Men's Hoops Announces Loaded 2014-15 Schedule

 

Men's Hoops Announces Loaded 2014-15 Schedule

Cornell Athletics

ITHACA, N.Y. – A trip to the Gildan Charleston Classic and three games against 2014 NCAA tournament teams highlight the Cornell men's basketball team's 30-game schedule for the upcoming season. Cornell will play 10 games against teams coming off 20-win seasons and 11 against teams who competed in postseason last year (three vs. NCAA teams, five vs. CIT teams, four vs. CBI teams).

The program's 117th season of basketball begins on the road when the Big Red visits George Mason on Friday, Nov. 14 at 7 p.m. as part of a two-game weekend road set. It will be the first-ever meeting between the teams and will feature a return home for head coach Bill Courtney, who served as an assistant coach for the Patriots for eight seasons (1997-2005). Cornell also will visit Loyola (MD) on Sunday, Nov. 16 in Baltimore, Md. The two teams played an exciting overtime contest a year ago in Ithaca with the Greyhounds topping the Big Red 93-89 despite a career-high 32 points by Robert Hatter. The two teams have split the two contests between them all-time.

Two days later, Cornell will play its home opener against Central New York rival Colgate to begin a 14-game slate in front of Newman Nation. The Big Red leads the all-time series 71-54 despite the Raiders' 81-58 victory a year ago. The 125 matchups between the teams is the most for the Big Red against any non-Ivy League opponent.

The Big Red will play three games in the ESPN-sponsored Gildan Charleston Classic. The three-game, four-day event begins with a matchup against South Carolina of the SEC on Thursday, Nov. 20 at 7:30 p.m. The Gamecocks went 14-20 a season ago and finished strong with a 4-2 record in its final six games, including wins over Kentucky and Arkansas. Third-year head coach Frank Martin (28-38) returns four starters, including double figure scorer Sindarius Thornwell (13.4 ppg., 4.1 rpg., 3.0 apg.) in the backcourt.

Cornell will meet either Penn State or Charlotte (depending on result) in the second round on Friday, Nov. 21 - the winners will play at 7 p.m., with the consolation game at 9 p.m. The tournament also includes Akron, Drexel, Miami (FL) and Southern California. The final four contests will be played on Sunday, Nov. 23. (see complete story)

With eight games in the season's first 20 days, there is little rest after the Charleston Classic. Cornell returns to the hardwood for a three-game home set featuring games against Canisius (Nov. 26), Binghamton (Nov. 30) and UMass Lowell (Dec. 6). Cornell and the Golden Griffs, a 21-game winner from a season ago, will be meeting from the first time since 2001, while the Big Red will tangle with the River Hawks for the first time in program history. The contest will be one of three scheduled with first-time opponents (Alfred State and Howard are the others). Additionally, Cornell could also have initial matchups with Akron or Charlotte at the Charleston Classic.  On the flip side, the Big Red will meet Binghamton for the fifth straight season and the seventh time in the last nine years.

After a 15-day break for final exams, Cornell will hit the road to meet Radford on Sunday, Dec. 21 and Siena on Tuesday, Dec. 23. A late putback handed the Saints a 71-70 triumph at Newman Arena to extend Siena's advantage in the all-time series to 3-1. Both teams played in the College Basketball Invitational a year ago, with Radford advancing to the semifinals and Siena going on to win the title.

The Big Red will resume its series with Central New York rival Syracuse on New Year's Eve at the Carrier Dome. (see complete story)

Cornell closes its non-conference season with three of its final five games at home with contests against St. Peter's (Dec. 28), Howard (Jan. 8) and Alfred State (Jan. 10) and a road game against Buffalo (Jan. 3) and another against an opponent to be announced at a future date. The Bulls and head coach Bobby Hurley went 19-10 a year ago and won the Mid-American Conference's East division (13-5).

As difficult as the non-conference challenges may be, the Ivy League schedule is even rougher.

The Big Red will open with its home-and-home series against Columbia, who went 21-13 a year ago and went to the quarterfinals of the CIT. Cornell opens the Ivy League home schedule against the Lions to begin conference play on Saturday, Jan. 17. Two weeks later, the Big Red will host the team that beat the Lions in the CIT, tournament runner-up and 19-game winning Yale. Brown won 15 contests and finished .500 in league play and is expected to be a challenger atop the league in 2014-15.

With five of the team's first six conference games at home, the Big Red will have an opportunity to get off to a great start. Penn and 21-game winner Princeton, who advanced to the quarterfinals of the CBI, will visit Newman Arena on Feb. 6-7. Cornell closes out its home schedule with contests against three-time defending Ivy champion Harvard on Feb. 27, then will celebrate seniors Devin Cherry, Deion Giddens, Dave LaMore, Shonn Miller and Ned Tomic the following night when it meets Dartmouth. 

Cornell to Face the Gamecocks in Charleston, South Carolina

The Charleston Classic and ESPN have announced the bracket for this November's Charleston Classic.  Cornell is guaranteed three games to be broadcast live on the ESPN platform and will open the event against the University of South Carolina on November 20.

News and Notes: Monday Edition

Below, news and notes for Monday...

• The Cornell Basketball Blog previously published the Big Red's 2014-2015 opponents.  This week, Jon Rothstein of CBS noted that George Mason will host Cornell in the Patriots' season opener on November 14, 2014.  The University of Buffalo also published the news of its January 15, 2015 game against Cornell.  See the Buffalo News and Bull Run.  Bull Run writes, "Cornell hasn't been able to capture the magic of their NCAA tournament a few years ago and was one of the worst teams in Division One last year, finishing at 2-26. Should be a nice tune up for the whole bench before MAC play starts."

• Cornell's Division III opponent, Alfred State, was 2-22 last season at the Division III level.

• When were the eight Ivy League coaches hired in relation to the 350 Division I programs?  Here is a look, courtesy of the Post Standard.

21. Apr 27, 1999-James Jones, Yale
93. Apr 13, 2007- Tommy Amaker, Harvard
134. Dec. 14, 2009- Jerome Allen, Penn
T-159. Apr 22, 2010 Paul Cormier, Dartmouth
161. Apr 23, 2010- Bill Courtney, Cornell
166. May 2, 2010- Kyle Smith, Columbia
200. Apr 20, 2011 Mitch Henderson, Princeton
257. Jun 1, 2012-Mike Martin, Brown

• Celebrity DJ and former Cornell basketball player, Rich Medina (Cornell '92) was profiled in the San Francisco Examiner. 

• Johnathan Gray ('13) tweeted about his excitement of playing for the Virgin Islands National Team again this summer.

• A former Lafayette player passed away and he is remembered for a "monster dunk" he had in Barton Hall against Cornell.  See the Easton Times.

• Keith Olbermann says Cornell's Sweet Sixteen performance in 2010 was more impressive than the U.S. Soccer performance in the World Cup.

Glimpse at Cornell's 2014-2015 Opponents...

Cornell's 2014-2015 Schedule will be highlighted by Cornell's participation in ESPN's Charleston Classic.  Visit the Cornell team page at the Charleston Classic for more information.   In this ESPN-produced event, Cornell is guaranteed three (3) games against the field of eight (8) participants and all games are broadcast on the ESPN family network.  Potential opponents in Charleston include: Miami, South Carolina, USC, Penn State and Akron with two additional participants to be named at a later date.  The two unconfirmed additional participants are Charlotte and Drexel.  Cornell's thirty (30) games for the 2014-2015 schedule is rumored to include the following:

1. Loyola, MD (away)
2. UMass-Lowell (home)
3. Binghamton (home)
4. Colgate (home)
5. Siena (away)
6. St. Peter's (home)
7. Howard (home)
8. Radford (away)
9. Canisius (home)
10. Buffalo (away) (Guarantee Game)
11. George Mason (away) (Guarantee Game)
12. Syracuse (away) (Guarantee Game)
13. Alfred State
14. Charleston Classic Game (U.Miami, South Carolina, USC, Penn State, Akron, Charlotte, Drexel)
15. Charleston Classic Game
16. Charleston Classic Game
17-30. Fourteen Ivy League Games

News and Notes: Monday Edition

Below, news and notes...

• Cornell's 2014-2015 roster of returning players is now available on the team's official website

• Cornell Basketball appears in Spirit Magazine.

• Sporting News quotes Jeff Foote (Cornell '10) on the NBA D-League and writes:

Jeff Foote, a veteran of European powerhouses Maccabi Tel-Aviv and Zalgiris, who also had a stint with New Orleans in the NBA, and spent the year with the Springfield Armor, said that pay is the one big difference between overseas and the D-League.  "If they were to increase the salaries here, this would be easily the second-best league in the world," Foote said. "I think that is kind of what kills it, unfortunately. I get the business aspect of it, I understand, it is tough to raise the revenues to pay the players. But I think that is where the competition loses out. It is tough to raise a family on a D-League salary. In Europe, everything that is covered here in the D-League is covered there, too, plus you make six times, seven times more money."

• See also the Bleacher Report for a Foote mentiom.

• Texas Tech announced the signing of Jonathan Gray's (Cornell '13) younger brother.

• The Ft. Wayne Journal Gazette gives mention to Errick Peck (Cornell '13)

• Check out the now updated profiles, including senior year honors and accolades, of Cornell's five incoming recruits for next season.  The class consists of Riley Glassmann (Fremd HS) Palatine, IL, 6-5, G, William "Will" Bathurst (Olean HS) Olean, NY, 6-3, G, Jordan Abdur-Ra'oof (Gonzaga HS) Washington, D.C., 6-7, F, Pat Smith (Archbishop Wood HS) Warminster, PA, 6-5, F, and Kyle Brown, (Newport HS) Bellevue, Washington, 6-3, G.  The Olean Times Herald notes that Wil Bathurst was "the Big 30 Player of the Year, [and] was a first-team [All Western New York] selection for the second year in a row."

• Cornell's 2014-2015 Schedule will be highlighted by Cornell's participation in ESPN's Charleston Classic.  Visit the Cornell team page at the Charleston Classic for more information.   In this ESPN-produced event, Cornell is guaranteed three (3) games against the field of eight (8) participants and all games are broadcast on the ESPN family network.  Potential opponents in Charleston include: Miami, South Carolina, USC, Penn State and Akron with two additional participants to be named at a later date.  The two unconfirmed additional participants are Charlotte and Drexel.  Cornell's thirty (30) games for the 2014-2015 schedule is rumored to include the following:

1. Loyola, MD (away)

2. UMass-Lowell (home)

3. Binghamton (away)

4. Colgate (home)

5. Siena (away)

6. St. Peter's (home)

7. Howard (home)

8. Radford (away)

9. Canisius (home)

10. Buffalo (away) (Guarantee Game)

11. BCS Guarantee Game TBD (away)

12. BCS Guarantee Game TBD (away)

13. D-III Game TBD (home)

14. Charleston Classic Game

15. Charleston Classic Game

16. Charleston Classic Game

17-30. Fourteen Ivy League Games

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News and Notes: Tuesday Edition

Below, news and notes...

• Izzi Metz is now the new head coach of Wilkes University.  The Times Tribune writes:

Izzi Metz will take over as head coach of the Colonels.

Izzi Metz will become the 11th men’s basketball coach at Wilkes University, according to The Citizen’s Voice newspaper.

Wilkes has scheduled a news conference for 3 p.m. today where Metz is expected to be introduced.

The Citizen’s Voice, a sister newspaper of The Times-Tribune, learned of the

hiring through multiple sources who requested anonymity because the deal hadn’t been announced yet.

Metz replaces Jerry Rickrode, who stepped down in February after 22 years at the helm to take a job within the university’s Advancement Division to work as a major gifts officer. Rickrode went 328-191 at Wilkes and guided the Colonels to the Final Four in the 1997-98 season.

Metz comes to Wilkes from Boston College where he was hired as the director of basketball operations in 2011 before being elevated to assistant coach.

Metz, a 1998 graduate of Hobart College, started his coaching career at Bishop Montgomery High School, near his hometown of Los Angeles.

Metz was an assistant coach at Hobart in the 2000-01 season, then became an assistant coach at Cornell from 2001-06. He helped guide the Big Red to back-to-back winning seasons in the Ivy League for the first time since 1986-87 and 1987-88.

He returned to Hobart as the head coach in 2006.

While the head coach at Hobart, the Statesmen went 69-62. In 2010-11, he led Hobart to the Liberty League regular-season crown and the ECAC Upstate tournament title. The Statesmen

finished with a school-record 21 wins.

Wilkes is coming off a

season where it finished 3-11 in the Freedom Conference and 8-16 overall.

• Nolan Cressler is headed to Vanderbilt.  The Tennessean writes:

The Vanderbilt men’s basketball team will have no shortage of scoring guards on campus this fall, and its latest acquisition is a proven commodity.
Cornell leading scorer Nolan Cressler will transfer to Vanderbilt, giving coach Kevin Stallings five players in this year’s signing class. He selected the Commodores on Monday over offers from Michigan, Notre Dame and Pittsburgh.
Cressler, a 6-foot-4 guard who averaged 16.8 points as a sophomore, must sit out this season per NCAA rules. He will have two years of eligibility left.
“It just felt like a great fit for me,” Cressler said via phone Monday night. “It was the relationship I built with the coaches the last couple of weeks and on my visit this weekend. And I really got to know some of guys on the team. They’re all great guys. It really made the decision easier for me.”
Vanderbilt signed three guards in November — Wade Baldwin, Matthew Fisher-Davis and Riley LaChance — and picked up a fourth commitment this spring from small forward Jeff Roberson, who plans to sign on Wednesday.
Cressler, a product of Pittsburgh’s Plum High, averaged 9.3 points as a freshman starter during 2012-13 before his breakout season. As a sophomore, he made 68 3-pointers and scored 20-plus points eight times, including a career-high 34 points in an overtime game against Brown. Cressler opened the season by scoring 23 points at Syracuse — 20 in the first half.
He shot 41.1 percent from the field, 36.4 percent from the arc and 77.8 percent from the foul line while grabbing 4.2 rebounds per game. He was granted his release to transfer after Cornell went 2-26 (1-13 in the Ivy League) this season.
“You take a risk when you decide to leave somewhere,” Cressler said. “But once these opportunities came along — it’s every kid’s dream to play at the highest level. Being in the SEC is as good as it gets.”
Cressler described himself as a player who can “score in bunches” and a “gym rat” who will put the team before his individual stats.
“Although I’m a newcomer, with two years of playing experience, I can use that as an advantage,” he said. “Hopefully, I can be a leader as soon as possible and help us win. I think we can accomplish a lot with the pieces that are starting to come together.”
Stallings and assistants Yanni Hufnagel and Tom Richardson came to visit Cressler during the recruiting process and also went to the house of his high school coach in Pittsburgh, Cressler said.
Vanderbilt is hopeful this transfer works out better than its last. Former Tulsa guard Eric McClellan was suspended for an academic issue in January and dismissed later that week after a Tennessean report that he had been arrested on a charge of misdemeanor theft.
Stallings still has two open scholarships he can use toward this year. He said recently that he will add “at least one more player and probably more than one.”
In addition to the four guards in this class, Stallings expects suspended guard Kedren Johnson to return this fall with two years of eligibility remaining.

• See more on the commitment in NBC Sports while the The Pittsburgh Post Gazette also writes on the Cressler transfer:

Nolan Cressler had to go through the basketball recruiting process for the second time. But this time, big-time programs chased him.
Cressler, a former star guard at Plum who decided to leave Cornell and transfer after this past season, said Monday night he had accepted a scholarship to Vanderbilt.
Cressler, a 6-foot-4 guard, played two years at Cornell and was the team's leading scorer this season at 16.8 points a game. Since he decided to transfer, Cressler had scholarship offers from Vanderbilt, Dayton, Notre Dame and Rutgers. Pitt and Michigan were among other schools that showed interest, but neither offered a scholarship.
Cressler made a recruiting visit to Vanderbilt this past weekend. He will finish this semester at Cornell and have to sit out next season under NCAA transfer rules. He will have two seasons of eligibility remaining.
When Cressler signed with Cornell as a Plum senior, his other top choice was Yale. His other scholarship offers then were from Holy Cross, Boston and Saint Francis.
Cressler, a Post-Gazette Fabulous 5 selection, was an honorable mention all-Ivy League choice this past season. Besides his scoring, he averaged 4.2 rebounds a game and shot 36 percent (68 of 187) from 3-point range. He had 23 points and five rebounds against Syracuse and 17 points and nine rebounds against Notre Dame. But Cornell finished with a 2-26 record and was 13-18 in Cressler's freshman year.

• Rumble in the Bronx notes that St.John's will participate in the 2014 Preseason NIT and writes, "The Johnnies were last in the preseason NIT in 2008. They got a victory against Cornell, then lost in the next round to the one seed in the East Region, Boston College, 82-70." 

• Here is a link to an older interview with Cornell A.D., Andy Noel from November 2010.  Many of the topics discussed are still contemporary and remain relevant today.  See also the 18:40 mark for a discussion of the hiring of Steve Donahue and the lack of success Donahue experienced in his first five seasons.

• Cornell's 2014-2015 Schedule will be highlighted by Cornell's participation in ESPN's Charleston Classic.  Visit the Cornell team page at the Charleston Classic for more information.   In this ESPN-produced event, Cornell is guaranteed three (3) games against the field of eight (8) participants and all games are broadcast on the ESPN family network.  Potential opponents in Charleston include: Miami, South Carolina, USC, Penn State and Akron with two additional participants to be named at a later date.  The two unconfirmed additional participants are Charlotte and Drexel.  Cornell's thirty (30) games for the 2014-2015 schedule is rumored to include the following:

1. Loyola, MD (away)

2. UMass-Lowell (home)

3. Binghamton (away)

4. Colgate (home)

5. Siena (away)

6. St. Peter's (home)

7. Howard (home)

8. Radford (away)

9. Canisius (home)

10. Buffalo (away) (Guarantee Game)

11. BCS Guarantee Game TBD (away)

12. BCS Guarantee Game TBD (away)

13. D-III Game TBD (home)

14. Charleston Classic Game

15. Charleston Classic Game

16. Charleston Classic Game

17-30. Fourteen Ivy League Games

• The Syracuse Post Standard mentions Cornell's participation in the Charleston Classic.

• Check out the now updated profiles, including senior year honors and accolades, of Cornell's five incoming recruits for next season.  The class consists of Riley Glassmann (Fremd HS) Palatine, IL, 6-5, G, William "Will" Bathurst (Olean HS) Olean, NY, 6-3, G, Jordan Abdur-Ra'oof (Gonzaga HS) Washington, D.C., 6-7, F, Pat Smith (Archbishop Wood HS) Warminster, PA, 6-5, F, and Kyle Brown, (Newport HS) Bellevue, Washington, 6-3, G. 

News and Notes: Wednesday Edition

 

Below, news and notes for Wednesday...

• UM Hoops profiles the potential transfer of Nolan Cressler to Michigan.

• Cornell's 2014-2015 Schedule will be highlighted by Cornell's participation in ESPN's Charleston Classic.  Visit the Cornell team page at the Charleston Classic for more information.   In this ESPN-produced event, Cornell is guaranteed three (3) games against the field of eight (8) participants and all games are broadcast on the ESPN family network.  Potential opponents in Charleston include: Miami, South Carolina, USC, Penn State and Akron with two additional participants to be named at a later date.  Cornell's thirty (30) games for the 2014-2015 schedule is rumored to include the following:

1. Loyola, MD (away)

2. UMass-Lowell (home)

3. Binghamton (away)

4. Colgate (home)

5. Siena (away)

6. St. Peter's (home)

7. Howard (home)

8. Radford (away)

9. Canisius (home)

10. BCS Guarantee Game TBD (away)

11. BCS Guarantee Game TBD (away)

12. BCS Guarantee Game TBD (away)

13. D-III Game TBD (home)

14. Charleston Classic Game

15. Charleston Classic Game

16. Charleston Classic Game

17-30. Fourteen Ivy League Games

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Cornell Headed to ESPN 2014 Charleston (S.C.) Classic

• ESPN Events announced the following (see also announcements on Twitter):

Six of eight teams named for 2014 Charleston Classic presented by Gildan November 21, 2013

The Charleston Classic presented by Gildan announced six of the eight-team field for the 2014 tournament to be held Thursday, Friday and Sunday, Nov. 20, 21 and 23, at TD Arena in Charleston, S.C. The teams participating in the seventh annual event include Akron, Cornell, Miami (Fla.), Penn State, South Carolina and Southern California. The final two teams will be announced at a later date.
Miami (Fla.), Penn State and South Carolina are each making their second appearance in the Charleston Classic. Miami defeated South Carolina to win the 2009 Charleston Classic. The 2014 Charleston Classic will feature a bracket format with 12 games over three days. Each team will compete in one game per day, advancing through the bracket. The two teams that remain undefeated throughout will face off in a championship game on the final day of competition.
Past winners of the Charleston Classic are Colorado (2012), Northwestern (2011), Georgetown (2010), Miami (Fla.) (2009) and Clemson (2008). The 2013 Champion will be crowned on Sunday, Nov. 24 at 9:00 pm ET on ESPN2. This family-friendly tournament offers the teams a week of practice, play and experiences in and around historic Charleston.
Additional information, including travel packages, can be found on the Charleston Classic site at www.charlestonclassic.com.
The Charleston Classic is owned and operated by ESPN Regional Television (ERT), a subsidiary of ESPN.

• The Penn State blog, Black Shoe Diaries writes on the event:

While many of the early season exempt-tournaments are just tipping off, Penn State announced today their exempt plans for the 2014-2015 season. The Lions are one of six inked participants in next year's 2014 Charleston Classic, returning to the ESPN event for the second time in its history. The Lions traveled to the 2009 edition of the classic where they went just 1-2 in their 3 games, losing ugly to UNC-Wilmington and Tulane, while barely getting past Davidson.

Other teams in the field that were announced include South Carolina, Southern California, Miami FL, Cornell, and Akron. Noticeably absent are any teams from the Big East, American Athletic Conference, or the Big 12, but at least one of the remaining two teams will come from the Southern Conference, who is the host league for the event that is held at the College of Charleston's TD Arena.

The Lions will get three games out of the event over a four-day span, which runs from November 20-23, 2014. The 8-team, bracket-style tournament will feature games on Thursday and Friday with the final round occurring on Sunday. For reference, here is the bracket for this week's tourney.

NCAA scheduling rules allow up to 4 games to be played as part of the event, so there could be a potential campus-site game before the tournament, much like this year's Oklahoma State-Memphis game just a few days ago. Both of those teams will be participating next week in ESPN's Old Spice Classic.

Not much of the 2014 non-conference schedule has been announced yet, as many home-and-home series just wrapped up including La Salle and Penn. The Lions are slated to visit Bucknell in the last game of their 2-for-1 series, while they will also have a matchup in the Big Ten/ACC challenge again. Duquesne was a 4-game series, so the Dukes will also be the on schedule. Outside of that, look for the Lions to continue to add PA teams as Chambers tries to market his program across the region.

News and Notes: Monday Edition... and Schedule Update

Below, news and notes for Monday.  Above, historical programs and ticket stubs from Cornell's past meetings with Notre Dame.  The Fighting Irish, a 2013 NCAA Tournament participant and a projected Top 35 team this season, join two projected Top 10 teams, Louisville (The 2013 Defending National Champions) and Syracuse (2013 Final Four) on the 2013-2014 Cornell schedule.  The schedule also features a home game against Loyola (MD) (2013 CollegeInsider.com Invitational Tournament) and trips to Western Michigan (2013 College Basketball Invitational) and Stony Brook (2013 Postseason National Invitational Tournament).  See ESPN's preseason Top 25.

• A reminder that The Cornell Rebounders Club "Welcome Back Picnic" is just over a week away.
  

• Cornell Athletics officially announced Cornell's 2013-2014 schedule on Friday afternoon.  The release is below:

* 2013-14 Cornell Men's Basketball Schedule

Two 2013 Final Four Teams, Reigning National Champ on 2013-14 Men's Hoops Slate

ITHACA, N.Y. -- Cornell men's basketball has earned a reputation for taking on all comers, but the 2013-14 schedule will be unprecedented even for them. Matchups with a pair of 2013 NCAA Final Four teams, including a road game at defending national champion Louisville, highlight a 28-game schedule.

Cornell will meet seven opponents who won at least 20 games a year and four that won 25 or more contests. The Big Red will play eight games against seven different squads that advanced to postseason a year ago, including five games against NCAA teams.

The Big Red's 13 Division I non-conference opponents posted a cumulative .516 win percentage in 2012-13, with three of their foes entering the year as the regular season conference or division champions (Louisville - Big East, Stony Brook - America East, Western Michigan - Mid-America West).

Cornell opens the campaign at local foe Syracuse, a 2013 NCAA semifinalist. The game will be the first for the Orange in their inaugural season in the Atlantic Coast Conference for Hall of Fame coach Jim Boeheim and his squad. It will be the Big Red's first trip to the Carrier Dome since 2010, when No. 8/7 Syracuse topped the Big Red 78-58 for their 33rd consecutive win in the series.

Two days later, head coach Bill Courtney's squad begins its 13-game home schedule with a game against 2013 CIT participant and 23-game winner Loyola (Md.) under first year head coach G.G. Smith. It is the Greyhounds' first season in the Patriot League. A contest against Central New York rival Binghamton is scheduled to Wednesday, Nov. 13 at Newman Arena.

A two-game road trip opens with a visit to defending national champion Louisville on Friday, Nov. 15. The Cardinals won the Big East a season ago and finished the season 35-5 under Hall of Fame head coach Rick Pitino. Louisville returns three starters and its entire bench, along with introducing a recruiting class ranked among the nation's top 10.

After a visit to Central New York rival Colgate on Wednesday, Nov. 20, Cornell will return home for consecutive home games against Siena on Friday, No. 22 and Radford on Monday, Nov. 25.

The day after Thanksgiving, Cornell will visit Western Michigan on Nov. 29 as part of a two-game midwest road trip that also includes a visit to 2013 NCAA participant Western Michigan on Sunday, Dec. 1. The following Saturday, Cornell will close out the semester with a home game against Saint Francis (Pa.) on Saturday, Dec. 7.

Cornell will have a 15-day break for final exams before returning to action on Sunday, Dec. 22 when it visits defending America East champion and 2013 NIT participant Stony Brook, another 25-game winner a year ago. That game begins a three-game road trip that continues at St. Peter's on Saturday, Dec. 28 after the holidays, and ends with a visit to St. Bonaventure on Saturday, Jan. 4.

The Big Red will play its annual game against a Division III opponent against Oberlin on Saturday, Jan. 11.

A brutal Ivy League schedule awaits Cornell, who will play five of its first six contests on the road. The Big Red visits Columbia on Jan. 18, then hosts the return trip on Jan. 25 at Newman Arena. Other highlights include a home game against defending Ivy champion Harvard on Saturday, Feb. 15, and Senior Day against Penn on Saturday, March 8.

•  Daily Dose of Hoops previews Stony Brook's schedule and notes:

Sunday, December 22nd vs. Cornell: Stony Brook's final home game before America East play opens is a return match of a game contested last year against Bill Courtney and the Big Red at Newman Arena in Ithaca. Leading scorer and rebounder Shonn Miller returns for his senior season, with sophomore Nolan Cressler and junior Devin Cherry primed for breakout seasons in Cornell's backcourt.

• The Binghamton Press Sun Bulletin writes on the Cornell schedule:

Cornell basketball team to play at Syracuse, Louisville, Notre Dame

ITHACA — A pair of Final Four teams and seven opponents who won at least 20 games last year highlight the Cornell University men’s basketball team’s 2013-14 schedule, which was announced Friday.

The Big Red, under fourth-year head coach Bill Courtney, is coming off a 13-18 season (5-9 Ivy League), its third consecutive sub-.500 season since the 2009-10 team finished 29-5 and advanced to the NCAA Tournament’s Sweet 16.

Cornell’s 28-game schedule, which includes four teams that won at least 25 games a year ago, includes eight games against seven squads that advanced to postseason in 2013, including five games against NCAA teams.

The Big Red opens the season on Nov. 8 at Syracuse, a 2013 NCAA Final Four participant. The game will also be the Orange’s opener in its first season in the Atlantic Coast Conference. It will be the Big Red’s first trip to the Carrier Dome since 2010.

Two days later, Courtney’s squad begins its 13-game home schedule with a game against 2013 CollegeInsider.com Tournament participant and 23-game winner Loyola (Md.). That game is followed on Nov. 13 with the Red’s annual game against Binghamton University, this year at Newman Arena.

Two days later, the Red will be in Louisville, Ky., to take on the defending national champion Cardinals, who finished 35-5 last season under Hall of Fame coach Rick Pitino. Louisville returns three starters and features a recruiting class ranked among the nation’s top 10.

Cornell then returns to Central New York for games at Colgate (Nov. 20) and home against Siena (Nov. 22) and Radford (Nov. 25).

The Red will play three more games before breaking for exams, then resume play on Dec. 22 at defending America East champion Stony Brook. That game begins a three-game road trip that continues at St. Peter’s on Dec. 28 after the holidays, and ends with a visit to St. Bonaventure on Jan. 4, 2014.

After concluding its non-league slate a week later against Division III Oberlin, Cornell embarks on its 14-game Ivy League schedule. Five of its first conference games are away from Newman Arena, including its home-and-home series with Columbia, Jan. 18 in New York and Jan. 25 in Ithaca. Other highlights include a home game against defending league champion Harvard (Feb. 15) and Senior Day against Penn (March 8).

Seniors on this year’s team include guards Dominick Scelfo, Jamal Cherry and Jake Matthews and forward Dwight Tarwater. Braxston Bunce, a 6-foot-11 sophomore center from British Columbia, will be playing his first season for the Red; he missed the 2012-13 season due to injury.

• Big Red Louie writes:

If you’ve been on Twitter in the past few hours, you’ve probably seen the news from accounts like @Cornell_BB_Blog confirming the Cornell Basketball Schedule for 2013-14.  Upon closer examination, one can see that Cornell will be taking on the National Champion Louisville Cardinals next season.
As Louisville hasn’t released its schedule for the upcoming season, one must peruse various schedules of smaller schools to look for the Cardinals.  The Louisville-Cornell game will be taking place at the Yum! Center and will be played on November 15th of this season.

• NBC Sports covered the news of the Cornell-Syracuse series revival:

After not playing since 2010-11, Syracuse and Cornell will resume their basketball rivalry as the teams will meet for the 113th time on November 8th at the Carrier Dome.

Announced on Friday on the Syracuse athletics website, the rivalry dates back to 1900-01 and will also serve as the opening game of the year for the Orange.

Recently this rivalry has been rather one-sided as Syracuse owns a 33-game win streak over Cornell and a decidedly one-way 87-31 mark overall.

With Cornell coming off of a 13-18 season, it will be an uphill battle to beat a team coming off of a Final Four like Syracuse.

• Syracuse.com notes:

 Syracuse and Cornell to meet for 119th time in schools' basketball history

Syracuse, N.Y. -- Syracuse and Cornell will meet for the 119th time on the basketball court when the Orange hosts the Big Red at the Carrier Dome on Friday, Nov. 8.

Syracuse and Cornell first played each in other during the 1900-01 season. The only school that Syracuse has played more often than Cornell is Colgate, which has faced Syracuse 165 times.

Syracuse leads the all-time series with Cornell 87-31. The two schools last met in the 2010-11 season.

Cornell went 13-18 overall and 5-9 in the Ivy League last season.

•  NunesMagician.com is happy with the return of Cornell on the 'Cuse schedule and notes:

Here Comes Treble: Cornell Big Red Return To Dome November 8th

The Ivy League school visits the Carrier Dome on November 8th.

It's been a few years but the natural rivalry between the Syracuse Orange and Cornell Big Red will kick back into gear on November 8th when the Ivy League school visits the Carrier Dome.

Filling the role of familiar face in a season full of unfamiliar ones, the Cornell series goes all the way back to 1900 and the Big Red are the team SU has played 2nd-most in our history. Syracuse leads the series 87-31 and has won 33 in a row. I've said in the past that Cornell should be a yearly game and I'm glad to see them back on the schedule. Even if they're down, coming off a 13-18 season, there's a good chance they'll get better. Couple that with the Upstate location and they're a natural compliment to a schedule full of schools from North Carolina and Florida.

• The Examiner writes on the Cornell-Syracuse game:

Syracuse and rival Cornell renewed their rivalry on Aug. 16. The long-time rivals are scheduled to meet on November 8, 2013, in the Carrier Dome. It will be Syracuse’s home opener. The basketball series between the Orange and the Big Red dates back to the 1900-01 season and the 2013 matchup will be the 113 meeting between the two schools. The Orange owns an 87-31 advantage and has won the last 33 pairings with the Big Red. The two clubs most recently met in 2010-11 and Syracuse prevailed, 78-58. Syracuse has posted back-to-back 30-win seasons for the first time in school history. The Orange finished 34-3 and in the NCAA Tournament's Elite Eight in 2011-12 and followed that up with a Final Four appearance and 30-10 mark last year. Syracuse lost three of their top five scorers from last year’s squad but returns leading scorer and rebounder C.J. Fair (14.0 ppg, 7.0 rpg). The Orange also returns senior Baye Moussa Keita, junior Rakeem Christmas as well as sophomores Trevor Cooney, DaJuan Coleman, Michael Gbinije and Jerami Grant. Freshmen T.J. Ennis, B.J. Johnson, Tyler Roberson, Chinosa Obokoh and Ron Patterson are also expected to contribute this season. Cornell returns 13 players from their squad that went 13-18 overall and 5-9 in the Ivy League last season. Junior Shonn Miller (11.5 ppg, 6.8 rpg) and sophomore Nolan Cressler (9.3 ppg, 3.7 rpg) leads the Big Red returnees. Other key contributors are expected to be senior Dominick Scelfo, sophomore Braxton Bruce, junior Devin Cherry and junior Deion Giddens. Syracuse will begin their first season in the ACC in 2013-14. To prepare for the upcoming season, the Orange will embark on a four-game Canadian exhibition tour on Aug. 20-24. Syracuse will begin their exhibition tour in Montreal versus McGill University on Aug. 20. The Orange will then play Bishops at Champlain College in St. Lambert, Quebec. on Aug. 21 before heading to Ottawa. In Ottawa, Syracuse will play Carleton University on Aug. 23 and Ottawa University on Aug. 24.

• Other Cornell Schedule notes: Former Cornellian, Will Scott, was a fan favorite of Louisville not long ago.  The Notre Dame game will reunite Robert Mischler with his former high school teammate, Demetrius Jackson.

• Ned Tomic had a successful summer at the 2013 Akron Canton Am Pro League and won the Most Improved Player Award after averaging 24.3 points 12.2 rebounds per game.  He led the league in rebounds and was second in the league in scoring.  See him receive his award below:

• Former Cornell player, Zeke Marshall is mentioned in the Baltimore Sun following the passing of his cousin.

• Below, the final recaps of Cornell's 2012-2013 season:

11/10 11/14	W. Michigan St. Bonaventure	W 63-55 L 68-72
11/16	St. Peter's	L 64-68
11/18	at Wisconsin	L 40-73 (Las Vegas Invit.) (TV-ESPN3)
11/20	at Arizona St.	L 53-64 (Las Vegas Invit.) (TV-Pac12Network)
11/23 11/24	Presbyterian Longwood	W 89-55 (AT Las Vegas Invit.) W 84-78 (AT Las Vegas Invit.)
11/28	Stony Brook	L 53-76
12/1	Colgate	W 70-63
12/17	at Vanderbilt	L 55-66 (TV-ESPNU)
12/19	at Duke	L 47-88 (TV-ESPNU)
12/22	at Boston U.	L 57-70
12/28	at St. Francis (PA)	W 79-67
12/30	at Binghamton	W 79-77 (TV-TimeWarner)
1/2	Bucknell	L 56-72
1/ 6	at American	W 68-60
1/12	SUNY Old Westbury	W 103-84
1/19	Columbia	L 58-67 (TV: NBCSports)
1/26	at Columbia	W 66-63
2/1	at Princeton	L 59-76
2/2	at Penn	W 71-69
2/8	Harvard	L 65-67
2/9	Dartmouth	W 79-56
2/15	at Yale	W 68-61
2/ 16	at Brown	W 69-66
2/22	Penn	L 71-79
2/23	Princeton	L 53-72
3/ 1	Brown	L 65-84
3/2	Yale	L 70-79
3/8	at Dartmouth	L 62-76
3/9	at Harvard	L 56-65 (TV: NBCSports)

News and Notes: Wednesday Edition

Below, news and notes for Wednesday...

• Below is a partial tentative listing of opponents on Cornell's 28-game 2013-2014 schedule which will include 6 home nonconference games.  The games listed are in no particular order. Teams which participated in the 2013 postseason are noted:

1. at Syracuse (2013 NCAA Tournament Final Four)
2. at Western Michigan (2013 College Basketball Invitational)
3. at St. Bonaventure
4. at Stony Brook (2013 Postseason National Invitational Tournament)
5. at St. Peter's
6. at Colgate
7. vs. Loyola (MD) (2013 CollegeInsider.com Invitational Tournament)
8. vs. Radford
9. vs. Binghamton
10. NOVEMBER 22, 7 pm, vs. Siena
11. DECEMBER 7, vs. St. Francis (PA)
12. at BCS Opponent (Verbal agreement, Contract not signed yet)
13. at BCS Opponent (not yet determined)
14. vs. Division III Opponent (not yet determined)
15. PLUS 14 Ivy League Games

• If you missed it, check out Cornell's 2012-2013 season highlight video.

• Below is an updated list of players committed to Ivy League schools in the class of 2013 (unless otherwise noted):

Steven Spieth.(Jesuit HS) Dallas, TX, 6-6, F, Brown
Aram Martin (Miller School) Charlottesville, VA, 6-9, F, Brown
Lealand King (Brentwood School) Los Angeles, CA, 6-6, F, Brown
J.R. Hobbie (Manasquan HS) Manasquan, NJ, 6-4, G, Brown
Tavon Blackmon (Gonzaga) Washington, DC, 5-11, G, Brown
Matt Madigan (Mt. Tabor HS) Winston-Salem, NC, 6-4, G, Brown
Chris McComber (John McCrae School) Ottawa, ON, 6-7, F, Columbia
Kendall Jackson (Suffield Academy) Suffield, MA, 5-9, G, Columbia
Jeff Coby (Choate Rosemary Hall) Choate, CT, 6-6, F, Columbia
Luke Petrasek (Northport HS) Northport, NY, 6-10, C, Columbia

Connor Voss (St. Cloud Cathederal HS) St. Cloud, MN, 6-11, C, Columbia
Darryl Smith (Blue Ridge School) Chesapeake, VA, 6-2, G, Cornell
Desmond Fleming (College Park Woodlands HS) Woodlands, TX, 6-0, G, Cornell
Robert Hatter (Westside HS) Houston, TX, 6-1, G, Cornell

David Onuorah (Marist HS) Atlanta, GA, 6-8, 230, F, Cornell
Braxston Bunce (Kelowna SS) Kelowna, B.C., Canada, 6-11, C (red shirt)

Ikemefuna Ngwudo (Milton Academy) Milton, MA, 6-5, F, Dartmouth 

Eli Harrison (Sisters HS) Sisters, OR, 6-6, F, Dartmouth
Cole Harrison  (Montrose Christian) Memphis, TN, 6-11, C, Dartmouth

Mike Flemming (N'field Mt Hermon, MA) Lincolnshire, IL, 6-1, G, Dartmouth
Wes Dickinson (Peddie School) Hightstown, NJ, 6-6, F, Dartmouth

Matt Fraschila (Highland Park HS) Highland Park, TX, 5-10 G, Harvard 

Hunter Meyers (Douglas HS) Minden, NV, 6-6, F, Harvard 

Zena Edosomwan (Northfield Mt Hermon, MA) Hollywood, CA, 6-9, F, Harvard 

Matt Howard (A.J. Flora HS), Columbia, S.C., 6-4, G, Penn 

Dylan Jones (Village HS) Houston, TX, 6-8, F, Penn 

Dave Winfield (Harvard Westlake HS) Hollywood, CA, 6-8, F, Penn 

Tony Bagtas (Westlake HS) Atlanta, GA, 5-11, G, Penn
Preston Troutt (Trinity Christian) Dallas, TX 6-0, G, Penn
Khyan Rayner (Jesuit HS) Portland, OR, 5-9, G, Princeton

Henry Caruso (Serra HS) San Mateo, CA, 6-4, G, Princeton 

Hashim Moore (Hun School, NJ) Ft. Lauderdale, FL, 6-5, F, Princeton 

Spencer Weisz (Seton Hall Prep) Florham Park, NJ, 6-4, G, Princeton 

Steven Cook (New Trier HS) Winnetka, IL, 6-5, G, Princeton
Pete Miller (Northfield Mount Hermon, MA) Northfield, MA, 6-10, C, Princeton 

Sam Downy (Lake Forest HS) Lake Forest, IL, 6-9, C, Yale
A.J. Edwards (South Kent School) Kent, CT, 6-5, F, Yale

Anthony Dallier (Northfield Mount Hermon, MA) Wexford, PA, 6-6, F, Yale 

JT Flowers (Lincoln HS) Portland, OR, 6-5, F, Yale

Tyler Williams (Lakota West HS) W.Chester, OH, 6-1, G, Brown (2014) 
Amir Bell (East Brunswick HS) E.Brunswick, NJ, 6-4, G, Princeton (2014) 
Maki Mason (Hotchkiss School), Lakeville, CT, 5-11, G, Yale (2014)

Khalil Bedart-Ghani (Loyola HS) Los Angeles, CA, 6-3, G, Yale (2014)

• Below, a look at the "Cornell Coaching Plantations"  -- the men's college basketball coaches with ties to Cornell University.

  Ryan Wittman (Cornell Class of '10)-Graduate student  assistant coach at Boston College.  Played for Cornell under Steve Donahue.

  Jon Jaques (Cornell Class of '10)-Graduate student assistant coach at Columbia University. Played for Cornell under Steve Donahue. 

  Kevin App (Cornell Class of '07)-Assistant coach at Army. Played for Cornell under Steve Donahue.

  Yanni Hufnagel (Cornell Class of '06)-Assistant coach at Vanderbilt. Served as student-manager at Cornell under Steve Donahue.
  
  Steve Donahue-Head coach of Boston College. Served as head coach at Cornell between 2000-2010.
  
  Zach Spiker-Head coach of Army. He served as an assistant coach at Cornell under Steve Donahue from 2004-2009.
  
  Joe Burke-Head coach of Skidmore College (Division III). He was an assistant coach at Cornell under Steve Donahue between 2001-2004.
  
  Izzi Metz-Former Head coach Hobart College (Division III). He served as a Cornell assistant coach for five seasons between 2001-2006 under Steve Donahue and is currently an assistant coach and head of basketball operations at Boston College under Donahue.
  
  Nat Graham-Associate Head Coach (assistant) at Boston College under Steve Donahue. Served as an assistant coach under Donahue at Cornell from 2005-2010.
  
  Woody Kampmann-Assistant coach at Boston College under Steve Donahue. Served as an assistant coach under Donahue at Cornell from 2007-2010.
  
  Ryan Woerner-Former student intern coach under Steve Donahue during the 2009-2010 season and assistant coach for Cornell's women's team during 2010-2011. Currently director of basketball operations at St. Peter's.
  
  Steve Robinson-Assistant coach at North Carolina under Roy Williams. He was an assistant coach for Mike Dement at Cornell for two seasons, including on the 1988 Ivy League Championship team.
  
  Paul Fortier-Assistant coach at Cal Poly. He served as an assistant coach at Cornell during 2003-2005 under Steve Donahue.

  
  

  Desmond Oliver-Assistant coach at Charlotte. He was an assistant coach at Cornell between 1998-2000 under Scott Thompson.
  
  

  Ricky Yahn-Head coach, Concordia College of Michigan. He was an assistant coach at Cornell during 2010-2011 under Bill Courtney.

  
  
  
• Throughout the year we provide periodic updates on Cornell's alumni playing professionally. Below, some updates: 

-Jeff Aubry ('99) (Halcones Rojos, LNBP Mexico premier league/Indios de Mayaguez, BSN Puerto Rico premier league)-As of July 17, Aubry's season in Puerto Rico concluded where he averaged 7.2 points and 5.9 rebounds per game for Mayaguez in the Puerto Rico BSN, the island's premier league.  Mayaquez finished the season 19-17 and in 6th place out of 10 teams in the league and was eliminated in the opening round of the playoffs.  A 6'11" center, Aubry splits his time in both the Mexican and Puerto Rican professional leagues. A well traveled pro player, Aubry spent several seasons in the NBA D League in the early part of his career with the Fayetteville Patriots and Florida Flame and earned honorable mention all NBA D League in 2002. Aubry joins Jeff Foote (Cornell '10) (Springfield Armor), Ryan Wittman (Cornell '10) (Ft. Wayne Mad Ants) and Cody Toppert (Cornell '05) (Albuquerque Thunderbirds) as Cornell veterans of the NBA D-League.  (Cornell's four NBA D-League veterans is the most in Ivy League.)  During his more than a decade of pro experience, Aubry also played professionally in  the ABA (Miami Tropics) and abroad  in Puerto Rico (Arecibo Capitanes, Leones de Ponce, and Santurce, BSN Puerto Rico), Spain (Tarragona, LEB Gold Spain 2nd Division), Mexico (Halcones Rojos and Chihuahua Dorados, LNBP Mexico premier league), Poland (Slask Wroclaw, PLK Poland premier league), Argentina (Libertad Sunchales, Liga A Argentina), Uruguay (Hebraica, LUB Uruguay )and Peru (Alas Peruanas, Peru).

-Alex Tyler ('10) (Rockville Victors, Atlantic Coast Professional Basketball League)-Tyler finished his rookie season with the Victors.

-Louis Dale ('10) (KAOD Dramas, Greece A1 premier league)-As of July 17, Dale concluded his season and averaged 7.8 points, 2.8 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game.  KAOD finished 11-15 and in 9th place out of 14 teams in the A1.  Dale spent his  first two professional seasons both in Germany's BBK Bundesliga, the country's premier league with Goettingen.

-Jeff Foote ('10) (Zalgiris, Lithuania LKL premier league/EuroLeague/VTB Russian League)-As of July 17, Zalgiris' season is concluded.  Foote averaged 7.1 points and 4.8 rebounds per game for Zalgiris in the Lithuanian premier league, the LKL.  During the LKL regular season, Zalgiris finished 10-2 and in 4th place out of 12 teams but won the league championship in a 4-0 finals sweep of Lietuvos Rytas.  Foote was named to the LKL's All Star team for the 2012-2013 season.  Zalgiris also finished 8-2 in the 6-team Group C in the opening round of the EuroLeague and was elimited after finishing 6-8 in Group E in the EuroLeague's Top 16 round.  In EuroLeague action, Foote averaged 5.2 points and 2.6 rebounds per game.  In a third league of competition, the Eastern European VTB League, Zalgiris finished 16-2 and in 1st place out of 10 teams in Group B.  Zalgiris was eliminated in the semifinals of the VTB playoffs.  Zalgiris is currently ranked #5 in Europe.  Prior to the start of the 2012-2013 season, Foote played with the Brooklyn Nets in the NBA Summer League and participated in the team's free agent mini-camp.  During 2011-2012, Foote averaged 15.1 points and 8.9 rebounds per game in the NBA D-League for the Springfield Armor (the Brooklyn Nets' affiliate) after being named a starter at the D-League's All-Star Game during February and was named Second Team All NBA D-League. Foote finished the D-League season ranked 4th in double-doubles and also 4th in rebounds. Foote averaged 1.0 points and 1.5 rebounds per game in 4 games for the NBA's New Orleans Hornets during a 10-day contract between March 9 and March 19. Foote was ranked by the D-League as its #6 overall NBA prospect.  During April 2012 he was profiled in a video on NBA.com.  He participated in the Portland Trailblazers' 2011-2012 preseason training camp and played the 2011-2012 preseason with with Zastal of       the PLK Poland premier league and the full 2010-2011 season in Spain (Melilla, LEB Gold Spain 2nd division) while on loan from Euro League powerhouse Maccabi Tel Aviv of Israel's premier league.

• Visit our growing directory of Cornell Basketball Linkedin profiles.

• Below is a directory listing of some Twitter feeds associated with the Cornell basketball program.

-Josh Wexler ('88)
-Rich Medina ('92)
-Bo Buttenback ('98)
-Dan Wendt ('98)
-Brian Williamson ('03)
-Jacques Vigneault ('03)
-Cody Toppert ('05)
-Steve Cobb ('05)
-Ryan Rourke ('06)
-Andrew Naeve ('07)
-Jason Canady ('08)
-Khaliq Gant ('09)
-Conor Mullen ('09)
-Brian Kreefer ('09)
-Ryan Wittman ('10)
-Pete Reynolds ('10)
-Jon Jaques ('10)
-Louis Dale ('10)
-Alex Tyler ('10)
-Geoff Reeves ('10)
-Jeff Foote ('10)
-Andre Wilkins ('10) (inactive)
-Aaron Osgood ('11)
-Adam Wire ('11)
-Max Groebe ('12)
-Chris Wroblewski ('12)
-Andrew Ferry ('12)
-Jonathan Gray ('13)
-Miles Asafo Adjei ('13)
-Peter McMillan ('13)
-Errick Peck ('13)
-Josh Figini ('13)
-Manny Sahota (former player)
-The Cornell Rebounders Club
-Galal Cancer ()
-Ned Tomic ()
-Dominick Scelfo ()
-Jake Mathews ()
-Dwight Tarwater ()
-Dave LaMore ()
-Shonn Miller ()
-Devin Cherry ()
-Nolan Cressler ()
-Braxston Bunce ()
-Holt Harmon ()
-Robert Mischler ()
-David Onuorah ()
-Robert Hatter ()
-Desmond Fleming ()
-Darryl Smith ()
-Jeremy Hartigan, Cornell SID ()
-Assistant Coach Mike Blaine ()
-Assistant Coach Marlon Sears ()
-Assistant Coach Arlen Galloway ()
-Brian Delaney, ESPN Radio Ithaca ()
-Barry Leonard, Cornell Redcast/Play-By-Play Annnouncer
-Ed Boulat, Ithaca Journal
-Cornell Daily Sun Sports ()
-Slope Sports ()
-WVBR Sports
-Former assistant coach, Jay Larranaga
-Former assistant coach, Ricky Yahn ()
-Former head coach, Steve Donahue ()
-Former intern assistant Ryan Woerner ()
-Former assistant coach, Zach Spiker ()
-Former assistant coach, Nat Graham ()
-Former assistant coach, Woody Kampmann ()
-Former assistant coach, Izzi Metz ()
-Former assistant coach, Paul Fortier ()

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