Table of Contents Quick Facts Big Red Information University Information Big Red ...... 1-4 Location ...... Ithaca, N.Y. 14853 Table of Contents ...... 1 Founded ...... 1865 2007-08 Media Information ...... 2-4 Enrollment ...... 13,700 President ...... David J. Skorton Athletic Director ...... J. Andrew Noel Jr. Big Red Coaching Sta! ...... 5-12 Colors ...... Carnelian Red and White Head Coach ...... 6-7 A" liation ...... NCAA I Assistant Coach Zach Spiker ...... 8 Conference...... Home Court ...... (4,473)

Assistant Coach Nat Graham ...... 9 The CoachesMeet Assistant Coach Woody Kampmann ...... 10 Support Sta! ...... 11 Coaching Sta! 2007-08 Television and Radio Roster ...... 12 Head Coach ...... Steve Donahue (Ursinus ’84) Record at Cornell ...... 74-117 (eighth season) Meet The Big Red ...... 13-34 Career Record ...... 74-117 (eighth season) O" ce Phone...... (607) 255-7331 2007-08 Season Outlook ...... 14-17 Assistant Coaches ...... Zach Spiker (Ithaca ‘00) Jason Battle ...... 18 Nat Graham (Penn ‘97) Louis Dale III ...... 19 Woody Kampmann (Hobart ‘05) Khaliq Gant ...... 20 O" ce Phone ...... (607) 255-7331 Adam Gore ...... 21 Athletic Trainer ...... Marc Chamberlain The Big RedMeet Jason Hartford ...... 22 Strength & Conditioning Coach ...... Tom Howley Jon Jaques ...... 23 Brian Kreefer ...... 24 Conor Mullen ...... 25 Men’s Basketball Information Geo! Reeves ...... 26 Captains’ Council ...... Jason Battle ‘09, Adam Gore ‘09, Jason Hartford ‘08, Pete Reynolds ...... 27 Brian Kreefer ‘09, Conor Mullen ‘09 Collin Robinson...... 28 2007-08 Record ...... 16-12 Alex Tyler ...... 39 Home/Away/Neutral ...... 8-5/7-7/1-0 ...... 30 2007-08 Ivy Record/Finish ...... 9-5/3rd Je! Foote/Aaron Osgood/Adam Wire/Andre Wilkins ...... 31 Home/Away...... 5-2/4-3 2007-08 Rosters ...... 32 Letter Winners Returning/Lost ...... 12/5 Starters Returning/Lost ...... 3/2 2006-07 Review Roster Breakdown (Sr./Jr./So./Fr.) ...... 2/6/7/2 2006-07 Year In Review ...... 33-40 First Year of Men’s Basketball ...... 1898-99 2006-07 In Review ...... 34 All-Time Record ...... 1,102-1,253 2006-07 Final Ivy League Standings ...... 35 NCAA Appearances ...... 2 (0-3, .000) 2006-07 Box Scores ...... 35-39 Years ...... 1954, 1988 2006-07 Statistics and Results ...... 40 NIT Appearances ...... none Last Postseason Opponent ...... Arizona, 1988 Result ...... Lost, 90-50 (NCAA # rst round) 2007-08 Opponents...... 41-50 Alvernia/Army/Binghamton ...... 42 Brown/Bucknell/Colgate ...... 43 Athletic Communications 2007-08 Opponents Columbia/Dartmouth/Duke ...... 44 Director (Men’s Basketball Contact) ...... Jeremy Hartigan Harvard/Lehigh/NJIT ...... 45 O" ce Phone...... (607) 255-9788 Ohio University/ Penn/Princeton ...... 46 Home/Cell Phone ...... (607) 351-1675 Quinnipiac/Siena/Stony Brook ...... 47 E-Mail ...... [email protected] Syracuse/Yale ...... 48 Associate Director ...... Julie Greco 2007-08 Ivy League Composite Schedule ...... 49 O" ce Phone...... (607) 255-4688 All-Time vs. Opponents ...... 50 Assistant Director ...... Kevin Zeise O" ce Phone...... (607) 255-5627

Assistant Director ...... Lindsey Mechalik History and Records ...... 51-66 O" ce Phone...... (607) 255-3753

Accounts Representative ...... Marlene Crockford Records and History Individual Records ...... 52-53 O" ce Phone...... (607) 255-3752 Team Records ...... 54 Athletic Communications Phone...... (607) 255-3752 All-Ivy Honors ...... 54 O" ce Fax ...... (607) 255-9791 Newman Arena Records ...... 55 Hotline ...... (607) 255-2385 All-Time Letter Winners ...... 56-57 Website ...... www.CornellBigRed.com Year-By-Year Results ...... 58-66 Mailing & Overnight Address ...... Athletic Communications O" ce Coaching Records ...... 66 Teagle Hall, Campus Road Ithaca, N.Y. 14853-6501 About Cornell ...... 67-80 Cornell, Realizing a Bold Dream ...... 68-69 This Is Cornell Ithaca, N.Y...... 70 Media Guide Credits University Administration ...... 71 The 2007-08 Cornell men’s basketball media Athletics Administration...... 72 guide is a publication of the Cornell Athletic Com- The Friedman Center ...... 73 munications O" ce. The guide was written and Athletic Training ...... 74 edited by Jeremy Hartigan, director of athletic The Ivy League ...... 75 communications. Editorial contributions by Julie Student-Athlete Support Services ...... 76 Greco, Marlene Crockford and Leah Hultenschmidt. Prominent Cornell Alumni ...... 77 Photography by Tim McKinney, Darl Zehr, Patrick Newman Arena ...... 78-79 Success In And Out Of The Classroom...... 80 Shanahan and opponent information o" ces.

2007-08 Men’s Basketball www.CornellBigRed.com • 1 Athletic Communications Covering Big Red Basketball Jeremy Hartigan The 2007-08 Cornell men’s basketball media Scouting Passes Director of guide has been assembled to you in your All scouting passes can be picked up at the will call Athletic Communications coverage of the team. If you need additional window the night of the game. Space is limited, Men’s Basketball Contact information or photos, or would like to set up but every e! ort will be made to seat those serving an interview with head coach Steve Donahue, in an o" cial capacity at press row. O" ce: (607) 255-3752 one of his assistants or a player, please contact Direct: (607) 255-9788 us. Thank you for your interest in Cornell bas- Postgame Interviews Home: (607) 351-1675 ketball. We look forward to working with you Following a 10-minute “cooling o! ” period, E-mail: [email protected] this season. Coach Steve Donahue and selected players

Big Red Information Big Red will be available to the media outside the Julie Greco Media Credentials Cornell locker room. Media wishing to speak Associate Director of Media credentials can be obtained by calling with the visiting coach and players should make Athletic Communications Jeremy Hartigan in the Athletic Communica- arrangements with the visiting SID. The locker O" ce: (607) 255-3752 tions O" ce at (607) 255-9788 at least one week rooms are closed. Direct: (607) 255-4688 in advance of each game. Credentials can be E-mail: [email protected] picked up at the will call window, located in the Press Row Services lobby of Bartels Hall. Programs, statistics and game notes will be pro- vided before each game. A play-by-play, halftime Kevin Zeise Photography Passes statistics and out-of-town scores will be distrib- Photo credentials are limited to daily and weekly uted near the completion of halftime. A complete Big Red Coaching Sta! Sta! Coaching Big Red Assistant Director of Athletic Communications , magazines, wire services and team packet including # nal statistics and play-by-play photographers. All requests must come through will be provided after each game. O" ce: (607) 255-3752 the Athletic Communications O" ce and should Direct: (607) 255-5627 arrive at least one week in advance of each Availability of Coach Steve Donahue E-mail: [email protected] game. All photographers will be limited to Coach Steve Donahue will accept interviews in working the end lines of the court. Freelance his o" ce by appointment and over the phone. photographers must provide the Cornell Athletic To schedule an interview, please call Jeremy Lindsey Mechalik Communications O" ce with a proof sheet and Hartigan in the athletic communications o" ce at Assistant Director of Athletic Communications a complimentary CD of the game with at least (607) 255-9788. All interviews must be arranged 10 action shots. through the Athletic Communications O" ce. Meet The Big Red O" ce: (607) 255-3752 Direct: (607) 255-3753 Parking Player Interviews E-mail: [email protected] There is plenty of free parking available for All player interviews must be arranged at least basketball games. Media members can park in one day in advance through the Athletic Com- Marlene Crockford the Crescent lot (located across the street from munications O" ce so we can arrange a time that Accounts Representative the Newman Arena), in the Kite Hill lot or the will not interfere with the student’s academic parking garage. schedule. No interviews will be granted on the O" ce: (607) 255-3752 day of a game. E-mail: [email protected] Radio All visiting radio stations, commercial and Attendance at Practice

2006-07 Review Student Assistants: student, are required to # ll out a broadcast line All Cornell practices are open to the media. Adam Agata, Tyler Armstrong, Matt Beyer, Kelly agreement at least one month prior to the game Observers may not interfere with the coaches or Boehner, R.J. Curreri, Matt Davis, Steve DeMa- of interest, and permission to broadcast that players during practice. The Athletic Communica- ria, Will Garner, Marla Glasser, Eric Gunther, game is not given by until tions O" ce would appreciate advance notice of Daniel Harris, Marc Jackson, Dianne Kamfonik, the Athletic Communications O" ce receives your intentions to attend a practice. Meredith Karp, Sarah Kirsch, Avery Kovler, the signed agreement and line rental fee of $90, Amanda Linnertz, Patrick Maloney, Conor unless a reciprocal agreement has been reached. World Wide Web Mullen, Katie Peterson, Charlotte Schmidlapp, All phone calls must be placed by credit card or For information on Cornell’s 36 varsity sports, Kathryn Selinga, Ben Stockwell, Tyler Twilley, on a collect or toll free basis. If more than one go to www.CornellBigRed.com. Information on Jay Velasco, Whitney Waldman, Ashley Wolf. line is required, please call Marlene Crockford at Cornell basketball can be found under the men’s (607) 255-3752 for additional rental rates. basketball page.

2007-08 Opponents Mailing Address Teagle Hall, Campus Road, Ithaca, N.Y. 14853-6501 Television Overnight Address All requests for televising Cornell games should Schoellkopf House, Campus Road be made as soon as possible to the Athletic Com- Ithaca, N.Y. 14853-6501 munications O" ce. For a schedule of televised Cornell Athletics Web: games, please call (607) 255-3752. www.CornellBigRed.com Frequently Called Numbers (all 607 area code) Athletic Communications ...... 255-3752 Ithaca Hotels and Motels (all 607 area code) History and Records Athletic Communications Fax ...... 255-9791 Best Western University Inn East Hill Plaza, Pine Tree Road 272-6100 Basketball O" ce ...... 255-7331 Clarion Inn 1 Sheraton Drive 257-2000 Press Row (game day only) ...... 255-3532 Comfort Inn 356 Elmira Road 272-0100 Courtyard by Marriott 29 Thornwood Drive 330-1000 Econo Lodge 2303 No. Triphammer Road 257-1400 Hilton Garden Inn 130 East Seneca St. 277-8900 Holiday Inn 222 South Cayuga St. 272-1000 Ramada Inn-Ithaca Airport 2310 No. Triphammer Road 257-3100 Statler Hotel Cornell Campus 257-2500 Super 8 Motel 400 South Meadow St. 273-8088 This Is Cornell 2 • www.CornellBigRed.com 2007-08 Cornell Big Red Men’s Basketball They Cover the Big Red Directions To Cornell Big Red Information I-81 (from the south): Take exit 8 at Whitney Point; follow Route 79 West all the News Director way to Ithaca. At the % ashing yellow light (intersection with Pine Tree Road), Sports Editor Cayuga Radio Group turn right onto Pine Tree Road; continue to the end of Pine Tree Road at 1751 Hanshaw Road intersection with Route 366 (% ashing red light). Turn left onto Route 366; continue PO Box 430 Ithaca, NY 14850 to the % ashing yellow light and proceed straight onto Hoy Road; the parking Ithaca, NY 14851-0430 Telephone: (607) 257-6400 garage and stadium will be on your right. Hoy Road ends at the intersection Telephone: (607) 274-9214 Fax: (607) 257-6497 with Campus Road; turn right onto Campus Road to reach Bartels Hall. Fax: (607) 272-4248 News Director Sports Editor WELM Radio I-81 (from the north): Take exit 12 at Homer/Cortland, turn left onto Route 281 Cornell Daily Sun 1705 Lake St. and continue on 281 until it merges with Route 13 South. Take Route 13 South

139 West State St. Elmira, NY 14901 through the Village of Dryden. Near the NYSEG facility, bear left onto Route The CoachesMeet Ithaca, NY 14850 Fax: (607) 733-5627 366; take Route 366 to the % ashing yellow light and proceed straight onto Hoy Telephone: (607) 273-3606 Road; the parking garage and stadium will be on your right. Hoy Road ends Fax: (607) 273-0746 Television at the intersection with Campus Road; turn right onto Campus Road to reach Sports Director Bartels Hall. Sports Editor News 10 Now Bud Poliquin, Columnist 815 Erie Boulevard East I-90 (from the west): Take exit 42 and pick up Route 96 South all the way to Ithaca. Syracuse Newspapers Syracuse, NY 13210 Watch for signs to Route 79 East (Green Street); take Route 79 (Green Street) PO Box 4818 Telephone: (315) 634-2352 Syracuse, NY 13221 Fax: (315) 634-4270 through downtown Ithaca. Green Street merges with State Street (still Route 79 Telephone: (315) 470-2152 East); continue up State Street to the top of the hill and turn left onto Mitchell Fax: (315) 470-3019 Sports Director Street (watch for signs directing you to Cornell). Follow signs to Route 366 (Ithaca WBNG-TV Road) and to Cornell; bear left onto Ithaca Road and continue on Ithaca Road to Sports Editor PO Box 12 a “Y” intersection with a % ashing red light. Turn left onto Hoy Road; the parking The Big RedMeet Press & Sun Bulletin Johnson , NY 13790 garage and stadium will be on your right. Hoy Road ends at the intersection PO Box 1270 Telephone: (607) 729-8812 with Campus Road; turn right onto Campus Road to reach Bartels Hall. Binghamton, NY 13902 Fax: (607) 729-4022 Telephone: (800) 365-0077 Route 13 (from the east): Take Route 13 into the City of Ithaca; turn East on Route Fax: (607) 798-1113 Sports Director WETM-TV 79 (Green Street). Take Route 79 (Green Street) through downtown Ithaca. Green Sports Editor PO Box 1207 Street merges with State Street (still Route 79 East); continue up State Street to Democrat & Chronicle Elmira, NY 14902 the top of the hill and turn left onto Mitchell Street (watch for signs directing 55 Exchange Blvd. Telephone: (607) 933-9386 you to Cornell). Follow signs to Route 366 (Ithaca Road) and to Cornell; bear Rochester, NY 14614 Fax: (607) 733-4739 left onto Ithaca Road and continue on Ithaca Road to a “Y” intersection with a Telephone: (716) 258-2406 % ashing red light. Turn left onto Hoy Road; the parking garage and stadium will Fax: (716) 258-2776 Sports Director be on your right. Hoy Road ends at the intersection with Campus Road; turn 2006-07 Review WENY-TV right onto Campus Road to reach Bartels Hall. Sports Editor PO Box 208 Rochester Newspapers Elmira, NY 14902 Buses: Team buses and tour buses should follow a slightly di! erent route onto 55 Exchange Blvd. Telephone: (607) 739-3636 Rochester, NY 14614 Fax: (607) 796-6171 campus from Route 366. Call Transportation Services at Cornell during business Telephone: (716) 258-2406 hours Monday through Friday for directions onto campus and to other athletic Fax: (716) 258-2776 Sports Director facilities, (607) 255-5692. WIXT-TV Sports Editor 5904 Bridge St. Elmira Star-Gazette Syracuse, NY 13057 PO Box 285 Fax: (315) 446-9283 Campus Map

Elmira, NY 14902 2007-08 Opponents Telephone: (607) 734-5151 Sports Director Fax: (607) 734-3004 WSTM-TV 1030 James St. Radio Syracuse, NY 13203 Sports Director Fax: (315) 474-5122 WVBR (93.5 FM) 227 Linden Ave. Sports Director Ithaca, NY 14850 WTVH-TV - Ch. 5 Telephone: (607) 273-4000 980 James St. Fax: (607) 273-4069 Syracuse, NY 13203 Fax: (315) 425-0129

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2007-08 Cornell Big Red Men’s Basketball www.CornellBigRed.com • 3 www.CornellBigRed.com In August of 2007, Cornell University and Internet Consulting Services relaunched a new www.CornellBigRed.com web site, the o" cial site of Cornell University’s intercollegiate athletics program. The site contains features and applications that will bring Big Red alumni and fans closer than ever to their favorite teams and student-athletes.

For the latest information on all 36 of Cornell’s varsity sports, including updated stats, results, notes and information on the players and coaches, just click on www.CornellBigRed.com . Big Red Information Big Red • Can’t be around a radio at game time? Don’t miss a second of Big Red men’s basketball action, as every contest will be available on the site. Catch live audio broadcasts as part of the Cornell REDCAST subscription service .

• For up-to-the second statistics on game day, check out the SIDE- ARM Live Stats , featuring real time o" cial statistics for each men’s basketball home game. Big Red Coaching Sta! Sta! Coaching Big Red • A new Athletics Hall of Fame section highlights the best and brightest in Cornell athletics for more than a century.

On The Radio The Cornell University men’s Meet The Big Red basketball games will be broadcast live on WPIE-1160 AM out of Elmira, N.Y., with In Print Barry Leonard on the call. A You can # nd coverage of Cornell basketball in many local, half-hour pregame show and postgame analysis will en- regional and national outlets, including recent stories on able Big Red fans to follow Coach Steve Donahue’s team the program on ESPN.com, in the Times and throughout the season. For more information on how many other outlets. Among the best coverage of Cornell

2006-07 Review to follow the Big Red, visit www.CornellBigRed.com. men’s basketball in the Ithaca Journal and .

Barry Leonard Sports Editor Brian Delaney has been covering the Big Red Barry Leonard enters his 16th year as the play- by-play voice of Cornell hoops. Leonard brings basketball team for four seasons and provides his insights, extensive radio experience to his call of Big Red c o l u m n s , basketball in Ithaca. reports and Leonard, who is also the voice of the Big Red football and squads, returned to Ithaca game sto- 2007-08 Opponents radio in 1997 after a 10-year absence and his rec- ries not only ognizable voice and a" nity for Cornell is evident in the Ithaca by his commitment to the university and the Barry Leonard athletic programs. Journal , but Leonard was awarded the Ben Mintz/Cornell Media Award in 2000, also on the newspaper’s web site, www.ithacajournal. given to a member of the media who shows exceptional support of Cornell in particular and to college athletics in general. com. Leonard began his career as sports director at WDIX Radio in Commack, N.Y., where he served as the basketball and football play-by-play voice for Cornell Daily Sun sports editor Josh Perlin and his sta! also Hofstra and C.W. Post and also hosted his own sports call-in show. After

History and Records returning to Ithaca for # ve years at WHCU, Leonard moved on to WICE in p r o v i d e Providence, R.I., where he served as a talk-show host and sports anchor. coverage A 1980 graduate of with a degree in televsion and radio, Leonard resides in Lansing with his wife, Anne, and daughter, Keara. of the Big Red in its Cornell Broadcasts Barry Leonard daily publication, as well as online at www.cornellsun. 27 West Meadow Drive com. Ithaca, NY 14850 Home Telephone: (607) 257-5938 Fax: (607) 257-5938 This Is Cornell 4 • www.CornellBigRed.com 2007-08 Cornell Big Red Men’s Basketball Big Red Information Meet The CoachesMeet Meet The Big RedMeet 2006-07 Review 2007-08 Opponents History and Records and History This Is Cornell CoachingCoaching Sta!Sta!

2007-08 Cornell Big Red Men’s Basketball www.CornellBigRed.com • 5 STEVE DONAHUE

Eighth Year at Cornell • Ursinus ‘84 The Robert E. Gallagher ‘44 Head Coach of Men’s Basketball Big Red Information Big Red

Steve Donahue enters his eighth season as head basketball coach at Cornell and his energetic leadership has helped the Big Red basketball program gain a new level of national respect and become a perennial challenger for the Ivy League title. A tremendous motivator, Donahue has set lofty goals for his program. While continuing its move up the Ivy League standings is the immediate challenge, building a program that can compete for Ivy League titles

Big Red Coaching Sta! Sta! Coaching Big Red and NCAA berths is the main focus. His team has the second-best Ivy record over the last three years (25-17). In each successive season, the quality of play by the Big Red has steadily improved. Donahue has coached and/or recruited six of the school’s top 20 all-time leading scorers, three Ivy League Rookie of the Year players, four Academic All-District picks and two Academic All-Americans. Coming o! a 16-12 season in 2006-07, the # rst winning campaign for the Big Red since 1996-97, Cornell has high expectations with the return of eight of the squad’s top 10 scorers and three All-Ivy players (Louis Dale, THE C AREER OF S TEVE D ONAHUE Meet The Big Red Adam Gore, Ryan Wittman). At Cornell (head coach) Last year’s squad posted a Year W L Pct. Ivy Finish 9-5 Ancient Eight record, the 2000-01 7 20 .259 3-11 t-7th most conference wins since 2001-02 5 22 .185 2-12 7th 1992-93, while the team 2002-03 9 18 .333 4-10 t-5th # nished in the top three in 2003-04 11 16 .407 6-8 t-5th the league standings for 2004-05 13 14 .571 8-6 2nd the third straight season. 2005-06 13 15 .464 8-6 3rd Despite losing the team’s 2006-07 16 12 .571 9-5 3rd leading scorer and reigning 2000-pr 74 117 .387 40-58 2006-07 Review Ivy League Rookie of the Year, Adam Gore, in the season opener, Cornell posted a victory at Northwestern (Big Ten) and closed The Big Red had two players named All-Ivy (Lenny Collins - # rst team, Eric the season 12-5 after the calendar turned to 2007. Taylor - honorable mention) for the # rst time since 1997. The team’s 13 Donahue’s 2005-06 team matched the previous season’s win total both wins overall were the most since that same 1996-97 campaign. overall (13) and in Ivy play (8) while recording back-to-back winning An- In 2003-04, Donahue led a team with just one senior to its third straight cient Eight seasons for the # rst time since the 1986-87 and 1987-88 teams season of improvement. The 11 wins overall were the most by a Big under Mike Dement. Cornell # nished in third place in the # nal league Red team in # ve years, as were the club’s six Ivy wins. Cornell improved standings as both Lenny Collins and Adam Gore earned second-team its scoring average nearly 10 points per game, went from a -3.0 to a All-Ivy honors, while Gore was named the Ivy League Rookie of the Year. +2.3 margin and lowered its opponent # eld goal percentage

2007-08 Opponents The team also won a school record # ve Ivy League road games. (ranking second in Ivy League play at .426). Cornell’s pressure defense The 2004-05 Ivy League Coach of the Year according to CollegeIn- generated 236 steals, good for second in the Ivy League and a school re- sider.com, Donahue’s Big Red squad cord. The young Big earned its highest Ivy # nish in 17 Red squad was in a years with its second-place e! ort majority of games, and claimed its # rst winning Ancient dropping seven Eight campaign (8-6) since the 1992- contests, including 93 season. It was only the seventh four in Ivy play, by time in school history that Cornell # ve points or less # nished second in Ivy play. Among or in . the many highlights of the season Donahue devel- History and Records was a sweep of Princeton for the # rst oped Ka’Ron Barnes time in 20 years and the # rst win at into a # rst-team All- in 19 years. The Ivy selection in 2004, Big Red swept a Yale-Brown weekend the Big Red’s first for the # rst time since 1999-2000, hit player to be honored a school and record as one of the league’s 15 3-pointers against No. 7 Syracuse top # ve players in and defeated St. Bonaventure of the seven seasons. Atlantic 10 on the road in what Jay During the off- Bilas of ESPN had called one of the # ve season, Donahue and

This Is Cornell toughest places to play in the country. the Big Red made its 6 • www.CornellBigRed.com 2007-08 Cornell Big Red Men’s Basketball # rst foreign trip, spending 10 days in . While there, Cornell competed against semi-pro clubs, going 3-1 leading into the 2003-04 campaign. Big Red Information Donahue’s 2002-03 squad nearly doubled its previous season’s win total with its 9-18 # nish, while its # fth-place ranking in the Ivy League was its highest since 1999. Barnes was named second-team All-Ivy League, while Lenny Collins earned the Ancient Eight’s Rookie of the Year Award. As part of his philosophy, Donahue has accepted the gauntlet thrown down by the top programs in the Ivy League and upgraded the non- conference schedule. Cornell has played an NCAA # nalist twice in the last # ve years, including eventual national champion Syracuse in 2002-03. In 2003-04, the Big Red hosted eventual national runner-up Georgia Tech.

Donahue’s Big Red has regularly played teams from power conferences The CoachesMeet such as the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), Atlantic 10, Big Ten, Big East and Mountain West Conferences. This year’s schedule includes a trip to perennial top 25 powers Duke (ACC) and Syracuse (Big East), as well as games against preseason or defending league champions Ohio University (Mid-American Conference), Siena (Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) and Bucknell (). O! the court, Cornell players are expected to succeed in the classroom and contribute in their community. Big Red players make appearances in local schools, speaking to students of the importance of a good education. Donahue became the fourth Robert E. Gallagher ‘44 Coach of Men’s Basketball at Cornell on Sept. 6, 2000. He wasted little time making an The Big RedMeet impact on and o! the court. Despite joining the program a little more than two months before the team’s # rst contest in 2000, Donahue began molding his team. By the end of the season his emphasis on hard work and dedication to the program paid o! in a win over Ivy League champ and NCAA participant Princeton and a two-point loss to league runner-up Penn. Despite a rash of injuries that cost the Big Red 54 missed games among its top eight players during the 2001-02 season, Donahue led a team that relied on eight freshmen, the most of any Division I school in the country, to a nearly identical record as in his # rst season. The team’s 2006-07 Review biggest improvement could be seen in its defensive play, as the squad lowered its # eld goal percentage defense from .463 in Donahue’s # rst season to .428 in his second year. The squad also broke school records for 3-pointers made in a game (14) and a season (200) as Donahue’s full-court o! ensive philosophy began to take shape. Renowned as a top recruiter and for his o! ensive mind while an as- sistant at the University of Pennsylvania, Donahue learned the trade What Coaches Are Saying from some of the nation’s top coaches. Donahue served as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator About Steve Donahue: under Fran Dunphy at Penn for 10 years. During his tenure as a Quaker “Cornell comes in prepared. There’s no doubt that Coach Dona- 2007-08 Opponents assistant, he was heavily involved in the recruitment of # ve of Penn’s top 20 all-time scorers. He was also instrumental in the Quakers win- hue puts discipline into these young men’s lives. We were lucky ning six Ivy League titles in his last eight years there, advancing to the to beat them, and I think they will be a better team this year. NCAA tournament # ve times and earning national recognition with a You watch, they’ll win the Ivy League before too long.” top 25 ranking. His duties included practice preparation, game coaching, -- Hall of Fame coach Jim Boeheim , head coach at Syracuse scouting and academic monitoring of players. Prior to joining Dunphy’s sta! at Penn, Donahue coached for two sea- sons at University. During his two seasons there, the Rams “Coach Donahue is one of the true teachers of the game. His won 20 games each season and also competed in the 1989 NCAA Divi- teams play with a high basketball IQ that allows them a chance sion II tournament. Thus, since 1989, Donahue has been an integral part to beat anyone. His personality alone makes young men want Records and History of programs that have gone to six postseason tournaments. Plus, he has the unique experience of qualifying for the NCAA tournament in all three to play for him. I love the way Steve coaches and the way Cornell divisions (including the Division III tourney as a player with Ursinus). plays the game.” Donahue served as an assistant for current Lafayette head coach Fran -- John Beilein , head coach at Michigan O’Hanlon at Monsignor Bonner High School, helping to guide Bonner to the 1987-88 Philadelphia Catholic League Championship. Donahue began his coaching career at Spring# eld High School under “Steve Donahue is a coach’s coach. Cornell is always well- Skip Werley, his former college coach. He served as head coach of the junior prepared for their opponents and they always play extremely varsity and assistant coach for the varsity team for three seasons. hard. He has changed the culture at Cornell by recruiting play- It was during his playing days at Ursinus College in Collegeville, Pa., ers that share his values and vision — to compete for an Ivy that Donahue developed his leadership skills. He captained both the This Is Cornell and basketball teams as a senior, earning four letters in both League championship.” sports. As a freshman, Donahue helped the basketball squad # nish -- 2006-07 National Coach of the Year Tony Bennett , head 23-8 and advance to the NCAA Division III tournament. coach at Washington State A 1984 graduate of Ursinus with a bachelor of arts degree in eco- nomics and business administration, Donahue is currently working “Steve is extremely knowledgeable about basketball, he is on his master’s degree in organizational dynamics at the University of Pennsylvania. highly organized and always well-prepared. He is an excellent Donahue and his wife, Pamela, reside in Ithaca with their four children, head coach.” Taylor, Matthew, Katie and Jack. -- Fran Dunphy , head coach at Temple 2007-08 Cornell Big Red Men’s Basketball www.CornellBigRed.com • 7 ZACH SPIKER

Fourth Year at Cornell • Ithaca ‘00 Assistant Coach Big Red Information Big Red

Zach Spiker returns to the Big Red for his fourth season as an as- sistant coach under Steve Donahue. During each of his # rst three The Spiker File seasons, Spiker’s enthusiasm and knowledge of the game helped the Coach Donahue on Coach Spiker: Big Red to upper division # nishes in the Ivy League. He has also been “Zach has really provided us with something we needed. His instrumental in helping Cornell’s recruiting e! orts the last three years which has culminated in the Big Red standing as one of the favorites ability as an organizer, particularly in recruiting, has been a terri! c asset. His experience at other successful Division I Big Red Coaching Sta! Sta! Coaching Big Red to compete at the top of the Ancient Eight in 2007-08. Spiker was part of a 2006-07 club that won 16 games and # nished programs enables us to have a solid foundation on how to go third in the Ivy League with nine wins, surpassing the previous year’s about recruiting. He has great energy and a great passion for total. Freshman Ryan Wittman was named Ivy League Rookie of the Year, the game. He went to Ithaca College and knows the area. He while classmate Louis Dale was an All-Ivy selection. He also assisted in has been a great addition to the program.” the development of All-Ivy selection Andrew Naeve. In 2005-06, Spiker helped the Big Red to its second consecutive winning season in Ancient Eight play for the # rst time 18 years. Adam Gore was named Ivy League Rookie of the Year and joined Lenny Collins on the All-Ivy second team. Meet The Big Red The 2004-05 Big Red earned its highest Ivy # nish in 17 years and claimed its # rst winning Ancient Eight campaign (8-6) since the 1992-93 season. The Big Red had two players named All-Ivy (Lenny Collins - # rst team, Eric Taylor - honorable mention) for the # rst time since 1997. The team’s 13 wins overall was the most since that same 1996-97 campaign. Spiker joined the sta! in June 2004, returning to Ithaca after spend- ing the previous two seasons at West Virginia where he served as an administrative assistant under head coach John Beilein, helping the team to a pair of Big East tournament appearances and an invitation

2006-07 Review to participate in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) in 2003-04. While in Morgantown, Spiker was responsible for managing on-campus recruiting visits, opponent scouting, postgame # lm breakdown and overseeing the team’s daily event schedules. Prior to joining the Mountaineer sta! , Spiker served from 2000-02 as a graduate assistant coach at Winthrop University in Rock Hill, S.C., helping the Eagles advance to a pair of NCAA tournaments after winning the Big South tournament in successive seasons.

2007-08 Opponents While at Winthrop, Spiker was responsible for team travel, # lm exchange, directing camps, coordinating recruiting mailouts and managing on-campus visits. He was responsible for creating the school’s # rst-ever coaches’ clinic and the # rst- ever team camp. Spiker played two seasons of basketball at Ithaca College before serving as a student assistant coach as a senior, helping lead the Bombers to the 2000 ECAC championship, the # rst such basketball History and Records title in school history. Spiker graduated from Ithaca College in May 2000 with a bachelor’s degree in communications and earned a master’s degree in manage- ment from West Virginia in the spring of 2004. The 30-year-old Spiker and his wife, Jennifer, reside in Ithaca. This Is Cornell 8 • www.CornellBigRed.com 2007-08 Cornell Big Red Men’s Basketball Big Red Information NAT GRAHAM

Third Year at Cornell • Penn ‘97 Assistant Coach Meet The CoachesMeet

Nat Graham is in his third year as an assistant coach at Cornell under head coach Steve Donahue. Graham, who played three seasons at Penn The Graham File when Donahue was the team’s assistant coach, came to the Cornell Coach Donahue on Coach Graham: sta! after spending several seasons as an assistant coach at both the “Nat brings the same qualities to his coaching that he did as a University of Western Ontario and the University of Toronto. In his # rst two seasons, Graham has helped Cornell to 29 victories player. He’s competitive, personable and hard-working and adds and a pair of top-three Ivy league # nishes. He has assisted in the a great deal of basketball knowledge. He has had the oppor- development of Ivy League Rookies of the Year Adam Gore and Ryan tunity to work under several di" erent systems and brings new The Big RedMeet Wittman, as well as All-Ivy selections Lenny Collins, Louis Dale and and creative ideas that will help us continue to be successful. I Andrew Naeve. believe Nat is a strong addition to our sta" and will help us in A # ery competitor on the sidelines and on the practice % oor, Graham all areas.” is also an excellent recruiter who has developed strong relationships with future Big Red student-athletes as well as current members of the team. At Western Ontario, Graham helped the team to the Canadian national tournament and also was in charge of conducting clinics and summer leagues along with his regular coaching duties. At Toronto, he 2006-07 Review was part of a sta! that helped the program make a substantial turn- around (9-24 to 17-17) that included a playo! victory. Graham served as the team’s recruiting coordinator and also ran multiple high school tournaments as well as the school’s successful summer camp. Prior to his stint at Toronto, Graham spent two years coaching the boy’s and girl’s varsity and junior varsity basketball teams at MM Robinson HS in Burlington, Ont., and spent two years coaching the Burlington Panthers basketball club squad. The Panthers reached

the quarter# nals of the provincial championships and featured three 2007-08 Opponents Division I players. After Graham lettered twice in three seasons at Penn and was part of two undefeated Ivy League championship teams, he transferred to Western Ontario. At Western, Graham was a two-time # rst-team all-league and All-Canada selection. He went on to play for two sea- sons professionally in Ireland and Denmark before returning to coaching. Graham recently completed his master’s degree in Multicultural Education. History and Records and History Graham and his wife, Kelly, reside in Ithaca. This Is Cornell

2007-08 Cornell Big Red Men’s Basketball www.CornellBigRed.com • 9 WOODY KAMPMANN

First Year at Cornell • Hobart ‘05 Assistant Coach Big Red Information Big Red

Woody Kampmann joins the Big Red coaching sta! after spending the 2006-07 season as an assistant coach to former Steve Donahue The Kampmann File assistant Izzi Metz at Hobart. Kampmann brings tremendous energy Coach Donahue on Coach Kampmann: to the sidelines as he joins the Cornell sta! . “Woody brings a new energy and a similar approach to the Kampmann helped the 2006-07 Hobart squad to an 11-14 mark and a 7-7 conference record, but helped the team improve throughout the program. As a young coach, Woody is mature in his approach to the game and the players and I expect that his personality Big Red Coaching Sta! Sta! Coaching Big Red season. The Statesmen won their # nal four games and # ve of its # nal six games overall. He helped in the development of # rst-team all-league will go a long way in impressing potential recruits. We are lucky selection John Grazioli and second-team pick Mike Manning. to have Woody join the Big Red.” Prior to his stint at Hobart, Kampmann spent the 2005-06 season as an assistant coach at Williams. While at Williams, Kampmann helped the Ephs to a 17-8 record while working primarily with the perimeter Kampmann’s collegiate playing career began with two seasons players. He also served as head coach of the junior varsity program. as a letter winner at Colby College before transferring to Hobart. He As a college senior, Kampmann served as a student assistant coach earned one letter as a junior before transitioning to his role as a student at his alma mater, helping guide Hobart to a 16-11 record and a # rst- assistant coach. place # nish in the league regular season standings. He was part of a As a young coach, Kampmann has been actively involved on the Meet The Big Red coaching sta! that was voted as the league’s best. The team earned a summer camp circuit, working as a clinician at Princeton and the Eastern bid to the ECAC Tournament, and he helped the Statesmen to a vic- Invitational Basketball Camps. tory over Plattsburgh in the quarter# nals for the program’s # rst-ever Kampmann is a 2005 graduate of Hobart with a degree in American postseason triumph. studies. 2006-07 Review 2007-08 Opponents History and Records

2007-08 Cornell Men’s Basketball Team Front Row (L-R): Collin Robinson, Jason Battle, Andre Wilkins, Adam Wire, Geo! Reeves, Adam Gore, Louis Dale. Back Row (L-R): Ryan Wittman, Jon Jaques, Brian Kreefer, Aaron Osgood, Je! Foote, Jason Hartford,

This Is Cornell Pete Reynolds, Alex Tyler, Conor Mullen. 10 • www.CornellBigRed.com 2007-08 Cornell Big Red Men’s Basketball MARC CHAMBERLAIN VONNIE WHITTENBURG Big Red Information 11th Year At Cornell 31st Year At Cornell Cortland ‘96 Administrative Assistant Athletic Trainer

Marc Chamberlain is in his 11th season on the Cornell athletic train- Vonnie Whittenburg has served as an administrative assistant for The CoachesMeet ing sta! , and his sixth with the men’s basketball program. He also Cornell athletics since 1977. In her role, Whittenburg works closely with serves as the athletic trainer for women’s soccer and teams, the men’s basketball coaching sta! , assisting them with their schedules, and has previously worked with the Big Red women’s basketball, var- travel and recruiting responsibilites. She also handles administravtive sity and , men’s and women’s lacrosse and wrestling duties for the women’s basketball and volleyball programs. teams. Whittenburg and her husband, Grady, reside in Lansing with their Chamberlain received his bachelor’s degree in physical education children Marc, Stefan and Jenna. from SUNY Cortland in 1996, and minored in athletic training. He re- ceived his master’s degree in sport and recreation management from JEREMY HARTIGAN SUNY Cortland in December 2000. The Big RedMeet Chamberlain holds dual certi# cation by the National Athletic Trainers’ Seventh Year At Cornell Association and the National Strength and Conditioning Association. Chamberlain and his wife, Joyce, reside in Dryden. St. Bonaventure ‘98 Director of Athletic Communications DAVID JONES Fourth Year At Cornell Team Chaplain Jeremy Hartigan is in his fourth season as the Director of Athletic Communications where he oversees the media relations operations of 2006-07 Review the Big Red’s 36 varsity sports. It is his seventh year working with the men’s basketball program. He also works closely with the football and women’s lacrosse programs. A 1998 graduate of St. Bonaventure with a degree in journalism/ Dave Jones begins his fourth season working with the Big Red as mass communication, Hartigan served as assistant director at Cornell team chaplan. Jones also serves the Ithaca community as the head for three years prior to becoming director. He had previously spent pastor at the Bethel Grove Bible Church in Ithaca. Jones was a member three years on the media relations sta! at the University of Cincinnati, of the Messiah College basketball team from 1968-72 and scored 1,082 working with 13 of the school’s 16 varsity sports in some capacity. points during his career. He also led Messiah to the NCCAA Elite Eight 2007-08 Opponents in 1972. In 1975, Jones served as the graduate assistant basketball JOHN PERKO coach for Wheaton College. Jones received a B.A in history education from Messiah College in 61st Year At Cornell 1972, followed by a M.A from Wheaton Graduate School in 1976; M.Div Event Supervisor/O" cials Greeter from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in South Hamilton, Mass., and is currently enrolled in a D.Min. program at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, Pa. Jones and his wife Joyce have lived in Ithaca since 1988. They have

a son Matthew, who is a junior at Messiah College Records and History John Perko begins his 61st season working as an event supervisor, visiting team and o" cials host at Cornell. He assists with the football, JILLIAN DRUCKER men’s and women’s basketball and men’s lacrosse programs. Among First Year At Cornell his responsibilities are to welcome visiting teams and o" cials to the Men’s Basketball Operations Manager Cornell area and assist them during their stay. Perko worked for New York State Electrical and Gas (NYSEG) for 40 years before retiring in 1986. A graduate of Ithaca High School, Perko served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.

The father of six grown children, all college graduates, Perko has This Is Cornell many grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Jillian Drucker joins the Big Red for the 2007-2008 season as a stu- dent operations manager. A senior sport management major and legal studies minor at Ithaca College, Drucker interned with in the summer of 2006 in the operations department in , and this past summer joined the operations department as an intern at the Houston Dynamo. She was a member of the women’s varsity soccer team at IC. 2007-08 Cornell Big Red Men’s Basketball www.CornellBigRed.com • 11 2007-08 Men’s Basketball TV & Radio Roster Big Red Information Big Red

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2007-08 Cornell Big Red Men’s Basketball www.CornellBigRed.com • 13 2007-08 Men’s Basketball Outlook The hardest part for any program that truly desires a championship is answering the bell when they go from the hunter to the hunted. For the Big Red men’s basketball team to claim its # rst Ivy League title since the 1987-88 season, head coach Steve Do- nahue’s team will need to carry some heavy artillery. A popular preseason pick at the top of the Ivy League standings among the national Big Red Information Big Red prognosticators, Cornell returns eight of its top 10 scorers, the last two Ivy League Rook- ies of the Year, three underclassmen who have garnered All-Ivy honors and a talented roster of 17 players hungry and eager to get # tted for a ring and make an appearance at the “Big Dance.” Louis Dale Of course, in a league that has been dominated by Penn and Princeton for the better part of 50 years, as well as having Yale, Brown and Columbia squads that return nearly their entire roster, and Dartmouth and Harvard programs with increased expectations, there are no “gimmes” in a league that decides its champion with a 14-game league tournament. The obvious strength of the squad will be perimeter shooting. In their only full sea- Big Red Coaching Sta! Sta! Coaching Big Red sons playing for the Big Red, junior Adam Gore (83) and sophomore Ryan Wittman (93) have posted two of the top 10 single-season 3-point marks in Ivy League history. Add in sophomores Louis Dale and Geo! Reeves, who shot a combined 47 percent while making 55 treys a season ago, and senior Jason Hartford, who made 12-of-26 3-pointers from the power forward position two years ago, and Cornell can spread the % oor with e! ective and e" cient shooters. And that doesn’t take into account USC transfer Collin Robinson, who will have the opportunity to shoot it himself from beyond the arc or cre- ate open shots for others.

Meet The Big Red While the perimeter seems to be set on paper, the loss of All-Ivy center Andrew Naeve, the top interior defensive presence in the Ancient Eight a season ago, will be the most immediate hole to # ll. Hartford will be joined by sophomore Alex Tyler and junior transfer Je! Foote (St. Bonaventure) as the most likely candidates to see time in the post, with junior Brian Kreefer and sophomore Andre Wilkins also seeing time.

Backcourt three rebounds and three assists in a win at Columbia, and burst Donahue’s biggest problem may come in managing minutes onto the scene with six 3-pointers en route to 22 points at then- with a stable of talented guards. Two All-Ivy selections highlight No. 16 Syracuse in his second collegiate game. As a sophomore, 2006-07 Review a backcourt that will be considered one of the tops in the Ivy Gore had become an even better all-around player and returned League. stronger. His toughness and leadership will be key to any poten- Dale and Gore looked to be one of the top young backcourts tial championship run. on the East Coast after its # rst game last season, a 64-61 triumph With Gore down, Dale picked up the production out of the at Northwestern that gave the Big Red its # rst win over a Big Ten backcourt. A relative unknown entering the year, the 5-11 guard school since 1968. Gore was arguably the best player on the % oor, has the potential to be one of Cornell’s great point guards. He was pumping in 20 points and adding four assists, while Dale had an honorable mention All-Ivy selection as a freshman after aver- seven points, three rebounds and two assists in his # rst collegiate aging 13.3 points, 4.3 rebounds and 3.7 assists in 28.7 minutes per game. contest, starting 27 of the 28 games in which he appeared. A six- 2007-08 Opponents Then the season came to a screeching halt – or so it seemed. time conference rookie of the week award winner, Dale ranked When Gore limped to the sideline with 30 seconds to play in ninth in the Ivy League in scoring and third in assists, while also the win with what turned out to be a season-ending knee injury, standing among the top 10 in defensive rebounds (seventh, 3.7), it would have been easy to write o! Cornell. Of course, those de- percentage (seventh, .785), 3-point percentage (sec- tractors would have been wrong. ond, .468) and assist/turnover ratio (# fth, 1.11). His scoring total What was lost and now returns was nothing insigni# cant. The (372 points) ranks second all-time at Cornell among freshmen. 2005-06 Ivy League Rookie of the Year and second-team All-Ivy Dale had a career-high 23 points against Bucknell and 22 points pick averaged a then-school freshman record 12.9 ppg., good for in three other contests. He had arguably his best game in a win at # fth in the Ivy League, with a then-school record 83 3-point # eld

History and Records Brown, posting 22 points, # ve assists, four rebounds and two steals goals (# rst in the Ivy League, 21 more than any other player in the while making 5-of-9 3-pointers, including all # ve he attempted in Ancient Eight). Gore reached double # gures in scoring 17 times the second half. Dale had 16 points, 12 rebounds and six assists and hit at least one 3-pointer in 27 of the team's 28 games, in- in a win over Dartmouth for his # rst career double-double. His cluding in each of the # nal 22 contests. Gore had 10 games with strength and athletic ability rival anyone in the conference, and at least four 3-point # eld goals and did so e" ciently, as his .419 his decision making running the o! ense matured as his rookie shooting percentage from beyond the arc was good for third in season went along. the conference and seventh all-time at Cornell in a season. Gore Sophomore Geo! Reeves emerged late in the season after inju- was also durable, starting all 28 games and averaging 32.8 min- ries limited him over the # rst half. The athletic, 6-5 guard has a ter-

This Is Cornell utes per game. He had a career-high 28 points to go along with ri# c shooting stroke from beyond the arc, hitting 50 percent of his 14 • www.CornellBigRed.com 2007-08 Cornell Big Red Men’s Basketball e! orts from 3-point range and 51 percent from the % oor overall. # eld goals (67 percent). The 6-4 swingman posted a career-high He ended the year averaging 3.5 points and just under 11 minutes 21 points in 41 minutes in the # nal, an overtime loss to William Big Red Information per game. He had 16 points o! the bench against Harvard and 12 & Mary. The previous night he had 14 points and a career-high points, three assists and two steals at Penn. The former # rst-team nine rebounds in just 18 minutes in the win over VMI. He also had all-state selection in Kansas showed his all-around game on the three assists and shot 7-of-10 from the % oor. Battle recorded a ca- team’s foreign trip to France, averaging 16.5 points per game in a reer-high nine rebounds at Binghamton and also had nine points more up-tempo style that suits his game. against Hartford. While Reeves emerged in France, no one was more impres- Sophomore Ryan Wittman and junior Conor Mullen also will sive than junior Collin Robinson. After sitting out last season after swing into the backcourt when needed. transferring from USC, Robinson showed what a force he can be on both ends of the % oor on the trip. The 6-0, 190-pound guard Frontcourt The CoachesMeet averaged 20.5 points, 4.5 rebounds, 6.5 assists and 3.0 steals dur- The loss of All-Ivy center Andrew Naeve leaves a gaping hole in ing the four-game swing and showed an ability to take over a the middle, but plenty of talent returns to East Hill as the Big Red game o! ensively. His ability to penetrate the lane and either # nish continues its climb in the Ivy League standings. Forwards Jason or create scoring chances for teammates will make him an instru- Hartford, Brian Kreefer, Alex Tyler and Ryan Wittman will spear- mental part of the rotation. He will also be a nuisance defensively head an experienced and skilled group. with his quick hands. Wittman, the 2006-07 Ivy League Rookie of the Year and a Junior Jason Battle played a key role a season ago, seeing second-team All-Ivy selection, set a school freshman scoring action everywhere from point guard to power forward and will record and established a new Cornell record for 3-pointers in Meet The Big RedMeet again compete for minutes. Battle saw action in 27 contests as a a season (93).The Collegehoops.net mid-major freshman All- sophomore, starting eight games and averaging 3.4 points and American ranked fourth in the Ivy League in scoring (15.6 ppg.) 2.2 rebounds. He had a breakout weekend in earning all-tourna- and hit 21 more 3-pointers than any other player in the league, ment honors at the William & Mary Tip-O! Classic, averaging 17.5 placing fourth all-time in conference history. He also placed points, 6.5 rebounds and 2.5 assists while connecting on 14-of-21 sixth in 3-point percentage (.431, 22nd in the country) and second in free throw percentage (.887). His 436 points set a freshman scoring record and was the 16th-highest total for any player in school history. A model of con-

sistency, Wittman reached double # gures in 25 of the 2006-07 Review team's 28 games, with nine points in each of the other three contests. He opened his career with 18 points, three rebounds and two assists in his # rst collegiate start to help the Big Red top Northwestern on the road and ended the year with a career-best 24 points, including six 3-pointers, against Harvard. Wittman is more than a shooter, however. His competitiveness and knowledge of the game help make him a strong team defender and

an excellent passer. 2007-08 Opponents The lone active senior on the roster, Hartford has battled injuries throughout his Cornell career. One of the most skilled big men in the Ancient Eight, Hartford’s 6-9, 240-pound frame belies the fact that he is a deft shooter from the perimeter and a skilled playmaker with the ball in his hands. He averaged 7.7 points and 3.8 rebounds in 21 games (20 o! the bench) in his # rst year with the Big Red in 2005-06, but was forced out of seven contests with a myriad of injuries. Hartford was threat from beyond Records and History the arc, making 12-of-26 3-pointers on the year en route to eight double-# gure scoring games. His put-back of a missed 3-pointer with 2.4 seconds to play in a win over Harvard sealed a tremendous e! ort against the Crimson's highly-touted front line. He was 7-of-8 from the % oor for a career-high 21 points at Yale. Hartford also notched 17 points on 8-of-10 shooting at No. 10 Washington, and posted 10 points and eight rebounds, including making This Is Cornell Ryan Wittman both 3-point attempts, against Penn, both NCAA tourna- ment teams. Kreefer is the quintessential skilled big man with the ability to hit the open shot from the perimeter and the craftiness to score inside against bigger players. He av- eraged career-highs of 5.0 points and 2.3 rebounds in 27 games (including 10 starts) as a sophomore, shoot- ing 46 percent from the % oor and 70 percent from the

2007-08 Cornell Big Red Men’s Basketball www.CornellBigRed.com • 15 free-throw line. Kreefer had a pair of 20-point e! orts, includ- points and 1.6 rebounds in 20 contests o! the bench making 11- ing a career-high 23 points at Army, hitting a personal-best # ve of-16 # eld goals while playing just 6.4 minutes per game. Reyn- 3-pointers. He also totaled 20 points at Lehigh. Kreefer had 10 olds had an impressive eight-point, six-rebound game in just 13 points, three rebounds and three assists vs. Iowa and keyed the minutes vs. Stony Brook. He made 4-of-5 # eld goals in the contest. Big Red in the season-opening win over Northwestern with # ve He also had six points, including 4-of-5 free throws, in the win points and two rebounds in the # nal four minutes. over Ithaca, and notched four rebounds and his # rst career Tyler was an active presence down low as a rookie in the low at Binghamton. post. A physical player with a soft shooting touch in the lane, Tyler The frontcourt will be supplemented by four newcomers who emerged once Ivy League play began, averaging 6.6 points and will have an opportunity to earn minutes. Junior Je! Foote, a trans-

Big Red Information Big Red 3.4 rebounds on 61 percent shooting in Ancient Eight action. His fer from St. Bonaventure, as well as sophomore Andre Wilkins and season totals of 4.6 points and 2.5 rebounds on 53 percent shoot- freshmen Aaron Osgood and Adam Wire, will help solidify the Big ing showed his potential in just 13.4 minutes per game. He was Red in the post. also named Ivy League Rookie of the Week on Feb. 5 after consec- Foote becomes Cornell’s second seven-footer in school histo- utive 14-point e! orts against Dartmouth and Harvard. Tyler had ry (Marshall Werner ‘93), but it isn’t just his size that intrigues the 14 points and seven rebounds, including 7-of-7 shooting from Big Red coaching sta! . An ever-improving player who has made the # eld, at Harvard. He also # nished with 12 points and seven re- major strides since arriving on campus, Foote is a good athlete bounds while shooting 6-of-7 from the % oor in the win over Yale. and a big-time shot blocker who rebounds outside of his area Junior Conor Mullen and sophomores Jon Jaques and Pete thanks to his long arms. A good teammate who understands his

Big Red Coaching Sta! Sta! Coaching Big Red Reynolds all have the ability to contribute in 2007-08 with their role, Foote is an excellent passer and plays under control. He will speci# c skill sets while competing for larger roles in the front- become eligible after Cornell’s # nal exams end the fall semester court. and will be able to play beginning with the Bucknell game on Mullen broke into the rotation midway through the season Dec. 19. and sparked the Big Red. The 6-5 swingman brings tremendous The 6-5 Wilkins will be one of the top all-around athletes in strength to the position and is a good defender. Mullen became the Ivy League. The native of Toronto, Ont., averaged 10.1 points an integral part of the Big Red's rotation as a sophomore, averag- and 8.2 rebounds while shooting 65.8 percent from the % oor as a ing 2.9 points and 1.8 rebounds in 12.6 minutes per game in his 19 freshman at Blinn College in Texas. In high school, Wilkins won the contests as a reserve. He scored 15 second-half points, hitting on slam dunk contest at the NIKE All-Canadian camp and has shown Meet The Big Red 6-of-8 # eld goals, to lead the Big Red to a win over VMI. He played in preseason that he enjoys attacking the rim and taking contact. a then career-high 14 minutes vs. the Keydets, registering four re- He also is a solid free throw shooter, hitting on nearly 80 percent bounds, a block and a . Mullen also had seven points and two of his e! orts a season ago. rebounds vs. Ithaca and six points, three rebounds and two assists Osgood enrolled after a season playing postgraduate basket- at Iowa. A fundamentally sound player, he is also an outstanding ball at the Hill School. The native of Overlake, Wash., continued his shooter with range. development in the fall and has already started gaining strength. Jaques saw limited minutes in a crowded rotation as a fresh- A skilled big man at 6-9, 220 pounds, Osgood will be able to de- man, but earned praise from the coaches for his ability to score velop at his own pace with the depth in the frontcourt, but will and his fundamentally sound play. He played in eight games o! still have the opportunity to earn minutes. 2006-07 Review the bench as a rookie, averaging 1.3 points and 0.5 rebounds. His Wire is a physical small forward with guard-like skills with the career-best e! ort came in extended minutes against Ithaca Col- ball and as a distributor. A hard-working player with great strength lege, notching seven points, four rebounds, an assist and a blocked as a freshman, the 6-5, 220-pounder averaged 13 points, 11.2 re- shot in 18 minutes. He also nailed a 3-pointer in the # nal minute bounds, six assists and three steals per game this past season at in the loss to Penn and was credited with an assist vs. Army. With Pinecrest HS in North Carolina en route to earning # rst-team all- additional improvement over the summer, he is expected to com- league accolades. He will also provide depth while attempting to pete for minutes behind Wittman. break into the rotation. Reynolds has tremendous athleticism for a player of his size

2007-08 Opponents (6-8) and he is active on the boards. He shot 68 percent from the The Schedule # eld in limited opportunities, but showed the ability to # nish in Trips to Duke's famed Cameron Indoor Arena and the Syra- the post against stronger opponents. Reynolds averaged 1.4 cuse Carrier Dome to meet the Orange highlight the 2007-08 schedule. The Big Red is sched- uled to play 13 home games and 14 road contests, includ- ing a pair of four-game home stands. Cornell’s 13 non-con- ference opponents combined

History and Records Brian Kreefer for a 208-190 record a season ago (.525) with six recording at least 19 wins and two reaching the postseason (NCAA – Duke, NIT – Syracuse), not including a trip to the NCAA Division III tournament for Alvernia Col- lege. Ivy League teams are al- lowed to play 28 games this This Is Cornell 16 • www.CornellBigRed.com 2007-08 Cornell Big Red Men’s Basketball will attempt to write a new chapter in its basketball his- tory and snap a 29-game losing skid against the Orange. Big Red Information The last time Cornell and Syracuse met at the Dome, SU earned a 67-62 victory in the second round of the 2K5 Col- lege Hoops Classic Bene# ting Coaches vs. Cancer. The Big Red led much of the second half, but could not pull o! the upset of the 16th-ranked Orange despite 22 points from then-freshman and eventual Ivy League Rookie of the Year Adam Gore. The Big Red meets Patriot League foe Lehigh in what has become a regular matchup as the two teams meet The CoachesMeet for the 15th straight season, the second-longest streak of non-league foes for Cornell. The Mountain Hawks hung a 90-71 defeat on the visitors a season ago in Bethlehem, Pa., to snap a three-game Cornell win streak in the series. The Big Red will then have a week before it hits the hard- Alex Tyler wood again, visiting Ohio University of the Mid-American Conference on Nov. 17. The Bobcats # nished last season with a 19-13 mark, the program’s third consecutive season Meet The Big RedMeet with at least 19 wins. Included were wins over Cincinnati, Rhode Island, St. Joseph’s and Marist. It will also be the team’s # rst trip to the state of Ohio since 1982 when it vis- ited Cleveland State. The Big Red opens a four-game homestand against non-league teams from New York State on Nov. 20 when Army marches into town with the host squad eyeing its ninth straight victory over the Black Knights, the longest

active win streak against any opponent on the 2007-08 2006-07 Review schedule. Donahue’s squad will then meet Siena, a 20-win team a season ago, on Sunday, Nov. 25 in the # rst meet- ing between the two schools since 1985. After sneaking by with a two-point triumph over Cornell a season ago, Binghamton will visit Newman Arena on Tuesday, Nov. 27, while the will storm Ithaca on Saturday, Dec. 1 in the last contest before an 18-day break for # nal exams.

Je! Foote will have his # rst opportunity to see varsity 2007-08 Opponents game action when the Big Red visits Bucknell on Dec. 19, ending the longest in-season stretch between games season, but Cornell’s trip to France cost the Big Red one game since the 2002-03 campaign (20 days). After meeting Syra- and also doesn’t allow Cornell to participate in an exempt tourna- cuse three days later and heading out for Christmas break, Cornell ment in 2007-08. returns to action on Saturday, Dec. 29 at Stony Brook. A New Year’s Cornell will meet perennial power Duke for the # rst time since Eve contest against Quinnipiac closes out the 2007 portion of the the 1988-89 campaign when the Big Red opens the 2008 por- schedule with 10 games under its belt. tion of its schedule on Sunday, Jan. 6 at 7 p.m. Head coach Mike After the matchup with Duke, Cornell returns home for the # rst Krzyzewski will bring his 10 Final Four appearances, eight national time in more than a month when it returns to Newman Arena on Records and History coach of the year honors and three national titles to the sidelines. Jan. 10, facing Division III NCAA tournament squad Alvernia. In the The Blue Devils are coming o! a 22-11 season and will return team’s # nal tuneup before Ivy League play, the Big Red will head seven of its top eight scorers from a season ago, including Syra- to Newark, N.J., to meet NJIT. cuse native Greg Paulus (11.8 ppg., 3.8 apg.). The trip to Cameron Cornell opens Ivy play with its annual home-and-home series Indoor Stadium will also provide Cornell a chance to tune up for with Columbia, serving as host to the Lions on Saturday, Jan. 19, Ivy play in one of the toughest road venues imaginable in a place then starting a three-game conference road swing the following Sports Illustrated called the fourth-greatest sporting venue of the Saturday in New York City. A road trip to Brown and Yale is fol- 20th century, behind only , Augusta National and lowed by a big home weekend on Feb. 8-9 against Princeton and This Is Cornell Army’s Michie Stadium. Duke has an 85-7 home record (.924) over Penn. Cornell returns to the road to face Harvard and Dartmouth the last six seasons. on Feb, 15-16 to set up a four-game homestand that includes Also back on the schedule after a one-year absence is Cen- games against Yale and Brown, followed by the return trip by the tral New York rival Syracuse, whom the Big Red will face on Sat- Big Green and Crimson on Feb. 29 and March 1. The Big Red closes urday, Dec. 22 at 7 p.m. at the Carrier Dome. Hall of Fame head out the regular season on March 7-8 when it heads to perennial coach Jim Boeheim returns All-America candidate Eric Devendorf Ivy favorites Penn and Princeton. (14.8 ppg.) and sophomore Paul Harris (8.6 ppg., 7.1 rpg.) from last year’s 24-11 squad that reached the NIT semi# nals. Cornell

2007-08 Cornell Big Red Men’s Basketball www.CornellBigRed.com • 17 JASON BATTLE Junior • Guard/Forward • 6-4 • 200 Wilmington, N.C. • New Hanover HS • Nutritional Sciences TOTAL 3-PTS REBOUNDS Year GP -GS Min -Avg FG -FGA Pct 3FG -FGA Pct FT -FTA Pct O! Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2005-06 21 -0 155 -7.4 17 -32 .531 0 -1 .000 4 -11 .364 9 13 22 1.0 10 0 6 10 0 1 38 1.8 2006-07 27 -8 451 -16.7 37 -76 .487 2 -7 .286 15 -26 .577 16 43 59 2.2 43 1 20 31 4 11 91 3.4 Big Red Information Big Red 5 Totals 48 -8 606 -12.6 54 -108 .500 2 -8 .250 19 -37 .514 25 56 81 1.7 53 1 26 41 4 12 129 2.7 2 Varsity Letters

Battle is a slasher who can get into the lane and # nish and showed the potential to be a good BATTLE’S CAREER HIGHS scorer. A lefthander with a nice feel for the game, Battle possesses good size at shooting guard Points: ...... 21 at William & Mary (12/2/06) and has the athleticism that will allow him to become a contributor on both ends of the court. He Rebounds: ...... 9 at Binghamton (11/25/06) also showed the ability to be a good defender in his # rst two seasons, playing the passing lanes 9 vs. VMI (12/1/06) well to go along with his strong anticipation skills. FG Made: ...... 7 vs. VMI (12/1/06) 7 at William & Mary (12/2/06) FG Attempts: ...... 11 vs. VMI (12/1/06) Big Red Coaching Sta! Sta! Coaching Big Red At Cornell FT Made: ...... 6 at William & Mary (12/2/06) Battle saw action in 27 contests as a sophomore, starting eight games and averaging 3.4 points and FT Attempts: ...... 6 vs. Hartford (11/28/06) 2.2 rebounds. He had a breakout weekend in earning all-tournament 6 at William & Mary (12/2/06) honors at the William & Mary Tip-O! Classic, averaging 17.5 points, 3pt Made: ...... 1 at William & Mary (12/2/06) 6.5 rebounds and 2.5 assists while connecting on 14-of-21 # eld goals 1 at Colgate (1/3/07) (67 percent). Battle posted a career-high 21 points in 41 minutes 3pt Attempts: ...... 2 at William & Mary (12/2/06) Assists: ...... 3 vs. Stony Brook (11/13/06) in the # nal, an overtime loss to William & Mary. The previous 3 vs. VMI (12/1/06) night he had 14 points and a career-high nine rebounds in just Steals: ...... 3 at Colgate (1/3/07) 18 minutes in the win over VMI. He also had three assists and Blocks: ...... 2 at Army (11/21/06) Minutes: ...... 41 at William & Mary (12/2/06)

Meet The Big Red shot 7-of-10 from the % oor. Battle recorded a career-high nine rebounds, season-best # ve points at Binghamton and also had nine points against Hartford. Battle averaged 1.8 points and 1.0 rebounds while shooting 53 percent from the # eld in 21 games o! the bench as a freshman. He had eight points on 4-of-4 shooting vs. Keuka, then corralled four rebounds against Army to go along with three points and two assists. Battle had # ve points and two rebounds in 19 minutes o! the bench against Lafayette and scored four points against both Penn State and Colgate, making 4-of-6 # eld goals in those two games. He is a student in the College of 2006-07 Review Agriculture and Life Sciences.

At New Hanover The 2005 Wilmington Star-News Player of the Year as a senior at New Hanover HS, Battle led his team to a 26-4 record, a conference title and the runner-up spot in the North Carolina eastern regionals. Battle averaged 18 points, seven rebounds, three assists and three steals a game as a senior and was selected to play in the North Carolina East-West All-Star game in Greensboro. A three-time # rst-team all- 2007-08 Opponents league pick, Battle scored 1,708 points and was named all-region and all-area as a senior. He helped lead his team to three conference regular season and tournament championships, posting a 64-19 record in his # nal three varsity seasons.

Personal Jason Randall Battle is the son of Eva and Gary Battle. History and Records This Is Cornell 18 • www.CornellBigRed.com 2007-08 Cornell Big Red Men’s Basketball LOUIS DALE Big Red Information Sophomore • Guard • 5-11 • 180 Birmingham, Ala. • The Altamont School • Policy Analysis and Management TOTAL 3-PTS REBOUNDS Year GP -GS Min -Avg FG -FGA Pct 3FG -FGA Pct FT -FTA Pct O! Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2006-07 28 -27 804 -28.7 111 -238 .466 44 -94 .468 106 -135 .785 18 103 121 4.3 68 2 104 94 3 24 372 13.3 Totals 28 -27 804 -28.7 111 -238 .466 44 -94 .468 106 -135 .785 18 103 121 4.3 68 2 104 94 3 24 372 13.3

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Dale is a razor-sharp point guard capable of taking over a game with his o! ense or setting up his teammates.The team’s DALE’S CAREER HIGHS top returning rebounder despite standing just 5-11, Dale is a Points: ...... 23 vs. Bucknell (12/16/06) tremendous athlete and was a state triple jump champion in Rebounds: ...... 12 vs. Dartmouth (3/3/07) high school. An excellent defender, Dale has quick hands and FG Made: ...... 8 at Brown (2/24/07) good instincts to get in the passing lanes. Dale improved his FG Attempts: ...... 16 vs. Brown (2/9/07) decision making ability with the ball in his hands as the season FT Made: ...... 11 vs. Bucknell (12/16/06) went along and showed he is capable of being one of the top FT Attempts: ...... 14 at Lehigh (11/17/06) all-around guards in the Ivy League. 3pt Made: ...... 5 at Brown (2/24/07) The Big RedMeet 3pt Attempts: ...... 9 at Brown (2/24/07) Assists: ...... 9 vs. NJIT (1/7/07) At Cornell 9 vs. Princeton (1/13/07) Dale was an honorable mention All-Ivy selection as a freshman after Steals: ...... 3 at Harvard (2/3/07) averaging 13.3 points, 4.3 rebounds and 3.7 assists in 28.7 minutes Blocks: ...... 1, three times per contest, starting 27 of the 28 games in which he appeared. A Recent: vs. NJIT (1/7/07) six-time conference rookie of the week award winner, Minutes: ...... 38 at Princeton (2/16/07) Dale ranked ninth in the Ivy League in scoring and third in assists, while also standing among the

top 10 in defensive rebounds 2006-07 Review (seventh, 3.7), free throw per- centage (seventh, .785), 3-point percentage (second, .468) and as- sist/turnover ratio (# fth, 1.11). His scoring total (372 points) ranks second all-time at Cornell among freshmen. Dale had a career-high 23 points against Bucknell and 22 points in three other contests. He had arguably his best game in a win at Brown, posting 22 points, 2007-08 Opponents # ve assists, four rebounds and two steals while making 5-of-9 3-pointers, including all five he attempted in the second half. Dale had 16 points, 12 rebounds and six assists in a win over Dartmouth for his # rst career double-double. The 5-11 guard also paced the team in rebounding # ve times, scoring eight times and assists in 13 contests in his # rst year on East Hill. He is

enrolled in the College of Human Ecology. Records and History

At Altamont School A # rst-team all-state selection by the Birmingham News as a senior at the Altamont School, Dale was nominated for a spot on the prestigious McDonald’s High School All-America team. He led the Knights to the Class 2A regional # nals in his # nal three seasons, earning most valuable player honors as a senior, and led the team to the # nal four in 2004. As a senior, Dale’s squad went 28-5. As a junior, Dale was named to play in the North-South state junior all-star game, featuring the top 30 junior players in the state after averaging 16 points, eight assists and seven rebounds per contest. This Is Cornell He was an honorable mention all-state pick as a sophomore and a second-team pick as a junior. The two star prospect by Hoop- ScoopOnline.com put up 16 points per game as a sophomore. As a member of the track and # eld team, Dale helped Altamont to a state title as a senior, winning the triple jump with a leap of 45-4 and placed second in the high jump at 6-2.

Personal Louis Dale III is the son of Louis Sr. and Willette Dale.

2007-08 Cornell Big Red Men’s Basketball www.CornellBigRed.com • 19 KHALIQ GANT Senior • Guard • 6-3 • 175 Norcross, Ga. • Marion-Tabor Academy • Communication TOTAL 3-PTS REBOUNDS Year GP -GS Min -Avg FG -FGA Pct 3FG -FGA Pct FT -FTA Pct O! Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2004-05 27 -19 445 -16.5 24 -55 .436 14 -33 .424 5 -7 .714 6 19 25 0.9 21 0 29 16 0 12 67 2.5 2005-06 17 -0 245 -14.4 12 -53 .226 7 -27 .259 7 -12 .583 6 22 28 1.6 18 0 18 10 0 9 38 2.2

Big Red Information Big Red 21 2006-07 Did not play - injured 2 Varsity Letters Totals 44 -19 690 -15.7 36 -108 .333 21 -60 .350 12 -19 .632 12 41 53 1.2 39 0 47 26 0 21 105 2.4

Remaining a key part of the men’s basketball program will be Khaliq Gant, who did not compete GANT’S CAREER HIGHS during the 2006-07 season. Gant su! ered a serious cervical neck injury at practice on Jan. 24, 2005, and continues to recover and rehab, gaining strength daily. Points: ...... 13 at Hartford (11/26/05) Rebounds: ...... 6 vs. Lehigh (12/4/05) FG Made: ...... 5 at Hartford (11/26/05) At Cornell FG Attempts: ...... 11 vs. Colgate (11/22/05) Prior to his injury, Gant had emerged as a key contributor o! the bench. He averaged 14.4 minutes FT Made: ...... 2, four times Recent: vs. Army (12/20/05)

Big Red Coaching Sta! Sta! Coaching Big Red per game, scoring 2.2 points, dishing o! 1.1 assists and collecting 1.6 rebounds per game. Included was a career-high 13 points (5-of-6 # eld goals) with three 3-pointers at Hartford. He also played FT Attempts: ...... 4 at Syracuse (11/9/05) 3pt Made: ...... 3 at Lehigh (1/4/05) a solid % oor game with four rebounds and # ve assists in 29 minutes at No. 16 Syracuse. Gant was 3 at Hartford (11/26/05) a consistent contributor as a rookie, scoring 2.5 ppg. to go along with 1.1 apg., while averaging 3pt Attempts: ...... 5 vs. Colgate (11/22/05) 16.5 minutes per game. Gant shot 44 percent from the % oor and 42 percent from Assists: ...... 6 at Syracuse (12/20/04) 3-point range and saw action in all 27 games. He started Steals: ...... 2, four times 19 straight games during the season, helping the Big Red Recent: at Bucknell (12/17/05) Blocks: ...... None to a 10-9 mark during that streak. He posted a career-high Minutes: ...... 34 vs. Ithaca (11/29/04) nine points on 4-of-6 shooting, while also recording two rebounds and an assist against Ithaca. Gant Meet The Big Red matched that in the win at Lehigh, hitting all three 3-point attempts he took. He also had a # ve-point, six-assist e! ort without a turnover in 31 minutes against No. 7 Syracuse. Gant is enrolled in Cornell’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

At Marion-Tabor Academy Gant was a Street & Smith’s High Honorable Men- tion All-American and a All-Metro selec- 2006-07 Review tion at Marion-Tabor Academy (Mass.). Gant was ranked among the top 200 recruits nationally by Prep Basketball magazine and was a member of the Youth Prep Stars Recruiting Magazine Georgia 2004 All-State Dream Team, comprised of the top 16 high school players in the state while playing at Holy Innocents HS in Atlanta. O! the court, Gant was the president of the senior class at Tabor. 2007-08 Opponents Personal Khaliq Jabari Gant is the son of Dean and Dana Gant and has an older brother and sister. History and Records This Is Cornell 20 • www.CornellBigRed.com 2007-08 Cornell Big Red Men’s Basketball ADAM GORE Big Red Information Junior • Guard • 6-0 • 180 Monrovia, Ind. • Monrovia HS • General Studies TOTAL 3-PTS REBOUNDS Year GP -GS Min -Avg FG -FGA Pct 3FG -FGA Pct FT -FTA Pct O! Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2005-06 28 -28 904 -32.3 115 -269 .428 83 -198 .419 48 -58 .828 10 53 63 2.3 75 1 37 40 0 25 361 12.9 2006-07 1 -1 36 -36.0 7 -13 .538 5 -10 .500 1 -1 1.000 0 2 2 2.0 4 0 4 2 0 1 20 20.0 Totals 29 -29 940 -32.4 122 -282 .433 88 -208 .423 49 -59 .831 10 55 65 2.2 79 1 41 42 0 26 381 13.1

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A tough competitor with tremendous basketball instincts, Gore can play either guard position. He GORE’S CAREER HIGHS has the ability to score at will from the perimeter or by getting in the lane, and can set up team- mates for scoring chances with his ballhandling and passing ability. A high percentage shooter Points: ...... 28 at Columbia (1/28/06) Rebounds: ...... 6 vs. Dartmouth (2/3/06) for a guard, Gore has an accurate touch from the outside with unlimited range and has shown FG Made: ...... 9 at Columbia (1/28/06) the desire to be a go-to player willing to take a big shot. Gore is a good team defender who has FG Attempts: ...... 16 vs. Dartmouth (2/3/06) fully recovered from a knee injury that limited him to just one contest in 2006-07. FT Made: ...... 6 vs. Princeton (2/17/06) 6 at Dartmouth (3/4/06)

At Cornell FT Attempts: ...... 8 vs. Princeton (2/17/06) The Big RedMeet 3pt Made: ...... 6, three times A preseason # rst-team All-Ivy selection by numerous college basket- Recent: at Yale (2/11/06) ball publications a year ago, Gore opened his 2006-07 season with a 3pt Attempts: ...... 14 vs. Dartmouth (2/3/06) bang, scoring a game-high 20 points (including # ve 3-pointers) and Assists: ...... 4 at Northwestern (11/10/06) dishing o! four assists in a season-opening win at Northwestern. Steals: ...... 5 vs. Yale (2/24/06) The win was costly, however, as he su! ered a knee injury in Blocks: ...... None Minutes: ...... 41 vs. Princeton (2/17/06) the # nal seconds of the contest, causing him to miss the rest of the season. The 2005-06 Ivy League Rookie of the Year and a second-team All-Ivy selection, Gore averaged a then-school freshman record 12.9 ppg., good for # fth 2006-07 Review in the Ivy League, with a school-record 83 3-point # eld goals (# rst in the Ivy League, 21 more than any other player in the Ancient Eight). He added 2.3 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game, as well as 25 steals, while shooting 43 percent from the % oor and 42 percent from beyond the arc. Gore also made 83 percent from the free-throw line. The eight-time Ivy League Rookie of the Week reached double # gures in scoring 17 times and hit at

least one 3-pointer in 27 of the team’s 28 games, including 2007-08 Opponents in each of the # nal 22 contests. He had 10 games with at least four 3-point # eld goals. Gore’s .419 shooting percentage from beyond the arc was good for third in the conference and seventh all-time at Cornell in a season. Gore was also durable, starting all 28 games and averaging 32.8 minutes per game. He had a career-high 28 points to go along with three rebounds and three assists in a win at Columbia, and burst onto the scene with six 3-pointers en route to 22 points at then-No. 16 Syracuse in his second collegiate game. Gore was just the second Cornell freshman to earn a spot on the All-Ivy # rst or History and Records and History second teams, joining Mike Davis, the 1977-78 Ancient Eight Rookie of the Year who was named to the second team as a freshman.

At Monrovia A third-team all-state pick as a senior, Gore averaged 24.8 points, 4.9 assists and 4.7 rebounds per game and was voted the Indianapolis Star ’s 2005 All-West Player of the Year. A deadeye shooter, Gore shot 61.6 percent from the # eld, including a school-record 53.2 percent from 3-point territory, and connected on 86.2 percent from the free-throw line. He had a career average of 18 points on 58.5 percent shooting and This Is Cornell 45.6 percent from 3-point range. As a senior, Gore led his team to a top 10 ranking in the state and posted a single-game high of 43 points. He wound up second on the school’s all-time list with 1,671 points. Gore was named one of the state’s top 100 players by Hoosier Basketball Magazine and was selected to play in the Indiana North-South All-Star game.

Personal Adam Douglas Gore is the son of Doug and Kathy Gore.

2007-08 Cornell Big Red Men’s Basketball www.CornellBigRed.com • 21 JASON HARTFORD Senior • Forward/Center • 6-9 • 245 Tillamook, Ore. • Tillamook HS • Chemeketa CC • Communication TOTAL 3-PTS REBOUNDS Year GP -GS Min -Avg FG -FGA Pct 3FG -FGA Pct FT -FTA Pct O! Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2005-06 21 -1 402 -19.1 66 -119 .555 12 -26 .462 18 -31 .581 23 57 80 3.8 44 0 16 24 8 6 162 7.7 2006-07 Did not play - injured

Big Red Information Big Red 44 Totals 21 -1 402 -19.1 66 -119 .555 12 -26 .462 18 -31 .581 23 57 80 3.8 44 0 16 24 8 6 162 7.7 1 Varsity Letter

A key part of the Big Red’s success two HARTFORD’S CAREER HIGHS seasons ago, Hartford will be getting back into basketball shape as the season starts Points: ...... 21 at Yale (2/11/06) Rebounds: ...... 11 vs. Saint Francis (Pa.) (11/8/05) after missing the entire 2006-07 season. The FG Made: ...... 8 at Washington (1/2/06) 6-9 forward has the ability to play with his FG Attempts: ... 12 vs. Saint Francis (Pa.) (11/8/05) back to the basket or facing the hoop, giving FT Made: ...... 5 at Yale (2/11/06) FT Attempts: ...... 6 at Yale (2/11/06)

Big Red Coaching Sta! Sta! Coaching Big Red Cornell more options in the post. His strength and positioning will allow him to get plenty of free-throw 3pt Made: ...... 2 at Penn (1/13/06) 2 at Yale (2/11/06) opportunities, as will his tenacity on the o! ensive glass. 3pt Attempts: ...... 3, three times Hartford brings a tremendous all-around game with him, Recent: vs. Columbia (1/21/06) as he can handle the ball, shoot, pass, block shots and get Assists: ...... 4 at Syracuse (11/9/05) in the passing lanes well for a big man. Steals: ...... 1, # ve times Recent: vs. Yale (2/24/06) Blocks: ...... 4 vs. Harvard (2/4/06) At Cornell Minutes: ...... 30 at Yale (2/11/06) Hartford spent the 2006-07 campaign rehabbing from a foot injury that curtailed his season before it began Meet The Big Red after a promising junior year. Hartford averaged 7.7 points and 3.8 rebounds in 21 games (20 o! the bench) in his # rst year with the Big Red. He was forced out of seven contests with a myriad of injuries that also kept him on the sidelines for some of the fall. Hartford was a threat from beyond the arc, making 12-of-26 3-pointers on the year en route to eight double-# gure scoring games. Hartford put back a missed 3-pointer with 2.4 seconds to play in a win 2006-07 Review over Harvard, ending the contest with six rebounds and a career-high four blocks against the Crimson’s highly-touted front line. He was 7-of-8 from the % oor for a career-high 21 points at Yale. Hartford also notched 17 points on 8-of-10 shooting at No. 10 Washington, and posted 10 points and eight rebounds, including making both 3-point attempts, against Penn, both NCAA tournament teams. Hartford is enrolled in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. 2007-08 Opponents At Chemeketa Hartford averaged 15.5 points and 7.2 rebounds while shooting 68 percent from the # eld en route to # rst-team all- league honors as a sophomore at Chemeketa CC in 2004-05. He chipped in 1.7 blocks, 1.2 assists and 1.0 steals per game and was named to the league’s all-academic team after leading his squad to a 25-8 record.

History and Records At Tillamook Hartford was named the Class 3A state player of the year by the Oregonian and was a # rst-team all-state selection as a senior at Tillamook HS. He led his team to a state title and was named to the all-tournament team during the 2002-03 campaign. Hartford was named league player of the year and # rst-team all-league as a senior at Tillamook.

Personal Jason Ray Hartford is the son of Ray and Debi Hartford. This Is Cornell 22 • www.CornellBigRed.com 2007-08 Cornell Big Red Men’s Basketball JON JAQUES Big Red Information Sophomore • Forward • 6-7 • 215 , Calif. • Harvard-Westlake School • Undecided - Arts and Sciences TOTAL 3-PTS REBOUNDS Year GP -GS Min -Avg FG -FGA Pct 3FG -FGA Pct FT -FTA Pct O! Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2006-07 8 -0 29 -3.6 3 -8 .375 2 -5 .400 2 -2 1.000 1 3 4 0.5 8 0 2 1 1 0 10 1.3 Totals 8 -0 29 -3.6 3 -8 .375 2 -5 .400 2 -2 1.000 1 3 4 0.5 8 0 2 1 1 0 10 1.3

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A well-coached player with good all-around skills, Jaques impressed the coaching sta! with his JAQUES’ CAREER HIGHS ability to score in a variety of ways as a rookie. Possessing good size from the small forward position, Jaques has the ability to shoot over a defender with excellent range. A tough competitor, Jaques Points: ...... 7 vs. Ithaca (1/5/07) Rebounds: ...... 4 vs. Ithaca (1/5/07) will have a chance to earn additional playing time as a sophomore. FG Made: ...... 2 vs. Ithaca (1/5/07) FG Attempts: ...... 6 vs. Ithaca (1/5/07) At Cornell FT Made: ...... 2 vs. Ithaca (1/5/07) Jaques played in eight games o! the bench as a freshman, averaging 1.3 points and 0.5 rebounds. FT Attempts: ...... 2 vs. Ithaca (1/5/07) His career-best e! ort came in extended minutes against Ithaca College, notching seven points, 3pt Made: ...... 1 vs. Ithaca (1/5/07) The Big RedMeet 1 vs. Penn (1/12/07) four rebounds, an assist and a blocked shot in 18 minutes. He also nailed a 3-pointer in the # nal 3pt Attempts: ...... 3 vs. Ithaca (1/5/07) minute in the loss to Penn and was credited with an assist vs. Army. He is enrolled in the College Assists: ...... 1 at Army (11/21/06) of Arts and Sciences. 1 vs. Ithaca (1/5/07) Steals: ...... None At Harvard-Westlake School Blocks: ...... 1 vs. Ithaca (1/5/07) Minutes: ...... 18 vs. Ithaca (1/5/07) Jaques averaged 13.8 points and 7.3 rebounds per game as a senior at Harvard-Westlake HS, earning # rst-team all-league and # rst-team All-CIF honors.

The 6-7 forward also recorded 2.7 assists and 1.9 steals 2006-07 Review while shooting 51 percent from the % oor and 36 percent from beyond the arc, hitting a league-best 58 treys. He had nine double-doubles for a team that # nished 27-6. Jaques was named the most valuable player at the 2006 Battle of the Valley all- star game after recording 14 points, 14 rebounds and four assists. Jaques received the scholar athlete award at the 2006 Collision VIII All Star Game. He was named a

player to watch in the 2006 West Coast recruit rankings 2007-08 Opponents by The Insiders. Jaques was invited to the Fullcourt Press All-West Camp during the summer of 2005 and earned a spot in the Top 60 game.

Personal Jonathan David Jaques is the son of Doug and Susan Jaques and has a younger sister. History and Records and History This Is Cornell

2007-08 Cornell Big Red Men’s Basketball www.CornellBigRed.com • 23 BRIAN KREEFER Junior • Forward • 6-7 • 225 East Liverpool, Ohio • East Liverpool HS • Applied Economics and Management TOTAL 3-PTS REBOUNDS Year GP -GS Min -Avg FG -FGA Pct 3FG -FGA Pct FT -FTA Pct O! Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2005-06 21 -0 181 -8.6 26 -58 .448 11 -32 .344 3 -5 .600 10 21 31 1.5 15 0 9 4 1 4 66 3.1 2006-07 27 -10 362 -13.4 50 -109 .459 13 -50 .260 23 -33 .697 25 36 61 2.3 32 0 15 17 2 6 136 5.0

Big Red Information Big Red 34 Totals 48 -10 543 -11.3 76 -167 .455 24 -82 .293 26 -38 .684 35 57 92 1.9 47 0 24 21 3 10 202 4.2 2 Varsity Letters

Kreefer is an ever-improving big man who works well in the high post for the Big Red KREEFER’S CAREER HIGHS thanks to his ability to shoot the basketball. Expected to again be an important contribu- tor as a junior, Kreefer is a solid rebounder with a knack for being around the basketball. He will cause Points: ...... 23 at Army (11/21/06) Rebounds: ...... 9 at Harvard (3/3/06) problems against smaller players because of his size and strength, while bigger defenders will be forced FG Made: ...... 7 at Lehigh (11/17/06) to come out on him thanks to his outside game. Kreefer will also have a chance to develop into a strong 7 at Army (11/21/06) rebounder due to his toughness around the hoop. He also takes care of the basketball, FG Attempts: ...... 14 at Lehigh (11/17/06) FT Made: ...... 5 at Lehigh (11/17/06)

Big Red Coaching Sta! Sta! Coaching Big Red committing just 1.5 turnovers per 40 minutes for his career. 5 at Binghamton (11/25/06) FT Attempts: ...... 7 at Lehigh (11/17/06) At Cornell 3pt Made: ...... 5 at Army (11/21/06) As a sophomore, Kreefer averaged career-highs of 5.0 points and 2.3 3pt Attempts: ...... 7 at Army (11/21/06) rebounds in 27 games, including 10 starts. He shot 46 percent from 7 at Iowa (12/30/06) the % oor and 70 percent from the free-throw line. Kreefer had a pair Assists: ...... 4 vs. Hartford (11/28/06) of 20-point e! orts, including a career-high 23 points at Army, hitting a Steals: ...... 2 vs. Yale (2/24/06) Blocks: ...... 1 at Harvard (3/3/06) personal-best # ve 3-pointers. He also totaled 20 points at Lehigh. Kreefer 1 vs. Columbia (1/27/07) had 10 points, three rebounds and three assists vs. Iowa and keyed the Minutes: ...... 30 at Northwestern (11/10/06) Big Red in the season-opening win over Northwestern with # ve points Meet The Big Red and two rebounds in the # nal four minutes. Kreefer played in 21 games o! the bench in 2005-06, becoming an integral part of the rotation over the second half of the season. He # nished his freshman campaign averaging 3.1 points and 1.5 rebounds while shooting 45 percent from the % oor. Kreefer connected on 11-of-32 3-pointers (.344) and turned the ball over just four times in 181 minutes, showing his poise as a rookie. Kreefer had career highs of 14 points, nine rebounds, two assists and a block in the win at Harvard. He connected on 4-of-6 3-pointers in that victory. Kreefer also came o! the bench to score 10 2006-07 Review points with two steals against Yale and had nine points against Army. He is enrolled in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

At East Liverpool A # rst-team all-state selection as a senior at East Liverpool HS, Kreefer graduated as the school’s all-time leading scorer (1,461 points). A captain, Kreefer led his team to a 20-3 record in 2004-05 by averaging 27.4 points and 13 rebounds. The four-year letter winner was selected to play in the Ohio North-South all-star game and scored 17 points in the contest.

2007-08 Opponents Kreefer earned Eastern District, Columbiana County Coaches Association and District 5 Coaches Association Player of the Year honors in his # nal year. Kreefer scored 548 points in 2004-05, including nine games of 30 or more points and 16 games with at least 20 points. He also led the team with 42 3-point # eld goals. He was a third-team All-Ohio pick as a junior when he averaged 19.5 points. Kreefer posted 10.9 points per game as a sophomore.

Personal

History and Records Brian Patrick Kreefer is the son of Mike and Cyndi Kreefer and has an older sister, Kristen, and an older brother, Justin. This Is Cornell 24 • www.CornellBigRed.com 2007-08 Cornell Big Red Men’s Basketball CONOR MULLEN Big Red Information Junior • Guard/Forward • 6-5 • 210 Seattle, Wash. • Bishop O’Dea HS • Economics TOTAL 3-PTS REBOUNDS Year GP -GS Min -Avg FG -FGA Pct 3FG -FGA Pct FT -FTA Pct O! Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2005-06 9 -0 21 -2.3 2 -7 .286 2 -7 .286 0 -0 .000 2 3 5 0.6 2 0 0 2 1 2 6 0.7 2006-07 19 -0 239 -12.6 20 -49 .408 7 -22 .318 8 -12 .667 9 25 34 1.8 24 0 8 13 1 5 55 2.9 Totals 28 -0 260 -9.3 22 -56 .393 9 -29 .310 8 -12 .667 11 28 39 1.4 26 0 8 15 2 7 61 2.2

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One of the team’s most improved players, Mullen is a very good perimeter shooter who also brings MULLEN’S CAREER HIGHS strength and intangibles to the table. A winner throughout high school who has two state titles to his name, Mullen is a well-schooled player who does all the fundamental aspects of the game well. Points: ...... 15 vs. VMI (12/1/06) Rebounds: ...... 6 vs. Penn (1/12/07) He is also a strong defender who can guard several positions. Mullen’s versatility will allow him to FG Made: ...... 6 vs. VMI (12/1/06) compete for minutes as a sophomore. FG Attempts: ...... 8 vs. VMI (12/1/06) FT Made: ...... 3 vs. VMI (12/1/06) At Cornell FT Attempts: ...... 4 vs. VMI (12/1/06) After seeing limited time as a rookie, Mullen became an integral part of the Big Red’s rotation as 3pt Made: ...... 2 at Iowa (12/30/06) The Big RedMeet 3pt Attempts: ...... 3 at Iowa (12/30/06) a sophomore, averaging 2.9 points and 1.8 rebounds in 12.6 minutes per game in 19 contests o! 3 at Penn (1/12/07) the bench. He scored 15 second half points, hitting on 6-of-8 # eld goals, to lead Assists: ...... 2 at Iowa (12/30/06) the Big Red to a win over VMI. He played a then career-high 14 minutes vs. the Steals: ...... 1, seven times Keydets, registering four rebounds, a block and a steal. Mullen also had seven Recent: vs. Columbia (1/27/07) points and two rebounds vs. Ithaca and six points, three rebounds and two Blocks: ...... 1 vs. Army (12/20/05) 1 vs. VMI (12/1/06) assists at Iowa. Mullen saw action in nine games Minutes: ...... 29 vs. Albany (12/22/06) o! the bench as a freshman, averaging 0.7 points and 0.6 rebounds. He had three points, a rebound and a steal at Penn, while netting 2006-07 Review a 3-pointer for his # rst career points against Bucknell. Mullen blocked a shot in eight minutes against Army and ripped down two rebounds in the # nal minute vs. Saint Francis (Pa.) in his # rst collegiate game. Mullen is enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.

At Bishop O’Dea

Mullen helped lead Bishop O’Dea HS 2007-08 Opponents to consecutive large school state titles, earning Most Valuable Player honors in the 2005 Class 3A state tournament. The # rst-team all-league and all-state selection had 14 points and nine rebounds in the # nal to lead O’Dea to its second straight state title and averaged 17.5 points in his # nal season. Mullen was selected to play in the Washington state high school all-star basketball game and the History and Records and History Les Schwab Northwest Shootout that pitted the top seniors from Washington and Oregon. Mullen earned second-team all-state and # rst-team all- metro honors after scoring 16 points per game as a junior. His performance garnered him an invitation to the prestigious West Coast All-Star Camp. Mullen also competed in track and # eld.

Personal Conor John Mullen is the son of Brian and Irene This Is Cornell Mullen and has three older brothers and two older sisters.

2007-08 Cornell Big Red Men’s Basketball www.CornellBigRed.com • 25 GEOFF REEVES Sophomore • Guard/Forward • 6-5 • 180 Burlington, Kan. • Burlington HS • Communication TOTAL 3-PTS REBOUNDS Year GP -GS Min -Avg FG -FGA Pct 3FG -FGA Pct FT -FTA Pct O! Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2006-07 17 -0 185 -10.9 22 -43 .512 11 -22 .500 4 -4 1.000 1 8 9 0.5 9 0 5 12 2 3 59 3.5 Totals 17 -0 185 -10.9 22 -43 .512 11 -22 .500 4 -4 1.000 1 8 9 0.5 9 0 5 12 2 3 59 3.5

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One of the team’s top athletes, Reeves emerged as key player late in his rookie season after su! ering REEVES’ CAREER HIGHS through injuries and sickness early in the year. A deadeye shooter who can create his own o! ense, Reeves is an e" cient scorer who has shown the ability to get in the lane at will. The 6-5 Reeves Points: ...... 16 vs. Harvard (3/2/07) Rebounds: ...... 2 at Dartmouth (2/2/07) spent the o! season gaining strength and is expected to take a leap as a sophomore to become a 2 vs. Brown (2/9/07) major contributor on both ends of the % oor. FG Made: ...... 7 vs. Harvard (3/2/07) FG Attempts: ...... 14 vs. Harvard (3/2/07) FT Made: ...... 2 at Penn (2/17/07)

Big Red Coaching Sta! Sta! Coaching Big Red At Cornell Reeves had a solid freshman season, emerging late in the year and 2 at Yale (2/23/07) FT Attempts: ...... 2 at Penn (2/17/07) averaging 3.5 points in 10.9 minutes o! the bench in 17 games. After 2 at Yale (2/23/07) missing the # rst eight contests of the season with a back injury and 11 3pt Made: ...... 2, three times contests overall, Reeves hit on 11-of-22 3-pointers and shot 51 percent Recent: vs. Harvard (3/2/07) from the % oor overall. The freshman registered a career-high 16 points 3pt Attempts: ...... 6 vs. Harvard (3/2/07) o! the bench against Harvard and notched 12 points, three assists Assists: ...... 3 at Penn (2/17/07) Steals: ...... 2 at Penn (2/17/07) and two steals at Penn. He is enrolled in the College of Agriculture Blocks: ...... 1 vs. Brown (2/9/07) and Life Sciences. 1 vs. Dartmouth (3/3/07) Minutes: ...... 28 vs. Harvard (3/2/07) Meet The Big Red At Burlington HS A # rst-team all-state selection by the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association as a senior at Burlington HS, Reeves averaged 23.6 points in his # nal season. Scouting service Rivals.com named Reeves second-team all-state for all classes and was a third-team pick by the Wichita Eagle . A four-year starter, Reeves was a second-team all- state selection as a junior after posting 2006-07 Review 20 points and seven rebounds per contest. He was part of an undefeated state title-winning team his sophomore season. Reeves was named to the South- west/Plains honorable mention all-stars by Basketball Today . He was named to the all-tournament squad at the Burlington Invitational as a sophomore. He also played football, earning # rst-team all-state honors as a wide receiver as a junior and senior. As a junior, Reeves caught 39 passes for 865

2007-08 Opponents yards and had seven interceptions on defense to earn all-area honors and holds numerous football records at Burlington. He was selected to play in the 2006 Kansas Shrine Bowl.

Personal Geo! rey Warren Reeves is the son of Glenn and Rebecca Reeves. He is a triplet who has two sisters, Erica and Alyssa, who both played basketball at Burlington HS. History and Records This Is Cornell 26 • www.CornellBigRed.com 2007-08 Cornell Big Red Men’s Basketball PETE REYNOLDS Big Red Information Sophomore • Forward • 6-8 • 210 Blair, Neb. • Blair HS • Undecided - Engineering TOTAL 3-PTS REBOUNDS Year GP -GS Min -Avg FG -FGA Pct 3FG -FGA Pct FT -FTA Pct O! Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2006-07 20 -0 122 -6.1 11 -16 .688 0 -0 .000 6 -12 .500 8 23 31 1.6 17 0 2 9 2 2 28 1.4 Totals 20 -0 122 -6.1 11 -16 .688 0 -0 .000 6 -12 .500 8 23 31 1.6 17 0 2 9 2 2 28 1.4

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An athletic big man with high-end potential, Reynolds is a tremendous rebounder and # nisher REYNOLDS’ CAREER HIGHS around the basket. At 6-8, Reynolds showed % ashes of being an impact post player as a rookie and will look to progress during his sophomore campaign. He is expected to play a key role in Points: ...... 8 vs. Stony Brook (11/13/06) Rebounds: ...... 6 vs. Stony Brook (11/13/06) the frontcourt thanks in large part to his high energy level. FG Made: ...... 4 vs. Stony Brook (11/13/06) FG Attempts: ...... 5 vs. Stony Brook (11/13/06) At Cornell FT Made: ...... 4 vs. Ithaca (1/5/07) Reynolds showed tremendous potential in his rookie season, averaging 1.4 points and 1.6 re- FT Attempts: ...... 5 vs. Ithaca (1/5/07) bounds in 20 contests o! the bench, shooting 69 percent from the % oor (11-of-16) in just 6.4 3pt Made: ...... None The Big RedMeet 3pt Attempts: ...... None minutes per game. Reynolds had an impressive eight-point, six-rebound game in just 13 minutes Assists: ...... 1 vs. Stony Brook (11/13/06) vs. Stony Brook. He made 4-of-5 # eld goals in the contest. He also had six points, including 4-of-5 1 at Lehigh (11/17/06) free throws, in the win over Ithaca and notched four rebounds and his # rst career Steals: ...... 1 vs. Hartford (11/28/06) block at Binghamton. He in enrolled in the College of Engineering. 1 vs. Dartmouth (3/3/07) Blocks: ...... 1 at Binghamton (11/25/06) 1 vs. Ithaca (1/5/07) At Blair HS Minutes: ...... 23 at Binghamton (11/25/06) A # rst-team all-state selection by the Lincoln Journal Star as a senior at Blair

HS, Reynolds averaged 17.2 points and 9.5 2006-07 Review rebounds in his # nal season. Reynolds led his team to a 17-7 mark and a district title and was named the team’s most valuable player as both a junior and senior. Reynolds earned all-tournament honors in the state tournament in 2006, and he was selected to play in the Nebraska Coaches Association All-Star Game. He was a two-time All- Omaha World Herald and all-league selection, and earned second-team all-state honors as a junior.

Reynolds was picked as an honorable mention all-state pick by 2007-08 Opponents the Associated Press his junior year. As a sophomore, Reynolds was an honorable mention all-state selection by the Omaha World Herald after averaging 14 points, seven rebounds and four blocks, including a school record 14 in one contest. He averaged 14.5 points and seven rebounds that season and closed out his career second on the school’s career scoring list with 1,043 points and is the all-time leading rebounder (515) and shot blocker (211) at the History and Records and History school. His 413 points as a senior ranked third all-time at Blair HS. Reynolds shot 59 percent or better from the # eld in each of his # nal three seasons, including a school record 65.3 percent as a junior. The academic all-conference pick was a three-sport star in high school, excelling in both track (100 meters, 400 meters, high jump, triple jump) and football (tight end).

Personal This Is Cornell Jonathan Patrick Reynolds is the son of Leroy and Rebecca Reynolds and has an older brother and sister.

2007-08 Cornell Big Red Men’s Basketball www.CornellBigRed.com • 27 COLLIN ROBINSON Junior • Guard • 6-0 • 170 West Covina, Calif. • Diamond Bar HS • Univ. of Southern California • Communication TOTAL 3-PTS REBOUNDS Year GP -GS Min -Avg FG -FGA Pct 3FG -FGA Pct FT -FTA Pct O! Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2005-06* 9 -0 35 -3.9 6 -15 .400 1 -6 .167 0 -0 .000 0 6 6 0.7 1 0 4 4 0 0 13 1.4 2006-07 Did not play - NCAA Transfer Guidelines

Big Red Information Big Red 3 Totals 9 -0 35 -3.9 6 -15 .400 1 -6 .167 0 -0 .000 0 6 6 0.7 1 0 4 4 0 0 13 1.4 * - at Southern California

After sitting out the 2006-07 campaign after transferring from USC, Robinson had an opportunity ROBINSON’S CAREER HIGHS to show the coaching sta! what he is capable of in practice. What they saw was an athletic, intel- ligent guard with a knack for # nishing in the lane. An excellent ballhander who can drive and dish Points: ...... 4 vs. North Carolina A&T (12/23/05) Rebounds: ...... 2, three times or pull up for the jumper, Robinson is also a very good rebounder and defender in the backcourt. Recent: vs. North Carolina A&T (12/23/05) The 6-0 guard has 3-point range and is one of the team’s top competitors who will provide ad- FG Made: ...... 2 vs. North Carolina A&T (12/23/05) ditional # repower in the backcourt. FG Attempts: ...... 4 at Washington (2/9/06) FT Made: ...... None Big Red Coaching Sta! Sta! Coaching Big Red At USC FT Attempts: ...... None 3pt Made: ...... 1 vs. Alcorn State (12/18/05) Robinson saw action in nine games as a reserve during his freshman campaign at USC, averaging 3pt Attempts: ...... 2 vs. Alcorn State (12/18/05) 1.4 points and 0.7 rebounds in 3.9 minutes of action per game. He hit on 6-of-15 # eld goals for 2 at Washington (2/9/06) 40 percent for the 17-13 Trojans. Robinson scored two points, grabbed two rebounds and dished Assists: ...... 1, four times out one assist in a win over UC Riverside, then posted three points, two rebounds and one assist Recent: at Washington (2/9/06) in eight minutes against Alcorn State. Robinson had a career-high four points against North Steals: ...... None Blocks: ...... None Carolina A&T. Minutes: ...... 10 vs. UC-Riverside (11/30/05)

At Diamond Bar HS Meet The Big Red Robinson averaged 25.9 points his senior season at Diamond Bar HS, hitting 40 percent from behind the three-point arc (103-of-255). He scored 802 points as a senior, breaking the school record previously held by NBA star Keith Van Horn. He was selected to the 2005 All-CIF Division 1-AA Southern Section # rst team, San Gabriel Valley Tribune All-Area Player of the Year, All-San Gabriel Player of the Year and the Los Angeles Times All-Star team. He was also a McDonalds All-American nominee. Robinson scored a career-high 42 points in a playo! win vs. Peninsula.

Personal 2006-07 Review Collin Terrell Robinson is the son of Donald and Evelyn Robinson. He is enrolled in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. 2007-08 Opponents History and Records This Is Cornell 28 • www.CornellBigRed.com 2007-08 Cornell Big Red Men’s Basketball ALEX TYLER Big Red Information Sophomore • Forward • 6-7 • 235 Clear Spring, Md. • Mercersburg Academy • Applied Economics and Management TOTAL 3-PTS REBOUNDS Year GP -GS Min -Avg FG -FGA Pct 3FG -FGA Pct FT -FTA Pct O! Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2006-07 24 -0 322 -13.4 41 -78 .526 0 -0 .000 28 -38 .737 25 34 59 2.5 42 2 9 22 4 3 110 4.6 Totals 24 -0 322 -13.4 41 -78 .526 0 -0 .000 28 -38 .737 25 34 59 2.5 42 2 9 22 4 3 110 4.6

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An aggressive and physically strong post player with a surprisingly soft touch in the lane, Tyler TYLER’S CAREER HIGHS emerged as one of the top young big men in the Ancient Eight as a rookie. Possessing strong hands and good basketball instincts, Tyler has a knack for getting on the o! ensive boards and creating Points: ...... 14 at Dartmouth (2/2/07) 14 at Harvard (2/3/07) havoc with his energy on defense. At 6-7 and 235 pounds, Tyler will become an even bigger part Rebounds: ...... 7, three times of the o! ense as a sophomore. Recent: vs. Yale (2/10/07) FG Made: ...... 7 at Harvard (2/3/07) At Cornell FG Attempts: ...... 10 vs. Ithaca (1/5/07) Tyler emerged as a force in the post for the Big Red during Ivy FT Made: ...... 8 at Dartmouth (2/2/07) The Big RedMeet FT Attempts: ...... 9 at Dartmouth (2/2/07) League play, closing the season averaging 4.6 points and 2.5 3pt Made: ...... None rebounds while shooting 53 percent in 24 games o! the bench. 3pt Attempts: ...... None He was also named Ivy League Rookie of the Week on Feb. Assists: ...... 3 at Yale (2/23/07) 5 after consecutive 14-point e! orts against Dartmouth and Steals: ...... 1 vs. NJIT (1/7/07) Harvard. Tyler had 14 points and seven rebounds, including 1 vs. Yale (2/10/07) Blocks: ...... 1, four times 7-of-7 shooting from the # eld, at Harvard. He also # nished with Recent: vs. Harvard (3/2/07) 12 points and seven rebounds while shooting 6-of-7 Minutes: ...... 29 vs. Harvard (3/2/07) from the % oor in the win over Yale. He upped his totals in Ivy League play to 6.6 points and 3.4 rebounds on 2006-07 Review 61 percent shooting from the % oor. He is enrolled in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

At Mercersburg Academy Tyler averaged 14.4 points and 10.0 rebounds per game as a senior at Mercers- burg Academy, reaching double # gures 23 times in

leading his team to a 25-3 2007-08 Opponents record. He was named to the Public Opinion ’s all-area first-team as a senior. A # rst-team all-Mid- Atlantic Prep League selection, Tyler scored 1,370 points in his high school career. He began his career at Clear Spring HS, averaging better than 22 points per game as a sophomore en route to all-area honors before transferring to History and Records and History Mercersburg.

Personal Alex Robert Tyler is the son of Greg and Ellen Tyler and is the youngest of seven children. This Is Cornell

2007-08 Cornell Big Red Men’s Basketball www.CornellBigRed.com • 29 RYAN WITTMAN Sophomore • Forward • 6-6 • 210 Eden Prairie, Minn. • Eden Prairie HS • Applied Economics and Management TOTAL 3-PTS REBOUNDS Year GP -GS Min -Avg FG -FGA Pct 3FG -FGA Pct FT -FTA Pct O! Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 2006-07 28 -27 991 -35.4 144 -329 .438 93 -216 .431 55 -62 .887 11 67 78 2.8 36 0 36 42 7 27 436 15.6 Totals 28 -27 991 -35.4 144 -329 .438 93 -216 .431 55 -62 .887 11 67 78 2.8 36 0 36 42 7 27 436 15.6

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A tough competitor with a high basketball IQ, Wittman WITTMAN’S CAREER HIGHS is one of the Ancient Eight’s top returning scorers and one of the best shooters in college basketball. An e" cient Points: ...... 24 vs. Harvard (3/2/07) Rebounds: ...... 6 vs. VMI (12/1/06) scorer who can also get into the lane and # nish around the FG Made: ...... 8, three times hoop, Wittman is capable of being one of the top all-around Recent: vs. Harvard (3/2/07) players in the Ancient Eight. The 6-6 forward is a good team FG Attempts: ...... 18 vs. Hartford (11/28/06) FT Made: ...... 6 at Army (11/21/06)

Big Red Coaching Sta! Sta! Coaching Big Red defender and an excellent passer. 6 vs. Penn (1/12/07) FT Attempts: ...... 7 vs. Penn (1/12/07) At Cornell 3pt Made: ...... 6, three times Wittman was named 2006-07 Ivy league Rookie of the Year and Recent: vs. Harvard (3/2/07) was picked as a second-team All-Ivy selection after setting a school 3pt Attempts: ...... 12 vs. Hartford (11/28/06) freshman scoring record and establishing a new Cornell record for Assists: ...... 4 vs. Stony Brook (11/13/06) 3-pointers in a season.The six-time Ivy League Rookie of the Week Steals: ...... 3 vs. VMI (12/1/06) 3 at Colgate (1/3/07) and and Collegehoops.net mid-major freshman All-American ranked Blocks: ...... 2 at Army (11/21/06) fourth in the Ivy League in scoring (15.6 ppg.) and paced the circuit in 2 vs. Bucknell (12/16/06) 3-point # eld goals with a school record 93, 21 more than any other player Minutes: ...... 44 at William & Mary (12/2/06) Meet The Big Red in the league and fourth all-time in conference history. That total ranked 12th nationally. He also placed sixth in 3-point percentage (.431, 22nd in the country) and second in free throw percentage (.887). His 436 points set a freshman scoring record and was the 16th-highest total for any player in school history. A model of consistency, Wittman reached double # gures in 25 of the team’s 28 games, with nine points in each of the other three contests. He opened his career with 18 points, three rebounds and two assists in his # rst collegiate start to help the Big Red top Northwestern on the road and ended the year with a career-best 24 points, including six 2006-07 Review 3-pointers, against Harvard. Wittman is enrolled in the College of Agricul- ture and Life Sciences.

At Eden Prairie HS Wittman was one of # ve # nalists for the Minnesota Mr. Basketball Award as a senior at Eden Prairie HS. He was named # rst-team all-state by the and second-team all-state by the Pioneer Press . Wittman was also named to the all-metro # rst-team after averaging 20.3 points while shooting 50 percent from 3-point range and 84 percent from

2007-08 Opponents the free-throw line. He was named the sixth-best senior basketball player in the state of Minnesota by GopherIllustrated.com. As a junior, Wittman scored 11.5 points per game.

Personal Ryan Scott Wittman is the son of Randy and Kathy Wittman and has a sister. His father was the Big Ten Player of the Year at Indiana in 1983 and was a member of the 1981 NCAA championship team. The former NBA guard is currently the head coach of the Minnesota Timberwolves. History and Records This Is Cornell 30 • www.CornellBigRed.com 2007-08 Cornell Big Red Men’s Basketball JEFF FOOTE ANDRE WILKINS Big Red Information Junior Sophomore Center • 7-0 • 225 Forward • 6-5 • 190 Lockwood, N.Y. Toronto, Ont. Spencer Van-Etten HS/St. Bonaventure Emery HS/Blinn College (Texas) 1 Applied Economics and Management 13 Development Sociology

At St. Bonaventure At Blinn College The CoachesMeet Foote spent a year and a half at St. Bonaventure University, making the Wilkins averaged 10.1 points and 8.2 rebounds on 65.8 percent shoot- team as a walk-on during the fall of 2005-06. He redshirted his freshman ing from the % oor and 76.3 shooting from the line as a freshman at season before leaving the program prior to the 2006-07 campaign. He Blinn College. He also averaged 1.1 steals per game in his 14 contests. will be eligible to compete on Dec. 19 at Bucknell. Wilkins had 30 points and 12 rebounds, including going 12-of-12 from the % oor, in a win over Palo Alto College, one of four double-doubles At Spencer-Van Etten HS on the season. Blinn # nished with a 14-14 record. Foote was a four-year letterwinner at Spencer-Van Etten HS, averaging 15 points, 13 rebounds and six blocked shots per game as a senior. He was At Emery HS a # rst-team all-league selection and was picked to play in the section’s A NIKE Canadian all-star, Wilkins was an all-region selection at Emery The Big RedMeet Exceptional Senior All-Star game. Foote averaged over three blocks per HS. Wilkins won the NIKE camp’s slum dunk contest and was also se- game during his prep career and set a league record for rejections in a lected to represent Toronto in an all-star game against the best play- season. He also lettered once each in football and soccer. ers in Michigan.

Personal Personal Je! rey Bernard Foote is the son of Don and Wanda Foote and has an Andre Triston Wilkins is the son of Ermin Kelly-Wright and Henry Wilkins older brother. His father played basketball at Niagara from 1976-79. He and has an older and younger brother. He is enrolled in the College of is enrolled in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Agriculture and Life Sciences. 2006-07 Review AARON OSGOOD ADAM WIRE Freshman Freshman Forward • 6-9 • 215 Forward • 6-6 • 205 Overlake, Wash. Southern Pines, N.C. Overlake HS/The Hill School (Pa.) Pinecrest HS 4 Urban and Regional Studies 24 Applied Economics and Management 2007-08 Opponents

At Overlake HS At Pinecrest HS A # rst-team all-league selection as a senior at Overlake HS, Osgood Wire averaged 13 points, 11.2 rebounds, six assists and three steals per averaged 12.5 points per game. He was named the Seattle Times state game this past season at Pinecrest HS en route to earning # rst-team athlete of the week after a 19-point, 12-rebounds three-blocked shot all-league honors. He was the conference’s player of the year runner-up e! ort in helping his team to its # rst state berth in 35 years. A two-time to NC State recruit C.J. Williams. Wire averaged 14 points per game at Washington state all-academic selection, he served as team captain as West Bend West HS in Wisconsin before transferring midway through a senior. Osgood also averaged 8.8 points, 6.3 rebounds and 2.3 blocks his junior campaign. Records and History per game as a junior. He competed on the tennis team, winning a state doubles title as a senior and earning # rst-team all-league honors three Personal times. He played three seasons of lacrosse as well. Adam Nicholas Wire is the son of Mike and Cheryl Wire and has an older brother and sister. His brother, Brent, plays for the North Carolina junior Personal varsity football team, while his grandfather (Michigan State) and great Aaron James Osgood is the son of Jim Osgood and Susan Richardson grandfather (Indiana) played college basketball. He is enrolled in the and has an older sister, Mariah. He is enrolled in the College of Archi- College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. tecture, Art and Planning. This Is Cornell

2007-08 Cornell Big Red Men’s Basketball www.CornellBigRed.com • 31 2007-08 Cornell Men’s Basketball Roster Numerical Roster 2006-07 Stats No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Wt. Pts. Reb. School/Hometown 1 Je! Foote C Jr. 7-0 225 — — St. Bonaventure Univ./Spencer-Van Etten HS/Lockwood, N.Y. 3 Collin Robinson G Jr. 6-0 170 — — Univ. of Southern California/Diamond Bar HS/West Covina, Calif. 4 Aaron Osgood F Fr. 6-9 215 — — The Hill School (Pa.)/Overlake, Wash. 5 ** Jason Battle G/F Jr. 6-4 200 3.4 2.2 New Hanover HS/Wilmington, N.C. 12 * Louis Dale G So. 5-11 180 13.3 4.3 Altamont School/Birmingham, Ala. 13 Andre Wilkins F So. 6-5 190 — — Blinn College (Texas)/Emery HS/Toronto, Ont.

Big Red Information Big Red 15 * Geo! Reeves G So. 6-5 180 3.5 0.5 Burlington HS/Burlington, Kan. 20 * Ryan Wittman F So. 6-6 210 15.6 2.8 Eden Prairie HS/Eden Prairie, Minn. 21 ** Khaliq Gant G Sr. 6-3 175 — — Marion-Tabor Academy (Mass.)/Norcross, Ga. 22 ** Conor Mullen G/F Jr. 6-5 210 2.9 1.8 Bishop O’Dea HS/Seattle, Wash. 23 * Adam Gore G Jr. 6-0 180 20.0 2.0 Monrovia HS/Monrovia, Ind. 24 Adam Wire F Fr. 6-6 205 — — Pinecrest HS/Southern Pines, N.C. 25 * Jon Jaques F So. 6-7 215 1.3 0.5 Harvard-Westlake School/Los Angeles, Calif. 33 * Alex Tyler F So. 6-7 235 4.6 2.5 Mercersburg Academy (Pa.)/Clear Spring, Md. 34 ** Brian Kreefer F Jr. 6-7 225 5.0 2.3 East Liverpool HS/East Liverpool, Ohio 40 * Pete Reynolds F So. 6-8 210 1.4 1.6 Blair HS/Blair, Neb. 44 * Jason Hartford F/C Sr. 6-9 245 — — Chemeketa C.C./Tillamook HS/Tillamook, Ore. Big Red Coaching Sta! Sta! Coaching Big Red Alphabetical Roster 2006-07 Stats No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Wt. Pts. Reb. School/Hometown 5 ** Jason Battle G/F Jr. 6-4 200 3.4 2.2 New Hanover HS/Wilmington, N.C. 12 * Louis Dale G So. 5-11 180 13.3 4.3 Altamont School/Birmingham, Ala. 1 Je! Foote C Jr. 7-0 225 — — St. Bonaventure Univ./Spencer-Van Etten HS/Lockwood, N.Y. 21 ** Khaliq Gant G Sr. 6-3 175 — — Marion-Tabor Academy (Mass.)/Norcross, Ga. 23 * Adam Gore G Jr. 6-0 180 20.0 2.0 Monrovia HS/Monrovia, Ind. 44 * Jason Hartford F/C Sr. 6-9 245 — — Chemeketa C.C./Tillamook HS/Tillamook, Ore. 25 * Jon Jaques F So. 6-7 215 1.3 0.5 Harvard-Westlake School/Los Angeles, Calif. 34 ** Brian Kreefer F Jr. 6-7 225 5.0 2.3 East Liverpool HS/East Liverpool, Ohio Meet The Big Red 22 ** Conor Mullen G/F Jr. 6-5 210 2.9 1.8 Bishop O’Dea HS/Seattle, Wash. 4 Aaron Osgood F Fr. 6-9 215 — — The Hill School (Pa.)/Overlake, Wash. 15 * Geo! Reeves G So. 6-5 180 3.5 0.5 Burlington HS/Burlington, Kan. 40 * Pete Reynolds F So. 6-8 210 1.4 1.6 Blair HS/Blair, Neb. 3 Collin Robinson G Jr. 6-0 170 — — Univ. of Southern California/Diamond Bar HS/West Covina, Calif. 33 * Alex Tyler F So. 6-7 235 4.6 2.5 Mercersburg Academy (Pa.)/Clear Spring, Md. 13 Andre Wilkins F So. 6-5 190 — — Blinn College (Texas)/Emery HS/Toronto, Ont. 24 Adam Wire F Fr. 6-6 205 — — Pinecrest HS/Southern Pines, N.C. 20 * Ryan Wittman F So. 6-6 210 15.6 2.8 Eden Prairie HS/Eden Prairie, Minn. Head Coach: Steve Donahue (Ursinus ‘84); 74-117 overall, eighth season

2006-07 Review Assistants: Zach Spiker (Ithaca ‘00), Nat Graham (Penn ‘97), Woody Kampmann (Hobart ‘05)

Roster Breakdown

BY HOMETOWN: Oregon (1) BY POSITION: Alabama (1) Tillamook—Jason Hartford Guards (7) —Jason Battle, Louis Dale, Khaliq Birmingham—Louis Dale Washington (2) Gant, Adam Gore, Conor Mullen, Geo! Reeves, California (2) Overlake—Aaron Osgood Collin Robinson Los Angeles—Jon Jaques Seattle—Conor Mullen West Covina—Collin Robinson Forwards (8) —Jon Jaques, Brian Kreefer, Pete 2007-08 Opponents Georgia (1) BY HEIGHT: Reynolds, Aaron Osgood, Alex Tyler, Adam Wire, Atlanta—Khaliq Gant 5-11 (1) —Louis Dale Andre Wilkins, Ryan Wittman 6-0 (2) —Adam Gore, Collin Robinson Indiana (1) Centers (2) —Je! Foote, Jason Hartford Monrovia—Adam Gore 6-3 (1) —Khaliq Gant Kansas (1) 6-4 (1) —Jason Battle Burlington—Geo! Reeves 6-5 (3) —Conor Mullen, Geoff Reeves, Andre Maryland (1) Wilkins Clear Spring—Alex Tyler 6-6 (2) —Adam Wire, Ryan Wittman Minnesota (1) 6-7 (3) —Jon Jaques, Brian Kreefer, Alex Tyler Eden Prairie—Ryan Wittman 6-8 (1) —Pete Reynolds Nebraska (1) 6-9 (2) —Jason Hartford, Aaron Osgood

History and Records Blair—Pete Reynolds 7-0 (1) —Je! Foote New York (1) BREAKDOWN BY CLASS: Lockwood—Je! Foote Seniors (2) — Khaliq Gant, Jason Hartford pro-nun-see-AY-shun GUIDE: North Carolina (2) Southern Pines—Adam Wire Juniors (6) — Jason Battle, Je! Foote, Adam Gore, Dale — DAIL Wilmington—Jason Battle Brian Kreefer, Conor Mullen, Collin Robinson Foote — FOOT Ohio (1) East Liverpool—Brian Kreefer Sophomore (7) — Louis Dale, Jon Jaques, Geo! Khaliq — kha-LEEK Ontario (1) Reeves, Pete Reynolds, Alex Tyler, Andre Wilkins, Jaques — JAKES Ryan Wittman Toronto—Andre Wilkins Geo! — JEFF Freshmen (2) — Aaron Osgood, Adam Wire This Is Cornell 32 • www.CornellBigRed.com 2007-08 Cornell Big Red Men’s Basketball Big Red Information Meet The CoachesMeet Meet The Big RedMeet 2006-07 Review 2007-08 Opponents History and Records and History This Is Cornell 2006-072006-07 ReviewReview

2007-08 Cornell Big Red Men’s Basketball www.CornellBigRed.com • 33 2006-07 Men’s Basketball Season Review The 2006-07 season was another step in Wittman Named Ivy Rookie of the Year; head coach Steve Donahue’s plan of build- Naeve, Dale Earn All-Ivy Honors ing the Cornell men’s basketball program Freshman Ryan Wittman became the second straight Cor- into one of the elite in the Ancient Eight. nell player to be named Ivy League Men's Basketball Rookie With leadership coming from seniors Kev- of the Year and joined two teammates in being named All- Big Red Information Big Red in App, Graham Dow, Ugo Ihekweazu, Ja- Ivy when the league announced its annual awards. Witt- man joined senior Andrew Naeve on the All-Ivy second son Mitchell and Andrew Naeve, the Big team, while freshman Louis Dale was named to the honor- Red went 16-12 overall and ! nished third able mention team. The voting was done by the league's in the Ivy League standings at 9-5. Both eight head coaches. win totals were the most since the 1992-93 campaign. Here One of the most competitive and # ery ath- are some of the highlights:

Big Red Coaching Sta! Sta! Coaching Big Red letes at Cornell, Andrew Naeve closed out Cornell Tops Northwestern, 64-61 a tremendous career by earning second- team All-Ivy honors this past year for the Cornell’s 64-61 win over Northwestern in men’s basketball team. The senior tri-cap- the 2006-07 opener marked the # rst time tain averaged 10.5 ppg. and 7.6 rpg. (78th a Big Red team defeated a member of the nationally) while shooting 54 percent from Big Ten since winning at Ohio State 76-64 the % oor in 28 starts. His league-leading 53 on Jan. 29, 1968, nearly 40 years ago. Adam blocked shots as a senior rank fourth on the Gore had 20 points, Ryan Wittman had 18 school’s single-season list and 57th nation-

Meet The Big Red in his # rst collegiate start and Brian Kreefer ally, while his rebounding total was 85th in made several big plays in the # nal three the country. Naeve ended the season third minutes. on the school’s career shot block list (139), 17th in career rebounds (572) and equaled Graham the school record for career games played Dow ‘07 at 109. O! the court, Naeve was an Aca- demic All-Ivy pick.

2006-07 Review Dow A First-Team ESPN The Magazine /CoSIDA Academic All-American Graham Dow became the # rst Cornell men's basketball player to earn # rst-team Academic All- America honors when he was tabbed to the 2006-07 ESPN The Magazine /CoSIDA Academic squad for his dynamic performances on the court and in the classroom. He is the 12th Ivy Leaguer to earn that honor and the # rst since Dartmouth's Seamus Lonergan was credited in 1996. It was the second straight season for a Cornell player to appear on the Academic All- America list. In 2005-06, Lenny Collins '06 was a third-team selection. Je! Gaca also earned third-team honors in 1993. O! the court, Dow posted a 3.99 grade point average in Ecology

2007-08 Opponents and Evolutionary Biology. A two-time Academic All-Ivy selection, he was named one of 25 most in% uential Cornellians by the Cornell Daily Sun .

2007 C ORNELL M EN ’S B ASKETBALL S TATISTICS & R ESULTS (T RIP T O F RANCE ) TOTAL 3-PTS REBOUNDS No. Player GP -GS Min -Avg FG -FGA Pct 3FG -FGA Pct FT -FTA Pct O" Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 3 Collin Robinson 4 -4 140 -35.0 31 -63 .492 7 -17 .412 13 -18 .722 3 15 18 4.5 14 0 26 12 2 12 82 20.5 20 Ryan Wittman 4 -3 140 -35.0 29 -69 .420 16 -42 .381 8 -9 .889 2 7 9 2.3 9 0 19 10 2 7 82 20.5 15 Geo! Reeves 4 -4 131 -32.8 24 -55 .436 7 -22 .318 11 -18 .611 3 11 14 3.5 9 0 6 14 0 9 66 16.5 34 Brian Kreefer 4 -3 105 -26.3 16 -33 .485 7 -17 .412 6 -8 .750 9 17 26 6.5 10 1 8 4 0 4 45 11.3 33 Alex Tyler 4 -1 79 -19.8 11 -21 .524 0 -0 .000 15 -20 .750 13 11 24 6.0 17 2 3 3 3 4 37 9.3 History and Records 40 Pete Reynolds 4 -3 62 -15.5 5 -6 .833 0 -0 .000 6 -7 .857 2 12 14 3.5 15 0 1 3 0 3 16 4.0 25 Jon Jaques 4 -1 63 -15.8 5 -16 .313 1 -7 .143 2 -6 .333 3 10 13 3.3 14 0 2 4 0 3 13 3.3 22 Conor Mullen 4 -1 80 -20.0 2 -21 .095 0 -9 .000 8 -15 .533 6 11 17 4.3 6 0 6 4 1 5 12 3.0 TEAM 2 10 12 3.0 5 Cornell Totals 4 800 -40.0 123 -284 .433 38 -114 .333 69 -101 .683 43 104 147 36.8 94 3 71 59 8 47 353 88.2 Opponent Totals 4 800 -40.0 122 -254 .480 25 -76 .329 72 -115 .626 47 119 166 41.5 77 - 51 85 9 21 341 85.2

DATE TIME OPPONENT SCORE HIGH POINTS HIGH REBOUNDS 5/25/07 7:30 p.m. at Paris Under-20 Team 76-77 L (19)Ryan Wittman (7)Collin Robinson 5/27/07 8:15 p.m. at Eveil Sportif D’Ormes W 94-79 (25)Ryan Wittman (8)Alex Tyler 5/29/07 8:15 p.m. at Sapela Basket 13 W 98-91 (28)Collin Robinson (10)Alex Tyler

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