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Saunders scored double digits in every game but one and led the Ivy League with 16.2 points per game. Saunders also shot 50 percent from deep.

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The Ravens’ fourth-round selection of the senior fullback/tight end hybrid was the highest of a Crimson athlete since Isaiah Kacyvenski ’00.

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Sophomore outfielder Brandon Kregel rebounded from a wrist injury his freshman year to become the Crimson’s leading contributor at the plate. Kregel was one of three sophomores named second team All-Ivy.

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Tanner Anderson pitched three complete games in 2013. The sophomore also posted 17 RBIs as an everyday second baseman.

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Freshman Siyani Chambers’ layup with 18 seconds remaining in regulation evened the score at 62 in the Crimson’s Jan. 26 matchup with Dartmouth. Harvard, which trailed by 10 with 1:33 to play in regulation, went on to win in overtime, 82-77.

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In his first year directing the Crimson offense, Siyani Chambers played over 37 minutes per game. The team’s primary ball-handler, Chambers led the team—and all rookies nationally—with 5.7 assists per contest.

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Christian Webster

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Saunders scored 10 points or more in all but one game in 2012-13, the team’s third-round NCAA tournament loss to the Arizona Wildcats, when Saunders scored eight points and added five rebounds and five assists.

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In Harvard’s second straight NCAA tournament, Crimson coach Tommy Amaker led the Crimson to its first-ever tourney win over New Mexico.

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Co-captain Christian Webster and freshman Siyani Chambers helped pull off one of the tournament’s biggest upsets this year.

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After making its first NCAA tournament in decades last season, the men’s basketball team took another step forward this season. The team captured an Ivy title in the season’s final weekend and then took down heavily favored New Mexico, 68-62, in the second round of the NCAA tournament.

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Playing at the No. 1 spot for the Harvard women’s tennis team, co-captain Hideko Tachibana posted a winning record, finishing the season 10-8. Overall, the squad finished 13-6 thanks to a late-season surge.

Mama, Here Come Those Tigers

2012 might have been the most memorable year in modern Harvard sports history. Most of the memories have been positive, ...

THE TOP 10 HARVARD SPORTS STORIES OF 2012

5. BASEBALL'S "CALL ME MAYBE" COVER GOES VIRAL

Bored during a spring break road trip, the baseball team decided to choreograph a dance to Carly Ray Jepsen’s hit “Call Me Maybe” and post it on YouTube. Almost overnight, the video—and its simple yet catchy dance—went viral, reaching over two million views within four days. Jepsen herself retweeted the video, as did Sportscenter and an abundance of other media outlets, helping participants earn an invitation to appear on “Good Morning America.” The video also inspired multiple parodies by a number of other collegiate sports teams who hoped to achieve the same fame that befell the Crimson. But none of them did, and today the baseball team’s cover has over 17 million hits.