2019–20 Harvard Crimson men's basketball team

American college basketball season

2019–20 Harvard Crimson men's basketball
ConferenceIvy League
Record21–8 (10–4 Ivy)
Head coach
  • Tommy Amaker (13th season)
Assistant coaches
  • Brian Eskildsen
  • Donny Guerinoni
  • Michael Sotsky
Home arenaLavietes Pavilion
Seasons
2019–20 Ivy League men's basketball standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
x-Yale 11 – 3   .786 23 – 7   .767
Harvard 10 – 4   .714 21 – 8   .724
Princeton 9 – 5   .643 14 – 13   .519
Penn 8 – 6   .571 16 – 11   .593
Brown 8 – 6   .571 15 – 12   .556
Dartmouth 5 – 9   .357 12 – 17   .414
Cornell 4 – 10   .286 7 – 20   .259
Columbia 1 – 13   .071 6 – 24   .200
x – Ivy League champions
Ivy League tournament canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic

The 2019–20 Harvard Crimson men's basketball team represent Harvard University in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Crimson, led by 13th-year head coach Tommy Amaker, play their home games at the Lavietes Pavilion in Boston, Massachusetts as members of the Ivy League.

Previous season

The Crimson finished the 2018–19 season 19–12 overall, 10–4 in Ivy League play, finishing as co-regular season champions, alongside Yale. In the Ivy League tournament, they defeated Penn in the semifinals,[1] before losing to Yale in the championship game.[2] As a regular season league champion who failed to win their league tournament, they received an automatic bid to the NIT, where they defeated Georgetown in the first round,[3] before falling to NC State in the second round.[4]

Roster

2019–20 Harvard Crimson men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown
F 0 Chris Lewis 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Sr Alpharetta, Georgia
G 2 Luka Sakota 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Fr Etobicoke, Ontario
G 3 Idan Tretout 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Fr Brooklyn, New York
F 4 Chris Ledlum 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Fr Brooklyn, New York
G 5 Rio Haskett 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Jr Richmond, Virginia
G 10 Noah Kirkwood 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) So Ottawa, Ontario
G 11 Bryce Aiken 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Sr Randolph, New Jersey
G 12 Spencer Freedman 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) So Pacific Palisades, California
F 13 Tommy O'Neil 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Fr Lexington, Massachusetts
G 20 Justin Bassey 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Sr Denver, Colorado
F 21 Mason Forbes 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 205 lb (93 kg) So Folsom, California
G 22 Christian Juzang 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Sr Tarzana, California
F 24 Kale Catchings 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) So O'Fallon, Missouri
F 25 Ciaran Brayboy 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Fr Glencoe, Illinois
F 30 Danilo Djuricic 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Jr Brampton, Ontario
F 31 Seth Towns 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Sr Columbus, Ohio
G 33 Reed Farley 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Jr La Jolla, California
F 35 Robert Baker 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Sr Woodstock, Georgia
F 44 Henry Welsh 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Sr Redondo Beach, California
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: November 7, 2019

Schedule and results

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 5, 2019*
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		MIT W 84–27  1–0
 Lavietes Pavilion (1,112)
Boston, MA
November 8, 2019*
8:00 pm, NESNPlus 		at Northeastern L 79–84  1–1
 Matthews Arena (1,557)
Boston, MA
November 10, 2019*
2:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Maine W 67–46  2–1
 Lavietes Pavilion (1,234)
Boston, MA
November 14, 2019*
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Siena W 59–56  3–1
 Lavietes Pavilion (1,269)
Boston, MA
November 16, 2019*
2:30 pm, TSN/ESPN+ 		vs. Buffalo
James Naismith Classic 		L 76–88  3–2
 Scotiabank Arena 
Toronto, ON
November 22, 2019*
7:00 pm 		at Holy Cross W 82–74  4–2
 Hart Center (1,972)
Worcester, MA
November 28, 2019*
1:30 pm, ESPN2 		vs. Texas A&M
Orlando Invitational quarterfinal 		W 62–51  5–2
 HP Field House (1,979)
Orlando, FL
November 29, 2019*
11:30 am, ESPN2 		vs. No. 5 Maryland
Orlando Invitational semifinal 		L 73–80  5–3
 HP Field House (2,014)
Orlando, FL
December 1, 2019*
6:30 pm, ESPN2 		vs. USC
Orlando Invitational 3rd Place Game 		W 77–62  5–4
 HP Field House (1,259)
Orlando, FL
December 7, 2019*
7:00 pm, NESN/ESPN+ 		UMass W 89–55  6–4
 Lavietes Pavilion (1,636)
Boston, MA
December 21, 2019*
12:00 pm 		at George Washington W 88–75  7–4
 Charles E. Smith Center (2,209)
Washington, D.C.
December 22, 2019*
2:00 pm 		at Howard W 60–55  8–4
 Burr Gymnasium (1,092)
Washington, D.C.
December 29, 2019*
6:00 pm, P12N 		at California W 71–63  9–4
 Haas Pavilion (4,317)
Berkeley, CA
December 30, 2019*
9:00 pm 		at San Francisco W 84–81 OT 10–4
 War Memorial Gymnasium (2,315)
San Francisco, CA
January 4, 2020*
2:00 pm, ESPN+ 		UC Irvine W 77–73  11–4
 Lavietes Pavilion (1,636)
Boston, MA
Ivy League regular season
January 18, 2020
2:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Dartmouth L 67–72  12–4
(1–0) 		Lavietes Pavilion (1,349)
Boston, MA
January 25, 2020
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at Dartmouth W 70–66  13–4
(2–0) 		Leede Arena (1,564)
Hanover, NH
January 31, 2020
5:00 pm, ESPNU 		at Penn L 72–75 OT 13–5
(2–1) 		The Palestra (3,146)
Philadelphia, PA
February 1, 2020
6:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at Princeton L 69–70  13–6
(2–2) 		Jadwin Gymnasium (3,590)
Princeton, NJ
February 7, 2020
5:00 pm, ESPNU 		at Yale W 78–77  14–6
(3–2) 		John J. Lee Amphitheater (2,706)
New Haven, CT
February 8, 2020
6:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at Brown L 71–72  14–7
(3–3) 		Pizzitola Sports Center (2,010)
Providence, RI
February 14, 2020
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Cornell W 85–63  15–7
(4–3) 		Lavietes Pavilion (1,262)
Boston, MA
February 15, 2020
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Columbia W 77–73 2OT 16–7
(5–3) 		Lavietes Pavilion (1,636)
Boston, MA
February 21, 2020
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Princeton W 61–60  17–7
(6–3) 		Lavietes Pavilion (1,636)
Boston, MA
February 22, 2020
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Penn W 69–65  18–7
(7–3) 		Lavietes Pavilion (1,636)
Boston, MA
February 28, 2020
7:00 pm, ESPNews 		at Columbia W 77–69  19–7
(8–3) 		Levien Gymnasium (2,307)
New York, NY
February 29, 2020
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at Cornell W 67–58  20–7
(9–3) 		Newman Arena (639)
Ithaca, NY
March 6, 2020
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Brown L 55-64  20-8
(9-4) 		Lavietes Pavilion 
Boston, MA
March 7, 2020
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Yale W 83-69  21-8
(10-4) 		Lavietes Pavilion 
Boston, MA
Ivy League tournament
March 14, 2020
2:00 pm, ESPNU 		(2) (3) Princeton
Semifinals 		Canceled[5] Lavietes Pavilion 
Boston, MA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern.

Source[6]

References

  1. ^ "Men's Basketball Defeats Penn, 66-58, Advances to Ivy League tournament championship". Harvard. Retrieved November 7, 2019.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Aiken Scores Tournament-Record 38, But Men's Basketball Falls to Yale, 97-85, In Ivy tournament championship". Harvard. Retrieved November 7, 2019.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Men's Basketball Advances in NIT with 71-68 Win Over Georgetown". Harvard. Retrieved November 7, 2019.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Men's Basketball Falls In Heartbreaker at NC State, 78-77, in Second Round of NIT". Harvard. Archived from the original on April 1, 2019. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
  5. ^ "Ivy League Cancels Basketball Tournaments, Limits Spectators in all Sporting Events". Ivy League. March 10, 2020. Retrieved March 10, 2020.
  6. ^ "2019-20 Men's Basketball Schedule". Harvard. Archived from the original on December 5, 2019. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
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