WVBR: 40 Minutes of Hell at Cornell?

40 Minutes of Hell? Considering Bringing the Press to the Ivy LeagueBy Jonah HechtWVBR, The Voice of the Big RedJune 30, 2010 Talk in the Cornell Athletics Department several weeks after Cornell hired Bill Courtney surrounded the fact that the Red's new basketball coach was considering using the full-court press next season. Some in the department, however, worried that Cornell would be too tired on Saturday nights during Ivy play, particularly on the road, to use the press effectively. In his recent interview with WVBR's Jase Bernhardt, Courtney talked about seeing if Cornell will need to change its style of play since the Red has lost so many great players. Courtney sounded as though he were considering a whole host of...

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News and Notes: Late Morning Updates

Some added news and notes...Jeff Foote will be interviewed on an Israeli radio station today at 1 p.m. est. Visit rustymikeradio.com to listen in live.In previewing Steve Donahue's Boston College team, Observations from Above the Rim, a Charlotte Observer blog, writes, "Donahue...took Cornell to the Round of 16 in 2010 and three straight NCAA trips. And don't dismiss that accomplishment as 'Oh, it's the Ivy League,' because before Donahue got there, Cornell hadn't won an Ivy title since 1988.Under Donahue, Cornell led the country in 3-point field goal percentage and ranked third in 3-pointers per game last season." Cornell was also in the nation's top five for three point shooting in each of the last three seaso...

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News and Notes: Wednesday Edition

Below, some news and notes...Goalday.gr, a Greek website, reports that Aris, a club from Greece's A-1 League is reportedly interested in acquiring Jeff Foote on loan from Maccabi Tel Aviv for one season. Maccabi coach, Dave Blatt, reportedly is interested in finding a club where Foote can earn a season of quality playing minutes before reporting to Maccabi on a full-time basis.In an article discussing where most high majors find their coaches, Rivals.com writes, "For a traditional one-bid conference, the Ivy League has been kind to the power conferences, supplying them with four coaches: Northwestern's Bill Carmody (Princeton), Boston College's Steve Donahue (Cornell), Oregon State's Craig Robinson (Brown) and Georgetown's John Thompson...

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Recruiting News

Below, some recruiting news from around the Ivy League...NEHoopNews.com reports that Joey Gripper (Abington Friends School) Abington, PA, 6-0, G. visited Harvard over the weekend.Shelby Moats (Waconia HS) Waconia, MN, 6-8, F, has offers from Minnesota and Utah, but is still considering several Ivies. He recently visited Penn, Princeton, Yale, and Harvard as well as several other east coast schools at both the high major and mid major levels.Carlin Bremner (North Mecklenburg HS) Huntersville, NC, 5-11, G, lists with Scout.com his colleges of interest to include, Cornell, Brown, Davidson, Richmond, Liberty and Wofford among others.Connor McDermott (Ensworth School) Nashville, TN, 6-8, F, attended the same high school as Cornell's Miles Asafo-Adjei....

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News and Notes: Tuesday Edition

Below, some news and notes...Former Cornell assistant coach and current Navy assistant, Joe Burke, was named head coach of Skidmore College. The Saratogian notes, "After leaving Cornell, his recruits helped the Big Red continue their upward trend toward their recent dominance of the Ivy League."WVBR interviews Bill Courtney, click here for the audio.One has to wonder if Stephen Albrecht is regretting his decision not to attend Cornell after originally committing to the Big Red last winter. Since the 6'3" guard decided to transfer from Toledo to Brown University, the Bears have lost two assistant coaches. First, Kyle Cieplicki left the Bears two weeks ago to head to Vermont, now this week assistant Lamar Barrett takes a job at American University.Incoming...

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News and Notes: Monday Edition

Below, some news and notes for Monday...CelticsTown.com, CelticsBlog.com, and WETM (NBC News Elmira) all write about Ryan Wittman's signing with Boston. Fans interested in seeing Wittman's summer league games can either tune into the NBA Channel or may view the games online through the NBA Summer League Broadband. The 2010 Orlando Summer League will run from July 5-9. View the Celtics' schedule of games here. To view a list of rookies participating in the NBA's two summer leagues, click here. After attending Cornell's Elite Prospect Basketball Camp this weekend, Chris Dorgler (Archbishop Malloy HS) Jamaica, NY, 6-3, G, told Gotham Hoops: Overall, the Cornell prospect camp was a good experience for me. There was good competition and a handful...

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Celtics Fans: Meet Ryan Wittman

For Celtics fans interested in seeing footage of Ryan Wittman. Below, the Ryan Wittman career highlights video produced by SlopeMedia and MTA Entertainment Internation...

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News and Notes: Sunday Edition

Below, some Sunday afternoon news and notes...The Minneapolis Star Tribune writes, "When 6-foot-7 former Eden Prairie and Cornell scoring star Ryan Wittman went undrafted by the NBA on Thursday, it was the 15th straight year that the Ivy League went without having a player taken in the draft. The last Ivy League player taken in the NBA draft was Jerome Allen from Penn in the second round in 1995. Look for Wittman, who is being represented by Mark Termini, and also represents Washington Wizards coach Flip Saunders, to play for the Boston Celtics' summer league team in Orlando, Fla."The Cornell Daily Sun writes:Graduated senior Ryan Wittman '10 has signed an NBA Summer League deal with the reigning Eastern Conference champion Boston Celtics....

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Wittman Signs Summer League Deal With Boston Celtics

Wittman Signs Summer League Deal With Boston CelticsCornellBigRed.comITHACA, N.Y. -- The ultimate dream of anybody who has ever laced up their basketball sneakers is to play in the National Basketball Association. For Ryan Wittman, that dream became just a little closer to reality.Wittman, a 6-7 forward and the reigning Ivy League Player of the Year, was signed by the Boston Celtics to play for their Summer League team when the squad plays in the AirTran Airways Pro Summer League in Orlando, Fla., beginning on July 5. Among his teammates is expected to be Celtics' second round pick Luke Harangody, an All-American out of Notre Dame. The Celtics made the NBA Finals in 2010 after claiming the NBA title in 2008. That was the organization's record...

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Camping with the Best in the Ivy League

All weekend Coach Bill Courtney and his staff are hosting the Cornell Basketball Elite Prospect Camp. Many of Cornell's top recruiting targets are on campus as well as the Big Red's incoming 2010-2011 freshman class. Cornell's star studded team of counselors includes Louis Dale, Ryan Wittman, Jeff Foote and Anthony Gatin. The Big Red will also host a one-day clinic later this summer for prospects that miss this weekend's ca...

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News and Notes: Afternoon Update

Below, some late afternoon news and notes...SB Nation notes with respect to the Knicks' draft last night, "I'd reach out to for summer league [roster]: Scottie Reynolds, Omar Samhan, Jeremy Lin, Ryan Wittman. Reynolds could stick at point guard, Samhan has a much more developed game than Zoubek, Lin is an intriguing player (though likely a tweener), and Wittman could be a Rautins-like shooter as well."ESPN's College Basketball Nation Blog lists some of college basketball's stars that went undrafted last night. ESPN writes:Manny Harris, Sylven Landesberg, A.J. Ogilvy, Brian Zoubek, Jon Scheyer, Sherron Collins, Jerome Randle, Matt Bouldin, Scottie Reynolds, Samardo Samuels, Tyler Smith, Courtney Fortson, Armon Bassett, Ryan Wittman,...

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News and Notes: Morning Update

Above, Andy Rautins (front) and Ryan Wittman (back). The New York Knicks drafted Rautins over Wittman after both players worked out for the team. Below, some additional news and notes for Friday. Many of Cornell's top recruiting prospects will attend Coach Courtney's Cornell Basketball Prospect Camp this weekend between June 26-27. In addition, all of Cornell's incoming recruited freshmen commitments are expected to be in attendance, including Dominic Scelfo, Jake Mathews, Manny Sahota, and Dwight Tarwater.After the Knicks selected Andy Rautins in the second round, YahooSports' Jeff Eisenberg asks, "If the Knicks were going to go for a hometown kid, would they not have been better off with Cornell's Ryan Wittman?" Below are some the Twittersphere...

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News and Notes: NBA Draft Friday Hangover Edition

Below, some news and notes from last night's NBA Draft:Brian Delaney of the Ithaca Journal writes:The Ivy League was shut out of the 2010 NBA Draft on Thursday night.Cornell's Jeff Foote and Ryan Wittman, and Harvard's Jeremy Lin were considered long shots to hear their names called in one of the NBA's two drafting rounds, and those indicators proved true.Sixty total picks went by over the course of four-plus hours, but the Ivy League went without a player getting drafted for the 15th straight season. Penn's Jerome Allen was drafted in the second round of the 1995 draft.Foote signed a three-year deal with the high-profile Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv club in Israel. Maccabi plays in the top European and Israeli leagues.Foote, Wittman and Lin each...

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Recruiting News

Below, some recruiting news from around the Ivy League...Columbia has reportedly received a class of 2010 commitment from Van Green (Central Park Christian High School) Birmingham, AL, 6-2, G.Coast to Coast Recruiting notes that Cornell has offered Hikeem Stewart (Ranier Beach HS) Seattle, WA, 6-2, G. He is also considering UCLA, Oregon, Colorado, UNLV, Oregon State, Washington State, Washington, Arizona and Santa Clara.Rivals.com reports that Cedrick Williams (Siegel HS) Murfreesboro, TN, 6-9, F, has offers from Belmont, Austin Peay, Tennessee Tech, and Tennessee St. He is also hearing from Harvard.Tre Demps (Ronald Regan HS) San Anotonio, TX, 6-3, G, has offers from Pacific, Oral Roberts, Rice, Texas-San Antonio, San Francisco and Harvard,...

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News and Notes: Draft Night

Below, some afternoon quick hitters as Draft Night approaches...The Buffalo News writes, "Cornell big man Jeff Foote could be selected in the second round of tonight's NBA draft but he's already signed with Maccabi Tel Aviv."Steve Vesey of WETM (NBC News Elmira) writes, "It seemed like a little bit of a head-scratcher when I first heart about it, but SVE-grad & former Cornell star Jeff Foote really is making the right move by signing to play basketball overseas. Odds of Foote getting drafted Thursday weren't great. He almost certainly would have gotten picked up for an NBA summer-league team, & most likely would have started his pro basketball career in the D-League. Here's the thing, though. While Foote has done a great...

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News and Notes: Thursday Edition

Above, the media storm for Cornell's class of 2010 could continue if one of them is drafted tonight by an NBA franchise. Below, some news and notes...BucksDen.com references Jeff Foote's workout yesterday with Milwaukee. With the NBA Draft scheduled for tonight, Foote has also worked out for the Knicks (twice), the Pistons and the Blazers, while Ryan Wittman has worked out with the Nets, Knicks, Wizards, Kings and Wolves. Louis Dale has also reportedly worked out for Bucks.HoopsAnalyst.com breaks down Jeff Foote's draft profile.The Binghamton Press & Sun Bulletin notes that Cornell will visit Binghamton on December 18 at 2 p.m. during the 2010-2011 schedule. As we've disclosed previously, Cornell's 28-game schedule includes the following...

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"Draftee or not, Cornell's Wittman ready to continue career"

Above, Cornell class of 2010 graduates, Louis Dale, Jeff Foote, and Ryan Wittman have all worked out for several NBA teams and hope to hear their name called in tonight's NBA Draft. Below, a story from the Ithaca Journal on the three seniors.Draftee or not, Cornell's Wittman ready to continue careerBy Brian DelaneyIthaca JournalJune 23, 2010If Ryan Wittman doesn't hear his name called in the second round of the 2010 NBA Draft on Thursday night, that's fine with him."I know it's a big possibility I don't get drafted, and that's fine," he said. "A lot of times it can almost be better not to get selected anyways because if you don't get drafted you can pick a spot that would be a good situation for you."There's no question Wittman, a 6-foot-7...

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