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2009–10 Harvard Crimson men's basketball team

American college basketball season

American college basketball season

FieldValue
year2009–10
teamHarvard Crimson
sportBasketball
logoHarvard Crimson logo.svg
logo_size200
conferenceIvy League
short_confIvy League
record21–7
conf_record10–4
head_coachTommy Amaker
asst_coach1Kenny Blakeney
asst_coach2Brian DeStefano
asst_coach3Yanni Hufnagel
stadiumLavietes Pavilion
tourney[2010 CollegeInsider.com Tournament](2010-collegeinsider-com-tournament)
tourney_resultFirst Round

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, The 2009–10 team broke many all-time program records including the following:

  • 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). Amaker was a nominee for the inaugural Ben Jobe Award as the top minority Division I college basketball coach. Amaker was recognized by Fox Sports as the 2010 Ivy League Coach of the Year.

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, while the team's early match against defending conference champion Cornell was written up in Time.

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.

Honors

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

WeekPlayer of the weekRookie of the week
date=September 2016bot=InternetArchiveBotfix-attempted=yes }}, Ivy League, retrieved November 17, 2009Jeremy Lin, G, HarvardDee Giger, G, Harvard
url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100102153425/http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/article.asp?intID=7495date=January 2, 2010 }}, Ivy League, retrieved December 7, 2009Jeremy Lin, G, Harvard
url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100102152728/http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/article.asp?intID=7501date=January 2, 2010 }}, Ivy League, retrieved December 22, 2009Jeremy Lin, G, Harvard
date=September 2016bot=InternetArchiveBotfix-attempted=yes }}, Ivy League, retrieved January 11, 2010Kyle Casey, F, Harvard
date=September 2016bot=InternetArchiveBotfix-attempted=yes }}, Ivy League, retrieved March 14, 2010Kyle Casey, F, Harvard
date=September 2016bot=InternetArchiveBotfix-attempted=yes }}, Ivy League, retrieved March 14, 2010Kyle Casey, F, Harvard
date=September 2018bot=InternetArchiveBotfix-attempted=yes }}, Ivy League, retrieved March 14, 2010Kyle Casey, F, HarvardKyle Casey, F, Harvard
date=September 2016bot=InternetArchiveBotfix-attempted=yes }}, Ivy League, retrieved March 14, 2010Jeremy Lin, G, HarvardBrandyn Curry, G, Harvard
date=September 2016bot=InternetArchiveBotfix-attempted=yes }}, Ivy League, retrieved March 14, 2010Brandyn Curry, G, Harvard

During the season, Lin was recognized as one of eleven finalists for the Bob Cousy Award. He was one of 31 midseason watchlist candidates for the Wooden Award. 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). He was also selected to the United States Basketball Writers Association All-District team.

Notes

References

  1. (January 7, 2009). "Lin powers Harvard to rare upset over No. 24 BC". [[ESPN.com]].
  2. "2011-12 Ivy League Men's Basketball: Week 2 • November 14, 2011".
  3. (March 10, 2010). "Amaker Named Finalist For Jobe Award". Harvard University.
  4. Goodman, Jeff. (March 9, 2010). "All-Conference teams and awards". [[Fox Sports (USA).
  5. Torre, Pablo S.. (February 1, 2010). "Harvard School Of Basketball". [[Sports Illustrated]].
  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]].
  7. Gregory, Sean. (December 31, 2009). "Harvard's Hoops Star Is Asian. Why's That a Problem?".
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  10. link. (January 2, 2010 , [[Ivy League]], retrieved December 7, 2009)
  11. link. (January 2, 2010 , [[Ivy League]], retrieved December 22, 2009)
  12. (September 2016)
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  15. (September 2018)
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  18. (February 8, 2010). "Fans! Vote Jeremy Lin For Bob Cousy Award". [[Harvard University]].
  19. (January 5, 2010). "Harvard's Lin Named to Wooden Midseason Watch List".
  20. (March 10, 2010). "All-Ivy Men's Basketball – 2009–10".
  21. (March 12, 2010). "Lin, Wittman Named USBWA All-District".
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