- Prior to Sunday's game at Wisconsin, the Wisconsin State Journal wrote, "Cornell skinny: The Big Red bring back bad memories for the Badgers. A senior-laden Cornell team beat UW 87-69 in the second round of the 2010 NCAA tournament..."
- Wisconsin's SID had this comment from Twitter during Sunday's game, "Former Cornell G Ryan Wittman sitting behind Cornell bench. Gives me shivers seeing him - scored 24 pts in 2010 NCAA tourney win over UW"
- The New Jersey Star Ledger writes, "Under Tommy Amaker at Harvard, the Crimson brought in two players in Keith Wright and Kyle Casey, whom many coaches believed were BIg East-caliber players. No longer was the Ivy League full of slow, plodding prep school kids who shot 3-pointers and positioned themselves in the post for shots. Casey and Wright — and to a certain extent, Ryan Wittman before them at Cornell — began the wave of change [of talent in the Ivy League]."
- 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 RPI rank as of November 19 is No. 186 out of 344 total Division I teams. While neither the Ken Pomeroy or the Sagarin Rankings (USA Today) are used by the NCAA Tournament Selection Committee, the KenPom.com site ranks Cornell No. 223 in the nation, while the Sagarin Rankings (USA Today) have Cornell at No. 214. Both sites are predominantly used by fans and the media.
- Here is a look at Ivy League results and upcoming games. A full Ivy composite schedule may viewed by clicking here.
Friday, November 9
MIT 54 Harvard 69 Box Score - Recap
UMBC 75 Penn 80 Box Score - Recap
Saturday, November 10
Western Michigan 55 Cornell 63 Box Score - Recap
Princeton 57 Buffalo 53 Box Score - Recap
Yale 82 Sacred Heart 85 (OT) [SNY] [Conn 6] Box Score - Recap
Columbia 68 Furman 47 Box Score - Recap
Maine 54 Dartmouth 67 Box Score - Recap
Sunday, November 11
Brown 58 Binghamton 49 Box Score - Recap
Monday, November 12
Yale 35 Saint Joseph’s 61 (Coaches v. Cancer) Box Score - Recap
Penn 69 Delaware 84 (Preseason NIT) Box Score - Recap
Tuesday, November 13
Harvard 64 Massachusetts 67 (ESPN Tip Off Marathon) [ESPN] Box Score - Recap
Penn 53 Fairfield 62 (Preseason NIT) [ESPN3] Box Score - Recap
Northeastern 67 Princeton 66 Box Score - Recap
New Hampshire 72 Dartmouth 58 Box Score - Recap
Haverford 40 Columbia 74 Box Score - Recap
Wednesday, November 14
St. Bonaventure at Cornell [NBCSN] Box Score - Recap
Thursday, November 15
Brown 71 Central Connecticut State 86 Box Score - Recap
Friday, November 16
Saint Peter’s 68 Cornell 64 Box Score - Recap
Rutgers 58 Princeton 52 Box Score - Recap
Manhattan 45 Harvard 79 Box Score
Yale 56 Evansville 66 (Coaches v. Cancer) Box Score - Recap
Saturday, November 17
Drexel 61 Penn 59 Box Score - Recap
Yale 63 Buffalo 59 (Evansville, Ind.) (Coaches v. Cancer) Box Score
Brown 70 Maine 68 Box Score - Recap
Marist 67 Columbia 62 Box Score - Recap
Sunday. November 18
Yale 47 Western Illinois 59 (Oakland City, Ind.) Box Score - Recap
Cornell 40 Wisconsin 73 (Las Vegas Invitational) [ESPN3] Box Score - Recap
Monday, November 19
Penn vs. Fordham, 6 pm (Preseason NIT, Bethlehem PA)
Tuesday, November 20
Columbia at Villanova, 7 pm [ESPN3]
Harvard at Saint Joseph’s, 7:30 pm [NBCSN]
Penn at Lehigh, 8:30 pm (Preseason NIT)
Cornell at Arizona State, 9 pm (Las Vegas Invitational) [PAC-12]
Wednesday, November 21
Bryant at Brown, 7 pm
Princeton at Syracuse, 7 pm [TIME WARNER]
Yale at Vermont, 7 pm
Friday, November 23
Cornell vs. Presbyterian, 4:30 pm (Las Vegas Invitational)
Columbia vs. Wayland Baptist (SF Hilltop Classic)
Saturday, November 24
Saint Francis (N.Y.) at Brown, 2 pm
IPFW at Dartmouth, 2 pm
Princeton at Lafayette, 2 pm
Army at Yale, 2 pm
Cornell vs. Longwood/Florida A&M, 3/5:30 pm (Las Vegas Invitational)
Columbia at San Francisco, 10 pm (SF Hilltop Classic)
- Throughout the year we provide periodic updates on Cornell's alumni playing professionally. Below, some updates:
-Jeff Aubry ('99) (Halcones Rojos, LNBP Mexico premier league/Arecibo Capitanes, BSN Puerto Rico premier league)-As of November 19, Aubry is averaging 6.0 points and 5.0 rebounds per game for Halcones of the LNBP in Mexico, the premier league. Halcones is 19-5 and in 4th place out of 16 teams in the league. Aubry, a 6'11" center, splits his time in both the Mexican and Puerto Rican professional leagues. A well traveled pro player, Aubry spent several seasons in the NBA D League in the early part of his career with the Fayetteville Patriots and Florida Flame and earned honorable mention all NBA D League in 2002. During his more than a decade of pro experience, Aubry has also played professionally in the ABA (Miami Tropics) and abroad in Puerto Rico (Arecibo, Leones de Ponce, and Santurce, BSN Puerto Rico), Spain (Tarragona, LEB Gold Spain 2nd Division), Mexico (Halcones Rojos and Chihuahua Dorados, LNBP Mexico premier league), Poland (Slask Wroclaw, PLK Poland premier league), Argentina (Libertad Sunchales, Liga A Argentina), Uruguay (Hebraica, LUB Uruguay )and Peru (Alas Peruanas, Peru).
-Louis Dale ('10) (KAOD Dramas, Greece A1 premier league)-On November 18 KAOD fell to Panathinaikos 60-63. Dale finished with 6 points and 2 rebounds following his November 10 performance when KAOD defeated Ikaros, 76-69 bolstered by Dale's 21 points and 9 rebounds. As of November 19, Dale is averaging 9.0 points, 3.8 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game. KAOD is 3-3 and in 7th place out of 14 teams in the A1. Dale spent his first two professional seasons both in Germany's BBK Bundesliga, the country's premier league with Goettingen.-Jeff Foote ('10) (Zalgiris, Lithuania LKL premier league/EuroLeague/VTB Russian League)-Zalgiris is currently ranked #3 in Europe. As of November 19, Foote is averaging 8 points and 7 rebounds per game for Zalgiris in the LKL. Zalgiris is 2-0 and in 6th place out of 12 teams in the LKL and 5-1 in the 6-team Group C of the EuroLeague. Prior to the start of the 2012-2013 season, Foote played with the Brooklyn Nets in the NBA Summer League and participated in the team's free agent mini-camp. During 2011-2012, Foote averaged 15.1 points and 8.9 rebounds per game in the NBA D-League for the Springfield Armor (the Brooklyn Nets' affiliate) after being named a starter at the D-League's All-Star Game during February. Foote finished the D-League season ranked 4th in double-doubles and also 4th in rebounds. Foote averaged 1.0 points and 1.5 rebounds per game in 4 games for the NBA's New Orleans Hornets during a 10-day contract between March 9 and March 19. Foote was ranked by the D-League as its #6 overall NBA prospect. During April he was profiled in a video on NBA.com. He participated in the Portland Trailblazers' 2011-2012 preseason training camp and played the 2011-2012 preseason with with Zastal of the PLK Poland premier league and the full 2010-2011 season in Spain (Melilla, LEB Gold Spain 2nd division) while on loan from Euro League powerhouse Maccabi Tel Aviv of Israel's premier league.
- Below is a directory listing of some Twitter feeds associated with the Cornell basketball program.
-Rich Medina ('92)
-Bo Buttenback ('98)
-Cody Toppert ('05)
-Steve Cobb ('05)
-Ryan Rourke ('06)
-Andrew Naeve ('07)
-Jason Canady ('08)
-Khaliq Gant ('09)
-Conor Mullen ('09)
-Brian Kreefer ('09)
-Ryan Wittman ('10)
-Pete Reynolds ('10)
-Jon Jaques ('10)
-Louis Dale ('10)
-Alex Tyler ('10)
-Geoff Reeves ('10)
-Jeff Foote ('10)
-Andre Wilkins ('10) (inactive)
-Aaron Osgood ('11)
-Adam Wire ('11)
-Max Groebe ('12)
-Chris Wroblewski ('12)
-Andrew Ferry ('12)
-The Cornell Rebounders Club
-Jonathan Gray ()
-Miles Asafo Adjei ()
-Peter McMillan ()
-Errick Peck ()
-Josh Figini ()
-Galal Cancer ()
-Ned Tomic ()
-Dominick Scelfo ()
-Jake Mathews ()
-Dwight Tarwater ()
-Manny Sahota ()
-Dave LaMore ()
-Shonn Miller ()
-Devin Cherry ()
-Nolan Cressler ()
-Braxston Bunce ()
-Holt Harmon ()
-Robert Mischler ()
-David Onuorah (committed recruit)
-Tim Higgins (committed recruit)
-Assistant Coach Mike Blaine ()
-Assistant Coach Marlon Sears ()
-Assistant Coach Arlen Galloway ()
-Brian Delaney, ESPN Radio Ithaca ()
-Barry Leonard, Cornell Redcast/Play-By-Play Annnouncer
-Ed Boulat, Ithaca Journal
-Cornell Daily Sun Sports ()
-Slope Sports ()
-WVBR Sports
-Former assistant coach, Jay Larranaga
-Former assistant coach, Ricky Yahn ()
-Former head coach, Steve Donahue ()
-Former intern assistant Ryan Woerner ()
-Former assistant coach, Zach Spiker ()
-Former assistant coach, Nat Graham ()
-Former assistant coach, Woody Kampmann ()
-Former assistant coach, Izzi Metz ()
-Former assistant coach, Paul Fortier ()
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