Pictured: Doug Miller and the Crimson hosts Bryant
University on Friday night. (Gil Talbot)
The Particulars
Harvard hosts the Bulldogs of Bryant University at Lavietes
Pavilion at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 20.
Follow at Home
All Harvard home basketball games will feature live
streaming audio and video. Fans can visit the Multimedia
page to purchase a single game event or a season pass.
The real-time broadcast includes play-by-play commentary from Chris
Villani. Select road games will also be available and regularly
announced on GoCrimson.com.
The Promotions
Prior to the game is the Harvard Faculty & Staff
Pre-game Party in the Dillon Lounge, starting at 5 p.m. Members of
Harvard's community who are not traveling down early to New haven
for The Game are invited to Dillon on Friday night to
meet and mingle with colleagues and support Harvard's
teams. In addition to the basketball game, the men's hockey
team opens the home season against St. Lawrence. Both games
start at 7:00 pm. Each Harvard faculty and staff member
may receive one free ticket.
Give-a-way: Magnet Schedules
First Half- Trivia
Halftime- Uniform Relay
Second Half- Hot Shot, Prize Pack Drawing
Live Statistics
All Harvard home basketball games will feature live game
statistics. Fans can visit the Live Stats
page to follow along on their computer.
Series History
This is the first meeting between Harvard and Bryant. The
Bulldogs are in their second season as a Division I program after
considerable success on the Division II circuit.
The Quotes
Follow along with Tommy Amaker with select quotes from his
weekly media session, held each Monday in the Lounge overlooking
Lavieties Pavilion's floor.
Harvard's Last Time
Out
Jeremy Lin scored a 3-pointer on a 28-footer at the buzzer
while getting fouled in the third overtime to lead the Crimson over
the Tribe of William & Mary, 87-85. He was fouled en route to
taking the final shot, but the foul didn't matter as the ball went
in just as time expired.
Harvard had a 13-point lead early in the second
half, but a six-minute field goal drought gave the Tribe an
opportunity to get back in the game. William & Mary hit a three
with 29 seconds left in regulation to tie the game and force
overtime.
The overtime periods saw both teams battling it
out, with numerous three-point baskets and free throws made by each
side. A foul late in the second overtime gave the Tribe the
opportunity to tie the game yet again and force a third extra
session.
Lin finished the game with 19 points, nine assists,
five rebounds and two steals in 46 minutes of play, while Oliver
McNally added 17 points on 5-10 shooting from behind the arc.
Bryant's Last Time Out
The Bulldogs fell to Bucknell, 59-56, in the World Vision
Invitational finale on Sunday. Despite fighting back from a
20-point deficit early in the second half, the Bulldogs were unable
to finish the run.
Trailing by seven with under a minute to play,
Chris Birrell found the basket from behind the arc to pull the
Bulldogs within four. After a free throw by the Bisons and a field
goal by Barry Latham, Bryant pulled within two with 32 seconds
remaining. However, Bucknell got another chance at the charity
stripe and increased the lead to three, leaving Bryant with little
time to pull out a win.
Cecil Gresham led the team in scoring, as he was
the only Bulldog to reach double digits as he scored 26 points on
the night. Adam Parzych pulled down a team-high eight rebounds.
As a team, Bryant shot 37 percent from the floor,
including a 41.2 percent mark from downtown.
Harvard Coach Tommy
Amaker
Tommy Amaker (Duke '87) begins his third season as head
coach of the Harvard men's basketball team. He registered his 200th
career coaching victory Nov. 13 in the 2009-10 season opener at
Holy Cross.
He brings a 201-174 career head coaching record
into the game, including a 109-83 record at Michigan at a 68-55
record at Seton Hall.
Amaker came to Harvard after a six year stint as
Michigan's head coach. Inheriting a program that was reeling from
institutional and NCAA sanctions, he led the Wolverines to the
postseason three times, winning the 2004 NIT title, reaching the
championship game of the 2006 NIT, and advancing to the second
round of the 2007 tournament. The 2006-07 season was Michigan's
second straight 20-win campaign and its third in four years. The
Wolverines were ranked as high as No. 20 in the nation during the
2005-06 season.
Complete Game Notes
For complete games notes in PDF format, click on the link
at the beginning of this page.
