2013–14 Harvard Crimson men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 October 2016 Basketball 2013–14 Harvard Crimson Harvard Crimson logo.svg 150 Ivy League Ivy 27–5 13–1 Tommy Amaker 7th Brian DeStefano Adam Cohen Christian Webster Kyle Casey Brandyn Curry Lavietes Pavilion Great Alaska Shootout Champions Ivy League regular season champions NCAA tournament Round of 32 The 2013–14 Harvard Crimson men's basketball team represented Harvard University during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Crimson, led by seventh year head coach Tommy Amaker, played their home games at Lavietes Pavilion and were members of the Ivy League. They finished the season 27–5, 13–1 in Ivy League play to win the Ivy League championship and earn the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. In the NCAA Tournament, as a 12-seed, the Crimson upset 5-seed Cincinnati in the first round before losing in the second round to 4-seed Michigan State. Preseason On September 27, USA Today Scott Gleeson named Harvard the 31st best team in the country and projected the team to earn a number 8 seed in the 2014 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaab/2013/09/27/college-basketball-countdown-no-31-harvard/2881877/ College basketball countdown: No. 31 Harvard October 28, 2013 September 27, 2013 USA Today Gleeson, Scott When the preseason Coaches' Poll was released on October 17, three-time Ivy League defending champion Harvard received 28 points (the 32nd highest point total).http://www.bcinterruption.com/boston-college-basketball-season-2013-2014/2013/10/17/4849426/usa-today-preseason-coaches-poll-college-basketball-kentucky-louisville-michigan-state-duke USA Today Preseason Coaches' Poll Reveals Tough Slate For Boston College Basketball October 28, 2013 October 17, 2013 SB Nation Favat, Brian When the preseason Associated Press poll was released, Harvard had 46 points (the 31st highest total).https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/rankings/_/year/2014/poll/1/week/1/seasontype/2 2014 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings - AP Top 25 Preseason (Nov. 4) November 23, 2013 November 4, 2013 ESPN Sports Illustrated listed Harvard 20th in its College Basketball edition.http://college-basketball.si.com/2013/11/13/sports-illustrated-releases-college-basketball-preview-edition/ Sports Illustrated releases college basketball preview edition November 23, 2013 November 13, 2013 Sports Illustrated dead https://web.archive.org/web/20131116204700/http://college-basketball.si.com/2013/11/13/sports-illustrated-releases-college-basketball-preview-edition/ November 16, 2013 mdy-all Its support was largely based upon the return of 2013 Ivy Rookie of the Year Siyani Chambers and the 2013 Ivy League scoring champion Wesley Saunders as well as the return of Kyle Casey and Brandyn Curry, who had redshirtted the previous season due to the 2012 Harvard cheating scandal.https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaab/2013/10/17/8-college-basketball-teams-on-the-cusp-of-the-top-25/2998365/ 8 college basketball teams on the cusp of the top 25 October 28, 2013 October 18, 2013 USA Today Gleeson, Scott Casey and Curry had been 2011–12 All-Ivy League first and second team selections, respectively.http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/releases/Mens_Basketball_All-Ivy_--_2011-12 Men's Basketball All-Ivy – 2011–12 March 12, 2012 March 7, 2012 IvyLeagueSports.com dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120829033924/http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/releases/Mens_Basketball_All-Ivy_--_2011-12 August 29, 2012 mdy-all Harvard was the unanimous selection of the 17-member Ivy League media poll selection committee when it was released on October 23, 2013.http://www.nj.com/princeton/index.ssf/2013/10/harvard_mens_basketball_heavil.html Harvard men's basketball heavily favored in Ivy, Princeton picked fourth October 28, 2013 October 24, 2013 NJ.com Franklin, Paulhttp://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2013-14/releases/Harvard_Holds_Top_Spot_as_Preseason_Pick_in_Mens_Basketball Harvard Holds Top Spot as Preseason Pick in Men's Basketball October 28, 2013 October 23, 2013 IvyLeagueSports.com https://web.archive.org/web/20131029233315/http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2013-14/releases/Harvard_Holds_Top_Spot_as_Preseason_Pick_in_Mens_Basketball October 29, 2013 dead mdy-all Harvard was also the preseason selection of Athlon Sports, Blue Ribbon College Basketball Yearbook, Lindy's Sports and NBCSports.com, but Sporting News selected them second to Princeton.http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2013-14/releases/Mens_Basketball_Collects_Numerous_Preseason_Honors Men's Basketball Collects Numerous Preseason Honors October 28, 2013 October 10, 2013 IvyLeagueSports.com https://web.archive.org/web/20131106164946/http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2013-14/releases/Mens_Basketball_Collects_Numerous_Preseason_Honors November 6, 2013 dead mdy-all Saunders was selected as the preseason Ivy League player of the year according to Athlon Sports, Blue Ribbon College Basketball Yearbook, Lindy's Sports, NBCSports.com and Sporting News and was a CollegeInsider.Com Lou Henson Preseason Mid-Major All-America Team selection. Both Curry and Chambers were preseason Bob Cousy Award watchlist selections. The team selected Casey and Curry to be its co-captains.https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2013/09/26/brandyn-curry-goes-back-work-for-harvard-basketball/kpL8gM3JaxgQZlijmxYSRI/story.html Brandyn Curry goes back to work for Harvard basketball October 28, 2013 September 27, 2013 Boston Globe Benbow, Julian Recruits Class of 2013 Zena Edosomwan was a 4-star recruit and among the top 100 players in the class of 2012 according to multiple recruiting services. Harvard's recruitment of him has become controversial because he had substandard academic qualifications for Harvard. He had to take the SAT's multiple times and reclassify into the class of 2013 while pursuing a post-graduate year at Northfield Mount Hermon.http://deadspin.com/5892921/is-harvard-now-behaving-like-any-other-college-basketball-juggernaut Is Harvard Now Behaving Like Any Other College Basketball Juggernaut? November 7, 2013 March 13, 2012 Deadspin O'Brien, Lukehttps://bleacherreport.com/articles/1102341-ncaa-basketball-recruiting-harvard-nets-top-100-recruit NCAA Basketball Recruiting: Harvard Nets Top-100 Recruit November 7, 2013 March 13, 2012 Bleacher Report Rogers, Max Edosomwan declined basketball scholarships from UCLA, USC, California, Texas, Wake Forest, Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado, Gonzaga, Notre Dame, San Francisco, Texas, Vanderbilt, and Washington to attend Harvard. He is the first player rated among the top 100 by Scout.com to ever commit to Harvard.http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2012/3/11/harvard-basketball-zena-edosomwan-commit/ Elite Men's Basketball Prospect Edosomwan Picks Harvard November 7, 2013 March 11, 2012 Harvard Crimson Sherman, Scott A. and Dennis J. Zheng no no 2013 Zena Edosomwan C/PF North Hollywood, CA Northfield Mount Hermon School 6 8.5 230 November 3, 2012 4 4 79 Hunter Myers SF/PF Minden, NV Douglas High School (NV) 6 7 217.5 10/10/12 3 3 77 Matt Fraschilla PG Dallas, TX Highland Park High School 5 9 12/4/12 2013 Harvard 2013 Basketball Commitments 2013 Harvard Basketball Commits ESPN Recruiting Nation Basketball harvard 75 108 November 7, 2013 yes Class of 2014 On September 29, 2013 4-star recruit Chris Egi and 3-star recruit Andre Chatfield both made verbal commitments to Harvard. Egi is the second top 100 recruit in two years for Harvard.http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2013/10/4/harvard-lands-recruits-chatfield-egi/# Harvard Lands Two Big-Name Basketball Recruits November 7, 2013 October 4, 2013 Harvard Crimson Mooney, Andrew R. and Juliet Spies-Gans no no 2014 Chris Egi C/PF Montverde, FL Montverde Academy (FL) 6 9 215 September 29, 2013 4 4 80 Andre Chatfield SG Norcross, GA Norcross High School (GA) 6 5 175 September 29, 2013 3 3 76 2014 Harvard 2014 Basketball Commitments 2014 Harvard Basketball Commits ESPN Recruiting Nation Basketball harvard 75 108 November 7, 2013 yes Roster 2013 Harvard Crimson y Laurent Rivard 0 G 6 5 215 SR Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, Quebec Siyani Chambers 1 G 6 0 170 SO y Golden Valley, Minnesota Alex Nesbitt 2 G 6 1 175 JR Chicago, Illinois Matt Brown 3 G 6 3 205 JR Barrington, Rhode Island Zena Edosomwan 4 F 6 9 245 FR Los Angeles, California y Hunter Myers 5 F 6 7 225 FR Minden, Nevada Brandyn Curry y 10 G 6 1 195 SR Huntersville, North Carolina Matt Fraschilla 11 G 5 11 165 FR Dallas, Texas Steve Moundou-Missi 14 F 6 7 225 JR Yaoundé, Cameroon Patrick Steeves 20 G/F 6 7 220 SO Montreal, Quebec Dee Giger 21 G 6 6 180 SR Arden, North Carolina Wesley Saunders y 23 G/F 6 5 215 JR Los Angeles, California Jonah Travis 24 F 6 6 225 JR Minneapolis, Minnesota Kenyatta Smith 25 C 6 8 250 JR Sun Valley, California Kyle Casey y 30 F 6 7 225 SR Medway, Massachusetts Charlie Anastasi 32 F 6 6 225 JR Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania Evan Cummins 33 F 6 9 215 SO Westborough, Massachusetts Tom Hamel 34 F 6 9 235 SR Methuen, Massachusetts Agunwa Okolie 35 G/F 6 8 205 SO Ajax, Ontario Michael Hall 44 F/C 6 10 205 SO Atlanta, Georgia Tommy Amaker (Duke) Brian DeStefano (Duke) Adam Cohen (Arizona) Christian Webster (Harvard) Head Manager Basil Williams (Class of 2014) http://www.gocrimson.com/sports/mbkb/2013-14/roster September 28, 2013 Schedule Harvard opened its season on November 10 with a victory over in-state Greater Boston rival Holy Cross at the TD Garden.https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=400499526 Harvard puts away Holy Cross 82-72 November 30, 2013 November 10, 2013 ESPN They then defeated Cambridge rival 2010 men MIT Engineers Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT on November 12 in the home opener at Lavietes Pavilion.https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=400505950 Harvard trounces MIT 79-37 in home opener November 30, 2013 November 12, 2013 ESPN After scoring 14 points and adding 6 assists, 4 rebounds, 3 steals and 2 blocks while playing 37 minutes in the first game of the season,https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/boxscore?gameId=400499526 Holy Cross 72 (0-1, 0-1 away); Harvard 82 (1-0, 1-0 home) November 30, 2013 November 10, 2013 ESPN Curry missed the next three games due to a foot injury.http://bostonherald.com/sports/college/college_basketball/2013/11/moundou_missi_crimson_stretch_streak_to_four Moundou-Missi, Crimson stretch streak to four November 30, 2013 November 21, 2013 Boston Herald Layman, Tom After starting the season 4–0, the team lost its first game on the road against Pac-12 Conference Colorado on November 24.https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=400505952 Colorado rallies in 2nd half to beat Harvard 70-62 November 30, 2013 November 24, 2013 ESPN Curry re-aggravated his foot against Colorado and was described as out indefinitely by Amaker.http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2013/11/29/harvard-basketball-alaska-shootout-denver/# Men's Basketball Tops Denver, 68-60, To Advance to Semifinals of Great Alaska Shootout November 30, 2013 November 29, 2013 Mooney, Andrew R. The Harvard Crimson In the 2013 Great Alaska Shootout, Harvard defeated Denver, Green Bay and TCU to win the November 27–30 tournament.https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=400519434 Harvard beats Denver 68-60 December 1, 2013 November 28, 2013 ESPNhttps://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=400519990 Harvard uses late surge to beat Green Bay 76-64 December 1, 2013 November 29, 2013 ESPNhttps://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=400520184 Harvard's fast start leaves TCU in dust, 71-50 December 1, 2013 December 1, 2013 ESPN yes 2013-14 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2013 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#991111; color:#FFFFFF;"| Regular season November 10, 2013 5:30 pm yes yes Holy Cross TD Garden Boston, MA Coaches vs. Cancer Classic Tip-Off 6,037 NESN 82–72 1–0 November 12, 2013 7:00 pm yes MIT Lavietes Pavilion Cambridge, Massachusetts 1,414 79–37 2–0 November 15, 2013 7:00 pm yes Howard Lavietes Pavilion Cambridge, Massachusetts 1,815 76–44 3–0 November 20, 2013 7:00 pm yes Bryant Lavietes Pavilion Cambridge, Massachusetts 1,760 86–68 4–0 November 24, 2013 4:30 pm yes yes Colorado Coors Events Center Boulder, CO 9,770 ESPNU 62–70 4–1 November 28, 2013 12:00 am yes yes Denver Sullivan Arena Anchorage, AK Great Alaska Shootout first round 3,923 CBSSN 68–60 5–1 November 29, 2013 12:00 am yes yes Green Bay Sullivan Arena Anchorage, AK Great Alaska Shootout semifinals 4,064 CBSSN 76–64 6–1 November 30, 2013 12:30 am yes yes TCU Sullivan Arena Anchorage, AK Great Alaska Shootout championship 4,253 CBSSN 71–50 7–1 December 4, 2013 7:00 pm yes yes Northeastern Matthews Arena Boston, MA 1,901 72–64 8–1 December 7, 2013 1:00 pm yes yes Boston University Case Gym Boston, MA 1,233 79–68 9–1 December 21, 2013 4:00 pm yes Vermont Lavietes Pavilion Cambridge, Massachusetts 2,195 74–68 10–1 December 28, 2013 4:00 pm yes yes Fordham Rose Hill Gymnasium Bronx, NY 3,200 SNY 94–86 11–1 January 1, 2014 4:00 pm yes Boston College Lavietes Pavilion Cambridge, Massachusetts 2,195 73–58 12–1 January 4, 2014 8:00 pm yes yes Rice Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, TX 1,762 CBSSN 69–54 13–1 January 8, 2014 7:00 pm yes yes UConn Gampel Pavilion Storrs, CT 9,218 ESPNU 56–61 13–2 January 11, 2014 2:00 pm Dartmouth Lavietes Pavilion Cambridge, Massachusetts 1,766 61–45 14–2 (1–0) January 21, 2014 7:00 pm yes yes Florida Atlantic FAU Arena Boca Raton, FL 2,315 53–68 14–3 January 26, 2014 4:00 pm yes Dartmouth Leede Arena Hanover, NH 1,544 NBCSN 80–50 15–3 (2–0) January 31, 2014 7:00 pm Princeton Lavietes Pavilion Cambridge, Massachusetts 2,195 82–76 16–3 (3–0) February 1, 2014 9:00 pm Penn Lavietes Pavilion Cambridge, Massachusetts 2,195 NBCSN 80–50 17–3 (4–0) February 7, 2014 7:00 pm Brown Lavietes Pavilion Cambridge, Massachusetts 2,028 52–45 18–3 (5–0) February 8, 2014 7:00 pm Yale Lavietes Pavilion Cambridge, Massachusetts 2,195 67–74 18–4 (5–1) February 14, 2014 7:00 pm yes Columbia Levien Gymnasium New York City, NY 2,474 88–84 2OT 19–4 (6–1) February 15, 2014 7:00 pm yes Cornell Newman Arena Ithaca, NY 1,342 67–44 20–4 (7–1) February 21, 2014 7:00 pm yes Penn Palestra Philadelphia, PA 4,810 83–63 21–4 (8–1) February 22, 2014 8:00 pm yes Princeton Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, NJ 4,306 ESPN3 59–47 22–4 (9–1) February 28, 2014 7:00 pm Cornell Lavietes Pavilion Cambridge, Massachusetts 2,195 72–47 23–4 (10–1) March 1, 2014 7:00 pm Columbia Lavietes Pavilion Cambridge, Massachusetts 2,195 80–47 24–4 (11–1) March 7, 2014 7:30 pm yes Yale Payne Whitney Gymnasium New Haven, CT 2,532 NBCSN 70–58 25–4 (12–1) March 8, 2014 7:00 pm yes Brown Pizzitola Sports Center Providence, RI 2,226 98–93 OT 26–4 (13–1) |- !colspan=9 style="background:#991111; color:#FFFFFF;"| NCAA tournament March 20, 2014 2:10 pm yes (12 E) Cincinnati 15 (5 E) Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena Spokane, WA Second Round 10,862 TNT 61–57 27–4 March 22, 2014 8:40 pm yes (12 E) (4 E) Michigan State 11 Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena Spokane, WA Third Round 11,623 TNT 73–80 27–5 AP Poll, (#) during NCAA Tournament is seed within region E=East Eastern Time Honors On March 11 Saunders was named to the District I (ME, VT, NH, RI, MA, CT) team by the United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA).http://www.sportswriters.net/usbwa/news/2014/alldistrict140311.html USBWA Names 2013-14 Men's All-District Teams March 12, 2014 March 11, 2014 United States Basketball Writers Association Saunders was listed on The National Association of Basketball Coaches Division I All-District 13 first team on March 12.http://www.nabc.org/awards/all_district/2013-14_NABC-Division_I_ALL-DISTRICT_TEAMS-final.pdf National Association of Basketball Coaches Announces 2013-14 Division I All-District Teams March 12, 2014 March 12, 2014 National Association of Basketball Coaches April 18, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160418101646/http://www.nabc.org/awards/all_district/2013-14_NABC-Division_I_ALL-DISTRICT_TEAMS-final.pdf dead Rankings 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings AP Poll 0 20 RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV N/A Coaches Poll 0 20 RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV References 33em Category:Harvard Crimson men's basketball seasons Harvard Harvard Harvard Crimson men's basketball Harvard Crimson men's basketball Harvard Crimson men's basketball Harvard Crimson men's basketball