JadwinGeorge
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Age: 75
Reg: 12-04-15
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12-09-21 11:13 AM - Post#331007
Hard to be surprised by anything re: Ivy basketball after 600-day layoff. Nevertheless, Columbia is floundering to a degree I find shocking. At this point I believe the Tigers have done well. They have more than held their own against mid-major competition. Losing to Monmouth was hardly a shock, nor was the loss at Hofstra, although I think it is foolish to play a game after three hours sitting in traffic in a bus. (Same thing happened to the women at Fordham). With $30+ billion in the bank why not put the kids in a hotel for a night?
Harvard has not settled on a rotation yet because Amaker cares little about the OOC results. Jones knows what he's doing, of course, so one ought not read anything into Yale's scores either. Cornell is a surprise. Sure, Earl has played some cupcakes but make no mistake, he's changing the culture above Cayuga's waters. SD hasn't been at full strength, as far as I can tell, nor has Penn played at home much, and one its home games was against Villanova. If there is a home court advantage anymore it's The Cathedral on the Schuylkill. Dartmouth is capable of an upset or two. Brown is, if not a lock for Ivy Madness, a pretty good bet. This season should produce a mad scramble right down to the last week. And I love it (as long as the Tigers are in it).
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