2007–08 Cornell Big Red men's basketball team

2007–08 Ivy League men's basketball standings
	Rankings from AP Poll

2007–08 Cornell Big Red men's basketball
2007–08 Cornell Big Red men's basketball
Ivy League Champions
NCAA Tournament
Conference	Ivy League
2007–08 record	22–6 (14–0 Ivy)
Head coach	Steve Donahue (8th season);
Assistant coaches	Nat Graham; Woody Kampmann; Kevin App;
Home arena	Newman Arena
	Seasons ← 2008–09 →

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[]

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
C	1	Jeff Foote	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	265 lb (120 kg)	Jr	Lockwood, New York
G	12	Louis Dale	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	So	Birmingham, Alabama
F	20	Ryan Wittman	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	So	Eden Prairie, Minnesota
G	23	Adam Gore	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Jr	Monrovia, Indiana
F	25	Jon Jaques	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	So	Los Angeles, California

Head coach

Steve Donahue (Ursinus)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Source^[2]

Schedule and results[]

Source^[3]

All times are Eastern

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
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.

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.

[1] "Stanford crushes Cornell to snap string of early round NCAA blunders". ESPN. Retrieved August 27, 2021.

[roster-2] "2007–08 Men's Basketball Roster". Cornell University Athletics. Retrieved 2021-08-27.

[schedule-3] "2007–08 Men's Basketball Schedule". Cornell University Athletics. Retrieved 2021-08-27.

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v t Cornell Big Red men's basketball
Venues	Barton Hall (1919–1990) Newman Arena (1990–present)
Culture & lore	Touchdown Give My Regards to Davy Pep Band
People	Retired jerseys Statistical leaders
	1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1980–81 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22

2007–08 Ivy League men's basketball standings
v t	Conf				Overall
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