Boston College–Harvard men's basketball rivalry

Boston College–Harvard men's basketball rivalry
Statistics
Boston College Eagles Harvard Crimson
Sport	Men's basketball
First meeting	December 13, 1949
Latest meeting	November 18, 2023 Boston College 73, Harvard 64
Next meeting	TBD
Meetings total	48
All-time series	Boston College leads 34–14 (.708)
Largest victory	Boston College, 48 points (1989)
Longest win streak	Boston College, 10 (1978–1992)
Current win streak	Boston College, 1 (2023–present)

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Locations of Boston College and Harvard

The Boston College–Harvard men's basketball rivalry is an American college basketball rivalry between the Boston College Eagles basketball team of Boston College and Harvard Crimson basketball team of Harvard College. The two teams' geographical proximity has made the rivalry an intense one.

History

After many years of domination by Boston College, Harvard, led by coach Tommy Amaker, won every game it played against Boston College from 2008 to 2014. The 2008–09 Harvard team defeated No. 17 Boston College on January 7, 2009 for the first win over a ranked team in the program's history.^[1] The 2008–09 recruiting class was the first time an Ivy League institution was ranked in the top 25 by ESPN.^[2]^[3] The 2009–10 Harvard team also won their December 9 rematch with Boston College by a 74–67 margin.^[4] Despite this, the Eagles still hold the overall advantage in the rivalry.^{[citation needed]}

Results

Boston College victories	Harvard victories

No.	Date	Location	Winner	Score
1	December 13, 1949	Chestnut Hill, MA	Harvard	54–49
2	December 19, 1950	Boston, MA	Harvard	54–49
3	December 20, 1951	Boston, MA	Boston College	76–63
4	January 12, 1953	Chestnut Hill, MA	Harvard	73–70
5	February 10, 1954	Boston, MA	Boston College	73–52
6	February 8, 1955	Boston, MA	Boston College	73–70
7	February 25, 1956	Boston, MA	Harvard	93–74
8	February 13, 1957	Boston, MA	Harvard	101–86
9	January 30, 1958	Boston, MA	Boston College	65–60
10	February 4, 1959	Chestnut Hill, MA	Boston College	63–49
11	February 9, 1960	Boston, MA	Boston College	86–82
12	December 13, 1960	Chestnut Hill, MA	Boston College	88–61
13	December 6, 1962	Boston, MA	Boston College	57–45
14	December 15, 1964	Chestnut Hill, MA	Boston College	83–72
15	December 13, 1966	Boston, MA	Boston College	99–81
16	December 10, 1968	Chestnut Hill, MA	Boston College	91–77
17	December 8, 1970	Boston, MA	Boston College	73–71
18	January 8, 1973	Boston, MA	Harvard	77–67
19	December 14, 1973	Boston, MA	Boston College	68–65
20	December 7, 1974	Chestnut Hill, MA	Boston College	70–66
21	January 16, 1975	Boston, MA	Boston College	86–77
22	December 6, 1975	Boston, MA	Boston College	72–71
23	January 13, 1976	Boston, MA	Harvard	79–65
24	December 4, 1976	Chestnut Hill, MA	Boston College	75–71
25	December 3, 1977	Boston, MA	Harvard	79–65

No.	Date	Location	Winner	Score
26	December 16, 1978	Boston, MA	Boston College	86–83
27	December 28, 1978	Honolulu, HI	Boston College	86–83
28	February 1, 1980	Boston, MA	Boston College	74–62
29	December 4, 1986	Chestnut Hill, MA	Boston College	87–86
30	December 1, 1987	Boston, MA	Boston College	121–80
31	November 26, 1988	Chestnut Hill, MA	Boston College	70–54
32	December 12, 1989	Boston, MA	Boston College	114–66
33	December 8, 1990	Chestnut Hill, MA	Boston College	97–72
34	December 7, 1991	Boston, MA	Boston College	98–59
35	December 5, 1992	Chestnut Hill, MA	Boston College	96–57
36	November 18, 1998	Chestnut Hill, MA	Harvard	62–61
37	December 22, 2002	Chestnut Hill, MA	Boston College	84–77
38	December 22, 2005	Chestnut Hill, MA	No. 14 Boston College	89–55
39	January 7, 2009	Chestnut Hill, MA	Harvard	82–70
40	December 9, 2009	Chestnut Hill, MA	Harvard	74–67
41	January 5, 2011	Chestnut Hill, MA	Harvard	78–69
42	December 29, 2011	Chestnut Hill, MA	Harvard	78–69
43	December 4, 2012	Chestnut Hill, MA	No. 24 Harvard	67–46
44	January 1, 2014	Boston, MA	Harvard	73–58
45	January 14, 2015	Chestnut Hill, MA	Boston College	64–57^OT
46	November 22, 2015	Chestnut Hill, MA	Boston College	69–56
47	December 7, 2016	Chestnut Hill, MA	Harvard	74–66
48	November 18, 2023	Chestnut Hill, MA	Boston College	73–64
Series: Boston College leads 32–16

References

^ "Lin powers Harvard to rare upset over No. 24 BC". ESPN.com. 2009-01-07. Retrieved 2010-04-02.
^ Thamel, Pete (2008-03-02). "In a New Era at Harvard, New Questions of Standards". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-04-02.
^ "Tommy Amaker". Harvard University. Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2010-03-31.
^ "Harvard 74, Boston College 67". ESPN.com. 2009-12-09. Retrieved 2010-04-16.

v t e Boston College Eagles men's basketball
Venues	Roberts Center (1958–1988) Conte Forum (1988–present)
Rivalries	Boston University Harvard UMass
Culture & lore	Baldwin the Eagle "For Boston" 1978–79 point shaving scandal
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
<span style="color:white">Seasons</span>	1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–10 1910–11 1911–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24

v t e Harvard Crimson men's basketball
Venues	Malkin Athletic Center (1930–1982) Briggs Cage/Lavietes Pavilion (1982–present)
Rivalries	Boston College
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
<span style="color:#FFFFFF;">Seasons</span>	1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1942–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24

v t e Atlantic Coast Conference rivalries
Conference	O'Rourke–McFadden Trophy (Boston College–Clemson) Boston College–Syracuse Boston College–Virginia Tech Clemson–Florida State Clemson–Georgia Tech Textile Bowl (Clemson–NC State) Tobacco Road (Duke–North Carolina–NC State–Wake Forest) Duke–North Carolina basketball/overall (lacrosse) Victory Bell (Duke–North Carolina football) Duke–NC State Duke–Wake Forest Florida State–Miami Jefferson-Eppes Trophy (Florida State–Virginia) Georgia Tech–Virginia Tech Miami–Virginia Tech North Carolina–NC State overall (football) South's Oldest Rivalry (North Carolina–Virginia) North Carolina–Wake Forest NC State–Wake Forest Pittsburgh–Syracuse Syracuse–Virginia Virginia–Virginia Tech (overall, football, and men's basketball)
Non-conference	Alabama–Clemson Alabama–Georgia Tech Auburn–Clemson Auburn–Georgia Tech Boston College–Harvard (men's basketball) Boston College–Holy Cross Green Line Rivalry (Boston College–Boston U) Commonwealth Classic (Boston College–UMass basketball) Boston College–UMass Cincinnati–Louisville (overall) The Keg of Nails (Cincinnati–Louisville football) Clemson–Georgia Clemson–South Carolina Colgate–Syracuse Cornell–Syracuse (lacrosse) Duke–Maryland (men's basketball) City Game (Duquesne–Pittsburgh) East Carolina–NC State Florida–Florida State (football) Florida–Florida State (men's basketball) Florida–Florida State (baseball) Florida–Miami (football) Florida–Miami (baseball) Florida Cup (Florida–Florida State–Miami) Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate (Georgia–Georgia Tech) Georgia Tech–Tennessee Georgia Tech–Vanderbilt Hobart–Syracuse (lacrosse) Indiana–Notre Dame (men's soccer) Johns Hopkins–Syracuse (lacrosse) Johns Hopkins–Virginia (lacrosse) Kentucky–Louisville overall Governor's Cup (Kentucky–Louisville football) Kentucky–North Carolina (men's basketball) Louisville–Memphis Maryland–Virginia (football) Maryland–Virginia (lacrosse) Maryland–Virginia (men's soccer) Miami–Nebraska North Carolina–South Carolina Notre Dame–UCLA (men's basketball) Notre Dame–UConn (women's basketball) Penn State–Pittsburgh Penn State–Syracuse Backyard Brawl (Pittsburgh–West Virginia) Syracuse–UConn (overall) Syracuse–West Virginia Duel at the Diamond (VCU–Virginia baseball) VMI–Virginia Tech Virginia Tech–West Virginia
Notre Dame football rivalries	Boston College–Notre Dame Florida State–Notre Dame Georgia Tech–Notre Dame North Carolina–Notre Dame Miami–Notre Dame Notre Dame–Pittsburgh

Ivy League rivalries

Conference

Non-conference

Ocean State Cup (Brown–Bryant–Providence–Rhode Island)
Brown–Rhode Island
Boston College–Harvard (basketball)
Colgate–Cornell
Liberty Cup (Columbia–Fordham)
Cornell–Hobart (lacrosse)
Cornell–Syracuse (lacrosse)
Dartmouth–New Hampshire (overall)
Dartmouth–New Hampshire (football)
Battle of 33rd Street (Drexel–Penn)
Beanpot (Boston College–Boston University–Harvard–Northeastern)
Johns Hopkins–Princeton (lacrosse)
Philadelphia Big 5 (Drexel–La Salle–Penn–Saint Joseph's–Temple–Villanova)
Princeton–Rutgers
Battle of Whitney Avenue (Quinnipiac–Yale)
Connecticut Ice (Connecticut–Quinnipiac–Sacred Heart–Yale)

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