2009–10 Harvard Crimson men's basketball team

2009–10 Harvard Crimson men's basketball
ConferenceIvy League
Record21–7 (10–4 Ivy League)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaLavietes Pavilion
Seasons
2009–10 Ivy League men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Cornell 13 – 1   .929 29 – 5   .853
Princeton 11 – 3   .786 22 – 9   .710
Harvard 10 – 4   .714 21 – 9   .700
Yale 6 – 8   .429 12 – 19   .387
Columbia 5 – 9   .357 11 – 17   .393
Brown 5 – 9   .357 11 – 20   .355
Penn 5 – 9   .357 6 – 22   .214
Dartmouth 1 – 13   .071 5 – 23   .179
As of March 21, 2010
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2009–10 Harvard Crimson men's basketball team represented Harvard University in the Ivy League athletic conference during the 2009-10 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team played its home games in Cambridge, Massachusetts at the Lavietes Pavilion, which has a capacity of 2,195. The team was led by third-year head coach Tommy Amaker and starred highly touted prospect Jeremy Lin.

Building on the success of the prior season when the 2008–09 team beat then ranked Boston College (#17 AP Poll/#24 Coaches' Poll) for the program's first win over a ranked team in the school's history,[1] The 2009–10 team broke many all-time program records including the following:[2]

  • most wins (21)
  • most non-conference wins (11)
  • most home wins (11)
  • most road/neutral wins (10)

The team received a vote in the AP Poll four times: (November 23, January 11, January 18 and 25).[3] Amaker was a nominee for the inaugural Ben Jobe Award as the top minority Division I college basketball coach.[2] Amaker was recognized by Fox Sports as the 2010 Ivy League Coach of the Year.[4]

As a result of its 21–7 overall record and a 10–4 Ivy League conference record, the team was invited to play in the 16-team single-elimination 2010 CollegeInsider.com Tournament.

Over the course of the season, the team was highly publicized, with Lin being featured in Sports Illustrated and ESPN,[5][6] while the team's early match against defending conference champion Cornell was written up in Time.[7]

Preseason

The Ivy League held its pre-season media day on October 28, 2009, in Princeton, New Jersey. The league's media unanimously voted Cornell the preseason #1 for the second straight season. Harvard was ranked fourth.[8]

Honors

Over the course of the season, the Ivy League office recognized several members of the team regularly for excellent play:

Week Player of the week Rookie of the week
November 16[9] Jeremy Lin, G, Harvard Dee Giger, G, Harvard
December 7[10] Jeremy Lin, G, Harvard
December 14[11] Jeremy Lin, G, Harvard
January 4[12] Kyle Casey, F, Harvard
January 25[13] Kyle Casey, F, Harvard
February 8[14] Kyle Casey, F, Harvard
February 15[15] Kyle Casey, F, Harvard Kyle Casey, F, Harvard
March 1[16] Jeremy Lin, G, Harvard Brandyn Curry, G, Harvard
March 8[17] Brandyn Curry, G, Harvard

During the season, Lin was recognized as one of eleven finalists for the Bob Cousy Award.[18] He was one of 31 midseason watchlist candidates for the Wooden Award.[19] At the conclusion of the 2009–10 Ivy League men's basketball season, Lin was selected as a repeat first team All-Ivy selection after becoming the first player in Ivy League history to record 1,450 points (1,471), 450 rebounds (487), 400 assists (401) and 200 steals (224).[20] He was also selected to the United States Basketball Writers Association All-District team.[21]

Notes

  1. ^ "Lin powers Harvard to rare upset over No. 24 BC". ESPN.com. January 7, 2009. Archived from the original on September 6, 2012. Retrieved April 2, 2010.
  2. ^ a b "Amaker Named Finalist For Jobe Award". Harvard University. March 10, 2010. Archived from the original on July 11, 2011. Retrieved March 31, 2010.
  3. ^ "2011-12 Ivy League Men's Basketball: Week 2 • November 14, 2011" (PDF). IvyLeagueSports.com. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 12, 2012. Retrieved November 14, 2011.
  4. ^ Goodman, Jeff (March 9, 2010). "All-Conference teams and awards". Fox Sports. Archived from the original on April 12, 2010. Retrieved April 1, 2010.
  5. ^ Torre, Pablo S. (February 1, 2010). "Harvard School Of Basketball". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on January 30, 2010. Retrieved April 2, 2010.
  6. ^ O'Neil, Dana (December 10, 2009). "Immigrant dream plays out through son: Harvard's do-it-all star learned the game from his father and a host of NBA legends". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on February 9, 2010. Retrieved April 3, 2010.
  7. ^ Gregory, Sean (December 31, 2009). "Harvard's Hoops Star Is Asian. Why's That a Problem?". Time. Archived from the original on June 4, 2011. Retrieved April 3, 2010.
  8. ^ Cornell Unanimously Picked by Media to Three-peat[permanent dead link‍], Ivy League, retrieved October 31, 2009
  9. ^ Ivy Weekly Men's Basketball Report 2 – 11/16[permanent dead link‍], Ivy League, retrieved November 17, 2009
  10. ^ Ivy Weekly Men's Basketball Report 5 – 12/07 Archived January 2, 2010, at the Wayback Machine, Ivy League, retrieved December 7, 2009
  11. ^ Ivy Weekly Men's Basketball Report 6 – 12/14 Archived January 2, 2010, at the Wayback Machine, Ivy League, retrieved December 22, 2009
  12. ^ Ivy Weekly Men's Basketball Report 9 – 1/4[permanent dead link‍], Ivy League, retrieved January 11, 2010
  13. ^ Ivy Weekly Men's Basketball Report 12 – 1/25[permanent dead link‍], Ivy League, retrieved March 14, 2010
  14. ^ Ivy Weekly Men's Basketball Report 14 – 2/8[permanent dead link‍], Ivy League, retrieved March 14, 2010
  15. ^ Ivy Weekly Men's Basketball Report 15 – 2/15[permanent dead link‍], Ivy League, retrieved March 14, 2010
  16. ^ Ivy Weekly Men's Basketball Report 17 – 3/1[permanent dead link‍], Ivy League, retrieved March 14, 2010
  17. ^ Ivy Weekly Men's Basketball Report 18 – 3/8[permanent dead link‍], Ivy League, retrieved March 14, 2010
  18. ^ "Fans! Vote Jeremy Lin For Bob Cousy Award". Harvard University. February 8, 2010. Retrieved April 3, 2010.
  19. ^ "Harvard's Lin Named to Wooden Midseason Watch List". IvyLeagueSports.com. January 5, 2010. Retrieved April 3, 2010. [dead link‍]
  20. ^ "All-Ivy Men's Basketball – 2009–10". IvyLeagueSports.com. March 10, 2010. Retrieved April 3, 2010. [dead link‍]
  21. ^ "Lin, Wittman Named USBWA All-District". IvyLeagueSports.com. March 12, 2010. Retrieved April 3, 2010. [dead link‍]