Cornell

Cornell

Ivy League (22-5, 14-0)

 

Big Wins: 11/25 Siena (83-77), 2/1 at Brown (75-64), 2/1 Brown 74-65)

Bad Losses: 11/17 at Ohio (89-102), 12/1 Colgate (73-76), 12/19 at Bucknell (75-88)

 - The NIT would like to officially welcome Syracuse to the mix, after a bizarre late-game collapse against Pitt on Saturday. The Orange may have been done in by a no-call when Paul Harris was stripped of the ball underneath the basket, but bad calls don't explain blowing an 11-point lead in the final three minutes. Barring a surprise run through the Big East Tournament, the Orange, now7-9 in the conference, are likely on the wrong side of the bubble for the second straight year.

Arkansas
19-9 (8-6 SEC West)
Computer numbers (courtesy of kenpom.com): RPI 44, SOS 54 (before Saturday's games)

Cornell
17-5 (9-0 Ivy League)
Computer numbers (courtesy of kenpom.com): RPI 84, SOS 243

Three weeks ago I pegged Providence College as the Seven Day Savior (team), and they have collapsed since then. Two weeks ago, I put Seton Hall in the same category and they too, have fallen off the radar since my selection. Even my choices of SDS individual awards have been hit. Two weeks ago, it was Central Florida. Last week it was UNC-Asheville. Both teams went from undefeated when I wrote about them to losing…in UCF’s case, more than once. Last week I selected Drake and probably put a scare into those

Columbia (16-12, 7-7)

Cornell (16-12, 9-5)

Penn (22-9, 13-1)

Yale (14-13, 10-4)

Other (Brown, Princeton, etc)

Jon Teitel chats with Cornell head coach Steve Donahue about the upcoming Ivy League season.

Steve Donahue1. What are your team’s goals for this season?
A: Now that we have built the program to be competitive, the goals are always the same: win an Ivy League championship and go to the NCAA Tournament.