 A Harvard coach remembered Lin in his freshman season as "the [physically] weakest guy on the team", but in his sophomore season (2007 – 08), Lin averaged 12.6 points and was named All-Ivy League Second Team. By his junior year during the 2008 – 09 season, he was the only NCAA Division I men's basketball player who ranked in the top ten in his conference for scoring (17.8), rebounding (5.5), assists (4.3), steals (2.4), blocked shots (0.6), field goal percentage (0.502), free throw percentage (0.744), and three-point shot percentage (0.400), and was a consensus selection for All-Ivy League First Team. He had 27 points, 8 assists, and 6 rebounds in an 82 – 70 win over the 17th-ranked Boston College Eagles, three days after the Eagles defeated No. 1 North Carolina.
