Get all the information you need about the Cornell Big Red's games vs. Penn, Friday, February 22, 2013, 7 pm and Princeton, Saturday, February 23, 2013, 7 pm, with The Cornell Basketball Blog's Game Preview Center. Below, news and notes for Friday...
- Playing for Zalgiris (Lithuania) last night, Jeff Foote (Cornell '10) had a monster impact on a game in a limited 7 minutes of action against Panathinaikos Athens (Greece) in the EuroLeague. In the brief playing time, Foote finished with 7 points, 5 rebounds and 2 blocks but it was not enough as Zalgiris dropped the game, 78-73, a crushing blow to the "Green Death's" chances of advancing to the quarterfinals.
- The Sports Network picks Cornell by 6 points tonight.
- The Ivy League Office previews the weekend and writes:
Princeton (12-9, 5-2 Ivy) remains squarely in position to secure a chance to dance in March and has its focus on its back-to-back matchups of Columbia (10-12, 2-6 Ivy) on Friday night and Cornell (13-12, 5-3 Ivy) on Saturday night. The Tigers enter the weekend as the conference leader in scoring defense (58.0 points per game), three-point field goal percentage defense (.331) and assists (14.6 apg).Sophomore guard Denton Koon (10.4 ppg, 3.0 rpg) has had the hot hand for Princeton lately, leading the team in scoring in each of his last three games. Senior forward Ian Hummer continues his climb up the school and League career lists as he became just the fourth Tiger all-time to reach the 1,500-point plateau. Hummer enters the weekend with 1,501 career points and needs just 50 more points to grab sole possession of second place in storied history of Princeton men's basketball.The League's hottest team has been the Big Red, winner of its last three games. During the winning streak, Head coach Bill Courtney has seen solid offensive production from four players in particular --- sophomore forward Shonn Miller (15.3 ppg), senior guard Johnathan Gray (14.0 ppg), senior forward Errick Peck (10.0 ppg) and freshman guard Nolan Cressler (9.7 ppg). Cornell will need that productivity to continue to stay in Ivy title contention with Penn and Princeton coming to Newman Arena for the weekend.Penn (6-18, 3-4 Ivy) at Cornell (13-12, 5-3 Ivy)Date: Friday, February 22 – 7 p.m.Location: Newman Arena • Ithaca, N.Y.Penn-Cornell Series: Penn leads, 143-74Last Meeting: Cornell 71, Penn 59 • 2/2/13 • Philadelphia***Princeton at CornellDate: Saturday, February 23 – 7 p.m.Location: Newman Arena • Ithaca, N.Y.Princeton-Cornell Series: Princeton leads, 138-79Last Meeting: Princeton 76, Cornell 59 • 2/1/13 • Princeton, N.J.
- The Harvard Crimson writes, "Harvard will hit the road this weekend hoping to sweep southern New England foes Brown and Yale, while Princeton will try to prevent an upset at Columbia and Cornell."
- The Brown Daily Herald writes of last week's action:
The men’s basketball team returned home after a five-game road trip, competing against Ivy foes last weekend, beating Columbia and losing to Cornell. The Bears (9-13, 3-5 Ivy) hit big shots at the end of regulation to down the Lions (10-12, 2-6) in dramatic fashion. Bruno came close to coming back against the Big Red (13-12, 5-3), but could not surmount a double-digit first-half deficit. Cedric Kuakumensah ’16 earned Ivy League Rookie of the Week honors for his performances, scoring a career-high 19 points against Columbia and grabbing 19 rebounds against Cornell...
...Cornell 69, Brown 66Kuakumensah continued his strong play, scoring 13 points and nabbing an impressive 19 rebounds — notching Bruno’s only double-double of the night. Finding themselves in an early hole, the Bears could not complete the comeback against the Big Red despite chances towards the end of the game. The loss snapped Bruno’s six-game home winning streak.The Bears kept up with the Big Red for most of the second half and only trailed 24-20 after a layup from co-captain Sean McGonagill ’14. But Cornell went off on a 16-9 run that included three triples to put the Bears in a 40-29 hole at halftime.“It’s tough to (fall behind early) two nights in a row,” Sullivan said. “We have to do better in the first half so we don’t put ourselves into that hole and have to dig out of it later.”The Bears slowly cut into Cornell’s large lead, following their pattern from the previous night, thanks to some sharp shooting from McGonagill and buckets in the paint from Maia and Kuakumensah. Bruno came within one after Sullivan netted back-to-back threes to bring the score to 57-56.The teams swapped buckets in the final five minutes, and a big shot from McGonagill brought the Bears within two. After a Big Red free throw, the Bears had a chance to tie with an outside attempt from Stephen Albrecht ’13, but the shot rimmed out and Bruno fell 69-66.The Bears will host Harvard (15-7, 7-1) on Friday and Dartmouth (6-16, 2-6) on Saturday before taking a two-game road trip next weekend.“I expect two tough games,” Sullivan said. “Both teams won some games last weekend, and I expect them to come in and play hard, so we’ll need to play well if we want to win.”
- The Harvard Crimson previews the weekend action and writes in part:
HARVARD at BROWNThe Crimson opens its weekend with a light jaunt to Providence to take on the Bears and freshman forward Cedric Kuakumensah, coming off an Ivy Rookie of the Week performance. Kuakumensah was particularly impressive in defeat against Cornell on Saturday, overwhelming the Big Red with a string of seemingly unrelated consonants and vowels on his way to 13 points, 19 rebounds, and four blocks. He may cause one or two problems for Harvard down low, but the Crimson front line is playing with confidence. It won’t take double overtime to put away Brown.***PENN at CORNELLIn the previous meeting between these two teams on Feb. 2, the Big Red snuck away with a two-point victory at the Palestra, with sophomore guard Galal Cancer’s jumper with 10 seconds left providing the winning tally. Even better for Cornell, the win convinced highly regarded recruits Johnny AIDS and Mike Malaria to sign on for the class of 2017. Ithaca is a dark place.Pick: Cornell***PRINCETON at CORNELLIf you’ve had the misfortune of talking to a Cornell fan this week, you might have heard that the Big Red still have a shot at the Ivy title—“look, bro, I’m just saying, we’re only two games back,” or some variation thereof. The Ivy Basketball Twitter account compiles projections of the Ivy teams’ chances of winning the league title by simulating the rest of their seasons, given their respective places in the league standings, offensive and defensive Pomeroy ratings, and an estimation of variance. In its model, Cornell currently has a two percent chance of earning a share of the conference championship. Once the Big Red falls to the Tigers, those odds should drop to near zero, and you can tell Andy Bernard to kindly pipe down.Pick: Princeton
- Below, links to our recap sections from each of Cornell's games during the 2012-2013 season.
- 11/10/12 vs. Western Michigan W 63-55
- 11/14/12 vs. St. Bonaventure L 68-72
- 11/16/12 vs. St. Peter's L 64-68
- 11/18/12 at Wisconsin (Las Vegas Invitational) L 40-73
- 11/20/12 at Arizona State (Las Vegas Invitational L 53-64
- 11/23/12 vs. Presbyterian (Las Vegas Invitational) at Las Vegas W 89-55
- 11/24/12 vs. Longwood (Las Vegas Invitational) at Las Vegas W 84-78
- 11/28/12 vs. Stony Brook L 53-76
- 12/1/12 vs. Colgate W 70-63
- 12/17/12 at Vanderbilt L 55-66
- 12/19/12 at Duke L 47-88
- 12/22/12 at Boston U. L 57-70
- 12/28/12 at St. Francis (PA) W 79-67
- 12/30/12 at Binghamton W 79-77
- 1/2/13 vs. Bucknell L 56-72
- 1/6/13 at American W 68-60
- 1/12/13 vs. SUNY Old Westbury W 103-84
- 1/19/13 vs. Columbia L 58-67
- 1/26/13 at Columbia W 66-63
- 2/1/13 at Princeton L 59-76
- 2/2/13 at Penn W 71-69
- 2/8/13 vs Harvard L 65-67
- 2/10/13 vs Dartmouth W 79-56
- 2/15/13 at Yale W 68-61
- 2/16/13 at Brown W 69-66
- 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 February 22 is No. 200 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. 220 in the nation, while the Sagarin Rankings (USA Today) have Cornell at No. 199. 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.
IVY LEAGUE COMPOSITE SCHEDULE
Friday, November 9
Saturday, November 10
Sunday, November 11
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
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
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 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
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
Tuesday, November 20
Wednesday, November 21
Friday, November 23
Saturday, November 24
Tuesday, November 27
Wednesday, November 28
Thursday, November 29
Saturday, December 1
Tuesday, December 4
Wednesday, December 5
Friday, December 7
Saturday, December 8
Sunday, December 9
Tuesday, December 11
Wednesday, December 12
Saturday, December 15
Monday, December 17
Tuesday, December 18
Wednesday, December 19
Thursday, December 20
Friday, December 21
Saturday, December 22
Sunday, December 23
Friday, December 28
Saturday, December 29
Sunday, December 30
Monday, December 31
Tuesday, January 1
Wednesday, January 2
Friday, January 4
Saturday, January 5
Sunday, January 6
Tuesday, January 8
Saturday, January 12
Thursday, January 17
Colby-Sawyer 42 Dartmouth 80 Box Score
Saturday, January 19
Wednesday, January 23
Saturday, January 26
Sunday, January 27
Friday, February 1
Saturday, February 2
Friday, February 8
Saturday, February 9
Sunday, February 10
Friday, February 15
Saturday, February 16
*Princeton 57 Harvard 69 [NBCSN] Box Score - Recap
Friday, February 22
*Harvard at Brown, 7 pm [myRITV]
*Princeton at Columbia, 7 pm
*Penn at Cornell, 7 pm
*Dartmouth at Yale, 7 pm
Saturday, February 23
*Dartmouth at Brown, 6 pm
*Penn at Columbia, 7 pm
*Princeton at Cornell, 7 pm
*Harvard at Yale, 8 pm [CBSSN]
Friday, February 22
*Harvard at Brown, 7 pm [myRITV]
*Princeton at Columbia, 7 pm
*Penn at Cornell, 7 pm
*Dartmouth at Yale, 7 pm
Saturday, February 23
*Dartmouth at Brown, 6 pm
*Penn at Columbia, 7 pm
*Princeton at Cornell, 7 pm
*Harvard at Yale, 8 pm [CBSSN]
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