Schedule Update

Here is a glimpse of the 31 projected games on the Big Red's 2009-2010 schedule. All games are tentative until formally announced by Cornell Athletics.

UMass, Wednesday, November 18, 2009 (Legends Classic)

Toledo (Legends Classic, at Amherst, Mass.)

TBA Opponent (Legends Classic, field includes UMass, Cornell, Toldeo, Rutgers, Vermont, Drexel, Florida, Michigan State plus four additional teams)

TBA Opponent (Legends Classic)

Seton Hall (Home), Friday, November 20, 2009

@South Dakota

@ Alabama

@ Kansas, Tuesday, January 5, 2010

St. Joseph's (Home)

@La Salle

@Boston University

Bryant (Home)

@Syracuse

@ TBA Non-Exempt Holiday Tournament (2 guaranteed games, includes high and mid majors)

Local New York State rival TBA

Local New York State rival TBA

14 Ivy League Games

SCHEDULE COMMENTS:

• Kansas is likely the preseason #1 team in the nation.
  
• Cornell will host Seton Hall (Big East) and St. Joseph's (A-10) in Ithaca this season. Cornell visits Seton Hall 2010-2011.
• Cornell Head Coach Steve Donahue annually attempts to schedule road games in the home states of each of his players. For example, the Kansas game is a return home for Geoff Reeves (Burlington, Kansas).
• The Alabama game is a return home for Louis Dale (Birmingham, Alabama).
• The South Dakota game is a "return home" for Pete Reynolds. He is from Blair, Nebraska, roughly a 2 hour drive away.
• The Legends Classic game at UMass will feature a return back to Amherst for Cornell 's Max Groebe, a former Minuteman.
  
• The Holiday Tournament will involve a high major and historic venue.
  
• Cornell will play in some of the country's most prestigious arena's this season, including Allen Fieldhouse (Kansas), the Carrier Dome (Syracuse), and the Mullins Center (UMass).
  
• Cornell expects to resume a pair of series with local upstate D-I teams.

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