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Jon Jaques ’10 Officially Introduced as New Head Coach of Men’s Basketball
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“No one will play harder than us on the court. … Special things happen here, and we have all worked really hard to build this [program] where it is.”
The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/mens-basketball-2023-24/)
“No one will play harder than us on the court. … Special things happen here, and we have all worked really hard to build this [program] where it is.”
2023-24 marked Cornell’s best season since its NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen run in the 2009-10 season. Earl’s team eclipsed the 20-win mark this season for the first time in 14 years.
In a bout where neither team led by more than five points in the final 17 minutes of the game, Cornell put up a good fight but ultimately fell to Ohio State, 88-83.
“This is a huge opportunity for us and the Ivy League because I believe Ivy basketball is the most underrated conference in college basketball. I feel like we’re going to prove that with our play in the NIT.”
This is the third consecutive year the Red was defeated in the Ivy Madness semifinal game.
The 98-76 win capped off Cornell’s best regular season since its trip to the Sweet 16 in 2010.
comeback effort led to an 87-81 win against Penn, while a tight back-and-forth battle versus Princeton resulted in a 79-77 defeat.
Offensive rebounding and second chance points from Brown led to a heartbreaking 78-74 loss, leaving Cornell in a tie for first place with Princeton and Yale.
Coming down to the final seconds, Cornell was able to prevail, 65-62.
Men’s basketball is now tied with Yale for first place in the Ivy League.