2011–12 Harvard Crimson men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2011–12 Harvard Crimson Harvard Crimson logo.svg 200 Ivy League Ivy League 26–5 12–2 Tommy Amaker Brian Adams Brian DeStefano Yanni Hufnagel Oliver McNally Keith Wright Lavietes Pavilion Ivy League Champion2011 Battle 4 Atlantis Champion NCAA tournament Round of 64 The 2011–12 Harvard Crimson men's basketball team represented Harvard University in the Ivy League athletic conference during the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team played its home games in Boston, Massachusetts at the Lavietes Pavilion, located across the Charles River from the university's main campus in Cambridge with a capacity of 2,195. The team was led by fifth-year head coach Tommy Amaker and senior co-captains Keith Wright and Oliver McNally.http://www.gocrimson.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/videos/20111011 Harvard Men's Basketball Media Day Interviews 2011-12-07 2011-10-11 Harvard University GoCrimson.comhttp://www.gocrimson.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/releases/20111011_media_day Men's Basketball Attends Media Day 2011-12-07 2011-10-11 Harvard University GoCrimson.com January 6, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120106135230/http://gocrimson.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/releases/20111011_media_day dead Harvard began the season 8–0, the best start by an Ivy League team since 1969 men Columbia Lions Columbia University Columbia won its first ten games to begin the 1969-70 season.http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/weeklyreleases/2011-12_MBB_Release_Week_17.pdf 2011–12 Ivy League Men's Basketball: Week 17 • February 27, 2012 2012-03-04 2012-02-27 IvyLeagueSports.com 6 https://web.archive.org/web/20150918221248/http://ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/weeklyreleases/2011-12_MBB_Release_Week_17.pdf September 18, 2015 dead mdy-all On December 5, 2011, Harvard made its first-ever appearances in the AP Poll and the Coaches' Poll, ranking 25th and 24th, respectively.https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/7319295/duke-blue-devils-north-carolina-tar-heels-stand-ground-top-losses Duke, UNC don't cede much in Top 25 2011-12-05 2011-12-05 ESPN The season included two wins against teams in the powerhouse Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). Harvard set a school record with 26 wins during the season and tied a school record for conference wins with 12. Its 14 non-conference wins also tied an Ivy League record previously held by the 2009-10 Cornell Big Red.http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/weeklyreleases/2011-12_MBB_Postseason_Release_2.pdf 2011-12 Ivy League Men's Basketball: Postseason - Week 2 • March 18, 2012 2012-03-21 2012-03-18 IvyLeagueSports.com 7 https://web.archive.org/web/20150213203656/http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/weeklyreleases/2011-12_MBB_Postseason_Release_2.pdf February 13, 2015 dead mdy-all The season culminated in an invitation to the 2012 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, where Harvard lost in the second round. It was Harvard's first NCAA tournament appearance since 1946 and third consecutive appearance in a postseason tournament.http://www.gocrimson.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/NotesGame_31_NCAA_Second_Round.pdf Harvard 2011-12 Men's Basketball Postseason Guide 2012-03-19 Harvard University GoCrimson.com 3 .pdf May 11, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120511201259/http://gocrimson.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/NotesGame_31_NCAA_Second_Round.pdf dead Junior Kyle Casey was a first-team All-Ivy selection, while junior Brandyn Curry and senior Keith Wright earned second-team recognition. Preseason Harvard came into the 2011–12 season off of its first Ivy League championship and two school record-setting years in terms of total wins.http://www.gocrimson.com/sports/mbkb/2009-10/releases/100310_Amaker_Jobe_Finalist Amaker Named Finalist For Jobe Award 2010-03-31 2010-03-10 Harvard University 2011-07-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20110711103344/http://www.gocrimson.com/sports/mbkb/2009-10/releases/100310_Amaker_Jobe_Finalist deadhttps://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/26/sports/ncaabasketball/26hoops.html Princeton and Harvard Keep Pace 2011-03-17 2011-02-25 The New York Times The 2010–11 team that won the league championship during the 2010–11 Ivy League men's basketball season had no seniors.http://www.thecrimson.com/series/basketball-10-11/article/2010/11/11/basketball-supp-wright-111210/ Finding Mister Wright 2011-03-06 2010-11-11 Harvard Crimson Walsh, Timothy J. Ivy League Men's Basketball Player of the Year Keith Wright returned to the team as a senior, as did All-Ivy League juniors Kyle Casey, Brandyn Curry and Christian Webster.http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2010-11/releases/Mens_Basketball_All-Ivy_--_2010-11 Men's Basketball All-Ivy – 2010–11 2011-03-12 2011-03-09 IvyLeagueSports.com https://web.archive.org/web/20110313110640/http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2010-11/releases/Mens_Basketball_All-Ivy_--_2010-11 2011-03-13 dead Harvard entered the season with a 17-game home winning streak, the 10th-longest in the country.http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2010-11/weeklyreleases/2010-11_MBB_Final_Release.pdf 2010–11 Highlights IvyLeagueSports.com 5 2011-12-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20120308170333/http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2010-11/weeklyreleases/2010-11_MBB_Final_Release.pdf 2012-03-08 dead Senior co-captain Oliver McNally entered the season with a 32-shot free throw streak,https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/gamelog/_/id/41640/year/2011/oliver-mcnally Oliver McNally Game-by-Game Stats (2010–11) 2011-12-07 ESPN having finished second in the nation in free throw percentage the previous year.http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/statistics/player/_/stat/free-throws/sort/freeThrowPct/year/2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20130423052222/http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/statistics/player/_/stat/free-throws/sort/freeThrowPct/year/2011 dead April 23, 2013 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Player Free-Throw Shooting Statistics – 2010–11 2011-12-07 ESPN The upperclassmen on the team came from the first top-25 recruiting class in Ivy League history.https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/02/sports/ncaabasketball/02harvard.html? In a New Era at Harvard, New Questions of Standards 2010-04-02 2008-03-02 The New York Times Thamel, Pete Pete Thamel http://www.gocrimson.com/sports/mbkb/coaches/amaker_tommy Tommy Amaker 2010-03-31 Harvard University 2011-07-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20110722012247/http://www.gocrimson.com/sports/mbkb/coaches/amaker_tommy dead Harvard and Wright won numerous preseason honors. Wright was a preseason John R. Wooden Award Top 50 Watchlist honoree as well as a Lou Henson Preseason All-America team selection.http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/weeklyreleases/2011-12_MBB_Release_Week_1.pdf 2011–12 Ivy League Men's Basketball: November 7, 2011 2011-12-06 2011-11-07 IvyLeagueSports.com 4 https://web.archive.org/web/20120308184023/http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/weeklyreleases/2011-12_MBB_Release_Week_1.pdf March 8, 2012 dead mdy-all Harvard was selected as the conference preseason favorite for the first time in school history.http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/weeklyreleases/2011-12_MBB_Release_Week_1.pdf 2011–12 Ivy League Men's Basketball: November 7, 2011 2011-12-06 2011-11-07 IvyLeagueSports.com 6 https://web.archive.org/web/20120308184023/http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/weeklyreleases/2011-12_MBB_Release_Week_1.pdf March 8, 2012 dead mdy-all In addition, Harvard received preseason votes in the AP Poll, marking the fourth straight season it received votes at some point in the year.http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/weeklyreleases/2011-12_MBB_Release_Week_1.pdf 2011–12 Ivy League Men's Basketball: November 7, 2011 2011-12-06 2011-11-07 IvyLeagueSports.com 5 https://web.archive.org/web/20120308184023/http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/weeklyreleases/2011-12_MBB_Release_Week_1.pdf March 8, 2012 dead mdy-all The team's schedule included power conference opponents Boston College (ACC), Utah (Pac-12) and Connecticut (Big East) as well as a possible second-round Battle 4 Atlantis match against Florida State (ACC). Expectations were high for Harvard, and a December 8 contest against Connecticut was the only Ivy League game scheduled for broadcast on ESPN2 during the season.http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/weeklyreleases/2011-12_MBB_Release_Week_1.pdf 2011–12 Ivy League Men's Basketball: November 7, 2011 2011-12-06 2011-11-07 IvyLeagueSports.com 7 https://web.archive.org/web/20120308184023/http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/weeklyreleases/2011-12_MBB_Release_Week_1.pdf March 8, 2012 dead mdy-all Schedule yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#991111; color:#FFFFFF;"| Regular season November 11, 2011 7:00 pm yes MIT Lavietes Pavilion Boston, MA Harvard Athletics 76–49 2,195 1–0 November 15, 2011 7:00 pm yes yes Holy Cross Hart Center Worcester, MA 73–64 1,892 2–0 November 19, 2011 9:30 pm yes yes Loyola Marymount Gersten Pavilion Los Angeles, CA 77–67 3,313 3–0 November 24, 2011 9:30 pm yes yes Utah Atlantis Resort Nassau, Bahamas Battle 4 Atlantis First Round HDNet 75–47 2,530 4–0 November 25, 2011 4:30 pm yes Florida State 22 Atlantis Resort Nassau, Bahamas Battle 4 Atlantis Semi-Final Versus 46–41 2,394 5–0 November 26, 2011 4:30 pm yes yes UCF Atlantis Resort Nassau, Bahamas Battle 4 Atlantis Finals Versus 59–49 2,752 6–0 December 1, 2011 7:00 pm yes yes Vermont Patrick Gym Burlington, VT 55–48 2,827 7–0 December 4, 2011 2:00 pm yes Seattle Lavietes Pavilion Boston, MA Harvard Athletics 80–70 1,896 8–0 December 8, 2011 7:00 pm yes yes 25 Connecticut 9 Harry A. Gampel Pavilion Storrs, CT ESPN2 53–67 10,167 8–1 December 10, 2011 4:00 pm yes yes 25 Boston University Case Gym Boston, MA NESN 76–52 3,010 9–1 December 22, 2011 7:00 pm yes Florida Atlantic Lavietes Pavilion Boston, MA Harvard Athletics 63–51 1,973 10–1 December 29, 2011 7:00 pm yes yes 24 Boston College Silvio O. Conte Forum Chestnut Hill, MA ESPN3 67–46 8,606 11–1 December 31, 2011 4:00 pm yes 24 Saint Joseph's Lavietes Paviilion Boston, MA Harvard Athletics 74–69 2,195 12–1 January 3, 2012 7:00 pm yes yes 22 Fordham Rose Hill Gym Bronx, NY CBS ULive 54–60 2,891 12–2 January 7, 2012 2:00 pm 22 Dartmouth Lavietes Pavilion Boston, MA Harvard Athletics 63–47 2,195 13–2 (1–0) January 10, 2012 7:00 pm yes yes Monmouth Multipurpose Activity Center West Long Branch, NJ 70–61 1,809 14–2 January 14, 2012 2:00 pm yes George Washington Lavietes Pavilion Boston, MA Harvard Athletics 69–48 2,195 15–2 January 21, 2012 7:00 pm yes Dartmouth Leede Arena Hanover, NH 54–38 2,100 16–2 (2–0) January 27, 2012 7:00 pm yes Yale Payne Whitney Gymnasium New Haven, CT 65–35 2,522 17–2 (3–0) January 28, 2012 6:00 pm yes Brown Pizzitola Sports Center Providence, RI 68–59 2,005 18–2 (4–0) February 3, 2012 7:00 pm Cornell Lavietes Pavilion Boston, MA Harvard Athletics 71–60 2,195 19–2 (5–0) February 4, 2012 7:00 pm Columbia Lavietes Pavilion Boston, MA Harvard Athletics 57–52 2,195 20–2 (6–0) February 10, 2012 7:00 pm yes 25 Penn Palestra Philadelphia, PA 56–50 7,462 21–2 (7–0) February 11, 2012 7:00 pm yes 25 Princeton Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, NJ ESPNU 62–70 5,266 21–3 (7–1) February 17, 2012 7:00 pm Brown Lavietes Pavilion Boston, MA Harvard Athletics 69–42 2,195 22–3 (8–1) February 18, 2012 7:00 pm Yale Lavietes Pavilion Boston, MA Harvard Athletics 66–51 2,195 23–3 (9–1) February 24, 2012 7:00 pm Princeton Lavietes Pavilion Boston, MA Harvard Athletics 67–64 2,195 24–3 (10–1) February 25, 2012 7:00 pm Penn Lavietes Pavilion Boston, MA Harvard Athletics 54–55 2,195 24–4 (10–2) March 2, 2012 7:00 pm yes Columbia Levien Gymnasium New York, NY 77–70 OT 2,702 25–4 (11–2) March 3, 2012 7:00 pm yes Cornell Newman Arena Ithaca, NY ESPN3 67–63 4,027 26–4 (12–2) |- !colspan=9 style="background:#991111; color:#FFFFFF;"| 2012 NCAA Tournament Mar. 15, 2012 4:45 p.m. yes yes 12 E Vanderbilt 20 5 E The Pit Albuquerque, New Mexico East Regional Second round TNT 70–79 10,774 26–5 Eastern Time Rankings 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings On December 5, 2011, Harvard made its first-ever appearance in either the AP (25th) or Coaches' Poll (24th). That left Brown as the only Ivy League school never to have been ranked in the AP Poll and left only seven Division I schools active since the poll began that have never been ranked in it.https://www.espn.com/blog/collegebasketballnation/post/_/id/41106/harvard-shakes-one-monkey-off-its-back Harvard shakes one monkey off its back Brennan, Eamonn December 5, 2011 December 5, 2011 ESPN Harvard was the first Ivy League team ranked in the Coaches' Poll since the 2009–10 Cornell Big Red and the first Ivy League team ranked in the AP Poll since the 1997–98 Princeton Tigers.http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/releases/Harvard_Mens_Basketball_Appears_In_National_Polls Harvard Men's Basketball Appears In National Polls 2011-12-05 2011-12-05 IvyLeagueSports.com https://web.archive.org/web/20120130081037/http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/releases/Harvard_Mens_Basketball_Appears_in_National_Polls 2012-01-30 dead By January 2, the team achieved rankings of 22nd in the AP Poll and 21st in the Coaches' Poll.https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/rankings/_/year/2012/week/9/seasontype/2 2012 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings – Week 9 (Jan. 2) 2012-03-04 2012-01-02 ESPN On February 6, the team again attained the ranking of 21st in the Coaches' Poll.https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/rankings/_/year/2012/week/14/seasontype/2 2012 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings – Week 14 (Feb. 6) 2012-03-04 2012-02-06 ESPN AP Pollhttps://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/rankings 2011–12 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings October 21, 2011 ESPN ESPN Internet Ventures live https://web.archive.org/web/20091113173644/http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/rankings November 13, 2009 0 19 RV RV RV RV 25 RV RV 24 22 RV RV RV RV 25 RV RV RV RV RV Coaches Poll 0 19 RV RV 24 RV 25 23 21 25 24 23 23 21 RV RV RV RV RV Season Harvard's season began with a Crimson Madness event on October 15 where the team raised a 2010–11 Ivy League Championship banner and held an intrasquad scrimmage.http://www.gocrimson.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/videos/20111015-arxgyz1o Highlights: Harvard Men's Basketball Hosts Crimson Madness 2011-12-07 2011-11-15 Harvard University GoCrimson.comhttp://www.gocrimson.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/releases/20111015brzxi5 Men's Basketball Unveils Ivy Championship Banner at Crimson Madness 2011-12-07 2011-11-15 Harvard University GoCrimson.com December 13, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111213225209/http://www.gocrimson.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/releases/20111015brzxi5 dead The team opened the season with a victory over 2011 men MIT Engineers Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT on November 11 that extended Harvard's win streak against MIT to nine games.http://espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=313150108 https://web.archive.org/web/20111211050622/http://espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=313150108 dead December 11, 2011 Harvard 76, MIT 49 2012-03-04 2011-11-11 ESPN Following the victory over MIT, Harvard took part in the 2011 Battle 4 Atlantis Tournament. The team beat Utah 75–47 in the first game of the tournament,http://espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=313280254 https://web.archive.org/web/20111203221703/http://espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=313280254 dead December 3, 2011 Harvard 75, Utah 47 2011-12-06 2011-11-24 ESPN.com its first-ever win against a Pac-12 Conference opponent. On November 25, Harvard faced Florida State, which was then ranked 22nd in the AP poll and 20th in the Coaches' Poll. Harvard won that game 46–41 for the second-ever defeat of a ranked opponent in team history.http://espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=313290108 https://web.archive.org/web/20120106064122/http://espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=313290108 dead January 6, 2012 Harvard upsets cold-shooting Florida State to reach tourney final 2011-11-28 2011-11-25 ESPN.com Harvard then matched up against UCF in the tournament final, winning 59–49.http://espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=313302116 https://web.archive.org/web/20111201003227/http://espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=313302116 dead December 1, 2011 Unbeaten Harvard wins Battle 4 Atlantis crown 2011-12-06 2011-11-26 ESPN.com Wright earned Ivy League player of the week for his performance in the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament.http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/weeklyreleases/2011-12_MBB_Release_Week_4.pdf 2011–12 Ivy League Men's Basketball: Week 4 • November 28, 2011 2011-12-06 2011-11-28 IvyLeagueSports.com 5 https://web.archive.org/web/20120308205830/http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/weeklyreleases/2011-12_MBB_Release_Week_4.pdf March 8, 2012 dead mdy-all McNally extended his free-throw streak to 51 in the Florida State victory,https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/player/gamelog/_/id/41640/year/2012/oliver-mcnally Oliver McNally Game-by-Game Stats (2011–12) 2011-12-07 ESPN but his run ended in the final minutes of the UCF game.https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/playbyplay?gameId=313302116 Harvard 59 (6–0, 2–0 away); UCF 49 (4–2, 2–0 home); Complete Play-By-Play 2011-12-07 ESPN The 2008–09 team had previously defeated then-ranked Boston College (17th in the AP Poll and 24th in the Coaches' Poll) for the first win over a ranked team in the program's history,http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=290070103 https://web.archive.org/web/20090117204634/http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=290070103 dead January 17, 2009 Lin powers Harvard to rare upset over No. 24 BC 2010-04-02 2009-01-07 ESPN.com but lost to all ranked opponents in the 2009–10 and 2010–11 seasons.https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/team/schedule/_/id/108/year/2010/harvard-crimson Harvard Crimson Schedule – 2009–10 2011-12-07 ESPNhttps://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/team/schedule/_/id/108/year/2011/harvard-crimson Harvard Crimson Schedule – 2010–11 2011-12-07 ESPN The win against Boston College was the 1000th in school history.http://www.gocrimson.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/releases/20111229_BC_Recap No. 23/24 Harvard Extends Win Streak Over BC to Four Games, Tops Eagles, 67-46 2012-07-05 2011-12-29 GoCrimson.com 2012-05-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20120502050438/http://gocrimson.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/releases/20111229_BC_Recap dead The Florida State victory was the school's second over a ranked team in its history and the highest-ranked opponent in the Coaches' Poll that Harvard has ever defeated. Florida State went on to win the 2012 ACC men's basketball tournament.http://www.theacc.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/031112aaa.html Florida State Wins the #ACCTRNY 85–82 over North Carolina: This is Florida State's first ACC Championship 2012-03-14 2012-03-11 CBS Interactive TheACC.com https://web.archive.org/web/20121123050848/http://www.theacc.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/031112aaa.html 2012-11-23 dead Harvard began the season 8–0, the best start by an Ivy League team since 1969 men Columbia Lions Columbia University Columbia won its first ten games to begin the 1969-70 season. Harvard, then ranked 25th in the AP poll and 24th in the Coaches' poll, next faced its most formidable challenge yet: Connecticut, which then had a 7–1 record and was ranked 9th in both polls. Harvard had the better record against common foes, Florida State and UCF (2–0 versus 1–1).http://espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=313300041 https://web.archive.org/web/20111128064002/http://espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=313300041 dead November 28, 2011 Shabazz Napier, Ryan Boatwright have big parts in UConn's OT win 2011-12-07 2011-11-26 ESPNhttp://espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=313290041 https://web.archive.org/web/20111201032353/http://espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=313290041 dead December 1, 2011 UCF, trailing by 17, storms back to upset No. 4 UConn 2011-12-07 2011-11-25 ESPN Connecticut won the teams' previous meeting at Harry A. Gampel Pavilion in 2009 by a score of 79–73 as the 2009-10 Huskies (then ranked 14th in the AP Poll and 13th in the Coaches' Poll) survived a 30-point, 9-rebound effort by Jeremy Lin.http://espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=293410041 https://web.archive.org/web/20091212160532/http://espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=293410041 dead December 12, 2009 Dyson's 24 points, 14 boards help UConn fend off Harvard 2011-12-09 2009-12-06 ESPN Harvard lost the 2011 meeting 67–53.http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=313420041 https://web.archive.org/web/20120110064159/http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=313420041 dead January 10, 2012 No. 9 UConn spoils No. 24 Harvard's 1st game as a ranked team 2011-12-09 2009-12-08 ESPN Harvard won its next four games, including victories over 2010 men Boston Terriers Boston University Boston University and Boston College for a season sweep of city rivals after beating MIT in November.http://espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=313440104 https://web.archive.org/web/20160305043053/http://espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=313440104 dead March 5, 2016 No. 24 Harvard returns from UConn loss with romp over Boston U 2012-03-04 2011-12-10 ESPNhttp://espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=313630103 https://web.archive.org/web/20120106111418/http://espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=313630103 dead January 6, 2012 No. 23 Harvard beats Boston College for fourth straight season 2012-03-04 2011-12-29 ESPN Harvard's victory over Boston College was its fourth in a row against the Atlantic Coast Conference team, giving it five consecutive wins overall against ACC teams, including its only two wins against ranked opponents.http://www.gocrimson.com/sports/mbkb/history/yrbyyrresults Harvard Men's Basketball All-Time Results 2012-07-07 GoCrimson.com March 8, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120308093451/http://gocrimson.com/sports/mbkb/history/yrbyyrresults deadhttp://www.gocrimson.com/sports/mbkb/history/seriesrecords Harvard Men's Basketball All-Time Series Records 2012-07-07 GoCrimson.com May 7, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120507064247/http://www.gocrimson.com/sports/mbkb/history/seriesrecords deadhttp://espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=293430103 https://web.archive.org/web/20091215030102/http://espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=293430103 dead December 15, 2009 Harvard 74, Boston College 67 2012-07-07 2009-12-09 ESPNhttp://espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=310050103 https://web.archive.org/web/20110228033151/http://espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=310050103 dead February 28, 2011 Harvard 78, Boston College 69 2012-07-07 2011-01-05 ESPN After rising to 21st in the Coaches' Poll and 22nd in the AP Poll, Fordham upset Harvard 60–54 in January.http://espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=320032230 https://archive.today/20130124105547/http://espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=320032230 dead January 24, 2013 Bryan Smith, Chris Gaston lead Fordham by No. 21 Harvard 2012-06-30 2012-01-03 ESPN A 65–35 win over Yale three weeks later was Harvard's widest margin of victory against its Ivy League rival in 183 meetings.http://espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=320270043 https://archive.today/20120709062216/http://espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=320270043 dead July 9, 2012 Laurent Rivard, Harvard rout Yale for 5th straight win 2012-03-19 2012-01-27 ESPN Harvard lost its third Ivy League game of the season, falling to Princeton on February 11, but avenged the loss in a home win on February 24.http://espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=320550108 https://web.archive.org/web/20160305092530/http://espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=320550108 dead March 5, 2016 Harvard rallies from 10 down to edge Princeton 2012-03-04 2012-02-24 ESPN That victory gave Harvard a new school record for single-season wins as well as single-season non-league wins and tied the record for conference game wins.http://www.gocrimson.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/GameNotes29.pdf Harvard Basketball Game Notes (HARVARD (24–4, 10–2) vs.COLUMBIA (14–14, 3–9)) 2012-03-05 2012-03-02 GoCrimson.com May 11, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120511162151/http://gocrimson.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/GameNotes29.pdf dead A day after beating Princeton, however, Harvard lost to Penn, snapping a 28-game home winning streak dating to February 20, 2010.http://espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=320560108 https://archive.today/20120718195534/http://espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=320560108 dead July 18, 2012 Penn tops Harvard to throw Ivy League race wide open 2012-03-04 2012-02-25 ESPNhttps://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/team/schedule/_/id/108/year/2010/harvard-crimson Harvard Crimson Schedule – 2009–10 2012-03-05 ESPNhttps://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/team/schedule/_/id/108/year/2011/harvard-crimson Harvard Crimson Schedule – 2010–11 2012-03-05 ESPNhttps://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/team/schedule/_/id/108/year/2012/harvard-crimson Harvard Crimson Schedule – 2011–12 2012-03-05 ESPN Nonetheless, Harvard finished the season with a 26–4 overall record. The team won Ivy League regular-season title and earned its first invitation to the NCAA tournament since 1946. Harvard entered the tournament with a 2–1 record against teams in the field and was seeded 12th in the East Region.http://www.gocrimson.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/releases/20120312_Vanderbilt_Preview Going Dancing: No. 12 Seed Harvard Readies for Fifth-Seeded Vanderbilt; Thursday's Game Shown Live on TNT 2012-03-19 2012-03-12 GoCrimson.com 2012-05-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20120502031350/http://gocrimson.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/releases/20120312_Vanderbilt_Preview dead Harvard lost in the second round of the tournament to fifth-seeded Vanderbilt on March 15 by a score of 79–70.http://www.gocrimson.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/Game_Notes_-_Vanderbilt_vs._Harvard.pdf NCAA men's basketball tournament Notes: Game No. 2 – (5) Vanderbilt vs. (12) Harvard Thursday, March 15, 2012 • "The Pit" • Albuquerque, NM 2012-03-19 2012-03-15 GoCrimson.com May 10, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120510041829/http://gocrimson.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/Game_Notes_-_Vanderbilt_vs._Harvard.pdf deadhttp://espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=320750238 https://web.archive.org/web/20120316230315/http://espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=320750238 dead March 16, 2012 Vanderbilt overcomes Harvard's late charge to advance 2012-03-19 2012-03-15 ESPN Harvard set a school record by selling out 10 of 12 home games at Lavietes Pavilion (the sellouts came in all seven Ivy League matchups, as well as versus MIT, Saint Joseph's, and George Washington).http://www.gocrimson.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/NotesGame_31_NCAA_Second_Round.pdf Harvard 2011-12 Men's Basketball Postseason Guide 2012-03-19 Harvard University GoCrimson.com 7 .pdf May 11, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120511201259/http://gocrimson.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/NotesGame_31_NCAA_Second_Round.pdf dead All five of Harvard's starters and 12 total players returned from the previous year's championship team, but freshmen accounted for over 22% of minutes played in the 2011–12 season. By sweeping its four games against Massachusetts rivals, Harvard extended an in-state winning streak to 14 games. The program also defeated teams from a record-setting 11 conferences, plus an independent. Other school records set during the season included best Ivy League start and most road wins, with 12.http://www.gocrimson.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/NotesGame_31_NCAA_Second_Round.pdf Harvard 2011-12 Men's Basketball Postseason Guide 2012-03-19 Harvard University GoCrimson.com 9 .pdf May 11, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120511201259/http://gocrimson.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/NotesGame_31_NCAA_Second_Round.pdf dead Harvard's 14 non-conference wins in the regular season tied an Ivy-League record. Honors In-season Each week the Ivy League selected a player of the week and a rookie of the week.http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/weeklyreleases/index 2011–12 Men's Basketball Weekly Releases 2011-12-06 IvyLeagueSports.com https://web.archive.org/web/20111121004549/http://ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/weeklyreleases/index 2011-11-21 dead Player of the Week Rookie of the Week Name Class Position Name Position November 28, 2011Keith WrightSr.F December 5, 2011Jonah TravisF December 12, 2011Kyle CaseyJr.F January 16, 2012Keith WrightSr.F January 23, 2012Corbin MillerG January 30, 2012Steve Moundou-MissiF March 5, 2012Kyle CaseyJr.F Postseason honors Kyle Casey and Keith Wright were selected by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association to its 10-man All-District I (ME, VT, NH, RI, MA, CT) team, while Tommy Amaker was named the All-District I Coach of the Year.http://www.sportswriters.net/usbwa/news/2012/alldistrict120306.html U.S. Basketball Writers Association USBWA Names 2011–12 Men's All-District Teams 2012-03-06 2012-03-06 The National Association of Basketball Coaches announced its Division I All-District 13 team on March 14, recognizing the nation's best men's collegiate basketball student-athletes. Keith Wright was a first-team selection, while Kyle Casey was a second-team selection.http://www.nabc.com/NABC_Releases/releases/2011-12_NABC_Releases/2012_NABC_Division_I_All-District_teams.pdf PDF National Association of Basketball Coaches National Association of Basketball Coaches Announces 2012 Division I All-District Teams 2012-03-14 2012-03-14 2016-03-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304171925/http://nabc.com/nabc_releases/releases/2011-12_nabc_releases/2012_nabc_division_i_all-district_teams.pdf dead Wright was also selected to participate in the NABC 2012 Reese's Division I All-Star Game at the 2012 NCAA Tournament final four.http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/releases/Harvards_Wright_Selected_to_Play_in_the_2012_NABC_Division_I_All-Star_Game Harvard's Wright Selected to Play in the 2012 NABC Division I All-Star Game 2012-04-14 2012-03-26 IvyLeagueSports.com https://web.archive.org/web/20150918235125/http://ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/releases/Harvards_Wright_Selected_to_Play_in_the_2012_NABC_Division_I_All-Star_Game 2015-09-18 dead The following players earned Ivy League postseason recognition:http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/releases/Mens_Basketball_All-Ivy_--_2011-12 Men's Basketball All-Ivy – 2011–12 2012-03-12 2012-03-07 IvyLeagueSports.com https://web.archive.org/web/20120829033924/http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/releases/Mens_Basketball_All-Ivy_--_2011-12 2012-08-29 dead First Team All-Ivy Kyle Casey, (Jr., F, Medway, Mass.) Second Team All-Ivy Brandyn Curry, (Jr., G, Huntersville, N.C.) Keith Wright, (Sr., F, Suffolk, Va.) Notes 30em External links Harvard Crimson at ESPN.com Season stats at ESPN.com 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