2018-19 Men’S BasKetBall PRINCIPLED LEADERSHIP, ACADEMIC INTEGRATION & COMPETITIVE EXCELLENCE #15/15 GAME Information 6-5 Overall | 0-0 IVY LEAGUE Date ................................................................. Jan. 2, 2019 NOVEMBER Tip-Off Time ................................................................ 7 p.m. Tue. .......6 ........MIT ............................................ ESPN + .................W, 78-66 Venue ..................................................Dean Smith Center Fri. .........9 ........NORTHEASTERN ................. ESPN + ................... L, 81-71 TV ................................................................................... ESPN2 Tue. ........13 ..... at Massachusetts .................. NESN/Eleven ....... W, 74-71 Talent ........................Mike Couzens, Jordan Cornette Fri ............16 ..... at Rhode Island ........................ ESPN+ ........................L, 76-74 National Radio ...............Westwood One/Sirius XM Wed. ......21 ..... at San Francisco ..................... TheW.tv .....................L, 61-57 Sat. .........24 ..... at Saint Mary’s ......................... TheW.tv .................. W, 74-68 Talent ............................... Patrick Kinas, Kelly Tripucka Wed. .....28 .....HOLY CROSS ......................... ESPN + .................W, 73-62 All-Time Series ................................Harvard Trails, 3-2 Harvard North Carolina VS. Last Meeting ............... L, 67-65 (March 19, 2015) DECEMBER 6-5, 0-0 IVY 9-3, 0-0 ACC Streak ....................................................................................L3 Sat. .........1......... at Siena ........................................ ESPN3 ........................L, 67-64 Sat. .........8......... at Vermont ................................. ESPN + ......................L, 71-65 Sat. .......22 .....GEORGE WASHINGTON ... ESPN + .................W, 75-61 THE STORYLINE Sat. .........29 ..... vs. Mercer & .................................................................. W, 71-67 Opening 2019 with its penultimate non-conference match-up, Harvard men’s basketball will take on No. ANUARY 15/15 North Carolina on Wednesday, Jan. 2. The 7 p.m. tip-off will be broadcast on ESPN2 and Westwood J Wed. ......2......... at North Carolina .................... ESPN2 .............................7 p.m. One radio. Sat. .........12 ..... at Dartmouth * ...................... NESN+/ESPN+ ..........7 p.m. Mon. .......21 ..... at Howard ..............................................................................1 p.m. THE OPENING TIP Sat. .......26 .....DARTMOUTH * .................... NESN/ESPN + ......... 2 p.m. • The Crimson has opened the season with a 6-5 record, with two non-conference games remaining before the Ivy League opener. Junior Chris Lewis leads the team with 13.4 points per game, while junior Justin FEBRUARY Fri. .........1 ........YALE * .................................... ESPNU ......................... 7 p.m. Bassey, first-year Noah Kirkwood and sophomore Danilo Djuricic are also averaging double figures with Sat. .......2 ........BROWN * .............................. ESPN + ........................ 7 p.m. 10.5, 10.5 and 10.1 per game, respectively. Fri. .........8 ........COLUMBIA * ......................... ESPN + ........................ 7 p.m. Sat. .......9 ........CORNELL * ........................... ESPN + ........................ 7 p.m. • Kirkwood was named the Ivy League Rookie of the Week for the third time this season Dec. 31, making Fri. ...........15 ..... at Princeton * ......................... ESPNEWS .....................7 p.m. him the first Harvard player to earn three Rookie of the Week awards in the same season since junior Sat. .........16 ..... at Penn * .................................... ESPN +/NBCSN-Phila. 7 p.m. Seth Towns in 2016-17. He also earned the honor in back-to-back weeks on Nov. 26 and Dec. 3, when he Fri. ...........22 ..... at Brown * ................................. ESPN + ...........................7 p.m. Sat. .........23 ..... at Yale * ...................................... ESPN + ...........................7 p.m. became the first Harvard player to earn back-to-back Rookie of the Week honors since Siyani Chambers ‘16-17 on Jan. 7 and 14, 2013. March Fri. .........1 ........PENN * .................................... ESPNU ......................... 7 p.m. • Harvard returned 99.4 percent of its scoring and 99.0 percent of its minutes from last year’s squad, Sat. .......2 ........PRINCETON * ...................... ESPN + ........................ 7 p.m. which captured the program’s sixth Ivy League championship and made its second-ever appearance in the Sat. .........8......... at Cornell * ................................ ESPN + ...........................7 p.m. Sun .........9......... at Columbia * .......................... ESPN + ...........................7 p.m. NIT. Showcasing its depth, 10 different Harvard players have started a game in 2018-19 and 11 players are averaging at least nine minutes per game. BOLD CAPS indicates home game * indicates conference match AGAINST THE ACC & played at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Ga. Harvard is 2-3 all-time against North Carolina, with the Crimson earning its victories in 1925 and 1926. All times listed in EST When facing current ACC programs, Harvard holds a 20-59 mark, with 16 wins coming against Boston College. Harvard’s last meeting with an ACC program came against BC on Dec. 7, 2016 - a 74-66 win - while Harvard is 8-4 against ACC teams in the Tommy Amaker era. #BYTHENUMBERS #TWEETABLES POSSIBLE Starters (BASED OFF LAST GAME) .@HarvardMBB earned its sixth @IvyLeague title in 2018, and made NO. NAME YR. POS. HT. WT. PTS REB AST FG% MPG its second ever appearance in the 0 Chris Lewis Jr. F 6-9 235 13.4 3.4 1.1 65.7 23.4 70.5 PPG 91.4 NIT, against Marquette #GoCrimson 20 Justin Bassey Jr. G 6-5 215 10.5 6.7 2.7 52.6 28.5 68.3 OPP PPG 74.4 22 Christian Juzang Jr. G 6-2 175 7.4 3.3 3.1 42.0 28.0 34.8 RPG 44.5 Harvard had 17 players appear in its 25 Corey Johnson Sr. G 6-5 200 4.5 1.6 0.7 40.5 13.7 30.5 OPP RPG 32.3 75-61 win over George Washington, 35 Robert Baker Jr. F 6-11 205 4.3 3.4 0.3 46.3 11.2 13.7 APG 19.8 marking its most since 19 saw - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5.0 SPG 7.6 action against Fisher College Nov. 5 Rio Haskett So. G 6-3 195 3.4 1.8 1.4 29.5 17.1 3.9 BPG 3.8 17, 2016 #GoCrimson 10 Noah Kirkwood Fr. G 6-7 215 10.5 3.6 1.6 50.0 21.6 16.5 TOG 14.3 12 Spencer Freedman Fr. G 6-0 170 3.7 0.5 1.5 31.6 15.3 .@HarvardMBB’s Noah Kirkwood has 48.6 FG% 48.6 21 Mason Forbes Fr. F 6-8 200 2.1 1.3 0.1 72.7 9.3 OPP FG% 41.1 won 3 @IvyLeague Rookie of the Week 43.4 30 Danilo Djuricic So. F 6-8 210 10.2 4.5 1.1 51.9 26.4 36.6 3P% 37.0 awards in 2018-19. Siyani Chambers 44 Henry Welsh Jr. F 6-10 250 5.1 4.2 0.5 54.2 15.0 35.3 OPP 3P% 32.4 was the last Harvard player to win 4 64.9 FT% 74.1 or more (6) #GoCrimson @HarvardCrimson @HarvardAthletics #GoCrimson Harvard Athletics @HarvardMBB @HarvardMBB 2 6-TIME IVY LEAGUE CHAMPIONS • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2018 ASSOCIATED Press TOP 25 (WEEK 9) FACTS & FIGURES Rk .......Team ...................... Record ..................... Points 1 .......... Duke(35) .................11-1............................. 1530 2 .......... Michigan(9) ...........13-0............................. 1478 3 .......... Tennessee(12) ....11-1............................. 1469 99.4% 4 .......... Virginia(4) ...............11-0............................. 1428 5 .......... Kansas(4) ...............11-1............................. 1378 of scoring returning 6 .......... Nevada.....................13-0............................. 1317 7 .......... Gonzaga ..................12-2............................. 1200 8 .......... Michigan State .....11-2............................. 1146 Juniors Chris Lewis (68), in 2018/19 - 2nd 9 .......... Florida State ..........11-1............................. 1063 10 ....... Virginia Tech .........11-1................................ 934 Robert Baker (97), Seth most nationally 11 ....... Texas Tech .............11-1................................ 893 Towns (98) and Bryce Aiken 12 ....... Auburn .....................11-2................................ 820 13 ....... Kentucky .................10-2................................ 799 (99) were all ranked in the 14 ....... Ohio State ...............12-1................................ 769 100 percent 15 ....... North Carolina ........ 9-3................................ 744 2016 ESPN 100 recruiting 99.4 16 ....... Marquette ..............11-2................................ 595 17 ....... Mississippi State .12-1................................ 572 rankings - the most of any 96.0 18 ....... NC State .................12-1................................ 424 class at Harvard since the 19 ....... Houston ...................13-0................................ 368 95.9 20 ....... Buffalo ......................12-1................................ 353 ranking system began. 21 ....... Indiana .....................11-2................................ 330 95.3 22 ....... Wisconsin ..............10-3................................ 250 23 ....... Oklahoma ................11-1................................ 244 24 ....... Nebraska ................11-2................................ 204 25 ....... Iowa ...........................11-2...............................