Howard Gensler
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Reg: 11-21-04
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03-09-09 02:18 PM - Post#60699
In response to mrjames
Here's the problem with the Columbia rising to the top argument:
1. The Lions are currently 288 in the RPI. Assuming Cornell just stays where it is, the Lions would have to rise 170 or so spots to be in their league.
2. They compiled their 12-16, 7-7 record against the 319th toughest schedule in D1. In order to be considered in the same breath as the team at the top of the League, the Lions probably would have had to have gone 24-4 against that schedule.
3. They lose their top inside player and top 3-point shooter.
4. While they have potential quality players in a healthy Grimes, transfer Craig and a healthier Ampim and Foley, none of them is projected to be first team all-Ivy next year.
5. The Lions finished the season losing to a down Penn team - at home - after Penn got crushed at Cornell the night before - on a night in which two of Penn's top three scorers (Bernardini hurt, and Gaines missing shots) combined for one point.
Of course starnger things have happened - Harvard beat Boston College - but a Lion title next year seems highly unlikely.
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