The Howie Ortner Big Red Teams

The 1933-1934 Cornell Big Red (above) would finish their season 11-5 and runner-ups in the EIBL (the predecessor conference to the Ivy League). It was the highest winning percentage by a Cornell team during the 1930s. Their coach, Howard Ortner (class of '19) would retire just two years later after the '35-'36 season. Ortner was the coach of Cornell's 1924 EIBL (Ivy League) championship team and was president of the NABC during 1935.Ortner coached the Big Red for 17 seasons, commencing the 1919-1920 season, the first year after his graduation from Cornell. He was also an All-America basketball player at Cornell and team captain in 1916, 1917, and 1919. During the 1917-18 season he was in the military service.Below, a photo of then college...

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George Mason's CAA schedule so far for 2010-2011

CAA schools are starting to release their men's basketball schedules for the 2010-2011 season. As we await Mason's to be fully released let's fill in what we know:December 4: UNCWJanuary 8: at ODUJanuary 12: at NortheasternFebruary 5: ODUFebruary 9: at UNCWFebruary 23: NortheasternYou find Mason's out of conference schedule here.Thanks to CAA Full Court Press for their up keeping of a composite CAA schedu...

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News and Notes: Tuesday Edition

Below, some news and notes for Tuesday. Above, some high school photos of Aaron Osgood. Now a senior, Osgood reportedly resurfaced on campus weighing in at a solid 235 pounds after a productive summer of hitting the weight room.Above, Cornell's alumni currently playing professional basketball around the globe. They include (top row left to right, Jon Jaques '10, Louis Dale '10, Cody Toppert '05, Jeff Aubry '99, bottom row left to right, Ryan Wittman '10, Jef Foote '10, John McCord '97, Jason Hartford '08). Above, Jeff Aubry ('99) plays professionally year round with both the Arecibo Capitanes of the Puerto Rico Basketball League and with the Halcones Rojos of Mexico's premier league, the LNBP. Below, Aubry in training with Halcones.SIG...

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Foote Preparing for Upcoming Season with Maccabi Tel Aviv

Above, Jeff Foote (Cornell '10) reports for his physical and entry requirements with Maccabi Tel Aviv Elect...

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The Difficult '01-'02 Season

During 2001-2002, Steve Donahue's second season as head coach of Cornell, the Big Red struggled to a 5-22 overall record and 2-12, 8th place finish in the Ivy League.During the difficult '01-'02 campaign, Cornell was led by senior Wallace Prather ('02) (11.4 points, 3.4 rebounds per game) and sophomore Ka'ron Barnes ('04) (8.6 points, 3.1 rebounds per game). Struggling offensively, Cornell's scoring differential vs. opponents was -8.9 points with the team shooting just 38% from the floor on the season. Cornell lost 7 of its 14 Ivy League games by double figures.The freshmen, however, on the '01-'02 team would become the seniors on Steve Donahue's first team with a winning record in league play, the 2004-2005 team (Donahue's 5th year in Ithaca)....

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Dale Highlights From Second Exhibition

Below, highlights from Louis Dale's second exhibition game with Gottingen in Germany's Bundesliga. Dale finished with 10 points, including a three pointer show in the highligh...

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Remembering the 1924 Champions

Above, the March 17, 1924 issue of the Cornell Daily Sun reports on the Big Red's 30-20 victory over Princeton on March 15, 1924. The victory sealed the Big Red's third EIBL (Ivy League) championship. Charles H. Capron (class of '24) was a captain for the Big Red and one of three members of the team named all-conferen...

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Recruiting News: Columbia Picks Up Commit

Below, some recruiting news from around the Ivy League....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.Columbia received a commitment from Skylar Scrivano (Peddie School) Hightstown, NJ, 6-9, F. Princeton, Brown, Rider and Monmouth are among those schools which expressed varying levels of interest. The commitment was reported by Northstar Basketball.Stephen Zack (Red Land HS) Red Land, PA, 6-10, F committed to La Salle this week after he was unable to overcome admissions and financial...

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News and Notes: Monday Edition

Above, a media guide for Ivy League basketball for the 1968-1969 season. Below, some news and notes...Are you a Cornell undergraduate interested in covering Cornell Basketball? The Cornell Daily Sun and Slope Sports are holding information sessions today.Louis Dale's (Cornell '10) Gottingen basketball club has posted the results of Dale's first two exhibition performances (English version).The Dagger Sports blog on YahooSports.com previews the America East Conference, which includes five Cornell opponents on the 2010-2011 schedule.Brian Delaney of the Ithaca Journal interviewed Bill Courtney on the impact of Cornell's new players:Bill Courtney on Cornell in 2010-11: Part I Between now and the official start of college basketball...

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Dale Scores 10 Points in 2nd Exhibition Win

Louis Dale (Cornell '10) scored 10 points on Sunday in Gottingen's (2-0) second exhibition, a 94-55 thumping of Hanover, a German Pro A te...

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News and Notes for Sunday

Below, some news and notes for Sunday...Fulgor Libertas Forli, Ryan Wittman's new Italian basketball club in Italy's second division has posted on its website, Wittman's career highlights video package as produced by Slope Media.Below, the New York Post's story on Cornell women's basketball new assistant coach, Ryan Patrick Woerner and his connection with the men's program.Cornell tabs Xavier alum as women's basketball assistant Woerner, son of former Bishop Kearney coach Cathy Crockett, one of the youngest coaches in the country at 21It wasn’t much, but it was home for Ryan Patrick Woerner. The Breezy Point native spent nearly a week of his life during March sleeping on the couch in the Cornell men’s basketball...

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Dale Makes Pro Debut

Louis Dale (Cornell '10) scored 15 points and dished six assists in his pro debut with Gottingen (Bundesliga, German premier league) in the team's season opening exhibition, a 77-59 win over Würzburg, a second division team. Gottingen returns to action on Sunday.In town, Dale and his Goettingen teammates prepare for their team photo shoot.Dale is introduced to the city before the team's exhibition on Saturday.Dale and teammates meet the fans after the exhibition.Cody Toppert ('05) (No. 33, above and below), played for Gottingen in 9 games during the 2009-2010 season. Toppert will play this season for the Plymouth Raiders in the British Basketball Leag...

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Coach Courtney and Cornell Meet Again

Long before he became Cornell's Robert E. Gallagher '44 Head Coach of Men's Basketball, the Big Red were trying to figure out a way how to defend Bill Courtney. During 1991 and 1992, Courtney was a two-time First Team All-Patriot League selection with Bucknell University. He graduated with 1,499 caeer points, a mark that still ranks among the top 10 all-time at the school. And he has some experience "torching" Cornell too.On January 4, 1992 in Lewsiberg, Pa., in a game against Cornell, Courtney scored 31 points and dished six assists and grabbed five rebounds, helping Bucknell to a 98-96 victory over the Big Red. A year earlier, on December 29, 1990, Courtney, then a junior, scored a game-high 21 points with four rebounds and four assists...

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Remembering Adam Gore from 2005-2006

Perhaps no freshman in Cornell basketball history made as quick as an impact on the Big Red as Adam Gore (class of '09). During the 2005-2006 season, due to early injuries in the Cornell backcourt, Gore started the first game and would not relinquish a starting role the rest of the season on route to the 2006 Ivy League Rookie of the Year Award. In his first four games, he averaged 15.8 points per game, reaching double figures in each of them, including a 22 point outburst against Syracuse on November 9, 2005, a televised game on ESPNU in the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic."We needed a point guard at the time," said former Cornell assistant coach Izzi Metz to the Cornell Daily Sun. Metz was instrumental in recruiting Gore. "I saw a kid who could...

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News and Notes: Saturday Edition

Cornell's 2010-2011 online roster has been updated to include photos of each of the newcomers. Above, Cornell has had seven former players earn Ivy League Rookie of the Year, including four winners since 2003. Above, Cornell's four freshmen which are eligible for the 2011 Ivy League Rookie of the Year Award. Below, some news and notes for Saturday...It is hard not to compare the similarities of the 2010-2011 Ivy League preseason with those of 2007-2008. Back in the fall of 2007, Penn had just completed a three year run of consecutive Ivy titles and graduated several All-Ivy players (including Ibrahim Jaaber, Mark Zoller, and Steve Danley). In a similar position this season, Cornell has graduated several seniors and is coming off its own...

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Jon Jaques Previews the AmEast

Five teams from the America East Conference are on Cornell's 2010-2011 schedule, including Boston U., New Hampshire, Stony Brook, Binghamton and Albany. Cornell's Jon Jaques (class of '10) previews the America East for Slam Magazine Onli...

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Remembering the Big Shot from '65

Above, the January 18, 1965 issue of the Cornell Daily Sun recapping Cornell's thrilling 70-69 win over Princeton on January 16, 1965 in front of 9,000 fans in Cornell's Barton Hall. On the game's last Cornell possession, Blaine Aston received a pass near the foul line. Aston hit the 17 foot jumper with 3 seconds remaining for the Cornell win. (click here to see the Ithaca Journal report on the game). The Sun reports that more than 3,000 fans were turned away from attending the sold-out game. Princeton's Bill Bradley finished with 40 points....

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CAA conference scheduling update: Mason to play UNCW Dec. 4 (home) & Feb. 9 (road)

UNCW was first to release their portion of the CAA conference schedule for 2010-2011.  They will travel to Fairfax December 4th and the Patriots will travel to the Trask Coliseum on February 9th of 2011.D1scourse.com has a breakdown:Nov. 13: HarvardNov. 18-19, 21: at Charleston Classic (with Charlotte, East Carolina, Georgetown, N.C. State, Wofford and two teams TBA)Nov. 24: RadfordNov. 27: Florida AtlanticDec. 1: George WashingtonDec. 4: UNC WilmingtonDec. 8: LoyolaDec. 11: at LibertyDec. 22: at DuquesneDec. 29: at DaytonFeb. 9: at UNC WilmingtonFeb. 19: at Bracket BusterTBA: DelawareTBA: DrexelTBA: Georgia StateTBA: HofstraTBA: James MadisonTBA: NortheasternTBA: Old DominionTBA: TowsonTBA: at DelawareTBA: at Georgia StateTBA: at HofstraTBA: at James MadisonTBA: at NortheasternTBA:...

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News and Notes: Friday Edition

Below, some news and notes for Friday...The HoopsReport.com ranks potential Cornell 2010-2011 opponent, VCU as the No. 46 team in the nation.Brian Delaney of the Ithaca Journal reports below:Ex-coach Donahue says Cornell grads well-placedWittman, others going overseas to playSteve Donahue has spent the past several months acclimating to his new high-profile, high-pressure job as Boston College men's basketball coach, but he still made it a point to assist four of his former players in their search for professional playing opportunities in the NBA and overseas. When Ryan Wittman signed Wednesday with Forli of the Italian second division, Lega 2, it marked the final decision to be made by one of Donahue's former Cornell standouts. Louis Dale...

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