Men’s Basketball 23-24

[Trotsky]

No more Cornell timeouts.

[Trotsky]

I gotta say, our basketball crowd is hot as a baker.

[Trotsky]

Fighting for rebounds against that Phantom freak Wolf is disheartening.

[Trotsky]

Yale wins, 69-57.

[scoop85]

Disappointing in that Yale controlled the tempo and made us play their game. We couldn't get shots and never got into a rhythm. I had a feeling of doom when Mahoney hit the desperation 3 from 30 feet at the end of the shot clock to make it 9-2. We never really recovered after that.

[ugarte]

Disappointing in that Yale controlled the tempo and made us play their game. We couldn't get shots and never got into a rhythm. I had a feeling of doom when Mahoney hit the desperation 3 from 30 feet at the end of the shot clock to make it 9-2. We never really recovered after that.

they scored ~10 with the buzzer sounding during flight. we couldn't get out shots to fall from 2 or 3 and were uncharacteristically timid with an open lane. didn't help that the refs weren't calling contact on our drives. closing to six was a thrill but the wheels came off again. a shame because we're losing a lot to graduation.

beccles and feigen were getting real minutes at the end and noard had a really good year too. i guess i have to have faith in earl now.

[scoop85]

Disappointing in that Yale controlled the tempo and made us play their game. We couldn't get shots and never got into a rhythm. I had a feeling of doom when Mahoney hit the desperation 3 from 30 feet at the end of the shot clock to make it 9-2. We never really recovered after that.

they scored ~10 with the buzzer sounding during flight. we couldn't get out shots to fall from 2 or 3 and were uncharacteristically timid with an open lane. didn't help that the refs weren't calling contact on our drives. closing to six was a thrill but the wheels came off again. a shame because we're losing a lot to graduation.

beccles and feigen were getting real minutes at the end and noard had a really good year too. i guess i have to have faith in earl now.

Agreed, the officiating allowed Yale to hack us with impunity. That surely didn't help our cause.

While we lose some valuable players for sure, we have a nice core coming back, especially in the backcourt. Okereke was a revelation this year, and we'll need him to take another step, as our front court will be a work in progress. Looks like we have a couple of nice guards coming in, but at this point we don't have any commits up front. But like you I have faith in Earl, as he seems to find guys out of nowhere.

[blackwidow]

Maybe this loss is a blessing in disguise. Pton hopefully will pass up on him should they need a new coach

[chimpfood]

Couldn't make a shot and got railed by the refs with fucking brown waiting in the final. This was our chance and it's gone, so disappointing.

[Jordan 04]

Perhaps I didn't have a good angle, but from 5 rows behind the scorers table I didn't think anybody got screwed by refs. There was the one Mannon drive late. Otherwise it seemed pretty even.  I remember a few plays in the opening minutes where we made contact and Yale was complaining about non-calls.

Can't shoot below 30% for much of the day and expect to win.  That stretch of 4, 5, 6 stops in a row and not closing a 19-14 gap was brutal.

[ugarte]

Perhaps I didn't have a good angle, but from 5 rows behind the scorers table I didn't think anybody got screwed by refs. There was the one Mannon drive late. Otherwise it seemed pretty even.  I remember a few plays in the opening minutes where we made contact and Yale was complaining about non-calls.

Can't shoot below 30% for much of the day and expect to win.  That stretch of 4, 5, 6 stops in a row and not closing a 19-14 gap was brutal.

for sure the refs weren't the main reason. it exacerbated a bad shooting day.

[ugarte]

very nice

[Ken711]

Cornell never seemed to get their mojo back after that loss to Brown in Ithaca.

[scoop85]

Cornell never seemed to get their mojo back after that loss to Brown in Ithaca.

They were terrific last week against Columbia. Another game like that today and we'd be playing tomorrow. But credit to Yale, who never allowed us to get anything going.

[Tcl123]

Literally can't imagine seeing Brown in the field of 64 (68 now with the stupid play in).