2017–18 Harvard Crimson men's basketball team

2017–18 Harvard Crimson men's basketball
Ivy League Regular Season Co-Champions
NIT, First Round
ConferenceIvy League
Record18–14 (12–2 Ivy)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Brian DeStefano
  • Donny Guerinoni
  • Michael Sotsky
Home arenaLavietes Pavilion
2017–18 Ivy League men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
x-Harvard 12 2   .857 18 14   .563
x-Penn 12 2   .857 24 9   .727
Yale 9 5   .643 16 15   .516
Cornell 6 8   .429 12 16   .429
Princeton 5 9   .357 13 16   .448
Columbia 5 9   .357 8 19   .296
Brown 4 10   .286 11 16   .407
Dartmouth 3 11   .214 7 20   .259
2018 Ivy League Tournament winner
x – Ivy League co-champions

The 2017–18 Harvard Crimson men's basketball team represented Harvard University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Crimson, led by 11th-year head coach Tommy Amaker, played their home games at Lavietes Pavilion in Boston, Massachusetts as members of the Ivy League. They finished the season 18–14, 12–2 in Ivy League play to share the Ivy League regular season championship with Penn. As the No. 1 seed in the Ivy League tournament, they defeated Cornell in the semifinals before losing to Penn in the championship game. As a regular season league champion, and No. 1 seed in their league tournament, who failed to win their league tournament, they received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to Marquette.