2007–08 Cornell Big Red men's basketball team
2007–08 Cornell Big Red men's basketball | |
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Ivy League Champions | |
Conference | Ivy League |
2007–08 record | 22–6 (14–0 Ivy) |
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Assistant coaches |
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Home arena | Newman Arena |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cornell | 14 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 22 | – | 6 | .786 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Brown | 11 | – | 3 | .786 | 19 | – | 10 | .655 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Penn | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 13 | – | 18 | .419 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Columbia | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 14 | – | 15 | .483 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Yale | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 13 | – | 15 | .464 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dartmouth | 3 | – | 11 | .214 | 10 | – | 18 | .357 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Harvard | 3 | – | 11 | .214 | 8 | – | 22 | .267 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Princeton | 3 | – | 11 | .214 | 6 | – | 23 | .207 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rankings from AP Poll |
The 2007–08 Cornell Big Red men's basketball team represented Cornell University in the 2007–08 college basketball season. This was coach Steve Donahue's 8th season at Cornell. The Big Red compete in the Ivy League and played their home games at Newman Arena. They went 14–0 in Ivy League play to win the championship and received the league's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. They received a 14 seed in the South region. They were beaten by No. 3 seed Stanford in the first round[1] to finish their season at 22–6.
Roster[]
2007–08 Cornell Big Red men's basketball team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source[2]
Schedule and results[]
Source[3]
- All times are Eastern
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Non-Conference Regular Season | |||||||||||
Nov 10, 2007* |
Lehigh | W 87–83 | 1–0 |
Newman Arena Ithaca, New York | |||||||
Nov 17, 2007* |
at Ohio | L 89–102 | 1–1 |
Convocation Center Athens, Ohio | |||||||
Nov 20, 2007* |
Army | W 93–78 | 2–1 |
Newman Arena Ithaca, New York | |||||||
Nov 25, 2007* |
Siena | W 83–77 | 3–1 |
Newman Arena Ithaca, New York | |||||||
Nov 27, 2007* |
Binghamton | W 73–68 | 4–1 |
Newman Arena Ithaca, New York | |||||||
Dec 1, 2007* |
Colgate | L 73–76 | 4–2 |
Newman Arena Ithaca, New York | |||||||
Dec 19, 2007* |
at Bucknell | L 75–88 | 4–3 |
Sojka Pavilion Lewisburg, Pennsylvania | |||||||
Dec 22, 2007* |
at Syracuse | L 64–80 | 4–4 |
Carrier Dome Syracuse, New York | |||||||
Dec 29, 2007* |
at Stony Brook | W 66–50 | 5–4 |
Pritchard Gymnasium Stony Brook, New York | |||||||
Dec 31, 2007* |
at Quinnipiac | W 86–84 OT | 6–4 |
TD Bank Sports Center Hamden, Connecticut | |||||||
Jan 6, 2008* FSN |
at No. 9 Duke | L 67–81 | 6–5 |
Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314) Durham, North Carolina | |||||||
Jan 10, 2008* |
Alvernia | W 91–46 | 7–5 |
Newman Arena Ithaca, New York | |||||||
Jan 15, 2008* |
at NJIT | W 64–33 | 8–5 |
Prudential Center Newark, New Jersey | |||||||
Ivy League Regular Season | |||||||||||
Jan 19, 2008 |
Columbia | W 70–64 | 9–5 (1–0) |
Newman Arena Ithaca, New York | |||||||
Jan 26, 2008 |
at Columbia | W 72–54 | 10–5 (2–0) |
Levien Gymnasium New York, New York | |||||||
Feb 1, 2008 |
at Brown | W 75–64 | 11–5 (3–0) |
Pizzitola Sports Center Providence, Rhode Island | |||||||
Feb 2, 2008 |
at Yale | W 66–45 | 12–5 (4–0) |
Payne Whitney Gymnasium New Haven, Connecticut | |||||||
Feb 8, 2008 |
Princeton | W 72–61 | 13–5 (5–0) |
Newman Arena Ithaca, New York | |||||||
Feb 9, 2008 |
Pennsylvania | W 87–74 | 14–5 (6–0) |
Newman Arena Ithaca, New York | |||||||
Feb 15, 2008 |
at Harvard | W 72–71 | 15–5 (7–0) |
Lavietes Pavilion Cambridge, Massachusetts | |||||||
Feb 16, 2008 |
at Dartmouth | W 73–63 | 16–5 (8–0) |
Leede Arena Hanover, New Hampshire | |||||||
Feb 22, 2008 |
Yale | W 85–65 | 17–5 (9–0) |
Newman Arena Ithaca, New York | |||||||
Feb 23, 2008 |
Brown | W 74–65 | 18–5 (10–0) |
Newman Arena Ithaca, New York | |||||||
Feb 29, 2008 |
Dartmouth | W 75–59 | 19–5 (11–0) |
Newman Arena Ithaca, New York | |||||||
Mar 1, 2008 |
Harvard | W 86–53 | 20–5 (12–0) |
Newman Arena Ithaca, New York | |||||||
Mar 7, 2008 |
at Penn | W 94–92 | 21–5 (13–0) |
The Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |||||||
Mar 8, 2008 |
at Princeton | W 71–64 | 22–5 (14–0) |
Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, New Jersey | |||||||
NCAA Tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 20, 2008* |
(14 S) | vs. (3 S) No. 10 Stanford First Round |
L 53–77 | 22–6 |
Honda Center Anaheim, California | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. S=South.
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Awards and honors[]
- Louis Dale – Ivy League Player of the Year
References[]
- ^ "Stanford crushes Cornell to snap string of early round NCAA blunders". ESPN. Retrieved August 27, 2021.
- ^ "2007–08 Men's Basketball Roster". Cornell University Athletics. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
- ^ "2007–08 Men's Basketball Schedule". Cornell University Athletics. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
Categories:
- 2008 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament participants
- Cornell Big Red men's basketball seasons
- 2007–08 Ivy League men's basketball season
- 2007 in sports in New York (state)
- 2008 in sports in New York (state)