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Saturday, December 17, 2005
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Cornell at BUCKNELL 1 p.m.: The loss to Villanova has festered for over a week. That ought to be plenty of motivation when the Bison try to shake off 11 days of final exam rust. When Bucknell beat Cornell last season, it was the first time in 11 years the Bison had won their first game back after finals. Admission will be free as part of Bucknell's Community Day. Last year that promotion brought close to a full house to Sojka for the Bison's league opener against Holy Cross. It will be interesting to see if the locals make up for the absence of the students again. Keep in mind, last year the freebie offer came on the heels of the Bison's wins over Saint Joseph's and Pittsburgh and was after the holidays. This year there's still plenty of buzz about BU, but the game is in prime shopping season.

Like Bucknell, Cornell is coming off of a break of close to two weeks for finals. The enigmatic Big Red snapped a three-game losing streak with a come-from-behind home win over Lehigh their last time out. Among its losses is a close, 67-62 setback at Syracuse that was followed by a 12-point loss at Penn State. Cornell is 2-1 against Patriot teams, with a home win over a Kendall Chones-less Colgate and a very bad road loss at Lafayette in a game where the Big Red scored only 43 points. NOTE: This is a 1 p.m. start. The Patriot League's site has the wrong time listed.
Bucknell notes | Cornell notes | Ithaca Journal preview | USA Today matchup |Bucknell Radio

New York Maritime at ARMY 1 p.m.: The Division 3 Privateers sail up the Hudson to pick up a check and an L, allowing Army fans what should be one of their still rare opportunities to celebrate after a game (see caveat in the Colgate preview).
Army notes (pdf) | NY Maritime Web site | USA Today matchup | Gametracker

Hobart at COLGATE 1:30 p.m.: Another wrong start time on the league site -- this one does start at 1:30. Hobart is the basic D-3 fodder to get back in game form after finals for Colgate. Should be a bought win, though Navy showed the danger of not coming to play against a D-3 when they lost to Gettysburg last season. Hobart is a 2-4 team from a school so politically correct they call freshmen "first years." Want to know more about the Statesmen? Here's their Web site, knock yourself out.
Colgate notes (pdf) | Hobart Web site | USA Today matchup | Live Stats | 'Gate radio
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