# 2019–20 Harvard Crimson men's basketball team

The 2019–20 Harvard Crimson men's basketball team represented Harvard University in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Crimson, led by 13th-year head coach Tommy Amaker, played their home games at the Lavietes Pavilion in Boston, Massachusetts as members of the Ivy League. They finished the season 21–8, 10–4 in Ivy League play, to finish in second place.

## Previous season

The Crimson finished the 2018–19 season 19–12 overall, 10–4 in Ivy League play, finishing as co-regular-season champions, alongside Yale. In the Ivy League tournament, they defeated Penn in the semifinals, before losing to Yale in the championship game. As a regular-season league champion who failed to win their league tournament, they received an automatic bid to the NIT, where they defeated Georgetown in the first round, before falling to NC State in the second round.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| November 5, 2019* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | MIT | W 84–27 | 1–0 | Lavietes Pavilion (1,112) Boston, MA |
| November 8, 2019* 8:00 p.m., NESNPlus | | at Northeastern | L 79–84 | 1–1 | Matthews Arena (1,557) Boston, MA |
| November 10, 2019* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Maine | W 67–46 | 2–1 | Lavietes Pavilion (1,234) Boston, MA |
| November 14, 2019* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Siena | W 59–56 | 3–1 | Lavietes Pavilion (1,269) Boston, MA |
| November 16, 2019* 2:30 p.m., TSN/ESPN+ | | vs. Buffalo James Naismith Classic | L 76–88 | 3–2 | Scotiabank Arena Toronto, ON |
| November 22, 2019* 7:00 p.m. | | at Holy Cross | W 82–74 | 4–2 | Hart Center (1,972) Worcester, MA |
| November 28, 2019* 1:30 p.m., ESPN2 | | vs. Texas A&M Orlando Invitational quarterfinal | W 62–51 | 5–2 | HP Field House (1,979) Orlando, FL |
| November 29, 2019* 11:30 a.m., ESPN2 | | vs. No. 5 Maryland Orlando Invitational semifinal | L 73–80 | 5–3 | HP Field House (2,014) Orlando, FL |
| December 1, 2019* 6:30 p.m., ESPN2 | | vs. USC Orlando Invitational 3rd-place game | W 77–62 | 5–4 | HP Field House (1,259) Orlando, FL |
| December 7, 2019* 7:00 p.m., NESN/ESPN+ | | UMass | W 89–55 | 6–4 | Lavietes Pavilion (1,636) Boston, MA |
| December 21, 2019* 12:00 p.m. | | at George Washington | W 88–75 | 7–4 | Charles E. Smith Center (2,209) Washington, D.C. |
| December 22, 2019* 2:00 p.m. | | at Howard | W 60–55 | 8–4 | Burr Gymnasium (1,092) Washington, D.C. |
| December 29, 2019* 6:00 p.m., P12N | | at California | W 71–63 | 9–4 | Haas Pavilion (4,317) Berkeley, CA |
| December 30, 2019* 9:00 p.m. | | at San Francisco | W 84–81 $^{OT}$ | 10–4 | War Memorial Gymnasium (2,315) San Francisco, CA |
| January 4, 2020* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | UC Irvine | W 77–73 | 11–4 | Lavietes Pavilion (1,636) Boston, MA |
| Ivy League regular season ||||||
| January 18, 2020 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Dartmouth | L 67–72 | 12–4 (1–0) | Lavietes Pavilion (1,349) Boston, MA |
| January 25, 2020 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Dartmouth | W 70–66 | 13–4 (2–0) | Leede Arena (1,564) Hanover, NH |
| January 31, 2020 5:00 p.m., ESPNU | | at Penn | L 72–75 $^{OT}$ | 13–5 (2–1) | Palestra (3,146) Philadelphia, PA |
| February 1, 2020 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Princeton | L 69–70 | 13–6 (2–2) | Jadwin Gymnasium (3,590) Princeton, NJ |
| February 7, 2020 5:00 p.m., ESPNU | | at Yale | W 78–77 | 14–6 (3–2) | John J. Lee Amphitheater (2,706) New Haven, CT |
| February 8, 2020 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Brown | L 71–72 | 14–7 (3–3) | Pizzitola Sports Center (2,010) Providence, RI |
| February 14, 2020 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Cornell | W 85–63 | 15–7 (4–3) | Lavietes Pavilion (1,262) Boston, MA |
| February 15, 2020 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Columbia | W 77–73 $^{2OT}$ | 16–7 (5–3) | Lavietes Pavilion (1,636) Boston, MA |
| February 21, 2020 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Princeton | W 61–60 | 17–7 (6–3) | Lavietes Pavilion (1,636) Boston, MA |
| February 22, 2020 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Penn | W 69–65 | 18–7 (7–3) | Lavietes Pavilion (1,636) Boston, MA |
| February 28, 2020 7:00 p.m., ESPNews | | at Columbia | W 77–69 | 19–7 (8–3) | Levien Gymnasium (2,307) New York, NY |
| February 29, 2020 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Cornell | W 67–58 | 20–7 (9–3) | Newman Arena (639) Ithaca, NY |
| March 6, 2020 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Brown | L 55–64 | 20–8 (9–4) | Lavietes Pavilion Boston, MA |
| March 7, 2020 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Yale | W 83–69 | 21–8 (10–4) | Lavietes Pavilion Boston, MA |
| Ivy League tournament ||||||
| March 14, 2020 2:00 p.m., ESPNU | (2) | (3) Princeton Semifinals | Canceled | Canceled | Lavietes Pavilion Boston, MA |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern. ||||||
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