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2017-18 Men’S BasketBall ACADEMIC INTEGRATION & COMPETITIVE EXCELLENCE IN DIVISION I ATHLETICS 3-5 Overall | 0-0 IVY LEAGUE GAME Information Date .................................................................Dec. 2, 2017 NOVEMBER Tip-Off Time .........................................................3:30 p.m. Fri. .........10 .....MIT ............................................ NESN + ................W, 73-64 Venue ................................................................. Rupp Arena Sun. .......12 .....MASSACHUSETTS .............. NESN .......... W, 70-67 (OT) TV .......................................................................................ESPN Thur. .......16 ..... at Holy Cross............................. Stadium. ....................L, 73-69 Talent ............................................Jon Sciambi, Jay Bilas Sat. .........18 ..... at Manhattan ............................ ESPN3 ........................L, 73-69 All-Time Series ........................................... First Meeting Thur. .......23 ..... #21/21 Saint Mary’s $ ...... ESPNEWS ................L, 71-89 Last Meeting ........................................................................... Fri. ...........24 ..... Saint Joseph’s $...................... ESPN3 ..................... W, 77-71 Harvard VS. #7/7 KENTUCKY Streak .......................................................................................... Sun. ........26 ..... at Cal State Fullerton $ ...... ESPN3 ........................L, 70-61 3-5, 0-0 IVY 6-1, 0-0 SEC Thu. .........30 ..... at Northeastern ...................... NESN .........................:L, 77-61 THE STORYLINE DECEMBER The Harvard men’s basketball will face Kentucky for the first time in program history on Saturday, Dec. 2 at Sat. .........2......... at #7/7 Kentucky .................. ESPN .........................3:30 p.m. Wed. ......6......... at Fordham .............................................................................7 p.m. Rupp Arena in Lexington Kentucky. The tip off is set for 3:30 p.m, and will be broadcast on ESPN. Thur. .....21 .....BOSTON UNIVERSITY ...... NESN + ....................... 7 p.m. Sat. .........23 ..... at George Washington......... Stadium ..........................1 p.m. WHAT TO WATCH FOR Fri ............30 ..... at Minnesota ............................. BIG TEN ..........................1 p.m. • Harvard is off to a 3-5 start with victories over MIT, UMass and Saint Joseph’s. Sophomore Bryce Aiken leads the Crimson with 19.0 points per game, including a career-best 30 in a 70-67 (OT) victory over the JANUARY Minutemen, while classmate Chris Lewis has been strong inside, scoring 13.8 points per game on 63.8 Tue. .......2 ........VERMONT ............................. NESN + ....................... 7 p.m. percent shooting. He also leads the team with 5.4 rebounds per game. Sat. .......6 ........DARTMOUTH * .................... ESPN3 ......................... 2 p.m. Wed. ......10 ..... at Wofford .................................. ESPN3 ................................. TBA • The Crimson’s sophomore class has combined to average 55.2 points per game, equating to 80.1 percent Sat. .........20 ..... at Dartmouth * ...................... Eleven Sports ...............7 p.m. Fri. ...........26 ..... at Yale * ..................................................................................7 p.m. of the team’s scoring. Sat. .........27 ..... at Brown * ................................. NESN+ ............................7 p.m. • Harvard has been on television in some form for each of its first eight games, and continues with the FEBRUARY bout against Kentucky on ESPN. The Saturday contest on ESPN’s main channel will be just the second in Fri. ...........2......... at Columbia * .......................... SNY...................................7 p.m. program history, with the first coming in 2011 against Oklahoma State. In total, the Crimson is set to play Sat. .........3......... at Cornell * ............................... Eleven Sports ...............7 p.m. 25 televised games in 2017-18, which paces the Ivy League. Fri. .........9 ........PRINCETON * ....................... ESPNU ......................... 7 p.m. Sat. .......10 .....PENN * ................................... NESN ........................... 4 p.m. BEATING THE ODDS Fri. .........16 .....BROWN * .............................. NESN ........................... 7 p.m. The Crimson is 4-12 against ranked opponents since 2008-09, marking the only four wins over ranked Sat. .......17 .....YALE * ..................................... ESPNU .................. 9:30 p.m. Fri. ...........23 ..... at Princeton * .......................... ESPNU ............................7 p.m. opponents in program history. The Crimson boasts one win over a top-10 team, coming against 10th- Sat. .........24 ..... at Penn * .................................................................................7 p.m. ranked New Mexico in the 2013 NCAA Tournament. Harvard is 0-1 against ranked foes this season after falling to Saint Mary’s in the opening round of the Wooden Legacy. March Fri. .........2 ........CORNELL * ............................ ESPN3 ......................... 7 p.m. 1/7/09 - at No. 17 Boston College, W, 82-70 Sat. .......3 ........COLUMBIA * ................................................................. 7 p.m. 11/25/11 - vs. No. 20 Florida State, W,46-41 3/23/13 - vs. No. 10 New Mexico, W, 68-62 BOLD CAPS indicates home game 3/20/14 - vs. No. 15 Cincinnati, W, 61-57 * indicates conference match $ Wooden Legacy in Fullerton, Calif. All times listed in EST #BYTHENUMBERS #TWEETABLES POSSIBLE Starters .@HarvardMBB has never faced Ken- tucky in program history. A win over NO. NAME YR. POS. HT. WT. PTS REB AST FG% MPG the #7 team would represent the 0 Chris Lewis So. F 6-9 235 13.8 5.4 0.6 63.8 26.3 68.9 PPG 78.3 top-ranked win in program history 11 Bryce Aiken So. G 6-0 175 19.0 2.8 3.6 43.0 32.9 73.0 OPP PPG 65.7 #GoCrimson 20 Justin Bassey So. G 6-5 215 4.5 4.6 2.8 45.8 30.1 32.6 RPG 41.4 .@HarvardMBB returned 73.8% 25 Corey Johnson Jr. G 6-5 200 6.1 2.6 1.1 35.9 26.0 35.2 OPP RPG 32.3 of its scoring from a year ago, and 31 Seth Towns So. F 6-7 215 11.6 4.4 1.3 39.1 22.7 12.8 APG 16.3 has three players averaging double - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5.5 SPG 6.0 figures - Aiken (19.0), Lewis (13.8) 3.6 BPG 6.0 5 Rio Haskett Fr. G 6-3 195 4.0 1.6 1.8 31.0 21.8 and Towns (11.6) #GoCrimson 14.5 TOG 15.9 30 Danilo Djuricic Fr. F 6-8 210 5.0 1.9 0.1 37.1 11.9 42.2 FG% 50.7 .@HarvardMBB head coach Tommy 33 Reed Farley Fr. G 6-4 190 1.5 1.3 0.5 15.4 12.0 46.0 OPP FG% 38.4 Amaker is just four wins away from 35 Robert Baker So. F 6-11 205 4.6 4.9 1.1 36.4 18.6 27.6 3P% 37.6 200 while at Harvard #GoCrimson 37.0 OPP 3P% 27.7 44 Henry Welsh So. F 6-10 250 1.7 1.6 0.3 42.9 7.9 74.1 FT% 63.6 @HarvardCrimson @HarvardAthletics #GoCrimson Harvard Athletics @HarvardMBB @HarvardMBB 2 5-TIME IVY LEAGUE CHAMPIONS • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 ASSOCIATED Press TOP 25 (WEEK 3) FACTS & FIGURES Rk .......Team ...................... Record ..................... Points 1 .......... Duke (65) .................... 8-0............................ 1,625 ..............................................836 2 .......... Kansas ......................... 5-0............................ 1,531 ..............................................814 3 .......... Michigan State ......... 5-1............................ 1,481 4 .......... Villanova....................... 6-0............................ 1,435 ..............................................773 5 .......... Notre Dame .............. 6-0............................ 1,297 ..............................................754 6 .......... Florida........................... 5-1............................ 1,272 7 .......... Kentucky ...................... 6-1............................ 1,179 ..............................................733 8 .......... Wichita State ............ 4-1............................ 1,134 Sophomores Chris Lewis ..............................................728 9 .......... Texas A&M ................ 6-0............................ 1,130 10 ....... Miami ............................ 5-0............................ 1,001 (68), Robert Baker Jr. (97), ..............................................728 11 ....... Cincinnati .................... 6-0................................ 972 Seth Towns (98) and Bryce ..............................................724 12 ....... Minnesota .................. 7-0................................ 929 ..............................................710 13 ....... North Carolina .......... 5-1................................ 922 Aiken (99) were all ranked 14 ....... USC ................................ 4-1................................ 681 ...........................................706 15 ....... Gonzaga....................... 5-1................................ 666 in the ESPN 100 recruiting 16 ....... Baylor ........................... 5-0................................ 576 Harvard has the 17 ....... Louisville ...................... 4-0................................ 568 rankings last year - the most 9th-best winning 18 ....... Virginia ......................... 6-0................................ 510 percentage (.710) 19 ....... West Virginia ............ 6-1................................ 418 of any class