Cornell Big Red men's basketball

Cornell Big Red
Cornell Big Red
	2017–18 Cornell Big Red men's basketball team
University	Cornell University
Head coach	Brian Earl (2nd season)
Conference	Ivy League
Location	Ithaca, New York
Arena	Newman Arena ; (Capacity: 4,472)
Nickname	Big Red
Colors	Carnelian Red and White[1];
Uniforms
Home	Away
NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen
	1954, 2010
NCAA Tournament second round
	2010
NCAA Tournament appearances
	1954, 1988, 2008, 2009, 2010
Conference regular season champions
	EIBL: 1913, 1914, 1924, 1954; Ivy: 1988, 2008, 2009, 2010

Bartels Hall, home of Newman Arena. Opened 1990.

The Cornell Big Red men's basketball team represents Cornell University (one of eight members 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. On March 14, 2016, Cornell did not renew the contract of head coach Bill Courtney, who was hired after the 2009–10 season.^[2] On April 18, 2016 Brian Earl was named the 22nd head coach in the program's history.^[3]

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.^[4] 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

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	Round	Opponent	Result
1954	Sweet Sixteen Regional Third Place Game	Navy North Carolina State	L 69–67 L 65–54
1988	First Round	#1 Arizona	L 90–50
2008	First Round	#3 Stanford	L 77–53
2009	First Round	Missouri	L 78–59
2010	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen	#5 Temple #4 Wisconsin #1 Kentucky	W 78–65 W 87–69 L 62–45

Notable players

Jon Jaques, professional basketball player, assistant basketball coach (Cornell University)
Lou Molinet, football player
Ed Peterson, basketball player
Dick Savitt, tennis player
Ryan Wittman, basketball player

References

↑ "The Brand Book – Cornell University". Brand.cornell.edu. Retrieved April 2, 2016.
↑ "Cornell fires coach Bill Courtney after 5 seasons". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2016-03-16.
↑ http://www.cornellbigred.com/news/2016/4/18/earl-named-22nd-mens-basketball-coach-at-cornell-university.aspx
↑ http://www.cornellbigred.com/sports/2007/7/31/MBKBHistory.aspx?path=mbball

External links

Official website

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[1] "The Brand Book – Cornell University". Brand.cornell.edu. Retrieved April 2, 2016.

[2] "Cornell fires coach Bill Courtney after 5 seasons". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2016-03-16.

[3] ttp://www.cornellbigred.com/news/2016/4/18/earl-named-22nd-mens-basketball-coach-at-cornell-university.aspx

[4] ttp://www.cornellbigred.com/sports/2007/7/31/MBKBHistory.aspx?path=mbball

Cornell Big Red men's basketball
Venues	Barton Hall (1919–1990) Newman Arena (1990–present)
Culture & lore	History Touchdown Give My Regards to Davy Pep Band
People	Head coaches Retired jerseys
Seasons	1898–99 1899–00 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18

Cornell University
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Athletics	Ivy League Football Men's basketball Women's basketball Baseball Men's ice hockey Women's ice hockey Men's squash Men's lacrosse Men's soccer Wrestling Barton Hall Lynah Rink Schoellkopf Field Hoy Field Newman Arena Charles F. Berman Field Robert Trent Jones Golf Course Give My Regards to Davy Harvard Hockey Rivalry Touchdown (mascot)
Campus	Buildings Central Campus West Campus North Campus Andrew Dickson White House Bailey Hall Barnes Hall Bradfield Hall Caldwell Hall Computing and Communications Center Comstock Hall Fernow Hall Morrill Hall Rice Hall Sage Chapel Sage Hall Willard Straight Hall Libraries Art Museum Theory Center Synchrotron Press Botanic Gardens Arboretum Ornithology Lab Dairy Bar Fuertes Observatory Hartung–Boothroyd Observatory Boyce Thompson Institute Cornell Tech
Cornelliana	History Cornell literary societies Slope Day Dragon Day Chimes Songs Far Above Cayuga's Waters Telluride House Aleph Samach Sphinx Head Quill and Dagger Irving Literary Society
People	Presidents Alumni Faculty Trustees
Publications	Daily Sun Cornell Chronicle Cornell Review Journal of Empirical Legal Studies International Law Journal Cornell Lunatic Kitsch Magazine International Affairs Review Cornell Policy Review Journal of Law and Public Policy Law Review Legal Information Institute Oyez Project HR Review Administrative Science Quarterly ILR Review Journal of Architecture Diacritics Epoch New German Critique arXiv
Student life	All Sports Competition Balch Hall Fraternities and sororities Glee Club Chorus Hotel Ezra Cornell Pep Band Marching Band Risley Theater WVBR Cornell Catholic Community

Ivy League men's basketball
Teams	Brown Bears Columbia Lions Cornell Big Red Dartmouth Big Green Harvard Crimson Penn Quakers Princeton Tigers Yale Bulldogs
Championships & awards	Conference tournament Player of the Year
Seasons	1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18