Harvard Crimson women's basketball

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Harvard Crimson
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University Harvard University
Head coach Carrie Moore (3rd season)
Conference Ivy League
Location Boston, Massachusetts
Arena Lavietes Pavilion
Nickname Crimson
ColorsCrimson, white, and black [1]
     
Uniforms
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NCAA tournament second round
1998
NCAA tournament appearances
1996, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2007
Conference regular season champions
1986, 1988, 1991, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008

The Harvard Crimson women's basketball team is the intercollegiate women's basketball program representing Harvard University. The school competes in the Ivy League in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The Crimson play home basketball games at the Lavietes Pavilion in Boston, Massachusetts near the university campus. [2] They are the first team in NCAA basketball history to win in national tournament play as a #16 seed against a #1 seed.

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History

Harvard has won the Ivy League eleven times, with four shared (1986, 1988, 2005, and 2008) and seven won outright (1991, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2003, and 2007). Harvard has lost twice in a playoff to determine the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, losing 75–61 to Dartmouth in 2005 and losing to Dartmouth 68–62 in 2008. [3] [4] [5]

SeasonRecordConference RecordCoach
1974–7510–5n/aJohn McCarthy
1975–769–101–5John McCarthy
1976–7718–35–1Carole Kleinfelder
1977–7813–104–3Carole Kleinfelder
1978–7917–115–2Carole Kleinfelder
1979–8012–143–4Carole Kleinfelder
1980–818–181–6Carole Kleinfelder
1981–824–212–4Carole Kleinfelder
1982–837–173–9Kathy Delaney-Smith
1983–843–222–10Kathy Delaney-Smith
1984–858–182–10Kathy Delaney-Smith
1985–8620–79–3Kathy Delaney-Smith
1986–8713–138–6Kathy Delaney-Smith
1987–8821–512–2Kathy Delaney-Smith
1988–8915–119–5Kathy Delaney-Smith
1989–9014–129–5Kathy Delaney-Smith
1990–9117–912–2Kathy Delaney-Smith
1991–9214–1211–3Kathy Delaney-Smith
1992–9316–911–3Kathy Delaney-Smith
1993–947–194–10Kathy Delaney-Smith
1994–9519–711–3Kathy Delaney-Smith
1995–9620–713–1Kathy Delaney-Smith
1996–9720–714–0Kathy Delaney-Smith
1997–9823–512–2Kathy Delaney-Smith
1998–9910–157–7Kathy Delaney-Smith
1999-0016–109–5Kathy Delaney-Smith
2000–0112–159–5Kathy Delaney-Smith
2001–0222–613–1Kathy Delaney-Smith
2002–0322–514–0Kathy Delaney-Smith
2003–0416–119–5Kathy Delaney-Smith
2004–0520–812–2Kathy Delaney-Smith
2005–0612–158–6Kathy Delaney-Smith
2006–0715–1313–1Kathy Delaney-Smith
2007–0818–1111–3Kathy Delaney-Smith
2008–0919–1011–3Kathy Delaney-Smith
2009–1020–911–3Kathy Delaney-Smith
2010–1118–1010–4Kathy Delaney-Smith
2011–1218–1210–4Kathy Delaney-Smith
2012–1321–911–3Kathy Delaney-Smith
2013–1422–811–3Kathy Delaney-Smith
2014–1514–147–7Kathy Delaney-Smith
2015–1614–149–5Kathy Delaney-Smith
2016–17 21–98–6Kathy Delaney-Smith
2017–18 18–1110–4Kathy Delaney-Smith
2018–19 17–139–5Kathy Delaney-Smith
2019–2015–126–8Kathy Delaney-Smith
2021–2213–147–7Kathy Delaney-Smith
2022–23 20–129–5 Carrie Moore
2023–24 16–129–5Carrie Moore

Postseason appearances

The Crimson have reached the NCAA Tournament six times (1996, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2003, and 2007), with one postseason win in 1998 over Stanford 71–67. To date, this is the only time a #16 seed has beaten a #1 seed in women's NCAA Tournament history (In men's basketball, the UMBC Retrievers became the first to do so, 20 years later). The historic win sent them into the Second Round (only reached one other time in Ivy League history), where they lost 82–64 to Arkansas.

YearSeedRoundOpponentResult
1996 #14First Round#3 VanderbiltL 83–100
1997 #16First Round#1 North CarolinaL 53–78
1998 #16First Round
Second Round		#1 Stanford
#9 Arkansas		W 71–67
L 64–82
2002 #13First Round#4 North CarolinaL 58–85
2003 #14First Round#3 Kansas StateL 69–79
2007 #15First Round#2 MarylandL 65–89

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