[2] After the annual 14-game double round robin schedule, Harvard and Princeton tied as co-champion, resulting in a one-game playoff to determine the league's automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.

After losing, the team earned an at-large bid to the 2011 National Invitation Tournament, where they lost in the first round.

[4] Wright, a junior, was a unanimous All-Ivy first team selection and named Ivy League Men's Basketball Player of the Year.

[15] The Harvard gameplan involved fast breaks initiated by its defensive and an inside-outside game.

[5] Harvard will enter the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season with a 17-game home streak (10th longest in the country).

[20] On March 8, Princeton defeated Penn to force a one-game playoff at the Payne Whitney Gymnasium at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.

[32][33] However, many thought Harvard had a chance to make the tournament in spite of the loss as an at-large team.

[16][34] Four of Harvard's regular season losses were to postseason contenders, and Cornell represented the conference well the year before.

[34] Entering selection Sunday (March 13), Harvard ranked 35th in the Ratings Percentage Index (RPI).

[41] The team finished second in the nation in free throw percentage (80.8%), led by Oliver McNally who was 2nd as an individual with a 92.6% and Christian Webster who was 12th with an 89.4%.

[46] Player of the Year: Keith Wright, Harvard (Jr., F, Suffolk, VA) All-Ivy League (ALL CAPS: Unanimous)