With the news that the Big Red Basketball team is going dancing in Boise (of all places, Boise!), PayScale -- the salary comparison website -- is running a promotional gimmick that squares off all 65 teams in the Tournament based on the average pay of their alums five to fifteen years in their careers. You can read the full methodology here, but the good news is that Cornell does a lot better than it did last year when we lost to Stanford in the first round; we lose to Duke in the finals: The thing to remember is that this doesn't attempt to control for the relative differences in the alumni bodies at the different schools. Something tells me that a lot of agriculture and architecture majors -- two programs that Duke doesn't have -- are bringing the Cornell average down. After we control for the fact that Duke isn't interested in the safety and sustainability of our various food sources, Cornell might very well edge outs its Tobacco Road competition. And if we can't beat Duke in the rat race, at least we can beat them on the lacrosse field -- Cornell lacrosse is set to square off against Duke this afternoon.
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