2019–20 Harvard Crimson men's basketball team

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2019–20 Harvard Crimson men's basketball
Harvard Crimson logo.svg
ConferenceIvy League
2019–20 record21–8 (10–4 Ivy)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Brian Eskildsen
  • Donny Guerinoni
  • Michael Sotsky
Home arenaLavietes Pavilion
Seasons
2019–20 Ivy League men's basketball standings
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

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.
  2. ^ "Aiken Scores Tournament-Record 38, But Men's Basketball Falls to Yale, 97-85, In Ivy Tournament Championship". Harvard. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
  3. ^ "Men's Basketball Advances in NIT with 71-68 Win Over Georgetown". Harvard. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
  4. ^ "Men's Basketball Falls In Heartbreaker at NC State, 78-77, in Second Round of NIT". Harvard. 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. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
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