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ITHACA, N.Y. -- The Cornell men's basketball team will return to the "World's Most Famous Arena" and attempt to win one of the most historic college basketball tournaments in the country when it competes in the Madison Square Garden Holiday Festival on Sunday and Monday, Dec. 20-21, at Madison Square Garden. The nation's longest running holiday college basketball tournament will feature host St. John's, as well as Hofstra and Davidson.
The two-time defending Ivy League champion Big Red will face Davidson, an NCAA quarterfinalist two years ago, in the tournament's first game. The Wildcats, under the direction of head coach Bob McKillop, have won either the Southern Conference regular season and/or tournament titles in each of the last eight years. Depending on the result of its first game, Cornell will either play in the championship or consolation game on Monday night vs. either St. John's or Hofstra. (See tournament schedule below)
Some of the great Holiday Festival MVP's include Bill Russell (San Francisco, 1955), Oscar Robertson (Cincinnati, 1959), Jerry Lucas (Ohio State, 1960), Bill Bradley (Princeton, 1964), Lew Alcindor (UCLA, 1968), Bob Lanier (St. Bonaventure, 1969), Chris Mullin (St. John's, 1981) and Mark Jackson (St. John's, 1986).
Tickets are available through Cornell's Athletic Ticket Office by phone (607-254-2327), over the internet (click here to purchase tickets) or in-person at the box office on the first floor of Bartels Hall.
Madison Square Garden Holiday Festival
Sunday, Dec. 20, 2009
12:00 p.m. -- Cornell vs. Davidson
2:00 p.m. -- St. John's vs. Hofstra
Monday, Dec. 21, 2009
7:00 p.m. -- Consolation Game
9:00 p.m. -- Championship Game
The two-time defending Ivy League champion Big Red will face Davidson, an NCAA quarterfinalist two years ago, in the tournament's first game. The Wildcats, under the direction of head coach Bob McKillop, have won either the Southern Conference regular season and/or tournament titles in each of the last eight years. Depending on the result of its first game, Cornell will either play in the championship or consolation game on Monday night vs. either St. John's or Hofstra. (See tournament schedule below)
Some of the great Holiday Festival MVP's include Bill Russell (San Francisco, 1955), Oscar Robertson (Cincinnati, 1959), Jerry Lucas (Ohio State, 1960), Bill Bradley (Princeton, 1964), Lew Alcindor (UCLA, 1968), Bob Lanier (St. Bonaventure, 1969), Chris Mullin (St. John's, 1981) and Mark Jackson (St. John's, 1986).
Tickets are available through Cornell's Athletic Ticket Office by phone (607-254-2327), over the internet (click here to purchase tickets) or in-person at the box office on the first floor of Bartels Hall.
Madison Square Garden Holiday Festival
Sunday, Dec. 20, 2009
12:00 p.m. -- Cornell vs. Davidson
2:00 p.m. -- St. John's vs. Hofstra
Monday, Dec. 21, 2009
7:00 p.m. -- Consolation Game
9:00 p.m. -- Championship Game
Madison Square Garden continues its celebration of 75 years of college basketball history at the World's Most Famous Arena! The MSG Holiday Festival, Presented by Foot Locker, is one of the nation's longest running holiday tournaments. This year's lineup features a game one tip-off between Davidson and Cornell. Then, hometown rivals Hofstra and St. John's will square off in game two.
Dec. 20th
Davidson vs. Cornell
Hofstra vs. St. John's
Dec. 21st Championship Doubleheader
Cornell Men's Basketball at the Madison Square Garden Holiday Festival The Cornell men's basketball team will return to the "World's Most Famous Arena" and attempt to win one of the most historic college basketball tournaments in the country, the Madison Square Garden Holiday Festival, on Sunday and Monday, December 20-21. The nation's longest running holiday college basketball tournament will also feature host St. John's, Hofstra, and Davidson. In the tournament's first game, the two-time defending Ivy League champion Big Red will face Davidson, an NCAA quarterfinalist two years ago.
Don't miss your chance to watch what may be the best Cornell Basketball team ever! Led by seniors Louis Dale (Ivy Player of the Year as a sophomore), Ryan Wittman (two-time 1st team All-Ivy), and big-man Jeff Foote (arguably the best seven-footer to ever play in the league), the Big Red have already claimed road victories over the Alabama Crimson Tide of the Southeast Conference and the UMass Minutemen and of the Atlantic 10 conference. Fresh off its thrilling OT win over Bucknell, the Big Red currently sport a 6-2 record. Come on out and enjoy the pageantry of college hoops at the Garden and root your alma mater to victory!
Event Details
Date: Sunday, December 20, 2009 at 12:00 p.m. versus Davidson and
Monday, December 21, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. or 9:00 p.m. versus St. John's or Hofstra
Location: Madison Square Garden, New York, NY
Tickets: Tickets are available through Cornell's Athletic Ticket Office online: www.cornellbigredtickets.com or by phone at (607) 254-2327. All tickets are $54 per day for reserved seats (lower bowl and 100 level) and offer admission to both of that day's games.
Post-game: Following the game, Cornellians are invited to meet the Cornell men's basketball team and Coach Steve Donahue at Lugo Caffe, located at 1 Penn Plaza, 33rd Street between 7th and 8th Avenues. Lugo Caffe owers Johnny Heil '90 and John Meadow '01 will provide a little bit of "la dolce vita" along with half price Peroni and Blue Moon beer and half price "Big Red Martinis."
(originally published 12.3.09, edited 12.4.09)
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