http://www.yardbarker.com/colleges/harvard_crimson/229 Recent articles about Harvard Crimson en-us Harvard's Siyani Chambers not only lost his Cinderella dream on Saturday to Arizona, but also half of his tooth with an elbow to the face. Sat, 23 Mar 2013 20:14:51 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/harvards_siyani_chambers_loses_half_his_tooth_after_elbow_to_the_face/13218100 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/harvards_siyani_chambers_loses_half_his_tooth_after_elbow_to_the_face/13218100 Harvard’s Siyani Chambers loses half his tooth after elbow to the face http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/articles/harvards_siyani_chambers_loses_half_his_tooth_after_elbow_to_the_face/13218100 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png Harvard point guard Siyani Chambers had a double-whammy on Saturday. Not only was his Crimson getting thumped by the No. 6 seed Arizona Wildcats in the NCAA Tournament, but he also lost part of a tooth after getting hit in the mouth early in the second half by Arizona’s Kevin Parrom: Chambers had a look of serious concern on his face after having his tooth chipped, and didn’t handle it quite like Brad Waldow of Saint Mary’s when something similar happened to him last week. Luckily for Chambers, teammate Christian Webster was able to find the piece that was chipped off and handed it over: GIF via SB Nation Related posts: Saint Mary’s F Brad Waldow has tooth knocked out, tries to hand it to coaches (Video) Wife says Mike Tyson lost a tooth after being headbutted by his tiger Aaron Brooks breaks tooth diving for loose ball (Video) Sat, 23 Mar 2013 20:11:54 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/harvards_siyani_chambers_chips_tooth_after_getting_hit_in_mouth/13218103 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/harvards_siyani_chambers_chips_tooth_after_getting_hit_in_mouth/13218103 Harvard’s Siyani Chambers chips tooth after getting hit in mouth http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/articles/harvards_siyani_chambers_chips_tooth_after_getting_hit_in_mouth/13218103 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/c/d/cd372f029cc2e11f74f475a7036257ebcfda04ce/mini/harvard-tooth-1.jpg Talk about revenge of the nerds! Bill Gates is, like, the coolest guy on the planet. ''Big Bang Theory'' is the highest-rated show on television. And, in the strangest twist of all, Harvard is getting ready for the next round of the NCAA tournament. Being a geek has never been hipper. Those brainiacs from the Ivy League whipped up big, burly New Mexico 68-62, taking down a third-seeded squad that went into the tournament as a trendy Final Four pick. Time to reassess the world order. Go with Harvard in their next game against Arizona on Saturday, no matter how big of a mismatch it seems on paper. Forget points per game and turnover-to-assist ratios. Looking at SAT scores and grade-point averages. My only regret is that MIT didn't get an invitation to the 68-team field. I don't even know if they have a basketball team, but if they did, I'd be picking them as well. Full disclosure: My 14-year-old son is a total nerd. Revels in the title, actually. Was voted ''Most Likel Fri, 22 Mar 2013 20:54:58 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/revenge_of_the_nerds_harvard_moves_on_at_ncaas/13211626 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/revenge_of_the_nerds_harvard_moves_on_at_ncaas/13211626 Revenge of the nerds: Harvard moves on at NCAAs http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/articles/revenge_of_the_nerds_harvard_moves_on_at_ncaas/13211626 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png SALT LAKE CITY Lin-sanity is taken. How about Siyan-sational? Already the most decorated freshman point guard in Harvard history, Siyani Chambers said he has learned a lot about leading a team from watching and hearing coaches talk about Jeremy Lin, whose tweet celebrating the Crimsons stunning upset of No. 3 seed New Mexico in the NCAA West regional Thursday included a picture of him in a sleeveless Harvard basketball T-shirt and his hands arranged as 3-point goggles. Lins message: YYYYYEEEEESSSSSSSSS!!! HARVARD winssss!!! hahahahhah i told you. Chambers was more subdued in triumph, but his five points and seven assists came at critical times in the Crimsons first-ever NCAA tournament victory, which set up a game against No. 6 seed Arizona on Saturday. He has shown leadership usually reserved for elders, teammates say. Chambers said that is his personality -- and also Lin rubbing off. "I didnt really follow him much at Harvard, but when he started playing for the Knicks and he started blowing up . Fri, 22 Mar 2013 20:15:35 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/lin_20_fab_frosh_chambers_harvards_leader/13211488 http://network.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/lin_20_fab_frosh_chambers_harvards_leader/13211488 Lin 2.0? Fab frosh Chambers Harvard's leader http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/articles/lin_20_fab_frosh_chambers_harvards_leader/13211488 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/5/e/5e7c51c418e5a83b81a486d1e5b0a10f4c357a9a/mini/6879418.jpg The Harvard Crimson may have won an NCAA Tourney basketball game, but those four Quiz Bowl titles? Gone with the wind, thanks to a cheating scandal. Fri, 22 Mar 2013 12:40:18 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/great_night_leads_to_tough_morning_harvard_stripped_of_four_quiz_bowl_championships/13207804 http://network.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/great_night_leads_to_tough_morning_harvard_stripped_of_four_quiz_bowl_championships/13207804 Great night leads to tough morning: Harvard stripped of four Quiz Bowl championships http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/articles/great_night_leads_to_tough_morning_harvard_stripped_of_four_quiz_bowl_championships/13207804 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png Jeremy Lin, the Houston Rockets guard and the man who spawned “Linsanity” (which, from what I understand, sadly will not be properly recognized as a legitimate mental disorder in the DSM-5), attended Harvard, starring on the fine learning institution’s basketball team. So, you can only imagine Lin’s excitement on Thursday night as he watched his beloved 14th-seeded Harvard Crimson outplay, upset and upend the 3rd-seeded New Mexico Lobos by a score of 68-62 on the opening night of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. It was Harvard’s first NCAA Tournament victory, so people all over the world far more intelligent and successful — oh, much more successful — than you or I likely were relishing the win. Among those ecstatic folks was Lin, who took to Twitter to express and articulate the joy he was experiencing over the monumental upset. Lin broke out the “three goggles” to illustrate how happy he was over the outcome: Not only that, Lin also offered up a tweet containing a writing s... Fri, 22 Mar 2013 09:45:13 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/jeremy_lin_busts_out_the_three_goggles_to_celebrate_harvards_tourney_win_pic/13206244 http://network.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/jeremy_lin_busts_out_the_three_goggles_to_celebrate_harvards_tourney_win_pic/13206244 Jeremy Lin busts out the ‘three goggles’ to celebrate Harvard’s Tourney win (pic) http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/articles/jeremy_lin_busts_out_the_three_goggles_to_celebrate_harvards_tourney_win_pic/13206244 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/9/e/9e14188aeb31ddc071257cfa73fd07e08b29833c/mini/6906226.jpg For all the Linsanity in the world, Jeremy Lin never did this. The former Harvard star watched his alma mater make history Thursday night as the No. 14 Crimson upset No. 3 New Mexico. Not only did Harvard take down a team that many people expected to go the Final Four, but the boys from Cambridge also notched the Ivy League school’s first tournament win ever. Lin was understandably excited after the win. YYYYYEEEEESSSSSSSSS!!! HARVARD winssss!!! hahahahhah i told you.... #threepointgoggles #bracketbusters http://t.co/ZlpqTFCPtM— Jeremy Lin (@JLin7) March 22, 2013 Harvard was a strong 8-for-18 from behind the arc, with Laurent Rivard sinking five of his nine 3-pointers. Siyani Chambers had seven assists in the win. Lin was at the beginning of what has now become a Harvard hoops renaissance under new coach Tommy Amaker. He averaged 17.8 points, 5.5 rebounds and 4.3 assists his junior year, then 16.4 points, 4.4 rebounds and 4.4 assists his senior year. He did not, however, ever shoot ... Fri, 22 Mar 2013 08:17:47 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/jeremy_lin_sends_out_euphoric_tweet_after_harvard_upsets_new_mexico_in_ncaa_tournament/13205617 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/jeremy_lin_sends_out_euphoric_tweet_after_harvard_upsets_new_mexico_in_ncaa_tournament/13205617 Jeremy Lin Sends Out Euphoric Tweet After Harvard Upsets New Mexico in NCAA Tournament http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/articles/jeremy_lin_sends_out_euphoric_tweet_after_harvard_upsets_new_mexico_in_ncaa_tournament/13205617 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png Let's hear it for the Ivy League. Harvard's victory over New Mexico on Thursday gave the Crimson their first NCAA tournament win and added another chapter to the conference's Cinderella history. Enjoy it while it lasts because if history is any indication, it will be a short stay for the Crimson. For now, we'll celebrate the moment with the top tourney highlights for each Ivy League school. Brown Well ... sorry, there isn't much tournament history to be proud of in Rhode Island. Brown has made the tournament twice, the last time in 1986, and is 0-2. Only one player, Jim Turner against Syracuse in '86, has reached double figures in tourney play for the Bears ... in a 101-52 loss. Columbia You have to jump back to 1968 to find Columbia's best moment. Heyward Dotson scored 32 points as Columbia clocked La Sale 83-69 in a second-round game. The Lions went on to beat Bob Lanier-led St. Bonaventure, 95-75, in a third-place game. In all, the Lions have made three tournament appearances Fri, 22 Mar 2013 03:40:17 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/ivy_leagues_top_tourney_moments/13205098 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/ivy_leagues_top_tourney_moments/13205098 Ivy League's top tourney moments http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/articles/ivy_leagues_top_tourney_moments/13205098 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png Harvard is planning to build a new basketball arena by 2022 and also renovate the nation's oldest football stadium. The Harvard Crimson, the school's student newspaper, reported that the school revealed the plans during a neighborhood meeting on Thursday night. Harvard's Lavietes Pavillion, the basketball teams' home since 1982, now holds 2,195 seats. It is the second-smallest in the Ivy League to Dartmouth's. Jeremy Gibson, an associate athletic director, said at a Harvard-Allston Task Force meeting would be built between 2017 and 2022. Harvard basketball has seen an increase in attention with its first NCAA tournament berth since 1946. Alumnus Jeremy Lin was a national sensation with the New York Knicks before signing with the Houston Rockets as a free agent this offseason. But this fall the team's co-captains were forced to withdraw from school in connection with a cheating scandal that may have involved as many as 125 students. Fri, 12 Oct 2012 17:30:56 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/harvard_plans_to_build_new_basketball_arena/11946949 http://network.yardbarker.com/nba/article_external/harvard_plans_to_build_new_basketball_arena/11946949 Harvard plans to build new basketball arena http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/articles/harvard_plans_to_build_new_basketball_arena/11946949 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png Harvard President Drew Faust said Wednesday that athletes should not be singled out for blame in what is believed to be the largest cheating scandal in the school's history. Nor are they being treated any differently in the investigation, she added. ''It is not about one student group,'' Faust said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press. ''It's not confined to any one student group.'' In her first interview on the subject since the school revealed that as many as 125 students in a single class may have shared answers on a final exam, Faust said the ''allegations go to the core of what is most valuable to us.'' Harvard announced last month that it was investigating similarities in the answers that more than 100 students submitted on an open-book, take-home final. Federal privacy laws prohibit the school from identifying the students or even the class, but published reports have said the class is an upper-level government class called '& Thu, 13 Sep 2012 19:02:25 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/harvard_prez_finally_makes_statement/11706598 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/harvard_prez_finally_makes_statement/11706598 Harvard prez finally makes statement http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/articles/harvard_prez_finally_makes_statement/11706598 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png Harvard basketball co-captain Kyle Casey plans to withdraw from school amid a cheating scandal that also may involve other athletes, according to several reports. Sports Illustrated and the Harvard Crimson reported Tuesday that Casey, a senior, would withdraw in an attempt to preserve a year of eligibility once the issue is resolved. Co-captain Brandyn Curry also has been implicated in the scandal and is weighing his options, his father told the magazine. The Boston Herald reported Curry also is expected to withdraw from classes. The school is looking into whether at least 125 undergraduates cheated by working together on a take-home final exam in the spring. The Crimson reported that other athletes, including football players are also among those implicated. Hartford spokesman Tim Williamson declined to comment on Tuesday. Tue, 11 Sep 2012 16:19:35 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/reports_harvard_captain_to_withdraw_from_school/11685922 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/reports_harvard_captain_to_withdraw_from_school/11685922 Reports: Harvard captain to withdraw from school http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/articles/reports_harvard_captain_to_withdraw_from_school/11685922 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png Last year's basketball buzz around the Harvard campus revolved around Linsanity, as proud Crimson alum Jeremy Lin took the NBA by storm. Heading into the 2012-13 college basketball season, however, the publicity surrounding the program is taking a turn for the worse. According to SI.com, star basketball player and co-captain Kyle Casey is going to leave school in the wake of a cheating scandal. In August, Harvard's dean of undergraduate education Jay Harris sent out a letter to the students, which included the following excerpt: "I am writing to alert you to deeply disturbing allegations of academic dishonesty involving a... Tue, 11 Sep 2012 09:27:17 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/report_kyle_casey_to_leave_harvard_miss_entire_basketball_season_in_wake_of_cheating_scandal/11681998 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/report_kyle_casey_to_leave_harvard_miss_entire_basketball_season_in_wake_of_cheating_scandal/11681998 Report: Kyle Casey to leave Harvard http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/articles/report_kyle_casey_to_leave_harvard_miss_entire_basketball_season_in_wake_of_cheating_scandal/11681998 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/5/5/55877086b0ba57203aaf80b8e1b99f93936e2e99/mini/casey.jpg As Harvard's Wesley Saunders stood in front of a white board holding a green marker Wednesday, his teammates roared in laughter. They were playing hangman in the locker room before the 12th-seeded Crimson's practice in preparation for their first game of the NCAA tournament ,Thursday against No. 5 seed Vanderbilt. The word Saunders had chosen for his teammates to guess was pulchritudinous, only he thought the 15-letter word was spelled "pulchritunous" and, therefore, did not include the two additional needed letter blanks to spell it correctly. When Saunders' teammates realized his error, they hooted and made him stand next to the misspelled word so they could take his photograph with their cell phones. "It was close," said Saunders, a freshman guard. "Don't ask me what it means." Sanders's teammates rightfully laughed off his mistake. But the rest of the Ivy League and former Harvard coaches don't find it at all funny that coach Tommy Amaker denies the school has lowered its academic standards for basketball recruits. After firing Frank Sullivan in 2007 and hiring Amaker, Harvard is in its first NCAA tournament since 1946. And while the Crimson (26-4) have reached unprecedented heights this season, they have done so controversially. "They clearly made things easier for the new staff," said a former Ivy League assistant coach, who spoke only on the condition of anonymity. Yet despite a report in The New York Times four years ago in which athletic director Bob Scalise admitted the Crimson were pursuing recruits with lesser academic credentials, Amaker steadfastly denied Wednesday that his program's academic standards have changed. "Our standards are incredibly high and challenging as they always have been," said Amaker, who has a 92-55 record at Harvard. "I can't imagine that ever changing at Harvard." But Harvard has changed its academic standards under Amaker, who came to the Crimson after being fired at Michigan. His hypocrisy is a source of angst in the increasingly high-stakes Ivy League, which since Amaker's arrival at Harvard has had every other men's basketball job change except for at Yale. The eight schools in the conference do not give athletic scholarships. To be admitted, a recruit must meet a minimum on the Academic Index, a tool that provides a score based on grade-point average, class rank and standardized test scores. Until this past summer, when the AI minimum was raised to 176, the lowest acceptable score had been 171. But during Sullivan's 16-year tenure, Harvard had more stringent academic standards. According to The Times, the team's average AI had to be 202, essentially meaning Sullivan could not recruit a player with an AI less than 195. Harvard's change in its academic standards became evident during Amaker's second season, in which he briefly had a Top 25 recruiting class nationally, the first in the history of the Ivy League. It ended up not being as highly touted after center Frank Ben-Eze, who did not have the then-AI minimum of 171, changed his mind about his commitment to the Crimson. Harvard, however, still landed star senior forward Keith Wright and guard Max Kenyi, both of whom had AI scores that were less than the Crimson's standards under Sullivan, according to The Times. Kenyi left the program in October 2010, while Wright averages 10.7 points and a team-best 8.1 rebounds. "The new staff was definitely able to recruit a different type player than the old one," the former Ivy League assistant coach said. When Andrew Van Nest arrived as part of Amaker's much-publicized recruiting class four years ago, the injury-plagued senior forward said he thought his AI was in the 215 to 220 range. Back then, he said, there were other Harvard players on the roster who had AI scores in the 235 to 240 range. "No matter what people say that it slipped, these kids deserve to be here," Van Nest said of his current teammates. Van Nest marveled at Harvard now having major college-basketball size and versatility in players such as the 6-foot-5 Saunders, a Top 100 recruit nationally coming out of Los Angeles who can defend almost every position. "It's absolutely mind-blowing," Van Nest said. "It just keeps getting better and better." Saunders, who had scholarship offers from USC, Colorado and San Diego State, said he did not know his AI. Nor did starting sophomore guard Laurent Rivard, Harvard's 3-point specialist and third-leading scorer at 9.7 points per game. "I don't even know what that is," Rivard said. When asked Wednesday for his team's AI average, Amaker declined to provide it. "Oh, we don't get into that publicly, but ours is as high as anyone because of what it is with Harvard," he said. With that, Amaker retreated into his team's locker room, where earlier his players had still been harassing Saunders about his misspelling of pulchritudinous and him not knowing its meaning. "Look it up on your phone," junior guard Dee Giger said. "You've got a smart phone for a reason, you dummy." Saunders followed Giger's advice and proudly read the definition of pulchritudinous to his teammates. "Characterized by or having great physical beauty," Saunders said. The definition of Harvard is its pristine academic reputation. But when it comes to its men's basketball team, there is a different meaning for that standard. Thu, 15 Mar 2012 05:18:33 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/academic_questions_remain_for_harvard/10316404 http://network.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/article_external/academic_questions_remain_for_harvard/10316404 Academic questions remain for Harvard http://www.yardbarker.com/college_basketball/articles/academic_questions_remain_for_harvard/10316404 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png