It's not often that people care about Cornell sports teams in anything other than hockey (which itself isn't that big outside the northeast in the first place), Ivy League schools not exactly known for their athletic prowess. Cornell the university doesn't get much media exposure either, people go flocking to Harvard for quotes and expert opinions. So it's been a little strange seeing a different article on the basketball team on the NY Times every day this week. A former starter for Kentucky now on the Cornell bench (here). The "old, ramshackle" house that a bunch of the guys on the team live in (here) (and I know exactly how ramshackle houses in Ithaca get). A reporter signed off "From Ithaca, New York ...", words I honestly don't think I've ever heard spoken in that context before (here). It's also on ESPN, Business Week, Washington Post, numerous blogs, countless local newspapers ... and I'm not talking about recycled AP or Reuters articles either.
Needless to say, I'm covered head to toe in multiple layers of Cornell gear (yes, I am wearing three pairs of pants). Hope they win tonight's game, but either way they've come very far and have already won everyone's respect.