News and Notes: Around the Ivy League

Below, some news and notes around the Ancient Eight.

• As we previously posted, the Ivy League Media Day is Wednesday morning. We will either post a "live blog" of the coaches' comments or will post a full update of the day's news during the late afternoon.
  

• CollegeInsider.com will post its preseason Mid Major Top 25 poll results on November 2. During 2007-2008, Cornell finished the season ranked No. 18. During 2008-2009, Cornell finished in the 29th position with 27 votes received. Roughly 200 Division I teams comprise The CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Poll. Eligible teams are from the following conferences: America East, Atlantic Sun, Big Sky, Big South, Big West, Colonial, Horizon, Independents, Ivy, Metro Atlantic, Mid-American, Mid-Continent, Mid-Eastern, Missouri Valley, Northeast, Ohio Valley, Patriot, Southern, Southland, Southwestern, Sun Belt, West Coast.

• Here are The Cornell Basketball Blog's Ten Best Story Line Questions of the 2009-2010 Ivy League Season:

1. Can Dartmouth be competitive with anyone in the Ivy League without Alex Barnett carrying the Big Green on his back and will Dartmouth win a game before playing Lyndon State on December 13?
   
2. Can Brown's Sullivan Bros. Inc. (Peter and Matt) and Matt Mullery carry the Bears to an upper division Ivy League finish?
3. Who will step-up for Yale in the absence of Ross Morin's and Travis Pinick and will the Bulldogs continue to pull off stunning upsets in the John J. Lee Amphitheater?
   
4. How good are Harvard's newcomers and will the Crimson pull off another shocking non-conference win after beating Michigan and Boston College in back-to-back years?
5. Will Columbia's Max Craig, Brian Grimes, and Pat Foley remain healthy and is this the year the Lions contend for a title?
6. Will Penn bounce back from a tumultuous '08-'09 season or will the Quakers' problems worsen?
7. Can Cornell prove that it is capable of defeating quality non-conference opponents?
8. After sneaking up on the Ivy League a year ago and finishing with a respectable 8-6 Ivy finish, can Princeton take another leap forward and just how good are the Tigers' Ian Hummer and Doug Davis?
9. Who is the Ivy League's best player? Is it Jeff Foote (Cornell), Louis Dale (Cornell), Ryan Wittman (Cornell), Jeremy Lin (Harvard), Tyler Bernardini (Penn), Keith Wright (Harvard), or Matt Mullery (Brown), or someone else?
   
10. Will anyone challenge Cornell in the conference or are the Big Red primed to cruise to a third consecutive Ivy League title?