News and Notes: Around the Ivy League

Below, some news and notes around the Ivy League. Above, Cornell's Andre Wilkins.

• Yale has announced ticket sales for the Connecticut Six tournament.

• Anthony Grant, the head coach of basketball at Alabama told the Birmingham News that he aims to make hoops as popular a sport in Tuscaloosa as football. He also indicated that he is not set on his starting five for the team's opener against Cornell on November 14. But the Crimson Tide do plan on pushing the tempo all season.
  

• Blue Grass State Basketball provides Kentucky fans an update on Cornell's Mark Coury.
  

• Both Penn and Cornell will hold their intersquad exhibition games tomorrow. The public is welcome to attend.
  

• Slope Media issued the following release:

Each year Cornell opens its 2009-2010 campaign on November 14th at Alabama. Take an early preseason look at the Big Red before they travel to SEC country in this Saturday’s Red-White intra-squad scrimmage. Tip is set for just after the completion of the Cornell Football game vs. Brown (around 3:30). Click here to tune in with Slope Radio’s Sam Aleinikoff, Jake Mastbaum and Ryan Engler for full coverage.