NCAA Tournament March Madness

#90 Cornell

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Projection: likely out

Cornell's season reads as a classic solid mid-major resume that's likely to find itself on the wrong side of the bubble without a conference tournament title. The Big Red might boast an impressive offensive toolkit, but their defensive shortcomings are too severe to ignore, particularly for committee members who value balance. Signature wins are scarce; while toppling Princeton at home was notable, falling to them on the road and the loss to Yale in the Ivy League tournament hurts. High-scoring affairs against low-ranking teams don't move the needle much, and the defeat at Syracuse doesn't qualify as a quality loss. Defenses tend to tighten up in the tournament, and that defensive ranking could be a red flag. Absent an Ivy League automatic bid, the lack of marquee victories and a porous defense spell trouble.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/6@Lehigh272W84-78
11/11@Fordham211W78-73
11/15@George Mason98L90-83
11/19(N)CS Fullerton245W88-70
11/20(N)Utah Valley174W74-61
11/29Monmouth NJ177W91-87
12/2@Lafayette326W79-71
12/5@Syracuse70L81-70
12/19@Siena351W95-74
12/22@Robert Morris316W90-85
12/30Colgate155W77-64
1/2@Baylor17L98-79
1/9Columbia236W91-79
1/15Penn220W77-60
1/20@Brown191W84-83
1/27Princeton54W83-68
2/2@Dartmouth327W56-53
2/3@Harvard198W89-76
2/10@Yale78L80-78
2/16Harvard198W75-62
2/17Dartmouth327W89-80
2/23Yale78W65-62
2/24Brown191L78-74
3/1@Penn220W87-81
3/2@Princeton54L79-77
3/9@Columbia236W98-76
3/16(N)Yale78L69-57