2014–15 Harvard Crimson men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2014–15 Harvard Crimson Harvard Crimson logo.svg 150 Ivy League Ivy 22–8 11–3 Tommy Amaker 8th Brian DeStefano Brian Eskildsen Christian Webster Lavietes Pavilion Ivy League regular season co–champions One-game playoff vs. Yale W 53–51 NCAA tournament Round of 64 The 2014–15 Harvard Crimson men's basketball team represented Harvard University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Crimson, led by eighth year head coach Tommy Amaker, played their home games at Lavietes Pavilion and were members of the Ivy League. They finished the season 22–8, 11–3 in Ivy League play to share to the regular season Ivy League title with Yale. They earned the Ivy League's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament after defeating Yale in a One-game playoff, the ninth one-game playoff tie breaker in Ivy League history. In the NCAA Tournament, the Crimson lost to North Carolina in the second round. Recruits Class of 2014 no no 2014 Chris Egi C/PF Montverde, FL Montverde Academy (FL) 6 9 215 09/29/2013 4 4 80 Andre Chatfield SG Norcross, GA Norcross High School (GA) 6 5 175 09/29/2013 3 3 76 2014 Harvard 2014 Basketball Commitments 2013 Harvard Basketball Commits ESPN Recruiting Nation Basketball harvard 75 108 2013-11-07 yes Class of 2015 no no 2015 Tommy McCarthy PG Carlsbad, CA La Costa Canyon High School 6 0 155 10/02/2014 3 3 69 Weisner Perez SF Morton, IL Morton High School 6 6 205 09/26/2014 NR NR NR 2015 Harvard 2015 Basketball Commitments 2015 Harvard Basketball Commits ESPN Recruiting Nation Basketball harvard 75 108 2013-11-07 yes Roster 2014 Harvard Crimson y Siyani Chambers 1 G 6 0 170 JR y Golden Valley, Minnesota C Alex Nesbitt 2 G 6 1 175 SR Chicago, Illinois Matt Brown 3 G 6 3 205 SR Barrington, Rhode Island Zena Edosomwan 4 F 6 9 245 SO Los Angeles, California y Patrick Steeves 10 G/F 6 7 220 SO Montreal, Quebec Chris Egi 11 F 6 9 215 FR Markham, Ontario Matt Fraschilla 12 G 6 0 165 SO Dallas, Texas Steve Moundou-Missi 14 F 6 7 225 SR Yaoundé, Cameroon C Corbin Miller 15 G 6 2 180 SO Sandy, Utah Zach Yoshor 21 G 6 6 205 FR Houston, Texas Wesley Saunders y 23 G/F 6 5 215 SR Los Angeles, California Jonah Travis 24 F 6 6 225 SR Minneapolis, Minnesota Kenyatta Smith 25 C 6 8 245 SR Sun Valley, California Charlie Anastasi 32 F 6 6 225 SR Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania Evan Cummins 33 F 6 8 215 JR Westborough, Massachusetts Agunwa Okolie 35 G/F 6 8 205 JR Ajax, Ontario Tommy Amaker (Duke) Brian DeStefano (Duke) Brian Eskildsen (Tennessee) Christian Webster (Harvard) http://www.gocrimson.com/sports/mbkb/2014-15/roster 2014-10-03 Preseason Harvard was again the unanimous preseason top team in the Ivy League media poll.http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2014-15/releases/Harvard_Picked_Atop_Mens_Basketball_Preseason_Poll_for_Second-Straight_Year Harvard Picked Atop Men's Basketball Preseason Poll for Second-Straight Year 2015-03-20 2014-10-22 IvyLeagueSports.com https://web.archive.org/web/20150307095158/http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2014-15/releases/Harvard_Picked_Atop_Mens_Basketball_Preseason_Poll_for_Second-Straight_Year 2015-03-07 deadhttp://gocrimson.com/sports/mbkb/2014-15/releases/20141021nh344c Men's Basketball Unanimous Choice in Ivy League Preseason Media Poll 2015-03-20 2014-10-21 GoCrimson.com The team entered the season ranked 25th in the AP Poll.https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/11796228/kentucky-wildcats-arizona-wildcats-ranked-1-2-ap-preseason-poll Kentucky No. 1 in preseason again 2015-03-20 2014-10-31 ESPN Schedule In the penultimate game of the regular season on March 6, the team lost to Yale, falling behind them by a game in the standings with one game to play.https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=400591302 Yale tops defending champ Harvard to clinch share of Ivy title 2015-03-20 2015-03-06 ESPN Associated Press However, the teams finished the season tied for the Ivy League title and Harvard won the one-game playoff on March 14 to earn the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=400766836 Harvard completes unlikely run to Ivy title with playoff win over Yale 2015-03-20 2015-03-14 ESPN Associated Press The 2014–15 team was the first Ivy League team to make a fifth consecutive postseason appearance since the 2001–02 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team completed a seven-year run for Princeton.http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2014-15/releases/Mens_Basketball_Sends_Two_Teams_to_Postseason_with_Dartmouth_in_CIT Men's Basketball Sends Two Teams to Postseason with Dartmouth in CIT 2015-03-20 2015-03-15 IvyLeagueSports.com dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150403014406/http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2014-15/releases/Mens_Basketball_Sends_Two_Teams_to_Postseason_with_Dartmouth_in_CIT 2015-04-03 They were the third Ivy team to make four consecutive NCAA basketball tournament appearances, a feat last accomplished by the 1991–92 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team.http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2014-15/releases/Harvard_Heads_to_Jacksonville_to_Face_North_Carolina_in_NCAA_Mens_Basketball_Second_Round Harvard Heads to Jacksonville to Face North Carolina in NCAA Men's Basketball Second Round 2015-03-20 2015-03-15 IvyLeagueSports.com dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150403014444/http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2014-15/releases/Harvard_Heads_to_Jacksonville_to_Face_North_Carolina_in_NCAA_Mens_Basketball_Second_Round 2015-04-03 On March 19 in the 2015 NCAA tournament the team overcame a 16-point second half deficit against fourth-seeded North Carolina to take the lead before surrendering it in the final minute of play.https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=400785456 Justin Jackson stars as North Carolina holds off Harvard 2015-03-20 2015-03-19 ESPN Associated Press yes 2014-15 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2014 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#991111; color:#FFFFFF;"| Regular season 11/14/2014 7:00 pm yes 25 MIT Lavietes Pavilion Cambridge, MA 1,941 73–52 1–0 11/16/2014 5:30 pm yes yes 25 Holy Cross TD Garden Boston, MA Coaches vs. Cancer Classic Tip-Off N/A NESN 57–58 1–1 11/20/2014 8:00 pm yes Florida Atlantic Lavietes Pavilion Cambridge, MA 1,343 ASN 71–49 2–1 11/25/2014 7:00 pm yes Houston Lavietes Pavilion Cambridge, MA 1,423 84–63 3–1 11/29/2014 2:00 pm yes Massachusetts Lavietes Pavilion Cambridge, MA 2,195 ESPN3 75–73 4–1 12/03/2014 7:00 pm yes Northeastern Lavietes Pavilion Cambridge, MA 1,553 NESN 60–46 5–1 12/06/2014 7:00 pm yes yes Vermont Patrick Gym Burlington, VT 2,628 64–52 2OT 6–1 12/08/2014 7:00 pm yes Boston University Lavietes Pavilion Cambridge, MA 1,311 70–56 7–1 12/21/2014 12:00 pm yes yes Virginia 6 John Paul Jones Arena Charlottesville, VA 14,593 ESPNU 27–76 7–2 12/28/2014 2:00 pm yes yes Arizona State Wells Fargo Arena Tempe, AZ 6,503 P12N 46–56 7–3 12/30/2014 8:00 pm yes yes Grand Canyon GCU Arena Phoenix, AZ 7,412 ASN 72–59 8–3 01/05/2015 7:00 pm yes Saint Rose Lavietes Pavilion Cambridge, MA 1,033 84–38 9–3 01/10/2015 7:00 pm yes Dartmouth Leede Arena Hanover, NH 1,867 57–46 10–3 (1–0) 01/14/2015 7:00 pm yes yes Boston College Conte Forum Chestnut Hill, MA Rivalry 3,529 ESPN3 57–64 OT 10–4 01/20/2015 5:30 pm yes yes Bryant Chace Athletic Center Smithfield, RI 1,246 66–57 11–4 01/24/2015 2:00 pm Dartmouth Lavietes Pavilion Cambridge, MA 2,195 ESPN3 61–70 11–5 (1–1) 01/30/2015 6:00 pm yes Princeton Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, NJ 2,570 ESPNU 75–72 12–5 (2–1) 01/31/2015 7:00 pm yes Penn Palestra Philadelphia, PA 4,632 63–38 13–5 (3–1) 02/06/2015 7:00 pm yes Brown Pizzitola Sports Center Providence, RI 1,567 76–74 OT 14–5 (4–1) 02/07/2015 7:00 pm yes Yale John J. Lee Amphitheater New Haven, CT 2,532 52–50 15–5 (5–1) 02/13/2015 6:30 pm Columbia Lavietes Pavilion Cambridge, MA 1,624 CBSSN 72–68 16–5 (6–1) 02/14/2015 4:00 pm Cornell Lavietes Pavilion Cambridge, MA 1,603 ESPN3 61–40 17–5 (7–1) 02/20/2015 7:00 pm Penn Lavietes Pavilion Cambridge, MA 1,295 ESPN3 69–46 18–5 (8–1) 02/21/2015 7:00 pm Princeton Lavietes Pavilion Cambridge, MA 2,195 ESPN3 63–55 19–5 (9–1) 02/27/2015 6:30 pm yes Cornell Newman Arena Ithaca, NY 3,208 CBSSN 49–57 19–6 (9–2) 02/28/2015 7:00 pm yes Columbia Levien Gymnasium New York City, NY 2,644 ESPN3 80–70 20–6 (10–2) 03/06/2015 8:00 pm Yale Lavietes Pavilion Cambridge, MA 2,195 ASN 52–62 20–7 (10–3) 03/07/2015 6:00 pm Brown Lavietes Pavilion Cambridge, MA 2,195 CBSSN 72–62 21–7 (11–3) |- !colspan=9 style="background:#991111; color:#FFFFFF;"| Ivy League one game playoff 03/14/2015 4:00 pm yes Yale Palestra Philadelphia, PA 5,256 ASN/ESPN3 53–51 22–7 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#991111; color:#FFFFFF;"| NCAA tournament 03/19/2015 7:20 pm yes yes 13 W North Carolina 15 4 W Veterans Memorial Arena Jacksonville, FL Second round 12,761 TNT 65–67 22–8 AP Poll, Eastern Time W West Region Source: 2014–15 Harvard Crimson men's basketball schedule Honors Wesley Saunders was First Team All-Ivy selection, while Siyani Chambers and Steve Moundou-Missi were second team selections. Moundou-Missi was the Conference Defensive Player of the Year. Saunders joined Don Flemming as the only players to have earned three consecutive first team all-league selections.http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2014-15/releases/Mens_Basketball_All-Ivy-Coach_of_the_Year_Awards_Announced Men's Basketball All-Ivy, Coach of the Year Awards Announced 2015-03-19 2015-03-11 IvyLeagueSports.com https://web.archive.org/web/20150317192703/http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2014-15/releases/Mens_Basketball_All-Ivy-Coach_of_the_Year_Awards_Announced 2015-03-17 dead Saunders was a 2014–15 Men's All-District I Team selection by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association.http://www.sportswriters.net/usbwa/news/2015/alldistrict150310.html BigTen.org CBS Interactive USBWA Names 2014-15 Men's All-District Teams 2015-03-10 2015-03-10 Rankings 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings + Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. 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