Schedule Update: The Big East Comes to Newman Arena!

Add Seton Hall to the 2009-2010 schedule. Brian Delaney of the Ithaca Journal broke the news that Cornell will host Seton Hall during November and visit the Pirates the following season. Other likely opponents for 2009-2010 include@ Kansas, St. Joseph's (Home), @ La Salle, @ Boston U., Bryant (Home), @ South Dakota, @ Syracuse and @ Alabama.

Cornell to host Seton Hall in November

By Brian Delaney
The Ithaca Journal
April 24, 2009

ITHACA -- For the second time this decade, Steve Donahue has scheduled a home game with a major nonconference opponent.

On Friday, Nov. 20, 2009, the two-time defending Ivy League men's basketball champion Big Red will host Big East Conference member Seton Hall at Newman Arena. Cornell will make a return trip to South Orange, N.J., in the 2010-11 season.

"I think it's great," Donahue said. "You get a Big East opponent to play a straight-up home-and-home with you, it's great. It's great for our fans; it's a great opportunity for us to play a team of that caliber on our home court. They're a very good team, it'll be a hard game, and I think this team is ready for that."

Seton Hall's 2008-09 season ended at the hands of Syracuse in the second round of the Big East tournament. The Pirates, under second-year coach Bobby Gonzalez, finished the year 17-15 and did not make a postseason tournament.

Cornell has won 21 straight games at Newman Arena.

Cornell hosted Atlantic Coast Conference member Georgia Tech in front of a sold-out crowd on Nov. 23, 2003. The Yellowjackets won, 90-69.