Men's Basketball

Tiger throwback: 1997-8 men's "dream team" set records, ended in tournament heartbreak

This is the first in a series of articles recounting the feats of great Princeton teams from a variety of sports. Third Eye Blind’s November 1997 hit asked the question, “How’s it Going to Be?” which is asked every fall by college basketball fans nationwide, but particularly by Princeton supporters that year.

Tigers' title hopes diminished with two road losses

The men's basketball team suffered two Ivy League defeats over the weekend, effectively eliminating the already-small chance they had at winning the conference.

Updated: Quakers outlast Tigers to pull off upset

PHILADELPHIA, PA -Princeton’s hopes of an Ivy League title took a huge hit Saturday with a shocking 77-74 loss to Penn at the Palestra. The men's basketball team (11-3, 0-1 Ivy League) was expected to steamroll the Quakers (3-10, 1-0 Ivy League) and go into the finals break confident about its matchup with Harvard at the end of January.Penn came into the game with a scoring margin of -7.7, while Princeton’s was +7.5.

Liveblog: Princeton vs. Penn

The men's basketball team begins the "Fourteen-Game Tournament" that is the Ivy League season tonight with a trip to the Palestra to face rival Penn.

The Daily Princetonian: The Penn is not mightier than... well, anything

It is a time-honored tradition that, before the first men's basketball game of the season between Princeton and Penn, the Sports Editors of theDaily PrincetonianandDaily Pennsylvanianexchange columns in which they trash-talk the other school's team.

With victory over Liberty, Tigers are 11-2 entering Ivy play

The men’s basketball team faced their final opponent before beginning Ivy League play on Saturday, traveling to Lynchburg, Va., to defeat Liberty 80-74. It was the last of the Tigers’ (11-2) five games over winter break in preparation for the start of Ivy competition.

Tigers shock Nittany Lions with huge comeback

The halftime score was 35-23, and the men's basketball team was being outshot, outrebounded and outplayed.

Tigers, Nittany Lions set for throwback matchup

The men’s basketball team squares off against Penn State Saturday in what should be one of the toughest games of the season for the Tigers.

Basketball Recap

Life after Hummer

The men’s basketball team is doing better now that Ian Hummer ’13 is gone. The first thing that comes to mind when you hear something like that is probably “correlation does not imply causation,” a favorite axiom of anyone who’s studied (or heard of) economics.

Princeton wins 5th straight

The men’s basketball team stormed past Fairleigh Dickinson Saturday, continuing its best start since the 1997-98 season.

Streaking Tigers to host struggling Knights

Men’s basketball hosts Fairleigh Dickinson Saturday at 7 p.m. in Jadwin Gymnasium. The Tigers (5-1) are off to their best start in 16 years and look to continue a four game win streak against the Knights (3-7). Princeton is ranked 70th in the country in Jeff Sagarin’s college basketball computer rankings, which are based on which teams have beaten which teams and by how much.

Around the Ivies: Men's basketball

The Ivies are off to a great start this basketball season, and most of the teams look like they will be boasting excellent records when they start Ivy play.

Still stuck in second place

Watching Blake Dietrick shoot the ball is fun. In the women’s basketball game against Oregon on Sunday, the junior guard hit every single shot she took in the first half — eight buckets on eight shots, accounting for 21 of the Tigers’ 55 points going into halftime.

Princeton off to best start since 1997

With 71-66 and 66-53 wins over George Mason and Bucknell, respectively, overThanksgiving break, the men’s basketball team has opened their season with a 5-1 mark for the first time since current head coach Mitch Henderson ’98's team did so duringHenderson’s senior season. The Tigers have now won five in a row over PatriotLeague schools and seven of the last eight, with their last loss coming in Novemberof 2011 at Bucknell (3-4).Senior guard T.J.

Tigers outlast Patriots' comeback for 4th win

The men’s basketball team defeated George Mason 71-66 Tuesday night at Jadwin Gym in a rollercoaster ride of a game. Princeton (4-1) dominated the first half, ending it on an 11-1 run in the last 2:24 to take a 40-23 lead into the locker room.

Sports Shorts: Men's and women's basketball

Men’s basketball: Princeton looking to extend winning streakThe men’s basketball team will try to win its third straight game of the season Tuesday night when it takes on George Mason in Jadwin Gymnasium.

Princeton fries Rice, 70-56

The men’s basketball team went on several long runs and showed off its three-point shooting ability to defeat Rice 70-56 in Houston on Saturday afternoon. Despite trailing 23-21 more than halfway through the first half, Princeton (3-1) finished the period on a 15-2 run and entered halftime leading 36-25.

High-scoring Tigers head to Houston

The men’s basketball team heads to Houston on Saturday to take on Rice in its fourth game of the season.

Butler squeaks past Princeton

For the second-straight week, the men’s basketball team (1-1) took the court without its emotional leader and captain, senior guard T.J.