News and Notes for 3.3.09

GAME PREVIEW CENTER

Get all the information you need about Cornell's final Ivy League weekend, a pair of home games --- vs. Penn and Princeton this Friday and Saturday with The Cornell Basketball Blog's Game Preview Center. The Ivy League Championship is on the line.

DISCUSS CORNELL BASKETBALL

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CORNELL RPI WATCH

As of March 3, 2009, Cornell's RPI (according to Rivals.com) is No. 120 out of 343 Division I teams nationwide. Cornell is also ranked No. 99 according to Ken Pomeroy's Ranking and No. 121 in Jeff Sagarin's USA Today Ranking.

As Ivy League Champions last season, Cornell finished 2007-2008 with a final RPI of No. 65 out of 341 Division I teams.

BIG RED BRACKETS

The Cornell Basketball Blog monitors the Big Red's bracket projections until the 2009 NCAA Tournament Selection Sunday. Click Big Red Brackets to view the latest projections.

SCHEDULE, RESULTS, STANDINGS

Cornell Big Red 2008-2009 Results

19-9 Record Through March 3, 2009

	Fri, Nov 14	South Dakota	W 79-69
	Mon, Nov 17	at St. John's	L 75-86
	Tue, Nov 18	at Loyola (MD)	W 82-72
	Sat, Nov 22	at Siena	L 56-74
	Mon, Nov 24	Loyola Chicago	W 78-53
	Tue, Nov 25	East. Michigan	W 67-54
	Sun, Nov 30	at Indiana	L 57-72
	Wed, Dec 3	at (16) Syracuse	L 78-88
	Sat, Dec 6	at Minnesota	L 54-71
	Sat, Dec 20	La Salle	W 79-70
	Mon, Dec 22	at St. Joseph's	L 67-71
	Mon, Dec 29	Boston U.	W 89-59
	Wed, Dec 31	Quinnipiac	W 73-70
	Sat, Jan 3	Ursinus	W 99-45
	Tue, Jan 6	Bucknell	W 75-64
	Mon, Jan 12	at Bryant	W 69-46
	Sat, Jan 17	at Columbia	W 71-59
	Sat, Jan 24	Columbia	W 83-72
	Fri, Jan 30	Brown	W 90-58
	Sat, Jan 31	Yale	W 64-36
	Fri, Feb 6	at Princeton	L 41-61
	Sat, Feb 7	at Pennsylvania	W 88-73
	Fri, Feb 13	Harvard	W 96-75
	Sat, Feb 14	Dartmouth	W 79-76
	Fri, Feb 20	at Yale	L 60-72
	Sat, Feb 21	at Brown	W 85-45
	Fri, Feb 27	at Dartmouth	W 75-57
	Sat, Feb 28	at Harvard	L 70-71
	Date	Opponent	Time
	Fri, Mar 6	Pennsylvania	7:00 pm
	Sat, Mar 7	Princeton	7:00 pm

IVY LEAGUE STANDINGS

Through March 3, 2009

Cornell	9-3	19-9
Princeton	7-4	12-12
Yale	7-5	12-14
Dartmouth	7-5	9-17
Columbia	6-6	11-15
Pennsylvania	5-6	9-16
Harvard	5-7	13-13
Brown	1-11	7-19

Here are the upcoming games around the Ivy League...

Friday, March 6
*Dartmouth at Yale, 7 pm
*Harvard at Brown, 7 pm
*Princeton at Columbia, 7 pm
*Penn at Cornell, 7 pm

Saturday, March 7
*Dartmouth at Brown, 7 pm
*Harvard at Yale, 7 pm
*Penn at Columbia, 7 pm
*Princeton at Cornell, 7 pm

Tuesday, March 10
*Princeton at Penn, 8 pm

Thursday, March 12
Ivy Playoff (if necessary)

Saturday, March 14
Ivy Playoff (if necessary)

Thursday-Friday, March 19-20
NCAA First Rounds