2007–08 Cornell Big Red men's basketball team
American college basketball season
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 Division I men's 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
Players
Coaches
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on
Roster
Source[ 2]
Schedule and results
Source[ 3]
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 (3,742)Ithaca, New York
Nov 17, 2007 *
at Ohio
L 89–102
1–1
Convocation Center (4,570)Athens, Ohio
Nov 20, 2007 *
Army
W 93–78
2–1
Newman Arena (2,612)Ithaca, New York
Nov 25, 2007 *
Siena
W 83–77
3–1
Newman Arena (2,471)Ithaca, New York
Nov 27, 2007 *
Binghamton
W 73–68
4–1
Newman Arena (2,221)Ithaca, New York
Dec 1, 2007 *
Colgate
L 73–76
4–2
Newman Arena (2,368)Ithaca, New York
Dec 19, 2007 *
at Bucknell
L 75–88
4–3
Sojka Pavilion (2,984)Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
Dec 22, 2007 *
at Syracuse
L 64–80
4–4
Carrier Dome (19,253)Syracuse, New York
Dec 29, 2007 *
at Stony Brook
W 66–50
5–4
Pritchard Gymnasium (1,148)Stony Brook, New York
Dec 31, 2007 *
at Quinnipiac
W 86–84 OT
6–4
TD Bank Sports Center (1,687)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 (923)Ithaca, New York
Jan 15, 2008 *
at NJIT
W 64–33
8–5
Prudential Center (400)Newark, New Jersey
Ivy League Regular Season
Jan 19, 2008
Columbia
W 70–64
9–5 (1–0)
Newman Arena (3,109)Ithaca, New York
Jan 26, 2008
at Columbia
W 72–54
10–5 (2–0)
Levien Gymnasium (2,008)New York, New York
Feb 1, 2008
at Brown
W 75–64
11–5 (3–0)
Pizzitola Sports Center (1,812)Providence, Rhode Island
Feb 2, 2008
at Yale
W 66–45
12–5 (4–0)
Payne Whitney Gymnasium (2,156)New Haven, Connecticut
Feb 8, 2008
Princeton
W 72–61
13–5 (5–0)
Newman Arena (3,326)Ithaca, New York
Feb 9, 2008
Pennsylvania
W 87–74
14–5 (6–0)
Newman Arena (4,473)Ithaca, New York
Feb 15, 2008
at Harvard
W 72–71
15–5 (7–0)
Lavietes Pavilion (1,044)Cambridge, Massachusetts
Feb 16, 2008
at Dartmouth
W 73–63
16–5 (8–0)
Leede Arena (816)Hanover, New Hampshire
Feb 22, 2008
Yale
W 85–65
17–5 (9–0)
Newman Arena (3,589)Ithaca, New York
Feb 23, 2008
Brown
W 74–65
18–5 (10–0)
Newman Arena (4,254)Ithaca, New York
Feb 29, 2008
Dartmouth
W 75–59
19–5 (11–0)
Newman Arena (4,227)Ithaca, New York
Mar 1, 2008
Harvard
W 86–53
20–5 (12–0)
Newman Arena (4,473)Ithaca, New York
Mar 7, 2008
at Penn
W 94–92
21–5 (13–0)
The Palestra (4,865)Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mar 8, 2008
at Princeton
W 71–64
22–5 (14–0)
Jadwin Gymnasium (3,172)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 (17,600)Anaheim, California
*Non-conference game.
# Rankings from
AP Poll . (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
S=South.
[ 4]
Awards and honors
References