Better Late Than Never?

I’ve been a pretty neglectful Big Green blogger this week. Apologies to you our loyal followers — it’s easy to lose track of time during our Ivy travel weeks, when I’m out of the office by 2 on Thursday.

I’m sitting courtside in the historic Palestra with about 50 minutes to go before our tip against Penn. If by some chance you are reading this before the game, all the important links for tonight and tomorrow’s game are here.

Anyhow, some events transpired since I last wrote after the Cornell win. On Saturday we played poorly and took a disappointing loss to Columbia. There were some strong individual efforts, but too many defensive lapses cost us the opportunity to stay undefeated in Ivy play.

Taking an early Ivy loss is never ideal, but our team responded well in practice this week. There was a lot of individual film study — the coaches worked hard to break down game so the players could watch themselves and truly analyze what they need to improve upon. I think this is one of the most valuable tools.

We had a great shootaround today and are looking forward to the game. LOTS of snow is headed this way, so we’ll be feeling right at home when we look out the window at Princeton!
- Dara