2007–08 Cornell Big Red men's basketball team

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.

2007–08 Cornell Big Red men's basketball
Ivy League Champions
NCAA tournament, first round
Conference	Ivy League
Record	22–6 (14–0 Ivy)
Head coach	Steve Donahue (8th season)
Assistant coaches	Nat Graham Woody Kampmann Kevin App
Home arena	Newman Arena
Seasons ← 2006–07 2008–09 →

2007–08 Ivy League men's basketball standings

v t e	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

Roster

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 Steve Donahue (Ursinus) Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on   Injured   Current redshirt Roster

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Schedule and results

Source^[3]

• All times are Eastern

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

• Louis Dale – Ivy League Player of the Year

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.