Princeton punished

It’s a good thing Bill Tierney and the kids who buy into his program and mindset don’t care about polls, because they were punished badly in the USILA rankings for losing to Ivy rival Cornell. The same fickle tide of opinion that knocked them down four pegs on Monday, put them atop the poll after Virginia lost their only game of the season to a good Duke team. Virginia never left the top spot, in my opinion. Princeton has lost to Hofstra and Cornell but they’ve beaten Johns Hopkins, Syracuse and UMBC. Cornell lost 14-10 at Virginia and 15-10 at Syracuse. They had no wins against strong teams before they beat overrated No. 1 Princeton. Even with the Cornell win, I think Princeton deserves a top four position and Cornell would be around No. 6 on my poll. LaxPower has them No. 1. I can’t figure out why.

Don’t be down on Brown

No. 13 Brown closes its season with the toughest Ivy opponents, Princeton and Cornell. Brown may look like the 13th team in the nation because the Bears lost to No. 9 Hofstra and were upset by Penn, but if they win just one of the next two games they will be hard to ignore for a tournament bid.