2026–27 season
Cornell
Big Red · Ivy
- Record
- 2–2
- Unranked in the AP poll
- Projected seed
- Out
- Outside the projected field
- Efficiency
- -0.8
- No. 175 in Division I
- Head coach
- Jon Jaques
- Since 2024–25
- Home
- Ithaca, NY
- 5,864 mi from Detroit
- National titles
- 0
- Still chasing the first
Statistical profile
Percentiles compare this team with all 345 Division I teams. 100th is best in every row, including defense, where lower raw numbers are better: green bars are the top of the country, red the bottom, blue a style (pace, three-point rate) rather than a strength. Season totals include tournament games. Opponent-adjusted efficiency and schedule strength appear after 8 games; until then they swing too much to mean anything.
Efficiency
Scoring & shooting
Possessions
Defense & roster
Strengths and weaknesses
Flagged automatically when a stat sits in the top or bottom 15% of all 345 Division I teams.
- StrengthLives behind the arcThree-point rate: 54.9%98th
- StrengthSmothers three-point shootersOpponent 3P %: 22.7%96th
- StrengthContinuity: veterans of the programProgram experience: 2.29 yrs94th
- WeaknessUndersized rosterAverage height: 6′4.5″11th
- WeaknessPoor free throw shootingFree throw %: 62.3%13th
Tournament history
Every NCAA tournament appearance since 2002, with who Cornell beat and who ended the run.
Each banner lists the years that round was Cornell's finish: titles all-time, the other rounds since 2002.
Appearances
3
Record
2–3
Sweet 16s
1
Final Fours
0
Titles
0
Roster
Season per-game stats for every player who appeared.
- Leading scorer
- Jax Abalos
- 13.0 ppg
- Tallest
- Blake Lecklitner
- 6′9″
- Best at the line
- —
- —
- Longest in program
- Ian Imegwu
- 4 seasons
| Player | WT | Yrs | GP | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Anthony NimaniGuard · Meriden, CT | 6′4″ | 200 | 3 | 2 | 29.0 | 9.0 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | 18.0 |
| 20Quinn Gibson · Cherry Hill, NJ | 6′5″ | 210 | 1 | 3 | 22.7 | 9.3 | 8.3 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 18.2 | 23.3 |
| 5Jacob BecclesGuard · Philadelphia, PA | 6′3″ | 182 | 4 | 3 | 22.0 | 13.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 41.7 | 88.9 | 27.0 |
| 10Mateen RafiqGuard · Sacramento, CA | 6′0″ | 165 | 3 | 3 | 21.3 | 11.3 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 42.1 | 66.7 | 20.0 |
| 21Kaspar SeppForward · Tartu, Estonia | 6′7″ | 232 | 2 | 3 | 18.7 | 7.0 | 5.0 | 3.7 | 37.5 | 66.7 | 24.6 |
| 0Mikehi Williams · Columbus, GA | 6′6″ | 215 | 1 | 3 | 18.0 | 6.0 | 4.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 80.0 | 16.0 |
| 12Ryan BurbachGuard · Phoenix, AZ | 6′3″ | 180 | 2 | 3 | 16.7 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 0.7 | 25.0 | 50.0 | 16.8 |
| 3Jax AbalosForward · Batavia, IL | 6′8″ | 195 | 2 | 1 | 15.0 | 13.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 26.1 |
| 22Gioacchino PanziniForward · Spring Lake, NJ | 6′5″ | 207 | 3 | 3 | 12.3 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 1.3 | 25.0 | 60.0 | 10.4 |
| 24Ian ImegwuForward · Short Hills, NJ | 6′9″ | 250 | 4 | 3 | 11.3 | 5.7 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 50.0 | 100.0 | 17.8 |
| 1Elijah GriffinGuard · Kenosha, WI | 6′2″ | 160 | 2 | 1 | 11.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 12.2 |
| 23Luke Kennevan · Shamong, NJ | 6′3″ | 190 | 1 | 3 | 10.3 | 4.3 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 17.8 |
| 4Trey Williams · Lake Forest, IL | 6′2″ | 190 | 1 | 1 | 8.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.6 |
| 8JJ Sanchez · San Diego, CA | 6′5″ | 200 | 1 | 3 | 6.7 | 4.7 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 50.0 | 100.0 | 25.5 |
| 11Ty IwanonkiwCenter · Pittsburgh, PA | 6′9″ | 205 | 3 | 1 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.4 |
| 9Carson Davis · Pomeroy, OH | 6′8″ | 230 | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 44.7 |
| 15Blake LecklitnerForward · Prosper, TX | 6′9″ | 210 | 2 | 3 | 4.3 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 66.7 | 50.0 | 17.6 |
| 13Sage Mateo · New York, NY | 6′3″ | 205 | 1 | 1 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11.8 |
| 2DaMaryon FishburnGuard · Detroit, MI | 6′5″ | 190 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Yrs = seasons with this program (transfers count from their arrival). Headshots appear once rights-cleared images are available.
Season schedule
Every game with consensus closing lines (median across sportsbooks) and against-the-spread results.
ATS overall
1–2
ATS as favorite
0–1
ATS as underdog
1–1
ATS neutral court
0–0
ATS vs. tournament teams
0–0
ATS vs. ranked teams
0–0
Over / under
1–2
| Date | Opponent | Result | Spread | Total | ATS | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2 | vsPEPPepperdine | W86–85 | +3.25 | 164.75 | Cover | Over |
| Nov 5 | @LEHLehigh | L64–71 | -0.25 | 159.75 | Miss | Under |
| Nov 8 | vskeuka | W99–59 | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 11 | @ST St. Bonaventure | L64–88 | +8.5 | 157 | Miss | Under |
| Nov 14 | vsUNCUNC Greensboro | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 18 | @SYRSyracuse | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 21 | @MORMorgan State | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 24 | vsBUCBucknell | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 28 | vsst-lawrence | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 2 | @LIULIU16 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 5 | @COLColgate | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 8 | vsUALUAlbany | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 21 | @MONMonmouth | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 28 | @WASWashington | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Dec 31 | @GON#14Gonzaga2 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 5 | @COLColumbia | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 9 | @DARDartmouth | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 15 | vsBROBrown | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 18 | vsYALEYale15 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 23 | vsHARHarvard | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 29 | @PENNPenn | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Jan 30 | @PRIPrinceton | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 5 | vsCOLColumbia | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 12 | vsPENNPenn | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 13 | vsPRIPrinceton | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 20 | @HARHarvard | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 26 | @BROBrown | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Feb 27 | @YALEYale15 | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |
| Mar 6 | vsDARDartmouth | Scheduled | — | — | — | — |