- Beanpot Hoops wants a conference tournament for the Ivy and writes, "still a real argument against a conference tournament — the best team would win the automatic bid less frequently, probably on the order of once or twice a decade. The best example, of course, is Cornell’s Sweet 16 run in 2010. The Big Red was clearly the Ivy League’s best NCAA representative, but it almost certainly wouldn’t have received an at-large bid, and it would’ve had only about a 70-75% chance of winning a conference tournament."
- The Liberty Voice writes, "Since expanding its college basketball tournament field to 64 teams, the visceral emotion that is March Madness has spawned some of the greatest Cinderella stories the world of sports has ever seen. Butler and VCU in 2011, Cornell in 2010, George Mason in 2006 and Gonzaga in 99 all came from conferences that supposedly had about as much chance at producing a team that could make a deep run in the tournament as a sixteen seed might have against a one. This year, Cinderella’s coveted slipper might just fit the Mercer Bears in their first tournament berth since 1985."
- SportsGrid writes, "Before Cornell did it in 2010, the Ivies (Ivys?) hadn’t advanced since 1998, when Princeton did it."
- Cornell's incoming recruiting class next season includes four members: Riley Glassmann (Fremd HS) Palatine, IL, 6-5, G, William "Will" Bathurst (Olean HS) Olean, NY, 6-3, G, Jordan Abdur-Ra'oof (Gonzaga HS) Washington, D.C., 6-7, F, and Pat Smith (Archbishop Wood HS) Warminster, PA, 6-5, F. Riley Glassman's career came to an end last night after an 18 point performance. See the Daily Herald and the Daily Herald (again). The Buffalo News notes of Wil Bathurst and Olean, "Olean, ranked third in the New York State Sportswriters Association Class B poll, will play for the New York State Public High School Athletic Association Class B championship at 9 tonight against the state’s top-ranked team, undefeated Westhill (24-0) of Section III (Syracuse area). Tonight’s winner will advance to the Federation Tournament of Champions next weekend in Albany. "
- 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 March 15, 2014 is No. 334 out of 351 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. 342 in the nation, while the Sagarin Rankings (USA Today) have Cornell at No. 332. Both sites are predominantly used by fans and the media.
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