News and Notes: Wednesday Edition

Below, some news and notes...

• LancersBlog.com comments on Cornell's and Longwood's inclusion in the 2012 2012 Las Vegas Invitational. Cornell opens the tournament with games at Wisconsin and Arizona State and will play two additional games in Las Vegas against either Longwood, Presbyterian and/or FAMU.

• Of the sixty players projected by NBA Draft Net as draftees in the 2012 NBA Draft, Cornell faced eleven of them at least once during the past four seasons.  These opponents include:

Deion Waiters (Syracuse); Kris Joseph (Syracuse); Fab Melo (Syracuse) Andrew Nicholson (St. Bonaventure);  Meyers Leonard (Illinois); Herb Pope (Seton Hall); Kim English (Missouri); JaMychal Green (Alabama); Ramone Moore (Temple);  Thomas Robinson (Kansas), Tyshawn Taylor (Kansas)

Above, Herb Pope and Seton Hall visited Cornell on November 20, 2009.

• Basketball Canada officially announced the selection of Cornell incoming freshman, Braxston Bunce (Kelowna Secondary School) Kelowna, BC, Canada, 6-11, C, to the Junior Men's National Team.  Bunce and Team Canada commence play in the FIBA Americas U18 Championships on June 16. The tournament is hosted by Brazil.  

• The Plano Star writes of incoming Cornell freshman, Holt Harmon (Plano West HS), Plano, TX, 6-9, F, "Recent Plano West graduates Holt Harmon and TJ Cline were at Oklahoma Baptist's Noble Complex Saturday for the 47th Annual Faith 7 Bowl. The all-star event matches up basketball players from Texas against hoopsters from Oklahoma. There was only one lead change in the game and it came in the first quarter as shots were falling early and often for Texas, which held a 62-38 lead at the break. The boys from the Lone Star State bumped it up to 107-80 by the end of the night. Harmon posted nine points and 10 boards in the win."

• Committed class of 2013 Cornell recruit, Tim Higgins (Paul VI HS) Fairfax, VA, 6-10, is interviewed below  (at the 0:21 second spot) with his AAU team, Team Takeover. Higgins told DMV Elite that he is looking forward to the summer AAU season. “It’s nice to have it [my college committment] wrapped up,” Higgins said, “because I feel a lot more comfortable out there, and it’s not as much pressure to go out there and impress a coach. It also helps me focus on getting my teammates better and helping them get the opportunities for scholarships and that sort of thing.”