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Cornell Team Report from the SportsXchange

Below, the Sports Xchange and YahooSports have published updated team reports for each of the Ivy League schools. Below are links to each of team reports as well as the full report for Cornell.

• Brown team report-

• Columbia team report-

• Cornell team report-

• Dartmouth team report-"On the positive side... [during 2010-2011, Dartmouth] was not the worst free-throw shooting team in the conference … just the second-worst, ahead of Cornell."

• Harvard team report-

• Penn team report-

• Princeton team report-

• Yale team report-

Cornell Team Report
Yahoo! Sports/SportsXChange

October 24, 2011

GETTING INSIDE

For once, Cornell won’t begin the basketball season surrounded by great expectations.

The Big Red had won three titles in a row heading into 2010-11, but lost most of its team and its coach prior to that campaign. The result was a squad that started slow and didn’t catch fire until too late, and a 6-8 Ivy League record.

Graduation again plagued the team during the offseason, particularly in the frontcourt. Injuries left coach Bill Courtney without a sizable chunk of his roster as practice began. Nevertheless, he’s optimistic that better things are in store for his squad in 2011-12.

For starters, he has Chris Wroblewski, the veteran guard who’s seemingly been with the program forever but is just entering his senior season. He’s an All-Ivy candidate again who can provide the on-court stats and off-court leadership that this young program needs.

Errick Peck is a capable scorer in the frontcourt, though he was one of the many Big Red players battling injuries in October. Drew Ferry is a top shooter, and the guard depth means Courtney will be able to run like he had his team do down the stretch a year ago.

The big question marks come on the inside. Most of the rebounding left on graduation day, so forwards Dwight Tarwater and Eitan Chemerinski, as well as freshman center Dave LaMore, will get a chance there.

Given the team’s strength on the wing and weakness in the middle, it’s no surprise that Courtney plans to have his team play uptempo again this year. It’s going to be tough to get back into the NCAA Tournament, but Cornell has a chance to at least be relevant again in the Ivy League title race.

NOTES, QUOTES

• Cornell’s place among the statistical leaders a year ago reflect its quality guard play. The Big Red topped the conference in both assists and steals, but paid for it on the boards. The team was seventh among the eight Ivy teams in rebounding margin.

• Senior guard Chris Wroblewski filled up the stat sheet in his junior year. He led the Ivy League in steals, was second in assists and assist/turnover ratio, fourth in three-point shooting percentage, fifth in made three-pointers and sixth in scoring and free throw percentage.

• Sophomore forward Dwight Tarwater is looking for more luck than he had in his freshman campaign. Tarwater played in seven games before losing the rest of the season to mononucleosis, but could find himself starting the first game of his sophomore campaign with a good few weeks of practice.

Last Year: 10-18 overall, 6-8 in the Ivy League

Head Coach: Bill Courtney, 2nd year as head coach (10-18 at Cornell; 10-18 career)

Quote To Note: “We’ll be a team that competes very hard on every play and will be unselfish. We’re going to play faster than we did a year ago, and making the extra pass and being unselfish will really help us.” - Cornell coach Bill Courtney.

STRATEGY AND PERSONNEL

Probable Starting Lineup: PG Chris Wroblewski, SG Drew Ferry, SG Max Groebe, F Errick Peck, C Dave LaMore

Lineup Breakdown: It’s hard to get a sense of the starting lineup, given the volume of players nursing injuries as Cornell began its practice schedule in 2011-12. Apart from Chris Wroblewski and Errick Peck, the competition will be fierce for the other three slots. Dwight Tarwater and Eitan Chemerinski both were impressive early in practice and could win starting spots in the frontcourt, particularly if Dave LaMore’s sprained ankle doesn’t allow him to pick up the system soon enough. Miles Asafo-Adjei could get one of the backcourt starting slots, and Jonathan Gray and Jake Matthews will play.

Scouting The Newcomers: The six players joining the squad in 2011-12 give some size and athleticism to the squad. Center Dave LaMore could start soon after the season begins depending how quickly he recovers from a sprained ankle. Shonn Miller is also battling an injury, while Nenad Tomic and Deion Giddens are both likely a year or two away from cracking the rotation.

Guards Galel Cancer and Devin Cherry are both top talents, though Bill Courtney wants to see some defensive improvement before penciling them into the lineup.

Roster Report:

• Freshman center Dave LaMore was limited early in the practice schedule by a sprained ankle.

• Sophomore guard Dominic Scelfo is still recovering from a knee injury that sidelined him in 2010-11. He was able to practice in October, but had to sit out certain drills.

• Freshman forward Shonn Miller is likely out until November with a stress fracture in his foot.

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Roster update: Three walk-on players added

Over the last couple seasons we've only seen the team carry one or two walk-on players, but this year they will have three.  This is largely due to the fact that Anali Okoloji is sitting out (transfer rules), Andre Cornelius is out indefinitely for a least the beginning of the season (suspension) and Johnny Williams will be out (medical redshirt).  That leaves the current roster at 13, if we are counting Cornelius out.  Apparently one of the walk-ons is a ex-Marine, here is what I know so far.

#15 Jordan Baird - Junior, 5-11, played high school basketball at Stonewall Jackson. Also has a music background.

#2 Bryce Lewis - Junior, from Union, NJ and a commenter here has mentioned he was recruited by American University.

#30 Jacob Hoxie - Sophomore - Ex-Marine, played high school basketball in Raleigh, NC.

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In other news Ryan Pearson is not shaving off his beard. Good. #FeartheBeard

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Cornell Set to Scrimmage Lafayette Saturday

Per Jeff Goodman of CBS Sports, Cornell is scheduled to scrimmage Lafayette on Saturday in Newman Arena behind closed doors. The public is not permitted to enter. Above, Cornell's Eric Taylor (class of 2005) defends against Lafayette on December 20, 2003 in Easton. The Leopards won the game 87-79. Taylor, a 2004-2005 All Ivy League Honorable Mention selection as a 6'8" power forward, joins Barry Leonard this season as an analyst for online video and audio broadcasts of Cornell Basketball on the Redcast service and Hits 103.3.

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News and Notes: Friday Edition

Above, Cornell seniors, Drew Ferry and Chris Wroblewski take instruction from Cornell assistant coach Marlon Sears during last Saturday's Red-White Game. Below, some news and notes for Friday...

• Kansas head coach Bill Self announced that Kansas sophomore Anthony West, a 6'6" forward out of Shawnee Mission East High, is practicing with the team as a walk-on hopeful. “He went through (Tuesday’s) walk-on tryouts,” Self said. “He impressed us. He will be part of the practice squad right now, that’s it. We’ll evaluate him as we go forward.” West told reporters, “I had one offer from Cornell [his senior year of high school] and Div. II and III offers, but Kansas is where I always wanted to go. I chose Kansas because I fell in love with the campus, the people and atmosphere."

• In a public exhibition, Penn scrimmages Carleton University of Canada on November 5. Cornell crushed Carleton 101-68 during an exhibition in the 2002-2003 season. At the time, Carleton was 8-0 and the No. 1 ranked team in Canada. Cornell also scrimmaged Waterloo, another Canadian school during the 2003-2004 season
  

• The Associated Press writes of Steve Donahue and Boston College, "After finishing 21-13 (9-7 ACC) in Steve Donahue’s first year since coming to BC from Cornell, the Eagles lost all five starters - and 10 lettermen in all."

• Per Jeff Goodman of CBS Sports, the big news of the weekend is Cornell is set to scrimmage Lafayette on Saturday in Newman Arena behind closed doors. The public is not permitted to enter.
  

• The Arena Pulse picks Cornell to finish in 5th place in the Ivy League this season and writes, "It was just two seasons ago when Ivy League representative Cornell made an unprecendented run to the Sweet 16. Harvard is the preseason favorite, but will they live up to the hype and do they have enough talent to duplicate a similar NCAA Tournament run?"
  

• Check out The Cornell Basketball Blog's Season Preview Index for an extensive listing of 2011-2012 Cornell and Ivy League basketball season previews.

• The Cornell Review recaps the results of the Preseason Ivy League Media Poll.
  

• Ivy Hoops Online comments on some of the more interesting questions and answers from Wednesday's Ivy League Media Day:

Paul Franklin, Trenton Times: “Playing a little devil’s advocate with you here: if I’m a hardcore Cornell fan and I start harassing you with, ‘Hey coach, when are we going back to the Sweet Sixteen?’, what’s your response?”

Cornell head coach Bill Courtney: [Laughs] “I’ll tell you what, it’s funny because you get a lot of that when I go to the grocery store or the movies or something like that… We’re working towards that and we’ll continue to work until we get back to that point.”

Franklin: “Alright, you’ve got five years then I’m coming after you.”

Courtney: [Laughs] “I hear you.”

More gold from Franklin. The question is legitimate—when will the Big Red climb back to the top of the Ivy League?—but I wonder what he means by “coming after you.” I can only assume that Mr. Franklin has some ferocious tickling in store for Courtney if he can’t lead the Big Red back to March Madness by 2016.

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Video from the team's photo shoot

We got a sneak peak at the team's new uniforms on Wednesday but here is video from their photo shoot. You'll notice that there are three walk-ons this year, all in the official team photo.

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