Cornell goin' Dancing?

Most likely. You can't predict injuries, and you can't predict which players are going to fade down the stretch. But if Cornell sidesteps the big land mines, it waltzes into March. With any luck, in Tampa, not Denver.

Steve Donahue's Big Red machine has the best shot of any Ivy of garnering a halfway-respectable Tournament seed, too. They're 73rd in the Pomeroy RPI right now, far ahead of the next-best Ivy (Brown, at 119). That No. 73 rank compares favorably to where Penn was in 2003, 2002 and 2000, when Penn got two 11s and a 13.

That will change depending on how many losses Cornell picks up from here out. One bad game on the road -- or worse, at home -- against a mediocre Ivy team can depress those hopes for a 13-seed in a hurry, as Penn has found out before.

The alternative is to go undefeated. What's more likely: Cornell goes 14-0, or Penn goes better than 7-7? Leave a comment.