By returning all of their key players from the 2010-11 Ivy League co-champion 2010-11 Crimson and competing successfully, Harvard received votes in the 2011-12 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings polls every week until the final week of the season and was ranked for many weeks [REF].
Following the annual 14-game round robin home & home schedule, Harvard emerged as champion and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.