Brian Earl’s departure from Cornell leaves the men’s basketball program in uncertainty

Brian Earl moved on from Cornell after going 96-103 (46-52 Ivy) in eight years as coach of the Big Red. (Cornell Athletics)

Brian Earl is no longer the coach of Cornell men’s basketball.

Just days after guiding the Big Red to their first NIT bid, Earl resigned to take the head coaching job at William & Mary. It seemingly came out of left field after Cornell finished 22-8 in its third consecutive winning season under him. After all, Earl’s never coached or played outside the Ivy League.

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LISTEN – Brian Earl leaves Cornell men’s basketball to coach William & Mary

Ivy Hoops Online contributor George “Toothless Tiger” Clark reports on Brian Earl departing Cornell men’s basketball after eight years as the program’s head coach to take the same job at William & Mary and reflects on what Earl has meant to Cornell, Princeton (as a former player and assistant coach) and the Ivy League:

Columbia women’s senior guard Riley Casey to join William & Mary as graduate transfer

Riley Casey is headed to William & Mary to play as a graduate transfer there after three seasons at Columbia, where she established herself as one of the Ivy League’s most potent sharpshooters. (Columbia Athletics)

Kate Sramac is not the only standout Ivy senior guard headed for William & Mary.

Columbia’s Riley Casey has also committed to William & Mary as a graduate transfer, where she will join Cornell’s Sramac.

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Cornell women’s senior guard Kate Sramac commits to William & Mary

Kate Sramac will transfer to William & Mary after a three-season career at Cornell during which she established herself as one of the Ivy League’s most effective guards. (Cornell Athletics)

Cornell senior guard Kate Sramac has committed to William & Mary for her upcoming graduate year.

Sramac told Ivy Hoops Online she is headed for Williamsburg to finish her collegiate career after leading the Big Red in assists, steals and three-point shooting percentage as a junior in 2019-20.

“I chose William and Mary because the combination of great basketball, a beautiful campus, and a graduate program that I am really excited about and fit me well,” said Sramac, who will be pursuing a Master of Business Administration degree.

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