A March 1, 2008 win over the Harvard Crimson gave Cornell the Ivy League championship for the first time since 1988 and just the second title in program history.

[1] On March 6, 2009, with Princeton's loss to Columbia, Cornell clinched the Ivy League Championship for a second consecutive year.

It was the first time in 50 years that any team other than Penn or Princeton had won consecutive Ivy League titles in basketball.

This team featured several lauded seniors, including point guard Louis Dale, who finished as the third highest scorer and top assist man in Cornell history; center Jeff Foote, whose presence in the middle was essential to Cornell's success; and forward Ryan Wittman, who finished as the top scorer in Cornell men's basketball history (and the 5th highest scorer overall in Ivy League's men's basketball history) at 2,028 points.

On February 19, 2014, Donahue achieved what is considered his biggest win at BC by beating #1-ranked Syracuse on the road in the Carrier Dome, 62–59 in overtime.

[2] The upset was one of the few bright spots of Donahue's fourth and final year, which saw the Eagles finish with an 8–24 record.

On March 16, 2015, Donahue was named the 20th head coach in Penn basketball history, replacing Jerome Allen.