The University of Cornell Big Red men's basketball team plays NCAA Basketball in the Ivy League Conference of the North Eastern United States. This is a specialist conference for higher education institutions and also includes Brown University, Columbia University, Dartmouth College, Harvard University, Princeton University, the University of Pennsylvania and Yale University. Cornell Big Reds home games are played at the Newman Arena, which is a 4,473-seat multi-purpose arena in Ithaca, New York. http://www.cornellbigred.com/sports/2007/7/30/NewmanArena.aspx?path=mbball Steve Donahue has been head coach of the team since September, 2000. Among the top players that attended the University of Cornell, include National Basketball Association players Gene Berce, Nat Militzok and Ed Peterson.

Cornell Big Reds 2009-2010 Season

The Cornell Big Reds secured a 27-4 record in the 2010 regular season. In the Ivy Conference, they finished 13-1 and in doing so won the conference. They finished two games ahead of Princeton University who had a conference record of 11-3. During the season, Ryan Wittman lead the team with 17.5 points per game. Jeff Foote lead the team on rebounds with an average of 8.2 points per game and contributing 12.3 points per game in total. Jeff Foote and Ryan Wittman have in addition also been named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches All-District first team. http://www.cornellbigred.com/news/2010/3/16/MBB_0316103852.aspx

The Cornell Big Reds qualified for the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament by virtue of being a regular season champion. http://cornellbasketball.blogspot.com/2010/03/rush-courtchecks-in-on-ivy-league.html The Cornell Big Reds were seeded 12th for the NCAA 2010 tournament. They meet Temple University Men's Basketball team who are seeded fifth in the first round. http://www.owlsports.com/news/2010/3/14/MBB_0314100522.aspx The two teams will play on Thursday, March 19, 2010, at 12:30 p.m. EST in the Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida. http://www.cornellbigred.com/news/2010/3/15/MBB_0315102454.aspx This is the first time that the two teams had ever met in any form of competition.

In the first round of the NCAA the Cornell Big Reds beat Temple University 78-65. The game was played at the Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida on Friday, March 19, 2010. Louis Dale lead the team with 21 points and was closely followed by Ryan Wittman on 20 points. The game was relatively low scoring but Temple have a reputation for being one of the meanest defences in the country.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/19/cornell-dominates-temple-_n_506284.html

In the second round of the NCAA the Cornell Big Reds beat Wisconsin Badgers 87-69. The game was played at the Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Florida on Sunday, March 21, 2010. Louis Dale lead the team with 26 points and was closely followed by Ryan Wittman on 24 points. In advancing past round 2 Cornell became the first Ivy League school to advance to the round of 16 in more than 30 years.http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=300800275

The Cornell Big Reds now (29-4) will move on to play number 1 seeds Kentucky (34-2) next after the Wildcats beat Wake Forest 90-60 on March 20. This match is on Thursday, March 25 and will be played in Syracuse, New York.

• 2010: Sweet Sixteen (so far)
• 2009: First round DatabaseSports.com: Cornell NCAA Tournament Results
• 2008: First round DatabaseSports.com: Cornell NCAA Tournament Results
• 1988: First round DatabaseSports.com: Cornell NCAA Tournament Results
• 1954: Sweet Sixteen DatabaseSports.com: Cornell NCAA Tournament Results

• Gene Berce DatabaseSports.com: NBA/ABA Players who attended Cornell University
• Nat Militzok DatabaseSports.com: NBA/ABA Players who attended Cornell University
• Ed Peterson DatabaseSports.com: NBA/ABA Players who attended Cornell University