2014–15 Harvard Crimson men's basketball team

2014–15 Harvard Crimson men's basketball

Ivy League regular season co–champions
One-game playoff vs. Yale, W 53–51
NCAA Tournament, Round of 64
Conference	Ivy League
2014–15 record	22–8 (11–3 Ivy)
Head coach	Tommy Amaker (8th year)
Assistant coach	Brian DeStefano
Assistant coach	Brian Eskildsen
Assistant coach	Christian Webster
Home arena	Lavietes Pavilion

2014–15 Ivy League men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
x-Harvard †	11	–	3	.786	22	–	8	.733
x-Yale	11	–	3	.786	22	–	10	.688
Princeton	9	–	5	.643	16	–	14	.533
Dartmouth	7	–	7	.500	14	–	15	.483
Columbia	5	–	9	.357	13	–	15	.464
Cornell	5	–	9	.357	13	–	17	.433
Penn	4	–	10	.286	9	–	19	.321
Brown	4	–	10	.286	13	–	18	.419
x – Ivy League co-champions † – NCAA participant

The 2014–15 Harvard Crimson men's basketball team represented Harvard University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Crimson, led by eighth year head coach Tommy Amaker, played their home games at Lavietes Pavilion and were members of the Ivy League. They finished the season 22–8, 11–3 in Ivy League play to share to the regular season Ivy League title with Yale. They earned the Ivy League's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament after defeating Yale in a One-game playoff, the ninth one-game playoff tie breaker in Ivy League history. In the NCAA Tournament, the Crimson lost to North Carolina in the second round.

Recruits

Class of 2014

Name	Home town	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Chris Egi C/PF	Montverde, FL	Montverde Academy (FL)	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Sep 29, 2013
Chris Egi C/PF	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 80
Andre Chatfield SG	Norcross, GA	Norcross High School (GA)	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Sep 29, 2013
Andre Chatfield SG	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 76
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 2014 Basketball Commitments". Rivals.com. Retrieved 2013-11-07. "2013 Harvard Basketball Commits". Scout.com. Retrieved 2013-11-07. "ESPN Recruiting Nation Basketball". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2013-11-07. "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. Retrieved 2013-11-07. "2014 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved 2013-11-07.

Class of 2015

Name	Home town	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Tommy McCarthy PG	Carlsbad, CA	La Costa Canyon High School	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	155 lb (70 kg)	Oct 2, 2014
Tommy McCarthy PG	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 69
Weisner Perez SF	Morton, IL	Morton High School	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Sep 26, 2014
Weisner Perez SF	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 2015 Basketball Commitments". Rivals.com. Retrieved 2013-11-07. "2015 Harvard Basketball Commits". Scout.com. Retrieved 2013-11-07. "ESPN Recruiting Nation Basketball". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2013-11-07. "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. Retrieved 2013-11-07. "2015 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved 2013-11-07.

Roster

2014–15 Harvard Crimson men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
1.5 !G	1	Chambers, SiyaniSiyani Chambers (C)	72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Golden Valley, Minnesota
1.5 !G	2	Nesbitt, AlexAlex Nesbitt	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Chicago, Illinois
1.5 !G	3	Brown, MattMatt Brown	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Barrington, Rhode Island
3.5 !F	4	Edosomwan, ZenaZena Edosomwan	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	2.0 !So	Los Angeles, California
2.5 !G/F	10	Steeves, PatrickPatrick Steeves	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	2.0 !So	Montreal, Quebec
3.5 !F	11	Egi, ChrisChris Egi	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Markham, Ontario
1.5 !G	12	Fraschilla, MattMatt Fraschilla	72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	2.0 !So	Dallas, Texas
3.5 !F	14	Moundou-Missi, SteveSteve Moundou-Missi (C)	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Yaoundé, Cameroon
1.5 !G	15	Miller, CorbinCorbin Miller	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	2.0 !So	Sandy, Utah
1.5 !G	21	Yoshor, ZachZach Yoshor	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Houston, Texas
2.5 !G/F	23	Saunders, WesleyWesley Saunders	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Los Angeles, California
3.5 !F	24	Travis, JonahJonah Travis	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Minneapolis, Minnesota
5.0 !C	25	Smith, KenyattaKenyatta Smith	80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Sun Valley, California
3.5 !F	32	Anastasi, CharlieCharlie Anastasi	78 !6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania
3.5 !F	33	Cummins, EvanEvan Cummins	80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Westborough, Massachusetts
2.5 !G/F	35	Okolie, AgunwaAgunwa Okolie	80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Ajax, Ontario

Head coach

Tommy Amaker (Duke)

Assistant coach(es)

Brian DeStefano (Duke)
Brian Eskildsen (Tennessee)
Christian Webster (Harvard)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2014-10-03

Preseason

Harvard was again the unanimous preseason top team in the Ivy League media poll.^[1]^[2] The team entered the season ranked 25th in the AP Poll.^[3]

Schedule

In the penultimate game of the regular season on March 6, the team lost to Yale, falling behind them by a game in the standings with one game to play.^[4] However, the teams finished the season tied for the Ivy League title and Harvard won the one-game playoff on March 14 to earn the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.^[5] The 2014–15 team was the first Ivy League team to make a fifth consecutive postseason appearance since the 2001–02 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team completed a seven-year run for Princeton.^[6] They were the third Ivy team to make four consecutive NCAA Basketball Tournament appearances, a feat last accomplished by the 1991–92 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team.^[7] On March 19 in the 2015 NCAA Tournament the team overcame a 16-point second half deficit against fourth-seeded North Carolina to take the lead before surrendering it in the final minute of play.^[8]

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (Attendance) City, State
Regular season
11/14/2014* 7:00 PM	#25	MIT	W 73–52	1–0	Lavietes Pavilion (1,941) Cambridge, MA
11/16/2014* 5:30 PM, NESN	#25	vs. Holy Cross Coaches vs. Cancer Classic Tip-Off	L 57–58	1–1	TD Garden (N/A) Boston, MA
11/20/2014* 8:00 PM, ASN		Florida Atlantic	W 71–49	2–1	Lavietes Pavilion (1,343) Cambridge, MA
11/25/2014* 7:00 PM		Houston	W 84–63	3–1	Lavietes Pavilion (1,423) Cambridge, MA
11/29/2014* 2:00 PM, ESPN3		Massachusetts	W 75–73	4–1	Lavietes Pavilion (2,195) Cambridge, MA
12/03/2014* 7:00 PM, NESN		Northeastern	W 60–46	5–1	Lavietes Pavilion (1,553) Cambridge, MA
12/06/2014* 7:00 PM		at Vermont	W 64–52 ^2OT	6–1	Patrick Gym (2,628) Burlington, VT
12/08/2014* 7:00 PM		Boston University	W 70–56	7–1	Lavietes Pavilion (1,311) Cambridge, MA
12/21/2014* 12:00 PM, ESPNU		at #6 Virginia	L 27–76	7–2	John Paul Jones Arena (14,593) Charlottesville, VA
12/28/2014* 2:00 PM, P12N		at Arizona State	L 46–56	7–3	Wells Fargo Arena (6,503) Tempe, AZ
12/30/2014* 8:00 PM, ASN		at Grand Canyon	W 72–59	8–3	GCU Arena (7,412) Phoenix, AZ
01/05/2015* 7:00 PM		Saint Rose	W 84–38	9–3	Lavietes Pavilion (1,033) Cambridge, MA
01/10/2015 7:00 PM		at Dartmouth	W 57–46	10–3 (1–0)	Leede Arena (1,867) Hanover, NH
01/14/2015* 7:00 PM, ESPN3		at Boston College Rivalry	L 57–64 ^OT	10–4	Conte Forum (3,529) Chestnut Hill, MA
01/20/2015* 5:30 PM		at Bryant	W 66–57	11–4	Chace Athletic Center (1,246) Smithfield, RI
01/24/2015 2:00 PM, ESPN3		Dartmouth	L 61–70	11–5 (1–1)	Lavietes Pavilion (2,195) Cambridge, MA
01/30/2015 6:00 PM, ESPNU		at Princeton	W 75–72	12–5 (2–1)	Jadwin Gymnasium (2,570) Princeton, NJ
01/31/2015 7:00 PM		at Penn	W 63–38	13–5 (3–1)	Palestra (4,632) Philadelphia, PA
02/06/2015 7:00 PM		at Brown	W 76–74 ^OT	14–5 (4–1)	Pizzitola Sports Center (1,567) Providence, RI
02/07/2015 7:00 PM		at Yale	W 52–50	15–5 (5–1)	John J. Lee Amphitheater (2,532) New Haven, CT
02/13/2015 6:30 PM, CBSSN		Columbia	W 72–68	16–5 (6–1)	Lavietes Pavilion (1,624) Cambridge, MA
02/14/2015 4:00 PM, ESPN3		Cornell	W 61–40	17–5 (7–1)	Lavietes Pavilion (1,603) Cambridge, MA
02/20/2015 7:00 PM, ESPN3		Penn	W 69–46	18–5 (8–1)	Lavietes Pavilion (1,295) Cambridge, MA
02/21/2015 7:00 PM, ESPN3		Princeton	W 63–55	19–5 (9–1)	Lavietes Pavilion (2,195) Cambridge, MA
02/27/2015 6:30 PM, CBSSN		at Cornell	L 49–57	19–6 (9–2)	Newman Arena (3,208) Ithaca, NY
02/28/2015 7:00 PM, ESPN3		at Columbia	W 80–70	20–6 (10–2)	Levien Gymnasium (2,644) New York City, NY
03/06/2015 8:00 PM, ASN		Yale	L 62-52	20–7 (10–3)	Lavietes Pavilion (2,195) Cambridge, MA
03/07/2015 6:00 PM, CBSSN		Brown	W 72–62	21–7 (11–3)	Lavietes Pavilion (2,195) Cambridge, MA
Ivy League one game playoff
03/14/2015 4:00 PM, ASN/ESPN3		vs. Yale	W 53–51	22–7	Palestra (5,256) Philadelphia, PA
NCAA Tournament
03/19/2015* 7:20 PM, TNT	(13 W)	vs. (4 W) #15 North Carolina Second round	L 65–67	22–8	Veterans Memorial Arena (12,761) Jacksonville, FL
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll,. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. W=West Region. All times are in Eastern Time.

Source: ^[9]

Honors

Wesley Saunders was First Team All-Ivy selection, while Siyani Chambers and Steve Moundou-Missi were second team selections. Moundou-Missi was the Conference Defensive Player of the Year. Saunders joined Don Flemming as the only players to have earned three consecutive first team all-league selections.^[10] Saunders was a 2014–15 Men's All-District I Team selection by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association.^[11]

Rankings

Main article: 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
Poll	Pre	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Wk 17	Wk 18	Wk 19	Final
AP	25т													RV					RV	N/A
Coaches	RV

References

↑ "Harvard Picked Atop Men's Basketball Preseason Poll for Second-Straight Year". IvyLeagueSports.com. 2014-10-22. Retrieved 2015-03-20.
↑ "Men's Basketball Unanimous Choice in Ivy League Preseason Media Poll". GoCrimson.com. 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2015-03-20.
↑ "Kentucky No. 1 in preseason again". ESPN. 2014-10-31. Retrieved 2015-03-20.
↑ "Yale tops defending champ Harvard to clinch share of Ivy title". ESPN. Associated Press. 2015-03-06. Retrieved 2015-03-20.
↑ "Harvard completes unlikely run to Ivy title with playoff win over Yale". ESPN. Associated Press. 2015-03-14. Retrieved 2015-03-20.
↑ "Men's Basketball Sends Two Teams to Postseason with Dartmouth in CIT". IvyLeagueSports.com. 2015-03-15. Retrieved 2015-03-20.
↑ "Harvard Heads to Jacksonville to Face North Carolina in NCAA Men's Basketball Second Round". IvyLeagueSports.com. 2015-03-15. Retrieved 2015-03-20.
↑ "Justin Jackson stars as North Carolina holds off Harvard". ESPN. Associated Press. 2015-03-19. Retrieved 2015-03-20.
↑ 2014–15 Harvard Crimson men's basketball schedule
↑ "Men's Basketball All-Ivy, Coach of the Year Awards Announced". IvyLeagueSports.com. 2015-03-11. Retrieved 2015-03-19.
↑ "USBWA Names 2014-15 Men's All-District Teams". BigTen.org. CBS Interactive. 2015-03-10. Retrieved 2015-03-10.

Harvard Crimson men's basketball

Venues	Malkin Athletic Center (1930–1982) Briggs Cage/Lavietes Pavilion (1982–present)

Rivalries	Boston College

Culture & lore	History

People	Head coaches

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