Bryan Leonard's NCAA Hoops Steamroller

533 Cornell at Massachusetts

The Minutemen are a young squad with just one senior and three juniors on the roster. They were very impatient in their opening season loss at Central Florida and we can see a repeat here. Only one player over 6'4" saw significant minutes against the Golden Knights and that could be a problem here against a veteran Cornell squad with a 7 footer in the middle.

The Big Red return all 5 starters from a very good team from a year ago. They just beat Alabama on the road for their first win over an SEC squad in 40 years. They will not be intimidated by the Mullins Center crowd tonight. As opposed to the Minutemen Cornell has just three underclassmen on the roster. Four players average 14 points or more so you can't focus on just one scorer defensively.
We'll gladly back the better team who has shown the ability to win on the road as opposed to a young team trying to find themselves.

PLAY CORNELL