News and Notes: Wednesday Edition

Above, A Date in Cornell Basketball History,  a press credential for a 1948 Cornell-Colgate game.  Below, news and notes for Wednesday...

• The Cornell Basketball Prospect Camp is this weekend.  Here is the itinerary.

• Bill Courtney described to the Syracuse Post Standard the college basketball rule he would most like changed.  He said, "One thing I would like to see changed is having over-the-back called a little bit more. Having guys block out and having other guys go over the back to get that rebound — there should be a vertically rule. I have my space and if you come over me, it's over-the-back. That's been a pet peeve of mine the past few years. ... I also really like the idea of shorter shot shot clock. I think that would make the game more exciting and add more possessions to the game. I think that's a huge rule that will make the game better."

• The Syracuse Post Standard writes, "After Syracuse drew a crowd of 24,788 for its 2013-14 season-opener against Cornell, the Orange appeared well on the way to its first attendance crown since 2005. The crowd for the Cornell game represented the largest crowd for a Syracuse opening game since the 1990-91 season."

• The Binghamton Press and Sun Bulletin reports:

The financial groundwork for the Ivy League [Digital] Network was put in place during the 2009-10 NCAA men’s basketball tournament when Cornell advanced to the Sweet 16. Cornell won a pair of tournament games, earning the conference an increased share of the tournament’s revenue with each win.  That increased piece of the pie, in turn, helped support the implementation of the Ivy League Network. Each of the league’s schools got a pot of money from that extra income, which this past year amounted to approximately $70,000 for Cornell. Along with acquiring equipment, Cornell hired John Lukach as Director of Multimedia to manage the network and live streaming.

News and Notes: Thursday Edition

Above, A Date in Cornell Basketball History, the 1904 Cornell Big Red Men's Basketball Team.  Below, news and notes for Thursday...

• Bill Courtney talks to ESPN Ithaca about Cornell's new recruiting class.  The Chicago Tribune writes  that the Fremd High School (Illinois) offense "ran through" Cornell recruiting commit, Riley Glassmann, the Mid-Suburban West Player of the Year last season in Illinois.

• The Syracuse Post Standard recently asked Bill Courtney about the blocking/charge rules in college basketball:

Bill Courtney, Cornell: "I'm not exactly sure myself what the new interpretation will look like, but last year, they started to enforce it more and differently with upward motion and the whole deal. I'm looking forward to the referees coming around and explaining it to us. At the end of the day, it's such a difficult call, it's such a judgment call, it's going to be debated no matter what. The circle helps, because if you're standing anywhere inside that circle, it's an automatic block -- so I think that has certainly cleared up some of the area around the basket. But as far as 'what's a block and what's a charge' -- it's really just a judgment call. It's really difficult for the referee, because they have to do it in live time and now everybody's an expert with the replay. It's difficult to get those calls right."
Moving the circle out a foot: "I think that definitely would help. It would open up driving lanes a little bit more where you really can't take a charge. I think it helps kids that are athletic and can block shots. They can still do that. For teams whose defenses like to draw charges, it's going to be more difficult. But on the offensive end, it gives the teams that drive the basketball more room to operate and opens up some driving lanes."

• A former Cornell prospect will play for Syracuse next season as a transfer per the Post Standard.

• The Pittsburgh Tribune writes:

The 2014 summer season for the Pittsburgh Basketball Club's Pro-Am League begins June 23 at Montour High School, and last year's campaign was a special one for Plum graduate Nolan Cressler and Gateway grad Luke Kochka.

Kochka hopes to make this year's league experience a special one, while Cressler wants to make the most of what is expected to be an abbreviated stay in the league this summer.

Cressler transferred to Vanderbilt in the Southeastern Conference after two seasons in the Ivy League at Cornell, and he will head to the Nashville campus early next month to take a class and start summer team workouts.

It will be one of the first big chances Cressler will have to bond and develop chemistry with his new Commmodore teammates before the fall semester begins in late August.

That means he will only be able to play three or four Pro-Am League games.

“It's a terrific league, and it's always great to be able to compete against some great players,” Cressler said.

“It's a fun atmosphere. Even if it's for only a few games, I will be happy to play.”

Cressler, who will sit out this season because of NCAA transfer rules, will have two years of collegiate eligibility left at Vanderbilt.

He had a breakout season as a sophomore at Cornell, and he said going up against some talented players in the Pro-Am league, including those from Duquesne, Pitt and West Virginia, helped him improve his game.

Cressler had a couple of 30-point games in the Pro-Am League last year, and he was named to the all-league team with Pitt's Talib Zanna, Duquesne's Ovie Soko and Derrick Colter, Robert Morris' Lucky Jones and collegiate basketball alumni Lance Jeter and Chevy Troutman.

“I wanted to measure myself and see if all the hard work was paying off,” Cressler said.

“I was able to play really well, and that was nice to see. It helped me take my game to another level.”

Cressler averaged a team-best 16.8 points for Cornell last season and scored more than 20 points in a game eight times.

He tallied 23 in the opener at Syracuse and had a season- and career-best 34 points in an overtime league loss against Brown on Feb. 22.

News and Notes: Wednesday Edition

At the 2014 ESPN Charleston Classic, Cornell could face the University of Southern California for the first time since the teams squared off sixty years ago in the 1954 Dixie Classic.  Above, from A Date in Cornell Basketball History, the 1954 Dixie Classic Game Program.  Below, news and notes...

Above, Cornell's now updated 2014-2015 roster.

• On The Basketball Tournament, Sports Illustrated writes, "If you were wondering about Marshall Henderson, his team also left in the second round with a loss to the tough Chicago-based Illinois Hoopville Warriors, an established competitive pro-am presence that also bounced the 2010 Cornell Sweet 16 team."

• Mid Major Madness reports on the Marist coaching search and notes that the school was, "looking at former Boston College head coach, Steve Donahue, but Donahue turned down the offer. "

Cornell Men's Basketball Announces Class of 2018

Cornell Athletics, ITHACA, N.Y. – Cornell head coach Bill Courtney has announced five incoming recruits will join the Big Red basketball program in the fall of 2014. Freshmen Jordan Abdur-Ra'oof, Will Bathurst, Kyle Brown, Riley Glassmann and Pat Smith will join a squad that returns first-team All-Ivy League selection Shonn Miller and three of the team's top five scorers, including a pair of rising sophomore guards.

Jordan Abdur-Ra'oof * 6-7 * 205 * F (Rockville, Md./Gonzaga College HS)
A three-time all-league selection at Gonzaga College HS, Abdur-Ra'oof earned All-Met honors as a junior when he averaged 9.2 points per game. He was invited to the Capital Classic all-star game and made the all-star team at the Crab Ball Classic. The four-year letter winner served as a team captain during his senior season.

Will Bathurst * 6-3 * 180 * G/F * (Olean, N.Y./Olean HS)
The Western New York Player of the Year and a two-time first-team all-state pick, Bathurst averaged 19.8 points, 7.0 rebounds, 4.0 assists, 1.7 steals and 1.0 blocks for Olean HS. He was one of six finalists for New York State's Mr. Basketball Award after helping the team to its third straight section title. A two-time first-team all-Western New York pick by the Buffalo News and Centercourt Blog, he was named to the Class B all-tournament team and the MVP of the sectional tournament as a senior. Bathurst earned the Southern Tier's Big 30 Player of the Year as a senior and graduated with 1,196 career points, 545 rebounds, 224 assists and 110 blocked shots. He was named league player of the year as a junior after posting 18.4 points, 8.0 rebounds and 3.3 assists per outing after scoring 11.8 points, grabbing 7.6 rebounds and dishing 2.2 assists as a sophomore. He also excelled in football and golf (state tournament qualifier).

Kyle Brown * 6-2 * 180 * G (Bellevue, Wash./Newport HS)
A four-year member of the basketball team at Newport HS, Brown was named all-county as a senior before taking a two year Mormon mission. Brown was a two-year captain of his AAU team. His father also played basketball at Cornell (1977-82), as did his uncle Stan (1974-77).

Riley Glassmann * 6-5 * 185 * G (Palatine, Ill./William Fremd HS)
Glassmann was second team all-state selection and a third-team all-area pick in Chicago as a senior at Fremd HS. He helped his team to an undefeated regular season and a spot in the sectional finals in his senior year, averaging 17.8 points, 5.4 rebounds and 2.7 assists en route to capturing league Player of the Year honors and finishing 16th among vote getters for the state's prestigious Mr. Basketball award. Glassmann earned all-area recognition from the Daily Herald and earned multiple all-tournament and tournament MVP honors during his career. He averaged 15.2 points as a junior.

Pat Smith * 6-5 * 195 * G/F (Chalfont, Pa./Archbishop Wood Catholic HS)
A three-time first-team all-league selection and second-team all-state pick as a senior at Archbishop Wood Catholic HS, Smith was a 1,000-point scorer during his four-year varsity career. Smith was named honorable mention all-city by the Philadelphia Daily News. He holds the school's single-game scoring record (42 points) and served as team captain in each of his final two seasons. He was named Player of the Year as a junior by the Bucks County Courier Times after averaging 14.9 points per game and as a senior by The Intelligencer after posting 16.3 points and 4.0 rebounds on 50 percent shooting, including 42 percent from 3-point range.

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Also check out The Cornell Basketball Blog's profiles of Riley Glassmann, William "Will" Bathurst , Jordan Abdur-Ra'oof, Pat Smith, and Kyle Brown.

News and Notes: Monday Edition

Above, A Date in Cornell Basketball History.  The last time Cornell faced the South Carolina Gamecocks was on December 26, 1970 in Madison Square Garden in New York.  The #2 ranked Gamecocks cruised past Cornell 83-60 in the Garden.  Above, an AP preview of the game and a photo from the game action.  Next season, Cornell could face the University of South Carolina in the 2014 Charleston Classic, produced by ESPN.  Below, news and notes for Monday...

Next season, Bill Courtney's may have his deepest and most talented frontcourt since he arrived in Ithaca.  His options in the 2014-2015 power forward and center positions include:  Deion Giddens (6'9" Sr.), Shonn Miller (6'7" Jr.), David Onuorah (6'9" Soph.), Jordan Abdur Ra'off (6'7" Fr.), Braxston Bunce (6'11") Jr.), Dave Lamore (6'9" Sr.) and Ned Tomic (6'7" Sr.).

•  Bill Courtney participated in a commercial for the ESPN Charleston Classic. 

• Cornell's Bill Courtney was interviewed by the Syracuse Post Standard about the shot clock rule in college basketball.  The Standard writes:

Bill Courtney, Cornell: "I think it's kind of a natural evolution of the game. I know at one point, it was a 45-second shot clock. So it's probably the next step in gaining uniformity among all the levels of basketball. Coach Krzyzewski has said we're the only country that does not have uniformity in the shot clock. I think it's good for the game. I think it would make for a faster-paced game. I think you could accomplish the same things in 30 seconds that you could accomplish in 35. It will force coaches to loosen up the reins a little bit, let guys play a little more and push the tempo a little bit and make it more exciting for everybody."

• Per the Poughkeepsie Journal, Marist approached Steve Donahue about its coaching vacancy.  Hoop Dirt also reports Donahue is still a candidate but notes, "Former head coach Boston College and Cornell. Has compiled a 200-214 record in 14 seasons as a head coach. Led Cornell to 29 wins and a Sweet 16 appearance in 2010. Sounds like his buy-out at BC was pretty good, could keep him off the market though."

•  As a departure from Steve Donahue's style of play, former Cornell assistant coach, Izzi Metz plans to run an up tempo offense and defense at Wilkes University.  See WNEP.

• A recent Columbia recruiting commit told the Cleveland Plain Dealer that he is "excited to play in the Ivy League, which has produced recent NCAA tournament success stories like Harvard and Cornell."

• Comcast Philadelphia notes of The Basketball Tournament, "A good portion of the Cornell team that reached the Sweet 16 played on Friday morning. They lost. They were not happy."  City of Basketball Love recapped the game as follows:

10:30 AM: Game finished on court 2. First upset of the day. Number 21 Hoopville knocks off number 12 Cornell 84-70. It was a close game at the half with Hoopville leading 37-33 but they pulled away in the second half. Hoopville had a balanced scoring attack with eight players scoring, four in double figures. Leading the way was Malcolm Griffin with 20 points. Billy Baptist contributed with 18 points. For Cornell, there will be no magic run this year. Louis Dale poured in 30 points of his team’s 70, but he didn’t have much help. Jeff Foote chipped in with 16 points with no other player scoring more than five points. Hoopville will take on TYGTAL tomorrow at 9:00 am.

• In connection with TBT, Cornell also gets mention on City of Basketball Love and the Philadelphia Inquirer.  See the game box score here.  

• Tuesdays with Horry also recapped the game: "Game two spelled disaster for the Cornell Sweet Sixteen team that reunited after their magical run in 2010. Their center Jeff Foote was a full three inches taller than the largest man their opponent, The Illinois Hoopville Warriors, had on their roster. It didn’t matter though. Foote was contained to only 16 points and Hoopville won by a final score of 84-70."

• Nolan Cressler will start his Vandy career early by taking summer classes in July.

Cornell Sweet Sixteen Falls in The Basketball Tournament (TBT)

Above, the game box score of Cornell Sweet Sixteen in the TBT.  Ryan Wittman, Max Groebe and Adam Wire were unavailable.

News and Notes: Monday Edition

Above, A Date in Cornell Basketball History.  The Cover of the Cornell Daily Sun's 2010 NCAA Tournament Preview Issue.  Below, news and notes for Monday...

• ESPN ranks Boston College, Steve Donahue's former destination, as one of the worst coaching jobs in the country and BC Interruption reacts negatively as follows:

It's the offseason and there isn't much in the way of actual Boston College athletics news these days. To fill the dead period of college athletics, all sorts of rankings and discussion topics crop up from time to time.  Today's thought exercise: "bad" college basketball jobs. Now I don't know about you, but when I think "bad jobs" I think of programs in the Great West Conference (R.I.P.), a bad Ivy League program (Cornell?), a transitional Division I program like Lowell, Rutgers or DePaul...I wouldn't rank any Atlantic Coast Conference job among the bottom eight in the nation. Then again, no one would read an article ragging on Cornell, N.J.I.T., Maryland Eastern Shore and something called "Incarnate World" either. But if you were to include a program from the ACC, wouldn't your first stop be the program that's finished DFL in each of the last two seasons? One that's made all of two NCAA Tournaments over the last 25+ years?  At least Medcalf got the Rutgers part right.

• Check out the individual player pages for Cornell's Sweet Sixteen Team in The Basketball Tournament (TBT).

• Sports Edge (Slam Online) writes on the TBT:

March Madness for everyone.
That’s the idea behind The Basketball Tournament, a 32-team, open event coming to Philly next week and featuring a ton of current and former players like former UConn stars Josh Boone and Ater Majok, Hakim Warrick, Josh Selby, Josh Boone, Rashad McCants, Aquille Carr and Marshall Henderson.
Winner takes home $500,000.
Organizer Jonathan Mugar said The Tournament, which is open to any U.S. citizen over the age of 18, was born out of a simple idea: What if you took everything great about March Madness and opened it up to everyone?
He pictured an everyman’s March Madness, but the response from elite players was even greater than he expected.
Around 150 teams registered, and in addition to the names mentioned above, a group of players from the 2009 Villanova Final Four squad formed a team. So did a group of former players from the legendary St. Anthony’s High School in New Jersey, and a group from the 2010 Cornell team that crashed the Sweet 16.
The Cornell squad had particular significance to Mugar, because they were exactly the type of team that had inspired him to create The Tournament.
Mugar read an article in the New York Times in 2011 about how several players from that Big Red squad, which upset Temple and Wisconsin before falling to top-seeded Kentucky in the Sweet 16, had stayed together, balling at the New York Athletic Club in the city.
“We talked about wanting to go back and seeing how far we’d make it,” 2010 Ivy League Player of the Year Ryan Wittman told the Times. “I think you are always going to miss it when you watch the NCAA tournament. It brought back a lot of good memories.”
The article sparked Mugar’s interest.
“That was a huge shot in the arm,” he said. “I always had that team in the back of my mind, and when they said they wanted another shot in the tournament, I thought, this could be it.”
So he pitched his idea to a Boston investment firm, which put up the $500,000 prize money. His buddy Dan Friel, who works as an attorney in New Orleans, took a few months off to help administer the event.
The duo set off to alert ballers everywhere with just a $1,000 advertising budget.
“The entire process took about three years,” Mugar said. Now, the event is set to go on June 6–as 32 teams will play down to the final two over the course of three days at the Gallagher Center on the campus of Philadelphia University.
The finals will be contested on June 28, and fans will vote on which team gets to host. In fact, the social media component is a huge part of this tournament–24 of the 32 teams in the field were selected based on their total number of “fans,” which are recruited by teams through the TBT website. The other 8 were chosen by the TBT itself.
Entry for players is free, but even though 150 teams registered, only the 24 with the highest following make the cut. It’s a strategy Mugar is hoping will bring more attention to the event.
So far, it’s worked–as the tournament has seen pub on SI.com, Grantland, NBCSports.com. Mugar said he envisions the tournament being streamed live in the future, and said the business model is like that of any other professional sporting event.
“We want to create a massive summer event, something that people can look forward to,” Mugar said.
So far, it’s a success.

• The Syracuse Post Standard reports that Hakim Warrick will participate in The Basketball Tournament and that he and "his teammates could run into a team featuring several former Cornell players in the second round. Cornell Sweet 16's roster includes several members of Cornell's 2010 Sweet 16 team, including Ryan Wittman, Jeff Foote and Louis Dale." 

• Nat Graham is interviewed by Penn Athletics and talks about his experience at Cornell.

• As we previously reported, Jeff Foote (Cornell '10) will be an instructor at The Cornell Basketball Prospect Camp.  The Prospect Camp will run from June 28-29.  This program often yields some of Cornell's top recruits. 

• Cornell's 2014-2015 roster of returning players is now available on the team's official website

If you missed it....Check out Cornell's 2013-2014 Season Highlight Video.

• Check out the now updated profiles, including senior year honors and accolades, of Cornell's five incoming recruits for next season.  The class consists of 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, Pat Smith (Archbishop Wood HS) Warminster, PA, 6-5, F, and Kyle Brown (Newport HS) Bellevue, Washington, 6-3, G.  Wil Bathurst won numerous honors this past season in New York State, among which he was named First Team All Western New York by the Centercourt Blog.  See discussion of Bathurst in connection with the Western New York Player of the Year and First Team selections with the Buffalo News and the Centercourt Blog.  The Centercourt Blog writes on Bathurst:

Wil Bathurst - Olean, Senior
19.8 PPG  /  7.0 RPG  /  4.0 APG  /  1.7 SPG  /  1.0 BPG
One of the very best all-around players in WNY this season.  A fan favorite and high-riser who can do everything on the court.  Helped the Huskies capture a third straight Section VI Class B title and a 20-win season against a grueling independent schedule.  Scored over 30 points in a game three times this season, including a 36 point & 12 rebound effort against Greece Athena.  Selected to the NYSPHAA Class B All-Tournament Team.  Named MVP of the Section VI Class B1 Tournament.  Was MVP of the Olean Tip-Off Tournament.  Will play Division I basketball at Cornell next season.

• Cornell's 2014-2015 Schedule will be highlighted by Cornell's participation in ESPN's Charleston Classic.  Visit the Cornell team page at the Charleston Classic for more information.   In this ESPN-produced event, Cornell is guaranteed three (3) games against the field of eight (8) participants and all games are broadcast on the ESPN family network.  Potential opponents in Charleston include: Miami, South Carolina, USC, Penn State, Akron, Charlotte, and Drexel.  Cornell's thirty (30) games for the 2014-2015 schedule is rumored to include the following:

1. Loyola, MD (away)
2. UMass-Lowell (home)
3. Binghamton (home)
4. Colgate (home)
5. Siena (away)
6. St. Peter's (home)
7. Howard (home)
8. Radford (away)
9. Canisius (home)
10. Buffalo (away) (Guarantee Game)
11. George Mason (away) (Guarantee Game)
12. Syracuse (away) (Guarantee Game)
13. Alfred State
14. Charleston Classic Game (U.Miami, South Carolina, USC, Penn State, Akron, Charlotte, Drexel)
15. Charleston Classic Game
16. Charleston Classic Game
17-30. Fourteen Ivy League Games

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• The Cornell Basketball Blog updated its Ivy League 2013-2014 Roster Report and Recruiting Commitments List.  The Recruiting Commitment List includes bios of Cornell's incoming recruits.     

• Below, a look at the "Cornell Coaching Plantations"  -- the men's college basketball coaches with ties to Cornell University.

  Jon Jaques (Cornell Class of '10)-Assistant coach at at Cornell. Played for Cornell under Steve Donahue. 

  Ryan Wittman (Cornell Class of '10)-Graduate student  assistant coach at Boston College.  Played for Cornell under Steve Donahue.

  Kevin App (Cornell Class of '07)-Assistant coach at Army. Played for Cornell under Steve Donahue.

  Yanni Hufnagel (Cornell Class of '06)-Assistant coach at Cal. Served as student-manager at Cornell under Steve Donahue.
  
  Zach Spiker-Head coach of Army. He served as an assistant coach at Cornell under Steve Donahue from 2004-2009.
  
  Joe Burke-Head coach of Skidmore College (Division III). He was an assistant coach at Cornell under Steve Donahue between 2001-2004.

  Ricky Yahn-Head coach, Concordia College of Michigan. He was an assistant coach at Cornell during 2010-2011 under Bill Courtney.

  Arlen Galloway-Head coach, Wentworth Institute of Technology.  He was an assistant coach at Cornell between 2011-2013 under Bill Courtney.

  Izzi Metz-Head coach, Wilkes University.  Former head coach Hobart College (Division III). He served as a Cornell assistant coach for five seasons between 2001-2006 under Steve Donahue and served as an assistant coach at Boston College under Donahue. 
  
  Nat Graham-Currently an assistant coach at Penn.  Former associate head coach (assistant) at Boston College under Steve Donahue. Served as an assistant coach under Donahue at Cornell from 2005-2010. 
  
  Ryan Woerner-Former student intern coach under Steve Donahue during the 2009-2010 season and assistant coach for Cornell's women's team during 2010-2011. Currently director of basketball operations at St. Peter's.
  
  Steve Robinson-Assistant coach at North Carolina under Roy Williams. He was an assistant coach for Mike Dement at Cornell for two seasons, including on the 1988 Ivy League Championship team.
  
  Paul Fortier-Assistant coach at Cal Poly. He served as an assistant coach at Cornell during 2003-2005 under Steve Donahue.

  Desmond Oliver-Assistant coach at Charlotte. He was an assistant coach at Cornell between 1998-2000 under Scott Thompson.

  
  
  
• Cornell alumni that have played professional basketball since 1995 include the following (with NBA or NBA D-League experience noted): Zeke Marshall ('95), Alex Compton ('97), John McCord ('97), Brent Fisher ('98), Jeff Aubry ('99) (NBA D-League), Ray Mercedes ('01), Jaques Vigneault ('03), Karon Barnes ('04), Stevan Marcetic ('04), Cody Toppert ('05) (NBA D-League), Eric Taylor ('05), Andrew Naeve ('07), Ryan Rourke ('07), Jason Hartford ('08), Louis Dale ('10), Jeff Foote ('10) (NBA and NBA D-League), Ryan Wittman ('10) (NBA D-League), Jon Jaques ('10), Alex Tyler ('10), Aaron Osgood ('11), Adam Wire ('11), Andrew Ferry ('12).   Throughout the year we provide periodic updates on Cornell's alumni currently playing professionally. Below, some updates: 

-Jeff Aubry ('99) (Halcones Rojos, LNBP Mexico premier league/Indios de Mayaguez, BSN Puerto Rico premier league)-A 6'11" center, Aubry 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. Aubry joins Jeff Foote (Cornell '10) (Springfield Armor), Ryan Wittman (Cornell '10) (Ft. Wayne Mad Ants) and Cody Toppert (Cornell '05) (Albuquerque Thunderbirds) as Cornell veterans of the NBA D-League.  (Cornell's four NBA D-League veterans is the most in Ivy League.)  During his more than a decade of pro experience, Aubry also played professionally in  the ABA (Miami Tropics) and abroad  in Puerto Rico (Mayaguez, Arecibo Capitanes, 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).

-Alex Tyler ('10) (Rockville Victors, Atlantic Coast Professional Basketball League)-Tyler finished his rookie season during 2012-2013 with the Victors.

-Louis Dale ('10) (KAOD Dramas, Greece A1 premier league)-Dale spent his  first two professional seasons both in Germany's BBK Bundesliga, the country's premier league with Goettingen.  His third pro season during 2012-2013 was in Greece in the A1, country's premier league, with KAOD Dramas.                                         

-Jeff Foote ('10) (Springfield Armor, NBA D-League)-Foote played the 2013-2014 season with the Springfield Armor of the NBA D-League.  Foote spent the 2012-2013 season with Zalgiris of Lithuania, one of Europe's top 10 teams and was named an All Star in the domestic LKL league, the country's premier league.  He also participated with the team in 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 and was named Second Team All NBA D-League. 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 2012 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.    

Drew Ferry ('12) (Albacete, Spain EBA)-The 2013-2014 season was Ferry's rookie year in the Spanish league.

• Visit our growing directory of Cornell Basketball Linkedin profiles.

• Below is a directory listing of some Twitter feeds associated with the Cornell basketball program.

-Josh Wexler ('88)
-Rich Medina ('92)
-Bo Buttenback ('98)
-Dan Wendt ('98)
-Brian Williamson ('03)
-Jacques Vigneault ('03)
-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)
-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)
-Jonathan Gray ('13)
-Miles Asafo Adjei ('13)
-Peter McMillan ('13)
-Errick Peck ('13)
-Errick Peck ('13)
-Josh Figini ('13)
-Manny Sahota (former player)
-Galal Cancer (former player)
-Holt Harmon (former player)
-The Cornell Rebounders Club

-Ned Tomic ()
-Dominick Scelfo ()
-Jake Mathews ()
-Dwight Tarwater ()
-Dave LaMore ()
-Shonn Miller ()
-Devin Cherry ()
-Nolan Cressler ()
-Braxston Bunce ()
-Robert Mischler ()
-David Onuorah ()
-Robert Hatter ()
-Desmond Fleming ()
-Darryl Smith ()
-Riley Glassmann (recruit)
-Jordan Abdur Ra-oof (recruit)
-Pat Smith (recruit)
-William Bathurst (recruit)
-Jeremy Hartigan, Cornell SID ()
-Assistant Coach Jon Jaques ('10)
-Assistant Coach Mike Blaine ()
-Assistant Coach Marlon Sears ()
-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 ()
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Blueprint for Success, the yearbook commemorating Cornell's memorable 2009-2010 season is on sale. Visit the Cornell Athletics website to order your copy today! Or pick up a copy sold in the Cornell Store on campus.

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