2014–15 Harvard Crimson men's basketball team

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.

2014–15 Harvard Crimson men's basketball
Ivy League regular season co–champions
One-game playoff vs. Yale, W 53–51
NCAA Tournament, Second Round
ConferenceIvy League
2014–15 record22–8 (11–3 Ivy)
Head coachTommy Amaker (8th season)
Assistant coaches
  • Brian DeStefano
  • Brian Eskildsen
  • Christian Webster
Home arenaLavietes Pavilion
2014–15 Ivy League men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
x-Harvard †11–3 .786  22–8  .733
x-Yale11–3 .786  22–10  .688
Princeton9–5 .643  16–14  .533
Dartmouth7–7 .500  14–15  .483
Columbia5–9 .357  13–15  .464
Cornell5–9 .357  13–17  .433
Penn4–10 .286  9–19  .321
Brown4–10 .286  13–18  .419
x – Ivy League co-champions
† – NCAA participant

Recruits

Class of 2014
US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name Hometown 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 
Recruiting star ratings: 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 
Recruiting star ratings: 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
    US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
    Name Hometown 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 
    Recruiting star ratings: 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 
    Recruiting star ratings: 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:

      Roster
      2014–15 Harvard Crimson men's basketball team
      PlayersCoaches
      Pos.#NameHeightWeightYearHometown
      G 1 Siyani Chambers (C) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)170 lb (77 kg) Jr Golden Valley, Minnesota
      G 2 Alex Nesbitt 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)175 lb (79 kg) Sr Chicago, Illinois
      G 3 Matt Brown 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)205 lb (93 kg) Sr Barrington, Rhode Island
      F 4 Zena Edosomwan 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)245 lb (111 kg) So Los Angeles, California
      G/F 10 Patrick Steeves 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)220 lb (100 kg) So Montreal, Quebec
      F 11 Chris Egi 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)215 lb (98 kg) Fr Markham, Ontario
      G 12 Matt Fraschilla 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)165 lb (75 kg) So Dallas, Texas
      F 14 Steve Moundou-Missi (C) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)225 lb (102 kg) Sr Yaoundé, Cameroon
      G 15 Corbin Miller 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)180 lb (82 kg) So Sandy, Utah
      G 21 Zach Yoshor 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)205 lb (93 kg) Fr Houston, Texas
      G/F 23 Wesley Saunders 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)215 lb (98 kg) Sr Los Angeles, California
      F 24 Jonah Travis 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)225 lb (102 kg) Sr Minneapolis, Minnesota
      C 25 Kenyatta Smith 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)245 lb (111 kg) Sr Sun Valley, California
      F 32 Charlie Anastasi 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)225 lb (102 kg) Sr Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania
      F 33 Evan Cummins 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)215 lb (98 kg) Jr Westborough, Massachusetts
      G/F 35 Agunwa Okolie 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)205 lb (93 kg) Jr Ajax, Ontario
      Head coach
      Assistant coach(es)
      • Brian DeStefano (Duke)
      • Brian Eskildsen (Tennessee)
      • Christian Webster (Harvard)
      Legend
      • (C) Team captain
      • (S) Suspended
      • (I) Ineligible
      • (W) Walk-on

      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      		 No. 25 MIT W 73–52  1–0
      		 Lavietes Pavilion (1,941)
      Cambridge, MA
      11/16/2014*
      5:30 PM, NESN      		 No. 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 No. 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 W 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) No. 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.
      PollPreWk 2Wk 3Wk 4Wk 5Wk 6Wk 7Wk 8Wk 9Wk 10Wk 11Wk 12Wk 13Wk 14Wk 15Wk 16Wk 17Wk 18Wk 19Final
      AP 25т RV RV N/A
      Coaches RV

      References
      1. "Harvard Picked Atop Men's Basketball Preseason Poll for Second-Straight Year". IvyLeagueSports.com. 2014-10-22. Archived from the original on 2015-03-07. Retrieved 2015-03-20.
      2. "Men's Basketball Unanimous Choice in Ivy League Preseason Media Poll". GoCrimson.com. 2014-10-21. Retrieved 2015-03-20.
      3. "Kentucky No. 1 in preseason again". ESPN. 2014-10-31. Retrieved 2015-03-20.
      4. "Yale tops defending champ Harvard to clinch share of Ivy title". ESPN. Associated Press. 2015-03-06. Retrieved 2015-03-20.
      5. "Harvard completes unlikely run to Ivy title with playoff win over Yale". ESPN. Associated Press. 2015-03-14. Retrieved 2015-03-20.
      6. "Men's Basketball Sends Two Teams to Postseason with Dartmouth in CIT". IvyLeagueSports.com. 2015-03-15. Archived from the original on 2015-04-03. Retrieved 2015-03-20.
      7. "Harvard Heads to Jacksonville to Face North Carolina in NCAA Men's Basketball Second Round". IvyLeagueSports.com. 2015-03-15. Archived from the original on 2015-04-03. Retrieved 2015-03-20.
      8. "Justin Jackson stars as North Carolina holds off Harvard". ESPN. Associated Press. 2015-03-19. Retrieved 2015-03-20.
      9. 2014–15 Harvard Crimson men's basketball schedule
      10. "Men's Basketball All-Ivy, Coach of the Year Awards Announced". IvyLeagueSports.com. 2015-03-11. Archived from the original on 2015-03-17. Retrieved 2015-03-19.
      11. "USBWA Names 2014-15 Men's All-District Teams". BigTen.org. CBS Interactive. 2015-03-10. Retrieved 2015-03-10.
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