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Princeton
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26 appearances · 15–28 all-time · 1952–2023

Princeton appears in 26 tournaments in this archive, between 1952 and 2023, with an all-time record of 15–28. It has reached the national semifinals once — 1965 — without reaching the title game.

In its opening game it is 6–5. 3 of its 11 games decided by three points or fewer went its way.

Its biggest upset as the underdog came in 2023, when a 15th seed beat the 2nd-seeded Arizona 59–55. The reverse happened in 1991: as an 8th seed it lost to the 9th-seeded Villanova 50–48.

Its longest run of consecutive appearances is 4, from 1989 to 1992.

This archive carries no numeric seed before 1979. Since then it has entered as high as a 5th seed and as low as a 16th.

  • 26 Appearances
  • 15–28 All-time record
  • 0 Titles

Season by season

Every tournament appearance by Princeton in the archive. This archive carries no numeric seed before 1979. Season records and coaches come from the sourced season shards.
YearSeedRecordCoachConferenceFinish
1952—16–11Franklin CapponIvy LeagueRegional Fourth Place
1955—13–12Franklin CapponIvy LeagueRegional Fourth Place
1960—15–9Franklin CapponIvy LeagueFirst round
1961—18–8Jake McCandlessIvy LeagueRegional Fourth Place
1963—19–6Butch van Breda KolffIvy LeagueFirst round
1964—20–9Butch van Breda KolffIvy LeagueRegional Fourth Place
1965—23–6Butch van Breda KolffIvy LeagueThird Place
1967—25–3Butch van Breda KolffIvy LeagueRegional third place
1969—19–7Pete CarrilIvy LeagueFirst round
1976—22–5Pete CarrilIvy LeagueRound of 32
1977—21–5Pete CarrilIvy LeagueRound of 32
19811118–10Pete CarrilIvy LeagueRound of 48
19831220–9Pete CarrilIvy LeagueSecond Round
19841218–10Pete CarrilIvy LeagueRound of 48
19891619–8Pete CarrilIvy Leaguelost in the Round 1 to Georgetown, 49–50
19901320–7Pete CarrilIvy Leaguelost in the First round to Arkansas, 64–68
1991824–3Pete CarrilIvy Leaguelost in the Round 1 to Villanova, 48–50
19921122–6Pete CarrilIvy Leaguelost in the Round 1 to Syracuse, 43–51
19961322–7Pete CarrilIvy Leaguelost in the Round of 32 to Mississippi State, 41–63
19971224–4Bill CarmodyIvy Leaguelost in the Round of 64 to California, 52–55
1998527–2Bill CarmodyIvy Leaguelost in the Round of 32 to Michigan State, 56–63
20011516–11John Thompson IIIIvy Leaguelost in the Round of 64 to North Carolina, 48–70
20041420–8John Thompson IIIIvy Leaguelost in the Round of 64 to Texas, 49–66
20111325–7Sydney Johnson (4th year)Ivy Leaguelost in the round of 64 to Kentucky, 57–59
20171223–7Mitch HendersonIvy Leaguelost in the round of 64 to Notre Dame, 58–60
20231523–9Mitch HendersonIvy Leaguelost in the regional semifinal to Creighton, 75–86

How the games went

Record by round.
RoundW–L
Opening6–5
Round of 648–16
Round of 321–2
Round of 80–1
Semifinal0–4

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