# 2019–20 Cornell Big Red men's basketball team

The 2019–20 Cornell Big Red men's basketball team represented Cornell University in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Big Red, led by fourth-year head coach Brian Earl, played their home games at Newman Arena in Ithaca, New York as members of the Ivy League. They finished the season 7–20, 4–10 in Ivy League play to finish in seventh place. They failed to qualify for the Ivy League tournament, although the tournament was ultimately cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

## Previous season

The Big Red finished the 2018–19 season 15–16 overall, 7–7 in Ivy League play, to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place. Due to tiebreakers, they failed to qualify for the Ivy League tournament. They were invited to the CIT, where they were defeated by Robert Morris in the first round.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Opponent | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season |||||
| November 5, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | Binghamton | W 84–64 | 1–0 | Newman Arena (1,282) Ithaca, NY |
| November 10, 2019* 1:00 pm, NEC Front Row | at Bryant | L 81–82 | 1–1 | Chace Athletic Center (1,182) Smithfield, RI |
| November 13, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | NJIT | L 58–59 | 1–2 | Newman Arena (274) Ithaca, NY |
| November 16, 2019* 1:00 pm, FSN | at DePaul | L 54–75 | 1–3 | Wintrust Arena (3,837) Chicago, IL |
| November 20, 2019* 7:00 pm, ACCNX | at Syracuse | L 53–72 | 1–4 | Carrier Dome (21,123) Syracuse, NY |
| November 23, 2019* 7:00 pm | at Coppin State | L 66–68 $^{OT}$ | 1–5 | Physical Education Complex (762) Baltimore, MD |
| November 26, 2019* 7:00 pm, PLN | at Navy | L 61–72 | 1–6 | Alumni Hall (804) Annapolis, MD |
| December 1, 2019* 4:00 pm, ESPN+ | Towson | Cancelled | Cancelled | Newman Arena Ithaca, NY |
| December 7, 2019* 1:00 pm, ESPN+ | Lafayette | L 59–62 | 1–7 | Newman Arena (994) Ithaca, NY |
| December 11, 2019* 7:00 pm | at Colgate | L 58–66 | 1–8 | Cotterell Court (876) Hamilton, NY |
| December 22, 2019* 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Hartford | L 76–80 | 1–9 | Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (662) West Hartford, CT |
| December 29, 2019* 1:00 pm, ESPNU | at No. 20 Penn State | L 59–90 | 1–10 | Bryce Jordan Center (8,316) University Park, PA |
| January 7, 2020* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | Purchase College | W 100–68 | 2–10 | Newman Arena (335) Ithaca, NY |
| January 13, 2020* 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | Elmira | W 70–33 | 3–10 | Newman Arena (319) Ithaca, NY |
| Ivy League regular season |||||
| January 18, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Columbia | L 61–75 | 3–11 (0–1) | Levien Gymnasium (1,823) New York, NY |
| January 25, 2020 4:00 pm, ESPN+ | Columbia | W 62–50 | 4–11 (1–1) | Newman Arena (2,416) Ithaca, NY |
| January 31, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Brown | L 63–74 | 4–12 (1–2) | Pizzitola Sports Center (1,145) Providence, RI |
| February 1, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Yale | L 71–86 | 4–13 (1–3) | John J. Lee Amphitheater (1,506) New Haven, CT |
| February 8, 2020 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | Princeton | W 73–62 | 5–13 (2–3) | Newman Arena (2,644) Ithaca, NY |
| February 9, 2020 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | Penn | L 73–79 | 5–14 (2–4) | Newman Arena (889) Ithaca, NY |
| February 14, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Harvard | L 63–85 | 5–15 (2–5) | Lavietes Pavilion (1,262) Boston, MA |
| February 15, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Dartmouth | L 53–75 | 5–16 (2–6) | Leede Arena (525) Hanover, NH |
| February 21, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | Yale | L 80–81 $^{2OT}$ | 5–17 (2–7) | Newman Arena (631) Ithaca, NY |
| February 22, 2020 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | Brown | W 63–45 | 6–17 (3–7) | Newman Arena (628) Ithaca, NY |
| February 28, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | Dartmouth | L 70–82 | 6–18 (3–8) | Newman Arena (405) Ithaca, NY |
| February 29, 2020 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | Harvard | L 58–67 | 6–19 (3–9) | Newman Arena (639) Ithaca, NY |
| March 6, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Penn | L 64–78 | 6–20 (3–10) | The Palestra (2,965) Philadelphia, PA |
| March 7, 2020 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Princeton | W 85–82 | 7–20 (4–10) | Jadwin Gymnasium (2,553) Princeton, NJ |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern. |||||
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