1996–97 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team

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1996–97 Princeton Tigers men's basketball
Princeton Tigers logo.svg
Undefeated Ivy League Champion
1997 NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, Twelve Seed, Round of 64
Conference Ivy League
Record24–4 (14–0, 1st Ivy)
Head coach
Captain Sydney Johnson
Home arena Jadwin Gymnasium
Seasons
  1995–96
1997–98  
1996–97 Ivy League men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Princeton 140 1.000244  .857
Dartmouth 104 .714188  .692
Harvard 104 .714179  .654
Penn 86 .5711214  .462
Cornell 77 .5001511  .577
Yale 311 .2141016  .385
Brown 311 .214422  .154
Columbia 113 .071620  .231
Rankings from AP Poll [1]

The 1996–97 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team represented Princeton University in intercollegiate college basketball during the 1996–97 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was Bill Carmody and the team captain was Sydney Johnson. [2] The team played its home games in the Jadwin Gymnasium on the University campus in Princeton, New Jersey. The team was the undefeated champion of the Ivy League, which earned them an invitation to the 64-team 1997 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament where they were seeded twelfth in the East Region. [3] This was Carmody's first season taking over the coaching duties from Pete Carril who had been Princeton coach since 1967 and retired as the Ivy League's winningest coach in terms of victories and conference championships. [3] [4]

Using the Princeton offense, the team posted a 24–4 overall record and a 14–0 conference record. [2] On February 28 and March 1, 1997, Johnson established the current Ivy League record by making 11 consecutive three-point field goals against Columbia Lions and Cornell Big Red, respectively. [5] The six for six performance against Columbia stands as the only Ivy League perfect three-point shot game of six attempts or more. [6] [7] The team ended the regular season on a nineteen-game winning streak, which tied a school record. [2] [8] Nonetheless, in a March 13, 1997, NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament East Regional first round game at the Joel Coliseum in Winston-Salem, North Carolina against the fifth-seeded California Golden Bears, the team lost 55–52. [2] [3] [9] [10]

The team was led by first team All-Ivy League selections Steve Goodrich and Johnson. [3] Johnson earned Ivy League Men's Basketball Player of the Year. [3] He earned the award for his defense and was the first winner with a single-digit scoring average. [11] [12] The team won the ninth of twelve consecutive national statistical championships in scoring defense with a 53.4 points allowed average. [13] Goodrich repeated as the Ivy League's field goal percentage statistical champion with a 64.8% average in conference games. [14]

Schedule and results

The team posted a 24–4 (14–0 Ivy League) record. [15]

Date
time, TV
Rank#Opponent#ResultRecordSite
city, state
Regular season
Nov 20, 1996*
at No. 22  Indiana
Preseason NIT
L 49–59 0–1
Assembly Hall  
Bloomington, Indiana
Dec 3, 1996*
at  Lafayette W 75–54 1–1
Allan P. Kirby Field House  
Easton, Pennsylvania
Dec 6, 1996*
vs.  Rice
First Bank Classic
W 59–54 2–1
Bradley Center  
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Dec 7, 1996*
at  Marquette
First Bank Classic
W 66–62 3–1
Bradley Center 
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Dec 10, 1996*
Bucknell L 62–74 OT3–2
Jadwin Gymnasium 
Princeton, New Jersey
Dec 14, 1996*
at  Monmouth W 48–46 4–2
Boylan Gymnasium  
West Long Branch, New Jersey
Dec 19, 1996*
Lehigh W 73–42 5–2
Jadwin Gymnasium 
Princeton, New Jersey
Dec 22, 1996*
No. 12  North Carolina L 60–69 5–3
Jadwin Gymnasium 
Princeton, New Jersey
Dec 27, 1996*
vs.  Texas A&M
Sierra Medical Center Sun Classic
W 46–38 6–3
Don Haskins Center  
El Paso, Texas
Dec 28, 1996*
at  UTEP
Sierra Medical Center Sun Classic
W 76–64 7–3
Don Haskins Center 
El Paso, Texas
Jan 3, 1997*
at  Manhattan W 54–49 8–3
Draddy Gymnasium  
New York, New York
Jan 6, 1997*
Rutgers W 71–66 9–3
Jadwin Gymnasium 
Princeton, New Jersey
Jan 10, 1997
at  Brown W 44–40 10–3
(1–0)
Pizzitola Sports Center  
Providence, Rhode Island
Jan 11, 1997*
at  Yale W 58–45 11–3
(2–0)
John J. Lee Amphitheater  
New Haven, Connecticut
Jan 27, 1997*
Hamilton W 90–48 12–3
Jadwin Gymnasium 
Princeton, New Jersey
Jan 31, 1997*
at  Cornell W 66–42 13–3
(3–0)
Newman Arena  
Ithaca, New York
Feb 1, 1997*
at  Columbia W 65–53 14–3
(4–0)
Levien Gymnasium  
New York, New York
Feb 7, 1997*
Dartmouth W 57–55 15–3
(5–0)
Jadwin Gymnasium 
Princeton, New Jersey
Feb 8, 1997
Harvard W 75–51 16–3
(6–0)
Jadwin Gymnasium 
Princeton, New Jersey
Feb 11, 1997
at  Penn W 74–59 17–3
(7–0)
The Palestra  
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Feb 14, 1997
YaleW 81–51 18–3
(8–0)
Jadwin Gymnasium 
Princeton, New Jersey
Feb 15, 1997
BrownW 63–34 19–3
(9–0)
Jadwin Gymnasium 
Princeton, New Jersey
Feb 21, 1997
at HarvardW 66–61 20–3
(10–0)
Lavietes Pavilion  
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Feb 22, 1997
at DartmouthW 60–53 21–3
(11–0)
Leede Arena  
Hanover, New Hampshire
Feb 28, 1997
ColumbiaW 67–52 22–3
(12–0)
Jadwin Gymnasium 
Princeton, New Jersey
Mar 1, 1997
CornellW 70–47 23–3
(13–0)
Jadwin Gymnasium 
Princeton, New Jersey
Mar 4, 1997
PennW 86–73 24–3
(14–0)
Jadwin Gymnasium 
Princeton, New Jersey
NCAA tournament
Mar 13, 1997*
(12 E) vs. (5 E)  California
First round
L 52–55 24–4
Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum  
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
E=East.

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