Boston College–Harvard men's basketball rivalry

Boston College–Harvard men's basketball rivalry
Statistics
Boston College Eagles Harvard Crimson
Sport	Men's basketball
First meeting	1949
Latest meeting	12/7/16 Harvard 74, Boston College 66
Next meeting	TBA
Meetings total	47
All-time series	Boston College leads 33–14 (.702)
Current win streak	Harvard, 1 (2016–present)

The Boston College–Harvard men's basketball rivalry is an American college basketball rivalry between the Boston College Eagles basketball team of Boston College and Harvard Crimson basketball team of Harvard College. The two teams' geographical proximity has made the rivalry an intense one.

After many years of domination by Boston College, Harvard, led by coach Tommy Amaker, won every game it played against Boston College from 2008 to 2014. The 2008–09 Harvard team defeated then-ranked 2008–09 Boston College team (#17 AP Poll/#24 Coaches' Poll) on January 7, 2009 for the first win over a ranked team in the program's history.^[1] The 2008–09 recruiting class was the first time an Ivy League institution was ranked in the top 25 by ESPN.^[2]^[3] The 2009–10 Harvard team also won their December 9 rematch with Boston College by a 74–67 margin.^[4] Despite this, the Eagles still hold the overall advantage in the rivalry.

Results

Boston College victories	Harvard victories

No.	Date	Location	Winner	Score
1	December 4, 2012	Chestnut Hill, MA	Harvard	79–63
2	January 1, 2014	Boston, MA	Harvard	73–58
3	January 14, 2015	Chestnut Hill, MA	Boston College	64–57^OT

No.	Date	Location	Winner	Score
4	November 22, 2015	Chestnut Hill, MA	Boston College	69–56
5	December 7, 2016	Chestnut Hill, MA	Harvard	74–66
Series: Harvard leads 3–2

References

↑ "Lin powers Harvard to rare upset over No. 24 BC". ESPN.com. 2009-01-07. Retrieved 2010-04-02.
↑ Thamel, Pete (2008-03-02). "In a New Era at Harvard, New Questions of Standards". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-04-02.
↑ "Tommy Amaker". Harvard University. Retrieved 2010-03-31.
↑ "Harvard 74, Boston College 67". ESPN.com. 2009-12-09. Retrieved 2010-04-16.

Boston College Eagles men's basketball
Venues	Roberts Center (1958–1988) Conte Forum (1988–present)
Rivalries	Boston University Harvard UMass
Culture & lore	Baldwin the Eagle "For Boston" 1978–79 point shaving scandal
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–10 1910–11 1911–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19

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
Seasons	1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1942–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18

Rivalries of the Atlantic Coast Conference
Conference	O'Rourke–McFadden Trophy (Boston College–Clemson) Boston College–Syracuse Boston College–Virginia Tech Clemson–Florida State Clemson–Georgia Tech Textile Bowl (Clemson–NC State) Duke–North Carolina basketball/overall Victory Bell (Duke–North Carolina football) Duke–NC State Duke–Wake Forest Florida State–Miami Florida State–Virginia Georgia Tech–Virginia Tech Miami–Virginia Tech North Carolina–NC State overall North Carolina–NC State North Carolina–Wake Forest NC State–Wake Forest South's Oldest Rivalry (North Carolina–Virginia) Pittsburgh–Syracuse Virginia–Virginia Tech Commonwealth Cup (Virginia–Virginia Tech football)
Non-conference	Alabama–Clemson Auburn–Clemson Auburn–Georgia Tech Boston College–Holy Cross Boston College–Harvard (basketball) Commonwealth Classic (Boston College–UMass basketball) Boston College–UMass Clemson–Georgia Clemson–South Carolina Colgate–Syracuse Connecticut–Notre Dame (women's basketball) Duke–Maryland (basketball) Duke–Michigan (basketball) Florida–Florida State Green Line Rivalry (Boston College–Boston U) The Keg of Nails (Cincinnati–Louisville) Kentucky–Louisville overall Governor's Cup (Kentucky–Louisville football) Louisville–Memphis Louisville–West Virginia Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate (Georgia–Georgia Tech) Georgia Tech–Tennessee Georgia Tech–Vanderbilt Maryland–Virginia Florida–Miami Miami–Nebraska NC State–South Carolina North Carolina–South Carolina NC State–East Carolina Notre Dame–UCLA basketball River City Rivalry (Cincinnati–Pittsburgh) City Game (Pittsburgh–Duquesne) Penn State–Pittsburgh Backyard Brawl (Pittsburgh–West Virginia) Georgetown–Syracuse Penn State–Syracuse Syracuse–West Virginia New River Valley rivalry (Radford–Virginia Tech) Virginia Tech–West Virginia VMI–Virginia Tech
Notre Dame football rivalries	Boston College–Notre Dame Georgia Tech–Notre Dame Miami–Notre Dame Notre Dame–Pittsburgh

Ivy League rivalries

Conference

Non-conference

Brown–Rhode Island
Boston College–Harvard (basketball)
Colgate–Cornell
Cornell–Hobart
Dartmouth–New Hampshire
The Liberty Cup (Columbia–Fordham)
Battle of 33rd Street (Penn–Drexel)
Philadelphia Big 5 (Penn vs. La Salle, Saint Joseph's, Temple, and Villanova)
Beanpot (Harvard–Boston College–Boston University–Northeastern)
Princeton–Rutgers
Battle of Whitney Avenue (Quinnipiac–Yale)
Ocean State Cup (Brown–Bryant–Providence–Rhode Island)

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