2019–20 Harvard Crimson men's basketball team

2019–20 Ivy League men's basketball standings
	x – Ivy League champions
	† 2020 Ivy League Tournament winner ; As of August 14, 2020 Ivy League Tournament canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic; Rankings from AP Poll

Harvard Crimson men's basketball
2019–20 Harvard Crimson men's basketball
Conference	Ivy League
2019–20 record	21–8 (10–4 Ivy)
Head coach	Tommy Amaker (13th season)
Assistant coaches	Brian Eskildsen; Donny Guerinoni; Michael Sotsky;
Home arena	Lavietes Pavilion

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

Tommy Amaker (Duke)

Assistant coach(es)

Brian Eskildsen (Tennessee)
Donny Guerinoni (Nevada)
Michael Sotsky (Harvard)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
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]

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References

"Men's Basketball Defeats Penn, 66-58, Advances to Ivy League Tournament Championship". Harvard. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
"Aiken Scores Tournament-Record 38, But Men's Basketball Falls to Yale, 97-85, In Ivy Tournament Championship". Harvard. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
"Men's Basketball Advances in NIT with 71-68 Win Over Georgetown". Harvard. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
"Men's Basketball Falls In Heartbreaker at NC State, 78-77, in Second Round of NIT". Harvard. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
"Ivy League Cancels Basketball Tournaments, Limits Spectators in all Sporting Events". Ivy League. March 10, 2020. Retrieved March 10, 2020.
"2019-20 Men's Basketball Schedule". Harvard. Retrieved November 7, 2019.

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[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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