Harvard Crimson women's basketball


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. The Crimson play home basketball games at the Lavietes Pavilion in Boston, Massachusetts near the university campus. They are the first team in NCAA basketball history to win in national tournament play as a #16 seed against a #1 seed.

History

Harvard has won the Ivy League eleven times, with four shared and seven won outright. 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.

Postseason appearances

The Crimson have reached the NCAA Tournament six times, 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. The historic win sent them into the Second Round, where they lost 82–64 to Arkansas.
1996First RoundVanderbiltL 83–100
1997First RoundNorth CarolinaL 53–78
1998First Round
Second Round		Stanford
Arkansas		W 71–67
L 64–82
2002First RoundNorth CarolinaL 58–85
2003First RoundKansas StateL 69–79
2007First RoundMarylandL 65–89