The last few weeks we have been digging around the internet, talking to other bloggers, and speaking with insiders, trying to pick up scoop on Cornell's 2010-2011 schedule. Here is a sneak preview of Cornell's opposition for next season. We have identified at least 25 games. Cornell is expected to round out its schedule with a few more home games and will play a total of 28 games. No Division III teams are expected to be on the schedule.at Penn State
at Seton Hall
at Syracuse
vs. South Carolina
at Lehigh
at Albany
at Binghamton
at VCU Tournament (with New Hampshire and Norfolk State)
at Boston University
vs. Bucknell
14 Ivy League Games
31 comments:
Which would be considered the "home" games for next years seniors?
Cornell already went to Seattle for Aaron Osgood during his freshman season and played at Duke and Indiana for Adam Wire's family.
The lone senior who has not played in his hometown is Mark Coury, but with his limited time as a Cornell student, it will probably be very hard to get him home to Michigan.
No preconference tourneys next year?
Virigina Commonwealth Tournament.
when did we go to seattle?
Any word on whether these games are single game or multi-game deals? i.e. Is Albany, Binghamton, Penn State coming to Ithaca the following season?, Is CU going to South Carolina the next year?
January 3, 20006
http://cornellbasketball.blogspot.com/2008/02/washington-huskies-vs-cornell-january-3.html
Aaron was in prep school the year Cornell traveled to Seattle, he was not yet a part of the program
Correct, just checked dates. The trip to Seattle was for Rourke and Hartford.
As for multi-game deals, 99.9 percent certain each of the games is part of a 1-for-1 deal (except Syracuse and Penn State).
Cornell played Washington during Osgood senior year of High School.
so basically, regardless of the date, weve established ARO did not play in Seattle at any point in his career
Correct, and hard to see Cornell going back because home games are a must need.
Who does Penn State think they are not scheduling a 1-1? They were terrible this year and have always been terrible except for last year when they won the NIT, without Taylor Battle and with a mostly likely new head coach next year, they will be rebuilding
Glad there is no D3 teams but do we get to play VCU since we are at there tournament?
We don't know for certain if PSU is 1-1 or just a single game.
Either way, Cornell has South Carolina coming in next season... and Cornell is the only team in the Ivy to have BCS teams coming in two years in a row.
We don't count Big 5 games because Villanova is required to play at Penn most years.
TBA on who Cornell faces in the first round at VCU. Could be the host, or could be Norfolk St or UNH.
what the hell? Where are the home games!?
noel/donahue should be working at some matchups like butler,valpo,w&m,temple,etc rather than amer east and patriot teams!
Young team next year. Schedule looks like a good fit. Nice mix of BCS games (four) with winnable games.
People have to understand that next years team is going to be much different from the Cornell teams the past 2 years, and the schedule needs to fit that.
a big fat total of 1 home game before the Ivy League season. Wow
What about Chicagoland for wrobo?
We really need to play Nova or Temple.
noel/donahue should be working at "some matchups like butler,valpo,w&m,temple,etc rather than amer east and patriot teams!"
like the 12:20 anonymous said:
This team will be in a rebuilding year next year and needs some games that it can win in the non conf
I know that we're adjusting next year, but what if, for example, just theoretically, Cornell manages to win the league next year through a combination of (1)all the teams hacking at reach other, (2) Cornell's returning talents adjust quickly after finally getting playing time, and (3)Cornell having superior coaching leading to the ability to pull of W's in the same way Army coach and former Cornell assistant coach Zach Spiker beat 5 Ivy League teams including Harvard and Princeton while in transition with a bunch of players he hardly knew.
If that were to happen and we were to somehow win the league next year, wouldn't this schedule basically guarantee us like a 250 RPI and a 15 seed?
whoever wins the ivy league next year, you have to expect to have at least 3, but possibly as many as 5 losses in conference (everyone is going to be beating each other up). A tie breaker game is even likely.
With this in mind, whoever gets the Ivy bid will probably get a very poor seed.
For example, Lehigh, the leader in the Patriot league this year, who has had a 20 win season, is projected to get a 16 seed.
Wouldn't surprise me if the Ivy team next year had a similar situation.
If anything at all, the next couple years (even if we find a way to win the league) will make everyone appreciate even more what we had in Ithaca this season.
If Cornell lands the kids it is very close to landing in the next couple of weeks, you are going to hear a very loud collective groan from the rest of the Ivy League.
Big Red could be the preseason favorite next year if everything breaks right.
Again, we've said this many times before, Cornell's top targets are a combination of high school seniors that wanted to wait out their senior years and then the transfers.
Again--- in years past, the following Cornell players either committed to Cornell in the late spring or came to Cornell via under the radar transfer.
Jeff Foote, Louis Dale, Max Groebe, Mark Coury, Errick Peck, and Anthony Gatlin.
Ivy and Cornell fans should brace themselves for POTENTIALLY a tremendous recruiting class.
As as always, admissions and finacial aid need to break right.
That is a very good point. If all those things go right, I do believe Cornell would have as good a shot as anyone to win the league next year.
However, I don't think they will be preseason favorites to win the league. Preseason voting really doesn't mean much, but regardless of who Cornell gets, you gotta believe Princeton and Harvard will be 1 and 2 in those polls.
That has no bearing on where they will ultimately finish though.
2:15 anonymous "If that were to happen and we were to somehow win the league next year, wouldn't this schedule basically guarantee us like a 250 RPI and a 15 seed?"
the team could win the ivy but the beginning of the season will be rough as the team adjusts, making the tournament by itself next year would be a huge accomplishment, who cares about seeding
CBB,
Again, with the teasing regarding incoming recruits. I can't stand it, exactly how long before you/we actually find out?
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