Below, some news and notes…
- A reminder, today at 5:30 Cornell Athletics is hosting an NCAA Tournament Selection Show viewing at Newman Arena. Grab your tickets as they are going fast. for those outside the area, the event will be on Redcast. CBS cameras will be in the house to capture the moment while Barry Leonard will MC the event.
- Tonight, ESPNU is publishing a “Campus Connection” piece produced by Sam Aleinikoff and the Slope Media staff. it is set to air at some point tonight and we expect to post it here on the Blog after it airs. The segment is part of the 89 hour March Madness marathon running from the bracket selection through the opening tip on Thursday. Slope’s video in particular covers Jeff Foote’s path from Spencer-Van Etten High School to Cornell (and Khaliq’s involvement in that process), as well as Foote’s development and progression into an NBA prospect and his connection with Gant in the three years since he first came to Cornell.
- The Grand Rapids Press writes:
WHERE’S GEORGE?
The myth of enhanced parity in college basketball during this era was marked by George Mason’s surge to the Final Four in 2006, partly at Michigan State’s expense. But anyone who can remember not just the Mateen Cleaves championship era, but the Magic Johnson one, knows it wasn’t the first time an outsider crashed the last weekend. Remember Pennsylvania in 1979?
Fact is, there isn’t a George Mason this year.
But to what degree anyone can try to duplicate that unusual feat, there is a Cornell.
The Ivy League winner is 27-4, with losses to probable no. 1 seeds Kansas and Syracuse, Seton Hall of the Big East, and one league game when Pennsylvania bombed 11 3-pointers.
The key for a team like Cornell to make a deep NCAA tournament run is the ability to defend the interior.
Defending the post separates good low-majors from outstanding ones capable of striking fear into power programs. Cornell has that ability with 7-foot shot-blocking center Jeff Foote, who also is its second-leading scorer and top rebounder.
The Big Red went to Lawrence, Kan., and played the best team in the nation to a virtual standstill before losing by five points. Any team that can stand up to Kansas at Allen Fieldhouse won’t cower, no matter how big the arena or how bright the lights.
- The Chambersburg (PA) Public Opinion notes:
The Cornell men’s basketball team became the first team this season to earn an NCAA tournament bid, clinching its third straight Ivy League championship on Friday night by beating Brown 95-76.
For senior forward Alex Tyler (Mercersburg Academy), it is one last chance to experience March Madness.
Tyler is seeing limited playing time, but he is averaging 3.2 points and 1.7 rebounds in 11.8 minutes per game. He had five points in the win over Brown, a game in which Cornell nailed an Ivy League and school record 20 3-pointers.
On Saturday night, the Big Red (27-4, 13-1 Ivy) finished out their regular season with a 79-59 win over Yale.
- Cornell RPI Watch: The RPI (Rating Percentage Index) is a measure of strength of schedule and how a team does against that schedule. it does not consider the margin of victory, but only whether or not a team won and where the game was played (home/away/neutral court). The formula is 25% team winning percentage (WP), 50% opponents’ average winning percentage (OWP), and 25% opponents’ opponents’ average winning percentage (OOWP). (See: CollegeRPI.com for a further explanation of the formula.) The RPI may be the most influential factor in NCAA Tournament seeding. Cornell’s (27-4) RPI rank as of March 14 is No. 46 out of 347 total Division I teams.
- Neither the Ken Pomeroy or Jeff Sagarin rankings are used by the NCAA Tournament Selection Committee. Nevertheless, the KenPom.com site ranks Cornell No. 66 in the nation, while the Sagarin rankings have Cornell at No. 52 Both sites are predominantly used by fans and the media.
- Game Recaps-Below are links to our game recaps from each of Cornell’s games this season. associated press recaps courtesy of Rivals.com/YahooSports.com are always available by clicking on Cornell’s schedule/results on the right column of this blog.
- at Alabama (W 71-67)
- at UMass (W 74-61)
- vs. Seton Hall (L 79-89)
- at Syracuse (L 73-88)
- Toledo (Phil.) (W 78-60)
- Vermont (Phil.) (W 67-59)
- at Drexel (W 61-54)
- at Bucknell (W 104-98) (OT)
- vs. St. Joseph’s (W 78-66)
- Davidson (W 91-88) (OT)
- at St. John’s W 71-66
- at La Salle (W 78-75)
- vs. PSU Behrend (W 73-49)
- vs. Bryant (W 75-49)
- at Kansas (L 66-71)
- at South Dakota (W 71-65)
- vs. Clarkson (W 82-37)
- vs Columbia (W 74-53)
- at Columbia (W 77-51)
- vs. Dartmouth (W 71-37)
- vs. Harvard (W 86-50)
- vs. Yale (W 90-71)
- vs. Brown (W 74-60)
- at Penn (L 79-64)
- at Princeton (W 48-45)
- at Harvard (W 79-70)
- at Dartmouth (W 88-70)
- vs. Princeton (W 50-47)
- vs. Penn (W 68-48)
- at Brown (W 95-76)
- at Yale (W 79-59)
- Below, check out results and upcoming action around the Ivy League. (click here for a composite Ivy League schedule) (Click here for a TV schedule of Ivy League games).
Friday, November 13
Yale 86 Sacred Heart 92 (Connecticut Six) Box Score – Recap
Brown 68 St. Francis (N.Y.) 64 Box Score – Recap
Dartmouth 58 Boston College 89 Box Score – Recap
Harvard 87 Holy Cross 77 Box Score – Recap
Penn 55 Penn State 70 Box Score – Recap
Saturday, November 14
Princeton 71 Central Michigan 68 Box Score – Recap
Cornell 71 Alabama 67 Box Score – Recap
Sunday, November 15
Brown 55 Virginia Tech 69 Box Score – Recap
William & Mary 85 Harvard 87 (3OT) Box Score – Recap
Dartmouth 44 George Mason 60 Box Score – Recap
Monday, November 16
Yale 63 Hofstra 68 (NIT at Storrs CT) Box Score – Recap
Penn 65 Villanova 103 Box Score – Recap
Tuesday, November 17
Yale 65 Colgate 55 (NIT Storrs CT) Box Score – Recap
Columbia53 DePaul 59 [SNY] Box Score – Recap
Wednesday, November 18
Rhode Island 78 Brown 57 Box Score – Recap
Manhattan 54 Princeton 61 Box Score – Recap
Cornell 74 UMass 61 Box Score – Recap
Friday, November 20
Brown 76 St. John’s 79 Box Score – Recap
Longwood 61 Columbia 72 Box Score – Recap
Seton Hall 89 Cornell 79 Box Score – Recap
Bryant 51 Harvard 77 Box Score – Recap
Saturday, November 21
Army 56 Princeton 52 Box Score – Recap
Dartmouth 60 Furman 83 Box Score – Recap
Delaware 97 Penn 94 2OT Box Score – Recap
Quinnipiac 71 Yale 64 Box Score – Recap
Sunday, November 22
Maine 62 Brown 75 Box Score – Recap
Monday, November 23
Harvard 53 Army 56 Box Score – Recap
Charlotte 88. Yale 74 NIT Box Score – Recap
Tuesday, November 24
Princeton 50 George Washington 65 Box Score – Recap
Cornell 73 Syracuse 88 Box Score – Recap
Loyola (Md.) 58 Dartmouth 41 Box Score – Recap
Bucknell 59 Columbia 73 Box Score – Recap
Drexel 58 Penn 49 Box Score – Recap
Elon 65 Yale 69 NIT Box Score – Recap
Wednesday, November 25
Brown 70 Bryant 68 Box Score – Recap
New Hampshire 60 Harvard 78 Box Score – Recap
Friday, November 27
Cornell 78. Toledo 60 (Legends Classic at Philadelphia, Pa.) Box Score – Recap
Brown 79 Siena 99 (Philadelphia Hoops Classic) Box Score – Recap
Yale 48 Army 64 Box Score – Recap
Hartford 56 Dartmouth 68 Box Score – Recap
Saturday, November 28
Cornell 67 Vermont 59 (Legends Classic at Philadelphia, Pa.) Box Score – Recap
Brown 79 Siena 99 (Philadelphia Hoops Classic) Box Score – Recap
Yale 48 Army 64 Box Score – Recap
Hartford 56 Dartmouth 68 Box Score – Recap
Sunday, November 29
Cornell 61 Drexel 54 (Legends Classic at Philadelphia, Pa.) Box Score – Recap
Harvard 78 Boston U. 70 Box Score – Recap
Princeton 60 California 81 [CSN California] Box Score – Recap
Monday, November 30
Columbia 55 Sacred Heart 60 Box Score – Recap
Tuesday, December 1
Vermont 63 Dartmouth 58 Box Score – Recap
Wednesday, December 2
Holy Cross 85 Brown 79 (OT) Box Score – Recap
Cornell 104 Bucknell 98 (OT) Box Score – Recap
Yale 48 Hartford 46 Box Score – Recap
Rice 64 Harvard 85 Box Score – Recap
Thursday, December 3
Lehigh 75 Columbia 70 Box Score – Recap
Princeton 44 Rutgers 58 Box Score – Recap
Friday, December 4
Penn 67 Navy 73 [CBS College Sports] Box Score – Recap
Saturday, December 5
Columbia 60 Stony Brook 63 Box Score – Recap
Brown 55 Minnesota 91 Box Score – Recap
Sunday, December 6
Harvard 73 UConn 79 [SNY/ESPN Fullcourt]
Box Score – Recap
Lafayette 48 Princeton 62 Box Score – Recap
Cornell 78 St. Joseph’s (PA) 66 Box Score – Recap
Monday, December 7
Brown 62 Providence 78 Box Score – Recap
Vermont 72 Yale 60 Box Score – Recap
Tuesday, December 8
Columbia 102 Wagner 91 Box Score – Recap
Albany 78 Penn 60 Box Score – Recap
Wednesday, December 9
Harvard 74 Boston College 67 Box Score – Recap
Bryant 54 Yale 69 Box Score – Recap
Saturday, December 12
Columbia 69 Bryant 57 Box Score – Recap
Army 59 Dartmouth 46 Box Score – Recap
Penn 75 Monmouth 80 Box Score – Recap
Sunday, December 13
Princeton 65 UNC Greensboro 50 Box Score – Recap
Lyndon State 54 Dartmouth 83 Box Score
Wednesday, December 16
Monmouth 42 Princeton46 Box Score – Recap
Thursday, December 17
Dartmouth 58 Lehigh 66 Box Score – Recap
Sunday, December 20
Cornell 91 Davidson 88 [MSG Holiday Festival, Fox Sports Atlantic/MSG] Box Score – Recap
Dartmouth 59 New Hampshire 69 Box Score – Recap
Princeton at Maine- Weather Cancellation
Monday, December 21
Yale 78 Providence 87 Box Score – Recap
Cornell 71 St. John’s 66 [MSG Holiday Festival, Fox Sports Atlantic/MSG] Box Score – Recap
Tuesday, December 22
Colgate 63 Dartmouth 44 Box Score – Recap
Wednesday, December 23
Harvard 70 Georgetown 86 [ESPN Full Court/ MyTV9/ SNY] Box Score – Recap
Columbia 51 Quinnipiac 63 Box Score – Recap
Monday, December 28
MIT 61 Harvard 88 Box Score
Kean 63 Brown 74 Box Score – Recap
Penn 50 Davidson 79 Box Score – Recap
Tuesday, December 29
Yale 59 Colorado 70 [FSN Rocky Mountain] Box Score – Recap
Cornell 78 La Salle 75 Box Score – Recap
Wednesday, December 30
Dartmouth 51 Quinnipiac 73 [NESN] Box Score – Recap
Brown 78 Sacred Heart 83 Box Score – Recap
George Washington 53 Harvard 66 Box Score – Recap
Maine 65 Columbia 59 Box Score – Recap
Wagner 42 Princeton 45 Box Score – Recap
Thursday, December 31
Yale 71 Colorado State 93 Box Score – Recap
Penn St. Erie-The Behrend College 59 Cornell 73 Box Score – Recap
Penn 55 Duke 114 [ESPN2] Box Score – Recap
Saturday, January 2
American 76 Brown 68 Box Score – Recap
Bryant 49 Cornell 75 Box Score – Recap
Harvard at Seattle, 5:10 pm
Princeton 70 St. Joseph’s 62 [The Comcast Network] Box Score – Recap
Sunday, January 3
Penn 62 Lafayette 77 Box Score – Recap
Yale 68 Albany 89 [Time Warner Cable (TW3)] Box Score – Recap
Monday, January 4
Wagner 71 Brown 72 Box Score – Recap
American 51 Columbia 56 Box Score – Recap
Bucknell 43 Dartmouth 49 Box Score – Recap
Princeton 50 Maine 52 Box Score – Recap
Harvard 74 Santa Clara Box Score – Recap
Tuesday, January 5
Yale 69 Lehigh 75 Box Score – Recap
Wednesday, January 6
Brown 51 Army 59 Box Score – Recap
Columbia 74 Lafayette 91 Box Score – Recap
Penn 82 UMBC 71 Box Score – Recap
Princeton 77 Marist 58 Box Score – Recap
Cornell 66 Kansas 71 (ESPN Fullcourt/ESPN360) Box Score – Recap
Thursday, January 7
Albertus Magnus 71 Yale 92 Box Score
Friday, January 8
Cornell 71 South Dakota 65 Box Score – Recap
Saturday, January 9
*Dartmouth 47 Harvard 76 Box Score – Recap
NJIT 48 Yale 79 Box Score – Recap
Monday, January 11
Brown 75 Quinnipiac 88 Box Score – Recap
St. Francis (N.Y.) 59 Columbia 53 Box Score – Recap
Clarkson 37 Cornell 82 Box Score – Recap
Wednesday, January 13
Temple 60 Penn 45 Box Score – Recap
Friday, January 15
*Brown 75 Yale 66 Box Score – Recap
Saturday, January 16
*Columbia 53 Cornell 74 (Time Warner Sports) Box Score – Recap
Monday, January 18
St. Francis (N.Y.) 64 Dartmouth 65 Box Score – Recap
Wednesday, January 20
La Salle 76 Penn 57 Box Score – Recap
Friday, January 22
*Yale 71 Brown 63 Box Score – Recap
Saturday, January 23
*Cornell 77 Columbia 51 Box Score – Recap
*Harvard 62 Dartmouth 58 Box Score – Recap
Sunday, January 24
Goucher 35 Princeton 88 Box Score – Recap
Monday, January 25
St. Joseph’s 85 Penn 64[Comcast Network] Box Score – Recap
Friday, January 29
*Penn 48 Yale 61 Box Score – Recap
*Princeton 63 Brown 46 Box Score – Recap
*Dartmouth 37 Cornell 71 Box Score – Recap
*Harvard 74 Columbia 45 Box Score – Recap
Saturday, January 30
*Penn 55 Brown 54 Box Score – Recap
*Princeton 58 Yale 45 Box Score – Recap
*Dartmouth 51 Columbia 63 Box Score – Recap
*Harvard 50 Cornell 86 Box Score – Recap
Friday, February 5
*Penn 53 Dartmouth 51 Box Score – Recap
*Princeton 56 Harvard 53 Box Score – Recap
*Brown 54 Columbia 65 Box Score – Recap
*Yale 71 Cornell 90 Box Score – Recap
Saturday, February 6
*Penn 66 Harvard 80 Box Score – Recap
*Princeton 54 Dartmouth 38 Box Score – Recap
*Brown 60 Cornell 74 Box Score – Recap
*Yale 79 Columbia 64 Box Score – Recap
Friday, February 12
*Columbia 45 Princeton 55 Box Score – Recap
*Dartmouth 60 Brown 75 Box Score – Recap
*Harvard 82 Yale 79 OT Box Score – Recap
*Cornell 64 Penn 79 [Comcast Network] Box Score – Recap
Saturday, February 13
*Cornell48 Princeton 45 [Verizon FiOS] Box Score – Recap
*Columbia 66 Penn 62 [Comcast Network] Box Score – Recap
*Harvard 81 Brown 67 Box Score – Recap
*Dartmouth 56 Yale 69 Box Score – Recap
Tuesday, February 16
*Princeton 58 Penn 51 Box Score – Recap
Friday, February 19
*Brown 80 Penn 73 [Comcast Network] Box Score – Recap
*Columbia 44 Dartmouth 48 Box Score – Recap
*Yale 58 Princeton 82 [ESPNU] Box Score – Recap
*Cornell 79 Harvard 70 Box Score – Recap
Saturday, February 20
*Brown 57 Princeton 54 Box Score – Recap
*Yale 69 Penn 81[Comcast Network] Box Score – Recap
*Cornell 88 Dartmouth 70 Box Score – Recap
*Columbia 57 Harvard 77 Box Score – Recap
Friday, February 26
*Penn 55 Columbia 56 Box Score – Recap
*Princeton 47 Cornell 50 Box Score – Recap
*Yale 55 Dartmouth 45 Box Score – Recap
*Brown 71 Harvard 91 Box Score – Recap
Saturday, February 27
*Penn 48 Cornell 68 Box Score – Recap
*Princeton 67 Columbia 52 Box Score – Recap
*Brown 76 Dartmouth 57 Box Score – Recap
*Yale 58 Harvard 78 Box Score – Recap
Friday, March 5
*Harvard 67 Penn 66 Box Score – Recap
*Dartmouth 43 Princeton 71 Box Score – Recap
*Cornell 95 Brown 76 Box Score – Recap
*Columbia 48 Yale 65 Box Score – Recap
Saturday, March 6
*Dartmouth 68 Penn 78 Box Score – Recap
*Harvard 51 Princeton 54 Box Score – Recap
*Cornell at79 Yale, 59 Box Score – Recap
*Columbia 65 Brown 56 Box Score – Recap
Tuesday, March 9
*Penn 56 Princeton 68 Box Score – Recap