Men’s Basketball 23-24

Al DeFlorio · February 10, 2024, 04:28:25 PM

Quote from: Cop at LynahVery undisciplined team. Silly fouls by upperclassman are inexcusable. The better team did not win.

Right.

mike1960 · February 10, 2024, 04:48:07 PM

Quote from: Cop at LynahVery undisciplined team. Silly fouls by upperclassman are inexcusable. The better team did not win.

We definitely looked like the better team until about 5 - 10 minutes left in the game. When we worked to get open drives to the basket, we were most successful. We got away from that down the stretch. It's one we should have had, but it's a tough place to play, and Yale is a good team.

dbilmes · February 10, 2024, 05:03:56 PM

It was a great game to watch in person, although surprisingly it wasn't close to being a sell-out. I was surprised to see the Cornell cheerleaders make the road trip. Do they do that for all Ivy road games?
You knew Yale was going to tighten things up in the second half. With 4 seconds left I almost had hope that we were going to win. The shot Mannon made over Yale's 7-footer to give us the lead in the final minute was a thing of beauty. Watching him in person for the first time made me appreciate just how great a player he is.
The rebounding, especially the second-chance points, killed us. At halftime, we had been outrebounded 20-10, including 10-1 on the offensive end. That didn't bode well for the second half.
Hopefully, we can get revenge on Yale on our court and avoid being upset in the meantime. The Yale fan sitting next to me was incredulous when I told him that Cornell had shot 6-for-31 from 3-point range against Dartmouth last weekend and nearly lost the game.

Chris '03 · February 10, 2024, 08:49:21 PM

Quote from: dbilmesIt was a great game to watch in person, although surprisingly it wasn't close to being a sell-out. I was surprised to see the Cornell cheerleaders make the road trip. Do they do that for all Ivy road games?
You knew Yale was going to tighten things up in the second half. With 4 seconds left I almost had hope that we were going to win. The shot Mannon made over Yale's 7-footer to give us the lead in the final minute was a thing of beauty. Watching him in person for the first time made me appreciate just how great a player he is.
The rebounding, especially the second-chance points, killed us. At halftime, we had been outrebounded 20-10, including 10-1 on the offensive end. That didn't bode well for the second half.
Hopefully, we can get revenge on Yale on our court and avoid being upset in the meantime. The Yale fan sitting next to me was incredulous when I told him that Cornell had shot 6-for-31 from 3-point range against Dartmouth last weekend and nearly lost the game.

Manon was fouled on that last shot too it looks like: https://i.postimg.cc/66hvrZKC/IMG-1373.jpg

mike1960 · February 10, 2024, 09:42:48 PM

Quote from: Chris '03Manon was fouled on that last shot too it looks like: https://i.postimg.cc/66hvrZKC/IMG-1373.jpg

Great pic!!

BearLover · February 10, 2024, 11:23:51 PM

I don't really agree with the posters claiming the better team lost. Cornell shot lights out, especially when it built its big lead—that just isn't sustainable. I don't think Cornell is vastly worse than Yale or anything, but given Yale's size and rebounding advantage and the big shooting percentage disparity, I think Cornell was fortunate to end up with a chance to win down the stretch.

mountainred · February 12, 2024, 10:23:28 AM

Quote from: BearLoverI don't really agree with the posters claiming the better team lost. Cornell shot lights out, especially when it built its big lead—that just isn't sustainable. I don't think Cornell is vastly worse than Yale or anything, but given Yale's size and rebounding advantage and the big shooting percentage disparity, I think Cornell was fortunate to end up with a chance to win down the stretch.

My take is these teams are close, but Yale's a tough match-up in that their strength (interior game) is Cornell's weakness. Yale had so many offensive rebounds (17!) that if they missed a shot, it was 50/50 they would get it back. That's insane.

Bottom line, Cornell, Yale and Princeton are still all on serve for the league regular season title and all three are virtual locks for the ILT. You'd think the #1 seed would be huge, since you would avoid the other two contenders in the semis, but there is a decent chance the top seed buys you a road game with Columbia since they are the designated host. Gotta win the home games this weekend as Yale has the Penn/Princeton road trip.

Local Motion · February 12, 2024, 09:21:07 PM

I watched the Cornell vs, Yale ESPN highlights as it was a great game with a big crowd. The home and home series returns to Ithaca on Friday, February 23rd. Go Big Red!!!

mountainred · February 14, 2024, 11:29:27 AM

For your consideration yet another Bracketology, but this one including both the NIT and the CBI. The CBI, for those of you with lives, is a 16 team post-season tournament where all the games are played at one location in Florida over the course of a week. This has Princeton in the NIT -- as a #2 seed -- and the good guys as the #6 in the CBI.

CU2007 · February 14, 2024, 09:35:10 PM

If I'm not mistaken, a school has to actually PAY to play in the CBI. My guess is Cornell would pass and blame having to study etc

ugarte · February 14, 2024, 11:42:31 PM

Quote from: CU2007If I'm not mistaken, a school has to actually PAY to play in the CBI. My guess is Cornell would pass and blame having to study etc

we played in the CIT in 2019

mountainred · February 15, 2024, 10:26:39 AM

Quote from: ugarte
Quote from: CU2007If I'm not mistaken, a school has to actually PAY to play in the CBI. My guess is Cornell would pass and blame having to study etc
we played in the CIT in 2019

Ahh, the late, unlamented CIT. Though, yes, I watched the sad loss to Robert Morris.

upprdeck · February 15, 2024, 01:33:37 PM

Cornell/Columbia/Yale sweep this weekend. 5 games left

Cornell would be 8-1

Cornell would lock in a playoff birth at about 99%

Brown cant catch them if that happens
Penn cant catch them if that happens
Harvard they win the H2H so only some crazy multi way tie could knock them out.
Dart cant catch them

mike1960 · February 16, 2024, 06:33:04 PM

Stands look a little empty.

Yale had a lot of success driving across the paint. We need to slow that down.

ugarte · February 16, 2024, 06:47:42 PM

Quote from: mike1960Stands look a little empty.

Yale had a lot of success driving across the paint. We need to slow that down.

Slow start for the guys and an odd interlude with all of the starters on the bench where we didn't look that great. That said, we battled back to take the lead and have mostly held it. As I type there are 20 seconds left in the half and the Red are up 35-32 with the ball.