Harvard Men's Basketball - NCAA Tournament Coverage

Watch the Crimson live today March 20th at 2:00pm (EDT) on the TNT Network. Harvard takes on Cincinnati in the NCAA Basketball Tournament (aka "March Madness")

Harvard's No. 12 Men's Basketball Versus No. 5 Cincinnati in NCAA Tournament Second Round


The Storyline
The Harvard men's basketball team received a 12 seed in the NCAA tournament and will face 5th-seeded Cincinnati in the second round Thursday, March 20 at 2:10 p.m. The game will be televised live on TNT from the Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena in Spokane, Wash.

Harvard, which earned its tournament bid by winning a fourth consecutive Ivy League title, will be making its third straight appearance in the Big Dance. Cincinnati earned an at-large berth to the tournament and will be making a fourth consecutive appearance.

Tournament Central
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2014 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament Central

Noteables
• Harvard became the first team in the country to punch its ticket to the NCAA tournament, marking the third straight year the Crimson will play in March Madness and the fifth consecutive postseason appearance overall for the team (2011 NIT, 2010 CIT). Harvard had reached the postseason just once in the program's first 98 years before the recent run of success.

• At 26-4, Harvard has matched the school record for most wins in a season (2011-12) and will enter the NCAA tournament riding an eight-game win streak. The Crimson also set a new program record for Ivy League victories by finishing the "14-Game Tournament" with a 13-1 mark, and completed the program's first undefeated season on the road in Ancient Eight play.

• Wesley Saunders was named the Ivy League Player of the Year, becoming just the third member of the Crimson to earn the honor; Joe Carrabino '84-85 (1984), Keith Wright '12 (2011).

• Harvard received six total All-Ivy League selections, matching the 1994-95 Penn team for the most in Ivy League history; Wesley Saunders (1st team), Siyani Chambers (2nd team), Steve Moundou-Missi (2nd team), Laurent Rivard (2nd team), Kyle Casey (HM) and Brandyn Curry (HM).

Last Time Out
Laurent Rivard came around a screen and buried a three-pointer just like he'd done so many times before, putting Harvard up five points with 0:37 to play en route to a 98-93 overtime win at Brown March 8 to close out the regular season.

Four players scored in double-digits for the Crimson, highlighted by double-double performances from Steve Moundou-Missi (21 pts., 11 rebs.) and Kyle Casey (16 pts., 10 rebs.). Wesley Saunders added 19 points, six rebounds and three dimes to go with Rivard's 18 points on 4-of-8 shooting from deep. 

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#12 Harvard vs. #5 Cincinnati
NCAA Tournament Second Round
Thursday, March 20
2:10 p.m. EST
 Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena

TNT
Spero Dedes, Doug Gottlieb
and Jaime Maggio
WHRB
Ben Zauzmer, Brecka Fetzer
and Zack Guzman