in school history. In addition, Harvard received preseason votes in the AP Poll, marking the fourth straight season it received votes at some point in the year. The team's schedule included power conference opponents Boston College (ACC), Utah (Pac-12) and Connecticut (Big East) as well as a possible second-round Battle 4 Atlantis match against Florida State (ACC). Expectations were high for Harvard, and a December 8 contest against Connecticut was the only Ivy League game scheduled for broadcast on ESPN2 during the season. Schedule |- !colspan=9 style="background:#991111; color:#FFFFFF;"| Regular season |- !colspan=9 style="background:#991111; color:#FFFFFF;"| 2012 NCAA Tournament Rankings On December 5, 2011, Harvard made its first-ever appearance in either the AP (25th) or Coaches' Poll (24th). That left Brown as the only Ivy League school never to have been ranked in the AP Poll and left only seven Division I schools active since the poll began that have never been ranked in it. Harvard was the first Ivy League team ranked in the Coaches' Poll since the 2009–10 Cornell Big Red and the first Ivy League team ranked in the AP Poll since the 1997–98 Princeton Tigers. By January 2, the team achieved rankings of 22nd in the AP Poll and 21st in the Coaches' Poll. On February 6, the team again attained the ranking of 21st in the Coaches' Poll. Season Harvard's season began with a Crimson Madness event on October 15 where the team raised a 2010–11 Ivy League Championship banner and held an intrasquad scrimmage. The team opened the season with a victory over on November 11 that extended Harvard's win streak against MIT to nine games. Following the victory over MIT, Harvard took part in the 2011 Battle 4 Atlantis Tournament. The team beat Utah 75–47 in the first game of the tournament, its first-ever win against a Pac-12 Conference opponent. On November 25, Harvard faced Florida State, which was then ranked 22nd in the AP poll and 20th in the Coaches' Poll. Harvard won that game 46–41 for the second-ever defeat of a ranked opponent in team history. Harvard then matched up against UCF in the tournament final, winning 59–49. Wright earned Ivy League player of the week for his performance in the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament. McNally extended his free-throw streak to 51 in the Florida State victory, but his run ended in the final minutes of the UCF game. The 2008–09 team had