Stanford Romps Cornell: Anatomy Of A Beatdown

Stanford 77, Cornell 53, needless to say, I didn't expect this. I join, uhh.... myself, in the legion of surprised NCAA Tournament prognosticators after Stanford's domination of the Cornell men's cagers yesterday. The boys from Ithaca were a little more Telemachus than Odysseus against the Cardinal, it was ugly out there.

Within the first three minutes of the game, it was obvious that the Big Red was slower, shorter and much less athletic than their adversaries from Palo Alto. The Cornellians knew they had to hit a lot of 3's to have a chance, and came out firing. Firing and missing. I think the Big Red was 1-9 from three land at one point.