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. 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. 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]