The Legacy of Tommy Holt (NCAA Basketball 10)

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Harvard Hires New Basketball Head Coach



CAMBRIDGE, MA - Today marks the day of a new era in terms of Harvard men's basketball. Tommy Amaker left for an assistant coaching position within Division I. Last year the Harvard Crimson went 8-22, a rather disappointing season for the Crimson.
Tommy Holt, 35 years old, has been named the new coach for the 2009-10 season. He has been the head coach at the Division II school Slippery Rock University for 10 years. He graduated from Duquesne University in 1995. While at Duquesne he was the star guard. He helped lead the Dukes to several NCAA tournament appearances while playing for Duquesne. At Slippery Rock, he turned the program around. Slippery Rock had a very lack luster program for several years prior to the arrival of Tommy Holt. After 4 years Tommy Holt managed to get his first winning season while at Slippery Rock. He continued to have strong winning seasons up until his departure after this previous season. During his 10 year tenure Tommy Holt managed to win 3 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference championships.
Tommy Holt now looks to turn around yet another program. Harvard is coming off of a tough year. The Crimson have some promise though. There are 4 sophomores in the starting lineup. Holt looks to give the Crimson at least a 10 win season. It is going to be a difficult road ahead, but Holt has accomplished a difficult feat before and has confidence that he can do it again.

Up Next: Top 25 and Ivy League Prediction



Table of Contents:
2009-10
2010-11

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--Coaching Career--

2009-2010
School: Harvard Crimson
Preseason Rank: #301 (RPI: #299)
Record: 24-6 (13-1 Ivy League)
Conference Finish: Ivy League Champion
Postseason: NCAA Tournament First Round (East Regional #16)
Final Ranking: #177 (RPI: #22)
Player Honors: SF Peter Boehm (2nd Team All-Conference)

2010-2011
School: Harvard Crimson
Preseason Rank: #180 (RPI: #22)
Record: 3-1 (0-0 Ivy League)
Conference Finish:
Postseason:
Final Ranking:
Player Honors:

Career Statistics:
Overall Record: 27-7 (.794)
Winning Seasons: 1
Record vs. Top 25: 0-2 (.000)
Record vs. Rivals: 6-0 (1.000)
Conference Titles: 1
NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1
NCAA Tournament Record: 0-1 (.000)
Sweet Sixteens: 0
Elite Eights: 0
Final Fours: 0
National Titles: 0

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NCAA Preseason Top 25
1. Kansas
2. Michigan State
3. Texas
4. Villanova
5. North Carolina
6. Purdue
7. Kentucky
8. California
9. Duke
10. Tennessee
11. Butler
12. West Virginia
13. Georgia Tech
14. Minnesota
15. Syracuse
16. Ohio State
17. Oklahoma
18. Connecticut
19. Dayton
20. Maryland
21. Oklahoma State
22. Michigan
23. Washington
24. Georgetown
25. Illinois

Ivy League Conference Prediction
1. Cornell
2. Harvard
3. Dartmouth
4. Penn
5. Brown
6. Princeton
7. Yale
8. Columbia

Up Next: Schedule and Roster

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Harvard Roster

Harvard Crimson Depth Chart - 2009-10
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
PG	Jeremy Lin (79) Sr.	Oliver McNally (71) So.	Dan McGeary (67) Sr.
SG	Max Kenyi (74) So.
SF	Peter Boehm (74) So.	Hugh Martin (61) So.
PF	Keith Wright (77) So.	Doug Miller (65) Sr.	Pat Magnarelli (60) Sr.	Andrew Van Nest (60) So.
C	Peter Swiatek (68) So.

The Harvard Crimson have a rather interesting set up this year. They are lacking back ups for SG and C. However, a surplus of PG and PF can help fill in these spots. Experts are saying that the bench is weak and can cause the starters to have to play a lot of minutes. The starters are very good but 5 players do not make a team. The bench is really going to have to come through if the Crimson are going to try and make a run throughout the season.

Harvard Schedule

Harvard Crimson 2009-10 Schedule
DATE	OPPONENT	RESULT
Nov 5	vs UC Riverside	76-50 W
Nov 13	at IPFW	70-59 W
Nov 18	vs Hofstra	80-82 L/OT
Nov 20	vs Ball State	78-73 W
Nov 23	at Niagara University	70-73 L
Nov 25	vs Lafayette	81-50 W
Nov 29	vs New Orleans	73-46 W
Dec 5	vs TCU	62-54 W
Dec 8	vs Northern Iowa	65-49 W
Dec 10	at Northwestern	69-48 W
Dec 11	at UNC Greensboro	89-67 W
Dec 17	at Pepperdine	65-73 L
Dec 18	at Central Connecticut	76-84 L/OT
Dec 28	at A&M Corpus Christi	83-57 W
Dec 30	vs Cal Poly	70-52 W
Jan 1	at Princeton	71-57 W
Jan 8	at Columbia	69-49 W
Jan 9	at Yale	80-60 W
Jan 11	vs Dartmouth	53-61 L
Jan 26	vs Yale	82-69 W
Jan 27	at Brown	78-74 W
Jan 29	vs Cornell	68-55 W
Jan 31	vs Brown	79-67 W
Feb 4	vs Princeton	61-57 W
Feb 16	vs Columbia	88-57 W
Feb 18	at Dartmouth	75-67 W
Feb 19	vs Penn	75-60 W
Feb 25	at Cornell	65-51 W
Feb 26	at Penn	87-53 W
Mar 19	at East #1 Kentucky	81-93 L

Denotes Conference Games
Denotes NCAA Tournament Games
Denotes Rivalry Week Games
Strength of Schedule: **

Up Next: vs UC Riverside (0-0)

[pfeifere1]

It's great to see this going! Good luck in the Ivy League with Linsanity!

edit: if you want a REAL challenge you should schedule Manhattan

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vs.

UC Riverside Highlanders at Harvard Crimson
Nov 5, 2009	1ST	2ND	SCORE
UC Riverside (0-1 (0-0))	20	30	50
Harvard (1-0 (0-0))	33	43	76

UC Riverside Highlanders
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Konner Veteto	23	3/8	0/0	0/0	10	0	0	0	0	6
Kyle Austin	31	6/14	0/0	4/4	2	4	0	0	1	16
Larry Gurganious	13	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Brandon Dowdy	20	2/4	0/1	1/2	0	2	1	0	2	5
Javon Borum	27	4/9	0/1	2/3	2	1	0	0	2	10
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Sean Cunningham	24	3/5	0/2	1/1	3	2	1	0	2	7
Bryson Hampton	26	3/10	0/0	0/0	2	0	0	0	1	6
Rudy Meo	7	0/2	0/1	0/0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Kyle Clark	4	0/1	0/0	0/0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jalonni Diggs	--	Did	Not	Play	--
Cleavon Barlow	--	Did	Not	Play	--
David Chavarria	--	Did	Not	Play	--
TEAM TOTALS		21/53 (40%)	0/5 (0%)	8/10 (80%)	20	11	2	0	9	50

Harvard Crimson
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Peter Swiatek	25	3/9	0/0	0/0	9	2	0	1	2	6
Keith Wright	22	3/6	0/0	2/2	3	2	0	1	0	8
Peter Boehm	30	6/12	1/5	4/4	2	2	0	0	0	17
Max Kenyi	30	6/7	1/1	2/2	1	1	1	0	0	15
Jeremy Lin	31	6/9	1/3	0/0	3	2	1	0	2	13
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Oliver McNally	9	3/3	1/1	2/2	4	2	0	0	0	9
Doug Miller	18	3/5	0/0	0/0	2	0	0	3	1	6
Dan McGreary	1	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pat Magnarelli	1	0/0	0/0	0/0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Andrew Van Nest	11	1/3	0/0	0/0	4	1	0	1	0	2
Hugh Martin	1	0/0	0/0	0/0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TEAM TOTALS		31/54 (57%)	4/10 (40%)	10/10 (100%)	29	12	2	6	5	76

Player of the Game: Peter Swiatek - 6 pts, 9 reb, 1 blk

CAMBRIDGE, MA - Harvard is one of many teams to start play on the first day of the NCAA basketball season. Today marks the beginning of the Tommy Holt era. UC Riverside from the Big West were the Crimson's opponents. The game was close for about 5 minutes into the first half. Then the Harvard shooters started to get warmed up. Boehme and Lin were leading the Crimson towards a double digit lead going into halftime. The second half was even more domination by Harvard. UC Riverside would be held scoreless for several minutes at a time. Harvard at times would push the ball down the floor but often conformed to the half-court pace that UC Riverside was running. Either way, the Crimson managed to score on several possessions. One weakness that was made obvious today was the amount of minutes that the starters are going to be collecting. 3 of the 5 starters played for 30 minutes in the game today. This could be rough later in the season, especially during conference play. Only time will tell what side effects this might have for Harvard. Regardless, today was a great win for Harvard and a great start to the Tommy Holt Era.

Up Next: at. IPFW (0-0)

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Quote: Originally Posted by pfeifere1

It's great to see this going! Good luck in the Ivy League with Linsanity! edit: if you want a REAL challenge you should schedule Manhattan

Haha maybe I can schedule them next year. I went with the default schedule. If a coach were coming in odds are they wouldn't get the chance to schedule because it would already be finalized. That was my mentality. Linsanity worked out alright for me in the first game. I wanna try to get more assists out of him though. I kind of lacked in the assists.

[baccVols]

Good luck!!!! The more college hoops the better