2009–10 Cornell Big Red men's basketball team

2009–10 Cornell Big Red men's basketball

Ivy League Champions
NCAA Tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Ivy League
Ranking
Coaches	#17
2009–10 record	29–5 (13–1 Ivy)
Head coach	Steve Donahue
Assistant coach	Nat Graham
Assistant coach	Woody Kampmann
Assistant coach	Kevin App
Home arena	Newman Arena

	Conf				Overall
2009–10 Ivy League men's basketball standings
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Cornell	13	–	1	.929	29	–	5	.853
Princeton	11	–	3	.786	22	–	9	.710
Harvard	10	–	4	.714	21	–	9	.700
Yale	6	–	8	.429	12	–	19	.387
Columbia	5	–	9	.357	11	–	17	.393
Brown	5	–	9	.357	11	–	20	.355
Penn	5	–	9	.357	6	–	22	.214
Dartmouth	1	–	13	.071	5	–	23	.179

As of March 21, 2010; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2009–10 Cornell Big Red men's basketball team represented Cornell University in the 2009–10 college basketball season. This was coach Steve Donahue's tenth season at Cornell. The Big Red compete in the Ivy League and played their home games at Newman Arena. They went 13–1 in Ivy League play to win the championship for the third year in a row and received the league's automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. They earned a 12 seed in the East Region. They upset 5 seed and AP #12 Temple in the first round for the first tournament win in school history. They continued their success by upsetting 4 seed and AP #16 Wisconsin to advance to their first Sweet Sixteen where they lost to 1 seed and AP #2 Kentucky to finish their season at 29–5.

Roster

Source^[1]

#	Name	Height	Weight (lbs.)	Position	Class	Hometown	Previous Team(s)
1	Jeff Foote	7'0"	265	C	Sr.	Lockwood, NY, U.S.	Spencer-Van Etten HS St. Bonaventure
3	Chris Wroblewski	6'0"	180	G	So.	Highland Park, IL, U.S.	Highland Park, IL
4	Aaron Osgood	6'9"	230	F	Jr.	Overlake, WA, U.S.	The Hill School
5	Errick Peck	6'6"	215	F	Fr.	Indianapolis, IN, U.S.	Cathedral HS
11	Max Groebe	6'4"	200	G	Jr.	North Miami Beach, FL, U.S.	Dr. Michael M. Krop HS UMass
12	Louis Dale	5'11"	180	G	Sr.	Birmingham, AL, U.S.	Altamont School
13	Andre Wilkins	6'5"	198	G	Jr.	Toronto, ON, Canada	Emery HS Blinn
15	Geoff Reeves	6'4"	180	G	Sr.	Burlington, KS, U.S.	Burlington HS
20	Ryan Wittman	6'7"	215	F	Sr.	Eden Prairie, MN, U.S.	Eden Prairie HS
21	Peter McMillan	6'7"	220	F	Fr.	Brentwood, CA, U.S.	Northfield Mt. Hermon HS
22	Miles Asafo-Adjei	6'2"	170	G	Fr.	Antioch, TN, U.S.	The Ensworth School
23	Johnathan Gray	6'3"	175	G	Fr.	Tampa, FL, U.S.	Berkeley Prep
24	Adam Wire	6'5"	222	C	Jr.	Southern Pines, NC, U.S.	Pinecrest HS
25	Jon Jaques	6'7"	220	F	Sr.	Los Angeles, CA, U.S.	Harvard-Westlake School
33	Alex Tyler	6'7"	235	F/C	Sr.	Clear Spring, MD, U.S.	Mercersburg Academy
34	Josh Figini	6'9"	200	F	Fr.	Chisago Lakes, MN, U.S.	Chisago Lakes HS
40	Pete Reynolds	6'8"	220	F	Sr.	Blair, NE, U.S.	Blair HS
42	Mark Coury	6'9"	240	F/C	Sr.	West Bloomfield, MI, U.S.	Detroit Country Day School Kentucky
55	Eitan Chemerinski	6'8"	195	F	Fr.	Potomac, MD, U.S.	Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School
	Anthony Gatlin	6'8"	180	F	Fr.	Pearland, TX, U.S.	Pearland HS Centenary

Schedule and results

Source^[2]

All times are Eastern

Date	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance)
Regular Season
11/14/2009*	at Alabama	W 71–67	1–0	Coleman Coliseum (10,135)
11/18/2009*	at Massachusetts (Legends Classic)	W 74–61	2–0	Mullins Center (3,482)
11/20/2009*	Seton Hall	L 89–79	2–1	Newman Arena (4,473)
11/24/2009*	at #10 Syracuse	L 88–73	2–2	Carrier Dome (18,238)
11/27/2009*	vs. Toledo (Legends Classic)	W 78–60	3–2	Daskalakis Athletic Center (NA)
11/28/2009*	vs. Vermont (Legends Classic)	W 67–59	4–2	Daskalakis Athletic Center (NA)
11/29/2009*	at Drexel (Legends Classic)	W 61–54	5–2	Daskalakis Athletic Center (1,033)
12/2/2009*	at Bucknell	W 104–98 ^OT	6–2	Sojka Pavilion (2,105)
12/6/2009*	Saint Joseph's	W 78–66	7–2	Newman Arena (3,132)
12/20/2009*	vs. Davidson (Holiday Festival)	W 91–88 ^OT	8–2	Madison Square Garden (5,780)
12/21/2009*	at St. John's (Holiday Festival)	W 71–66	9–2	Madison Square Garden (5,210)
12/29/2009*	at La Salle	W 78–75	10–2	Tom Gola Arena (2,553)
12/31/2009*	Penn State Erie, The Behrend College	W 73–49	11–2	Newman Arena (2,218)
1/2/2010*	Bryant	W 75–49	12–2	Newman Arena (1,962)
1/6/2010*	at #1 Kansas	L 71–66	12–3	Allen Fieldhouse (16,300)
1/8/2010*	at South Dakota	W 71–65	13–3	Vermillion, SD (2,116)
1/11/2010*	Clarkson	W 82–37	14–3	Newman Arena (2,421)
1/16/2010	Columbia	W 77–67	15–3 (1–0)	Newman Arena (4,132)
1/23/2010	at Columbia	W 77–51	16–3 (2–0)	Levien Gymnasium (2,974)
1/29/2010	Dartmouth	W 71–37	17–3 (3–0)	Newman Arena (3,871)
1/30/2010	Harvard	W 86–50	18–3 (4–0)	Newman Arena (4,473)
2/5/2010	Yale	W 90–71	19–3 (5–0)	Newman Arena (4,255)
2/6/2010	Brown	W 74–60	20–3 (6–0)	Newman Arena (4,014)
2/12/2010	at Pennsylvania	L 79–64	20–4 (6–1)	Palestra (4,332)
2/13/2010	at Princeton	W 48–45	21–4 (7–1)	Jadwin Gymnasium (5,775)
2/19/2010	at Harvard	W 79–70	22–4 (8–1)	Lavietes Pavilion (2,195)
2/20/2010	at Dartmouth	W 88–70	23–4 (9–1)	Leede Arena (877)
2/26/2010	Princeton	W 50–47	24–4 (10–1)	Newman Arena (4,473)
2/27/2010	Pennsylvania	W 68–48	25–4 (11–1)	Newman Arena (4,473)
3/5/2010	at Brown	W 95–76	26–4 (12–1)	Pizzitola Sports Center (1,976)
3/6/2010	at Yale	W 79–59	27–4 (13–1)	Payne Whitney Gymnasium (2,381)
2010 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
3/19/2010*	vs. #12 Temple (First Round)	W 78–63	28–4	Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena (10,657)
3/21/2010*	vs. #16 Wisconsin (Second Round)	W 87–69	29–4	Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena (12,547)
3/25/2010*	vs. #2 Kentucky (Sweet Sixteen)	L 62–45	29–5	Carrier Dome (22,271)
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

References

↑ http://cornellbigred.com/roster.aspx?path=mbball&
↑ "2009-10 Schedule". Retrieved 2010-01-26.

Cornell Big Red men's basketball

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