News and Notes: Thursday Edition

Below, news and notes for Thursday...

• Cornell's 2012-2013 season opening victory was over a Western Michigan team that fell in the CBI Semifinals last night.

• Jeff Foote (Cornell '10) and Zalgiris face Alba (Germany) on Friday in the EuroLeague.

• Sports Illustrated writes about the struggles of former Duke assistants when they move on to become head coaches and references former Cornell head coach, Mike Dement, who led Cornell to the 1988 Ivy League title.  Dement, who coached Cornell between 1986 and 1991, was an assistant at Duke between 1982-1983.

• The Arizona Daily recalls the Arizona 1988 NCAA Tournament team that reached the Final Four and writes, "How they got there: Led by stars Sean Elliott and Steve Kerr, Arizona won the Pac-10's regular season with a 17-1 record, took the conference tournament and - as a No. 1 seed in the West Region - rolled past Cornell and Seton Hall by a combined 69 points."

• The Bleacher Report writes, "From 2002 to 2008, eight of the nine mid-majors with a double-digit seed (we’ll call them MMDD for short) that made the Sweet 16 had won their conference’s regular season title... In 2009, we didn’t have any MMDDs get to the Sweet 16 and the next year both Cornell and Saint Mary’s made it. Cornell ran away with the Ivy League title, and Saint Mary’s finished second to Gonzaga."

• The Wichita Eagle writes, "The only sure thing is that WSU put itself in position to grab this opportunity. Many teams go to the Sweet 16 and are rarely — or never — heard from again. Kent State made the Sweet 16 in 2002. Washington State in 2008. Cornell in 2010. WSU advanced in 2006 and didn’t return to the NCAA Tournament until 2012."

• The Columbia Spectator notes, "Columbia’s narrowest margin of victory all season came in a 67-58 win at Cornell in the first game of conference play."

• Committed Cornell recruit, Desmond Fleming (College Park Woodlands HS) Woodlands, TX, 6-0, G gets mention in The Paper.

• The Cornell Basketball Prospect Camp will run from June 22-23.

News and Notes: Tuesday Edition

Below, news and notes for Tuesday...

• The Chronicle Herald notes that Syracuse walk-on, Noel Jones, had Cornell on the top of his college choice list before choosing to join the 'Cuse.

• The Sun Times writes, "[Bo Ryan] won four Division III national championships at Wisconsin-Platteville in the 1990s. His Wisconsin teams have generally overachieved in his 14 years as head coach. But his team’s have lost to a lower-seeded team in the tournament five times in the last seven years — in 2007 to No. 7 UNLV as a No. 2 seed; in 2008 to No. 10 Davidson as a No. 3; in 2010 to No. 12 Cornell as a No. 4; in 2011 to No. 8 Butler as a No. 4; and to No. 12 Ole Miss as a No. 5 this year."

• A Daily Pennsylvanian writer contends, "It was good for the Ivy when Cornell went on a run in the NCAAs, and it is good that Harvard did the same this past weekend. Wins like that put pressure on the Ivy administrators (Bilsky included) to raise the league's visibility, and that's always good."

News and Notes: Monday Edition

Below, news and notes for Monday...

• Committed Cornell recruit, David Onuorah (Marist HS) Atlanta, GA, 6-8, 230, F, was named honorable mention All Dekalb County by the Atlanta Journal Constitution.

• On March 21, Jeff Foote (Cornell '10) finished with 6 points and 3 rebounds as his Zalgiris (Lithuania) team defeated Efes (Turkey) 79-71 in the Top 16 of the EuroLeague.  On March 24, Foote had 1 assist and 2 rebounds as Zalgiris defeated Novgorod (Russia), 69-62 in the Eastern Europe VTB League.

• NaplesNews.com writes, "It’s a March tradition as common as cutting down the nets: a small-conference men’s basketball coach directs his spunky squad to a conference championship, pulls a stunner in the NCAA Tournament, then bolts for a major program.  John Groce did it last year, parlaying Ohio’s Sweet Sixteen appearance into the Illinois job. Steve Donahue did it in 2010, bailing for Boston College after two tournament wins at Cornell."
  
  
• NBC Sports writes:

"With the exception of the Final Four runs from VCU, Butler and George Mason, it can be argued that the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles are putting together the most impressive Cinderella performance of all time. Sure, there Cinderella teams that had better seasons and better teams than FGCU, like Cornell’s 2010 squad that made it to the Sweet Sixteen behind the trio of Louis Dale, Ryan Whittman and Jeff Foote.  Davidson’s 2008 team led by Steph Curry also falls in to this category. But both Cornell and Davidson were known commodities heading in to the tournament and had put together impeccable regular seasons. The same can be said for UT-Chattanooga, who as a No. 14-seed, knocked off No. 3-seed Georgia and No. 6-seed Illinois en route to a berth in the Sweet Sixteen. But the Mocs had previous NCAA tournament experience having been there in both 1994 and 1995."

News and Notes: Friday Edition

Below, news and notes for Friday...

• Cornell alumnus, Jeff Jackson ('84) resigned as head coach of Furman.

• Back in 2008, Bill Courtney, then an assistant coach at Virginia, was a head coaching finalist candidate for Bucknell.  With current Bucknell coach, Dave Paulsen, a candidate at Northwestern, Siena and others, Courtney could find himself in the mix at Bucknell again where he is a 1992 alumnus.

• After Harvard's win over New Mexico in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament, the Associated Press wrote, "The Ivy League advanced for the first time since a very good Cornell team made the regional semifinals in 2010. The Mountain West Conference, judged one of the top two leagues in college basketball all season, fell to 1-3 so far this week."

• Real GM opines, "Harvard didn’t have to execute some unorthodox strategy. This wasn’t Cornell executing yet another version of Carill’s back-cutting offense in their NCAA win. This wasn’t some completely perimeter focused-team."

• The Ivy League Office writes, "Harvard's win marked the first NCAA Tournament win for an Ivy League school since Cornell's Sweet 16 run in 2010. As a No. 12 seed in East Region, 12th-seeded Cornell beat fifth-seeded Temple (78-65) in the first round and fourth-seeded Wisconsin (87-69) in the second round in Jacksonville, Fla. The Big Red then lost to No. 1 seed Kentucky (62-45) in East Regional semifinals in Syracuse, N.Y."

• Philly.com writes of Fran Dunphy's 1-5 NCAA Tournament record at Temple that it, "includes two losses as a No. 5 seed in their tournament opener; in 2010 to Cornell, and, last year, to South Florida."

• CBS writes, "the Ivy League moves on for the first time since Cornell made the regional semifinals in 2010. This year's standard-bearer is Harvard -- that school we've all heard of, but not usually this time of year."  See also ESPN.

• The San Francisco Chronicle/Bloomberg writes, "With the win by the Crimson, Ivy League schools improved to 41-76 in NCAA tournament history. The Ivy League is now 3-13 since 2000, with the two previous wins coming from Cornell University in 2010, when the Big Red upset Temple and Wisconsin to reach the final 16."

• USA Today writes, "Amaker and Harvard, meanwhile, are starting to study Arizona after becoming just the second Ivy League school to win an NCAA tournament game since 2000. Cornell advanced to the Sweet 16 in 2010."

• Fox Sports reviews the Ivy League teams in the NCAA Tournament and writes:

CORNELL

The most successful Ivy team in recent memory was the 2010 Cornell squad. Those Big Red managed to break the win column for the first time in their history by defeating Temple and Wisconsin to reach the Sweet 16 before losing to Kentucky in a regional semifinal.

• And... RDS writes, "Harvard signe la première victoire de l'histoire de l'université dans le tournoi de la NCAA. Les champions de la Ivy League avancent pour la première fois depuis que Cornell s’est rendu en finale régionale en 2010."

• The Valley News remembers some of the great Dartmouth teams and former Cornell player and All American, Robert Gale.

News and Notes: Thursday Edition

Below, news and notes for Thursday...

• Cornell is represented in the NCAA Tournament by former Cornell assistant coach, Steve Robinson, currently an assistant with North Carolina.  Robinson was a member of Cornell's 1988 Ivy League Championship team.

• The Badger Herald writes of Wisconsin, "...Then there was the loss in 2010 to Cornell, where Wisconsin once again saw its season end due to poor defense. Sure, the Big Red were feeling it, but plenty had to do with the fact the Badgers’ defense was non-existent, allowing their opponent to shoot 61 percent from the floor."

• Opposing Views writes that it takes a mid major team three years to finally succeed in the NCAAs:

The “Rule of Three” has been seen on five separate occasions in the last nine seasons. The first example was Manhattan in 2004, a 12 seed led by Luis Flores that beat 5 seed Florida in the first round in its third straight year in the tournament. Vermont was the next example in 2005, as they used a miraculous 30-foot jump shot to secure an upset win over Syracuse. In 2007, Winthrop became the next example of the “Rule of Three” by beating Notre Dame. In 2008, Davidson became the first team affected by the rule to win more than its first round game. Led by Stephen Curry, Davidson beat Gonzaga, Georgetown, and Wisconsin to advance all the way to the Elite Eight as a 10 seed. Cornell also won multiple games, advancing to the Sweet 16 as a 12 seed in 2010. In all of these cases, the team was in their third consecutive year in the NCAA Tournament without a win in their first two tries, and always following a conference tournament title.

• The Pittsburgh Tribune recaps Nolan Cressler's season:

Nolan Cressler makes his mark in first season at Cornell 

Nolan Cressler didn't waste any time becoming a big factor on the Cornell University men's basketball team.

The Plum graduate and Big Red freshman came off the bench in his Cornell debut in November and scored a team-best 20 points — including six 3-pointers — to lead his team to a season-opening victory over Western Michigan.

He was a two-time Ivy League Rookie of the Week during the 2012-13 campaign, and he ranked fourth on the team in scoring (9.3 points per game), third in rebounding (3.7 per game) and first in 3-pointers made (54) and 3-point percentage (.403).

Cressler played in all 31 games and finished with 12 starts. He shot 42.7 percent from the floor and averaged 21.1 minutes per contest.

He averaged 11.1 points and 4.4 rebounds in Ivy League games.

Cressler scored in double figures 14 times, including five of Cornell's final six games.

He averaged 15 points over the final six games of the season, and he tallied a career-best 22 points in games against Penn and Brown.

Cressler scored 14 points and added seven rebounds at Dartmouth, and he added 12 points and nine rebounds at Ivy League champ and NCAA Tournament qualifier Harvard.

Cornell started 5-3 in Ivy League play, but the Big Red suffered losses in their final six conference games to end up 5-9 in the league and 13-18 overall.

News and Notes: Wednesday Edition

Below,  some news and notes for Wednesday...

• Bill Courtney discusses the NCAA tournament with ESPN1160 radio.

• The Daily Pennsylvanian discusses how Steve Donahue used to organize pick up basketball games at the Palestra when he was an assistant at Penn.

• NESN writes, "Harvard is tied with Iona, La Salle and Southern as the longest shot at Bovada to win the West Region at 100/1. To win the national title, the Crimson are 500/1. No Ivy League team has won an NCAA Tournament game since Cornell in 2010, when the Big Red reached the Sweet 16.

• Jake Mastbaum provides an analysis of Cornell's 2012-2013 season:

It was a disappointing season for the Big Red.

Let’s clarify that: a disappointing season with an asterisk next to it. It’s hard to boil the 2013 campaign down to one word. At its peak, Cornell was a legitimate contender, a 5-3 team that was one Errick Peck three pointer away from starting 6-2 and turning the Ivy race upside down. Even with the failed comeback against Harvard, Cornell at one point established itself as an upper echelon team poised for its third straight year of improvement under Bill Courtney. At rock bottom, Cornell was arguably the weakest team in the Ancient Eight. Losing its final six contests, a 1-6 conference record at Newman Arena, and a shared sixth place finish isn’t going to turn any heads or garner any optimism for the future, but, remember, the asterisk. It would be unfair to completely judge Cornell on its poor finish. Yes, a golden opportunity was squandered, but the Big Red ended its season with one hand tied behind its back.

Johnathan Gray missed the final six games for undisclosed reasons that have recently pointed to eligibility issues. Shonn Miller, a first team all-Ivy selection, missed the final four games with a shoulder injury. Devin Cherry missed the final four games with an ankle injury. Galal Cancer missed the final two games of the season with reports swirling that he left the program. No one is going to feel sorry for Cornell though, and the missing pieces aren’t something that I expect even the Red itself to use as an excuse for its finish. The fact of the matter remains that losing 51.3% of its scoring and 45.8% of its rebounding production as late as Cornell did just isn’t a winning formula in a conference as competitive as the Ivy League this season. Ivy teams were too good and too balanced for a team as wounded as Cornell to compete.

Take away whatever you want from this season. For me, I don’t want to overstate the highs or dwell too much on the lows. Like many seasons in the pre-WFD era (Wittman-Foote-Dale), it was another year the Red started well behind the prohibitive favorites and finished somewhere in the middle of the pack. There’s no doubt the recent success of Cornell is causing fans to forget the patient approach they took when Steve Donahue built his program. Yes, now that Cornell has been there, it’s different, and Courtney may not have the same leash from both the administration and the fan base that Coach D had in his early years. Whether the chatter around the program is warranted or not, the bottom line is that you’re questioned until you win. That goes for both players and coaches, and on the bench, Courtney hasn’t won anything yet. Until he or any other coach for that matter does, the questions will continue to mount. The good news for Courtney is that the puzzle pieces have started to come together. The bad news is that the picture isn’t yet clear and someone threw out the box. Between now and that first home-and-home game against Columbia in January 2014, a lot of work needs to be done for that 500 piece jigsaw puzzle to make sense.

Cornell has arguably what could soon become the most formidable duo in the league. Shonn Miller is already a top five player in the conference. He is as elite of a defender as the league has seen and has an offensive game that showed tremendous strides in his sophomore year. Miller has played the role of floor stretching 4-man, something he is too explosive for. If he can continue to develop his interior game, he will be as dangerous as they come in the paint. Nolan Cressler is a flat out scorer. There’s little he can’t do on the offensive end. He can shoot, he can create for himself, and he can get in the paint. Looking ahead, his defensive game will have to develop. The great news for Cornell is that no one is a finished product after his freshman season. If Cressler can become a better defender and a better ball handler, Courtney will not hesitate to play him the full 40 minutes and Cressler will soon become a first team all-league player.

There are no question marks surrounding Miller and Cressler. That’s about as sure as you can get in this league. However, beyond the two rocks, there’s very little that won’t be questioned. When Cornell played a traditional lineup, Eitan Chemerinski and Josh Figini saw nearly 100% of the minutes at center. When Cornell was fully healthy, Miles Asafo-Adjei and Galal Cancer played nearly 100% of the minutes at point guard. Those four guys won’t be walking through the locker room next year. At guard, Cornell still has Cressler, Devin Cherry, and Dom Scelfo, but none of the three are pass-first true point guards who are accustomed to being primary ball handlers. Incoming freshmen Robert Hatter and Dez Fleming appear to better fit that mold, but that’s a lot to ask of a freshman. The last two freshmen to step on the court in red and make that kind of impact at the point guard spot were Louis Dale and Chris Wroblewski, two pretty special players. Not to say Hatter and Fleming can’t get to that level, but to expect them to have that type of impact right out of the gate is unfair.

The center position, while by no stretch secure, is a bit more defined. The long and rangy Deion Giddens is your prototypical Ivy League center. A bit undersized, but with a summer in the weight room to add to his 6’9, 202 pound frame, Giddens has a chance to see significant minutes. We saw enough of Giddens at the end of this year for his 20 rebounds and 9 blocks in 51 minutes to peak our interest. He has the potential to dominate defensively, especially next to Miller, but will have to develop his offensive game to fully gain the trust of the coaching staff. Beyond Giddens, it’s a cast of characters from the end of the bench. Time in the program, a summer with direction from the training staff, motivation from the wide open rotation, and guys like Dave LaMore and Braxton Bunce could find their niche.

Selection Sunday has only just passed and we’re thinking about and trying to break down the 2014 roster. It’s a position you never want your team to be in. A quick glance around the league and it’s easy to say Cornell is again destined for the middle of the conference. There’s too much pencil and not enough sharpie on Courtney’s lineup card to say otherwise. It will be a big summer and an important non-conference slate for Cornell to provide clarity as to whose name will appear in big bold black ink next to Miller and Cressler. It won’t be easy putting the unknown around the known and coaching it into a contender, but that’s the task for Courtney and his staff. Do it well and Cornell will be a top half team. Struggle, and a tie for sixth might be more than a one-time thing.

News and Notes: Tuesday Edition

Below, news and notes for Tuesday...

• Jeff Foote (Cornell '10) had 6 points over the weekend in the Lithuanian League (Beko LKL) All Star Game. When Simonas Baranauskas, a well known European basketball blogger for BBL.net and Eurobasket.com commented on Twitter prior to tip off, "Jeff Foote and Mario Delas in the All-Star Game starting five. This is history in the making, people. Worst front-court duo ever," Foote comically responded back, "definitely the best looking duo ever though."  The Twitter exchange landed in some Lithuanian media outlets, including Lithuania Basketball.  Cornell fans are of course familiar with Foote's tendency to play back with the media.

• Cornell's 2012-2013 opponents in the postseason include:

Duke (NCAA Tournament)
Wisconsin (NCAA Tournament)
Bucknell ((NCAA Tournament)
Arizona State (National Invitational Tournament)
Stony Brook (National Invitational Tournament)
Western Michigan (College Basketball Invitational)
Boston University (College Insider Tournament)

• The Woodlands Villager mentions the inclusion of committed Cornell recruit, Desmond Fleming (College Park Woodlands HS) Woodlands, TX, 6-0, G, on the All County Team.

• The Ivy League notes, "The last time the Ancient Eight only had one team play in the postseason was following the 2008-09 season when Cornell lost to Missouri in an NCAA Tournament first-round game in Boise, Idaho."

• The Boston Globe writes, "Harvard bowed out of last year’s tournament in the first round as the Ivy League’s lone entry, marking the fifth time in six seasons that the conference registered a single game. But in the 2010 tournament, Cornell University played three games, to make it to the Sweet 16.  The extra two games for Cornell meant an extra $3.1 million for the Ivy League, with Harvard getting a slice."

News and Notes: Monday Edition

Below, news and notes for Monday...

• GAVarsity.com ranked Georgia's top seniors placing committed Cornell recruit, David Onuorah (Marist HS) Atlanta, GA, 6-8, 230, F, Cornell, No. 18 in the state.  He is also mentioned in an article about the rigorous academic and athletic standards at Marist.

• Committed Cornell recruit, Desmond Fleming (College Park Woodlands HS) Woodlands, TX, 6-0, G, was named First Team All Montgomery County.

• Committed Cornell recruit, Robert Hatter (Westside HS) Houston, TX, 6-1, G, was named All Greater Houston by Vype Magazine. 

• SCTimes.com writes, "The six Ivies outside of Penn and Princeton combined for three NCAA appearances between 1963 and 2007. They (or, more specifically, Cornell and Harvard) have managed five NCAA bids in the last six years."

• BuzzFeed.com lists Cornell among the best 64 Cinderella teams in NCAA Tournament history and writes:

12. 2010 Cornell Big Red

12 seed upsets are notorious in the NCAA tournament. In fact, since the tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985, a 12 seed has made it to the second round in all but three years of the tournament, and a 12 seed has advanced to the Sweet 16, and 12 seeds have advanced to the Sweet 16 19 times, which means that 12 seeds have better records than 11 seeds. What makes Cornell's run notable is that they did it in dominating fashion, controlling both Temple and Wisconsin, winning by 13 and 18 points respectively before falling to top seeded Kentucky.

• CatsPause.com remembers Kentucky's 75 most memorable NCAA moments and writes, "DANDY DOZEN: No. 12 seed Cornell awaited Kentucky in the Sweet 16 round at the East Regional in Syracuse, N.Y. The Ivy League champion had taken out No. 5 Temple and No. 4 Wisconsin to win a shot at the Cats. But the Cinderella story came to a close 62-45 behind 16 points from DeMarcus Cousins and 12 rebounds from Patrick Patterson."

• BDN Maine (The Bangor Daily News) references Cornell's participation the 1960 Downeast Classic.

• The Pittsburgh Tribune discusses its area high school all star game, The Cager Classic and writes, "Last year's boys game saw records fall for most points by a team and player. The West put up 118, and Plum's Nolan Cressler, now a starting guard at Cornell, scored 38 points."

• Bleacher Reports lists Louis Dale (Cornell '10) among the "Most Obscure March Madness Hereos Ever" and writes:

Whenever an Ivy League team reaches the Sweet 16, it is worth noting.
Cornell surprised many in 2010 by winning two games as the No. 12 seed before falling to the much more athletic Kentucky in the regional semifinal.
During this run, Louis Dale led the team in scoring in each game and averaged 21.3 per game during the stretch.
Ryan Wittman was also impressive with his shooting from the outside.
Of course, head coach Steve Donahue used this to get a job at Boston College, and the Big Red returned to obscurity.

• Jeff Foote (Cornell '10) finished with 4 points on Friday night as his Zalgiris (Lithuania) club fell 70-61 to CSKA Moscow in the Top 16 of the EuroLeague.  See some video highlights and photos from the game, which include some images of Foote in action.  See additional Cornell alumni news further below in this post.

• The Duke Chronicle believes the Blue Devils are ready for the NCAA Tournament's tightly compacted games and writes, "even against lower-quality opponents, the Blue Devils learned to play without rest. Duke beat Elon 76-54 Dec. 20 after beating Cornell by 41 points Dec. 19 the day before."

• Below, links to our recap sections from each of Cornell's games during the 2012-2013 season. 

1. 11/10/12 vs. Western Michigan W 63-55
2. 11/14/12 vs. St. Bonaventure L 68-72
3. 11/16/12 vs. St. Peter's  L 64-68
4. 11/18/12 at Wisconsin (Las Vegas Invitational) L 40-73 
5. 11/20/12 at Arizona State (Las Vegas Invitational L 53-64
6. 11/23/12 vs. Presbyterian (Las Vegas Invitational) at Las Vegas W 89-55
7. 11/24/12 vs. Longwood (Las Vegas Invitational) at Las Vegas W 84-78
8. 11/28/12 vs. Stony Brook L 53-76
9. 12/1/12 vs. Colgate W 70-63
10. 12/17/12 at Vanderbilt L 55-66
11. 12/19/12 at Duke L 47-88
12. 12/22/12 at Boston U. L 57-70
13. 12/28/12 at St. Francis (PA) W 79-67
14. 12/30/12 at Binghamton W 79-77
15. 1/2/13 vs. Bucknell L 56-72
16. 1/6/13 at American W 68-60
17. 1/12/13 vs. SUNY Old Westbury W 103-84
18. 1/19/13 vs. Columbia L 58-67
19. 1/26/13 at Columbia W 66-63
20. 2/1/13 at Princeton  L 59-76
21. 2/2/13 at Penn W 71-69
22. 2/8/13 vs Harvard L 65-67
23. 2/10/13 vs Dartmouth W 79-56
24. 2/15/13 at Yale W 68-61
25. 2/16/13 at Brown W 69-66
26. 2/22/13 vs Penn L 71-79
27. 2/23/13 vs Princeton L 53-72
28. 3/1/13 vs Brown L 65-84 
29. 3/2/13 vs. Yale L 70-79
30. 3/8/13 at Dartmouth L 62-76
31. 3/9/13 at Harvard L 56-65

• 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 18 is No. 248 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. 265 in the nation, while the Sagarin Rankings (USA Today) have Cornell at No. 261  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

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 68 Fordham 70 (Preseason NIT, Bethlehem PA) Box Score - Recap

Tuesday, November 20

Columbia 75 Villanova 57 [ESPN3] Box Score - Recap

Harvard 56 Saint Joseph’s 75 [NBCSN] Box Score - Recap

Penn 66 Lehigh 73 (Preseason NIT) Box Score - Recap

Cornell 53 Arizona State 64 (Las Vegas Invitational) [PAC-12 Sports Network] Box Score - Recap

Wednesday, November 21

Bryant 68 Brown 61 Box Score - Recap

Princeton 53 Syracuse 73 [TIME WARNER] Box Score - Recap

Yale 52 Vermont 65  Box Score - Recap

Friday, November 23

Cornell 89 Presbyterian 55 (Las Vegas Invitational at Las Vegas) Box Score - Recap

Columbia 75 Wayland Baptist 63 (SF Hilltop Classic) Box Score - Recap

Saturday, November 24

Saint Francis (N.Y.) 76 Brown72 (OT) Box Score - Recap

IPFW 70 Dartmouth 66 Box Score - Recap

Princeton 72 Lafayette53 Box Score - Recap

Army 83 Yale 86 (2OT)  Box Score - Recap

Cornell 84 Longwood 78 (Las Vegas Invitational at Las Vegas) Box Score - Recap

Columbia 59 San Francisco 79 (SF Hilltop Classic) Box Score - Recap

Tuesday, November 27

Dartmouth 49 Bucknell 62 Box Score - Recap

Vermont 85 Harvard 78 [NBCSN] Box Score - Recap

Wednesday, November 28

Columbia 61 LIU Brooklyn 70 Box Score - Recap

Stony Brook 53 Cornell 76 Box Score - Recap

Binghamton 54 Penn 65 Box Score - Recap

Princeton 42 Wagner 48 (OT) Box Score - Recap

Thursday, November 29

Sacred Heart 56 Brown 69 Box Score - Recap

Hartford 60 Yale 51 Box Score - Recap

Saturday, December 1

Brown 50 New Hampshire 63 [WBIN/FCS] Box Score - Recap

Fordham 64 Harvard 73 Box Score - Recap

Dartmouth 61 Longwood 53 Box Score - Recap

Penn 47 Penn State 58 [ESPN3] Box Score - Recap

Colgate 63 Cornell 70 Box Score - Recap

Bucknell 65 Columbia 57 Box Score - Recap

Princeton 50 Kent State 62 Box Score - Recap

Tuesday, December 4

Dartmouth 49 Elon 71 Box Score - Recap

Harvard 79 Boston College 63 [ESPN3] Box Score - Recap

Wednesday, December 5

Yale 64 Bryant 62 Box Score - Recap

Friday, December 7

Harvard 49 Connecticut 57 [SNY] Box Score - Recap

Saturday, December 8

Yale 56 New Hampshire 64  Box Score - Recap

Drexel 64 Princeton 57 Box Score - Recap

Dartmouth 56 Holy Cross 67 Box Score - Recap

Brown 57 Notre Dame 84 [ESPN3] Box Score - Recap

Villanova 68 Penn 55 [NBCSN] Box Score - Recap

Sunday, December 9

Columbia 54 American 42 Box Score - Recap

Tuesday, December 11

Boston University 64 Harvard 65 Box Score - Recap

Wednesday, December 12

Dartmouth 50 Vermont 52 Box Score - Recap

Saturday, December 15

Princeton 60 Fordham 63 (Brooklyn Hoops Winter Festival) [YES] Box Score - Recap

Dartmouth 42 Arizona State 61 Box Score - Recap

Monday, December 17

Cornell 55 Vanderbilt 66 [ESPNU] Box Score - Recap

Tuesday, December 18

Albertus Magnus 63 Yale 112 Box Score - Recap

Wednesday, December 19

Cornell 47 Duke 88 [ESPNU] Box Score - Recap

Thursday, December 20

Rider 45 Princeton 62 Box Score - Recap

Friday, December 21

Penn 60 Delaware 83  Box Score - Recap

Saturday, December 22

Cornell 57 Boston University70 Box Score - Recap

Dartmouth 66 Bryant 79  Box Score - Recap

Holy Cross 65 Harvard 72  Box Score - Recap

Elon 70 Columbia 79 Box Score - Recap

Bucknell 67 Princeton 79 Box Score - Recap

Sunday, December 23

Brown 42 Northwestern 63 [BTN.com] Box Score - Recap

Friday, December 28

Providence 68 Brown 69 [NBCSN] Box Score - Recap

Cornell 79 Saint Francis (Pa.) 67  Box Score - Recap

Yale 75 Nevada 85 Box Score - Recap

Saturday, December 29

Manhattan 58 Columbia 69 Box Score - Recap

Penn 63 Wagner 68  Box Score - Recap

Harvard 67 California 62 [PAC-12] Box Score - Recap

Sunday, December 30

Cornell 79 Binghamton 77 [TIME WARNER SPORTS] Box Score - Recap

Yale 62 Saint Mary’s (Calif.) 78 Box Score - Recap

Princeton 58 Akron 62 Box Score - Recap

Monday, December 31

Dartmouth 58 Boston College 79 [ESPN3] Box Score - Recap

Brown 50 Albany 57 Box Score - Recap

Harvard 69 Saint Mary’s (Calif.) 70 [ESPN2] Box Score - Recap

Tuesday, January 1

Yale 70 Iowa State 80 Box Score - Recap

Wednesday, January 2

Colgate 59 Columbia 66 Box Score - Recap

Bucknell 72 Cornell 56 Box Score - Recap

Penn 57 Butler 70 Box Score - Recap

Friday, January 4

Brown 47 Rhode Island 59 [OSN] Box Score - Recap

Yale 61 Holy Cross 54 Box Score - Recap

Saturday, January 5

Princeton 74 Elon 64 Box Score - Recap

Penn 57 La Salle 74 Box Score - Recap

Columbia 64 Army 52 Box Score - Recap

Rice 62 Harvard 92 Box Score - Recap

Colgate 78 Dartmouth 62 Box Score - Recap

Sunday, January 6

Cornell 68 American 60 Box Score - Recap

Florida 79 Yale 58 [NBCSN] Box Score - Recap

Tuesday, January 8

Niagara 74 Brown 75 Box Score - Recap

Columbia 69 Holy Cross 78 Box Score - Recap

Army 58 Dartmouth 75 Box Score - Recap

Lafayette 85 Penn 83 Box Score - Recap

Saturday, January 12

Daniel Webster 34 Brown 71 Box Score - Recap

College at Old Westbury 84 Cornell 103  Box Score - Recap

Oberlin 39 Yale 104 Box Score - Recap

*Harvard 75 Dartmouth 65 Box Score - Recap

*Penn 53 Princeton 65 [NBCSN] Box Score - Recap

Thursday, January 17

Colby-Sawyer 42 Dartmouth 80 Box Score

Penn 54 NJIT 53 Box Score - Recap

Saturday, January 19

Harvard 50 Memphis 60 [FSN] Box Score - Recap

*Columbia 58 Cornell 67 NBCSN] Box Score - Recap

Saint Joseph’s 79 Penn 59 [ESPNU] Box Score - Recap

*Yale 51 Brown 65 Box Score - Recap

Wednesday, January 23

Penn 69 Temple 76 Box Score - Recap

Saturday, January 26

*Dartmouth 77  Harvard 82 OT [NBCSN] Box Score - Recap

*Brown 64 Yale 76 OT Box Score - Recap

*Cornell 66 Columbia 63 Box Score - Recap

Sunday, January 27

The College of New Jersey 33 Princeton 71 Box Score - Recap

Friday, February 1

*Brown 62 Dartmouth 50 Box Score - Recap

*Columbia 58 Penn 62  Box Score - Recap

*Cornell 59 Princeton 76 Box Score - Recap

*Yale 64 Harvard 67 Box Score - Recap

 Saturday, February 2

*Columbia 66 Princeton 72 [NBCSN] Box Score - Recap

*Brown 82 Harvard 89 2OT Box Score - Recap

*Cornell 71 Penn 69 Box Score - Recap

*Yale 62 Dartmouth 71 Box Score - Recap

Friday, February 8

*Brown 46 Princeton 63 Box Score - Recap

*Dartmouth 60 Columbia 57 Box Score - Recap

*Harvard 67 Cornell 65  Box Score - Recap

*Yale 68 Penn 59  Box Score - Recap

Saturday, February 9

*Yale 69 Princeton 65 Box Score - Recap

*Brown 48 Penn 71 Box Score - Recap

Sunday, February 10

*Harvard 63 Columbia 78 Box Score - Recap

*Dartmouth 56 Cornell 79 Box Score - Recap

Friday, February 15

*Columbia 55 Brown 58 [myRITV] Box Score - Recap

*Cornell 68 Yale 61 Box Score - Recap

*Princeton 73 Dartmouth 55 Box Score - Recap

*Penn 54 Harvard 73  Box Score - Recap

Saturday, February 16

*Cornell 69 Brown 66 Box Score - Recap

*Columbia 56 Yale 75 Box Score - Recap

*Penn 67 Dartmouth 57 Box Score - Recap

*Princeton 57 Harvard 69 [NBCSN] Box Score - Recap

Friday, February 22
*Harvard 65 Brown 47 [myRITV] Box Score - Recap
*Princeton 65 Columbia 40 Box Score - Recap
*Penn 79 Cornell 71 Box Score - Recap
*Dartmouth 67 Yale 78 Box Score - Recap

Saturday, February 23
*Dartmouth 50 Brown 59 Box Score - Recap
*Penn 41 Columbia 58 Box Score - Recap
*Princeton 72 Cornell 53 Box Score - Recap
*Harvard 72 Yale 66 [CBSSN] Box Score - Recap

Friday, March 1
*Brown 84 Cornell 65 Box Score - Recap
*Dartmouth 69 Penn 64 Box Score - Recap
*Harvard 53 Princeton 58 [ESPNU] Box Score - Recap
*Yale 46 Columbia 59 Box Score - Recap

Saturday, March 2
*Dartmouth 63 Princeton 68 Box Score - Recap
*Harvard 72 Penn 75 [NBCSN] Box Score - Recap
*Brown 61 Columbia 58 Box Score - Recap
*Yale 79 Cornell 70  Box Score - Recap

Friday, March 8
*Penn 66 Brown 64 [myRITV] Box Score - Recap
*Columbia 51 Harvard 56  Box Score - Recap
*Cornell 62 Dartmouth 76  Box Score - Recap
*Princeton 66 Yale 71 Box Score - Recap

Saturday, March 9
*Cornell 56 Harvard 65 [NBCSN] Box Score - Recap
*Princeton 67 Brown 80 Box Score - Recap
*Columbia 58 Dartmouth 64 Box Score - Recap
*Penn 65 Yale 79 Box Score - Recap

Tuesday, March 12
*Princeton 71 Penn 58 Box Score - Recap

• Below is an updated list of players committed to Ivy League schools in the class of 2013 (unless otherwise noted):

Steven Spieth.(Jesuit HS) Dallas, TX, 6-6, F, Brown
Aram Martin (Miller School) Charlottesville, VA, 6-9, F, Brown
Lealand King (Brentwood School) Los Angeles, CA, 6-6, F, Brown
J.R. Hobbie (Manasquan HS) Manasquan, NJ, 6-4, G, Brown
Tavon Blackmon (Gonzaga) Washington, DC, 5-11, G, Brown
Matt Madigan (Mt. Tabor HS) Winston-Salem, NC, 6-4, G, Brown
Chris McComber (John McCrae School) Ottawa, ON, 6-7, F, Columbia
Kendall Jackson (Suffield Academy) Suffield, MA, 5-9, G, Columbia
Jeff Coby (Choate Rosemary Hall) Choate, CT, 6-6, F, Columbia

Connor Voss (St. Cloud Cathederal HS) St. Cloud, MN, 6-11, C, Columbia
Desmond Fleming (College Park Woodlands HS) Woodlands, TX, 6-0, G, Cornell
Robert Hatter (Westside HS) Houston, TX, 6-1, G, Cornell

David Onuorah (Marist HS) Atlanta, GA, 6-8, 230, F, Cornell
Braxston Bunce (Kelowna SS) Kelowna, B.C., Canada, 6-11, C (red shirt freshman)

Ikemefuna Ngwudo (Milton Academy) Milton, MA, 6-5, F, Dartmouth 

Eli Harrison (Sisters HS) Sisters, OR, 6-6, F, Dartmouth 

Mike Flemming (N'field Mt Hermon, MA) Lincolnshire, IL, 6-1, G, Dartmouth 

Matt Fraschila (Highland Park HS) Highland Park, TX, 5-10 G, Harvard 

Hunter Meyers (Douglas HS) Minden, NV, 6-6, F, Harvard 

Zena Edosomwan (Northfield Mt Hermon, MA) Hollywood, CA, 6-9, F, Harvard 

Matt Howard (A.J. Flora HS), Columbia, S.C., 6-4, G, Penn 

Dylan Jones (Village HS) Houston, TX, 6-8, F, Penn 

Dave Winfield (Harvard Westlake HS) Hollywood, CA, 6-8, F, Penn 

Tony Bagtas (Westlake HS) Atlanta, GA, 5-11, G, Penn
Khyan Rayner (Jesuit HS) Portland, OR, 5-9, G, Princeton

Henry Caruso (Serra HS) San Mateo, CA, 6-4, G, Princeton 

Hashim Moore (Hun School, NJ) Ft. Lauderdale, FL, 6-5, F, Princeton 

Spencer Weisz (Seton Hall Prep) Florham Park, NJ, 6-4, G, Princeton 

Steven Cook (New Trier HS) Winnetka, IL, 6-5, G, Princeton
Pete Miller (Northfield Mount Hermon, MA) Northfield, MA, 6-10, C, Princeton 

Amir Bell (East Brunswick HS) E.Brunswick, NJ, 6-4, G, Princeton (2014) 

Sam Downy (Lake Forest HS) Lake Forest, IL, 6-9, C, Yale 

Anthony Dallier (Northfield Mount Hermon, MA) Wexford, PA, 6-6, F, Yale 

JT Flowers (Lincoln HS) Portland, OR, 6-5, F, Yale

• Below, a look at the Cornell Coaching Plantations, the coaches in the NCAA with ties to Cornell University.

  Jeff Jackson (Cornell Class of '84)-Head Coach of Furman University (Division I).

  Jon Jaques (Cornell Class of '10)-Assistant coach at Columbia University. 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 Harvard. Served as student-manager at Cornell under Steve Donahue.
  
  Steve Donahue-Head coach of Boston College. Served as head coach at Cornell between 2000-2010.
  
  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.
  
  Izzi Metz-Former Head coach Hobart College (Division III). He served as a Cornell assistant coach for five seasons between 2001-2006 under Steve Donahue and is currently an assistant coach and head of basketball operations at Boston College under Donahue.
  
  Nat Graham-Associate Head Coach (assistant) at Boston College under Steve Donahue. Served as an assistant coach under Donahue at Cornell from 2005-2010.
  
  Woody Kampmann-Assistant coach at Boston College under Steve Donahue. Served as an assistant coach under Donahue at Cornell from 2007-2010.
  
  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 Washington under Lorenzo Romar. 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.
  
  

  Ricky Yahn-Assistant coach at Longwood. He was an assistant coach at Cornell during 2010-2011 under Bill Courtney.

  
  
  
• 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 March 18, Aubry, who had been injured for most of the season, averaged 6.0 points and 5.0 rebounds per game prior to the injury for Halcones of the LNBP in Mexico, the country's premier league. Halcones finished the season 32-8 and in 2nd place out of 16 teams in the league. Halcones was eliminated in the semifinals of the playoffs.  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. 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).

-Alex Tyler ('10) (Rockville Victors, Atlantic Coast Professional Basketball League)-Tyler is in his rookie season with the Victors.

-Louis Dale ('10) (KAOD Dramas, Greece A1 premier league)-As of March 18, Dale is averaging 7.8 points, 2.8 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game.  KAOD is 6-14 and in 11th 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)-As of March 18, Foote is averaging 9.1  points and 6.0 rebounds per game for Zalgiris in the Lithuanian premier league, the LKL.  Zalgiris is 8-0 and in 5th place out of 12 teams in the LKL.  Foote was named to the LKL's All Star team for the 2012-2013 season.  Zalgiris also finished 8-2 in the 6-team Group C in the opening round of the EuroLeague.  In EuroLeague action, Foote is averaging 5.6 points and 2.4 rebounds per game.  Zalgiris is now in the Top Sixteen's Group E with a 4-7 record.  In a third league of competition, the Eastern European VTB League, Zalgiris is 15-2 and in 1st place out of 10 teams in Group B.  Zalgiris is currently ranked #5 in Europe.  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 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.

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

-Josh Wexler ('88)
-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)
-Robert Hatter (committed recruit)
-Desmond Fleming (committed recruit)
-Jeremy Hartigan, Cornell SID
-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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