 Harvey accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played for coach Billy Donovan's Florida Gators men's basketball team during the 1999–2000 season.After starting three-fourths of the Gators' first 12 games, he lost his starting spot to Brent Wright after returning home over the New Year's break because of homesickness.Harvey averaged 10.2 points, 7.0 rebounds and 1.0 assists per game  and was voted to the SEC All-Freshman Team in his only season playing college basketball.