2025–26 Harvard Crimson men's basketball team
American college basketball season
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The 2025–26 Harvard Crimson men's basketball team represented Harvard University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Crimson, led by 18th-year head coach Tommy Amaker, played their home games at the Lavietes Pavilion located in Boston, Massachusetts as members of the Ivy League.
ConferenceIvy League
Record17–12 (10–4 Ivy)
Headcoach
- Tommy Amaker (18th season)
Assistant coaches
- Mike Sotsky
- Seth Towns
- Matt Fraschilla
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| Conference | Ivy League |
| Record | 17–12 (10–4 Ivy) |
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| Home arena | Lavietes Pavilion |
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| Yale | 11 | – | 3 | .786 | 24 | – | 7 | .774 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Harvard | 10 | – | 4 | .714 | 17 | – | 12 | .586 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Penn † | 9 | – | 5 | .643 | 18 | – | 12 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cornell | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 15 | – | 13 | .536 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Columbia | 5 | – | 9 | .357 | 16 | – | 12 | .571 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dartmouth | 5 | – | 9 | .357 | 11 | – | 16 | .407 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Princeton | 5 | – | 9 | .357 | 9 | – | 20 | .310 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brown | 3 | – | 11 | .214 | 9 | – | 18 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2026 Ivy League tournament winner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Previous season
The Crimson finished the 2024–25 season 12–15, 7–7 in Ivy League play to place fifth.[1] They failed to qualify for the Ivy League tournament.
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Schedule and results
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Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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| Exhibition | |||||||||||
| October 25, 2025* 4:00 p.m. |
at Providence | L 77–85 | – |
Amica Mutual Pavilion (2,875) Providence, RI | |||||||
| October 30, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
UMass Boston | W 107–58 | – |
Lavietes Pavilion (531) Boston, MA | |||||||
| Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
| November 7, 2025* 5:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
MIT | W 79–50 | 1–0 |
Lavietes Pavilion (1,265) Boston, MA | |||||||
| November 9, 2025* 12:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
New Hampshire | W 86–75 | 2–0 |
Lavietes Pavilion (784) Boston, MA | |||||||
| November 11, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Northeastern | L 60–77 | 2–1 |
Lavietes Pavilion (901) Boston, MA | |||||||
| November 15, 2025* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Army | W 75–52 | 3–1 |
Christl Arena (911) West Point, NY | |||||||
| November 16, 2025* 5:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Marist | W 56–54 | 4–1 |
McCann Arena (1,884) Poughkeepsie, NY | |||||||
| November 19, 2025* 6:30 p.m., B1G+ |
at Penn State | L 80–84 | 4–2 |
Bryce Jordan Center (5,708) State College, PA | |||||||
| November 22, 2025* 1:30 p.m |
vs. Boston University Hall of Fame Showcase |
L 74–75 | 4–3 |
Mohegan Sun Arena (6,456) Uncasville, CT | |||||||
| November 26, 2025* 4:00 p.m., ACCNX/ESPN+ |
at Boston College | L 60–73 | 4–4 |
Conte Forum (4,439) Chestnut Hill, MA | |||||||
| November 29, 2025* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Bryant | W 56–53 | 5–4 |
Lavietes Pavilion (1,022) Boston, MA | |||||||
| December 3, 2025* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at UMass | L 71–78 | 5–5 |
Mullins Center (2,216) Amherst, MA | |||||||
| December 6, 2025* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Furman | L 69–79 | 5–6 |
Timmons Arena (2,187) Greenville, SC | |||||||
| December 20, 2025* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+/NESN |
Holy Cross | W 81–53 | 6–6 |
Lavietes Pavilion (1,155) Boston, MA | |||||||
| December 23, 2025* 6:00 p.m., FS1 |
at St. John's | L 59–85 | 6–7 |
Carnesecca Arena (5,260) Queens, NY | |||||||
| December 28, 2025* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Colgate | W 78–69 | 7–7 |
Cotterell Court (781) Hamilton, NY | |||||||
| Ivy League regular season | |||||||||||
| January 5, 2026 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Dartmouth | L 68–76 | 7–8 (0–1) |
Lavietes Pavilion (824) Boston, MA | |||||||
| January 10, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Columbia | W 79–54 | 8–8 (1–1) |
Levien Gymnasium (1,634) New York, NY | |||||||
| January 17, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Princeton | W 87–80 | 9–8 (2–1) |
Lavietes Pavilion (1,636) Boston, MA | |||||||
| January 19, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Penn | W 64–63 | 10–8 (3–1) |
Lavietes Pavilion (1,299) Boston, MA | |||||||
| January 24, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Cornell | L 79–86 | 10–9 (3–2) |
Lavietes Pavilion (1,636) Boston, MA | |||||||
| January 30, 2026 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Brown | W 69–59 | 11–9 (4–2) |
Pizzitola Sports Center Providence, RI | |||||||
| January 31, 2026 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Yale | W 67–65 | 12–9 (5–2) |
John J. Lee Amphitheater (2,425) New Haven, CT | |||||||
| February 7, 2026 5:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Dartmouth | W 71–58 | 13–9 (6–2) |
Leede Arena (1,414) Hanover, NH | |||||||
| February 13, 2026 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Brown | W 56–53 | 14–9 (7–2) |
Lavietes Pavilion (1,194) Boston, MA | |||||||
| February 14, 2026 6:30 p.m., ESPNU |
Yale | L 75–76 OT | 14–10 (7–3) |
Lavietes Pavilion (1,636) Boston, MA | |||||||
| February 21, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Cornell | W 73–54 | 15–10 (8–3) |
Newman Arena (1,844) Ithaca, NY | |||||||
| February 27, 2026 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Princeton | W 58–56 | 16–10 (9–3) |
Jadwin Gymnasium (2,417) Princeton, NJ | |||||||
| February 28, 2026 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Penn | L 61–64 | 16–11 (9–4) |
The Palestra (2,877) Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
| March 6, 2026 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Columbia | W 81–71 | 17–11 (10–4) |
Lavietes Pavilion (1,636) Boston, MA | |||||||
| Ivy League Tournament | |||||||||||
| March 14, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPNews |
(2) | vs. (3) Penn Semifinals |
L 60–62 OT | 17–12 |
Newman Arena Ithaca, NY | ||||||