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Cornell Learns NCAA Fate, Will Face Temple
Monday, March 15, 2010
NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Bracket [PDF]
Courtesy: Cornell Athletic Communications
ITHACA, N.Y. -- Surrounded by a couple thousand of its
closest fans and a camera crew from CBS on Sunday afternoon, the Ivy League
champion Cornell men's basketball team found out its first round opponent for
next weekend's NCAA tournament. The Big Red will meet Temple on Friday, March
19 in Jacksonville, Fla., as the No. 12 seed in the East Region. Game time is 12:30 p.m. on CBS.
It is Cornell's third straight NCAA tournament appearance, but its highest seed
in the 65-team tournament. The winner of the Cornell-Temple game will meet the
winner of the Wisconsin-Wofford contest on Sunday, March 21.
Cornell brings a 27-4 record into the NCAA tournament, winning the Ivy League's
automatic bid by virtue of its 13-1 mark in conference. The Big Red enters the
tourney having won 15 of its last 16 contests overall and 16 games away from
home on the season, tied for the most in Division I. Ivy League Player of the
Year Ryan Wittman (17.5 ppg., 4.0 rpg.) leads a group of eight seniors who are
already the winningest in school history. He is joined by fellow first-team
All-Ivy picks Louis Dale and Jeff Foote, the two-time league Defensive Player
of the Year.
The fifth-seeded Owls won both the Atlantic 10 regular season title, as well
as the A-10 Tournament.
