Cornell Basketball 2025-26 Thread

[Mr. Niss]

This game should have been over in the first OT.  Way too sloppy with the ball and then 5 dribbles into no man's land and pulls a Carmelo Anthony by holding the ball and holding the ball until the only alternative is a ridiculous heave.

[ugarte]

Noard fouled taking a 3 with 2.5 left, down 1. Hits 2 of 3.

Colgate misses the buzzer beater from half court and Cornell survives, 95-94 in 2OT.

LGR

[scoop85]

Noard fouled taking a 3 with 2.5 left, down 1. Hits 2 of 3.

Colgate misses the buzzer beater from half court and Cornell survives.

LGR

After all that was let go previously, seemed a bit of a soft call on Noard's shot. If I were a Colgate fan I'd be a bit ticked off.

[Mr. Niss]

Noard fouled taking a 3 with 2.5 left, down 1. Hits 2 of 3.

Colgate misses the buzzer beater from half court and Cornell survives.

LGR

After all that was let go previously, seemed a bit of a soft call on Noard's shot. If I were a Colgate fan I'd be a bit ticked off.

They reviewed it.  For a long time.  Looked like the kid hit Noard's arm.  Noard called for it immediately.  That's gonna get called most of the time.

[ugarte]

Kind of funny that the win over Colgate barely moved either of us in kenpom. Not a surprise that they are still 10 slots ahead of us since the model apparently predicted a 2 point home win for us and we won by 1.

[chimpfood]

Extremely exciting game. Going from freezing outside watching soccer dominate to coming into the warm gym to watch this thriller made for a perfect Thursday night.

Noard had some moments today that got on my nerves. Terrible body language and fussing when he wasn't getting the ball and it also seemed like he was chasing stats, taking rebounds out of teammates hands at points. He redeemed it all with that shot to end regulation, then blew it in the first OT, then won it for us in 2OT. No doubt he's got talent, but he's gotta be a teammate first. Live by the Noard, die by the Noard.

Looks like Sepp and Fishburn played themselves out of the circle of trust.

I loved what I saw from Nimani, super tenacious on D and getting some stuff going offensively. It's also massive to have Fiegen back, he's our best all around player.

The end of the game was interesting. Running 4 guards plus Baldwin is weird but it worked for the most part. Baldwin had some sloppy turnovers today but also some massive blocks. Hopefully he can be a piece for us this year, but I don't think we can use him at center in most games.

Overall a very fun game, we're still feeling out our team which is what non con games are for. Great win!

[scoop85]

It's a shame we haven't been able to recruit a quality big since Ragland (Okereke doesn't count since he fell into our laps), because we are going to be at a significant disadvantage against teams that have any semblance of quality size. Sepp is pretty meh, and the coaches evidently have little confidence in any of the other big guys on the roster if they're playing 6'5" Baldwin in the post. Not a recipe for real success.

I agree with Chimpfood that Nimani looks like a player. While Beccles had a decent stat line, I'm still waiting to see his game pop. At his best he should be close to what Cox provides for Colgate. Fiegen provided a big lift, and will only get better once he gets his game legs under him.

The team is exciting and infuriating, often within the same span of 30 seconds. Looks like we'll have a roller coaster ride with this squad; I think 8-6 in the Ivies is about our ceiling, which would hopefully be enough to get into the league tournament.

[Ken711]

It's a shame we haven't been able to recruit a quality big since Ragland (Okereke doesn't count since he fell into our laps), because we are going to be at a significant disadvantage against teams that have any semblance of quality size. Sepp is pretty meh, and the coaches evidently have little confidence in any of the other big guys on the roster if they're playing 6'5" Baldwin in the post. Not a recipe for real success.

I agree with Chimpfood that Nimani looks like a player. While Beccles had a decent stat line, I'm still waiting to see his game pop. At his best he should be close to what Cox provides for Colgate. Fiegen provided a big lift, and will only get better once he gets his game legs under him.

The team is exciting and infuriating, often within the same span of 30 seconds. Looks like we'll have a roller coaster ride with this squad; I think 8-6 in the Ivies is about our ceiling, which would hopefully be enough to get into the league tournament.

I was hoping the transfer AJ LaBeau would have had more of an impact.  I agree on the lack of recruiting big men, I really hope Cornell is able to bring in some size in the front court.

[chimpfood]

Best misericordia but looks like Burbach tore his ACL. In other news, Sepp still sucks and Fiegen is still a baller.

[Mr. Niss]

I'm baffled at how the kid got on to the Valpo team. 

[scoop85]

Tidy 29 point win over an injury depleted Bucknell team that isn't great to begin with. Amazing we can win games without an effective player over 6'5"

[chimpfood]

Good showing today for sure. Noard is a special shooter, only major flaw in his game is that he can't create his own shot.

Sepp still sucks and I'm gonna keep saying it until he doesn't suck. It helps that Fiegen played serviceable D on one of Bucknell's big men today, that's big if we want to keep playing as small as we are.

Big test vs George Mason Tuesday.

[mountainred]

Tidy 29 point win over an injury depleted Bucknell team that isn't great to begin with. Amazing we can win games without an effective player over 6'5"

Not to insult a solid performance, but your first sentence kind of answers your second -- at least for Sunday.  Still, good to see the guys take care of business.

[mountainred]

The game I am curious about is Wednesday night.  Towson is the opposite of Cornell.  They play very slowly, don't go that deep, have a ton of height, don't shoot well, but rebound very well.  It will be interesting to see how the guys adapt.  I only wish it wasn't the night after another game.

[upprdeck]

11.5 dogs vs George Mason tonight.. Should be smaller dogs vs Towson.