Men’s Basketball 23-24

[mike1960]

Harvard threw a zone at us. I'd like to see us do that every now and then to see how well it works. We get beat a lot with the man-to-man defense. Yale and now Harvard set up ball screens until they get a match-up they like, and then drive to the hoop.

[ugarte]

Stands 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.

And we go to the half up 3, 37-34.

[Al DeFlorio]

Up 3 at half.  Could have been more but many turnovers and out of control possessions.

[ugarte]

Up 3 at half.  Could have been more but many turnovers and out of control possessions.

Yeah. 10 turnovers in the first half is crazy. On the other hand, not that many fouls! According to the game tracker, Manon only has one. It was a real dumb one though.

[mike1960]

So careless with the basketball.

[mike1960]

EXCLAMATION POINT

Block on one end and a dunk on the other.

[mike1960]

Cooper Noard had decided to lock down on Harvard's #2. Doing an excellent job with the man-to-man D.

[mike1960]

Nice win.

[Al DeFlorio]

Yale, Princeton win

[chimpfood]

Great win. We've done a good job of shutting down other teams' main weapons (aside from one half of Danny wolf).

[ugarte]

Yale, Princeton win

As did Columbia, to stay ahead of Harvard in the Race for Fourth.

[CU2007]

What is the tiebreaker if we beat Yale at home and finish with the same record?

[nyc94]

What is the tiebreaker if we beat Yale at home and finish with the same record?

https://ivyleague.com/sports/2022/2/17/MBB_0217222638.aspx

[mountainred]

The tie-breaker is the NCAA's NET ranking a combination of computer metrics (NET, KenPom, one more at least).  That is a huge advantage for Yale right now and even better for Princeton if we all hold serve. Going into last night.

1. Yale 7-0 (NET 82, KenPom 86, Torvik 77)
2. Cornell 6-1 (NET 83, KenPom 101, Torvik 101)
3. Princeton 5-2 (NET 52, KenPom 66, Torvik 79)

*Thanks nyc94, I really thought it was a combo and not just NET.  That gives us a chance in a two way tie with Yale, but no chance in a three way tie involving Princeton.

Big games tonight with Yale at Princeton and Harvard at Columbia in a game that could go a long way to determine the 4seeed.

[mountainred]

Great win. We've done a good job of shutting down other teams' main weapons (aside from one half of Danny wolf).

I've ragged on this team's D, but they have really stepped it up in league play.  It was the D that won last night's game and they completely took Mack out his game, which very few teams have done.