against Princeton and Yale. The AP Top 25 has 46 teams including the also-receiving-votes. Princeton is one of the also-mentioned.

Here is the Ivy League power rankings. Read from the bottom to see which team might upset us.

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[b]NCAA Men's College Basketball Power Index 2023-24 (ESPN) 1/22/24[/b]
1   Houston
...
31  Princeton
[color=#FF0000]89  Cornell[/color]
97  Yale
169 Harvard
189 Penn
214 Columbia
258 Brown
337 Dartmouth
...
362 Mississippi Valley State 0-19
If the question is, Could Cornell get invited to the dance other than by winning the ILT tournament, it seems on the cusp of possible. 32 teams get autobids, 36 more get invited.

[George64]

Cornell 105 Wells 49.  Good game for the whole bench to get some minutes.  The starters played the first 10 minutes before sitting out the rest of the game.

Does anyone know why Isaiah Gray was out and if he'll be back for Princeton?

[rss77]

At the end of the Wells game on ESPN+ it looked like he was favoring his right leg/ankle.  Hey how about some love from the Cornell Sun for the Roundballers. Also check out the Big Red Ballers podcast on the Big Red Sports Network website.