Men's Basketball 24-25

I don't know if this story has a paywall, but there was a nice article about Anthony Nimani, a guard from Connecticut who will play at Cornell next season.
Nimani, a 6-foot-4 guard with a good handle, deep range and the ability to drive, adapted quickly to play in the highest division of the New England Prep School Athletic Conference. Four games in, he put up 31 points against Tabor Academy.
"I want to be able to be a big impact since Day 1 at Cornell and just be able to impact the basketball team, just help them win and see myself grow as a player and a person, too, and hopefully in the future I can play pro basketball."

dbilmes
I don't know if this story has a paywall, but there was a nice article about Anthony Nimani, a guard from Connecticut who will play at Cornell next season.
Nimani, a 6-foot-4 guard with a good handle, deep range and the ability to drive, adapted quickly to play in the highest division of the New England Prep School Athletic Conference. Four games in, he put up 31 points against Tabor Academy.
"I want to be able to be a big impact since Day 1 at Cornell and just be able to impact the basketball team, just help them win and see myself grow as a player and a person, too, and hopefully in the future I can play pro basketball."

Thanks!

(no paywall)

This is nice. He sounds like a student. And athlete.

One problem about profiles of good HS/prep players as they pick a college is, you have no idea if he'll barely hang on, be a starter, or be a real star. Let's hope Nimani is the real deal.

AJ Labeau, a 7-foot center from Idaho who redshirted at Washington State as a freshman preferred walk-on is transferring to Cornell. Out of HS he had D1 offers from Idaho State, Air Force, and Army. Always intriguing to get someone of that size on the roster, and perhaps he blossoms into a good Ivy League player. Certainly having more size up front is useful.

scoop85
AJ Labeau, a 7-foot center from Idaho who redshirted at Washington State as a freshman preferred walk-on is transferring to Cornell. Out of HS he had D1 offers from Idaho State, Air Force, and Army. Always intriguing to get someone of that size on the roster, and perhaps he blossoms into a good Ivy League player. Certainly having more size up front is useful.

High school recruiting page: [www.ncsasports.org]

scoop85
AJ Labeau, a 7-foot center from Idaho who redshirted at Washington State as a freshman preferred walk-on is transferring to Cornell. Out of HS he had D1 offers from Idaho State, Air Force, and Army. Always intriguing to get someone of that size on the roster, and perhaps he blossoms into a good Ivy League player. Certainly having more size up front is useful.

Nice to have some size coming in the front court! If he redshirted at WSU, does he have 4 years or 3 years of eligibility left?

Our last 7-footer, a transfer, helped get us to the Sweet Sixteen and Jeff Foote then made it to the NBA, briefly, in 2014.

One of the all-time best Coach Witticisms is "You can't coach height."

Ken711

scoop85
AJ Labeau, a 7-foot center from Idaho who redshirted at Washington State as a freshman preferred walk-on is transferring to Cornell. Out of HS he had D1 offers from Idaho State, Air Force, and Army. Always intriguing to get someone of that size on the roster, and perhaps he blossoms into a good Ivy League player. Certainly having more size up front is useful.

Nice to have some size coming in the front court! If he redshirted at WSU, does he have 4 years or 3 years of eligibility left?

He would have 4 years of NCAA eligibility left, but how that translates to Cornell I don’t know.

well if he changes majors it would help him not graduate in 4 yrs

Not sure where the two inches to make him a 7 footer went, but he's already listed on the Cornell 24-25 roster as a 6'10" forward. The same 6'10" size as when he was listed on the Washington State U. roster. Regardless, even at 6'10", his size will be an asset for the Big Red.

[cornellbigred.com]

Was told that Brian Earle was hoping to take the graduating seniors with him to W & M. They all got better NIL deals at other schools except for Boothby.

rss77
Was told that Brian Earle was hoping to take the graduating seniors with him to W & M. They all got better NIL deals at other schools except for Boothby.

Chris Manon - Vanderbilt
Isaiah Gray - Akron
Sean Hansen - George Washington
Evan Williams - Prairie View A&M
Keller Boothby - W&M (as rss said)

Don't see anything for Darius Ervin (his twitter only talks about his teammates in the portal) or Max Watson (who hasn't tweeted since RTing Cornell's welcome tweet) so I figure they're getting on with their non-basketball lives.

ugarte

rss77
Was told that Brian Earle was hoping to take the graduating seniors with him to W & M. They all got better NIL deals at other schools except for Boothby.

Chris Manon - Vanderbilt
Isaiah Gray - Akron
Sean Hansen - George Washington
Evan Williams - Prairie View A&M
Keller Boothby - W&M (as rss said)

Don't see anything for Darius Ervin (his twitter only talks about his teammates in the portal) or Max Watson (who hasn't tweeted since RTing Cornell's welcome tweet) so I figure they're getting on with their non-basketball lives.

Sorry, but is the original post suggesting these players received significant NIL money from Akron, GW, and Prairie View A&M???

well $5 is more than the zero they are getting at cornell.

BearLover

ugarte

rss77
Was told that Brian Earle was hoping to take the graduating seniors with him to W & M. They all got better NIL deals at other schools except for Boothby.

Chris Manon - Vanderbilt
Isaiah Gray - Akron
Sean Hansen - George Washington
Evan Williams - Prairie View A&M
Keller Boothby - W&M (as rss said)

Don't see anything for Darius Ervin (his twitter only talks about his teammates in the portal) or Max Watson (who hasn't tweeted since RTing Cornell's welcome tweet) so I figure they're getting on with their non-basketball lives.

Sorry, but is the original post suggesting these players received significant NIL money from Akron, GW, and Prairie View A&M???

I'd be surprised if Williams was among the seniors Earl was trying to bring to W&M at all tbh.

Akron gave Gray a good chunk of money

rss77
Akron gave Gray a good chunk of money

GWU is an A10 school with VCU, St. Joe's, LaSalle. You better believe they have an NIL budget, especially compared to the CAA (Stony Brook, Monmouth, Towson, VCU before they got too good for the CAA).

Matt Morgan went off in the summer league for the hornets but it seems like he has signed with a team in Italy. I was hopeful that this would be the year he gets an nba contract but I’m just glad to see him still going strong. He was the only reason the team was at all watchable when he played for Cornell.

As usual it seems we’re having trouble getting non con teams to come here, so far the only games I can find are vs Illinois state, at lasalle, at Iona, at Colgate, at Syracuse, and at cal. This totals to one home game out of 5, and I would be shocked if we were only playing one away game in Cali. Also it seems likely that we’ll play at least 1 other power 5 team which would undoubtedly be away.

i'm looking at the iona game and trying to make it work. Monday night, though... tough to get out of NYC early enough.

Full Non-Con Schedule 24-25

marywood nov 4
samford nov 8
@la salle nov 12
lafayette nov 16
robert morris nov 21
@iona nov 25
@syracuse nov 27
@colgate dec 4
@army dec 8
@cal berkley dec 10
illinois state dec 22
siena college dec 30
psu schuykill jan 5

Should be an interesting home opener (ignoring marywood, a d3 school) against a tough stamford team that was a 13 seed last year. Classic syracuse game as always, hopefully a return(or improvement on) the competitive play of the 22-23 season's game. colgate should have a a decent student turnout, and games against cal and Illinois state will be interesting as well. Interestingly enough, we round out non-con play against a uscaa school.

Anyone have any thoughts?

Why are we travelling to California during or just before finals?

nycred
Full Non-Con Schedule 24-25

marywood nov 4
samford nov 8 ...

You slur Samford and it sounds like Stanford.

billhoward

nycred
Full Non-Con Schedule 24-25

marywood nov 4
samford nov 8 ...

You slur Samford and it sounds like Stanford.

thanks

Oops didn't notice my typo, guess the stanford bias runs deep

Another Cornell bb recruit, 6'8" G/SF.

[www.chicagotribune.com]

Ken711
Another Cornell bb recruit, 6'8" G/SF.

[www.chicagotribune.com]

I'll try to see him play sometime this winter. His school is in the same conference as the high school my daughters attended.

2024-2025 Preseason Poll

1. Princeton – 127 (15)
2. Yale – 108
3. Brown – 92 (1)
4. Cornell – 67
5. Columbia – 58
6. Harvard – 55
7. Penn – 51
8. Dartmouth – 18

Anyone have any thoughts? As much as I hate Brown over us, I can't really complain after their 6 game winning streak to end regular season play+their win over Princeton in the ILT. Losing 3 out of our 5 leading scorers will definitely hurt, but I think Nazir will have a breakout season and make the All-Ivy first team, the juniors will reach new heights, and the sophomores will surprise a lot of people.

That looks like a fair guess to me, though the person who voted for Brown to win may not have heard Nana Owusu-Anane is out for the season. IMHO, that moves the Bears back to the back.

Princeton is the heavy favorite and Yale always makes the ILT. And on the other side, Dartmouth is still a mess. Everyone else is fighting for the last two ILT slots.

Lot of question marks for the good guys, but there is talent and none of the players defected. Don't see us winning the regular season (F'ing Princeton) or finishing last; anything else is possible. One day, Cornell has to win an ILT game, right?

Kenpom Preseason Ivy Rankings

End of last season's ranks in parenthesis

Princeton: 77(69)
Yale: 109(90)
Cornell: 168(103)
Penn: 192(213)
Columbia: 209(232)
Brown: 243(191)
Harvard: 259(228)
Dartmouth: 314(336)

The model seems very displeased with the fact that Brown lost Owusu-Anane. Harvard's drop can probably be attributed to the loss of Malik Mack. Princeton stays about the same. Yale's drop probably comes from the loss of Danny Wolf. Obviously, the biggest drop is for our boys; a 65-place drop is pretty insane. It definitely comes from losing 3 of our 5 top scorers, but I honestly think we're a lot better than the model indicates. Fiegen and Beccles will surprise people, and I wouldn't be surprised if we finished the season at about where we ended it last year, maybe a little worse.

Don’t forget Josh Baldwin is coming back too, he was great freshman year.

nycred
Kenpom Preseason Ivy Rankings

End of last season's ranks in parenthesis

Princeton: 77(69)
Yale: 109(90)
Cornell: 168(103)
Penn: 192(213)
Columbia: 209(232)
Brown: 243(191)
Harvard: 259(228)
Dartmouth: 314(336)

The model seems very displeased with the fact that Brown lost Owusu-Anane. Harvard's drop can probably be attributed to the loss of Malik Mack. Princeton stays about the same. Yale's drop probably comes from the loss of Danny Wolf. Obviously, the biggest drop is for our boys; a 65-place drop is pretty insane. It definitely comes from losing 3 of our 5 top scorers, but I honestly think we're a lot better than the model indicates. Fiegen and Beccles will surprise people, and I wouldn't be surprised if we finished the season at about where we ended it last year, maybe a little worse.

I think your assessment is solid. I can see us in the 3-4 range in the league, and competitive with everybody.

The style we bring does lead to some advantages in getting players into better spots to score that would struggle in a slower system.

all of those are good reasons for us to overperform the projection but also for the projection making sense

Didn't we lose the coach, or at least acquire a new one? Wouldn't that have some impact on the rankings? Or is it all talent?

Old Red
Didn't we lose the coach, or at least acquire a new one? Wouldn't that have some impact on the rankings? Or is it all talent?

A really good point!

That hinges on whether Jacques continues with the Brian Earl offensive scheme or goes his own way. Our team definitely has a lot of talent, but a lot of our success has come from Earl's unique offensive scheme, which relies on lots of substitutions to maintain an extremely fast tempo of play(23rd fastest tempo in the country last season). Curious to see where Jacques goes.

nycred
That hinges on whether Jacques continues with the Brian Earl offensive scheme or goes his own way. Our team definitely has a lot of talent, but a lot of our success has come from Earl's unique offensive scheme, which relies on lots of substitutions to maintain an extremely fast tempo of play(23rd fastest tempo in the country last season). Curious to see where Jacques goes.

i'd be surprised if a young first-time head coach departed aggressively from his mentor right off the bat, especially with Earl's recruits.

Opens tonite vs Marywood Pacers

CAS
Opens tonite vs Marywood Pacers

Considering it's not the Indiana Pacers we should see everyone get court time tonight

Some are perhaps thinking: Young alumni coach takes Cornell to greater heights in hockey. Some are thinking young alumni coach well-regarded by the players can't turn the football team around given a decade. And wondering which star Jon Jaques '10 will hitch himself to. Despite Cornell's mixed basketball history over the last century, only three Ivy schools have seen Sweet Sixteen teams since 1975 (when the NCAAs expanded to 32 teams): Penn twice, Princeton and Cornell.

NCAA tournament = 8 teams in 1939, 16 in 1951, 32 in 1975, 64 in 1985, 68 in 2011. Fun fact: Dartmouth played in the NCAA tournaments 1941-44 , played in title games in 1942 (lost) and 1944 (lost in OT). Last NCAA appearance: 1959.
[ivyleague.com]
[www.ncaa.com]

All I’m looking for today is who is healthy and if we’re still using the fast paced earl system.

Well we’re still running the press but naz williams is in street clothes. No casts or visible limp or anything so hopefully they’re just holding him out of the D III game as a precaution.

Ivies poised to go 7-1 on the day. Harvard thrashed Marist led by 27 points from Robert Hinton, brother of our Adam Hinton. It’s pretty early but that’s looking like a pretty big recruiting loss to another Ivy when we had the advantage of his brother on our team already.

He's hurt, but it's not too serious from what I've heard should be back soon

tough game 2.

Samford was pretty solid last yr

The betting line has Samford giving 2.5. The game should be a good challenge for the Big Red.

Seats available.

I don't love the super-fast style of basketball. I'd like to see more half court work to get high percentage shots. Right there a player drove from the baseline and a teammate didn't bother to seal the help.

We are completely dependent on the three-point shot. If we hit them, we are ahead. But we aren't hitting them so far tonight.

What happened to the transfer from Washington State, AJ LaBeau? Is he injured?

On the bench

Gutsy win against a good Samford team

Black jerseys? Am I officially old if I say absolutely not?

CU2007
Black jerseys? Am I officially old if I say absolutely not?

yes

CU2007
Black jerseys? Am I officially old if I say absolutely not?

wow. can't wait for the highlights. big halftime lead but we lost it and it came down to a buzzer-beater 3 from Fiegen to win by two.

ugarte

CU2007
Black jerseys? Am I officially old if I say absolutely not?

wow. can't wait for the highlights. big halftime lead but we lost it and it came down to a buzzer-beater 3 from Fiegen to win by two.

[cornellbigred.com]

Amazing game over a really good team. It’s always odd to me that we play a fast paced, three point heavy offense that would seem to have highly variable success yet we win almost every non conference game against non power 5 opponents and lose every non con game against power 5 opponents. On to La Salle Tuesday.

chimpfood
Amazing game over a really good team. It’s always odd to me that we play a fast paced, three point heavy offense that would seem to have highly variable success yet we win almost every non conference game against non power 5 opponents and lose every non con game against power 5 opponents. On to La Salle Tuesday.

You would expect more variance, wouldn't you? But since Cornell adopted this style -- and Jon seems intent on keeping it -- the only non-conference loss to a non Power 5 team was at George Mason (who was pretty good). It may help that the three point shooting is a team wide skill, so while one or two guys may be off, it is unlikely the whole team will be.

Tomorrow will be a test. LaSalle has two wins against two teams that are projected to be top half of the Patriot League, but IMHO not as good as Cornell. It's early days, but Fiegen sure looks like a keeper.

what is going on bruh hit your shots

nycred
what is going on bruh hit your shots

If you're going to run a quick shooting, three-point heavy offense, you have to hit the three-pointers.

With 5 minutes left, we are 4 for 24 shooting on three pointers, or 16.67%.

Shooting below 20 percent from three is ridiculous considering our whole offense is based off of high pace play that generates open 3's. Even last game, our shooting took a nose dive in the second half (2-14!!!!) which almost cost us the game if not for the game winner from Fiegan. Besides the abysmal shooting, the team constantly gives up lazy turnovers and looks uncoordinated on offense.

superopiumgoon
Shooting below 20 percent from three is ridiculous considering our whole offense is based off of high pace play that generates open 3's. Even last game, our shooting took a nose dive in the second half (2-14!!!!) which almost cost us the game if not for the game winner from Fiegan. Besides the abysmal shooting, the team constantly gives up lazy turnovers and looks uncoordinated on offense.

I’m most annoyed by the lazy turnovers.

scoop85

superopiumgoon
Shooting below 20 percent from three is ridiculous considering our whole offense is based off of high pace play that generates open 3's. Even last game, our shooting took a nose dive in the second half (2-14!!!!) which almost cost us the game if not for the game winner from Fiegan. Besides the abysmal shooting, the team constantly gives up lazy turnovers and looks uncoordinated on offense.

I’m most annoyed by the lazy turnovers.

I'm annoyed by the poor man-to-man defense. We're just not moving our feet to stay in front of our guys, and we're losing track of players who get open for good looks or layups. And that poor defense leads to all the reach in fouls.

This game was kind of a slog to watch.

Yep that was gross, nothing really matters until Ivy League games though I guess.

fair

Hard to imagine the guys actually had a 35-34 lead 15 minutes in, considering what the second half felt like.

No question, last night's defense won't win many games. But there is a month and a half to improve and see where we are when league play begins.

Next several games are all winnable.

mountainred
Hard to imagine the guys actually had a 35-34 lead 15 minutes in, considering what the second half felt like.

No question, last night's defense won't win many games. But there is a month and a half to improve and see where we are when league play begins.

Next several games are all winnable.

Given the way the second half went, the following probably is an overstatement, but I thought the sloppy possession at the end of the first half was a killer. With the ball and the chance to go into the locker room down 4 (or 3) and instead you go in down 8 and LaSalle starts the second half with the ball. I don't remember if Naz was on the court, but to me the ball should have been in his hands there.

Mr. Niss

mountainred
Hard to imagine the guys actually had a 35-34 lead 15 minutes in, considering what the second half felt like.

No question, last night's defense won't win many games. But there is a month and a half to improve and see where we are when league play begins.

Next several games are all winnable.

Given the way the second half went, the following probably is an overstatement, but I thought the sloppy possession at the end of the first half was a killer. With the ball and the chance to go into the locker room down 4 (or 3) and instead you go in down 8 and LaSalle starts the second half with the ball. I don't remember if Naz was on the court, but to me the ball should have been in his hands there.

Yeah, that was the turning point of the game. TBH Naz didn’t have his best game last night, and we’ll need him to step up. I do like what I see early from Beccles, and think he’s going to develop into an All-Ivy guard before he’s done.

Too many turnovers, and as other's have stated the 3pt shooting as cold as ice.

scoop85

Mr. Niss

mountainred
Hard to imagine the guys actually had a 35-34 lead 15 minutes in, considering what the second half felt like.

No question, last night's defense won't win many games. But there is a month and a half to improve and see where we are when league play begins.

Next several games are all winnable.

Given the way the second half went, the following probably is an overstatement, but I thought the sloppy possession at the end of the first half was a killer. With the ball and the chance to go into the locker room down 4 (or 3) and instead you go in down 8 and LaSalle starts the second half with the ball. I don't remember if Naz was on the court, but to me the ball should have been in his hands there.

Yeah, that was the turning point of the game. TBH Naz didn’t have his best game last night, and we’ll need him to step up. I do like what I see early from Beccles, and think he’s going to develop into an All-Ivy guard before he’s done.

Nazir hasn't been at this best so far this season, but he started slow last year too and by the end was his usual self. I think minor injuries were a role last year and this.

Beccles has been earning more minutes and we could use his skill set on the floor.

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

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.

Seems odd to schedule basketball and football at the same time on the same campus.

Some good three-point shooting at the end. Cornell had height and shooting advantage.

mike1960

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.

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

whoops

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?

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

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":

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

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

Would hate to lose to a team called the Colonials.

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.

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.

Roll call @Iona? Just bought tickets in GA.

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

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.

ugarte

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.

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

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.

ugarte

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.

Cornell was up a much as 20 in the second half but with 5:25 left Iona has cut it to 11... but Feigen just hit a 3. Huge relief but Cornell's defense is falling apart.

ugarte

ugarte

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.

Cornell was up a much as 20 in the second half but with 5:25 left Iona has cut it to 11... but Feigen just hit a 3. Huge relief but Cornell's defense is falling apart.

Good guys win by 16 (84-68). Not to be Eeyore, but the Big Red's issues were on full display: 19 turnovers, 13 offensive rebounds given up (felt like more). But Cornell has much better shooters and that is important.

Hope this shot chat shows up, but you can tell Coach Jacques is a firm believer in new age basketball in that you shoot at the rim or behind the arc. For the game, Cornell took two shots that were neither. A hook by Ryan in the key and Nazier's 10 footer at the very, very end when both teams had stopped playing.

mountainred

ugarte

ugarte

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.

Cornell was up a much as 20 in the second half but with 5:25 left Iona has cut it to 11... but Feigen just hit a 3. Huge relief but Cornell's defense is falling apart.

Good guys win by 16 (84-68). Not to be Eeyore, but the Big Red's issues were on full display: 19 turnovers, 13 offensive rebounds given up (felt like more). But Cornell has much better shooters and that is important.

Somehow we won the rebound battle by 2, but being finally able to hit some shots made all the difference. Our style will always result in turnovers, but what is baffling is how many turnovers are the result of lazy passes. But kudos to the team for coasting to a 16-point win on the road vs. a team that lost by 1 to Princeton. Great bounce back after the poor game vs Robert Morris.

Now let's hope the Syracuse team that struggled with Youngstown State is the one that shows up Wednesday night and that we finally end the streak.

Mr. Niss
Now let's hope the Syracuse team that struggled with Youngstown State is the one that shows up Wednesday night and that we finally end the streak.

they struggled against LeMoyne(!) and Colgate too, before close road losses against Texas and Texas Tech. A friend who is a Syracuse fan said they stink this year so fingers crossed.

It’s a beautiful day to end a 43 game losing streak dating back to the sixties. I thought last year was our chance but Syracuse looks even weaker this time around, a good shooting day and I think we have them. Let’s go red!

chimpfood
It’s a beautiful day to end a 43 game losing streak dating back to the sixties. I thought last year was our chance but Syracuse looks even weaker this time around, a good shooting day and I think we have them. Let’s go red!

Still mad we lost with the Sweet 16 team.

We were up the dreaded 10-2. The rest was obvious.

Getting railed by the refs and missing shots. Seemed like we were just lucky at first that Syracuse wasn’t hitting anything.