Recruiting News

Pictured above, Cornell's newest recruit, Anthony Gatlin, a 6'8" transfer from the Centenary College Gents. Below, some Ivy League recruiting news.

Alex Tiffin, a 6'8" 195 lb. forward from Thousand Oaks, California and Thousand Oaks High School (AAU:Simi Valley Cagers), updated his college recruitment for Rivals.com. Tiffin indicated that he now has scholarships on the table from San Jose State, Holy Cross and UC Davis, while he is also considering interest from Cornell, Gonzaga, St. Mary's, Portland and Weber State. Several months ago Tiffin previously mentioned Penn, San Diego, Boston Univ, Montana State, Pacific, and UCSB, but has since removed these schools from his interest list.

In other recruiting news, CycloneReport.com notes that Daryl Haley, a 6'11" 225 lb. post player from Palmdale, California has scholarship offers from Iowa State and Wyoming, but is also receiving interest from Penn and Stanford.

Below are some related recruiting links:

• For The Cornell Basketball Blog's list of Cornell Recruiting Targets and Ivy League Recruiting Commitments, click here.

• For The Cornell Basketball Blog's list of Ivy League Recruiting Targets, click here.

• For The Cornell Basketball Blog's "Transfer List"--- a list of Outgoing Transfers for 2008-2009, click here.
  

• For The Cornell Basketball Blog's archived stories on Cornell and Ivy League Recruiting News, click here.

• Cornell Basketball's Official 2008-2009 Ivy League Championship Season Highlights and Recruiting Video Clip, click here.

• Cornell Basketball's Unofficial 2007-2008 Ivy League Championship Season Highlights, click here.
  

• For Information on Cornell Basketball's Elite Recruiting Prospect Camp, click here.

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News and Notes: Around the Ivy League

Below, some scheduling notes from around the Ivy League. Above, Cornell's Jeff Foote dunks at Duke's Cameron Indoor Stadium during January 2008.

DelawareOnline reports that the Delaware Blue Hens will face Penn, while Quinnipiac announced it will face Yale, Brown, Columbia and Dartmouth.

Princeton is rumored to be facing Army, Central Michigan, George Washington, Maine, Rutgers, and UNC Greensboro next season.

Visit the tag below-- "schedule update" for news concerning Cornell's 2009-2010 schedule.

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Cornell Basketball in the News

In an interview with NavySports.com, Navy head basketball coach Billy Lange mentioned that Cornell's Steve Donahue attended a coaching roundtable this spring in Annapolis. Below is an excerpt from the interview with Lange:

NavySports.com: You hosted a coaches' roundtable a few weeks ago that brought in several collegiate coaches from around the area. How did that get started and what did it entail?
Lange: After the spring of 2007, I started putting together a group of guys to get together and just have a brainstorming session to talk basketball. Last year, it was at Robert Morris and our goal was to always bring it down here. We had about 40 coaches come in from all levels (NCAA Divisions I, II and III, NBA, former coaches, TV personalities) and just talk basketball. We had a couple of keynote speakers that talked about a couple of main points, but for the most part, it was just an open forum where guys talked basketball for a day-and-a-half. It was excellent.

NavySports.com: Who were some of the coaches that attended?
Lange: Well, we had Steve Donahue from Cornell, had John Giannini from La Salle, Joe Mihalich from Niagara, Mark Phelps from Drake, Mike Rice from Robert Morris, Steve Seymour (former asst. coach at Virginia), Pete Gillen (former head coach at Virginia), the list goes on and on. I am forgetting some and I apologize, but we had so many guys that its hard to remember them all. It was just very laid back and casual. We just picked brains about everything relating to the game. Our job has become year-encompassing. Coaching and your team with exact X's and O's only goes on during the season, but your game prep and practice prep, thinking about your team, plus recruiting and alumni and camps, doesn't give you an opportunity to step outside and talk about the game. I have been a big believer in that you have to get better in your craft. For me personally, I am not looking at any big changes systematically, but little things that I can pick up on or hear about something is what we were looking for.

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Recruiting News: Brown is Second Ivy to Announce Class

Earlier today, Brown formally announced their incoming 2009-2010 recruiting class. There were no surprises in the announcement. As we previosuly noted, Columbia announced its recruiting class back on May 22.

Below are some related recruiting links:

• For The Cornell Basketball Blog's list of Cornell Recruiting Targets and Ivy League Recruiting Commitments, click here.

• For The Cornell Basketball Blog's list of Ivy League Recruiting Targets, click here.

• For The Cornell Basketball Blog's "Transfer List"--- a list of Outgoing Transfers for 2008-2009, click here.
  

• For The Cornell Basketball Blog's archived stories on Cornell and Ivy League Recruiting News, click here.

• Cornell Basketball's Official 2008-2009 Ivy League Championship Season Highlights and Recruiting Video Clip, click here.

• Cornell Basketball's Unofficial 2007-2008 Ivy League Championship Season Highlights, click here.
  

• For Information on Cornell Basketball's Elite Recruiting Prospect Camp, click here.

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Roster Report

Above is the projected roster for Cornell's 2009-2010 season (click for larger image). The 21-player roster includes 9 seniors in their final year of eligibility, leaving 12 players returning for 2010-2011.

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Recruiting News: More on Gatlin

Courtesy of Centenary College's official website for men's basketball, below are the 2008-2009 season highs and career highs for Anthony Gatlin, Cornell's newest transfer addition.

Gatlin, is a wiry 6'8" and 190 lbs. and can play both forward positions as well as in the backcourt. During 2008-09, as a sophomore, Gatlin started 16 of 27 games for the Gents (Summit League) and averaged 4.7 points and 2.6 rebounds over 18.0 minutes per game.

2008-2009 SEASON HIGHS
Pts: 16 at NSU 12-1-08
Reb: 9 vs. Alcorn St. 11-29-08
Ast: 3 at NSU 12-1-08
Stl: 2 (2x) at Texas Tech 12-23-08
Blk: 3 vs, Troy 11-20-08
Double figure Scoring: 5
Double-Doubles: N/A

CAREER HIGHS
Pts: 16 at NSU 12-1-08
Reb: 9 vs. Alcorn St. 11-29-08
Ast: 3 (2x) at NSU 12-1-08
Stl: 2 (3x) at Texas Tech 12-23-08
Blk: 3 vs, Troy 11-20-08
Double figure Scoring: 8
Double-Doubles: N/A

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Cornell Basketball in the News

The Daily Camera (Boulder, Colorado) mentions Cornell's Marc Van Burck as among several former Colorado Buffaloes who transferred from Boulder to other Division I programs in the last three seasons.

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