# 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 to finish their season at 22–6.

## Roster

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## Schedule and results

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* 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. ||||||

## Awards and honors

* Louis Dale – Ivy League Player of the Year