SUPER BOWL 2012

• Dennis P. Doyle, a former Cornell assistant basketball coach and a former assistant coach at St. Joseph High School in Westchester, Illinois passed away. Notably, Doyle played a role in the 1994 critically acclaimed documentary film "Hoop Dreams" and coached Hall of Fame player, Isaiah Thomas at St. Joseph. Doyle was an assistant at Cornell from the 1980-1981 season through 1982-1983 season under Tom Miller.
  

• Cody Toppert ('05) bottom row, third from left, sat down for his team photo with his new club, Ourense of Spain. Ourense, a second division Spanish team a year ago, was demoted to the third division, LEB Silver for the 2011-2012 season.
  

• On Cornell's 2011-2012 schedule, the Dagger blog of YahooSports previews the Big 10 and a pair of Cornell opponents, Illinois and Penn State. Additionally, several websites have already started with daily countdowns of preseason national rankings. Below are the Cornell opponents ranked thus far:
  

The Sports Bank- Top 111
-Penn State (No. 109)
-Yale (No. 84)
-Maryland (No. 78)

CollegeSportsMadness.com- Top 144
-Lehigh (No. 134)
-Boston U. (No. 118)
-Maryland (No. 108)
-Bucknell (No. 91)
-Princeton (No. 89)
-Illinois (No. 63)

TheHoopsReport.com- Top 68
-Princeton (No. 59)
-Maryland (No. 58)
-Harvard (No. 41)
-Illinois (No. 35)