Somehow, someway, for reasons that completely escape me, Cornell got nary a 1st place vote in the latest Mid-Major Top 25 poll. Obviously, the Mid-Major Top 25 has just about zero relevance and gets as much attention on the national scene as does an NJIT scrimmage, but still… If the Big Red can’t get [...]
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Harvard to the ACC?
Why not?
After tonight’s 82-70 bushwacking of the Boston College Eagles on the BCS sides’ homecourt, all I can say is how good is Harvard? And, for that matter, how good is the Crimson’s multi-skilled, ferociously competitive junior guard Jeremy Lin? Good enough to dominate heralded BC guard Tyrese Rice and the [...]
Remember When…
Princeton-Penn was “The Game” when it came to Ivy League hoops? I do but it seems like it was eons ago that the Tigers mattered in the Ivy League while the Quakers have only recently been going through a downturn. For what it’s worth — and it’s not worth that much this season — the two sides went at tonight at the Palestra in a game that seems like it was more mixed martial arts then hoops as the two sides combined to commit 52 fouls and take 57 freebies in slugfest won 70-65 by the Quakers.
