ITHACA, N.Y. – Members of the Cornell men's basketball NCAA Sweet 16 squad have been chosen to play in The Basketball Tournament, a 32-team, winner-take-all tournament that starts on June 6, 2014 in Philadelphia, Pa. In all, 10 of the regulars from that team will reunite.

The Big Red reached new heights in 2009-10, winning the program's third straight Ivy League title en route to an Ivy League-record 29 wins and recording not only the program's first NCAA win, but a trip to the Sweet 16. Cornell closed the season ranked No. 17 in the national rankings, the program's first in 59 years, and set an Ivy record for 3-pointers in a season (326). The team also set single-season school records in points (2,545), field goals (913), assists (543) and blocked shots (127). The Big Red won the MSG Holiday Festival with a victory over St. John's, Cornell's first win over a Big East school since 1969 and captured a season-opening win at Alabama, the team's first win over a school from the Southeastern Conference since 1972. The Big Red shocked the college basketball world as a No. 12 seed, knocking out both fifth-seeded Temple and fourth-seeded Wisconsin by double figures to advance before losing to No. 1 seed Kentucky.

For his efforts, then-head coach Steve Donahue was named the Clair Bee Coach of the Year and the NABC District Coach of the Year. Senior Ryan Wittman graduated as the school's all-time scoring leader and was named the unanimous Ivy League Player of the Year and an AP honorable mention All-American, while Jeff Foote was a first-team All-Ivy pick and the Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year. Louis Dale rounded out three Big Red players on the All-Ivy first team. All three players are expected to suit up for the reunited Sweet 16 team.

Along with Dale, Foote and Wittman, starters Jon Jaques (a current assistant for the Big Red), Alex Tyler and Chris Wroblewski will be joined by teammates Max Groebe, Aaron Osgood, Geoff Reeves and Pete Reynolds with Adam Wire serving as the team's coach.

The Basketball Tournament (TBT) is an open, single-elimination, winner-take-all basketball tournament for $500,000. A total of 32 teams will participate, with 24 having been chosen by fan voting and another eight (including Cornell) chosen as at-large selections by the TBT. The first four rounds will be played June 6-8 at Philadelphia University, with the winner-take-all final being played at a site to be determined by a social media vote on June 28.