Jeremy Lin 2nd most decorated NBA player from Harvard

Golden State's Jeremy Lin logged just five minutes in the Warriors' 107-101 home loss to Phoenix, but that brief stint enabled the rookie guard from nearby Palo Alto to notch a 12th game, making him the second most decorated Harvard alumnus the league has ever seen.

And playing in 32 more games will jump Lin to No. 1 because the exclusive Ivy League institution of higher learning  has sent only three of its former stars to the NBA.

No joke: After attending Harvard, it's easier to become president of the United States than make it to the NBA. Eight ex-Harvard students have gone on to be elected president -- including a former Harvard Law student named Barack Obama -- but Saul Mariaschin (who played 43 games for Boston in 1947-48) and Ed Smith (11 games for New York in 1953-54) are Lin's only Harvard predecessors in the association.