exactly one year later on march 6, 2010, donahue's cornell team defeated the brown bears to clinch its third consecutive title and fourth in team history. this guaranteed an automatic bid for cornell in the 2010 ncaa basketball tournament, in which cornell was given a 12-seed in the east region. cornell went on to win two games in the tournament, defeating 5-seed temple and then 4-seed wisconsin, both victories by double digit margins, to advance to the sweet 16, the first ivy league team to advance this far since 1979 (when penn reached the final four). there they fell to the 1-seed kentucky wildcats, ending their historic run. 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.