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2024–25 Cornell Big Red men's basketball team

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2024–25 Cornell Big Red men's basketball
ConferenceIvy League
Record3–2 (0–0 Ivy)
Head coach
Associate head coachMike Brennan
Assistant coaches
  • Mark McGonigal
  • Jalen Hayes
Home arenaNewman Arena
Seasons
2025–26 →
2024–25 Ivy League men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Columbia 0 0   6 0   1.000
Cornell 0 0   3 2   .600
Princeton 0 0   4 3   .571
Yale 0 0   3 3   .500
Brown 0 0   2 3   .400
Dartmouth 0 0   2 3   .400
Penn 0 0   2 3   .400
Harvard 0 0   2 4   .333
2025 Ivy League tournament winner
As of November 22, 2024

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

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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.[1]

On March 23, 2024, Big Red head coach Brian Earl left the school to become the head coach at William & Mary.[2] On April 6, the school named Jon Jaques the team's next head coach.[3]

Roster

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2024–25 Cornell Big Red men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown
G 1 Nazir Williams 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Sr Nyack, New York
F 2 Ian Imegwu 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 238 lb (108 kg) So Short Hills, New Jersey
F/C 3 Ryan Kiachian 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 232 lb (105 kg) Sr Los Altos Hills, California
F 4 Gioacchino Panzini 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Fr Spring Lake, New Jersey
G 5 Jacob Beccles 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 183 lb (83 kg) So Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
G 6 Mateen Rafiq 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 155 lb (70 kg) Fr Sacramento, California
G 7 Anthony Nimani 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 186 lb (84 kg) Fr Meriden, Connecticut
G 8 Adam Hinton 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Jr Studio City, California
F 10 Hayden Franson 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 218 lb (99 kg) Sr American Fork, Utah
F/C 11 Ty Iwanonkiw 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 202 lb (92 kg) Fr Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
F 12 AK Okereke 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 241 lb (109 kg) Jr Clovis, California
G/F 13 AJ Rodriguez 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Fr Westchester, New York
G 14 Corbin Zentner 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 167 lb (76 kg) Jr Alpine, Utah
F 21 Guy Ragland Jr. 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 253 lb (115 kg) Sr West Hartford, Connecticut
G 22 Jake Fiegen 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) So Wilmette, Illinois
F 23 DJ Nix 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 224 lb (102 kg) Jr Harrisburg, North Carolina
G 24 Josh Baldwin 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Jr Everett, Massachusetts
G 25 Max Watson 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Sr Brigham City, Utah
G 31 Cooper Noard 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Jr Glenview, Illinois
F 33 Chris Cain 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Sr Middletown, New York
F/C 34 AJ LaBeau 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 222 lb (101 kg) So Boise, Idaho
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: November 4, 2024

Schedule and results

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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 Hynes Athletics Center 
New Rochelle, NY
November 27, 2024*
7:00 pm, ACCNX/ESPN+
at Syracuse JMA Wireless Dome 
Syracuse, NY
December 4, 2024*
7:00 pm, ESPN+
at Colgate Cotterell Court 
Hamilton, NY
December 8, 2024*
1:00 pm, ESPN+
at Army Christl Arena 
West Point, NY
December 10, 2024*
10:00 pm, ACCNX/ESPN+
at California Haas Pavilion 
Berkley, CA
December 22, 2024*
12:00 pm, ESPN+
Illinois State Newman Arena 
Ithaca, NY
December 30, 2024*
4:00 pm, ESPN+
Siena Newman Arena 
Ithaca, NY
January 5, 2025*
2:00 pm, ESPN+
Penn State Schuylkill Newman Arena 
Ithaca, NY
Ivy League regular season
January 11, 2025
2:00 pm, ESPN+
at Columbia Levien Gymnasium 
New York, NY
January 18, 2025
2:00 pm, ESPN+
at Penn The Palestra 
Philadelphia, PA
January 20, 2024
2:00 pm, ESPN+
Brown Newman Arena 
Ithaca, NY
January 25, 2025
2:00 pm, ESPN+
at Princeton Jadwin Gymnasium 
Princeton, NJ
January 31, 2025
7:00 pm, ESPN+
Dartmouth Newman Arena 
Ithaca, NY
February 1, 2025
6:00 pm, ESPN+
Harvard Newman Arena 
Ithaca, NY
February 8, 2025
2:00 pm, ESPN+
Yale Newman Arena 
Ithaca, NY
February 14, 2025
7:00 pm, ESPN+
at Harvard Lavietes Pavilion 
Cambridge, MA
February 15, 2025
5:00 pm, ESPN+
at Dartmouth Leede Arena 
Hanover, NH
February 21, 2025
7:00 pm, ESPN+
at Yale John J. Lee Amphitheater 
New Haven, CT
February 22, 2025
6:00 pm, ESPN+
at Brown Pizzitola Sports Center 
Providence, RI
February 28, 2025
7:00 pm, ESPN+
Penn Newman Arena 
Ithaca, NY
March 2, 2025
2:00 pm, ESPNU
Princeton Newman Arena 
Ithaca, NY
March 8, 2025
2:00 pm, ESPN+
Columbia Newman Arena 
Ithaca, NY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern.

Sources:[4][5]

References

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  1. ^ "Men's Basketball: Ohio State gets past Cornell 88-83, advance to second round of NIT". www.thelantern.com. March 20, 2024. Retrieved November 4, 2024.
  2. ^ Ditota, Donna (March 23, 2024). "Cornell men's basketball coach Brian Earl leaves Ithaca and takes new head coaching job". syracuse. Retrieved November 4, 2024.
  3. ^ Ditota, Donna (April 5, 2024). "Cornell names new head men's basketball coach to replace Brian Earl". syracuse. Retrieved November 4, 2024.
  4. ^ "2024-25 Men's Basketball Schedule". Cornell University Athletics. Retrieved November 4, 2024.
  5. ^ "Cornell Big Red 2024-25 Regular Season NCAAM Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved November 4, 2024.