Cornell Big Red Basketball

Holy crap! The Big Red are going dancing!
Even as an alumnus-​in-​law who went to one game while his girlfriend-​now-​wife went to Cornell (I was never in town when they played or else I would’ve been to more), I’m about as proud as can be of Big Red basketball.
I wish I could’ve been there to see Newman Arena go crazy, see the students rush the court, see an Ivy League championship come home to Ithaca. It’s hard to believe how different that would be than watching the game with 20 students years ago.
What a job The Robert E. Gallagher ’44 Head Coach of Men’s Basketball Steve Donahue has done in the seven seasons he has been there. Not only has he got guys good enough to win the Ivy, but this team has a pretty good shot at playing Cinderella in the first round. With seven guys over 6 – 7 and a seven footer on the roster, this isn’t your average Ivy League team. With that height and a backcourt that includes Ryan Wittman and Louis Dale, I’d be worried if I were some three or four seed in the first round.
And with only one senior that has played on the roster, the Big Red are set up for a nice little Ivy League run over the next few years even if some big school comes calling Donahue’s name.
Don’t let anyone say that Cornell is only a hockey school.