So, Amaker > Roy?
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=290070103
Great win for Tommy Amaker and his team. First win ever for Harvard basketball over a ranked team.
So, Amaker > Roy?
I have never been more proud of this alma mater!!!
Go Crimson!!!!! Woo hoo!!!!!!
Congrats to Tommy, was fun to watch their scores scroll across the screen tonight.
Q "Why do you like Duke, you didn't even go there." A "Because my art school didn't have a basketball team."
Awesome win for the school (Harvard's first ever victory over a ranked opponent) and for Tommy. Although the Crimson are only 7-6 after tonight's win, this type of signature win over a ranked Atlantic Coast Conference team can do wonders for confidence. Hopefully Harvard avoids a flop next game and builds off this.
Once again, a good night for Duke Basketball all around.
Just another example of nothing being guaranteed in college basketball.
Carolina undefeated? BC said no in UNC's first conference game.
BC under rated? Not so sure after getting trounced by Harvard.
Carolina a shoe in for the national championship? Lets play the game...
Just saw the highlights ESPN managed to scrape up from this game. Floor-level camera angle, so you could get a good idea of the level of quickness, or lack thereof. Ugh. Great win for Tommy, but OMG, BC should be able to roll out of bed at 3am and beat a team that slow of foot. There are let-downs, and then there's Harvard-BC, now in a league by itself.
Okay, so I forgot Chimanade.
This is a really bad loss, one which could easily come back to haunt them come March.
I mean we are talking about an Ivy League team. The Ivy is one of the two or three worst leagues in all of Division 1. When lower-level teams in the Southern Conference and the Metro Atlantic are looking for guaranteed wins, they turn to the Ivy. Arrrggghh!
Harvard was 7-6 coming into this game with losses to William and Mary, Rice, Northeastern, Boston University, and others. They did have a win over a decent Santa Clara team, but still...
BC was 13-2 coming into this game and had a very respectable ranking in the computers and the such. The Eagles are likely to be firmly on the bubble come March. This game is going to look quite bad on their resume at that time.
--Jason "for more info on a very related story, click here!!" Evans
Congratulations TA..To me this makes unc look even worse, but what can I say. I hate unc. Go Duke!
Reminiscent of one of Tommy's first wins at Harvard when his new team took down his old one, Michigan.
Q "Why do you like Duke, you didn't even go there." A "Because my art school didn't have a basketball team."
This is of course a big upset, but it sounds like Tommy is getting together a pretty good team at Harvard. I recall reading about him having success in recruiting, though I think one verbal commitment went elsewhere when there was controversy about his admission.
During our broadcast last night, Jeff Van Gundy commented that he worked at a summer camp where there were several Harvard players and he was shocked (in a good way) about their level of talent.
Love to see Tommy win the conference and get the team to the NCAA Tournament.
That would be Frank Ben-Eze, a 6-9, 225-pound forward from Nigeria, who played prep basketball in Arlington, Va. He committed to Harvard but failed to qualify for admission. He enrolled at Davidson (must be a real dummy! )
You might have noticed Ben-Eze last night -- he played briefly (less than a minute) against Duke ... just long enough to pick up a foul (he rank over Henderson after a defensive rebound), He's been a bit player for the Wildcats this season as a freshman, but should play a lot more in the future.
Edit: I had to jump back an add ... Harvard has a chance to win the Ivy this season. They are one of two Ivy teams to enter conference play with a winning record (9-6 Cornell is the other). Cornell is the favorite in the Ivy, but Harvard is the second choice.
Remember, the Ivy does not have a postseason tournament, so keep up with the regular season standards. The two key games: Feb. 13 -- Harvard at Cornell; Feb. 28 -- Cornell at Harvard.
Go Tommy!
Bad, bad loss for BC. Even if you are on a high after beating UNC, you have to be able to beat Harvard.
I thought it was just a bad loss until I saw the highlights and realized that it was a home game for BC. That made it even worse.
That being said, I'm happy for Amaker. Leave it to a Dukie to finish what a Tar Heel can't
I am sure that BC had a hangover after the Carolina win, but Harvard deserves a lot of credit. Apparently Tyrese Rice had three points with four minutes remaining, and I'm sure that will never happen again (he finished with 14).
Their recruiting should get a boost since Harvard has put together a whole new financial aid package where families earning $60K pay nothing, while those making $120-$180K pay 10% of their income for tuition. While that's not the same as a full athletic scholarship, I am sure that a lot of recruits would be willing to pay more for a Harvard degree.
Here is a good article on how Amaker reacted to the win and some comments from him. One interesting item that stood out to me was the following statement.
"Harvard has never won an Ivy League title and has made just one trip to the National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament." (They went in 1946)
Ok, so if they have never won the league title, then how did they get in the tourney? I would not think any Ivy League team would be able to earn an at large bid.
Q "Why do you like Duke, you didn't even go there." A "Because my art school didn't have a basketball team."