Coming off two consecutive 7-7 Ivy League campaigns and facing the loss of four senior starters, the men’s basketball team entered the 2008-2009 season with a bleak outlook.
To make matters worse, junior transfer Brian Grimes tore his ACL five minutes into the team’s first practice. Grimes was expected to fill the role of departed three-time all-Ivy League performer John Baumann. With Grimes out for the season, the Lions were forced to rely on a number of inexperienced players.
Coming off two consecutive 7-7 Ivy League campaigns and facing the loss of four senior starters, the men’s basketball team entered the 2008-2009 season with a bleak outlook.
To make matters worse, junior transfer Brian Grimes tore his ACL five minutes into the team’s first practice. Grimes was expected to fill the role of departed three-time all-Ivy League performer John Baumann. With Grimes out for the season, the Lions were forced to rely on a number of inexperienced players.
My first article for Spectator was a football Around the League article in September 2005.
Four years, three PixBox victories, and exactly 130 articles later, it is now time—this is my last-ever article for Spectator, and most likely, the last article I will ever write.
My first article for Spectator was a football Around the League article in September 2005.
Four years, three PixBox victories, and exactly 130 articles later, it is now time—this is my last-ever article for Spectator, and most likely, the last article I will ever write.
With only two weekend league series left in the Ivy League baseball season, the drastic differences between the two divisions is quite alarming. While Columbia, Princeton, and Cornell are all tied at 5-7 for first in the Gehrig Division, Dartmouth has practically wrapped up the Rolfe Division, as it is three games ahead of Brown with an 11-1 conference record.
With only two weekend league series left in the Ivy League baseball season, the drastic differences between the two divisions is quite alarming. While Columbia, Princeton, and Cornell are all tied at 5-7 for first in the Gehrig Division, Dartmouth has practically wrapped up the Rolfe Division, as it is three games ahead of Brown with an 11-1 conference record.
Coming off a weekend split at Yale and Brown, during which Columbia tried to outslug its opposition, the Lions’ record stands at 4-4—first place in the Gehrig Division by two games over both Princeton and Cornell.
Having won its first Ivy League title in quite some time last year, expectations were enormous for the Lions this season, despite the team losing key players. But, eight games into Ivy competition, the chance that the Lions will fulfill those expectations looks very dicey.
Coming off a weekend split at Yale and Brown, during which Columbia tried to outslug its opposition, the Lions’ record stands at 4-4—first place in the Gehrig Division by two games over both Princeton and Cornell.
Having won its first Ivy League title in quite some time last year, expectations were enormous for the Lions this season, despite the team losing key players. But, eight games into Ivy competition, the chance that the Lions will fulfill those expectations looks very dicey.
After hearing a couple of weeks ago that Chris Wroblewski—a six-foot point guard from Cornell—had won the Ivy League Rookie of the Year award, I was not surprised.
The Big Red had won the Ivy League title for the second year in a row, dominating the conference from start to finish. Wroblewski did shine as a starter and a quality sixth man toward the end of the season, and his performance was particularly noteworthy considering the absence of teammate Louis Dale, reigning Ivy League Player of the Year.
After hearing a couple of weeks ago that Chris Wroblewski—a six-foot point guard from Cornell—had won the Ivy League Rookie of the Year award, I was not surprised.
The Big Red had won the Ivy League title for the second year in a row, dominating the conference from start to finish. Wroblewski did shine as a starter and a quality sixth man toward the end of the season, and his performance was particularly noteworthy considering the absence of teammate Louis Dale, reigning Ivy League Player of the Year.
As the seconds ran off the clock on ESPN.com, CNNSI.com and CBSSportsline, showing the Cornell and Princeton game eeking toward the end, I, for once in my PixBox tenure, became nervous.
As the seconds ran off the clock on ESPN.com, CNNSI.com and CBSSportsline, showing the Cornell and Princeton game eeking toward the end, I, for once in my PixBox tenure, became nervous.
For the past two years, I have written columns, discussed in depth with friends, and even published a faux letter to the Ivy League pleading with them about an Ivy League tournament for basketball. This weekend, my wish may be granted.
For the past two years, I have written columns, discussed in depth with friends, and even published a faux letter to the Ivy League pleading with them about an Ivy League tournament for basketball. This weekend, my wish may be granted.
Needing only two wins to clinch its second straight Ivy title, Cornell (19-9, 9-3 Ivy) traveled to Dartmouth and Harvard in its quest to seal the deal. When all was said and done, the Big Red were unable to punch their ticket to March Madness.
Needing only two wins to clinch its second straight Ivy title, Cornell (19-9, 9-3 Ivy) traveled to Dartmouth and Harvard in its quest to seal the deal. When all was said and done, the Big Red were unable to punch their ticket to March Madness.
The story of the day was Cornell, which successfully defended its 2008 title on the men’s side while ousting the defending champion Tigers on the women’s side. The combined Big Red victory was the first sweep of Indoor Heptagonals since the 2007 season, when Cornell last accomplished the feat. No team besides Princeton or Cornell has won either a men’s or women’s title at Heptagonals since the Brown women’s team took home a championship in 2001.
The story of the day was Cornell, which successfully defended its 2008 title on the men’s side while ousting the defending champion Tigers on the women’s side. The combined Big Red victory was the first sweep of Indoor Heptagonals since the 2007 season, when Cornell last accomplished the feat. No team besides Princeton or Cornell has won either a men’s or women’s title at Heptagonals since the Brown women’s team took home a championship in 2001.
