News and Notes

Below, some news and notes...

• From Mike Miller of NBCSports.com in his list of "5 things to watch" this week:

Seton Hall beat St. Peter’s by a bucket. Two days later – and with Jeremy Hazell solving his scoring issues – the Pirates walloped Monmouth. So what’s in store for them Friday at Cornell? The Big Red opened their season with a win at Alabama and are seeking their third straight Ivy League title this year.

• The Columbia Spectator notes that the Lions' season opening opponent, DePaul of the Big East, ranked 75 spots below Cornell in the RPI last season. The game will be televised tonight on SNY. Columbia Athletics celebrated Basketball Mania last Thursday and reports that 1,300 students attended the event.

• In a blowout loss to Villanova last night, Penn's Tyler Bernardini suffered an injury to high right foot and will undergo an MRI today.
  

• As we previously reported, in Ivy League roster report news, Harvard's Peter Boehm and Peter Swiatek have left the Harvard basketball team. Both players were sophomores and neither were expected to earn substantial minutes this season due to a freshman class that was recruited to take over their positions. The transaction drops Harvard's roster to 16 players for this season and 15 for 2010-2011, but with no seniors on the roster next year, the Crimson still face substantial overcrowding in the younger classes.

• An A.P. story notes that the Indiana Hoosiers have won two games in a row for the first time since knocking off Chaminade and Cornell a year ago.
  

• Several local Alabama media sources make reference to Cornell's victory over Alabama as the Crimson Tide prepare themselves for their second game, a meeting with the preseason favorite in the SWAC, Jackson State.

• Dothan Eagle
• BamaMag.com
• Clarion Ledger
• Montgomery Advertiser
• Mobile Press Register
• Tide Sports (Tuscaloosa News)
  

• Below, a look at the Ivy League schedule...
  

Friday, November 13
Yale 86 Sacred Heart 92(Connecticut Six) Box Score - Recap
Brown 68 St. Francis (N.Y.) 64 Box Score - Recap
Dartmouth 58 Boston College 89 Box Score - Recap
Harvard 87 Holy Cross 77 Box Score - Recap
Penn 55 Penn State 70 Box Score - Recap

Saturday, November 14
Princeton 71 Central Michigan 68 Box Score - Recap
Cornell 71 Alabama 67 Box Score - Recap

Sunday, November 15
Brown 55 Virginia Tech 69 Box Score - Recap
William & Mary 85 Harvard 87 (3OT) Box Score - Recap
Dartmouth 44 George Mason 60 Box Score - Recap

Monday, November 16
Yale 63 Hofstra 68 (NIT at Storrs CT) Box Score - Recap
Penn 65 Villanova 103 Box Score - Recap

Tuesday, November 17
Yale vs. Colgate, 4:30 (NIT Storrs CT)
Columbia at DePaul, 9 pm [SNY]

Wednesday, November 18
Rhode Island at Brown, 7 pm
Manhattan at Princeton, 7 pm
Cornell at UMass, 7:30 pm [online video from UMass available]

Friday, November 20
Brown at St. John's, 7 pm
Longwood at Columbia, 7 pm
Seton Hall at Cornell, 7 pm [SNY/Time Warner Cable Sports]
Bryant at Harvard, 7 pm

• The following is a video we did not find until after Saturday's game. It is a preview of Cornell's meeting with Alabama from BamaOnline.com. Cornell's ultimately prevailed, 71-67.