News and Notes: Friday Edition

Below, some news and notes for Friday...

• If you have not read them, check out the several 2012 Ivy League previews that are posted here.

• The Red-White Game is this Saturday at 6 pm.  Two players on Cornell's 21 man roster will not be playing due to injury-- Braxston Bunce and Jake Matthews.

• A source confirmed that Cornell will scrimmage Siena behind closed doors at Newman Arena on Saturday, October 27. The public is not permitted to attend.

• Cornell will have at least seven (7) televised games this season and is the only Ivy League school with two primetime games televised on the ESPN networks.

• Sports Central writes of Boston College and Steve Donahue, "The former Cornell coach might be a year away from having his team ready to challenge in the ACC."

• CBS Sports is previewing the college basketball conferences in order of strength. Previews released thus far include (with Cornell opponents in parentheses):

No. 17 -- MAC (Western Michigan)
No. 18 -- Atlantic Sun

No. 19 -- Sun Belt

No. 20 -- MAAC (St. Peter's)
No. 21 -- Patriot League (Bucknell, American, Colgate)
No. 22 -- Ohio Valley

No. 23 -- Big West 

No. 24 -- SoCon

No. 25 -- NEC (St. Francis (PA))
No. 26 -- Big South (Longwood, Presbyterian)
No. 27 -- Southland

No. 28 -- Big Sky

No. 29 -- America East (Binghmaton, Boston University, Stony Brook)
No. 30 -- MEAC (Florida A&M)
No. 31 -- Great West

No. 32 -- SWAC

No. 33 -- Independents