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HARVARDDADGRAD
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05-02-19 10:45 AM - Post#284111    

Staff is apparently working hard to line up an aggressive OOC schedule for 2019-20. Figured it makes sense to pull the pieces together in a thread. Please feel free to update.

Nov. 16: vs Buffalo at Toronto (Scotiabank Arena as part of an NCAA tripleheader)

Nov 28 - Dec 1: Advocare International Tournament at Orlando; 3 games in tournament consisting of Davidson, Fairfield, Marquette, Maryland, Temple, Texas A&M, USC)

[Nov/Dec]: at Cal


digamma
Masters Student
Posts 468
05-07-19 02:07 PM - Post#284255    

Looks like another trip to USF will be part of the Cal weekend.
HARVARDDADGRAD
Postdoc
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05-07-19 03:00 PM - Post#284263    

Nice, that was a tough loss last year at SF, even though the Crimson roster was still depleted.

Appears that Buffalo will be significantly depleted due to graduation and that USF with be without their PG and a few others as well.

The Advocare Invitational will be quite a tournament


HARVARDDADGRAD
Postdoc
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06-22-19 08:52 AM - Post#285300    

Cal game will be Dec 29 at Haas Pavilion
84grad
Junior
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07-11-19 01:00 PM - Post#285752    

Texas A&M in first round of Advocare Tournament. Buzz Williams’ new job. Winner plays winner of Maryland (top 10 team) vs. Temple. USC, Marquette, Davidson and Fairfield in other half of bracket.

I have my hotel reserved.
HARVARDDADGRAD
Postdoc
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07-11-19 08:46 PM - Post#285775    

Expect We'll spend Thankgiving in Boca this year and drive up. Some of my favorite restaurants are in Orlando.

Did you convince Mrs. 84 to join you on this one? Please send my regards.
84grad
Junior
Posts 277
07-12-19 06:33 AM - Post#285782    

Mrs. 84 is all in. She was at the Wooden two years ago. Just hoping the team has hired a food taster after that debacle.
HARVARDDADGRAD
Postdoc
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07-12-19 10:21 AM - Post#285792    

Awesome! If you like seafood try Big Fin on Sand Lake Road. Closer to Universal than Disney. Prefer it to Fishbones and Bonefish. High Tide Harry's near the airport is also great. Not a long drive (45 minutes) to beach - Cocoa Beach and Melbourne.

Texas A&M looks depleted and missed out on transfers. Aggies are in Costa Rica this summe getting valuable experience and extended pre-season practice.
84grad
Junior
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07-12-19 12:48 PM - Post#285805    

Searched for an Orlando Charlie’s Kitchen. No luck.
HARVARDDADGRAD
Postdoc
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07-12-19 02:17 PM - Post#285812    

Franchise opportunity? Let's discuss.
rbg
Postdoc
Posts 3060
07-16-19 08:45 PM - Post#285957    

UMass at Harvard on December 7th with a return game in Amherst next year.

https://www.bostonherald.com/2019/07/16/harvard-um ...

Nov. 16: vs Buffalo at Toronto
Nov 28: vs Texas A&M at Orlando Invitational
Nov 29: vs Maryland/Temple at Orlando Invitational
Dec 1: vs Davidson, Fairfield, Marquette or USC at Orlando Invitational
Dec 7: vs UMass
HARVARDDADGRAD
Postdoc
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07-16-19 09:08 PM - Post#285958    

Dec 29 at Cal
HARVARDDADGRAD
Postdoc
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07-18-19 11:54 PM - Post#286066    

Just read that UVM will visit Lavietes this season. In addition to UMass, will Harvard continue vs locals Holy Cross & Northeastern. How about GW or Howard? No noise about UConn, BC or BU?
Naismith
Sophomore
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07-19-19 09:22 PM - Post#286156    

Word around Boston is BC wants nothing to do with them until this class graduates.
rbg
Postdoc
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07-25-19 02:57 PM - Post#286298    

Siena at Harvard on Thursday November 14th

https://sienasaints.com/news/2019/7/25/siena- relea...

https://sienasaints.com/schedule.aspx?path=mbball

Vov 14: vs Siena
Nov 16: vs Buffalo at Toronto
Nov 28: vs Texas A&M at Orlando Invitational
Nov 29: vs Maryland/Temple at Orlando Invitational
Dec 1: vs Davidson, Fairfield, Marquette or USC at Orlando Invitational
Dec 7: vs UMass
Dec 29: at Cal
rbg
Postdoc
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07-30-19 10:47 AM - Post#286426    

Maine at Harvard on Sunday November 10th

11/10/19 vs Maine
11/14/19 vs Siena
11/16/19 vs Buffalo at Toronto
11/28/19 vs Texas A&M at Orlando Invitational
11/29/19 vs Maryland/Temple at Orlando Invitational
12/1/19 vs Davidson, Fairfield, Marquette or USC at Orlando Invitational
12/7/19 vs UMass
12/29/19 at Cal

2/7/20 at Yale
2/8/20 at Brown
3/6/20 vs Brown
3/7/20 vs Yale
westcoast
Senior
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07-30-19 03:09 PM - Post#286445    

Full schedule is now posted:

https://gocrimson.com/sports/mbkb/2019-20/s chedule
OnlyCrimsonBlood
Freshman
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07-31-19 11:58 AM - Post#286492    

29-2 Regular Season.

#5 Seed in the East (Albany)

Lose in 2nd Round of NCAA Tournament to the #4 Seed.

We lose to a team that simply outworked Harvard (from a hoops perspective) in the off season.

HARVARDDADGRAD
Postdoc
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07-31-19 01:18 PM - Post#286500    

Looks like Crimson has an underwhelming OOC schedule outside of the tournaments. Even West Coast trip with Cal, San Francisco and Cal Irvine is missing St. Mary's. Buffalo will be a shell of its former self. Have to assume staff tried to schedule tougher games but that no one wants any piece of us.

OnlyCrimsonBlood's 29-2 prediction must assume Crimson only lose in Orlando and maybe one other game. Not that far fetched, but requires consistency and strong transition to longer 3 pt line.

Regardless, when even a 26-5 regular season could be viewed as a disappointment then we are inhaling some rarefied air!
digamma
Masters Student
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07-31-19 04:24 PM - Post#286522    

I read UCI as being a home game.

Sure, we could be 29-2, but given past history, we could also play most of the Harvard faculty for November and December and come into Ivy play with 8 losses.
mobrien
Masters Student
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07-31-19 05:26 PM - Post#286543    

It's a little disappointing that we weren't able to get a few more Quad 1 OOC opportunities, but I think HarvardDadGrad is right: I imagine very few teams want to play us next year.

Aside from the Orlando tournament, there should still be a couple of pretty tough tests on that West Coast trip, though. UC-Irvine is 84th in Torvik's preseason projections, and San Francisco is 100th. So those will hopefully both be Quad 2 opportunities. Vermont also figures to be good, although it might not even be Quad 2 since it'll be at Lavietes.

We'd have to get *a lot* more consistent to dream of anything like 29-2, but the talent is certainly there.
HARVARDDADGRAD
Postdoc
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07-31-19 05:46 PM - Post#286544    

Not this year digamma.
Time to ride the horses.
Absent injuries, there will be experimenting, but not as much as in the past
Questions are where Ledlum fits and who backs up Lewis. Otherwise:
Aiken
Kirkwood
Bassey
Towns
Lewis

After that:
Juzang
Djuricic
Ledlum
Baker/Forbes/Welsh

Not sure where Haskett, Catchings & Sakota fit if everyone stays healthy

84grad
Junior
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07-31-19 08:07 PM - Post#286550    

Believe I saw a photo of Catchings on a crutch recently. Anyone know if he sustained an injury?

The starting lineup correctly identified by HDG is really impressive. Plenty of offense, a very good rim protector and 2 fantastic defenders in Kirkwood & Bassey. While Lewis is not a prolific rebounder, Towns, Bassey and Kirkwood are excellent in that aspect.

I am looking forward to seeing Kirkwood’s progression as a sophomore. He had 4 or 5 flaws in his game at the start of the year and he eliminated or significantly improved in all of them. By the end of the year, he was easily the second best player. Hope he can post up more (they tried that last year with the play call being “Ottawa” (not all that classified I guess)). That could help with his tendency to pick up offensive fouls. This kid has basketball IQ through the roof and not a lick of trash talk in him. With his work ethic, I fully expect him to come back as a significantly improved ball handler which will make him pretty unstoppable. I also think his passing ability will have a very positive effect on making sure Towns and Aiken function better together.

Let’s hope for a healthy season. Hope they get top 10 Maryland in Orlando and at least give them all they can handle.


84grad
Junior
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07-31-19 08:09 PM - Post#286551    

Good point. Hoping this team will finally have a clear edge over the faculty, even in November (unlike prior years).
HARVARDDADGRAD
Postdoc
Posts 2697
08-01-19 12:10 PM - Post#286588    

Personally, a little disappointed as there are no OOC contests convenient to the NYC area.

Also, looks like half the OOC games won’t be televised on ESPN(+). Likely some will be available thru a hosts streaming, but it’s going to take effort to catch this squad in person. Orlando here we come! A trip to DC for games on back to back afternoons vs GW and Howard is easily achievable.
H78
PhD Student
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H78
10-01-19 10:26 PM - Post#288127    

  • 84grad Said:
Mrs. 84 is all in. She was at the Wooden two years ago. Just hoping the team has hired a food taster after that debacle.


Very well put, '84.

Sorry not to be joining you for this one...
HARVARDDADGRAD
Postdoc
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10-03-19 02:37 PM - Post#288249    

Busting Brackets provides an in-depth overview of 2019-20 Crimson squad:
https://bustingbrackets.com/2019/09/30/harvard-ba s...

Far more knowledgeable than most pre-season pieces.

In addition to this upcoming season, highlights of Kirkwood, Ledlum and Sakota suggest that expectations of finishing near top of the league should continue after the graduation of the monster class. All 3 are around 6'5"- 6'6" and are versatile. With a center and PG (see Forbes + class of 2020), Amaker appears to have the pieces in place.

Of course, if Seth returns this upcoming season could be one of Harvard's best ever. 96.4% of minutes return + Ledlum/Sakota + Seth (hopefully).

Also, SB Nation is counting down its top 25 midmajors. 25-23 have been disclosed. Expect Penn and Harvard to be on list. Both likely influenced by expectations provided Betley and Towns.


HARVARDDADGRAD
Postdoc
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10-03-19 02:39 PM - Post#288250    

By the way, thinking of visiting Cambridge for weekend at Northeastern (Nov. 8) and hosting Maine (Nov 10). NE lists the Friday tipoff as 8pm but Harvard schedule reads 7pm. Anyone know which it is?
HARVARDDADGRAD
Postdoc
Posts 2697
10-20-19 09:23 PM - Post#288820    

KenPom finally out, Crimson at #75. Here what matchups look like and propective spreads assuming 3pt home court advantage:

Nov 5: vs MIT
Nov 8: at NE (#138)
Nov 10: vs Maine (#339)
Nov 14: vs Siena (#245)
Nov 16: NC Buffalo (#93)
Nov 22: at HC (#308)
Nov 28: Advocare vs Texas A&M (#58)
Nov 29: Advocare vs Maryland (#16) or Temple (#94)
Dec 1: Advocare vs one of Marquette (#17), USC (#48), Davidson (#61), or Fairfield (#278)
Dec 7: vs UMASS (#240)
Dec 21: at GW (#211)
Dec 22: at Howard (#341)
Dec 29: at Cal (#178)
Dec 30: at SF (#136)
Jan 4: vs UC Irvine (#111)

KP has Harvard as favorite in all OOC games except for Advocare International Tournament in Orlando over Thanksgiving.

KP also projects Harvard at 11-3 in Ivy regular season play.
HARVARDDADGRAD
Postdoc
Posts 2697
10-21-19 11:14 AM - Post#288840    

Note: decided to leave out spreads in prior post. Figured someone else must have better KenPom access.

Injuries have forced Amaker to experiment OOC in recent years. This year most seem healthy (thus far), with Seth likely on a gradual rehab and possibly limited minutes.

Of opening 6 games, NE and Buffalo seem like legit tests. If Crimson start strong, could be 6-0 heading into nationally televised Orlando game vs. Texas A&M. If we can win that game, possible matchup with #16 Maryland.

Would really like to see this squad challenge 2011-12 (26-5, 1 NCAA Win) and 2013-14 (27-5, 1 NCAA win) legacies. Would need consistency vs OOC (12-3?) including strong showing in Thanksgiving tournament(2 wins?) and dominating Ivy run (13-1 + Ivy Tournament). Real goal should be to get to Sweet 16!

Assuming Coach Amaker and the players have sights set at least this high!





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