Cornell Big Red men's basketball

Cornell Big Red

2016–17 Cornell Big Red men's basketball team

University

Cornell University

Conference

Ivy

Location

Ithaca, NY

Head coach

Brian Earl (1st year)

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 appearances

1954, 1988, 2008, 2009, 2010

Conference regular season champions

EIBL: 1913, 1914, 1924, 1954
Ivy: 1988, 2008, 2009, 2010

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	Region	Place	Round	Result
1954	East	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Sweet Sixteen Regional Third Place Game	Loss, 69–67 to Navy Loss, 65–54 to North Carolina State
1988	West	Los Angeles, California	First	Loss, 90–50 to (1) Arizona
2008	South	Anaheim, California	First	Loss, 77–53 to (3) Stanford
2009	West	Boise, Idaho	First	Loss, 78–59 to (3) Missouri
2010	East	Jacksonville, Florida Syracuse, New York	First Second Sweet Sixteen	Win, 78–65 over (5) Temple Win, 87–69 over (4) Wisconsin Loss 62–45 to (1) Kentucky

References

↑ "The Brand Book – Cornell University". Brand.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2016-04-02.
↑ "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

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

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	No 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

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