Men's Basketball March 2025

chimpfood
Good half but terrible turnover at the end, hopefully that doesn’t cost us

CU2007
I assume because we beat Princeton twice we have the tiebreaker for the Ivy tourney, and thus the lowest seed we could be is 3rd (avoiding Yale in semis).

ugarte
Even though Penn stinks this year, sweeping P/P feels pretty good.

chimpfood
Something of note that I caught while watching the game back: the announcers said that Okereke can graduate this year and if he does he would have to leave Cornell as graduate students can’t play in the Ivy League. He is listed as a junior so I don’t know if that means that he can choose if he graduates this year or not but we would be losing a huge piece if he leaves before his senior year.

nycred
belt to fucking ass

upprdeck
Another example of IVY being dumb. Punish kids for being smart and graduating early

chimpfood
Something of note that I caught while watching the game back: the announcers said that Okereke can graduate this year and if he does he would have to leave Cornell as graduate students can’t play in the Ivy League. He is listed as a junior so I don’t know if that means that he can choose if he graduates this year or not but we would be losing a huge piece if he leaves before his senior year.

chimpfood
Dartmouth lost to Harvard today, should be an easy win IF we play at the top of our game as we have been. I don’t think I can handle 4 straight first round exits.

rss77
Yes-a few weeks ago but Cornell is playing at the top of their game right now and their defensive play has tightened up too.

arugula
That’s a shame. Great coach. Never should’ve left here. Could’ve been a Shaferesque institution. Went for the lottery ticket.

arugula
That’s a shame. Great coach. Never should’ve left here. Could’ve been a Shaferesque institution. Went for the lottery ticket.

chimpfood
Donahue out at Penn

ugarte

George64
As I recall, it wasn't like Donohue was an ace recruiter. Whittman wasn't recruited heavily because of an injury; Dale wasn't recruited, he sought out Cornell; and Foote transferred from St. Bonaventure after his mother, a nurse, met the Cornell team who was visiting a seriously injured player (Khaliq Gant, I think) in the hospital. Foote certainly developed, however, during his time on the Hill.

This is it: it was luck.

Wittman's dad played in the NBA (and is currently the head coach of the Wizards) and he was expected to play above the Ivy League, but he got hurt his senior year. One of the advantages of having a dad who is the coach of (at the time) the Timberwolves is that you don't need a scholarship. Donahue got him, which was a great get, because he was an amazing Ivy player.

Louis Dale was a 5'9" guard out of Birmingham. There is no reason he shouldn't have been recruited by all of the Ivies but Birmingham is a little off of the recruiting trail. He sent a tape to Cornell and Donahue and staff couldn't believe that nobody had heard of a kid that good with Ivy academic credentials. Snapped him up.

When Khaliq Gant, Cornell's best player at the time, broke his neck during a January 2006 practice, he ended up getting treated at an upstate NY hospital. One of his nurses was very impressed with the sense of camaraderie she saw in the Cornell team and coaching staff, who were regular visitors during Gant's recovery. She mentioned that her son, a 7'1" center at St. Bonaventure, was unhappy with his school and wondered if Cornell had a place for him since everyone seemed much happier. Donahue said yes, fed the kid like he was foie gras, and taught him how to improve his footwork.

And then when all of them were seniors, the NCAA tournament committee looked around the room, nodded silently, and put the Red in a bracket as a 12 seed with two plodding, low-scoring teams as the 4 and 5 seeds. Cornell destroyed both of them. Then faced a Kentucky team who took about five minutes to figure out that they actually had to try, but once they did try, the game was over.

upprdeck
It will be like most of these Tourneys. Once the team you root for loses people try to dump tickets.

ugarte
Yale not fucking around, Princeton's late-season doldrums: Yale 10-0 after five minutes.

arugula
While we look great. Particularly AK and Nazir. Dartmouth looks like they can’t stop anyone. Tissue defense.

Jordan 04
Ugh, that's going to be a tough injury if Okereke is done for tomorrow (and today).

Edit: wow, already back in. I thought for sure that was a popped shoulder.

scoop85

arugula
While we look great. Particularly AK and Nazir. Dartmouth looks like they can’t stop anyone. Tissue defense.

Which makes the 49 points we scored in Hanover even more inexplicable. Did the team eat at a Pizza Hut before that game?

Trotsky
Good start, 11-5.

Our unis are a crime against humanity.

cth95
I was going to say, what's up with the black? Doesn't even look like Cornell. Red is so much more classic and stands out.

Trotsky
Good beginning of the half.

Bad ending of the half.

Well in it but a new approach is needed.

upprdeck
a team that shoots volume 3s cant shoot 20%. on the other hand down 5 if we were shooting normal

by game play we should probably be up 3-5. lets hope it evens out

Trotsky
Good beginning of the half.

Bad ending of the half.

Well in it but a new approach is needed.

Jordan 04
Every year it seems I read about this team's 3-point shooting and then I tune in to a few of the bigger games and see a lot of clanking.

Jordan 04
2025 Championship: 4-18 so far.

Ouch.

Mr. Niss

Jordan 04
2025 Championship: 4-18 so far.

Ouch.

Now 7-22, FYI.

mike1960
Lock down #4 and make the other guys beat us.

CU2007

mike1960
Lock down #4 and make the other guys beat us.

Kid can’t miss. Annoying

Al DeFlorio

cth95
I was going to say, what's up with the black? Doesn't even look like Cornell. Red is so much more classic and stands out.

It's trendy, sadly. Red and white. Great colors. Sigh.