News and Notes

Below, some news and notes...

• Congratulations to former Cornell assistant Zach Spiker in yet another win in his young head coaching career. Spiker's Cadets defeated Harvard on Monday night, 56-53 after Army defeated Princeton over the weekend.

• The Seton Hall basketball blog, Gonzo Ball recaps some of Seton Hall's publicity after defeating Cornell.
  

Around The Hall: Katz Love, Win of the Weekend, Cornell's Take, Boeheim's Warning, Future Recruits

Following their impressive road victory at Cornell, Andy Katz shows the Pirates some love in the national spotlight. Be sure to check out his Weekly Watch column for ESPN where he mentions the Hall several times.

In his player of the week award, Jeremy Hazell checks in right behind John Wall and DeMarcus Cousin:

Jeremy Hazell, Jr., G, Seton Hall: The Pirate that doesn't get the pub scored 33 points in Seton Hall's impressive 89-79 road win at Cornell.

Missed opportunity:

Cornell: The Big Red had started the season with great road wins for an Ivy League team at Alabama and UMass. But neither of those teams will be in the NCAA tournament. Seton Hall might be, and the Big Red missed their chance to secure a win over a Big East team when they lost at home to the Pirates, 89-79.

Wins that will matter in march:

Michigan State over Gonzaga; Syracuse over Cal and North Carolina in NYC; Ohio State over Cal in NYC; North Carolina over Ohio State in NYC; Seton Hall at Cornell

Mike Vorkunov, of New Jersey Newsroom, takes a look at the weekend that was around the college basketball scene in New Jersey, specifically the performance of the Pirates and Scarlet Knights:

Win of the weekend: This one belongs to the Pirates. Bobby Gonzalez took a chance going up to Ithaca, N.Y. to play a Cornell team that is certainly among the top 50 in the country.

The Cornell Daily Sun speaks with players and Big Red coach, Steve Donahue, following the loss to the Pirates:

"We lost tonight because we didn’t play well. They played well, they played better than us,” Donahue said. “I’m disappointed we lost, but in reality, I think in two months we’re going to look back at this game and say, ‘A Big East team came in here, and they were excited that they beat us, and we learned from it, and we became a better basketball team because of it."

Alex Kucczynski-Brown, a Cornell blogger, was impressed with Herb Pope's performance. Creative title to the piece, Alex.

In three contests with the Pirates, Pope has been averaging a double-double with 10.7 points and 12 rebounds per game. Last Sunday, he picked up 15 points and 17 rebounds at Monmouth. According to Cornell head coach Steve Donahue, Pope is “a very good player in terms of basketball IQ,” and is particularly dangerous when it comes to passing.

After destroying California and North Carolina on back-to-back nights, Mike Waters of The Post-Standard reports that Jim Boheim issued a stern warning to his squad:

“I told them one thing,” Boeheim said. “Tuesday night is going to be the toughest game they’ve had all year, so hopefully they are ready for that.”

Tomorrow's game at the Carrier Dome is especially important to Seton Hall. After beating the Big Red by 10 points in Ithaca, it will be beneficial to the Pirates if Cornell can play Syracuse tough. Imagine if Cornell can go on the road and steal a victory against the hottest team in the nation, still think Seton Hall's win won't matter come March? It will.

• CBS News 3 (Springfield, Mass) shows more highlights of Cornell's victory over UMass on 11/18. The highlights come after those from the UMass victory over Arkansas-Ft. Smith.

• Below, a look at Ivy results and upcoming Ivy action. (click here for a composite 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 65 Colgate 55 (NIT Storrs CT) Box Score - Recap
Columbia53 DePaul 59 [SNY] Box Score - Recap

Wednesday, November 18
Rhode Island 78 Brown 57 Box Score - Recap
Manhattan 54 Princeton 61 Box Score - Recap
Cornell 74 UMass 61 Box Score - Recap

Friday, November 20
Brown 76 St. John's 79 Box Score - Recap
Longwood 61 Columbia 72 Box Score - Recap
Seton Hall 89 Cornell 79 Box Score - Recap
Bryant 51 Harvard 77 Box Score - Recap

Saturday, November 21
Army 56 Princeton 52 Box Score - Recap
Dartmouth 60 Furman 83 Box Score - Recap
Delaware 97 Penn 94 2OT Box Score - Recap
Quinnipiac 71 Yale 64 Box Score - Recap

Sunday, November 22
Maine 62 Brown 75 Box Score - Recap

Monday, November 23
Harvard 53 Army 56
Charlotte 88. Yale 74 NIT Box Score - Recap

Tuesday, November 24
Princeton at George Washington, 7 pm
Cornell at Syracuse, 7 pm [ESPN360]
Loyola (Md.) at Dartmouth, 7 pm
Bucknell at Columbia, 8 pm
Drexel at Penn, 7 pm
Elon vs. Yale, 4:30 pm NIT

Wednesday, November 25
Brown at Bryant, 4 pm
New Hampshire at Harvard, 7 pm