News and Notes: Is Army Becoming Cornell-on-the-Hudson?

Below is a post from Brian Delaney's Around the Rim blog. Check out the nugget at the end. Above, Ka'ron Barnes ('03).

In the past, how often could Ryan Wittman score four points, the starting off-guard's minutes is limited by foul trouble, the opponent handles them on the boards, and Cornell still wins? By 13? Against an A-10 team?

Apparently, that can happen now.

The bench was critical last night - Adam Wire (7 pts, 7 reb.), Geoff Reeves (16 pts) and Max Groebe (6 pts) in particular, as Steve Donahue went with a lengthier guard rotation to better match up with the Minutemen's four-guard, penetrating system. Reeves only played 14 minutes against Alabama for a variety of reasons, but this was one of those performances that'll make a stronger case for 20-25 a night. I think he's a big x-factor against Seton Hall on Friday, but we'll see. Box score here.

Berkshire Eagle game coverage
The Boston Herald goes with a Big Red gum reference in its headline. Shocker.
The IJ extended write-up online with quotes from Donahue.

Donahue mentioned last night how important Lou Dale's improved conditioning has been. He played 38 minutes last night, dominated the ball for Cornell on offense and scored 24 big points. With Wittman, Foote and Jeremy Lin, Dale's been almost an afterthought for Ivy POY in the early discussions. Seton Hall and Syracuse will be wise to not focus all their attention on Wittman.

I'll be doing live-blog updates from Newman Arena on Friday night, so if you can't be at the game, check in with me here.

Lastly, rumor has it that Zach Spiker is going to announce the hiring of Ka'ron Barnes as a new assistant coach at Army in the next day or two.