Princeton Tigers men's basketball

Princeton Tigers
2016–17 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team
University Princeton University
First season 1901 (January 26, first game)
All-time record 1,671-1,044 (.615), 114 seasons (through 2014-15 season)
Conference Ivy League
Location Princeton, NJ
Head coach Mitch Henderson (6th year)
Arena Jadwin Gymnasium
(Capacity: 6,854)
Nickname Tigers
Colors Black and Orange[1]
         
Uniforms
Home
Away
Pre-tournament Premo-Porretta champions
1925
Pre-tournament Helms champions
1925
NCAA Tournament Final Four
1965
NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen
1952, 1955, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1967
NCAA Tournament appearances
1952, 1955, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1976, 1977, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2004, 2011
Conference regular season champions
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

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 won six Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League championships, twenty-six Ivy League championships, and the 1975 National Invitation Tournament.[2] The team is currently coached by Mitch Henderson.

The team is known for the Princeton offense 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. The Tigers entered the 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's basketball season with 1,552 career victories (which ranked 23rd among the 347 NCAA Division I programs), 24 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament appearances (including four consecutive appearances between 1989 and 1992), and 5 National Invitation Tournament appearances.[3]

Eight different Tigers have earned twelve All-American recognitions. Bill Bradley is the only three-time honoree.[4] Numerous Tigers have played professional basketball. The most recent Tiger NBAer was Steve Goodrich.[5] Petrie was the NBA Rookie of the Year in 1971, while Taylor earned the same honor in the American Basketball Association in 1973.[5][6] Two of the three Ivy Leaguers to have played in the Olympic games were Tigers.[7] Four of the eight NBA and ABA championships earned by Ivy League players have been earned by Tigers.[7] Three of the five highest NBA career point totals by Ivy League players were by Tigers.[7] Five of the ten Ivy League players selected among the top 25 overall selections in the NBA draft were Tigers.[7] Their main Ivy League rivalry is with Penn.

Coaches

Carril holds the Ivy League record for most career seasons, championships, and wins. Bill Carmody holds the career winning percentage record.[8]

Coaching Records[3]
Name Years Wins Losses Winning %
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 2007–201166 53 0.555
Mitch Henderson 2011–present37 23 0.617

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.[3]

Name Wins Losses Winning %
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.[9]

Opponent First Gm. Last Gm. W L Pct. Home Away Neutral
Brown University 1908 2013 97 27 .773 58–5 39–22 —
Columbia University 1901 2013 145 84 .633 79–33 64–50 2–1
Cornell University 1902 2013 139 79 .638 82–27 56–50 1–2
Dartmouth College 1905 2013 144 61 .702 84–17 59–40 1–4
Harvard University 1901 2013 129 41 .759 75–11 53–30 1–0
University of Pennsylvania 1903 2013 105 123 .461 59–53 43–67 3–3
Yale University 1902 2013 144 84 .632 85–27 57–56 2–1

Through 2012–2013 season

Awards & honors

Bill Bradley playing in 1964

Bradley has won numerous distinctions as a Princeton Tiger. He is the team's only Rhodes Scholar,[7] and he is the only player to earn NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player. Other honors earned by Tiger basketball players include:

All-Americas[4]

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[4]

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

Ivy League Rookie of the Year[4]

Year Name
1971 Brian Taylor
1977 Bob Roma
1992 Rick Hielscher
1999 Chris Young
2001 Konrad Wysocki
2014 Spencer Weisz

Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year[4]

Year Name
2011 Kareem Maddox

Academic All-Americas[10]

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[7]

Year Name Designation
1964 Bill Bradley United States
2008 Konrad Wysocki Germany

College Basketball Hall of Fame[7]

Year Name Designation
1999 Bill Bradley Player
1997 Pete Carril Coach

Basketball Hall of Fame

Year Name 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.[5]

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).[11]

NBA/ABA Champiohips[7]

Year Name Designation
1970 New York Knicks Bill Bradley 1970 Finals
1973 New York Knicks Bill Bradley 1973 Finals
1974 New Jersey Nets Brian Taylor 1974
1976 New Jersey Nets Brian Taylor 1976

NBA Experience[12]

School NBA Alumni NBA Games Last Played
PRINCETON 10 2,668 2001–02
PENN 12 2,176 2002–03
DARTMOUTH 7 1,748 1994–95
COLUMBIA 5 1,068 1978–79
YALE 3 976 2002–03
CORNELL 3 176 2011–12
(As of 2012 April 19)
HARVARD 3 118 2011–12
(As of 2012 April 19)
BROWN 3 63 1953–54

NBA Draft [7]

Name Year Team Selection
Bernie Adams1950Philadelphia
Carl Belz1959Philadelphia9th, 62
Reggie Bird1972Atlanta4th rd, 55
Bill Bradley1965N.Y. Knicksbefore 1st rd, territory
Jim Brangan1960Philadelphia6th, 47
Pete Campbell1962Chicago10th rd, 79
John Haarlow1968N.Y. Knicks13th rd, 177
Barnes Hauptfuhrer1976Houston3rd rd, 43
Joe Heiser1968Baltimore6th rd, 68
Armond Hill1976Atlanta1st rd, 9
Ed Hummer1967Boston6th rd, 64
John Hummer1970Buffalo1st rd, 15
Mike Kearns1951Philadelphia
Ted Manakas1973Atlanta3rd rd, 36
Kevin Mullin1984Boston4th rd, 93
Geoff Petrie1970Portland1st rd, 8th
Andy Rimol1974Buffalo10th rd, 170
Craig Robinson1983Philadelphia4th rd, 93
Bob Roma1979Kansas City6th rd, 126
Bill Ryan1984N.J. Nets9th rd, 200
Rich Simkus1983N.J. Nets10th rd, 222
Frank Sowinski1978N.J. Nets9th rd, 171
Brian Taylor1972Seattle2nd rd, 23
Chris Thomforde1969N.Y. Knicks7th rd, 96
Tim van Blommesteyn1975N.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), 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).[8]

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 23 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournaments,[42] 6 National Invitation Tournaments (NIT), 2 College Basketball Invitationals (CBI) and 8 Ivy League one-game playoffs.[2]

NCAA Tournaments

NCAA Tournament Seeding History

The NCAA began seeding the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament with the 1979 edition.[43] The 64-team field started in 1985, which guaranteed that a championship team had to win six games.[44]

Years → '81 '83 '84 '89 '90 '91 '92 '96 '97 '98 '01 '04 '11
Seeds → 111212161381113125151413
Round → 1211111212112
Year Field Size Round Opponent Result/Score
1952 16 First
Quarterfinal 		Duquesne
Dayton		 L 49–60
L 61–77
1955 24 First
Second
Regional Consolation 		bye
La Salle
Villanova
L 46–73
L 57–64
1960 25 First Duke L 60–84
1961 24 First
Second
Regional Consolation 		George Washington
St. Joseph's
St. Bonaventure 		W 84–67
L 67–72
L 67–85
1963 25 First St. Joseph's L 81–82
1964 25 First
Second
Regional Consolation 		VMI
Connecticut
Villanova 		W 86–60
L 50–52
L 62–74
1965 23 First
Second
Regional Final
National Semifinal
National Consolation 		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 23 First
Second
Regional Consolation 		West Virginia
North Carolina
St. John's 		W 68–57
L 70–78 OT
W 78–58
1969 25 First St. John's L 63–72
1976 32 First Rutgers L 53–54
1977 32 First Kentucky L 58–72
1981 48 First BYU L 51–60
1983 52 Opening
First
Second 		North Carolina A&T
Oklahoma State
Boston College 		W 53–41
W 56–53
L 42–51
1984 56 Opening
First 		San Diego
UNLV 		W 65–56
L 56–68
1989 64 First Georgetown L 49–50
1990 64 First Arkansas L 64–68
1991 64 First Villanova L 48–50
1992 64 First Syracuse L 43–51
1996 64 First
Second 		UCLA
Mississippi State 		W 43–41
L 41–63
1997 64 First California L 52–55
1998 64 First
Second 		UNLV
Michigan State 		W 69–57
L 56–63
2001 65 First North Carolina L 48–70
2004 65 First Texas L 49–66
2011 68 Second Kentucky L 57–59

NIT

Year Field Size Round Opponent Result/Score
1972 16 First
Quarterfinal 		Indiana
Niagara 		W 68–60
L 60–65
1975 16 First
Quarterfinal
Semifinal
Final 		Holy Cross
South Carolina
Oregon
Providence 		W 84–63
W 86–67
W 58–57
W 80–69
1999 32 First
Second
Quarterfinal 		Georgetown
North Carolina State
Xavier 		W 54–47
W 61–58
L 58–65
2000 32 First Penn State L 41–55
2002 40 First Louisville L 65–66
2016 32 First Virginia Tech L 81–86OT

CBI

Year Field Size Round Opponent Result/Score
2010 16 First
Quarterfinal
Semifinal 		Duquesne
IUPUI
Saint Louis 		W 65–51
W 74–68 OT
L 59–69
2014 16 First
Quarterfinal 		Duquesne
Fresno State 		W 55–56
L 56–72

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ "Athletics Logos". GoPrincetonTigers.com. Retrieved 2016-04-01.
  2. 1 2 Princeton Athletic Communications (June 22, 2009). "Men's Basketball Record Book • Men's Basketball in the Postseason". Princeton University. Retrieved March 23, 2010.
  3. 1 2 3 Princeton Athletic Communications (June 12, 2009). "Men's Basketball Record Book • Coaching Record & Program Facts". Princeton University. Retrieved March 25, 2010.
  4. 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.
  5. 1 2 3 Princeton Athletic Communications. "Princeton in the Pros". Princeton University. Retrieved March 23, 2010.
  6. ↑ "Ivy Leaguers in the National Basketball Assoc.". ivyleaguesports.com. Archived from the original on May 5, 2008. Retrieved March 24, 2010.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Men's Honors" (PDF). ivyleaguesports.com. Retrieved March 24, 2010.
  8. 1 2 "Men's Individual Records" (PDF). ivyleaguesports.com. Retrieved March 24, 2010.
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  10. ↑ "Basketball All-Americans". ivyleaguesports.com. Archived from the original on July 5, 2008. Retrieved March 24, 2010.
  11. ↑ "Former Princeton coach Pete Carril's opinion of Cleveland Cavaliers candidate David Blatt: 'It's all good.'". cleveland.com.
  12. ↑ Torre, Pablo S. (February 1, 2010). "Harvard School Of Basketball". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on June 4, 2011. Retrieved April 2, 2010.
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  14. 1 2 "Division I Records" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. p. 15. Retrieved August 28, 2010.
  15. 1 2 3 4 "Division I Records" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. p. 39. Retrieved August 28, 2010.
  16. 1 2 "Division I Records" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. p. 60. Retrieved August 28, 2010.
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  19. 1 2 3 "The Final Four" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. p. 9. Retrieved August 29, 2010.
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  33. ↑ "Division I Records" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. p. 84. Retrieved August 28, 2010.
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  36. ↑ "Division I Records" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. p. 38. Retrieved August 28, 2010.
  37. ↑ "Division I Records" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. p. 57. Retrieved August 28, 2010.
  38. ↑ "Division I Records" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. p. 58. Retrieved August 28, 2010.
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