# 2024–25 Cornell Big Red men's basketball team

The 2024–25 Cornell Big Red men's basketball team represents Cornell University in the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Big Red, led by first-year head coach Jon Jaques, play their home games at Newman Arena in Ithaca, New York, as members of the Ivy League.

## Previous season

The Big Red finished the 2022–23 season 22–8, 11–3 in Ivy League play to finish in third place. They were defeated by Yale in the semifinals of the Ivy League tournament. They received a bid to the National Invintational Tournament, were they lost to Ohio State in the first round.
On March 23, 2024, Big Red head coach Brian Earl left the school to become the head coach at William & Mary. On April 6, the school named Jon Jaques the team's next head coach.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| November 4, 2024* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Marywood | W 93–52 | 1–0 | Newman Arena (555) Ithaca, NY |
| November 8, 2024* 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Samford | W 88–86 | 2–0 | Newman Arena (964) Ithaca, NY |
| November 12, 2024* 6:30 pm, ESPN+ | | at La Salle | L 77–93 | 2–1 | John Glaser Arena Philadelphia, PA |
| November 16, 2024* 12:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Lafayette | W 81–71 | 3–1 | Newman Arena Ithaca, NY |
| November 21, 2024* 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Robert Morris | L 76–86 | 3–2 | Newman Arena Ithaca, NY |
| November 25, 2024* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Iona | W 84–68 | 4–2 | Hynes Athletics Center (2,000) New Rochelle, NY |
| November 27, 2024* 7:00 pm, ACCNX/ESPN+ | | at Syracuse | L 72–82 | 4–3 | JMA Wireless Dome (14,318) Syracuse, NY |
| December 4, 2024* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Colgate | W 84–57 | 5–3 | Cotterell Court (907) Hamilton, NY |
| December 8, 2024* 1:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Army | W 103–84 | 6–3 | Christl Arena (300) West Point, NY |
| December 10, 2024* 10:00 pm, ACCNX/ESPN+ | | at California | W 88–80 | 7–3 | Haas Pavilion (3,035) Berkley, CA |
| December 22, 2024* 12:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Illinois State | L 77–80 | 7–4 | Newman Arena (568) Ithaca, NY |
| December 30, 2024* 4:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Siena | L 77–83 | 7–5 | Newman Arena (1,257) Ithaca, NY |
| January 5, 2025* 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Penn State Schuylkill | W 123–71 | 8–5 | Newman Arena (726) Ithaca, NY |
| Ivy League regular season ||||||
| January 11, 2025 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Columbia | W 94–83 | 9–5 (1–0) | Levien Gymnasium (1,786) New York, NY |
| January 18, 2025 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Penn | W 86–76 | 10–5 (2–0) | The Palestra (2,339) Philadelphia, PA |
| January 20, 2024 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Brown | L 82–83 | 10–6 (2–1) | Newman Arena Ithaca, NY |
| January 25, 2025 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Princeton | W 85–76 | 11–6 (3–1) | Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, NJ |
| January 31, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Dartmouth | W 76–64 | 12–6 (4–1) | Newman Arena Ithaca, NY |
| February 1, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Harvard | W 75–60 | 13–6 (5–1) | Newman Arena (1,249) Ithaca, NY |
| February 8, 2025 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Yale | L 88–103 | 13–7 (5–2) | Newman Arena (2,644) Ithaca, NY |
| February 14, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Harvard | L 73–75 | 13–8 (5–3) | Lavietes Pavilion (1,389) Cambridge, MA |
| February 15, 2025 5:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Dartmouth | L 49–88 | 13–9 (5–4) | Leede Arena (1,018) Hanover, NH |
| February 21, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Yale | L 88–92 | 13–10 (5–5) | John J. Lee Amphitheater (2,098) New Haven, CT |
| February 22, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Brown | W 85–81 | 14–10 (6–5) | Pizzitola Sports Center (1,328) Providence, RI |
| February 28, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Penn | W 90–62 | 15–10 (7–5) | Newman Arena (1,666) Ithaca, NY |
| March 2, 2025 2:00 pm, ESPNU | | Princeton | W 102–70 | 16–10 (8–5) | Newman Arena (2,449) Ithaca, NY |
| March 8, 2025 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Columbia | W 100–81 | 17–10 (9–5) | Newman Arena (1,644) Ithaca, NY |
| Ivy League Tournament ||||||
| March 15, 2025 2:00 pm, ESPNews | (2) | vs. (3) Dartmouth Semifinals | W 87–71 | 18–10 | Pizzitola Sports Center (1,684) Providence, RI |
| March 16, 2025 12:00 pm, ESPN2 | (2) | vs. (1) Yale Championship | L 84–90 | 18–11 | Pizzitola Sports Center (1,739) Providence, RI |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern. ||||||
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