Cornell draws 14 seed and Stanford

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Okay, I was wrong. Cornell -- with an RPI of 65 -- got a 14-seed, not a 13 like I thought, outdone by Winthrop (with an RPI  of 109), Siena (67), Oral Roberts (53) and San Diego (94). In retrospect, a relatively poor strength of schedule outside the Ivies (186th in the country) probably hurt. Still, for the second season in a row the seeding of the Ivy representative leaves a sour taste in your mouth.

Cornell will have to deal with third-seeded Stanford, which is playing just around six hours by car from campus. They've been playing well lately, too, but so have the Big Red.

P.S.: It's okay to root for Cornell here, even if you're a Quaker at heart, so no angry comments please.