Below, news and notes for Saturday...- In the NBA D-League last night, Jeff Foote (Cornell '10) scored 20 points, grabbed 10 rebounds, dished 3 assists, collected 2 steals and blocked 1 shot on 7/13 shooting as his Springfield Armor defeated the Austin Toros 110-99 on Friday. See a recap on Nets Daily. Foote and his D-Springfield Armor are next back in action tonight, Saturdy, April 7 at 8:00 pm in a second consecutive game at Austin. All NBA D-League games are available to view online at no charge via the D-League's Futurecast. The Armor have already clinched a position in the D-League playoffs. Foote is averaging 15.0 points and 8.8 rebounds per game in the D-League after being named a starter at the D-League's All-Star Game during February. As of today, Foote is ranked 4th in the D-League in double-doubles and is also 4th in the league in rebounds. He averaged 1.0 points and 1.5 rebounds per game in 4 games for the New Orleans Hornets during a 10-day contract between March 9 and March 19. Foote currently is ranked by the D-League as its #6 overall NBA prospect. He was recently profiled in a video on NBA.com.
- AOL.com and The Sporting News rank Cornell's 2010 Sweet Sixteen appearance as the 8th best Cinderella story in the NCAA Tournament's modern history. The Sporting News writes, "8. 2010 Cornell No. 12 seed to Sweet 16- This Cornell squad made it further than any Ivy League team since Penn in '79. The Big Red, making their third consecutive NCAA appearance, were loaded with talented upperclassmen, including sharpshooting senior forward Ryan Wittman and his 7-foot classmate, Jeff Foote. And they had confidence after almost knocking off top-ranked Kansas on the road during the regular season. Cornell beat fifth-seeded Temple by 13 and fourth-seeded Wisconsin by 18 before the run was ended by an athletic Kentucky squad in the Sweet 16."
- A Cornell Daily Sun columnist writes about why she hates Kentucky and notes, "Once you have slighted my team, Ivy rival or not, you’re dead to me. And Kentucky became dead to me on March 25, 2010. For those of you who have been living under a Red-free rock, that was the day Coach Cal and his one-and-done Wildcats (that is, Eric Bledsoe, John Wall, and DeMarcus Cousins) stopped the Cornell’s record-breaking Tourney run at the Sweet Sixteen, 62-45."
- Former Cornell men's assistant coach, Jonathan Tsipis, has been hired as the head women's basketball coach at George Washington. Tsipis coached at Cornell between 1996-1999 under Scott Thompson and joins G.W. after serving as an assistant coach for the women at Notre Dame.
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