men basketball team men basketball team represented harvard_university ivy league athletic conference ncaa division men basketball season team played home games boston massachusetts located university main campus cambridge capacity team led fifth year head coach senior captains harvard began season best start ivy league team columbia won games begin season december harvard appearances poll coaches poll ranking 25th 24th respectively season included wins teams powerhouse harvard set school record wins season tied school record conference wins non conference wins tied ivy league record previously held season culminated invitation harvard lost second round harvard ncaa tournament appearance consecutive appearance postseason tournament junior team ivy selection junior senior earned second team recognition preseason harvard came season ivy league championship school record setting years terms total wins team won league championship ivy league men basketball season seniors ivy league men basketball player year returned team senior ivy league harvard entered season game home winning streak 10th longest country senior captain entered season shot free throw streak having finished second nation free throw percentage previous year team came recruiting class ivy league history harvard wright won numerous preseason honors wright preseason team selection harvard selected conference preseason favorite time school history addition harvard received preseason votes poll marking fourth straight season received votes point year team schedule included power conference opponents utah connecticut possible second round atlantis match expectations high harvard december contest connecticut ivy league game scheduled broadcast season schedule rankings december harvard appearance 25th coaches poll 24th left brown ivy league school ranked poll left seven division schools active poll began ranked harvard ivy league team ranked coaches poll ivy league team ranked poll january team achieved rankings 22nd poll 21st coaches poll february team attained ranking 21st coaches poll season harvard season began event october team raised ivy league championship banner held team opened season victory mit november extended harvard win streak mit games following victory mit harvard took battle atlantis tournament team beat utah game tournament win conference opponent november harvard faced ranked 22nd poll 20th coaches poll harvard won game second defeat ranked opponent team history harvard matched tournament final winning wright earned ivy league player week performance battle atlantis tournament extended free throw streak florida state victory run ended final minutes game team previously defeated ranked 17th poll 24th coaches poll win ranked team program history lost ranked opponents seasons win school history florida state victory school second ranked team history highest ranked opponent coaches poll harvard defeated went win harvard began season best start ivy league team columbia won games begin season harvard ranked 25th poll 24th coaches poll faced formidable challenge record ranked 9th polls harvard better record common foes versus connecticut won teams previous meeting score ranked 14th poll 13th coaches poll survived point rebound effort harvard lost meeting harvard won games including victories season sweep city rivals beating mit november harvard victory fourth row team giving consecutive wins overall teams including wins ranked opponents rising 21st coaches poll 22nd poll upset harvard january win yale weeks later harvard widest margin victory ivy league rival meetings harvard lost ivy league game season falling princeton february loss home win february victory gave harvard new school record single season wins single season non league wins tied record conference game wins day beating princeton harvard lost penn snapping game home winning streak dating february nonetheless harvard finished season overall record team won ivy league regular season title earned invitation ncaa tournament harvard entered tournament record teams field seeded 12th harvard lost second round tournament fifth seeded march score harvard set school record selling home games came seven ivy league versus mit george_washington harvard starters total players returned previous year championship team accounted minutes played season sweeping games massachusetts rivals harvard extended state winning streak games program defeated teams record setting conferences plus independent school records set season included best ivy league start road wins harvard non conference wins regular season tied ivy league record honors season week ivy league selected player week rookie week postseason honors selected man district team named district coach year announced team march recognizing nation best men collegiate basketball student athletes team selection second team selection wright selected participate division star game ncaa tournament final following players earned ivy league postseason recognition mass second team ivy suffolk
2011–12 Harvard Crimson men's basketball team