Top 6 International NBA Players That Stand Out To Me! - NBA Basketball - JRSportBrief

Top 6 International NBA Players that Stand Out to Me! - NBA Basketball - JRSportBrief

Dirk Nowitzki brutalized the OKC Thunder in game one of their playoff series. It got me thinking, who are some other standout players who were ...

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Springfield Armor of NBA D-League Sign Jeff Foote ('10)

The Springfield Armor, the NBA D-League affiliate of the Brooklyn Nets have signed Jeff Foote, Cornell class of 2010. Below is the news release:

Armor Acquire Jeff Foote

SPRINGFIELD, MA- The Springfield Armor announced today that they have acquired 7’0 center Jeff Foote from the NBA Development League’s Available Player Pool.

“We are excited to be having Jeff join our organization,” said Armor head coach Bob MacKinnon. “He has tremendous upside, both for the D-League, and potentially the NBA. Jeff is also the kind of player that fits in well with our style of play.”

Foote, 24, was a three-time All-Ivy League selection during his three seasons at Cornell University. After redshirting a year at St. Bonaventure University and transferring to Cornell, Foote earned second team All-Ivy honors during his sophomore season in 2007-08, averaging 7.9 points, 6.3 rebounds and 1.4 blocks in 22 games.

As a junior, Foote earned second team All-Ivy honors again, averaging 11.8 points while starting 30 of the Big Red’s 31 games. Foote was also the Ivy League’s leading rebounder (7.2) and shot blocker (2.1) and captured the first Defensive Player of the Year award in Ivy League history.

In his senior season, Foote was a unanimous first team All-Ivy pick and earned the conference’s Defensive Player of the Year award for the second straight year. Foote averaged 12.4 points while starting all 34 games and was the conference’s leader in field goal percentage (.633), rebounding (8.1) and the second-leading shot blocker (1.9). Foote also served as a team tri-captain.

During his three seasons at Cornell, Foote helped lead the Big Red to three straight Ivy League titles, as well as three straight NCAA Tournament appearances. Prior to this league domination, Cornell had captured one Ivy League title since 1956.

Cornell was eliminated in the first round of the 2008 and 2009 NCAA tournaments, but as a 12th seed in the 2010 tournament, the Big Red upset fifth seeded Temple and fourth seeded Wisconsin for the first NCAA Tournament victories in program history. Cornell was eliminated in the Sweet 16 by number one seed Kentucky. In the 2010 tournament, Foote averaged 12.0 points, 6.7 rebounds and 1.7 blocks in 33 minutes per game, while shooting 65% from the field.

After graduating from Cornell, Foote signed a contract with Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israeli Super League in June 2010. In November 2010, Foote was sent on a one-year loan to Melilla Baloncesto of the Spanish Basketball League’s second division. In August 2011, Foote signed a deal with Zastal Zielona Gora in Poland’s top division.

Foote, a native of Lockwood, NY, joined the Armor for practice yesterday and will be available for the Armor’s game on Friday, December 2 at 7:00 PM against the Fort Wayne Mad Ants at the MassMutual Center in Springfield.

SEASON AND GROUP TICKET PACKAGES ON SALE NOW: The Springfield Armor are proud to offer affordable full season, partial season and group ticket options to our fans for the upcoming 2011-12 season. For more information on all of our ticket opportunities, contact an Armor representative by calling (413) 746-3263 or by visiting our office located at One Monarch Place – Suite 220, Springfield, MA 01144.

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George Mason back in action against Bucknell

Hope everyone had a great thanksgiving, now let's get back to more George Mason basketball.  The Patriots host Bucknell tomorrow night (TV: MASN), who are winners of their last five games.  This Bucknell team presents a different type of challenge, as their leading scorer is Mike Muscala, a 6'11" 234 lb center.  To date this season Mason really hasn't faced a legit threat in the front court and Muscala's ability to get to the free-throw line could thwart the Patriots uptempo offense if they don't stay disciplined on defense. This isn't to say that Bucknell is an inside team, guard Bryson Johnson, second on the team in scoring, has gone 15-for-27 from the three-point line in their last two games. The Bison protect the ball pretty well and shoot 42.1% from behind the arch. Where the Patriots have the edge is rebounding and getting to the free-throw line at an effective rate.  Despite Muscala in the middle Bucknell doesn't rebound that well as a whole and Mason should be able to feast on second chance points like they did against Albany and Brown.

-Mike Morrison is coming off his most productive game of the season (13 points, 9 rebounds) against Albany and they will need more of this from him.  He doesn't need to score double figures every night but they need him getting boards on both ends.

-Will Paris Bennett make his season debut?  The team still could use some discipline on both ends of the court and a guy like Paris could help remedy a few of the problems we have been seeing. A steal here, a rebound there, a tipped pass are just some of things a strong utility player off the bench can bring that keeps everything together.

-#FearTheBeard watch: The current season stat line for Ryan Pearson is 21.3 PPG, 9.0 RPG, 1.6 SPG, and 59.3% from the field.

-Will Corey Edwards get the nod again at starting point guard? Edwards and Allen have been playing about the same amount of minutes but to me Edwards seem to stand out a bit more dishing out the ball.  Allen is probably a better scorer and can get to the basket with ease but he doesn't seem to be a pass-first guy where Edwards is.  

-When will Vertrail Vaughns settle down?  Vaughns' streaky play continued against Albany as he went 0-for-5 from behind the arch.  He represents pretty much all of the team's three-point shooting so they can't really afford to have him going scoreless again.  

Note: click the link on the top right sidebar titled '2011-2012 season stats' for George Mason team stats updated daily.

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News and Notes: Tuesday Edition

Below, news and notes for Tuesday...

• Cornell's Shonn Miller now has accumulated three Ivy League Rookie of the Week Awards in the first three weeks of the season. For some perspective, Cornell's Chris Wroblewski was the Ivy League Rookie of the Year in 2009, but only won the weekly award twice in his freshman season.
  

• Game Recaps-Below are links to our game recap sections from each of Cornell's games this season.

November 11, 2011 at St. Bonaventure L 58-79


November 14, 2011 vs. Binghamton W 76-61

November 16, 2011 at Buffalo L 59-68

November 20, 2011 vs. Boston University W 71-66

November 22, 2011 at Delaware L 68-76

November 27, 2011 vs. American L 63-65

• Cornell RPI Watch: The RPI (Rating Percentage Index) is a measure of strength of schedule and how a team does against that schedule. It does not consider the margin of victory, but only whether or not a team won and where the game was played (home/away/neutral court). The formula is 25% team winning percentage (WP), 50% opponents' average winning percentage (OWP), and 25% opponents' opponents' average winning percentage (OOWP). (See: CollegeRPI.com for a further explanation of the formula.) The RPI may be the most influential factor in NCAA Tournament seeding. Cornell's RPI rank as of November 29 is No. 312 out of 344 total Division I teams. While neither the Ken Pomeroy or Jeff Sagarin rankings are used by the NCAA Tournament Selection Committee, the KenPom.com site ranks Cornell No. 175 in the nation, while the USA Today Sagarin rankings have Cornell at No. 247. Both sites are predominantly used by fans and the media.

• Here is a look at Ivy League results and upcoming games. A full Ivy composite schedule may viewed by clicking here.

IVY LEAGUE COMPOSITE SCHEDULE

Friday, November 11
Johnson & Wales 66 Brown 86 (Box Score - Recap)
Columbia 57 Connecticut 70[ESPNU] (Box Score - Recap)
Cornell 58 St. Bonaventure 79 (Box Score - Recap)
MIT 49 Harvard 76 (Box Score - Recap)
Dartmouth 56 Rutgers 62 (Box Score - Recap)
Penn 59 Maryland-Baltimore County 45 (Box Score - Recap)
Yale 73 Central Connecticut State 69 (Box Score - Recap)

Saturday, November 12
Wagner 73 Princeton 57 (Box Score - Recap)

Monday, November 14
Albany 77 Brown 68 (NIT Tip-Off-1st Round@Syracuse, N.Y.)[ESPN3] (Box Score - Recap)
Temple 73 Penn 67 OT (Box Score - Recap)
Furman 58 Columbia 62 (Box Score - Recap)
Binghamton 61 Cornell 76 (Box Score - Recap)

Tuesday, November 15
Harvard 73 Holy Cross 64 (Box Score - Recap)
Yale 62 Quinnipiac 68 [SNY] (Box Score - Recap)
Brown 52 Manhattan 54 NIT Tip Consolation@Syracuse, N.Y. [ESPN3] (Box Score - Recap)

Wednesday, November 16
Cornell 59 Buffalo 68 (Box Score - Recap)
Vermont 65 Dartmouth 53 (Box Score - Recap)
Princeton 58 North Carolina State 60 [ESPNU] (Box Score - Recap)

Thursday, November 17
Penn 78 Rider 72 OT (Box Score - Recap)
Lyndon State 37 Yale 101 (Box Score - Recap)

Saturday, November 19
Buffalo 53 Princeton 61 (Box Score - Recap)
Hartford 52 Brown 59 (Box Score - Recap)
American 66 Columbia 58 (Box Score - Recap)
Bryant 62 Dartmouth 66 (Box Score - Recap)
Robert Morris 60 Penn 66 (Box Score - Recap)
Harvard 77 Loyola Marymount 67 (Box Score - Recap)

Sunday, November 20
Boston University 66 Cornell 71 (Box Score - Recap)

Sunday, November 20
Boston University 66 Cornell 71 (Box Score - Recap)

Monday, November 21
Brown 48 George Mason 74 (NIT Consolation Fairfax, VA) (Box Score - Recap)

Tuesday, November 22
Brown 79 Monmouth 71 (NIT Consolation Fairfax, VA) (Box Score - Recap)
Columbia 53 Stony Brook 67 (Box Score - Recap)
Cornell 64 Delaware 72 (Box Score - Recap)
Wagner 71 Penn 65 (Box Score - Recap)
Elon 56 Princeton 55 (Box Score - Recap)
Yale 62 Seton Hall 73 (Box Score - Recap)

Thursday, November 24
Dartmouth 69 San Francisco 71 (Great Alaska Shootout) (Box Score - Recap)
Harvard 75 vs. Utah 47 [HDNet] (Battle 4 Atlantis Bahamas) (Box Score - Recap)

Friday, November 25
Dartmouth 64 vs. Alaska-Anchorage 52(Great Alaska Shootout) (Box Score - Recap)
Harvard 46 vs. Florida State 41 [VERSUS] (Battle 4 Atlantis Bahamas) (Box Score - Recap)
Princeton 56 Bucknell 62 (Legends Classic, Lewisberg, PA) (Box Score - Recap)
Pittsburgh 78 Penn 58 [TCN] (Box Score - Recap)

Saturday, November 26
Yale 84 Army 75 (Box Score - Recap)
Columbia 59 Manhattan 41 (Box Score - Recap)
Princeton 56 Morehead State 68 (Legends Classic, Lewisberg, PA) (Box Score - Recap)
James Madison 60 Penn 58 [TCN] (Philly Hoop Group Classic) (Box Score - Recap)
Dartmouth 48 vs. Western Michigan 65 (Great Alaska Shootout) (Box Score - Recap)
Harvard 59 vs. Central Florida 49 [VERSUS] (Battle 4 Atlantis Bahamas) (Box Score - Recap)

Sunday, November 27
Brown 64 Sacred Heart 77 (Box Score - Recap)
Princeton 66 West Alabama 66 (Legends Classic, Lewisberg, PA) (Box Score - Recap)
American 65 Cornell 63 (Box Score - Recap)

Monday, November 28
Swarthmore 42 Columbia 104 (Box Score - Recap)

Tuesday, November 29
Manhattan at Penn, 7 pm
Yale at Hartford, 7 pm

Wednesday, November 30
Dartmouth at New Hampshire, 7 pm
Lafayette at Princeton, 7 pm
Rhode Island at Brown, 7:30 pm [myRITV]

Thursday, December 1
Harvard at Vermont, 7 pm

Friday, December 2
Columbia at Loyola Marymount, 10 pm (Doubletree Los Angeles Westside Centennial Classic)

Saturday, December 3
Vermont at Yale, 2 pm
Brown at Iowa, 3 pm
Lehigh at Cornell, 7 pm
Penn at Villanova, 7 pm [ESPN3]
Columbia vs. North Texas, 8 pm (Doubletree Los Angeles Westside Centennial Classic)

Sunday, December 4
Columbia vs. La Sierra, 2 pm
Seattle at Harvard, 2 pm

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Cornell Daily Sun Recaps Defeat at Delaware

Below, the Cornell Daily Sin recaps Cornell's defeat at Delaware on November 22.

Red Still Winless on Road After Loss to Delaware
Cornell Daily Sun

After edging out Boston University at home on Nov. 20th, the Red headed to Newark, Del., on Tuesday, Nov. 22 hoping to earn its first road win of the season. Last year Cornell (2-4) notched a 75-61 victory over Delaware (2-2) in the 2010 season opener at Newman Arena. This year, however, it was the Blue Hens’ turn to take the home victory, edging out the Red, 72-64.

Senior guard Drew Ferry kicked off the night with a steal that resulted in a 3-pointer just 37 seconds into the game. Delaware’s Kyle Anderson quickly equalized with a shot from behind the arc to tie the score. Less than a minute later, Cornell reclaimed the lead with a layup by junior forward Eitan Chemerinski.

“Any time you’re losing I think by definition you don’t have a lot of momentum,” said senior co-captain and guard Chris Wroblewski. “But we’re going to get back to practice and work hard.”

The remaining 18 minutes of the first half were marked by multiple shifts in momentum, with the Blue Hens building as much as a nine point lead over the Red — though Cornell was able to tie the score three more times. Delaware led the Red, 28-26, as the pace picked up and the teams headed into the second half.

“We want to keep the game moving as fast as we can but stay in control,” said junior forward Josh Figini. “We might look into pressing a little more — it seemed to be pretty effective at the end.”

The Blue Hens were able to hold the Red off the scoreboard at the beginning of the second period, but junior guard Miles Asafo-Adjei tied the game for the fifth time at 28-28 with a driving layup. Less than 20 seconds later Delaware reclaimed the lead with a layup of its own before freshman forward Shonn Miller made good from behind the arc, vaulting the Red ahead of the Blue Hens, 31-30. This was one of the last times that the Red laid claim to the lead in the contest.

Cornell was able to tie the game up on a total of six occasions; however, the Red was unable to expand its lead past the initial 3-pointer from Ferry to begin the game. With under four minutes remaining in play, Ferry hit another 3-pointer to regain a one-point edge over Delaware, 58-57; however, this lead did not last. The Blue Hens exploded with a 15-point scoring spree, while the Red only picked up an additional six off of a pair of layups by Asafo-Adjei and two free throws from Miller. The Red converted on 9-of-15 free-throw attempts for the night, compared to the 18-of-36 made by the Blue Hens. Cornell also led the night in personal fouls, 20-15.

“It is something we do [full court press],” said head coach Bill Courtney. “We probably would’ve had it on a little earlier in the half if we had got to the foul line a little more. It’s something we use in foul situations,but also on made field goals.”

While Cornell dropped to 2-3 for the season after the loss to Delaware, some players were able to improve their individual statistics in the defeat and achieve new school records. Wroblewski recorded three steals on the night, which earned him the distinction of being the 15th player in school history to reach 100 career steals. The senior also added four points to his career total, leaving him 84 points shy of becoming the school’s 24th 1,000-point scorer. Of the four points the co-captain tallied during the game, two came from free throws, pushing the guard past the 200 mark for his career.

Chemerinski continued to impress, notching 12 points to increase his season total to 57 — 21 more points than he recorded in his first two seasons combined. The junior has reached double figures in for four straight games.

Despite the impressive individual accomplishments, Courtney recognizes that it will be difficult for his squad to regain momentum after a tough road loss.

“It’s tough to build momentum any time you lose,” he said.

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Are NBA Players Being Greedy? - JRSportBrief

Are NBA Players being Greedy? - JRSportBrief

www.JRSportBrief.com Right now the NBA season doesn't seem like it will be starting on time if at all! Do you fault the players for being greedy ...

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Chris W Bosh - Send Me To New Orleans All Star Game 2008

Chris W Bosh - Send Me To New Orleans All Star Game 2008

W Bosh aka the used car salesman urges his fans to send him to the NBA Allstar Game in New Orleans ... Chris Bosh Toronto Raptors New Orleans ...

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