Yes, you heard it right- all of you who said Cornell should be grateful for getting a #25 ranking in the ESPN/USA Today poll and shouldn’t expect to move any higher- we’re now up to #22! We’re also a few votes away from cracking the top 25 in the AP poll.
On a related note, check out this interesting article from The Dartmouth on Ivy basketball and the possibility of an end of the year Ivy League basketball tournament. I like the author’s idea, but I do disagree with this part:
If Cornell were to stumble in an Ivy League tournament, maybe with a fluke loss to Columbia or even Princeton, and lose the automatic berth, the selection committee probably wouldn’t jump at the chance to use up an at-large bid on a second Ivy League school at the expense of a big-name program. Instead of sending a potential nine-seed (or higher) with a ton of upset potential, the Ivy League would be left with a high-teens seed waiting to get steamrolled, as usual.
While I would be legitimately concerned about a deserving team not making it to the NCAA Tournament because of an upset in an Ivy tournament, I doubt this would be a problem for a team as strong as this year’s Big Red. I simply can’t envision the selection committee not giving an at-large bid to a team ranked #22 in the nation (or higher), Ivy or not.
And1 is the greatest of all time. I hate that they broke up.