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2007–08 Cornell Big Red men's basketball team

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2007–08 Cornell Big Red men's basketball
Ivy League Champions
NCAA tournament, first round
ConferenceIvy League
Record22–6 (14–0 Ivy)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Nat Graham
  • Woody Kampmann
  • Kevin App
Home arenaNewman Arena
Seasons
2007–08 Ivy League men's basketball standings
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


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

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2007–08 Cornell Big Red men's basketball team
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
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster

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Schedule and results

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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.

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Awards and honors

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References

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  1. ^ "Stanford crushes Cornell to snap string of early round NCAA blunders". ESPN. Retrieved August 27, 2021.[dead link]
  2. ^ "2007–08 Men's Basketball Roster". Cornell University Athletics. Retrieved August 27, 2021.
  3. ^ "2007–08 Men's Basketball Schedule". Cornell University Athletics. Retrieved August 27, 2021.
  4. ^ "2007-2008 Cornell Big Red Men's Basketball Stats" (PDF). Cornell Big Red.