Cornell Postgame Thoughts

[IthacaMatt]

Oregon is probably a must-win game or else our non-con resume is a joke

I just don't see us winning that one away from the Dome, to be honest.

 

[Cheriehoop]

For what it’s worth, coming into this game Cornell had the 56th best offense in the country (according to kenpom), and was > 1.05 points per possession in every game this year. Their strength has been in their shooting - #14 in eFG% and #2 in the nation shooting from inside the arc (63.7% from 2-pt range coming into the game!)

But tonight, we held them to 0.95 ppp (70 pts in 74 possessions) and just 40% overall from the floor (27% from 3-pt range and 53% from 2-pt range). Our defense was actually decent tonight.

Was surprised and happy how many open 3’s that Cornell missed tonight. I would like to believe it was our defense but I think thankfully they just had a bad night from 3.

 

[djcon57]

https://x.com/orangefizz/status/1732238170723422459?s=61&t=hW5UsHDT7XjI2aaOuF7DhA

Yeah. I mean, the writing has been on the wall.

 

[IthacaMatt]

me too im surprised about cuffe...his confidence has gone down

started the season ice cold (in a good way)

hard to stay on point when you arent getting any game time

he's a baller...but has been struggling, especially on offense

Yeah, Red has been giving JJ the most minutes on the team to try to get him going, so he has that 2 headed monster running his offense. That's what he wants, and except for a couple halves here and there JJ hasn't been up to it yet.

Cuffe needs to play better, but he's got PG skills, can dunk, block a shot and can hit a 3. He won both of our 3 point shooting contests at "midnight madness". The kid has a good stroke. In time, he will be an important player for us.

 

[phil77]

Yeah. I mean, the writing has been on the wall.

Yup bye bye Benny finally.

 

[CardiacCuse]

I just don't see us winning that one away from the Dome, to be honest.

basketball is a confidence sport

the team has taken some hits early on and the confidence is not as high as it could be...very clear to see

if they can get some more wins under their belt, it can snowball in a good way, imo

they need that one big win, imo ...LSU kinda was that but not really...

or if they get a few more losses, it can snowball, too

still hard to tell how the rest of the season will go but I understand the pessimism at this point

 

[OrangePA]

Were not a good Defensive team, gonna be a problem all year unfortunately

We are an awful defensive team.

It’s pretty obvious why JB stayed away from MOM.

 

[phreddie]

https://x.com/orangefizz/status/1732238170723422459?s=61&t=hW5UsHDT7XjI2aaOuF7DhA

Ouch

 

[djcon57]

We are an awful defensive team.

It’s pretty obvious why JB stayed away from MOMz

Statically we are better than the last 2 years.

 

[NineOneSeven]

https://x.com/orangefizz/status/1732238170723422459?s=61&t=hW5UsHDT7XjI2aaOuF7DhA

Makes sense. It’s time I think.

 

[IthacaMatt]

Ouch

Well, the semester ends in a week, right?

 

[OrangePA]

Statically we are better than the last 2 years.

I trust my eyes - especially tonight.

 

[kingtidge]

Feel bad for Red.

 

[djcon57]

I trust my eyes - especially tonight.

Ok. Data suggests otherwise though. We’ll see by the end of the year

 

[phil77]

Makes sense. It’s time I think.

It is past time

 

[Lenox]

I root for starling the hardest. And the fact he isn’t good makes me so depressed. I’ll never talk down on this kid because it’s really mental with him. He’s so gifted. It’s really a tragedy tbh. I hope he figures it out eventually because I’ll be one of the guys cheering him on the hardest. It just hits me harder cuz I’m 24, he’s 20. We went to same high school. Just a sheety situation he’s in.

 

[CuseFaninVT]

Y'know, they could play Hima

Stop trying to make fetch happen.

 

[Fly Rodder]

Love the rebounds. The D is good too, but Maliq needs to be a presence on O.

Agreed, but the offense is clearing lanes for Judah and passing to Bell.

 

[br801]

JB doing a great job on 'nothing but net'

He looks relaxed and seems to be having fun. This is a great role for him.

 

[bballbeadle]

Whenever Copeland touched the ball, I would howl in terror. Instead of BBallBeadle I was BBallBeagle.

 

[jncuse]

I've watched less than 90 seconds of the UConn game, and Danny Hurley should already have 2 technical fouls.

First an outburst from the sideline at a ref about 8 feet away, which may have including cursing. Then
He just walks right out to mid court at a break of play to yap at the refs. How is that not a T?

 

[Fly Rodder]

Same! Was he even on the bench?

Yes, but never out of warm-ups except for one quick second during the 2nd half when the refs were calling a foul per second on Syracuse. Red was looking for anyone and at one point Benny stood up started to take off his warmups but then sat back down.

 

[721Comstock]

I've watched less than 90 seconds of the UConn game, and Danny Hurley should already have 2 technical fouls.

He just walks right out to mid court at a break of play to yap at the refs. How is that not a T?

Well, there’s your problem, right there!

Watching UConn.

 

[OptimusOtto]

Was waiting for an onslaught from them from 3 in the second half and for the most part didn’t happen. I think we lose this game last year so that’s progress.

Cuffe has an opportunity to earn some minutes with JJ struggling. Although if Judah keeps shooting like this maybe letting JJ run point with 3 shooters can get him playing fast and downhill.

Must win on Saturday against Georgetown. At the point where we just need to take it one game at a time and continue to see improvement.

 

[Fly Rodder]

The offense is painful to watch.