Schedule Update [updated 1:51 p.m.]

Through an exhaustive search of opponent official websites and some fan site message boards, we were able to identify a few more key dates on the Cornell Big Red's upcoming 2009-2010 schedule. Below is a glimpse of the 31 projected games. Thus far we have identified 29 known Division I opponents.

The Big Red traditionally play a game on New Years Eve and there appears to be two remaining open dates -- December 31 and January 11. These two open dates could potentially be filled by a visit to Boston University (a return game for last season), another Division I team(s) or by the traditional Division III team(s).

All games listed below are tentative until formally announced by Cornell Athletics. In addition, we list below the key dates on the Cornell 2009-2010 academic calendar for purposes of evaluating potential student body attendance at home games.

CORNELL 2009-2010 ACADEMIC CALENDAR

• August 27, 2009-Instruction Begins 1st Semester
• November 25-30, 2009-Thanksgiving Recess
• December 5, 2009-Last Day of 1st Semester Classes
• December 18, 2009-Last Day of 1st Semester Exams
• January 25, 2010-Instruction Begins 2nd Semester
• March 20-29, 2o1o-Spring Break
  

PROJECTED CORNELL BIG RED MEN'S BASKETBALL 2009-2010 SCHEDULE

• November 14, 2009-@Alabama (Cornell season opener)
  
• November 18, 2009-@UMass (Legends Classic)
  
• November 20, 2009- vs. Seton Hall
• November 24, 2009-@Syracuse
  
• November 27-29, 2009 (three consecutive subregional games in the Legends Classic in Philadelphia against Drexel (host), Vermont and Toledo. Order of games in Philadelphia TBA)
  
• December 2, 2009-@Bucknell
• December 6, 2009-vs. St. Joseph's
• December 20, 2009-vs. Davidson (@ Madison Square Garden ECAC Holiday Festival)
• December 21, 2009 vs. Hofstra or St. John's (@ Madison Square Garden ECAC Holiday Festival)
• December 29, 2009-@La Salle
• December 31, 2009-Opponent TBA
  
• January 2, 2010-vs. Bryant
  
• January 5, 2010-@ Kansas (Televised Jaykawk TV)
• January 7, 2010-@South Dakota
• January 11, 2010-Opponent TBA
  
• January 15, 2010-vs. Columbia
  
• January 22, 2010-@Columbia
  
• January 29, 2010-Dartmouth
• January 30, 2010-Harvard
• February 5, 2010-Yale
• February 6, 2010-Brown
• February 12, 2010-@Penn
• February 13, 2010-@Princeton
• February 19, 2010-@Harvard
• February 20, 2010-@Dartmouth
• February 26, 2010-Princeton
• February 27, 2010-Penn
• March 5, 2010-@Brown
• March 6, 2010-@Yale

IVY LEAGUE OPPONENT SCHEDULES

Four Ivy League teams have officially announced their schedules.

• Harvard will play 28 games, including one Division III game (MIT).
• Yale will play 31 games, including one Division III game (Albert Magnus)
  
• Brown will play 31 games, including two non-Division I opponents (Keene State and Philadelphia Sciences)
  
• Princeton will play 28 games, including one non-Division I opponent (possibly Concordia)