1951–52 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team

{{short description|American college basketball season}}

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|year=1951–52

|team=Princeton Tigers

|sport=Basketball

|logo=Princeton Tigers logo (1904–1964).png

|logo_size=100

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|image_size=150

|conference=Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League

|division=

|short_conf=EIBL

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|APRank=

|record= 16–11

|conf_record= 10–2, 1st

|head_coach=Franklin Cappon

|captain=L. Charles DeVoe

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|stadium=Dillon Gymnasium

|champion=EIBL Champions

|tourney=1952 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament

|tourney_result=Regional 4th place

}}

The 1951–52 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team represented Princeton University in intercollegiate college basketball during the 1951–52 NCAA men's basketball season. The head coach was Franklin Cappon and the team captain was L. Charles DeVoe. The team played its home games in the Dillon Gymnasium on the university campus in Princeton, New Jersey.{{cite web|url=http://www.goprincetontigers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=10600&ATCLID=3749706|title=Men's Basketball Record Book • Coaching Record & Program Facts|accessdate=September 27, 2010|date=June 12, 2009|author=Princeton Athletic Communications|website=GoPrincetonTigers.com|publisher=Princeton University}} The team was the winner of the Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League (EIBL).

The team posted a 16–11 overall record and a 10–2 conference record. During the season, after winning the first three games the team lost six in a row and eight of ten before winning eleven consecutive games. The team then lost the conference finale against {{cbb link|1951|sex=men|team=Penn Quakers|school=University of Pennsylvania|title=Penn Quakers}}. The team earned an invitation to the sixteen-team 1952 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, where it lost to the {{cbb link|1951|sex=men|team=Duquesne Dukes|school=University of Duquesne|title=Duquesne Dukes}} by a 60–49 margin on March 21, 1952, at the Chicago Stadium in the first round and then subsequently lost to the {{cbb link|1951|sex=men|team=Dayton Flyers|school=University of Dayton|title=Dayton Flyers}} by a 77–61 margin the next night in a consolation game.{{cite web|url=http://www.goprincetontigers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=10600&ATCLID=3749695|title=Men's Basketball Record Book • All-Time Results |date=June 12, 2009|accessdate=September 27, 2010|website=GoPrincetonTigers.com|publisher=Princeton Athletic Communications}} This was Princeton's first invitation to the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.{{cite web|url=http://www.goprincetontigers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=10600&ATCLID=3754497|title=Men's Basketball Record Book • Men's Basketball in the Postseason|accessdate=September 27, 2010|date=June 22, 2009|author=Princeton Athletic Communications|website=GoPrincetonTigers.com|publisher=Princeton University}}