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It's the rich kids vs. the (shhh) rich kids, i.e. Cornell-Kentucky. The Pride of Cincinnati vs. The Other Manhattan, i.e. Xavier-Kansas State. Will Ashley Judd be seen again, or can Cornell win one for a fictional character? More »
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Dan Shaughnessy, wrote a boring little filler column about why Cornell is better than Kentucky. Matt Jones, who covers Kentucky, says that attitude is elitist and racist. So who is the most wrong here? WRITER FIGHT! More »
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Kentucky may be the favorites. Northern Iowa may have pulled the biggest upset. St. Mary's may be the least likely to be here. But for the next four days, this tournament belongs to Cornell. More »
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Temple coach Fran "I Wasn't In The Beautician and the Beast" Dunphy and Cornell coach Steve "I'm Not Phil" Donahue are longtime friends. This either ends in a dramatic tie or a bloodbath. More »
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Two college basketball teams will battle for conference supremacy tonight in a game that involves a nationally-renowned point guard, allegations of casual racism, a murky college recruiting scandal, and a biting journalist Twitter feud. That's right: Harvard is playing Cornell. More »
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Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and the blogosphere to bring you everything you need to know to start your day. More »
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In one corner: No. 5 Cornell (ever heard of it?) coming off a monumental upset of top-seeded Virginia, leading 9-6 with about four minutes left in the NCAA final Monday. In the other: No. 2 Syracuse, defending national champion and, for once, the late-game underdog. More »
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Syracuse slams Duke in the Greg Paulus Bowl, Cornell shocks — shocks! — No. 1 Virginia in the nightcap. There really is nothing going on today. Softball on ESPN, lacrosse on ESPN2, Bernie Williams playing jazz on YES. Plus, Daulerio's making a packing list and checking it twice. [ESPN] More »
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West Region: No. 3 Missouri (28-6) vs. No. 14 Cornell (21-9)
When: Friday, 3:00 p.m., EDT
Where: Taco Bell Arena, Boise, Idaho

MISSOURI TIGERS

1) Forty Minutes of...well, something. Here's what's so awesome about this year's Missouri team: you really, reeeeally don't know what you're going to see when the Tigers are on a neutral floor. At home, it's pretty simple. There's lots of pressure defense (Mike Anderson has always been a fan of the full court press), tons of deflections and steals and a whole lot of scorin' going on. On the road, Mizzou is just as likely to hack up a big, ugly hairball as they are to win (ask Nebraska and Kansas State). At a neutral site...well, who knows, really? They fell to Xavier early in the year thanks to middle school-esque free throw shooting, won a few laughers over USC and Cal, and had their stripes handed to them in St. Louis courtesy of Illinois. So what happens when Missouri has to play in Boise and then (hopefully) Phoenix, both places distinctively not Columbia, Missouri? More »
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One of the great things about college basketball is that no matter how bad your season was, every single team gets another chance to redeem themselves with one glorious run in the last week. More »
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1. Cornell is so fucking nerdy. The actual Mission Statement for Cornell Athletics is: "We offer a diverse program of physical and outdoor education, recreational services, and intercollegiate athletic competition, equitably administered with special attention to the needs of women and members of under-represented minority groups." Ignoring the sexist and racist overtones of a Mission Statement that infers that chicks and minorities (always underrepresented in the Ivies! Hopefully!) need their own sports like basketball, ping pong, foxy boxing and such, it should read: "Cornell Athletics are here to help grow muscles beyond enormous ass cheeks and thigh muscles people build while hiking up and down the damn hills every day in the snow, like the training scene from Rocky IV, if he was wearing Uggs and lived in Montauk during the summer. We also help minorities survive inhospitable living conditions like constant clouds and rain, during the few weeks it's not snowing." Need more evidence? The lead article on cornellbigred.com "hyping" the second game against Dartmouth reads: "Heading into the 2007-08 season, Cornell was the preseason favorite among most college basketball publications and the media that covers the Ivy League's eight institutions. This weekend the Big Red will attempt to make all of those prognosticators clairvoyant by claiming a share of the Ancient Eight title." Out nerd THAT hype, Duke. More »
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We had an old friend who worked at a local television station in Illinois, and he always said the worst part of his job was when something important enough happened locally that the national network affiliate took notice. They would be demanding and gruff and generally unreasonable, acting like the local station was full of hayseeds and slack-jaws. So it didn't surprise us when a Binghamton station had a similar problem with ESPN. More »
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The College Basketball Closer is written by the gang at Storming the Floor. More »
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College basketball is slowly tipping off, with a bunch of high-profile schools taking turns writing a check to places like Savannah State and Florida A&M and letting the backups get some work in while cruising to uninspired 25-point victories. (Our Illini begin this process tonight against old nemesis Austin Peay.) More »
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