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
2007–08 Ivy League men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Cornell140 1.000226  .786
Brown113 .7861910  .655
Penn86 .5711318  .419
Columbia77 .5001415  .483
Yale77 .5001315  .464
Dartmouth311 .2141018  .357
Harvard311 .214822  .267
Princeton311 .214623  .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

2007–08 Cornell Big Red men's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightWeightYearHometown
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

    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

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