Men’s Basketball 23-24

Strong finish here and all is forgiven!

What was Nazir doing?

I was hoping Coach would call time there.

mike1960
What was Nazir doing?

I'm AOK using clock but hot damn we have to be able to get a shot.

Mr. Niss

mike1960
What was Nazir doing?

I'm AOK using clock but hot damn we have to be able to get a shot.

We didn’t even come close to using all the clock there either.

Do you foul here inside the three point arc, 3 up and 12 seconds left?

Crap.

Bafflingly stupid. Inexplicable.

Good defense. Make them shoot a low percentage shot.

OMFG. AK has the ball. That's not a jump ball. These officials should tarred and feathered on their way out of the gym.

What a break!

I love Brian Earl and I love this team, but there was some really dumb stuff in this game that hopefully can get cleaned up. What the hell are you touching the guy for there?

But still a great win. Great heart. Down 3 and it seemed like the game was getting away from them, as they couldn't get a point. And still battle back, with the defense never letting up. LGR.

HUGE W

Great win! They got behind and showed some real character to come back and win.

Mr. Niss
Bafflingly stupid. Inexplicable.

i yelled at the tv when mannon fouled that guy

great finish though. let's go red!

Glad they won, but damn this a a vey undisciplined team. Manon is such a head case, great athlete but not smart at all (basketball wise)

What will the line be @Princeton? I assume we are underdogs. Princeton -6? In all likelihood a 3 way tie for first when it’s all said and done?

Great job of limiting wolf, though we slowed down to Yale’s pace, especially in the second half. That’s a great win, but I’m so pissed about hockey that it’s hard to be positive right now.

Given the way we blew away Princeton at Newman, not ready to write that game off yet. I also feel because it's so late in the season, it'll be easy to get up for it knowing the stakes. Even going back a few weeks to the @Yale game, there was still a lot of season left to play, so it didn't have the same urgency the Princeton game will hopefully have :::knocks on wood:::

right now i'm more concerned with cleaning up the game in time for tomorrow against brown, who we squeaked past in providence. brown had a big comeback tonight over columbia. no trap games. lock it down.

Earl starts an all-senior lineup including Darius Ervin, Evan Williams and Max Watson. Brown starts on a 7-0 run. I was about to type "nice, but come on this came is important" but Cornell responded with an 8-0 run of their own. As I type, Brown is up 12-8 but they've all been subbed out. Watson has a three. Erving and Williams are 0 for 3 shooting. I'm curious whether they will get put back in later to get some points on Senior Night.

Gray, Boothby, Manon and Hansen were in the first set of subs and goddamn this is a more senior-heavy lineup than I realized. Brown went on a run against this group but Cornell has rallied back again and it's 24-23 Brown with 7:13 left in the first half. Dartmouth up 7 on Princeton and Columbia up 2 on Yale. Funny set of scores.

Takes until until around 3:05 for Cornell to take their first lead since 8-7, going up 34-33. Brown then Cornell then Brown hit 3s and it's 39-37 Bears.

43-41 Brown at the half. They look better against us than against anyone else but I'm not that worried. Okereke and Manon each have two fouls but... that's not bad for us.

ugarte
Earl starts an all-senior lineup including Darius Ervin, Evan Williams and Max Watson. Brown starts on a 7-0 run. I was about to type "nice, but come on this came is important" but Cornell responded with an 8-0 run of their own. As I type, Brown is up 12-8 but they've all been subbed out. Watson has a three. Erving and Williams are 0 for 3 shooting. I'm curious whether they will get put back in later to get some points on Senior Night.

This decision coming back to bite cornell ih the a

blackwidow

ugarte
Earl starts an all-senior lineup including Darius Ervin, Evan Williams and Max Watson. Brown starts on a 7-0 run. I was about to type "nice, but come on this came is important" but Cornell responded with an 8-0 run of their own. As I type, Brown is up 12-8 but they've all been subbed out. Watson has a three. Erving and Williams are 0 for 3 shooting. I'm curious whether they will get put back in later to get some points on Senior Night.

This decision coming back to bite cornell ih the a

Demeaning opponent?

Al DeFlorio

blackwidow

ugarte
Earl starts an all-senior lineup including Darius Ervin, Evan Williams and Max Watson. Brown starts on a 7-0 run. I was about to type "nice, but come on this came is important" but Cornell responded with an 8-0 run of their own. As I type, Brown is up 12-8 but they've all been subbed out. Watson has a three. Erving and Williams are 0 for 3 shooting. I'm curious whether they will get put back in later to get some points on Senior Night.

This decision coming back to bite cornell ih the a

Demeaning opponent?

I don't think you can blame the start when the score was like 9-8 when they got subbed out. Cornell is simply playing poorly in the second half. Brown is getting all the rebounds (not to mention whistles) and they are shooting the lights out while we are ice cold. Brown up 13 now, with ~11 minutes to go.

ugarte

Al DeFlorio

blackwidow

ugarte
Earl starts an all-senior lineup including Darius Ervin, Evan Williams and Max Watson. Brown starts on a 7-0 run. I was about to type "nice, but come on this came is important" but Cornell responded with an 8-0 run of their own. As I type, Brown is up 12-8 but they've all been subbed out. Watson has a three. Erving and Williams are 0 for 3 shooting. I'm curious whether they will get put back in later to get some points on Senior Night.

This decision coming back to bite cornell ih the a

Demeaning opponent?

I don't think you can blame the start when the score was like 9-8 when they got subbed out. Cornell is simply playing poorly in the second half. Brown is getting all the rebounds (not to mention whistles) and they are shooting the lights out while we are ice cold. Brown up 13 now, with ~11 minutes to go.

The mindset carries over. Earl would not have done that if it was yale or princeton.

ugarte

Al DeFlorio

blackwidow

ugarte
Earl starts an all-senior lineup including Darius Ervin, Evan Williams and Max Watson. Brown starts on a 7-0 run. I was about to type "nice, but come on this came is important" but Cornell responded with an 8-0 run of their own. As I type, Brown is up 12-8 but they've all been subbed out. Watson has a three. Erving and Williams are 0 for 3 shooting. I'm curious whether they will get put back in later to get some points on Senior Night.

This decision coming back to bite cornell ih the a

Demeaning opponent?

I don't think you can blame the start when the score was like 9-8 when they got subbed out. Cornell is simply playing poorly in the second half. Brown is getting all the rebounds (not to mention whistles) and they are shooting the lights out while we are ice cold. Brown up 13 now, with ~11 minutes to go.

Not the score, the message sent to Brown's team...and Cornell's. Many saw tonight as a "trap" game as it was.

Al DeFlorio

ugarte

Al DeFlorio

blackwidow

ugarte
Earl starts an all-senior lineup including Darius Ervin, Evan Williams and Max Watson. Brown starts on a 7-0 run. I was about to type "nice, but come on this came is important" but Cornell responded with an 8-0 run of their own. As I type, Brown is up 12-8 but they've all been subbed out. Watson has a three. Erving and Williams are 0 for 3 shooting. I'm curious whether they will get put back in later to get some points on Senior Night.

This decision coming back to bite cornell ih the a

Demeaning opponent?

I don't think you can blame the start when the score was like 9-8 when they got subbed out. Cornell is simply playing poorly in the second half. Brown is getting all the rebounds (not to mention whistles) and they are shooting the lights out while we are ice cold. Brown up 13 now, with ~11 minutes to go.

Not the score, the message sent to Brown's team...and Cornell's. Many saw tonight as a "trap" game as it was.

Fair enough. Brown lead at 10 with ~4 to go. No bueno.

Nix and Tsang-Hinton subbed in for like one possession. Weird.

Brutal 78-74 loss to Brown, fall into three-way tie for first in the conference. Guess I'll check on the hockey g... dammit.

I mean does it really make a difference if they need to win the tourney to qualify for the ncaa anyways

underskill
I mean does it really make a difference if they need to win the tourney to qualify for the ncaa anyways

the difference between having to beat Yale and Princeton vs just having to beat one of them

Dismal performance, starting our bench warmer seniors bit us in the ass.

underskill
I mean does it really make a difference if they need to win the tourney to qualify for the ncaa anyways

Getting the regular season title for once would be nice. Also, i dont care if the team is terrible. It's the arrogance

I think 'arrogance' is a strong word. Those seniors were getting up for the same practices, running the same drills, etc. for four years. It's not obvious to me that the competitive advantage in this single game isn't worth the sportsmanship and camaraderie advantage that builds over the course of the year and culminates in this acknowledgement of the contributions of these players.

semsox
I think 'arrogance' is a strong word. Those seniors were getting up for the same practices, running the same drills, etc. for four years. It's not obvious to me that the competitive advantage in this single game isn't worth the sportsmanship and camaraderie advantage that builds over the course of the year and culminates in this acknowledgement of the contributions of these players.

i agree. they were in until the first stoppage. they didn't play particularly badly and i don't think brown took it as a slight. brown just outplayed us on the glass and the perimeter. they gave us fits on the road too, so i'm not going to blame earl for giving some run to three guys for four minutes.

In the long run as long as we beat Col/Penn the Princeton game was going to decide everything anyway. Losing to Brown doesn't do much to us, and perhaps kicks them in the butt.

upprdeck
In the long run as long as we beat Col/Penn the Princeton game was going to decide everything anyway. Losing to Brown doesn't do much to us, and perhaps kicks them in the butt.

Need to use it as a wakeup call. Going to be tough to beat Princeton on the road. So far this season, none of the top three Cornell/Princeton/Yale have beaten the other away from their home court.

Will there be a ticket allotment for sale through Cornell once the Ivy tournament teams are officially set? The tournament website currently shows all-session tickets, and individual championship game tickets, as "Sold Out".

Jordan 04
Will there be a ticket allotment for sale through Cornell once the Ivy tournament teams are officially set? The tournament website currently shows all-session tickets, and individual championship game tickets, as "Sold Out".

good question better directed to lionstickets@columbia.edu, who i wrote to when i was having trouble buying an all-session package (i kept having to start over because one of my selected tickets was liested as "available" because it was open for at least one but not all sessions).

Ivy madness will be at Cornell in 2026 now, following providence next year.

Check out the NFL writer Peter King's retirement column today. He was at the Brown-Cornell basketball game Saturday.

Alright what the hell

chimpfood
Alright what the hell

and penn is obviously bad! frustrating but it looks like we're climbing back. 7 fouls though.

25-15, 8:13 to go in the first half.

Penn players are really moving their feet and playing good defense. They want this one. We just have to be better the second half.

The second half began with us looking like we wanted it more. We need to keep grinding on every possession.

Really playing with a fire now. They know the regular season is on the line. Up 3 with just under 10 to go.

Our aggressive man-to-man defense is getting it done!

Someone needs to stick like glue to Slaughter Slajchert for Penn. They need to know what brand of gum he's chewing.

That was an OBVIOUS flop.

what a great second half.

Some hard-nosed defense in that second half. Clutch shooting and free throws. Really nice win.

ugarte
what a great second half.

down 12 at the half, Cornell plays an incredible second half and wins by 6 despite some insane 3-point shooting from the Quakers.

ugarte

ugarte
what a great second half.

down 12 at the half, Cornell plays an incredible second half and wins by 6 despite some insane 3-point shooting from the Quakers.

Must be the oatmeal.

mike1960

ugarte

ugarte
what a great second half.

down 12 at the half, Cornell plays an incredible second half and wins by 6 despite some insane 3-point shooting from the Quakers.

Must be the oatmeal.

orange wedges

Great win, good job overcoming Penn’s three point shooting. This team just knows how to win.

ugarte

chimpfood
Alright what the hell

and penn is obviously bad! frustrating but it looks like we're climbing back. 7 fouls though.

25-15, 8:13 to go in the first half.

i knew we could come back and beat this Penn team. that's the best thing about this season. feeling good that they can get their shit together and beat a team they should beat, Brown notwithstanding.

Does anyone know if we get the one seed if we win out? I though yale had the tiebreaker over us (NET rating), but the Ivy League standings currently have Princeton, then Cornell, then Yale.

This sounds like it would've been a fun game to attend. I fully planned on going until something came up

chimpfood
Does anyone know if we get the one seed if we win out? I though yale had the tiebreaker over us (NET rating), but the Ivy League standings currently have Princeton, then Cornell, then Yale.

Tall task to beat Princeton at Princeton tomorrow.

chimpfood
Does anyone know if we get the one seed if we win out? I though yale had the tiebreaker over us (NET rating), but the Ivy League standings currently have Princeton, then Cornell, then Yale.

i thought it would be 3-way h2h but if that was the case we'd be in first at 2-1 and Princeton in third at 1-2. espn has us first and Princeton second so i guess it's in alphabetical order.

right now the teams are tied and the h2h is

Cornell 2-1
Yale 2-2
Princ 1-2

upprdeck
right now the teams are tied and the h2h is

Cornell 2-1
Yale 2-2
Princ 1-2

All won at home.

chimpfood
Does anyone know if we get the one seed if we win out? I though yale had the tiebreaker over us (NET rating), but the Ivy League standings currently have Princeton, then Cornell, then Yale.

This should be the case. First tie-breaker is H2H, which would be tied with Yale 1-1. According to the Ivy website, next criteria is cumulative record against next highest seed outside the tie. Assuming that would be Princeton, our 2-0 record would beat Yale's 1-1 record.

Ran by Wallace 5-3

Al DeFlorio

upprdeck
right now the teams are tied and the h2h is

Cornell 2-1
Yale 2-2
Princ 1-2

All won at home.

we were four seconds away* in new haven *sigh*

* and it shouldn't have been that close

not at home to watch yet but the good guys are up 35-33 at the half. apparently up 10 at one point but I'll take going into the half with any lead on the road against Princeton.

ugarte
not at home to watch yet but the good guys are up 35-33 at the half. apparently up 10 at one point but I'll take going into the half with any lead on the road against Princeton.

Up 17-7 early

we need to work a little harder for good shots.

Down 5 mid-2nd half

Crunch time. Up 3 with about 3 minutes left

71-71 1:28 left

74-71 Princeton 1:07. Oh well they gave them a good run. See them again at the ILT.

Defense let us down in 2nd half. Struggled to get stops.

79-77 bad guys. Looks like a rematch in the first round of the Ivy tournament is on tap

edit: Whoops, thought Yale was the higher team in NET rating. Looks like we'd get the Elis if everything holds next week

Toward the end, we looked stagnant and unimaginative. In the crunch, we went to a two-man game a few times and there really wasn't a lot there.

Yale, Princeton and Cornell lost to each other on the road, but won their home games.

mike1960
Toward the end, we looked stagnant and unimaginative. In the crunch, we went to a two-man game a few times and there really wasn't a lot there.

don't really have any complaints tbh. it didn't happen but they were there. they were hitting shots and getting rebounds. the tigers just got a couple more. i like our chances in nyc.

ugarte

mike1960
Toward the end, we looked stagnant and unimaginative. In the crunch, we went to a two-man game a few times and there really wasn't a lot there.

don't really have any complaints tbh. it didn't happen but they were there. they were hitting shots and getting rebounds. the tigers just got a couple more. i like our chances in nyc.

You are right. A bounce here and a shot there.

But we made a run by driving the basket and getting fouls. Maybe a little more of that. And our usual back cut game was pretty much non-existent.

Welp, we showed that we can play with them, tourney is all that matters anyway. I believe we get Yale first round assuming they and Princeton win next week.

Looks like a 3rd Yale matchup in the ILT for the Big Red.

Stanford fired its hoops coach and ESPN lists Princeton’s Mitch Henderson as one of the top candidates for the job. If he were to leave Princeton, I’d be worried that Earl would be Princeton’s top candidate, and it would seem likely he’d want to go back to his alma mater, which of course has a much stronger basketball tradition than Cornell.

I would be worried that Earl would be Princeton's top candidate. I wouldn't say it's likely that he wants to return. It's certainly a reasonable thing to think but he built this program. He lives in Ithaca with his family and he's in a very secure position. Coaches who lose get to stick arond forever; he's probably bought himself a lifetime sinecure already, as long as he doesn't say the n-word or fuck a student. Plus, other than alma mater, I doubt Princeton would pay materially more and it's probably a much more expensive place to live. If DePaul comes calling, on the other hand...

make 2-300K in Ithaca is like making a million in the bigger places.. One reason JB never left Syracuse for more money.

ugarte
I would be worried that Earl would be Princeton's top candidate. I wouldn't say it's likely that he wants to return. It's certainly a reasonable thing to think but he built this program. He lives in Ithaca with his family and he's in a very secure position. Coaches who lose get to stick arond forever; he's probably bought himself a lifetime sinecure already, as long as he doesn't say the n-word or fuck a student. Plus, other than alma mater, I doubt Princeton would pay materially more and it's probably a much more expensive place to live. If DePaul comes calling, on the other hand...

All fair points. So much would depend on how much his wife does or does not wish to remain in Ithaca. It’s been long reported that Donahue’s wife wanted to go to a bigger city, so the move to BC was a no-brainer. I’m not sure DePaul would be a job worth leaving for, except for the far bigger salary and ability to recruit anybody. That place seems to be a coaching graveyard, although being in Chicago it should be a sleeping giant. But I’d be much more concerned if the Princeton job opens up.

Earl still seems to be very fond of Princeton, I would fully expect him to take the job if it is offered to him.

Paid for my all-session pass by selling the Princeton-Brown tix. Now to get full value out of the rest of the package. LGR.

Brown 44 Princeton 31 at the half.

Brown 90 Princeton 81 Final

Never seen a team handle a press as poorly as Brown.

Al DeFlorio
Never seen a team handle a press as poorly as Brown.

And still win by 9 over the favored team

Brown has 13 wins yet has wins over Cornell.Yale.Princeton.

Dangerous team at times, and playing well down the stretch.

Brown tried its best to blow it.

Brown tried its best to blow it.

nyc94
Brown 44 Princeton 31 at the half.

Brown 90 Princeton 81 Final

Can the Tigers get an At Large?

Shooting 25%; 13% threes

Trotsky

nyc94
Brown 44 Princeton 31 at the half.

Brown 90 Princeton 81 Final

Can the Tigers get an At Large?

no

Al DeFlorio
Shooting 25%; 13% threes

i don't like the score at the half (25-37) but other than that i think we can come back. shots need to fall but we're forcing them to use all 30 seconds and getting unlucky.

Down 14, 13 minutes to go.

5 minutes, down 6.