Men's Basketball January 2025

[ugarte]

KenPom as of 1/29:

Current KenPom rankings:

-75 Yale
125 Cornell
138 Princeton
203 Columbia
222 Brown
270 Harvard
271 Penn
275 Dartmouth

Yale is 4-0 in conference; we are tied with Princeton at 3-1. Penn and Dartmouth are tied for the 4th spot in the ILT at 2-2. After starting the year 10-1, Columbia has dropped five in a row and is 0-4 in conference.

OOC opponent rankings (wins in bold):

-69 George Mason
-99 Samford
117 Syracuse
115 Cal
143 Ill. St.
183 La Salle
214 Colgate
206 Robert Morris
297 Lafayette
264 Iona
244 Siena
302 Army

[chimpfood]

Big weekend here, chance to get to 5-1 with two weak teams coming to town. Watch out for Dartmouth on Friday, they are making a strong bid for the ugliest starting 5 of all time.

[mountainred]

For your viewing pleasure, Luke Benz runs a ton of simulationson the Ivy season.  (Go to the Ivy League tab).  Basically, Yale, Princeton and the Big Red are in great shape for the ILT, and the last team in is a crap shoot.  He's a little more bullish on Dartmouth than I am, but it makes an interesting follow.

[billhoward]

It is hard to think of Dartmouth basketball as a juggernaut. No winning season since the late 1990s, last year 6-21, 2-12 Ivy last year. Their glory days were two NCAA finals in the early 1940s.

It is still pleasantly surprising at the season midpoint to see Cornell basketball has won two-thirds of its games.

[Al DeFlorio]

It is hard to think of Dartmouth basketball as a juggernaut. No winning season since the late 1990s, last year 6-21, 2-12 Ivy last year. Their glory days were two NCAA finals in the early 1940s.

34-8 in the Ivy during the Rudy LaRusso era.

[ugarte]

21-14 midway through the first half as the offensive rebounding has been solid and the 3s are starting to fall.

[ugarte]

Big Red continues to dominate the boards and they are up 35-24 at the half.

[mike1960]

Looking really good as the clock ticks down.

Dartmouth 61, Good Guys 73

Edit: Final Score

Dartmouth 64, Cornell 76

Another nice win!

[Ken711]

Final Cornell 76 Dartmouth 64

[ugarte]

Final Cornell 76 Dartmouth 64

Dartmouth couldn't shoot and a lot of that was because of much improved defense. Good 40 minutes.

[Ken711]

Final Cornell 76 Dartmouth 64

Dartmouth couldn't shoot and a lot of that was because of much improved defense. Good 40 minutes.

Yes, defense was tight.

[stereax]

XXX Red continues to dominate the boards and they are up 35-24 at the half.

Sorry, WHO is dominating the boards?

[chimpfood]

Solid game, always sweet to be at 4-1. Harvard up tomorrow who is coming off a win as well. Columbia after starting 11-2 has gone 0-5 in the Ivy League.

[ugarte]

XXX Red continues to dominate the boards and they are up 35-24 at the half.

Sorry, WHO is dominating the boards?

YIKES I'll edit it if you will

[stereax]

XXX Red continues to dominate the boards and they are up 35-24 at the half.

Sorry, WHO is dominating the boards?

YIKES I'll edit it if you will

Deal HAHAHAH! I'm sure it was a typo but a terrible one to make :')