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IvyBballFan Masters Student Posts 479 |
12-05-23 10:35 AM - Post#360171
The Big Red motors up I-81 tonight for an 8PM EST ACC-Network-televised game, with a fair chance to bring a Quad-2 win back to Ithaca. With the season one-fourth in the books, Syracuse is currently ranked about like George Mason. But... so is Cornell. In the Dome, it seems as if the line should be about Cornell+5. The comparative offensive/defensive stats suggest it will be a bit of a shootout. The Orange are talented, but they do not have a dominant player like George Mason's Keyshawn Hall, who really lit up Cornell in The Red's only loss. I'll venture a guess and say if Cornell hits 40+% from long range, The Big Red will win a tight game with both teams in the 80's. |
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IvyBballFan Masters Student Posts 479 |
12-05-23 10:02 PM - Post#360194
If you are a Cornell fan, you know that with this team, the glass is always half-full. The Big Red shot 5-20 from distance in the first half... and trail only 34-31. Down 33-20 at one point, they hung an 11-1 run on the Orange over the final five minutes. You can bet on a big Syracuse run coming out of the locker room. Let's see how Cornell reacts. |
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IvyBballFan Masters Student Posts 479 |
12-05-23 11:23 PM - Post#360196
Syracuse increased the lead to 11 during the first few minutes of the second half and was up by 8 at the first media timeout. After the Orange's leading scorer, Judah Mintz, went to the bench with four fouls at the 12:00 mark, Cornell gradually cut the lead to 3 with under two minutes left. Mintz returned and the Red never get any closer, ultimately losing 81-70. Spirited, entertaining game against a more athletic foe. On to Albany after finals for a game with the Saints. |
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mountainred Masters Student Posts 514 |
12-06-23 11:18 AM - Post#360202
Competitive enough to keep me interested, but never got quite close enough where I thought the guys were going to pull it out. Nice job on the glass through most of the game (13 OR, same as the Orange). Nice to see DJ hit a couple of shots and an Evan Williams sighting (the senior, not the bourbon. I see plenty of the whiskey). |
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HARVARDDADGRAD Postdoc Posts 2703 |
12-06-23 12:15 PM - Post#360203
I watched the second half and was very impressed with the Big Red. Discounting the final garbage time baskets, this was a relatively close game. Poor FT% and slightly below norm 3pt shooting hurt. Impressed with Manon and Gray down the stretch, and it looks like Ragland is much more agile than I seem to recall. I'm now convinced that Princeton, Yale and Cornell are locks for the tournament, with the 4th spot up for grabs between all but Dartmouth. Keys: - Does Penn gel? - Is Columbia's youth for real? - Can Brown survive a lack of 3 point shooting beyond Lilly? - Can Harvard remain healthy for the entire season as it has no depth? |
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