Unless you are not US-American or have been dug in a hole, you might have heard that Cornell did pretty well in this year's NCAA basketball tournament. I did not know much about this before this year, but basically a bunch of college kids from all over the nation play basketball against each other. The level of play is surprisingly high for college kids and surprisingly low for national television.
Anyways, Cornell made it to the Sweet 16 which is kind of a big deal and there was lots of excitement. On Friday the team came back home to Ithaca. The Big Red Welcome Party was set for 12noon in front of day hall. 12.05 someone shouted out the info that the bus is still in Cortland and it would take another 25 minutes. In the end the team did arrive (escorted by police, fire brigade and everyone else who has flashing lights on their roofs) 45 minutes late for their own welcome party. In the picture above you can identify the team by their light grey jackets (and them being generally pretty tall).
If you subscribe to the Cornell Chronicle's RSS feed you might have read the headline "500 welcome home Big Red men's basketball team after NCAA run". The 500 was later corrected to "hundreds" which is more appropriate for the small gathering of university staff who took the chance to extend their lunch break.
