# 1987–88 Cornell Big Red men's basketball team

The 1987–88 Cornell Big Red men's basketball team represented Cornell University during the 1987–88 college men's basketball season. This was coach Mike Dement's second season at Cornell. The team finished with a final record of 17–10 (11—3 Ivy League) and they won the Ivy League to receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Playing as the No. 16 seed in the West region, the Big Red were beaten by No. 1 seed and eventual Final Four participant Arizona, 90–50.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site city, state |
| Regular Season ||||||
| Nov 29, 1987* | | Castleton State | W 81–53 | 1–0 | Barton Hall Ithaca, New York |
| Dec 2, 1987* | | at Canisius | W 94–89 | 2–0 | Koessler Athletic Center Buffalo, New York |
| Dec 7, 1987* | | at No. 8 Syracuse | L 59–95 | 2–1 | Carrier Dome Syracuse, New York |
| Dec 12, 1987* | | St. Bonaventure | W 61–57 | 3–1 | Barton Hall Ithaca, New York |
| Dec 28, 1987* | | vs. Miami (OH) Music City Classic | W 77–71 | 4–1 | Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, Tennessee |
| Dec 29, 1987* | | at Vanderbilt Music City Classic | L 79–95 | 4–2 | Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, Tennessee |
| Jan 3, 1988* | | at NC State | L 72–95 | 4–3 | Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, North Carolina |
| Jan 5, 1988* | | Army | W 72–65 | 5–3 | Barton Hall Ithaca, New York |
| Jan 9, 1988* | | at Drexel | L 83–87 | 5–4 | Daskalakis Athletic Center Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Jan 11, 1988* | | at Bucknell | L 93–99 | 5–5 | Davis Gym Lewisburg, Pennsylvania |
| Jan 15, 1988 | | Dartmouth | L 83–97 | 5–6 (0–1) | Barton Hall Ithaca, New York |
| Jan 16, 1988 | | Harvard | W 75–50 | 6–6 (1–1) | Barton Hall Ithaca, New York |
| Jan 19, 1988* | | at Lafayette | L 43–84 | 6–7 | Kirby Sports Center Easton, Pennsylvania |
| Jan 23, 1988 | | Columbia | W 73–60 | 7–7 (2–1) | Barton Hall Ithaca, New York |
| Jan 25, 1988* | | Colgate | W 80–48 | 8–7 | Barton Hall Ithaca, New York |
| Jan 30, 1988 | | at Columbia | W 68–46 | 9–7 (3–1) | Levien Gymnasium New York, New York |
| Feb 5, 1988 | | Princeton | W 60–55 | 10–7 (4–1) | Barton Hall (2,500) Ithaca, New York |
| Feb 6, 1988 | | Pennsylvania | W 79–68 | 11–7 (5–1) | Barton Hall Ithaca, New York |
| Feb 12, 1988 | | at Brown | W 86–78 | 12–7 (6–1) | Marvel Gymnasium Providence, Rhode Island |
| Feb 13, 1988 | | at Yale | W 68–62 | 13–7 (7–1) | Payne Whitney Gymnasium (900) New Haven, Connecticut |
| Feb 19, 1988 | | at Harvard | W 71–63 | 14–7 (8–1) | Lavietes Pavilion Boston, Massachusetts |
| Feb 20, 1988 | | at Dartmouth | W 101–85 | 15–7 (9–1) | Leede Arena Hanover, New Hampshire |
| Feb 26, 1988 | | Yale | W 94–83 | 16–7 (10–1) | Barton Hall (4,000) Ithaca, New York |
| Feb 27, 1988 | | Brown | W 94–84 | 17–7 (11–1) | Barton Hall Ithaca, New York |
| Mar 4, 1988 | | at Pennsylvania | L 79–85 | 17–8 (11–2) | Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Mar 5, 1988 | | at Princeton | L 58–79 | 17–9 (11–3) | Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, New Jersey |
| 1988 NCAA tournament ||||||
| Mar 18, 1988* | (16 W) | vs. (1 W) No. 2 Arizona First Round | L 50–90 | 17–10 | Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, California |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. W=West. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||