Cornell Trendspotting
The numbers: 6-11 overall, 1-2 Ivy, 263rd RPI, 262nd Sagarin, 251st Pomeroy
The recent results: lost 58-57 vs. Columbia (1/21)
The upcoming schedule: at Columbia (1/28)
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Cornell’s Gant airlifted after injury in practice
The Ithaca Journal reports that Cornell guard Khaliq Gant sustained a neck injury in practice on Tuesday and was airlifted to Elmira for emergency treatment. Cornell sports information director Jeremy Hartigan said the sophomore “has sensation in all his extremities,” but that doctors “won’t know a whole lot more for 24 to 48 hours” due to swelling in his neck.
Penn Trendspotting
The numbers: 9-5 overall, 2-0 Ivy, 110th RPI, 67th Sagarin, 97th Pomeroy
The recent results: won 105-73 vs. Lafayette (1/16)
The upcoming schedule: vs. La Salle (1/25), vs. Saint Joseph’s (1/28)
Inside the Ivy
Game of the Week: Harvard at Yale
While Harvard-Yale lost a lot of its luster after Yale stumbled at Brown last weekend, this is still the premier Ivy League game in the month of January. Yale can repair some of the damage done by the Brown loss with a win over a Harvard team that appears to be the only other team with a shot at Penn in the league.
January 22 Power Rankings
There were only four games played since last week’s Power Rankings, but there were some surprises that shook up things this week. A pair of upsets on Saturday called into question the divide between the top four and bottom four we saw a week ago, including a devastating loss by a Yale team previously believed to be a contender.