# 2018–19 Harvard Crimson men's basketball team

The 2018–19 Harvard Crimson men's basketball team represented Harvard University in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They played their home games at the Lavietes Pavilion in Boston, Massachusetts and were led by 12th-year head coach Tommy Amaker. They finished the season 19-12, 10-4 to tie for first place. As the No. 1 seed in the Ivy Tournament, they defeated Penn in the semifinals before losing to Yale in the final. They received an automatic bid to the NIT where they defeated Georgetown in the first round before losing in the second round to NC State.

## Previous season

The Crimson finished the 2017–18 season 18–14, 12–2 in Ivy League play to share the Ivy League regular season championship with Penn. As the No. 1 seed in the Ivy League tournament, they defeated Cornell in the semifinals before losing to Penn in the championship game. As a regular season league champion, and No. 1 seed in their league tournament, who failed to win their league tournament, they received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament, where they lost in the first round to Marquette.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Regular season ||||||
| November 6, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | MIT | W 78–66 | 1–0 | Lavietes Pavilion (1,311) Boston, MA |
| November 9, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Northeastern | L 71–81 | 1–1 | Lavietes Pavilion (1,481) Boston, MA |
| November 13, 2018* 7:00 pm, NESN | | at UMass | W 74–71 | 2–1 | William D. Mullins Memorial Center (2,645) Amherst, mA |
| November 16, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Rhode Island | L 74–76 | 2–2 | Ryan Center (2,101) Kingston, RI |
| November 21, 2018* 10:00 pm | | at San Francisco | L 57–61 | 2–3 | War Memorial Gymnasium (1,719) San Francisco, CA |
| November 24, 2018* 9:00 pm | | at Saint Mary's | W 74–68 | 3–3 | McKeon Pavilion (3,247) Moraga, CA |
| November 28, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Holy Cross | W 73–62 | 4–3 | Lavietes Pavilion (1,283) Boston, MA |
| December 1, 2018* 3:00 pm | | at Siena | L 64–67 | 4–4 | Times Union Center (5,650) Albany, NY |
| December 8, 2018* 7:00 pm | | at Vermont | L 65–71 | 4–5 | Patrick Gym (2,959) Burlington, VT |
| December 22, 2018* 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | George Washington | W 75–61 | 5–5 | Lavietes Pavilion (2,050) Boston, MA |
| December 29, 2018* 1:30 pm | | vs. Mercer | W 71–67 | 6–5 | State Farm Arena (2,504) Atlanta, GA |
| January 2, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN2 | | at No. 15 North Carolina | L 57–77 | 6–6 | Dean Smith Center (21,329) Chapel Hill, NC |
| January 6, 2019 * 2:00 pm , ESPN+ | | McGill | | | Lavietes Pavilion Boston, MA |
| January 12, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Dartmouth | L 63–81 | 6–7 (0–1) | Leede Arena (1,452) Hanover, NH |
| January 21, 2019* 1:00 pm | | at Howard | W 84–71 | 7–7 | Burr Gymnasium (2,523) Washington, D.C. |
| January 26, 2019 2:00 pm, NESN | | Dartmouth | W 64–59 | 8–7 (1–1) | Lavietes Pavilion (1,636) Boston, MA |
| February 1, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPNU | | Yale | W 65–49 | 9–7 (2–1) | Lavietes Pavilion (1,636) Boston, MA |
| February 2, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Brown | W 68–47 | 10–7 (3–1) | Lavietes Pavilion (1,636) Boston, MA |
| February 8, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Columbia | W 98–96 $^{3OT}$ | 11–7 (4–1) | Lavietes Pavilion (1,636) Boston, MA |
| February 9, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Cornell | L 61–67 | 11–8 (4–2) | Lavietes Pavilion (1,528) Boston, MA |
| February 15, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPNews | | at Princeton | W 78–69 | 12–8 (5–2) | Jadwin Gymnasium (2,945) Princeton, NJ |
| February 16, 2019 7:00 pm, NBCSP | | at Penn | W 75–68 $^{OT}$ | 13–8 (6–2) | The Palestra (5,662) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| February 22, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Brown | L 79–88 | 13–9 (6–3) | Pizzitola Sports Center (2,208) Providence, RI |
| February 23, 2019 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Yale | W 88–86 | 14–9 (7–3) | John J. Lee Amphitheater (2,532) New Haven, CT |
| March 1, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Penn | W 59–53 | 15–9 (8–3) | Lavietes Pavilion (1,636) Boston, MA |
| March 2, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Princeton | W 66–58 | 16–9 (9–3) | Lavietes Pavilion (1,636) Boston, MA |
| March 8, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Cornell | L 59–72 | 16–10 (9–4) | Newman Arena Ithaca, NY |
| March 9, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Columbia | W 83–81 $^{OT}$ | 17–10 (10–4) | Levien Gymnasium New York City, NY |
| Ivy League tournament ||||||
| March 16, 2019 12:30 pm, ESPNU | (1) | vs. (4) Penn Semifinals | W 66–58 | 18–10 | John J. Lee Amphitheater (2,532) New Haven,CT |
| March 17, 2019 12:00 noon, ESPN2 | (1) | at (2) Yale Championship | L 85–97 | 18–11 | John J. Lee Amphitheater (2,572) New Haven,CT |
| National Invitation tournament ||||||
| March 20, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN2 | (6) | at (3) Georgetown First Round – UNC Greensboro Bracket | W 71–68 | 19–11 | McDonough Arena (2,253) Washington, DC |
| March 24, 2019* 7:30 pm, ESPNU | (6) | at (2) NC State Second Round – UNC Greensboro Bracket | L 77–78 | 19–12 | Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern. ||||||
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