2017–18_Harvard_Crimson_men's_basketball_team

2017–18 Harvard Crimson men's basketball
2017–18 Harvard Crimson men's basketball
Ivy League Regular Season Co-Champions
NIT, First Round
Conference	Ivy League
Record	18–14 (12–2 Ivy)
Head coach	Tommy Amaker (11th season);
Assistant coaches	Brian DeStefano; Donny Guerinoni; Michael Sotsky;
Home arena	Lavietes Pavilion
	Seasons ← 2016–17 2018–19 →

2017–18 Harvard Crimson men's basketball team

American college basketball season

The 2017–18 Harvard Crimson men's basketball team represented Harvard University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Crimson, led by 11th-year head coach Tommy Amaker, played their home games at Lavietes Pavilion in Boston, Massachusetts as members of the Ivy League. They finished the season 18–14, 12–2 in Ivy League play to share the Ivy League regular season championship with Penn. As the No. 1 seed in the Ivy League tournament, they defeated Cornell in the semifinals before losing to Penn in the championship game. As a regular season league champion, and No. 1 seed in their league tournament, who failed to win their league tournament, they received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to Marquette.

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Offseason

Schedule and results

The team earned a share of the 2017–18 Ivy League men's basketball season regular season title.^[1]

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
Nov 10, 2017* 7:00 pm, NESN+		MIT	W 73–64	1–0	20 – Towns	10 – Lewis	4 – Bassey	Lavietes Pavilion (1,472) Boston, MA
Nov 12, 2017* 2:00 pm, NESN+		Massachusetts	W 70–67 ^OT	2–0	30 – Aiken	8 – Aiken	4 – Tied	Lavietes Pavilion (1,636) Boston, MA
Nov 16, 2017* 7:00 pm		at Holy Cross	L 69–73	2–1	24 – Towns	10 – Towns	6 – Aiken	Hart Center (2,242) Worcester, MA
Nov 18, 2017* 1:00 pm		at Manhattan	L 69–73	2–2	17 – Towns	5 – Tied	4 – Aiken	Draddy Gymnasium (1,250) Riverdale, NY
Nov 23, 2017* 4:00 pm, ESPNews		vs. No. 21 Saint Mary's Wooden Legacy quarterfinals	L 71–89	2–3	22 – Aiken	4 – Towns	3 – Tied	Titan Gym (2,131) Fullerton, CA
Nov 24, 2017* 5:00 pm, ESPNews		vs. Saint Joseph's Wooden Legacy consolation round	W 77–71	3–3	21 – Tied	11 – Baker	8 – Aiken	Titan Gym (2,513) Fullerton, CA
Nov 26, 2017* 9:30 pm, ESPN3		vs. Cal State Fullerton Wooden Legacy 5th place game	L 61–70	3–4	16 – Aiken	8 – Baker	3 – Tied	Honda Center (1,733) Anaheim, CA
Nov 30, 2017* 7:00 pm		at Northeastern	L 61–77	3–5	26 – Aiken	10 – Bassey	2 – Tied	Matthews Arena (1,376) Boston, MA
Dec 2, 2017* 3:30 pm, ESPN		at No. 7 Kentucky	L 70–79	3–6	25 – Towns	7 – Djuricic	3 – Tied	Rupp Arena (22,922) Lexington, KY
Dec 6, 2017* 7:00 pm		at Fordham	W 47–45	4–6	15 – Aiken	11 – Tied	3 – Tied	Rose Hill Gymnasium (1,012) Bronx, NY
Dec 21, 2017* 7:00 pm, NESN+		Boston University	W 74–63	5–6	12 – Tied	7 – Perez	4 – Johnson	Lavietes Pavilion (1,175) Boston, MA
Dec 23, 2017* 12:00 pm, Stadium		at George Washington	L 48–58	5–7	12 – Towns	7 – Tied	3 – Johnson	Charles E. Smith Center (2,421) Washington, D.C.
Dec 30, 2017* 2:00 pm, BTN		at Minnesota	L 55–65	5–8	12 – Johnson	10 – Bassey	6 – Juzang	Williams Arena (14,625) Minneapolis, MN
Jan 2, 2018* 7:00 pm, NESN+		Vermont	L 56–62	5–9	14 – Lewis	5 – Towns	3 – Tied	Lavietes Pavilion (1,215) Boston, MA
Jan 6, 2018 2:00 pm, ESPN3		Dartmouth	W 61–51	6–9 (1–0)	16 – Towns	6 – Tied	4 – Juzang	Lavietes Pavilion (1,459) Boston, MA
Jan 10, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at Wofford	L 62–63	6–10	20 – Towns	7 – Lewis	4 – Towns	Jerry Richardson Indoor Stadium (2,259) Spartanburg, SC
Jan 20, 2018 7:00 pm, ELVN		at Dartmouth	W 62–57	7–10 (2–0)	26 – Towns	10 – Bassey	3 – Bassey	Leede Arena (1,630) Hanover, NH
Jan 26, 2018 7:00 pm		at Yale	W 54-52	8–10 (3–0)	16 – Lewis	11 – Lewis	5 – Towns	John J. Lee Amphitheater (2,532) New Haven, CT
Jan 27, 2018 6:00 pm, NESN+		at Brown	W 86–77	9–10 (4–0)	30 – Towns	6 – Lewis	2 – Tied	Pizzitola Sports Center (2,149) Providence, RI
Feb 2, 2018 7:00 pm		at Columbia	L 76–83	9–11 (4–1)	31 – Towns	6 – Bassey	5 – Bassey	Levien Gymnasium (2,010) New York, NY
Feb 3, 2018 6:00 pm, ELVN		at Cornell	W 76–73	10–11 (5–1)	17 – Lewis	7 – Towns	6 – Towns	Newman Arena (1,188) Ithaca, NY
Feb 9, 2018 7:00 pm, ESPNU		Princeton	W 66–51	11–11 (6–1)	20 – Juzang	8 – Bassey	4 – Juzang	Lavietes Pavilion (1,636) Boston, MA
Feb 10, 2018 4:00 pm, NESN		Penn	W 76–67	12–11 (7–1)	25 – Lewis	7 – Bassey	6 – Juzang	Lavietes Pavilion (1,636) Boston, MA
Feb 16, 2018 7:00 pm, NESN		Brown	W 65–58	13–11 (8–1)	24 – Towns	10 – Lewis	2 – Tied	Lavietes Pavilion (1,486) Boston, MA
Feb 17, 2018 9:30 pm, ESPNU		Yale	W 64–49	14–11 (9–1)	18 – Lewis	10 – Lewis	8 – Juzang	Lavietes Pavilion (1,636) Boston, MA
Feb 23, 2018 7:00 pm, ESPNU		at Princeton	W 72–66 ^OT	15–11 (10–1)	18 – Bassey	9 – Towns	7 – Juzang	Jadwin Gymnasium (2,739) Princeton, NJ
Feb 24, 2018 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at Penn	L 71–74	15–12 (10–2)	22 – Towns	9 – Bassey	4 – Bassey	Palestra (6,586) Philadelphia, PA
Mar 2, 2018 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Cornell	W 98–88 ^2OT	16–12 (11–2)	29 – Lewis	11 – Juzang	5 – Tied	Lavietes Pavilion (1,636) Boston, MA
Mar 3, 2018 7:00 pm		Columbia	W 93–74	17–12 (12–2)	17 – Johnson	10 – Towns	7 – Tied	Lavietes Pavilion (1,636) Boston, MA
Ivy League tournament
Mar 10, 2018 12:30 pm, ESPNU	(1)	vs. (4) Cornell Semifinals	W 74–55	18–12	24 – Towns	12 – Towns	4 – Juzang	Palestra Philadelphia, PA
Mar 11, 2018 12:00 pm, ESPN2	(1)	at (2) Penn Championship game	L 65–68	18–13	16 – Lewis	8 – Bassey	3 – Lewis	Palestra (5,564) Philadelphia, PA
NIT
Mar 14, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN2	(7)	at (2) Marquette First round – Notre Dame Bracket	L 60–67	18–14	19 – Bassey	12 – Bassey	5 – Bassey	Al McGuire Center (3,607) Milwaukee, WI
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll,. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

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Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Siyani Chambers	1	G	6'0"	170	Senior	Golden Valley, MN	Graduated
Zena Edosomwan	4	F	6'9"	245	Senior	Los Angeles, CA	Graduated
Matt Franschilla	12	G	5'10"	165	Senior	Dallas, TX	Graduated
Corbin Miller	15	G	6'1"	180	Senior	Sandy, UT	Graduated

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Mario Haskett #67 SG	Chesterfield, VA	Lloyd C. Bird High School	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Jun 16, 2016
Mario Haskett #67 SG	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 75
Reed Farley #87 SF	La Jolla, CA	La Jolla High School	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Oct 14, 2016
Reed Farley #87 SF	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 64
Danilo Djuricic PF	Toronto, ON	St. Michael's College School	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Sep 23, 2016
Danilo Djuricic PF	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "Harvard 2017 Basketball Commitments". Rivals.com. Retrieved November 13, 2017. "2017 Harvard Basketball Commits". Scout.com. Retrieved November 13, 2017. "ESPN Recruiting Nation Basketball". ESPN.com. Retrieved November 13, 2017. "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. Retrieved November 13, 2017. "2017 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved November 13, 2017.

US college sports recruiting information for 2018 recruits
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Spencer Freedman #27 PG	Santa Monica, CA	Mater Dei High School	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	Jun 9, 2017
Spencer Freedman #27 PG	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 82
Noah Kirkwood SF	Ottawa, ON	Northfield-Mt. Hermon School	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	222 lb (101 kg)
Noah Kirkwood SF	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 80
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "Harvard 2018 Basketball Commitments". Rivals.com. Retrieved November 13, 2017. "2018 Harvard Basketball Commits". Scout.com. Retrieved November 13, 2017. "ESPN Recruiting Nation Basketball". ESPN.com. Retrieved November 13, 2017. "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. Retrieved November 13, 2017. "2018 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved November 13, 2017.

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2017–18 Harvard Crimson men's basketball team

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v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
x-Harvard	12	–	2	.857	18	–	14	.563
x-Penn †	12	–	2	.857	24	–	9	.727
Yale	9	–	5	.643	16	–	15	.516
Cornell	6	–	8	.429	12	–	16	.429
Princeton	5	–	9	.357	13	–	16	.448
Columbia	5	–	9	.357	8	–	19	.296
Brown	4	–	10	.286	11	–	16	.407
Dartmouth	3	–	11	.214	7	–	20	.259
x – Ivy League co-champions

† 2018 Ivy League Tournament winner