2010–11 Harvard Crimson men's basketball team
2010–11 Harvard Crimson men's basketball | |
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Ivy League Co-Champion | |
2011 NIT, First Round | |
Conference | Ivy League |
Record | 23–7 (12–2, 1st-T Ivy League) |
Head coach | |
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Captains |
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Home arena | Lavietes Pavilion |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Princeton | 12 | – | 2 | .857 | 25 | – | 7 | .781 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Harvard | 12 | – | 2 | .857 | 23 | – | 7 | .767 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Yale | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 15 | – | 13 | .536 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Penn | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 13 | – | 15 | .464 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Columbia | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | 15 | – | 13 | .536 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cornell | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | 10 | – | 18 | .357 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Brown | 4 | – | 10 | .286 | 11 | – | 17 | .393 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dartmouth | 1 | – | 13 | .071 | 5 | – | 23 | .179 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
As of March 17, 2011 Rankings from AP Poll
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The 2010–11 Harvard Crimson men's basketball team represented Harvard University in the Ivy League athletic conference during the 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team played its home games in Boston, Massachusetts at the Lavietes Pavilion, which has a capacity of 2,195. The team was led by fourth-year head coach Tommy Amaker. By earning a share of the 2010–11 Ivy League men's basketball season title, the team became the first men's basketball Ivy League champion in school history.[1] This was the 100th season for Harvard basketball.[2]
After the annual 14-game double round robin schedule, Harvard and Princeton tied as co-champion, resulting in a one-game playoff to determine the league's automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. After losing, the team earned an at-large bid to the 2011 National Invitation Tournament, where they lost in the first round. It was the school's first appearance in the National Invitation Tournament.[3]
The seniorless team was captained by Keith Wright and Oliver McNally.[4] Wright, a junior, was a unanimous All-Ivy first team selection and named Ivy League Men's Basketball Player of the Year. Sophomores Kyle Casey and Brandyn Curry were named All-Ivy second team and sophomore Christian Webster was an honorable mention. The team established a new school record for single-season wins, a record for conference game wins and by going undefeated at home set a record for home wins.
Preseason
The team was coming off a
Most preseason publications predicted
Season
During the season, the team lost to its only ranked opponent, #4
As the season wound down, there was much ado in the press about a possible Harvard Ivy League championship.
Postseason
On March 8, Princeton defeated Penn to force a one-game playoff at the
Schedule
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Regular season | |||||||||||
November 13, 2010* 4:00 pm |
at George Mason | L 53–66 | 0–1 |
Fairfax, VA
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November 17, 2010* 7:00 pm |
Holy Cross | W 72–49 | 1–1 |
Boston, MA
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November 20, 2010* 3:00 pm |
at Mercer | W 75–69 | 2–1 |
Macon, GA
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November 24, 2010* 4:00 pm |
at Bryant | W 69–66 | 3–1 |
Smithfield, RI
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November 28, 2010* 1:00 pm |
Colorado | W 82–66 | 4–1 |
Lavietes Pavilion (954) Boston, MA | |||||||
December 1, 2010* 7:00 pm |
Fordham | W 80–57 | 5–1 |
Lavietes Pavilion (774) Boston, MA | |||||||
December 4, 2010* 1:00 pm |
at Michigan | L 62–65 | 5–2 |
Ann Arbor, MI
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December 7, 2010* 7:00 pm |
WPI | W 69–54 | 6–2 |
Lavietes Pavilion (578) Boston, MA | |||||||
December 11, 2010* 2:00 pm |
Boston University | W 87–71 | 7–2 |
Lavietes Pavilion (1,487) Boston, MA | |||||||
December 22, 2010* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at No. 4 Connecticut | L 52–81 | 7–3 |
Hartford, CT
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December 29, 2010* 7:00 pm |
Monmouth | W 74–69 | 8–3 |
Lavietes Pavilion (819) Boston, MA | |||||||
December 31, 2010* 2:00 pm |
MIT
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W 84–58 | 9–3 |
Lavietes Pavilion (1,153) Boston, MA | |||||||
January 5, 2011* 7:00 pm |
at Boston College | W 78–69 | 10–3 |
Chestnut Hill, MA
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January 8, 2011 4:00 pm |
at Dartmouth | W 68–53 | 11–3 (1–0) |
Hanover, NH
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January 15, 2011* 2:00 pm |
at George Washington
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W 67–62 | 12–3 |
Washington, DC
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January 22, 2011 2:00 pm |
Dartmouth | W 59–50 | 13–3 (2–0) |
Lavietes Pavilion (1,469) Boston, MA | |||||||
January 28, 2011 7:00 pm |
Columbia | W 77–66 | 14–3 (3–0) |
Lavietes Pavilion (1,601) Boston, MA | |||||||
January 29, 2011 6:00 pm |
Cornell | W 78–57 | 15–3 (4–0) |
Lavietes Pavilion (2,195) Boston, MA | |||||||
February 4, 2011 7:00 pm, ESPNU |
Princeton | L 61–65 | 15–4 (4–1) |
Princeton, NJ
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February 5, 2011 7:00 pm |
at Penn | W 83–82 2OT | 16–4 (5–1) |
Philadelphia, PA
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February 11, 2011 7:00 pm |
Yale | W 78–75 | 17–4 (6–1) |
Lavietes Pavilion (1,763) Boston, MA | |||||||
February 12, 2011 7:00 pm |
Brown | W 85–78 | 18–4 (7–1) |
Lavietes Pavilion (1,377) Boston, MA | |||||||
February 18, 2011 7:00 pm |
at Cornell | W 73–60 | 19–4 (8–1) |
Ithaca, NY
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February 19, 2011 7:00 pm |
at Columbia | W 61–42 | 20–4 (9–1) |
New York, NY
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February 25, 2011 7:00 pm |
at Brown | W 74–68 | 21–4 (10–1) |
Providence, RI
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February 26, 2011 6:00 pm |
at Yale | L 69–70 | 21–5 (10–2) |
New Haven, CT
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March 4, 2011 7:00 pm |
Columbia | W 79–64 | 22–5 (11–2) |
Lavietes Pavilion (2,195) Boston, MA | |||||||
March 5, 2011 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Princeton | W 79–67 | 23–5 (12–2) |
Lavietes Pavilion (2,195) Boston, MA | |||||||
Ivy League Playoff | |||||||||||
March 12, 2011 4:00 pm, ESPN3 |
vs. Princeton | L 62–63 | 23–6 |
Payne Whitney Gymnasium New Haven, CT | |||||||
NIT | |||||||||||
March 15, 2011* 7:30 pm, ESPN
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(6 BC) | at (3 BC) Oklahoma State NIT First Round |
L 54–71 | 23–7 |
Stillwater, OK
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*Non-conference game. #Rankings from
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Honors
In season
Each week the Ivy League selects a player of the week and a rookie of the week.[44]
Player of the Week | Rookie of the Week | ||||||||
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Name | School | Class | Position | Name | School | Position | |||
November 15, 2010 | Keith Wright | Harvard | Jr. | F | |||||
November 22, 2010 | Christian Webster | Harvard | So. | G | |||||
November 29, 2010 | Keith Wright | Harvard | Jr. | F | |||||
December 6, 2010 | Laurent Rivard | Harvard | G | ||||||
January 3, 2011 | Laurent Rivard | Harvard | G | ||||||
January 17, 2011 | Laurent Rivard | Harvard | G | ||||||
January 31, 2011 | Kyle Casey | Harvard | So. | F | |||||
February 14, 2011 | Keith Wright | Harvard | Jr. | F | |||||
March 7, 2011 | Brandyn Curry | Harvard | So. | G |
Postseason honors
Keith Wright was an
Player of the Year: Keith Wright, Harvard (Jr., F,
All-Ivy League (ALL CAPS: Unanimous)
- First Team All-Ivy: KEITH WRIGHT, Harvard (Jr., F, Suffolk, VA)
- Second Team All-Ivy: Kyle Casey, Harvard (So., F, Huntersville, NC)
- Honorable Mention: Christian Webster, Harvard (So., G, Washington, DC)
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