Princeton Tigers men's basketball

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Princeton Tigers men's basketball
Basketball current event.svg 2024–25 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team
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UniversityPrinceton University
First season1901;124 years ago (1901)
All-time record1,671–1,044 (.615)
Head coach Mitch Henderson (13th season)
Conference Ivy League
Location Princeton, New Jersey
Arena Jadwin Gymnasium
(capacity: 6,854)
Nickname Tigers
ColorsBlack and orange [1]
   
Uniforms
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Home
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Away


NCAA tournament Final Four
1965
Other NCAA tournament results
Elite Eight1965
Sweet Sixteen1952, 1955, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1967, 2023
Appearances1952, 1955, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1976, 1977, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2004, 2011, 2017, 2023
Pre-tournament Premo-Porretta champions
1925
Pre-tournament Helms champions
1925
Conference tournament champions
2017, 2023
Conference regular-season champions
EIBL: 1922, 1925, 1932, 1950, 1952, 1955
Ivy League: 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2011, 2017, 2022, 2023, 2024

The Princeton Tigers men's basketball team is the intercollegiate men's basketball program representing Princeton University. The school competes in the Ivy League in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The Tigers play home basketball games at the Jadwin Gymnasium in Princeton, New Jersey, on the university campus. Princeton has appeared in 25 NCAA tournaments, most recently in 2023. In 1965, the Tigers made the NCAA Final Four, with Bill Bradley being named the Most Outstanding Player. The team is currently coached by former player Mitch Henderson.

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The team is known for the Princeton offense strategy, perfected under the tenure of former head coach Pete Carril, who coached the team from 1967 to 1996. The Princeton offense has resulted in Princeton leading the nation in scoring defense 20 times since 1976, including every year from 1989 to 2000. As of 2023, the Tigers have amassed 1803 victories, 25 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament appearances (including four consecutive appearances between 1989 and 1992), and 30 Ivy League regular season titles. Their main Ivy League rivalry is with Penn.

Eight different Tigers have earned 12 All-American recognitions. Bill Bradley is the only three-time honoree. [2] Numerous Tigers have played professional basketball. The most recent Tiger NBAer was Steve Goodrich. [3] Geoff Petrie was the NBA Rookie of the Year in 1971, while Brian Taylor earned the same honor in the American Basketball Association in 1973. [3] [4] Two of the three Ivy Leaguers to have played in the Olympic Games were Tigers. [5] Four of the eight NBA and ABA championships earned by Ivy League players have been earned by Tigers. [5] Three of the five highest NBA career point totals by Ivy League players were by Tigers. [5] Five of the ten Ivy League players selected among the top 25 overall selections in the NBA draft were Tigers. [5]

Coaches

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Mitch Henderson in 2023

Carril holds the Ivy League record for most career seasons, championships, and wins. Bill Carmody holds the career winning percentage record. [6]

Coaching Records [7]
NameYearsWinsLossesWinning %
Mowbray Forney1900–01750.583
Augustus W. Enderbrock1901–0210100.500
William Roper 1902–03870.533
William McCoy1903–041050.667
Frederick Cooper1904–0613150.464
William Kelleher1906–074100.286
C.F. Kogel1907–087100.412
Harry F. Shorter1908–1119280.404
Harry Hough 1911–12880.500
Frederick Leuhring1912–20100430.699
Lou Sugarman 1920–211140.733
James Hynson1921350.375
Hill Zahn 1921–233690.800
Albert Wittmer 1923–32115860.572
Herbert (Fritz) Crisler 1932–3432110.744
John Jefferies1934–356140.300
Ken Fairman1935–3825380.397
Franklin (Cappy) Cappon 1938–43 *52370.584
William Logan 1943–4520200.500
Leonard Hattinger1945580.385
Wes Fesler 1945–467120.368
Franklin (Cappy) Cappon1946–61 *1981440.579
Jake McCandless1961–6222160.579
Butch van Breda Kolff 1962–67103310.769
Pete Carril 1967–19965142610.663
Bill Carmody 1996–200092250.787
John Thompson 2000–200468420.618
Joe Scott 2004–200738450.458
Sydney Johnson 2007–201166530.555
Mitch Henderson 2011–present147840.636

Arenas

Princeton originally played its home games at University Gymnasium until it burned down in 1944. Hobey Baker Memorial Rink served as the interim home court for the 1945–46 and 1946–47 seasons until Dillon Gymnasium was built. The 6,800-seat Jadwin Gymnasium hosted the Tigers for the first time on January 25, 1969, against the Penn Quakers men's basketball team. It continues to be the team's home court. [7]

Name
University Gymnasium (1901–44)
Hobey Baker Memorial Rink (1945–47)
Dillon Gymnasium (1947–69)
Jadwin Gymnasium (1969–present)

Ivy League

The Tigers have played against their Ivy League rivals for over a century. [8]

OpponentFirst GameLast GameWLPCT.HomeAwayNeutral
Brown University 1908201810628.79162–644–22—
Columbia University 1901201815386.64083–3468–512–1
Cornell University 1902201814781.64587–2759–521–2
Dartmouth College 1905201815263.70789–1762-421–4
Harvard University 1901201813248.73377-1454–341–0
University of Pennsylvania 19032018113126.47362–5248-703–4
Yale University 1902201815089.62888–2859–603–1

Through 2017–2018 season

Awards and honors

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Bill Bradley playing in 1964

Bill Bradley has won numerous distinctions as a Princeton Tiger. He is the team's only Rhodes Scholar, [5] and he is the only player to earn NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player. Other honors earned by Tiger basketball players include:

All-Americas [2]
YearName
1905 Oliver deGray Vanderbilt
1913 Hamilton Salmon
1916 Cyril Haas
1917Cyril Haas
1922 Arthur Loeb
1923Arthur Loeb
1926 Carl Loeb
1963 Bill Bradley
1964Bill Bradley
1965Bill Bradley
1972 Brian Taylor
1998 Steve Goodrich
2013 Ian Hummer
Ivy League Men's Basketball Player of the Year [2]
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Spencer Weisz
YearName
1976 Armond Hill
1977 Frank Sowinski
1982 Craig Robinson
1983Craig Robinson
1989 Bob Scrabis
1990 Kit Mueller
1991Kit Mueller
1992 Sean Jackson
1997 Sydney Johnson
1998 Steve Goodrich
1999 Brian Earl
2013 Ian Hummer
2017 Spencer Weisz
2024 Caden Pierce
Ivy League Rookie of the Year [2]
YearName
1971 Brian Taylor
1977 Bob Roma
1992 Rick Hielscher
1999 Chris Young
2001 Konrad Wysocki
2014 Spencer Weisz
2023 Caden Pierce [9]
Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year [2]
YearName
2011 Kareem Maddox
2017Myles Stephens
Ivy League Coach of the Year
YearName
2017 Mitch Henderson [10]
Academic All-Americas [11]
YearNameDesignation
1965 Bill Bradley First Team
1982 Gordon Enderle Honorable Mention
1988Bill BradleyHall of Fame
1990 Kit Mueller Third Team
1991Kit MuellerFirst Team
1998 Steve Goodrich Second Team
Olympians [5]
YearNameDesignation
1964 Bill Bradley United States
2008 Konrad Wysocki Germany
2024 Kareem Maddox United States

Maddox appeared in the 3x3 basketball competition.

College Basketball Hall of Fame [5]
YearNameDesignation
1999 Bill Bradley Player
1997 Pete Carril Coach
Basketball Hall of Fame
YearNameDesignation
1983 Bill Bradley Player
1997 Pete Carril Coach

Professional basketball

Princeton NBA players were Bud Palmer, Willem van Breda Kolff, Bradley, Geoff Petrie, John Hummer, Taylor, Ted Manakas, Armond Hill, Mike Kearns and Steve Goodrich. [3]

Tosan Evbuomwan is the only active Princeton NBA player.

David Blatt, now an Israeli-American, played for Princeton in 1977–81 and then became a professional basketball player and subsequently a coach (most recently, for the Cleveland Cavaliers). [12]

NBA/ABA Championships [5]
YearNameDesignation
1970 New York Knicks Bill Bradley 1970 Finals
1973 New York Knicks Bill Bradley 1973 Finals
1974 New York Nets Brian Taylor 1974 Finals
1976 New York Nets Brian Taylor 1976 Finals
NBA Experience [13]
SchoolNBA AlumniNBA GamesLast Played
Princeton 102,6682001–02
Penn 122,1762002–03
Dartmouth 71,7481994–95
Columbia 51,0681978–79
Yale 39762002–03
Cornell 31762011–12
(As of April 19,2012)
Harvard 31182011–12
(As of April 19,2012)
Brown 3631953–54
NBA draft [5]
NameYearTeamSelection
Bernie Adams 1950Philadelphia
Carl Belz 1959Philadelphia9th, 62
Reggie Bird 1972Atlanta4th rd, 55
Bill Bradley 1965N.Y. Knicksbefore 1st rd, territory
Jim Brangan 1960Philadelphia6th, 47
Pete Campbell 1962Chicago10th rd, 79
John Haarlow 1968N.Y. Knicks13th rd, 177
Barnes Hauptfuhrer 1976Houston3rd rd, 43
Joe Heiser 1968Baltimore6th rd, 68
Armond Hill 1976Atlanta1st rd, 9
Ed Hummer 1967Boston6th rd, 64
John Hummer 1970Buffalo1st rd, 15
Mike Kearns 1951Philadelphia
Ted Manakas 1973Atlanta3rd rd, 36
Kevin Mullin1984Boston4th rd, 93
Geoff Petrie 1970Portland1st rd, 8th
Andy Rimol 1974Buffalo10th rd, 170
Craig Robinson 1983Philadelphia4th rd, 93
Bob Roma 1979Kansas City6th rd, 126
Bill Ryan 1984N.J. Nets9th rd, 200
Rich Simkus 1983N.J. Nets10th rd, 222
Frank Sowinski 1978N.J. Nets9th rd, 171
Brian Taylor 1972Seattle2nd rd, 23
Chris Thomforde 1969N.Y. Knicks7th rd, 96
Tim van Blommesteyn 1975N.Y. Knicks9th rd, 153

Records

Bradley continues to hold the single-game, single-season, and career total and average points Ivy League records. In addition, he holds the Ivy records for single-game, single-season, and career field goals made as well as single-season, and career free throws made. Other Tiger Ivy League record holders include Howard Levy (1982–85, career field goal percentage), [14] Alan Williams (1986–87, single-season field goal percentage), Brian Earl (1995–99, career three-point field goals made), Spencer Gloger (vs- Ala.-Birmingham, December 18, 1999, single-game three-point field goals made), Sydney Johnson (-vs- Columbia & Cornell, Feb 28 – March 1, 1997, consecutive three-point field goals made; single-game three-point field goals made with no misses), Dave Orlandini (1986–88, career three-point field goal percentage; 1987–88 single-season three-point field goal percentage). [6]

National records
NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship Tournament records
Selected former records NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship Tournament records
Former national records
National statistical champions
Selected notable statistics

Postseason

Princeton has appeared in 26 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournaments, [45] 7 National Invitation Tournaments (NIT), 2 College Basketball Invitationals (CBI) and 8 Ivy League one-game playoffs. [46]

NCAA Tournaments

NCAA Tournament Seeding History

The NCAA began seeding the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament with the 1979 edition. [47] The 64-team field started in 1985, which guaranteed that a championship team had to win six games. [48]

Years → '81 '83 '84 '89 '90 '91 '92 '96 '97 '98 '01 '04 '11 '17 '23
Seeds →1112121613811131251514131215
Round →12111112121111S16

The Tigers have a 15–30 record in the NCAA tournament.

YearField SizeRoundOpponentResult
1952 16Sweet Sixteen
Regional third-place game		 Duquesne
Dayton 		L 49–60
L 61–77
1955 24Sweet Sixteen
Regional third-place game		 La Salle
Villanova 		L 46–73
L 57–64
1960 25First round Duke L 60–84
1961 24First round
Sweet Sixteen
Regional third-place game		 George Washington
St. Joseph's
St. Bonaventure 		W 84–67
L 67–72
L 67–85
1963 25First round St. Joseph's L 81–82
1964 25First round
Sweet Sixteen
Regional third-place game		 VMI
Connecticut
Villanova 		W 86–60
L 50–52
L 62–74
1965 23First round
Sweet Sixteen
Elite Eight
Final Four
National third-place game		 Penn State
North Carolina State
Providence
Michigan
Wichita State 		W 60–58
W 66–48
W 109–69
L 76–93
W 118–82
1967 23First round
Sweet Sixteen
Regional third-place game		 West Virginia
North Carolina
St. John's 		W 68–57
L 70–78 OT
W 78–58
1969 25First round St. John's L 63–72
1976 32First round Rutgers L 53–54
1977 32First round Kentucky L 58–72
1981 48First round BYU L 51–60
1983 52Preliminary Round
First round
Second round		 North Carolina A&T
Oklahoma State
Boston College 		W 53–41
W 56–53
L 42–51
1984 56Preliminary Round
First round		 San Diego
UNLV 		W 65–56
L 56–68
1989 64First round Georgetown L 49–50
1990 64First round Arkansas L 64–68
1991 64First round Villanova L 48–50
1992 64First round Syracuse L 43–51
1996 64First round
Second round		 UCLA
Mississippi State 		W 43–41
L 41–63
1997 64First round California L 52–55
1998 64First round
Second round		 UNLV
Michigan State 		W 69–57
L 56–63
2001 65First round North Carolina L 48–70
2004 65First round Texas L 49–66
2011 68First round Kentucky L 57–59
2017 68First round Notre Dame L 58–60
2023 68First round
Second Round
Sweet Sixteen		 Arizona
Missouri
Creighton 		W 59–55
W 78–63
L 75–86

In 2011 the round of 64 was the second round

NIT

YearField SizeRoundOpponentResult
1972 16First
Quarterfinal		 Indiana
Niagara 		W 68–60
L 60–65
1975 16First
Quarterfinal
Semifinal
Final		 Holy Cross
South Carolina
Oregon
Providence 		W 84–63
W 86–67
W 58–57
W 80–69
1999 32First
Second
Quarterfinal		 Georgetown
North Carolina State
Xavier 		W 54–47
W 61–58
L 58–65
2000 32First Penn State L 41–55
2002 40First Louisville L 65–66
2016 32First Virginia Tech L 81–86OT
2022 32First VCU L 79–90
2024 32First UNLV L 77–84

CBI

YearField SizeRoundOpponentResult
2010 16First
Quarterfinal
Semifinal		 Duquesne
IUPUI
Saint Louis 		W 65–51
W 74–68 OT
L 59–69
2014 16First
Quarterfinal		 Tulane
Fresno State 		W 56–55
L 56–72

Notes

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Princeton Athletic Communications (June 12, 2009). "Men's Basketball Record Book • Ivy League & National Awards". Princeton University. Retrieved March 23, 2010.
  3. 1 2 3 Princeton Athletic Communications. "Princeton in the Pros". Princeton University. Retrieved March 23, 2010.
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  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Men's Honors" (PDF). ivyleaguesports.com. Retrieved March 24, 2010.[ dead link ]
  6. 1 2 "Men's Individual Records" (PDF). ivyleaguesports.com. Retrieved March 24, 2010.[ dead link ]
  7. 1 2 Princeton Athletic Communications (June 12, 2009). "Men's Basketball Record Book • Coaching Record & Program Facts". Princeton University. Retrieved March 25, 2010.
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