Men's Basketball 24-25

[ugarte]

Cornell's play is sloppy but Lafayette isn't very good so with 6 minutes left Cornell is up 64-58.

Tight game at the end. 68-65 Cornell with 3:50 left.

Cornell pulls away late to win 81-71. It shouldn't have been that close but Lafayette seemed to hit all of their shots with under 2 seconds on the shot clock. Our defense looked good and we had a lot of flashes. Ragland in particular looked very poised.

[chimpfood]

They haven't really impressed me this year but we'll probably do our usual 10-2 out of conference and then get the four seed in the Ivy and fall in the first round of the tourney. But as long as we get into the Ivy tourney anything can happen so we just have to get there

[ugarte]

whoops

[Local Motion]

Nice win on Saturday for men's basketball!   Why was the game played at noon though during the football game?  For many alums who visit Ithaca, it's nice to attend the football game in the afternoon and then basketball or hockey game in the evening.  Many of our alums drive several hours to Ithaca for home games and some may want to watch both games, meaning not playing at the same time.   Noon is an odd time for a college or even high school basketball game?

[ugarte]

They haven't really impressed me this year but we'll probably do our usual 10-2 out of conference and then get the four seed in the Ivy and fall in the first round of the tourney. But as long as we get into the Ivy tourney anything can happen so we just have to get there

kenpom has us in the top 20 for luck, which is dragging down our rating. columbia has a dreadful SOS (despite the win over villanova), which is dragging down their rating. yale is ranked the second unluckiest team in the country, which is why they're still ahead of Columbia.
Current kenpom ivy "standings":

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 87 Princeton
103 Yale
157 Columbia
172 Cornell
248 Brown
262 Penn
277 Harvard
349 Dartmouth


[Mr. Niss]

This half against Robert Morris is the worst I can remember them playing in a long time, maybe even pre-Covid.

[mike1960]

Would hate to lose to a team called the Colonials.

[rss77]

They are a step quicker-it shows on offense and defense.  Best way to combat a team like Robert Morris is to hit 3s-just not falling.

[mountainred]

It is hard to win when you give up 17 offensive rebounds.  BobbyMo kept extending possessions which killed off any comeback effort.

The defense has to get better, and preventing second chance points would be a great place to start.

[Greenberg '97]

Roll call @Iona?  Just bought tickets in GA.

Football, Basketball, and Hockey all local in the same week.

[ugarte]

Roll call @Iona?  Just bought tickets in GA.

Football, Basketball, and Hockey all local in the same week.

Thought about it but then realized it meant driving to New Rochelle during rush hour and immediately purged the thought.

[Greenberg '97]

Roll call @Iona?  Just bought tickets in GA.

Football, Basketball, and Hockey all local in the same week.

Thought about it but then realized it meant driving to New Rochelle during rush hour and immediately purged the thought.

I was going to drive to New Rochelle during rush hour either way.  Might as well see the Big Red if they're going to playing within walking distance of my house.

[chimpfood]

Should be a good game today, Iona is 1-4 but they're still a solid team, only lost to Princeton by one.

[ugarte]

I was disappointed to see that RMU was lower than us in KenPom. Iona is ranked around where RMU is. Columbia, at 7-0, still getting no respect from the computers.

[ugarte]

I was disappointed to see that RMU was lower than us in KenPom. Iona is ranked around where RMU is. Columbia, at 7-0, still getting no respect from the computers.

So far so good... Cornell up 8 with 3 minutes in the first half. Ball movement is good on offense and positioning is really solid on defense.