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Friday, July 30, 2010
News and Notes: Friday Edition
Below, some news and notes for Friday...A new book is set to be published chronicling Cornell's 2009-2010 season, which culminated in a third consecutive Ivy League Championship, a Sweet Sixteen appearance in the NCAA Tournament, and a final No. 17 national ranking in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches' Top 25 Poll. More details to come on the new book.The Cornell's Rebounders Club will be holding their annual picnic with the men's basketball team later in August as the players return to campus. More details to come.The Harvard Crimson newspaper covers Harvard's recruitment of several high profile high school prospects. However, as Cornell proved to the rest of the league the last three years, well-known recruits do not always translate to success...
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Recruiting News
As Sports Illustated's Seth Davis points out this week, "For the most part, all the college coaches working the summer circuit know whom they want to recruit by now. Their presence is a way for them to advertise their interest to the players. Generally speaking, they come less to see and more to be seen." Below, some buzz around Ivy League recruiting circles. For a list of committed players to attend Ivy League schools, including profiles of incoming Cornell recruits, and a listing of Cornell's prospective recruiting targets, click here. For a list of general Ivy League prospective recruiting targets, click here. Please note that we update these lists daily.Coast to Coast Recruiting reports that Kenyatta Smith (Flintridge Brea,CA, 6-7,...
News and Notes: Thursday Edition
Below, some news and notes for Thursday...The Harvard Crimson writes, "In hoops news, the Cornell men’s basketball team’s “tentatively projected 2010-2011 non-conference schedule” was released by the Cornell Basketball Blog. The Big Red is expected to square off against such elite opponents as Seton Hall, Syracuse, and Minnesota. The Harvard men’s basketball team is expected to take on at least four opponents from the power six conferences. The Crimson will host Colorado and visit Connecticut, Michigan, and Boston College. Also on the schedule for Harvard are the Atlantic 10’s Fordham and George Washington and the Colonial Athletic Association’s George Mason."In a Boston College recruiting update, the Bleacher Report writes, "Boston College...
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
News and Notes: Wednesday Edition
Below, some news and notes for Wednesday... Madison.com notes, "The University of Wisconsin men’s basketball team will face Manhattan in the first round of the Old Spice Classic in Orlando on Nov. 25, sources say. Manhattan was 11-20 last year and has six incoming freshman, including four from New York City. The winner of that game will take on the winner of the Boston College/Texas A&M first-round game. BC is coached by Steve Donahue, who was the coach of the Cornell team that was the darling of the 2010 NCAA Tournament and defeated the Badgers 87-69 in a second-round game in Jacksonville. BC was 15-16 last year."For those already concentrating on next season, Penn, Yale, Cornell, Columbia, and Dartmouth have posted their 2010-2011...
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Feature on Incoming Transfer, Andrew Ferry
See the story of incoming Cornell recruit, Andrew Ferry. The feature was recently produced by journalist Mark Concann...
Schedule Update: Big Red Opponents Present Off the Court Drama
Above, Drexel's Jamie Harris (No. 12, left), defended by Cornell's No. 12, Louis Dale ('10) on November 29, was arrested this week for armed robbery along with a Drexel teammate, Kevin Phillip. Cornell beat Drexel in Philadelphia, 61-54.Cornell faces two teams, Saint Bonaventure and Seton Hall on the 2010-2011 schedule also facing their own legal problems involving team membe...
Alumni News: Foote Joines Torrance in Israel
Alabama's Mikhail Torrance (No. 2, far right) and Cornell's Jeff Foote (left) will be teammates in the EuroLeague with Israel's Maccabi Tel Aviv. The undrafted Torrance was considered a likely second round pick by several experts. Foote finished with 17 points and 7 rebounds in Cornell's 71-67 victory over Alabama in Tuscaloosa on November 15, 2009. Torrance finished with 16 points and 6 reboun...
News and Notes: Tuesday Edition
Below, some news and notes for Tuesday...In profiling Columbia's new head coach, Kyle Smith, today in Andy Katz's "Daily Word" on ESPN.com, Katz writes, "The Columbia job opportunity opened when head coach Joe Jones decided to take an assistant coaching job at Boston College under former Cornell rival, coach Steve Donahue... [Columbia] doesn't have the recent unheard of Ivy success of Cornell with the Big Red's Sweet 16 run last March. ... Cornell, from upstate Ithaca, was able to capture the interest of plenty with its remarkable run to the Sweet 16, let alone its Ivy League titles the last three seasons. Harvard is trying to mimic the model. Princeton and Penn are attempting to make its own comeback stories. Smith wants Columbia in...
Recruiting News
Below, some recruiting news from around the Ivy League...NJHoops.com reports that Stephen Zack (Red Land HS) Red Land, PA, 6-9, F has interest from Cornell, La Salle, American, Penn State, Lehigh, Robert Morris and Mount St. Mary's. He indicated that Cornell is his leader.The Charlotte Observer reports that Keith Belfield (Davidson Day) Charlotte, NC, 6-6, F, has offers from Charlotte, Colgate, Drexel, Furman, Holy Cross, Hofstra, Princeton and UNC Wilmington. He's also got heavy interest from Boston College, Davidson, James Madison, Georgia, Bucknell, Penn, Cornell and Appalachian State.Hans Brase (Hill School) Pottstown, PA, 6-8, F has heard from Davidson, Cornell, Dartmouth, Charlotte, Navy, Stanford, UNC-Greensboro, and UNC-Ashville...
Monday, July 26, 2010
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Will the Ivy League's banner season attract better recruits?
Will the Ivy League's banner season attract better recruits? By Jeff EisenbergYahooSports-Rivals.comJulu 26, 2010Cornell captivated TV viewers this past March when it became the Ivy League's first Sweet 16 team in more than three decades.Ex-Harvard star Jeremy Lin also generated plenty of buzz last week when he signed a two-year contract with Golden State.Surely the Ivy League's banner basketball season will provide coaches with a selling point for high-level recruits this summer, right? Well, according to longtime Yale coach James Jones, that theory might be overblown.On the one hand, Lin's NBA riches and Cornell's NCAA tournament victories prove that it's possible to go to an Ivy League program and succeed at basketball's highest...
News and Notes: Monday Edition
Below, some news and notes for Monday...After inuring his hand a month ago at Cornell's Elite Camp, incoming Cornell freshman, Jake Matthews, a 6'2" guard from the Pittsburgh area tweets, "hand feels great. still have a couple weeks though. anxious to get on the court!" He adds, "More motivated than ever right now...and it won't stop." Matthews impressed observers at the Big Red's Elite Camp with his ability to create his own shots and score the ball off the dribble against Division I level prospects. And in the continued tradition of Cornell guards, Matthews can shoot from long range.The Wall Street Journal writes, "[Jeremy] Lin may not be the NBA's only Ivy rep next year. Cornell's Ryan Wittman, who played in seven NBA summer-league games...
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Saturday, July 24, 2010
News and Notes: Friday/Saturday Edition
Below, some news and notes from Friday and for Saturday...The Minneapolis Star Tribune notes, "Eden Prairie native Ryan Wittman played in seven games -- four with the Celtics and three with the Knicks -- in NBA Summer League play, with the Cornell product averaging 3.4 points and 1.3 rebounds in 12.7 minutes overall."On Thursday we posted Cornell's full schedule. The information we received indicates that Cornell will face New Hampshire in the opening round of the VCU Tournament during late December. The winner will face the winner of VCU and Wofford. Nevertheless, the Richmond Times Dispatch is reporting somewhat different information, noting, "The round-robin-type tournament Dec. 29-30 at the Siegel Center will include Cornell, New Hampshire...
Friday, July 23, 2010
Thursday, July 22, 2010
The 2010-2011 Schedule Sneak Peak...(UPDATED 7/23/10)
Below, Cornell's tentatively projected 2010-2011 nonconference schedule.Nov. 12-at AlbanyNov. 14-at Seton HallNov. 17-vs. DelawareNov. 19-vs. St. BonaventureNov. 22- at LehighNov. 27- at Boston UniversityNov. 30- at SyracuseDec. 4-at MinnesotaDec. 18- at BinghamtonDec. 20- vs. BucknellDec. 29/30- at Virginia Commonwealth Tournament (with VCU, Wofford, and New Hampshire)Jan. 3-vs. BuffaloJan. 8- vs. Stony BrookJan. 15.- at ColumbiaJan 22.-vs. Columbia Jan 28.-at DartmouthJan 29-at Harvard Feb. 4- at YaleFeb. 5- at Brown Feb. 11-vs. PennFeb. 12-vs. Princeton Feb. 18-vs. Harvard Feb. 19-vs. DartmouthFeb. 25- at PrincetonFeb. 26- at Penn March 4-vs. BrownMarch 5-vs. Yale ...
Recruiting News
Below, some recruiting news around the Ancient Eight...Below, some buzz around Ivy League recruiting circles. For a list of committed players to attend Ivy League schools, including profiles of incoming Cornell recruits, and a listing of Cornell's prospective recruiting targets, click here. For a list of general Ivy League prospective recruiting targets, click here. Please note that we update these lists daily.Chasson Randle (Rock Island HS) Rock Island, IL, 6-3, G has officially eliminated Harvard from consideration. The guard announced his three finalists are Illinois, Stanford and Purdue.Aaron Redpath (J. Clarke Richardson HS) Ajax, Ontario, 6-4, G, told Crown Magazine, “I got about 13 looks so far from a variety of conferences, the best...
News and Notes: Evening Edition
Below, some news and notes for Thursday evening...The Ivy League is no longer considered the purest and cleanest conference in college basketball in terms of avoiding NCAA violations. Eleven out of twenty coaches surveyed by ESPN picked the Big 10 as the cleanest league. One anonymous coach explained that he voted for the Ancient Eight and noted, "the Ivy League a couple of years ago, before all of that stuff at Harvard [started]." The coach was referring to Harvard's well known recent NCAA recruiting violations. See news stories of Harvard's NCAA violations on ESPN, Philly.com and YahooSports.Jon Jaques (Cornell '10) latest blog entry in Slam can be viewed by clicking here. Be sure to also read Jaques' comments below the article. Jaques...
