Sabin is something else.  Saw him score 51 last year at Cornell, including the game winning three at the buzzer.  Was the most casual great game I've ever seen - was pretty quiet the first half, then just flipped a switch and starting getting buckets.

Almost effortless and ho-hum at times.

Good season opening win on Saturday night for Cornell.  Beat Coe College 88-83, first victory over their local rivals since the '09-'10 season.  Corey Davis filled up the stat sheet with 25 pts, 6 rbs, 8 assists and 6 steals. 

Cornell returns everyone from last season plus a transfer from Mount Mercy (local NAIA school) and a couple of freshman that will see some time.  Should have a good shot at the conference tourney for the first time in several years.

I was at the Cornell vs. Ripon game on Saturday.  Really an unreal performance by Sabin.  Very quiet the first handful of minutes, and then hit 3's on 6 straight possessions.  Went from 0 to 18 in the blink of an eye.  Went through a stretch in the second half where it looked like he was maybe wearing down a little, and missed a few shots, but hit a bunch of big shots at the end of the game and OT.  Cornell was up 74-69 in OT with a minute left (and the ball)...a couple of turnovers and missed FT's and left the door open.

Very entertaining game, and the chance to see a Steph Curry-like performance at the local level.

Cornell beat Illinois College 78-71.  Was a tie game with 2 minutes to play...Rams made a few plays and then made all of their free throws to close it out.  Led by Jr. Grant Anderson's 24 pts and 10 rbs.  Was an even match of young teams (neither has a senior on the roster).

Turnovers were again an issue for the Rams (18), but good shooting (10-18 3 pt and 16-18 FT's) will bail you out on some nights.  This was a game that Cornell had to have - a home game against a team picked to finish in the lower half of the league (as is CC).  Rams again played without their best big, but he should be back for this weekend's non-conf game against Robert Morris.

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Cornell lost their opening night game with local rival Coe College, 80-65.  Point guard Davis lead the way with 25 - he's going to be a problem for teams to stop, but overall, there's not a lot of playmaking for the Rams - only 5 assists as a team for the game.  Outside shooting was also a problem, went 4-19 from 3.

Had 4 players out with injury, 3 of which will see significant minutes (including 6'6" and 6'7" players) eventually.  No seniors on the roster and only 2 juniors (with one out injured).  Was a 4 point game with 6 minutes to play, and the young players hung tough, but it might be tough sledding for Cornell when facing mature teams this winter.  Just a big difference between 18 and 21 year-old bodies.

Question for CCRamFan--do Cornell grads sometimes get confused with grads from Ivy League schools ?  I know graduates from Harvard on the Fox (that would be UW Oshkosh) have a hard time explaining their awesome performance in their post collegiate careers to their Ivy League subordinates. 

It's funny - if you look at Cornell's twitter profile, they mention that they "have nothing to do with Cornell University".  I remember back in the day, I was visiting a friend at Notre Dame and one of the girls at the party we were at asked me where I went to school.  I just answered "Cornell" and she then asked me if it was the real university or that weirdo little school in Iowa.  Needless to say, no progress was made that night with that particular individual 

Cornell lost their opening night game with local rival Coe College, 80-65.  Point guard Davis lead the way with 25 - he's going to be a problem for teams to stop, but overall, there's not a lot of playmaking for the Rams - only 5 assists as a team for the game.  Outside shooting was also a problem, went 4-19 from 3.

Had 4 players out with injury, 3 of which will see significant minutes (including 6'6" and 6'7" players) eventually.  No seniors on the roster and only 2 juniors (with one out injured).  Was a 4 point game with 6 minutes to play, and the young players hung tough, but it might be tough sledding for Cornell when facing mature teams this winter.  Just a big difference between 18 and 21 year-old bodies.

Pre-season coaches poll is out -

1 - St Norbert
2 - Monmouth
3 - Ripon
4 (tie) - Grinnell, Lake Forest
6 - Carroll
7 - Lawrence
8 - Beloit
9 - Cornell
10 - Illinois College
11 - Knox

New to the board, been a lurker, now have a son who is a freshman at Cornell.  I don't see much posted from my Cornell brethren, guess I'll have to fill that void as best I can (everyone's obviously clamoring for the latest and greatest from Mt. Vernon).

The back-to-back weekend format would be interesting.  Does that mean no mid-week game, then?  Or filled with a local non-conference game maybe?