men basketball team men basketball team represents harvard_university ncaa division men basketball season crimson led sixth year head coach played home games members ivy league harvard entered season time defending ivy league champion roster greatly changed graduation harvard cheating scandal led withdrawal star players reduced expectations team entered season expected finish second conference season team swept opponents boston win gave sixth victory defeats foes despite team turmoil prevailed win ivy league men basketball season regular season championship earning team automatic bid won school game tournament victory seed new_mexico school victory ranked team team led unanimous ivy league rookie year chambers team earned honorable mention ivy recognition harvard tied ivy league single season team record combined player week rookie week awards roster preseason prior season harvard won games international training trip italy team announced senior junior serve captain crimson returned starter prior year harvard captains prior season seniors wright ivy league men basketball player year wright crimson time leader blocked shots signed signed team welcomed returning players ivy league media selected harvard preseason runner princeton giving team place vote princeton selected princeton harvard second preseason predictions noting harvard preseason favorite september cheating scandal involved athletes students leading withdrawal team second team ivy selections respectively ivy league men basketball season respectively players withdrew school hopes preserving final year athletic eligibility following investigation harvard appeared televised games regular season came addition team games broadcast different espn networks february game yale televised schedule harvard november contest massachusetts televised espn network harvard lost contest december team defeated fifth consecutive victory men basketball making perfect team defeated cross town rivals mit state rival harvard contest columbia originally scheduled february gymnasium manhattan postponed february february easter known winter storm harvard cruised record conference play fell princeton march following night princeton defeated harvard lost penn princeton lead conference race harvard earned ivy league championship wins march columbia finish conference princeton swept nights fall conference march ncaa tournament harvard earned school ncaa tournament victory victory opponent defeated number seeded new_mexico poll coaches poll victory ivy league team tournament men basketball team advanced sweet sixteen days later team lost arizona ending season source season week ivy league player week rookie week led ivy league player week awards rookie week awards harvard tied ivy league record single season weekly ivy named unanimous choice ivy league rookie year freshman team ivy chambers harvard teammates selected team ivy following players earned ivy league postseason recognition honorable mention ivy canada unanimous selection march named men district team based voting national membership announced teams march recognizing nation best men collegiate basketball student athletes selected voted member coaches student athletes districts chosen selections list eligible teams chambers district team selections
2012–13 Harvard Crimson men's basketball team