The team has reached the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament five times, in 1954, 1988, 2008, 2009, and 2010.

Cornell won the EIBL title four times, including 1954 in a one-game playoff over Princeton which would earn the Big Red their first trip to the NCAA tournament.

Cornell moved into their current home, Newman Arena in Bartels Hall in January 1990.

From February 16, 1919 home games had been played in Barton Hall, originally referred to simply as the "New Armory".

The win over Temple marked the first time Cornell ever won a game in the NCAA tournament.