Nine years ago, Keith Wright joined the Harvard Crimson. He improved year-by-year and the program started to experience more success as his collegiate career went on. During his junior season, Harvard made to the National Invitation Tournament—the first time in the program’s history—but couldn’t win their first-round match-up.
In the same season, Wright had the best year of his collegiate career. He averaged 14.7 points, 8.3 rebounds, and 1.8 blocks per game on 58.4 percent shooting from the field. In addition, the program won its first Ivy League championship.
Coming off a season like that, he was on the Top 50 preseason watch list for the Wooden Award.