Cornell suffered its first loss at Newman Arena this season in a 65-63 defeat at the hands of the American Eagles.

Junior superstar Chris Wroblewski discusses the state of the basketball team and the role he plays on it.

Some of Cornell's top varsity athletes discuss life post-10 Questions.

Sun sports editor and columnist Alex Kuczynski-Brown gives a behind-the-scenes look at Sun photo shoots with some of Cornell's top varsity athletes.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. –– The phrase “Any given Sunday” has historically been invoked with regard to football –– the notion that any team, no matter the odds against it, has a chance to get a win. Today, however, it applied to the Cornell men’s basketball team. The Red pulled off its second upset in a row, and the victim this time around was the fourth-seeded Wisconsin Badgers. To the players, however, Sunday's outcome hardly constituted an upset.

Now that the 2009-10 Ivy League season has come to a close, the time for awarding individual accolades has arrived. Senior forward Ryan Wittman was officially named Ivy League Player of the Year in a unanimous selection, while senior tri-captain Jeff Foote also received honors as the league’s best defensive player. Senior guard Louis Dale joined his teammates on the First-team All-Ivy squad, and sophomore guard Chris Wroblewski nabbed an honorable mention.

The home portion of the Red's Ivy League schedule continues with a bang this weekend. After the team faces Dartmouth tonight, Cornell (16-3, 2-0 Ivy) will take on Harvard (13-3, 2-0 Ivy) in one of the most-highly anticipated Cornell basketball games in recent years. Most analysts agree that Harvard represents the most legitimate threat to Cornell’s quest to win a third straight conference championship.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. –– Forget lucky No. 7, the men’s basketball team wasted no time in making it eight in a row, hanging on for a 78-75 win over La Salle (7-5) on Tuesday afternoon. Ryan Wittman led both teams with a career-high 34 points, surpassing John Bajusz ’87 for the most points in Cornell history with 1,667. The senior forward also added six rebounds, three assists and two steals while shooting 4-for-9 from beyond the arc.

However, true to the team-first mentality that head coach Steve Donahue has instilled in his players, when asked by a Philadelphia reporter what his reaction was to becoming Cornell’s all-time leading scorer, Wittman responded, “Doesn’t matter. All that matters is that we got the ‘W’ tonight; I didn’t even know [about setting the record] until you told me.”

The men’s basketball team will take its three-game winning streak to Pennsylvania, where it will face the Bucknell Bison (4-3, 0-0 Patriot) of the Patriot League. The Red (5-2, 0-0 Ivy) will face a Bison squad looking to avenge a 75-64 loss against Cornell a season ago.