Princeton Tigers men's basketball

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|current = 2024–25 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team

|name = Princeton Tigers men's basketball

|logo = Princeton Tigers logo.svg

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|university = Princeton University

|conference = Ivy League

|firstseason = {{start date and age|1901}}

|record=1,671–1,044 ({{winpct|1671|1044}})

|location = Princeton, New Jersey

|coach = Mitch Henderson

|tenure = 13th

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|NCAAfinalfour = 1965

|NCAAeliteeight = 1965

|NCAAsweetsixteen = 1952, 1955, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1967, 2023

|NCAAroundof32 = 1976, 1977, 1983, 1996, 1998, 2023

|NCAAtourneys = 1952, 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

|conference_tournament = 2017, 2023

|conference_season = EIBL: 1922, 1925, 1932, 1950, 1952, 1955
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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

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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.

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.{{cite web |url=http://www.goprincetontigers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=10600&ATCLID=3749635|title=Men's Basketball Record Book • Ivy League & National Awards|access-date=March 23, 2010 |date=June 12, 2009|author=Princeton Athletic Communications|publisher=Princeton University}} Numerous Tigers have played professional basketball. The most recent Tiger NBAer was Steve Goodrich.{{cite web|url=http://www.goprincetontigers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=10600&ATCLID=3753435|title=Princeton in the Pros|access-date=March 23, 2010|author=Princeton Athletic Communications|publisher=Princeton University}} 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.{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080505064950/http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/documents/mbbnba.asp|archive-date=May 5, 2008 |url=http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/documents/mbbnba.asp|title=Ivy Leaguers in the National Basketball Assoc.|access-date=March 24, 2010|publisher=ivyleaguesports.com}} Two of the three Ivy Leaguers to have played in the Olympic games were Tigers. Four of the eight NBA and ABA championships earned by Ivy League players have been earned by Tigers. Three of the five highest NBA career point totals by Ivy League players were by Tigers. Five of the ten Ivy League players selected among the top 25 overall selections in the NBA draft were Tigers.

Coaches

File:Mitch Henderson, Princeton men's basketball coach, confers with the team.jpg in 2023]]

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

;Coaching Records{{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|access-date=March 25, 2010|date=June 12, 2009|author=Princeton Athletic Communications|publisher=Princeton University}}

Name ! Years ! Wins ! Losses ! Winning %
class="wikitable sortable sort-under" style="text-align:right"
Mowbray Forney	1900–01	7	5	0.583
Augustus W. Enderbrock	1901–02	10	10	0.500
William Roper	1902–03	8	7	0.533
William McCoy	1903–04	10	5	0.667
Frederick Cooper	1904–06	13	15	0.464
William Kelleher	1906–07	4	10	0.286
C.F. Kogel	1907–08	7	10	0.412
Harry F. Shorter	1908–11	19	28	0.404
Harry Hough	1911–12	8	8	0.500
Frederick Leuhring	1912–20	100	43	0.699
Lewis Sugarman	1920–21	11	4	0.733
James Hynson	1921	3	5	0.375
J. Hill Zahn	1921–23	36	9	0.800
Albert Wittmer	1923–32	115	86	0.572
Herbert (Fritz) Crisler	1932–34	32	11	0.744
John Jefferies	1934–35	6	14	0.300
Ken Fairman	1935–38	25	38	0.397
Franklin (Cappy) Cappon	1938–43 *	52	37	0.584
William Logan	1943–45	20	20	0.500
Leonard Hattinger	1945	5	8	0.385
Wes Fesler	1945–46	7	12	0.368
Franklin (Cappy) Cappon	1946–61 *	198	144	0.579
Jake McCandless	1961–62	22	16	0.579
Butch van Breda Kolff	1962–67	103	31	0.769
Pete Carril	1967–1996	514	261	0.663
Bill Carmody	1996–2000	92	25	0.787
John Thompson	2000–2004	68	42	0.618
Joe Scott	2004–2007	38	45	0.458
Sydney Johnson	2007–2011	66	53	0.555
Mitch Henderson	2011–present	147	84	0.636

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.

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right"

| align="center" style="background:#f9f9f9;"|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 foes for over a century.{{cite web|url=http://www.goprincetontigers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=10600&ATCLID=3749632|title=Men's Basketball Record Book • Records vs. Division I Opponents|access-date=March 25, 2010|date=June 12, 2009|author=Princeton Athletic Communications|publisher=Princeton University}}

Opponent ! First Game ! Last Game ! W ! L ! PCT. ! Home ! Away ! Neutral
class="wikitable sortable sort-under" style="text-align:right"
{{cbb link\|1890\|sex=men\|team=Brown Bears\|school=Brown University\|title=Brown University}}	1908	2018	106	28	{{Winning percentage\|106\|28}}	62–6	44–22	—
{{cbb link\|1890\|sex=men\|team=Columbia Lions\|school=Columbia University\|title=Columbia University}}	1901	2018	153	86	{{Winning percentage\|153\|86}}	83–34	68–51	2–1
{{cbb link\|1890\|sex=men\|team=Cornell Big Red\|school=Cornell University\|title=Cornell University}}	1902	2018	147	81	{{Winning percentage\|147\|81}}	87–27	59–52	1–2
{{cbb link\|1890\|sex=men\|team=Dartmouth Big Green\|school=Dartmouth College\|title=Dartmouth College}}	1905	2018	152	63	{{Winning percentage\|152\|63}}	89–17	62-42	1–4
{{cbb link\|1890\|sex=men\|team=Harvard Crimson\|school=Harvard University\|title=Harvard University}}	1901	2018	132	48	{{Winning percentage\|132\|48}}	77-14	54–34	1–0
{{cbb link\|1890\|sex=men\|team=Penn Quakers\|school=University of Pennsylvania\|title=University of Pennsylvania}}	1903	2018	113	126	{{Winning percentage\|113\|126}}	62–52	48-70	3–4
{{cbb link\|1890\|sex=men\|team=Yale Bulldogs\|school=Yale University\|title=Yale University}}	1902	2018	150	89	{{Winning percentage\|150\|89}}	88–28	59–60	3–1

Through 2017–2018 season

Awards and honors

File:Bill Bradley NYWTS (cropped2).jpg

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

;All-Americas

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right" ! Year ! Name
1905	Oliver deGray Vanderbilt
1913	Hamilton Salmon
1916	Cyril Haas
1917	Cyril Haas
1922	Arthur Loeb
1923	Arthur Loeb
1926	Carl Loeb
1963	Bill Bradley
1964	Bill Bradley
1965	Bill Bradley
1972	Brian Taylor
1998	Steve Goodrich
2013	Ian Hummer

;Ivy League Men's Basketball Player of the Year

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class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right" ! Year ! Name
1976	Armond Hill
1977	Frank Sowinski
1982	Craig Robinson
1983	Craig Robinson
1989	Bob Scrabis
1990	Kit Mueller
1991	Kit 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

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right" ! Year ! Name
1971	Brian Taylor
1977	Bob Roma
1992	Rick Hielscher
1999	Chris Young
2001	Konrad Wysocki
2014	Spencer Weisz
2023 \|Caden Pierce{{Cite web \|title=Pierce Named Rookie of the Year, Evbuomwan & Allocco Named All-Ivy \|url=https://goprincetontigers.com/news/2023/3/7/mens-basketball-pierce-named-rookie-of-the-year-evbuomwan-allocco-named-all-ivy.aspx \|access-date=2023-03-19 \|website=Princeton University Athletics \|language=en}}

;Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year

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! Year

! Name

2011

Kareem Maddox

2017

Myles Stephens

;Ivy League Coach of the Year

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| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|Year

| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|Name

2017

Mitch Henderson{{cite web |title=Mitch Henderson |url=https://goprincetontigers.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/coaches/mitch-henderson/9850 |website=Go Princeton Tigers |publisher=Learfield |access-date=9 July 2023}}

;Academic All-Americas{{cite web|url=http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/documents/aca-aa-basketball.asp |title=Basketball All-Americans |access-date=March 24, 2010 |publisher=ivyleaguesports.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705213051/http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/documents/aca-aa-basketball.asp |archive-date=July 5, 2008 }}

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right" ! Year ! Name ! Designation
1965	Bill Bradley	First Team
1982	Gordon Enderle	Honorable Mention
1988	Bill Bradley	Hall of Fame
1990	Kit Mueller	Third Team
1991	Kit Mueller	First Team
1998	Steve Goodrich	Second Team

;Olympians

class="wikitable" style="text-align:right" \| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"\|Year \| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"\|Name \| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"\|Designation
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{{cite web|url=http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/documents/0910bb-mhonors.pdf|title=Men's Honors|access-date=March 24, 2010|publisher=ivyleaguesports.com}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}

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| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|Year

| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|Name

| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|Designation

1999

Bill Bradley

Player

1997

Pete Carril

Coach

;Basketball Hall of Fame

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| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|Year

| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|Name

| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|Designation

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.

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).{{cite web|url=http://www.cleveland.com/cavs/index.ssf/2014/06/former_princeton_coach_pete_ca.html|title=Former Princeton coach Pete Carril's opinion of Cleveland Cavaliers candidate David Blatt: 'It's all good.'|work=cleveland.com|date=June 19, 2014}}

;NBA/ABA Championships

class="wikitable" style="text-align:right" ! Year ! Name ! Designation
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{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604034914/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1165302/index.htm|archive-date=June 4, 2011|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1165302/index.htm|title=Harvard School Of Basketball|access-date=April 2, 2010|date=February 1, 2010|work=Sports Illustrated|author=Torre, Pablo S.}}

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right" ! style="text-align:right" \| School ! style="text-align:right" \|NBA Alumni ! style="text-align:right" \|NBA Games ! style="text-align:right" \|Last Played
class="sorttop ! style="text-align:right;background:#F9F9F9"\| {{cbb link\|1890\|sex=men\|team=Princeton Tigers \|school=Princeton University\|title=Princeton}} ! style="text-align:right;background:#F9F9F9"\| 10 ! style="text-align:right;background:#F9F9F9"\| 2,668 ! style="text-align:right;background:#F9F9F9"\| 2001–02
{{cbb link\|1890\|sex=men\|team=Penn Quakers\|school=University of Pennsylvania\|title=Penn}}	12	2,176	2002–03
{{cbb link\|1890\|sex=men\|team=Dartmouth Big Green\|school=Dartmouth College\|title=Dartmouth}}	7	1,748	1994–95
{{cbb link\|1890\|sex=men\|team=Columbia Lions\|school=Columbia University\|title=Columbia}}	5	1,068	1978–79
{{cbb link\|1890\|sex=men\|team=Yale Bulldogs\|school=Yale University\|title=Yale}}	3	976	2002–03
{{cbb link\|1890\|sex=men\|team=Cornell Big Red\|school=Cornell University\|title=Cornell}}	3	176	2011–12 ({{as of\|2012\|4\|19\|df=US}})
{{cbb link\|1890\|sex=men\|team=Harvard Crimson\|school=Harvard University\|title=Harvard}}	3	118	2011–12 ({{as of\|2012\|4\|19\|df=US}})
{{cbb link\|1890\|sex=men\|team=Brown Bears\|school=Brown University\|title=Brown}}	3	63	1953–54

;NBA draft

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right" ! Name ! Year ! Team ! Selection
Bernie Adams	1950	Philadelphia
Carl Belz	1959	Philadelphia	9th, 62
Reggie Bird	1972	Atlanta	4th rd, 55
Bill Bradley	1965	N.Y. Knicks	before 1st rd, territory
Jim Brangan	1960	Philadelphia	6th, 47
Pete Campbell	1962	Chicago	10th rd, 79
John Haarlow	1968	N.Y. Knicks	13th rd, 177
Barnes Hauptfuhrer	1976	Houston	3rd rd, 43
Joe Heiser	1968	Baltimore	6th rd, 68
Armond Hill	1976	Atlanta	1st rd, 9
Ed Hummer	1967	Boston	6th rd, 64
John Hummer	1970	Buffalo	1st rd, 15
Mike Kearns	1951	Philadelphia
Ted Manakas	1973	Atlanta	3rd rd, 36
Kevin Mullin	1984	Boston	4th rd, 93
Geoff Petrie	1970	Portland	1st rd, 8th
Andy Rimol	1974	Buffalo	10th rd, 170
Craig Robinson	1983	Philadelphia	4th rd, 93
Bob Roma	1979	Kansas City	6th rd, 126
Bill Ryan	1984	N.J. Nets	9th rd, 200
Rich Simkus	1983	N.J. Nets	10th rd, 222
Frank Sowinski	1978	N.J. Nets	9th rd, 171
Brian Taylor	1972	Seattle	2nd rd, 23
Chris Thomforde	1969	N.Y. Knicks	7th rd, 96
Tim van Blommesteyn	1975	N.Y. Knicks	9th 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),{{Cite web | url=https://admissionsight.com/ivy-league-schools/| title=Ivy League Schools| date= 2019-02-06| accessdate=2023-10-25}} 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).{{cite web|url=http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/documents/0910bb-mrecords.pdf|title=Men's Individual Records|access-date=March 24, 2010|publisher=ivyleaguesports.com}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}

;National records:

Combined single-game Three-point field goal field goal percentage (minimum 20 made):{{cite web|url=http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/m_basketball_RB/2010/D1.pdf|title=Division I Records|access-date=August 28, 2010|publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association|page=14|archive-date=March 31, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100331132350/http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/m_basketball_RB/2010/D1.pdf|url-status=dead}} 72.4%—Princeton (12 of 15) vs. Brown (9 of 14), February 20, 1998
Combined single-game points (Since 1986, which is either the three-point shot or shot clock era):{{cite web|url=http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/m_basketball_RB/2010/D1.pdf|title=Division I Records|access-date=August 28, 2010|publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association|page=15|archive-date=March 31, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100331132350/http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/m_basketball_RB/2010/D1.pdf|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/m_basketball_RB/2010/D1.pdf|title=Division I Records|access-date=August 28, 2010|publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association|page=39|archive-date=March 31, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100331132350/http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/m_basketball_RB/2010/D1.pdf|url-status=dead}} 62—Monmouth (41) vs. Princeton (21), December 14, 2005
Single-season three-point field goal percentage (Min. 200 made): 49.2%—Princeton, 1988 (211 of 429)
Longest annual rivalry Princeton–Yale:{{cite web|url=http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/m_basketball_RB/2010/D1.pdf|title=Division I Records|access-date=August 28, 2010|publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association|page=60|archive-date=March 31, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100331132350/http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/m_basketball_RB/2010/D1.pdf|url-status=dead}} Since 1902 (tied with Columbia–Yale, Princeton–Penn is second since 1903)

;NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship Tournament records

Free throws made in 100% effort: Bradley (16 vs. St. Joseph's, 1st R, November 3, 1963){{cite web|url=http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/m_basketball_champs_records/2009/d1/champs.pdf|title=Division I Championship|access-date=August 29, 2010|publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association|page=4}}
Single-game points scored in a final four: Bradley 58 Princeton vs. Wichita St., N3d, 3-20- 1965{{cite web|url=http://www.goprincetontigers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=10600&ATCLID=3753532|title=1965 NCAA Final Four Team|access-date=March 24, 2010|author=Princeton Athletic Communications|publisher=Princeton University}}{{cite web|url=http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/m_final4/2010/2010Final4.pdf|title=The Final Four|access-date=August 29, 2010|publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association|page=9}}
Single-game field goals made (final four): Bradley 22 Princeton vs. Wichita St., N3d, 3-20- 1965
Victory margin (final four): 36 Princeton (118) vs. Wichita St. (82), N3d, March 20, 1965{{cite web|url=http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/m_final4/2010/2010Final4.pdf|title=The Final Four|access-date=August 29, 2010|publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association|page=10}}
Points in a half, team (final four): 65, Princeton vs. Wichita St., N3d, March 20, 1965 (2d half, 2nd team to do so){{cite web|url=http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/m_final4/2010/2010Final4.pdf|title=The Final Four|access-date=August 29, 2010|publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association|page=11}}
Single-year two-game points scored (final four): 87, Bill Bradley, Princeton, 1965{{cite web|url=http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/m_final4/2010/2010Final4.pdf|title=The Final Four|access-date=August 29, 2010|publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association|page=17}}
Single-year two-game field goals made (final four): 34, Bill Bradley, Princeton, 1965

;Selected former records NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship Tournament records

Single-game free throw percentage (final four, minimum 10 made): 93.3% (14–15), Bradley, Princeton vs. Wichita St., N3d, March 25, 1965 (broken March 23, 1972)
Points in a half, both teams (final four): 108, Princeton (65) vs. Wichita St. (43), N3d, March 20, 1965 (2d) (broken March 25, 1972)
Single-year two-game free throw percentage (final four, minimum 12 made): 95.0% (19–20), Bill Bradley, Princeton, 1965 (broken 1972)
Single-year two-game field goals made (final four): 78, Princeton, 1965 (broken 1977)

;Former national records:

Fewest points allowed (Since 1986): 28–66 Dartmouth, February 10, 1990 (broken on January 11, 1991)
Fewest points allowed (Since 1986): 27–55 Yale, January 11, 1991 (broken on March 2, 1992)
Fewest combined points (Since 1986): 76 (43–33) vs. Colgate, November 30, 1988 (broken on December 16, 1989)
Single-season team defense (Since 1965):{{cite web|url=http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/m_basketball_RB/2010/D1.pdf|title=Division I Records|access-date=August 28, 2010|publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association|page=42|archive-date=March 31, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100331132350/http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/m_basketball_RB/2010/D1.pdf|url-status=dead}} 52.9, 1976 (broken 1977)
Single-season team defense (Since 1965): 51.7, 1977 (broken 1980)
Single-season team assists-turnover ratio (Since 1993):{{cite web|url=http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/m_basketball_RB/2010/D1.pdf|title=Division I Records|access-date=August 28, 2010|publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association|page=44|archive-date=March 31, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100331132350/http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/m_basketball_RB/2010/D1.pdf|url-status=dead}} 1.63 (486:302), 1998 (broken 2005)
Consecutive home victories: Princeton over Brown 52, 1929–2002 (broken by North Carolina over Clemson 54 and active through 2009)

;National statistical champions:

Field goal percentage:{{cite web|url=http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/m_basketball_RB/2010/D1.pdf|title=Division I Records|access-date=August 28, 2010|publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association|page=34|archive-date=March 31, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100331132350/http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/m_basketball_RB/2010/D1.pdf|url-status=dead}} 70.3% Alan Williams 163 of 232, 1987
Three-point field goal percentage:{{cite web|url=http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/m_basketball_RB/2010/D1.pdf|title=Division I Records|access-date=August 28, 2010|publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association|page=35|archive-date=March 31, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100331132350/http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/m_basketball_RB/2010/D1.pdf|url-status=dead}} 53.4% Matt Lapin 71 of 133, 1990
Free throw percentage: 88.6% Bill Bradley, 273 of 308, 1965
Free throw percentage: 90.0% Joe Heiser, 117 of 130, 1968
Won-loss percentage:{{cite web|url=http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/m_basketball_RB/2010/D1.pdf|title=Division I Records|access-date=August 28, 2010|publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association|page=47|archive-date=March 31, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100331132350/http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/m_basketball_RB/2010/D1.pdf|url-status=dead}} 93.1% team, 27 of 29, 1998
Scoring defense:{{cite web|url=http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/m_basketball_RB/2010/D1.pdf|title=Division I Records|access-date=August 28, 2010|publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association|page=48|archive-date=March 31, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100331132350/http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/m_basketball_RB/2010/D1.pdf|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://web1.ncaa.org/stats/StatsSrv/ranksummary|title=Men's Basketball Ranking Summary|access-date=October 7, 2010|publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association}} 52.9, 1976; 51.7, 1977; 55.8, 1979; 52.0, 1983; 50.1, 1984; 55.0, 1986; 53.0, 1989; 51.0, 1990; 48.9, 1991; 48.2, 1992; 54.7, 1993; 52.3, 1994; 57.7, 1995; 51.7, 1996; 53.4, 1997; 51.4, 1998; 52.7, 1999; 54.6, 2000; 53.3, 2007; 53.3, 2010.
Field goal percentage:{{cite web|url=http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/m_basketball_RB/2010/D1.pdf|title=Division I Records|access-date=August 28, 2010|publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association|page=49|archive-date=March 31, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100331132350/http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/m_basketball_RB/2010/D1.pdf|url-status=dead}} 54.1% team, 601 of 1111, 1987
Three-point field goals/game: 8.12 team, 1988
Three-point field percentage: 49.2 team, 1988, 45.2 team, 1990
Assists-turnover ratio:{{cite web|url=http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/m_basketball_RB/2010/D1.pdf|title=Division I Records|access-date=August 28, 2010|publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association|page=50|archive-date=March 31, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100331132350/http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/m_basketball_RB/2010/D1.pdf|url-status=dead}} 1.63 team (486:302), 1998
Fewest turnover/game:{{cite web|url=http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/m_basketball_RB/2010/D1.pdf|title=Division I Records|access-date=August 28, 2010|publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association|page=51|archive-date=March 31, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100331132350/http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/m_basketball_RB/2010/D1.pdf|url-status=dead}} 10.14 team (294/29), 1998
The 1925 team is considered the retroactive national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation and the Premo-Porretta Power Poll.{{cite web|url=http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/m_basketball_RB/2010/D1.pdf|title=Division I Records|access-date=August 28, 2010|publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association|page=84|archive-date=March 31, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100331132350/http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/m_basketball_RB/2010/D1.pdf|url-status=dead}}{{cite book|title=ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game|editor-last=ESPN|publisher=ESPN Books|location=New York, NY|year=2009|pages=537|isbn=978-0-345-51392-2}}

;Selected notable statistics:

Bradley was the second to post a 2000-point/1000-rebound three-year career (Oscar Robertson).{{cite web|url=http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/m_basketball_RB/2010/D1.pdf|title=Division I Records|access-date=August 28, 2010|publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association|page=28|archive-date=March 31, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100331132350/http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/m_basketball_RB/2010/D1.pdf|url-status=dead}}
Weisz became the only player in Princeton career history to amass 1,000 points, 500 rebounds, 300 assists, and 200 3-pointers.{{Cite web|url=http://www.goprincetontigers.com/news/2017/3/7/mens-basketball-weisz-stephens-henderson-earn-major-awards-as-four-tigers-earn-all-ivy-honors.aspx|title = Weisz, Stephens, Henderson Earn Major Awards as Four Tigers Earn All-Ivy Honors}}
The 27-point comeback from 13–40 with 15:11 remaining to win 50–49 over Penn on February 9, 1999, remains the fifth-largest comeback and fourth-largest second-half comeback in NCAA history. That game's 9–33 half time deficit comeback remains the second-largest comeback.{{cite web|url=http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/m_basketball_RB/2010/D1.pdf|title=Division I Records|access-date=August 28, 2010|publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association|page=38|archive-date=March 31, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100331132350/http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/m_basketball_RB/2010/D1.pdf|url-status=dead}}
14 of the top 25 single-season team defensive averages since 1965 have been by Princeton.
Princeton ranked in the top 10 nationally in win percentage in both the 1960s (72.6, 188–71, 10th),{{cite web|url=http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/m_basketball_RB/2010/D1.pdf|title=Division I Records|access-date=August 28, 2010|publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association|page=57|archive-date=March 31, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100331132350/http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/m_basketball_RB/2010/D1.pdf|url-status=dead}} and 1990s (76.1, 210–66, 8th).{{cite web|url=http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/m_basketball_RB/2010/D1.pdf|title=Division I Records|access-date=August 28, 2010|publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association|page=58|archive-date=March 31, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100331132350/http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/m_basketball_RB/2010/D1.pdf|url-status=dead}}
Last Princeton team ranked in the polls during the season and at the end of the season was the 1997–98 team, which was ranked in all but the first three polls (15 weeks) of the season and finished the season 8th.{{cite web|url=http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/m_basketball_RB/2010/D1.pdf|title=Division I Records|access-date=August 28, 2010|publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association|page=80|archive-date=March 31, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100331132350/http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/m_basketball_RB/2010/D1.pdf|url-status=dead}}
Other ranked teams according to the AP Poll 1950–51 (2 weeks, peak 18, finished unranked), 1966–67 (9 weeks, peak 3, finished 5), 1967–68 (2 weeks, peak 8, finished unranked, but 15 by UPI since AP was only top 10 at the time), 1971–72 (3 weeks, peak 14, finished unranked), 1974–75 (2 weeks, peak 12, finished 12), 1975–76 (2 weeks, peak 15, finished unranked, but 19T by UPI), 1990–91 (6 weeks, peak 18, finished 18).{{cite web|url=http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/m_basketball_RB/2010/D1.pdf|title=Division I Records|access-date=August 28, 2010|publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association|pages=68–80|archive-date=March 31, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100331132350/http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/m_basketball_RB/2010/D1.pdf|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/m_basketball_RB/2010/D1.pdf|title=Division I Records|access-date=August 28, 2010|publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association|pages=85–90|archive-date=March 31, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100331132350/http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/m_basketball_RB/2010/D1.pdf|url-status=dead}}

Postseason

Princeton has appeared in 26 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournaments,{{cite web|url=http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/tournament/history/_/team1/7140|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100320081214/http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/tournament/history/_/team1/7140|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 20, 2010|title=NCAA basketball tournament History|access-date=February 9, 2011|publisher=ESPN}} 7 National Invitation Tournaments (NIT), 2 College Basketball Invitationals (CBI) and 8 Ivy League one-game playoffs.{{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|access-date=March 23, 2010|date=June 22, 2009|author=Princeton Athletic Communications|publisher=Princeton University}}

=NCAA Tournaments=

NCAA Tournament Seeding History

The NCAA began seeding the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament with the 1979 edition.{{cite web|url=http://ncaahistory.com/|title=Tourney History – NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship|access-date=August 6, 2008|publisher=ncaahistory.com}} The 64-team field started in 1985, which guaranteed that a championship team had to win six games.{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/news/story?id=3481014|title=Counting down the most prestigious programs since 1984–85|access-date=August 6, 2008|date=July 21, 2008|publisher=ESPN Internet Ventures|author=Shelton, Harold, Nick Loucks and Chris Fallica}}

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

class="wikitable" {{CollegePrimaryHeader\|team=Princeton Tigers\|Year\|Field Size\|Round\|Opponent\|Result}}
align="center" \| 1952	16	Sweet Sixteen Regional third-place game	{{cbb link\|1951\|sex=men\|team=Duquesne Dukes\|school=Duquesne University\|title=Duquesne}} {{cbb link\|1951\|sex=men\|team=Dayton Flyers\|school=University of Dayton\|title=Dayton}}	L 49–60 L 61–77
align="center" \| 1955	24	Sweet Sixteen Regional third-place game	La Salle {{cbb link\|1954\|sex=men\|team=Villanova Wildcats\|school=Villanova University\|title=Villanova}}	L 46–73 L 57–64
align="center" \| 1960	25	First round	Duke	L 60–84
align="center" \| 1961	24	First round Sweet Sixteen Regional third-place game	{{cbb link\|1960\|sex=men\|team=George Washington Colonials\|school=George Washington University\|title=George Washington}} St. Joseph's {{cbb link\|1960\|sex=men\|team=St. Bonaventure Bonnies\|school=St. Bonaventure University\|title=St. Bonaventure}}	W 84–67 L 67–72 L 67–85
align="center" \| 1963	25	First round	{{cbb link\|1962\|sex=men\|team=Saint Joseph's Hawks\|school=St. Joseph's University\|title=St. Joseph's}}	L 81–82
align="center" \| 1964	25	First round Sweet Sixteen Regional third-place game	VMI Connecticut {{cbb link\|1963\|sex=men\|team=Villanova Wildcats\|school=Villanova University\|title=Villanova}}	W 86–60 L 50–52 L 62–74
align="center" \| 1965	23	First round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four National third-place game	{{cbb link\|1964\|sex=men\|team=Penn State Nittany Lions\|school=Penn State University\|title=Penn State}} {{cbb link\|1964\|sex=men\|team=NC State Wolfpack\|school=North Carolina State University\|title=North Carolina State}} {{cbb link\|1964\|sex=men\|team=Providence Friars\|school=Providence College\|title=Providence}} Michigan Wichita State	W 60–58 W 66–48 W 109–69 L 76–93 W 118–82
align="center" \| 1967	23	First round Sweet Sixteen Regional third-place game	{{cbb link\|1966\|sex=men\|team=West Virginia Mountaineers\|school=University of West Virginia\|title=West Virginia}} North Carolina {{cbb link\|1966\|sex=men\|team=St. John's Red Storm\|school=St. John's University\|title=St. John's}}	W 68–57 L 70–78 ^OT W 78–58
align="center" \| 1969	25	First round	{{cbb link\|1968\|sex=men\|team=St. John's Red Storm\|school=St. John's University\|title=St. John's}}	L 63–72
align="center" \| 1976	32	First round	Rutgers	L 53–54
align="center" \| 1977	32	First round	Kentucky	L 58–72
align="center" \| 1981	48	First round	BYU	L 51–60
align="center" \| 1983	52	Preliminary Round First round Second round	{{cbb link\|1982\|sex=men\|team=North Carolina A&T Bulldogs\|school=North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University\|title=North Carolina A&T}} {{cbb link\|1982\|sex=men\|team=Oklahoma State Cowboys\|school=Oklahoma State University\|title=Oklahoma State}} Boston College	W 53–41 W 56–53 L 42–51
align="center" \| 1984	56	Preliminary Round First round	{{cbb link\|1983\|sex=men\|team=UCSD Tritons\|school=University of California, San Diego\|title=San Diego}} {{cbb link\|1983\|sex=men\|team=UNLV Runnin' Rebels\|school=University of Nevada, Las Vegas\|title=UNLV}}	W 65–56 L 56–68
align="center" \| 1989	64	First round	Georgetown	L 49–50
align="center" \| 1990	64	First round	Arkansas	L 64–68
align="center" \| 1991	64	First round	Villanova	L 48–50
align="center" \| 1992	64	First round	{{cbb link\|1991\|sex=men\|team=Syracuse Orange\|school=Syracuse University\|title=Syracuse}}	L 43–51
align="center" \| 1996	64	First round Second round	UCLA Mississippi State	W 43–41 L 41–63
align="center" \| 1997	64	First round	California	L 52–55
align="center" \| 1998	64	First round Second round	{{cbb link\|1997\|sex=men\|team=UNLV Runnin' Rebels\|school=University of Nevada, Las Vegas\|title=UNLV}} Michigan State	W 69–57 L 56–63
align="center" \| 2001	65	First round	North Carolina	L 48–70
align="center" \| 2004	65	First round	Texas	L 49–66
align="center" \| 2011	68	First round	Kentucky	L 57–59
align="center" \| 2017	68	First round	Notre Dame	L 58–60
align="center" \| 2023	68	First round Second Round Sweet Sixteen	Arizona Missouri Creighton	W 59–55 W 78–63 L 75–86

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=NIT=

class="wikitable" {{CollegePrimaryHeader\|team=Princeton Tigers\|Year\|Field Size\|Round\|Opponent\|Result}}
align="center" \| 1972	16	First Quarterfinal	Indiana {{cbb link\|1971\|sex=men\|team=Niagara Purple Eagles\|school=Niagara University\|title=Niagara}}	W 68–60 L 60–65
align="center" \| 1975	16	First Quarterfinal Semifinal Final	{{cbb link\|1974\|sex=men\|team=Holy Cross Crusaders\|school=College of the Holy Cross\|title=Holy Cross}} {{cbb link\|1974\|sex=men\|team=South Carolina Gamecocks\|school=University of South Carolina\|title=South Carolina}} {{cbb link\|1974\|sex=men\|team=Oregon Ducks\|school=University of Oregon\|title=Oregon}} {{cbb link\|1974\|sex=men\|team=Providence Friars\|school=Providence College\|title=Providence}}	W 84–63 W 86–67 W 58–57 W 80–69
align="center" \| 1999	32	First Second Quarterfinal	Georgetown {{cbb link\|1998\|sex=men\|team=NC State Wolfpack\|school=North Carolina State University\|title=North Carolina State}} {{cbb link\|1998\|sex=men\|team=Xavier Musketeers\|school=Xavier University\|title=Xavier}}	W 54–47 W 61–58 L 58–65
align="center" \| 2000	32	First	{{cbb link\|1999\|sex=men\|team=Penn State Nittany Lions\|school=Penn State University\|title=Penn State}}	L 41–55
align="center" \| 2002	40	First	Louisville	L 65–66
align="center" \| 2016	32	First	Virginia Tech	L 81–86^OT
align="center" \| 2022	32	First	VCU	L 79–90
align="center" \| 2024	32	First	UNLV	L 77–84

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Duquesne
IUPUI
Saint Louis

W 65–51
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Tulane
Fresno State

W 56–55
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Notes

External links

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