Cornell Big Red men's basketball

Cornell Big Red
Cornell Big Red
	2023–24 Cornell Big Red men's basketball team
University	Cornell University
Head coach	Jon Jaques (1st season)
Conference	Ivy League
Location	Ithaca, New York
Arena	Newman Arena ; (Capacity: 4,472)
Nickname	Big Red
Colors	Carnelian red and white;
Uniforms
Home	Away ;
NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen
	1954, 2010
NCAA tournament round of 32
	2010
NCAA tournament appearances
	1954, 1988, 2008, 2009, 2010
Conference regular season champions
	EIBL: 1913, 1914, 1924, 1954; Ivy: 1988, 2008, 2009, 2010

Last updated April 06, 2024

Bartels Hall, home of Newman Arena. Opened 1990.

Coach Brian Earl

2022-23 players

The Cornell Big Red men's basketball team represents Cornell University (one of eight members of the Ivy League), located in Ithaca, New York, in NCAA Division I men's competition. The Big Red's appearance in the 2008 NCAA Tournament was their first trip to "The Big Dance" since 1988, ending a 20 year absence from the tournament. The team has reached the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament five times, in 1954, 1988, 2008, 2009, and 2010. Cornell’s best finish in the NCAA tournament occurred in 1954 and 2010 when they advanced to the Sweet 16. Jon Jaques is the current head coach.^[2]

History

Cornell played its first basketball game on December 13, 1898, a 48–12 victory over the Waverly YMCA. The team would finish the short season with a record of 1–3. The program did not record a winning season until 1908–1909 when the team went 13–10. Beginning with the 1901–1902 season and ending with the 1954–1955 season Cornell competed in the Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League which at various points in its history consisted of between four and eight schools, all of whom would eventually join the Ivy League upon its creation in 1954. Cornell won the EIBL title four times, including 1954 in a one-game playoff over Princeton which would earn the Big Red their first trip to the NCAA tournament.^[3] The 1955–56 season was the first year of competition under the new Ivy League organization. Cornell has since won the Ivy League title four times, most recently in 2010. That year marked the first time Cornell would win a game in the NCAA tournament.

Cornell moved into their current home, Newman Arena in Bartels Hall in January 1990. From February 16, 1919 home games had been played in Barton Hall, originally referred to simply as the "New Armory". Earlier games had been played in the previous armory which was located on what is now the engineering quad.

All-time postseason results

NCAA tournament results

The 2010 tournament was the Big Red's fifth appearance in the NCAA Tournament. Their combined record is 2–6.

In 2010, the men's basketball team defeated fifth-seeded Temple followed by fourth-seeded Wisconsin to advance to the Sweet Sixteen, becoming the first Ivy League team to advance that far since Penn's Final Four appearance in 1979. The win over Temple marked the first time Cornell ever won a game in the NCAA tournament.

Year	Seed	Round	Opponent	Result
1954	n/a	Sweet Sixteen Regional third-place game	Navy NC State	L 69–67 L 65–54
1988	#16	First round	#1 Arizona	L 90–50
2008	#14	First round	#3 Stanford	L 77–53
2009	#14	First round	#3 Missouri	L 78–59
2010	#12	First round Second round Sweet Sixteen	#5 Temple #4 Wisconsin #1 Kentucky	W 78–65 W 87–69 L 62–45

National Invitation Tournament (NIT) results

Cornell has been selected to participate in one National Invitation Tournament. Their record is 0-1.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
2024	First round	Ohio State	L 88–83

CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT) results

Cornell has been selected to participate in one CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament. Their record is 0–1.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
2019	First round	Robert Morris	L 98–89^(OT)

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References

↑ "Colors". Cornell University Brand Center. Retrieved July 17, 2019.
↑ "Jon Jaques '10 Named 23rd Men's Basketball Coach At Cornell University" (Press release). Cornell Big Red. April 5, 2024. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
↑ "Cornell Men's Basketball History".

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[1] "Colors". Cornell University Brand Center. Retrieved July 17, 2019.

[2] "Jon Jaques '10 Named 23rd Men's Basketball Coach At Cornell University" (Press release). Cornell Big Red. April 5, 2024. Retrieved April 5, 2024.

[3] "Cornell Men's Basketball History".

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