Men's Basketball 24-25

[chimpfood]

Don't forget Josh Baldwin is coming back too, he was great freshman year.

[scoop85]

Kenpom Preseason Ivy Rankings

End of last season's ranks in parenthesis

Princeton: 77(69)
Yale: 109(90)
Cornell: 168(103)
Penn: 192(213)
Columbia: 209(232)
Brown: 243(191)
Harvard: 259(228)
Dartmouth: 314(336)

The model seems very displeased with the fact that Brown lost Owusu-Anane. Harvard's drop can probably be attributed to the loss of Malik Mack. Princeton stays about the same. Yale's drop probably comes from the loss of Danny Wolf. Obviously, the biggest drop is for our boys; a 65-place drop is pretty insane. It definitely comes from losing 3 of our 5 top scorers, but I honestly think we're a lot better than the model indicates. Fiegen and Beccles will surprise people, and I wouldn't be surprised if we finished the season at about where we ended it last year, maybe a little worse.

I think your assessment is solid. I can see us in the 3-4 range in the league, and competitive with everybody.

[upprdeck]

The style we bring does lead to some advantages in getting players into better spots to score that would struggle in a slower system.

[ugarte]

all of those are good reasons for us to overperform the projection but also for the projection making sense

[Old Red]

Didn't we lose the coach, or at least acquire a new one?  Wouldn't that have some impact on the rankings?  Or is it all talent?

[Swampy]

Didn't we lose the coach, or at least acquire a new one?  Wouldn't that have some impact on the rankings?  Or is it all talent?

A really good point!

[nycred]

That hinges on whether Jacques continues with the Brian Earl offensive scheme or goes his own way. Our team definitely has a lot of talent, but a lot of our success has come from Earl's unique offensive scheme, which relies on lots of substitutions to maintain an extremely fast tempo of play(23rd fastest tempo in the country last season). Curious to see where Jacques goes.

[ugarte]

That hinges on whether Jacques continues with the Brian Earl offensive scheme or goes his own way. Our team definitely has a lot of talent, but a lot of our success has come from Earl's unique offensive scheme, which relies on lots of substitutions to maintain an extremely fast tempo of play(23rd fastest tempo in the country last season). Curious to see where Jacques goes.

i'd be surprised if a young first-time head coach departed aggressively from his mentor right off the bat, especially with Earl's recruits.

[CAS]

Opens tonite vs Marywood Pacers

[scoop85]

Opens tonite vs Marywood Pacers

Considering it's not the Indiana Pacers we should see everyone get court time tonight

[billhoward]

Some are perhaps thinking: Young alumni coach takes Cornell to greater heights in hockey. Some are thinking young alumni coach well-regarded by the players can't turn the football team around given a decade. And wondering which star Jon Jaques '10 will hitch himself to. Despite Cornell's mixed basketball history over the last century, only three Ivy schools have seen Sweet Sixteen teams since 1975 (when the NCAAs expanded to 32 teams): Penn twice, Princeton and Cornell.

NCAA tournament = 8 teams in 1939, 16 in 1951, 32 in 1975, 64 in 1985, 68 in 2011. Fun fact: Dartmouth played in the NCAA tournaments 1941-44 , played in title games in 1942 (lost) and 1944 (lost in OT). Last NCAA appearance: 1959.
https://ivyleague.com/news/2023/3/23/mens-basketball-ivies-in-the-sweet-16.aspx  
https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/article/2019-01-09/when-did-march-madness-expand-68-teams

[chimpfood]

All I'm looking for today is who is healthy and if we're still using the fast paced earl system.

[chimpfood]

Well we're still running the press but naz williams is in street clothes. No casts or visible limp or anything so hopefully they're just holding him out of the D III game as a precaution.

[chimpfood]

Ivies poised to go 7-1 on the day. Harvard thrashed Marist led by 27 points from Robert Hinton, brother of our Adam Hinton. It's pretty early but that's looking like a pretty big recruiting loss to another Ivy when we had the advantage of his brother on our team already.

[nycred]

He's hurt, but it's not too serious from what I've heard should be back soon