previously defeated then-ranked Boston College (17th in the AP Poll and 24th in the Coaches' Poll) for the first win over a ranked team in the program's history, but lost to all ranked opponents in the 2009–10 and 2010-11 seasons. The win against Boston College was the 1000th in school history. The Florida State victory was the school's second over a ranked team in its history and the highest-ranked opponent in the Coaches' Poll that Harvard has ever defeated. Florida State went on to win the 2012 ACC men's basketball tournament. Harvard began the season 8–0, the best start by an Ivy League team since won its first ten games to begin the 1969-70 season. Harvard, then ranked 25th in the AP poll and 24th in the Coaches' poll, next faced its most formidable challenge yet: Connectucut, which then had a 7–1 record and was ranked 9th in both polls. Harvard had the better record against common foes, Florida State and UCF (2–0 versus 1–1). Connecticut won the teams' previous meeting at Harry A. Gampel Pavilion in 2009 by a score of 79–73 as the 2009-10 Huskies (then ranked 14th in the AP Poll and 13th in the Coaches' Poll) survived a 30-point, 9-rebound effort by Jeremy Lin. Harvard lost the 2011 meeting 67–53. Harvard won its next four games, including victories over and Boston College for a season sweep of city rivals after beating MIT in November. Harvard's victory over Boston College was its fourth in a row against the Atlantic Coast Conference team, giving it five consecutive wins overall against ACC teams, including its only two wins against ranked opponents. After rising to 21st in the Coaches' Poll and 22nd in the AP Poll, Fordham upset Harvard 60–54 in January. A 65–35 win over Yale three weeks later was Harvard's widest margin of victory against its Ivy League rival in 183 meetings. Harvard lost its third Ivy League game of the season, falling to Princeton on February 11, but avenged the loss in a home win on February 24. That victory gave Harvard a new school record for single-season wins as well as single-season non-league wins and tied the record for conference game wins. A day after beating Princeton, however, Harvard lost to Penn, snapping a 28-game home winning streak dating to February 20, 2010. Nonetheless, Harvard finished the season with a 26–4 overall record. The team won