2017–18 Cornell Big Red men's basketball team
The 2017–18 Cornell Big Red men's basketball team represented Cornell University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Big Red, led by second-year head coach Brian Earl, played their home games at Newman Arena in Ithaca, New York as members of the Ivy League. They finished the season 12–16, 6–8 in Ivy League play to finish in fourth place. They lost in the semifinals of the Ivy League Tournament to Harvard.
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Conference | Ivy League |
2017–18 record | 12–16 (6–8 Ivy) |
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Home arena | Newman Arena |
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x-Harvard | 12 | – | 2 | .857 | 18 | – | 14 | .563 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
x-Penn † | 12 | – | 2 | .857 | 24 | – | 9 | .727 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Yale | 9 | – | 5 | .643 | 16 | – | 15 | .516 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cornell | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | 12 | – | 16 | .429 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Princeton | 5 | – | 9 | .357 | 13 | – | 16 | .448 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Columbia | 5 | – | 9 | .357 | 8 | – | 19 | .296 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Brown | 4 | – | 10 | .286 | 11 | – | 16 | .407 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dartmouth | 3 | – | 11 | .214 | 7 | – | 20 | .259 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
x – Ivy League co-champions | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2018 Ivy League Tournament winner |
Previous season
The Big Red finished the 2016–17 season 8–21, 4–10 in Ivy League play to finish in a three-way tie for last place. They failed to qualify for the inaugural Ivy League Tournament.
Offseason
Departures
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure |
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David Onuorah | 0 | F | 6'9" | 230 | Senior | Lithonia, GA | Graduate transferred to Connecticut |
Darryl Smith | 1 | G | 6'2" | 180 | Senior | Chesapeake, VA | Graduated |
Donovan Wright | 3 | F | 6'5' | 200 | Sophomore | Easton, PA | Left the team due to personal reasons |
Robert Hatter | 5 | G | 6'2" | 180 | Senior | Houston, TX | Graduated |
Desmond Fleming | 11 | G | 5'11" | 180 | Senior | The Woodlands, TX | Graduated |
Braxston Bunce | 15 | C | 6'11" | 250 | Senior | Kelowna, BC | Graduated |
JoJo Fallas | 25 | G | 5'11" | 175 | Senior | Los Angeles, CA | Graduated |
Joseph Bayless | 30 | F | 6'8" | 240 | Sophomore | Dallas, TX | Left the team due to personal reasons |
Incoming transfers
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous School |
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Steven Julian | 33 | F | 6'6" | 190 | Junior | Louisville, KY | Junior college transferred from Kaskaskia College |
2017 recruiting class
Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
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Terrance McBride #109 SG |
Chatsworth, CA | Sierra Canyon High School | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | 155 lb (70 kg) | Dec 5, 2016 | |
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 59 | ||||||
Bryan Knapp #125 SG |
Washington, D.C. | Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | N/A | Sep 15, 2016 | |
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 57 | ||||||
Jimmy Boeheim PF |
Syracuse, NY | Jamesville-DeWitt High School | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | 210 lb (95 kg) | Feb 28, 2017 | |
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:![]() | ||||||
Jake Kuhn #116 SF |
Bethesda, MD | St. Maria Goretti High School | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | 180 lb (82 kg) | Oct 1, 2016 | |
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 55 | ||||||
Riley Voss SF |
Cincinnati, OH | Moeller High School | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | N/A | Sep 26, 2016 | |
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR | ||||||
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Roster
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Schedule and results
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Exhibition | |||||||||||
Nov 4, 2017* 7:00 pm |
SUNY Cortland | W 96–70 | Newman Arena Ithaca, NY | ||||||||
Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
Nov 10, 2017* 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra |
at Syracuse | L 45–77 | 0–1 |
Carrier Dome (21,720) Syracuse, NY | |||||||
Nov 13, 2017* 7:00 pm, ILN |
Binghamton | W 94–84 | 1–1 |
Newman Arena (968) Ithaca, NY | |||||||
Nov 16, 2017* 7:00 pm |
at Colgate | L 61–72 | 1–2 |
Cotterell Court (661) Hamilton, NY | |||||||
Nov 19, 2017* 1:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at UMass Lowell | L 78–98 | 1–3 |
Tsongas Center (1,689) Lowell, MA | |||||||
Nov 24, 2017* 4:00 pm, ILN |
Toledo | W 80–77 | 2–3 |
Newman Arena (704) Ithaca, NY | |||||||
Nov 27, 2017* 7:00 pm |
at Duquesne | W 78–71 | 3–3 |
Palumbo Center (1,204) Pittsburgh, PA | |||||||
Dec 2, 2017* 4:00 pm |
at Northeastern | L 66–84 | 3–4 |
Matthews Arena (974) Boston, MA | |||||||
Dec 16, 2017* 2:00 pm |
at Longwood | W 69–62 | 4–4 |
Willett Hall (215) Farmville, VA | |||||||
Dec 20, 2017* 7:00 pm, ILN |
Lafayette | W 80–71 | 5–4 |
Newman Arena (475) Ithaca, NY | |||||||
Dec 23, 2017* 1:00 pm, ILN |
Niagara | L 86–89 | 5–5 |
Newman Arena (977) Ithaca, NY | |||||||
Dec 28, 2017* 2:00 pm |
at Delaware | L 96–97 OT | 5–6 |
Bob Carpenter Center (2,450) Newark, DE | |||||||
Dec 30, 2017* 3:30 pm, SECN |
at Auburn | L 77–98 | 5–7 |
Auburn Arena (8,493) Auburn, AL | |||||||
Jan 5, 2018* 5:30 pm, ILN |
Central Penn | W 93–69 | 6–7 |
Newman Arena (444) Ithaca, NY | |||||||
Ivy League regular season | |||||||||||
Jan 12, 2018 8:00 pm, ILN |
at Penn | L 61–69 | 6–8 (0–1) |
Palestra (2,176) Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
Jan 13, 2018 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at Princeton | L 54–91 | 6–9 (0–2) |
Jadwin Gymnasium (2,635) Princeton, NJ | |||||||
Jan 20, 2018 7:00 pm, SNY |
at Columbia | L 62–88 | 6–10 (0–3) |
Levien Gymnasium (2,302) New York, NY | |||||||
Jan 27, 2018 4:00 pm, ILN |
Columbia | W 82–81 | 7–10 (1–3) |
Newman Arena (2,379) Ithaca, NY | |||||||
Feb 2, 2018 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Dartmouth | W 86–85 | 8–10 (2–3) |
Newman Arena (1,149) Ithaca, NY | |||||||
Feb 3, 2018 6:00 pm, ELVN |
Harvard | L 73–76 | 8–11 (2–4) |
Newman Arena (1,188) Ithaca, NY | |||||||
Feb 9, 2018 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at Brown | W 78–60 | 9–11 (3–4) |
Pizzitola Sports Center (1,038) Providence, RI | |||||||
Feb 10, 2018 7:00 pm, ILN |
at Yale | L 65–74 | 9–12 (3–5) |
John J. Lee Amphitheater (1,514) New Haven, CT | |||||||
Feb 16, 2018 8:00 pm, ILN |
Princeton | W 107–101 3OT | 10–12 (4–5) |
Newman Arena (1,193) Ithaca, NY | |||||||
Feb 17, 2018 6:30 pm, ILN |
Penn | L 71–79 | 10–13 (4–6) |
Newman Arena (868) Ithaca, NY | |||||||
Feb 23, 2018 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Yale | L 80–82 | 10–14 (4–7) |
Newman Arena (1,864) Ithaca, NY | |||||||
Feb 24, 2018 6:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Brown | W 73–68 | 11–14 (5–7) |
Newman Arena (1,642) Ithaca, NY | |||||||
Mar 2, 2018 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at Harvard | L 88–98 2OT | 11–15 (5–8) |
Lavietes Pavilion (1,636) Cambridge, MA | |||||||
Mar 3, 2018 7:00 pm, ILN |
at Dartmouth | W 86–75 | 12–15 (6–8) |
Leede Arena (874) Hanover, NH | |||||||
Ivy League Tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 10, 2018 12:30 pm, ESPNU |
(4) | vs. (1) Harvard Semifinals |
L 55–74 | 12–16 |
Palestra Philadelphia, PA | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. |
References
- "2017-18 Men's Basketball Schedule". Cornell University. Retrieved 2017-11-07.
- "Cornell Big Red Basketball 2017-18 Schedule - Big Red Home and Away - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2017-11-07.
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