Cornell's Gore tearing it up

The definition of schadenfreude is "satisfaction or pleasure felt at someone else's misfortune," and right now Penn basketball fans might be feeling it.

Courtesy of the Ithaca Journal, Cornell senior guard Adam Gore torn his left ACL, in workouts. He'll be out to at least mid-January, if not later. He had previously torn his right ACL at the end of the Big Red's 2006 season-opening win on Nov. 11, causing him to miss the remaining 27 games of his sophomore year.

Gore had won Ivy League Rookie of the Year award in 2005-06, and last year, he was an important contributor, averaging 10.1 points per game in 27.3 minutes, while shooting 42 percent from behind the 3-point arc and a league-best 93 percent from the foul line. He also scored a season-high 19 against the Quakers at the Palestra in March.

Of course, Cornell returns one of the deeper tea ms in the league, and probably still will be favored to defend its Ivy title.

But Penn fans might be feeling a little extra happy today, even if they're ashamed to admit it.

UPDATE: According to the Cornell Basketball Blog, there's a solid chance that Gore might return for a fifth year in the 2009-10 season, as he already received an extra year of eligibility after his first torn ACL. The blog also says his injury "is likely to cause him to miss the entire 2008-2009 season." So looks like the initial prognosis was on the optimistic side.