Men's Basketball January 2025

[ugarte]

The hoops thread is too long, especially on mobile, so I'm starting a new thread. Columbia is still in the old thread but don't be shy about posting here. Same goes for Penn State-Schuykill, I guesss? Basketball moved away from the all-back-to-back weekend programming so the upcoming games are

1/18 @Penn (0-1 L 73-70 v. Dartmouth)
1/20 Brown (0-1 L 79-58 v. Yale)
1/25 @Princeton (W 68-64 v. Harvard)

Let's go Red. Plenty of room on the bandwagon.

Current KenPom rankings:

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 75 Yale
115 Princeton
132 Cornell
187 Columbia
207 Brown
260 Harvard
292 Dartmouth
310 Penn

OOC opponent rankings (wins in bold):

 86 George Mason
102 Samford
112 Syracuse
122 Cal
148 Ill. St.
169 La Salle
238 Colgate
239 Robert Morris
261 Lafayette
276 Iona
280 Siena
297 Army

[billhoward]

Duke basketball thread gets too long after a week.

[mountainred]

After the 2014 disaster, I'm happy to see this is as a problem.

There really is no way to put lipstick on that Siena loss.

It is probably not a surprise to learn that a team wins more when they score more, but the Big Red's record:

When they score 80 or more -- 9-0
When they score under 80 -- 0-5.

[nycred]

Showdown today at 2pm against Penn at THE Palestra.

Penn is having a miserable season, close to being in the bottom 50 in kenpom at 307. 3 of their 4 wins are against bottom 50 teams in the country(!)

Ethan Roberts and Nick Spinoso are still legitimate scoring threats, but with the lack of depth this team has, expect an easy win for the Big Red.

[chimpfood]

No easy wins in the Ivy League and no easy wins for Cornell this year, just look at the Siena game. I would expect Penn to finish bottom of the league but we're still going to have to shoot and play decently well to come out with a win.

[scoop85]

Our Sweet 16 team lost its only league game at the Palestera to another Penn team having a miserable season, so I'm not taking anything for granted.

[Iceberg]

Nice weekend for those of us around Philadelphia with hockey yesterday and Princeton and now basketball at the Palestra today

[Trotsky]

I know the Palestra is legendary but, for those who have been there, is it fun to see a game there?  It looks amazing in photos.

[Iceberg]

I know the Palestra is legendary but, for those who have been there, is it fun to see a game there?  It looks amazing in photos.

The hallways remind me of those of an old public high school in NYC but there are cool exhibits around showing great NCAA coaches of the present and past (Boeheim, Pitino, etc.), of the Penn/Princeton rivalry, and some other notables. The actual arena is a nice place to watch a basketball game and has many of the modern fixings. Usually, the Penn band and cheerleaders are there, too, although still lots of canned music.

[Chris '03]

I know the Palestra is legendary but, for those who have been there, is it fun to see a game there?  It looks amazing in photos.

Absolutely worth seeing at least once. It's like a trip back in time. Lots of history and exhibits on the Big Five. There's no center scoreboard, which is a delight in this day and age. Clear sight lines all the way around. Even parking isn't bad for an urban environment.

[chimpfood]

ESPN plus doesn't even have the stream going

[Mr. Niss]

really aggravating

[Mr. Niss]

I thought I heard a story that half the team had the flu that night.

[sorry I was replying to the post about the loss to Penn in the Sweet 16 year and forgot to quote it]

[nycred]

Is the stream still not working for anyone else?

[chimpfood]

Yep, nothing on my end