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{{Short description|Collegiate basketball program}}
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|current = 2024–25 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team
|name = Princeton Tigers men's basketball
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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
|arena = [[Jadwin Gymnasium]]
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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<br />----<br />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 [[college basketball|intercollegiate men's basketball]] program representing [[Princeton University]]. The school competes in the [[Ivy League]] in [[Division I (NCAA)|Division I]] of the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] (NCAA). The [[Princeton Tigers|Tigers]] play home basketball games at the [[Jadwin Gymnasium]] in [[Princeton, New Jersey]], on the university campus. Princeton has appeared in 25 [[NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|NCAA tournaments]], most recently in [[2023 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|2023]]. In [[1965 NCAA University Division basketball tournament|1965]], the Tigers made the NCAA Final Four, with [[Bill Bradley]] being named the [[NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player|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. [[Penn–Princeton basketball rivalry|Their main Ivy League rivalry]] is with [[Penn Quakers men's basketball|Penn]].

Eight different Tigers have earned 12 [[All-American]] recognitions. Bill Bradley is the only three-time honoree.<ref name=IL&NA>{{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}}</ref>  Numerous Tigers have played professional basketball.  The most recent Tiger [[National Basketball Association|NBA]]er was [[Steve Goodrich]].<ref name=PitP>{{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}}</ref> [[Geoff Petrie]] was the [[NBA Rookie of the Year]] in 1971, while [[Brian Taylor (basketball)|Brian Taylor]] earned the same honor in the [[American Basketball Association]] in 1973.<ref name=PitP/><ref>{{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}}</ref> Two of the three Ivy Leaguers to have played in the [[Olympic games]] were Tigers.<ref name=MH/> Four of the eight NBA and ABA championships earned by Ivy League players<!--don't teams do that?--> have been earned by Tigers.<ref name=MH/> Three of the five highest NBA career point totals by Ivy League players were by Tigers.<ref name=MH/> Five of the ten Ivy League players selected among the top 25 overall selections in the [[NBA draft]] were Tigers.<ref name=MH/>

==Coaches==
[[File:Mitch Henderson, Princeton men's basketball coach, confers with the team.jpg|thumb|[[Mitch Henderson]] in 2023]]
Carril holds the Ivy League record for most career seasons, championships, and wins. [[Bill Carmody]] holds the career winning percentage record.<ref name=MIR/>

;Coaching Records<ref name=CR&PF>{{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}}</ref>
{{sort under}}
{| class="wikitable sortable sort-under" style="text-align:right"
|-
! Name
! Years
! Wins
! Losses
! Winning %
|-
| Mowbray Forney ||1900–01 ||7 ||5 ||0.583
|-
| Augustus W. Enderbrock ||1901–02 ||10 ||10 ||0.500
|-
| [[William Roper (American football)|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
|-
| [[Fritz Crisler|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 Cappon|Franklin (Cappy) Cappon]] ||1938–43 * ||52 ||37 ||0.584
|-
| [[William Francis Logan|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 III|John Thompson]] ||2000–2004 ||68 ||42 ||0.618
|-
| [[Joe Scott (basketball coach)|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 (Princeton)|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.<ref name=CR&PF/>

{| 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
{{sort under}}
{| class="wikitable sortable sort-under" style="text-align:right"
|-
! Opponent
! First Game
! Last Game
! W
! L
! PCT.
! Home
! Away
! Neutral
|-
| {{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|thumb|Bill Bradley playing in 1964]]
Bill Bradley has won numerous distinctions as a Princeton Tiger.  He is the team's only [[Rhodes Scholar]],<ref name=MH/> and he is the only player to earn [[NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player]]. Other honors earned by Tiger basketball players include:

;[[All-America]]s<ref name=IL&NA/>
{| 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 (basketball)|Arthur Loeb]]
|-
| 1923 ||Arthur Loeb 
|-
| 1926 ||[[Carl Loeb (basketball)|Carl Loeb]] 
|-
| 1963 ||[[Bill Bradley]] 
|-
| 1964 ||Bill Bradley 
|-
| 1965 ||Bill Bradley
|-
| 1972 ||[[Brian Taylor (basketball)|Brian Taylor]] 
|-
| 1998 ||[[Steve Goodrich]]
|-
| 2013 ||[[Ian Hummer]]
|}

;[[Ivy League Men's Basketball Player of the Year]]<ref name=IL&NA/>	
[[File:Spencer Weisz1.jpg|thumb|180px|[[Spencer Weisz]]]]
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right"
! Year
! Name
|-
| 1976 ||[[Armond Hill]]
|-
| 1977 ||[[Frank Sowinski]]
|-
| 1982 ||[[Craig Robinson (basketball)|Craig Robinson]]
|-
| 1983 ||Craig Robinson
|-
| 1989 ||[[Bob Scrabis (basketball)|Bob Scrabis]] 
|-
| 1990 ||[[Kit Mueller]] 
|-
| 1991 ||Kit Mueller 
|-
| 1992 ||[[Sean Jackson (basketball)|Sean Jackson]]
|-
| 1997 ||[[Sydney Johnson]]
|-
| 1998 ||[[Steve Goodrich]]
|-
| 1999 ||[[Brian Earl]]
|-
| 2013 ||[[Ian Hummer]]
|-
|2017 ||[[Spencer Weisz]]
|}	
			
;Ivy League Rookie of the Year<ref name=IL&NA/>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right"
! Year
! Name
|-
| 1971 ||[[Brian Taylor (basketball)|Brian Taylor]] 
|-
| 1977 ||[[Bob Roma]] 
|-
| 1992 ||[[Rick Hielscher]]
|-
| 1999 || [[Chris Young (pitcher)|Chris Young]]
|-
| 2001 ||[[Konrad Wysocki]]
|-
| 2014 ||[[Spencer Weisz]]
|-
|2023
|[[Caden Pierce]]<ref>{{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}}</ref>
|}	
			
;Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year<ref name=IL&NA/>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
! Year
! Name
|-
| 2011 ||[[Kareem Maddox]]
|-
|2017||Myles Stephens
|}

;Ivy League Coach of the Year
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Year'''
| align="center" style="background:#f0f0f0;"|'''Name'''

|-
|2017||[[Mitch Henderson]]<ref>{{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}}</ref>
|}

;[[Academic All-America]]s<ref>{{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 }}</ref>
{| 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
|}

;[[Olympic Games|Olympians]]<ref name=MH/>
{| 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 Summer Olympics|1964]] ||[[Bill Bradley]] || [[United States at the 1964 Summer Olympics|United States]]
|-
| [[2008 Summer Olympics|2008]] ||[[Konrad Wysocki]]|| [[Germany at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Germany]]
|-
| [[2024 Summer Olympics|2024]]||[[Kareem Maddox]] || [[United States at the 2024 Summer Olympics|United States]]
|}
Maddox appeared in the [[3x3 basketball]] competition.

;[[National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame|College Basketball Hall of Fame]]<ref name=MH>{{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}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
| 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]]
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
| 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]].<ref name=PitP/>

[[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]]).<ref>{{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}}</ref>

;[[NBA Finals|NBA]]/[[American Basketball Association (2000–present)|ABA]] Championships<ref name="MH"/>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
! Year
! Name
! Designation

|-
| [[1969–70 New York Knicks season|1970 New York Knicks]] ||Bill Bradley || [[1970 NBA Playoffs|1970]] [[1970 NBA Finals|Finals]]
|-
| [[1972–73 New York Knicks season|1973 New York Knicks]] ||Bill Bradley || [[1973 NBA Playoffs|1973]] [[1973 NBA Finals|Finals]]
|-
| [[1973–74 New York Nets season|1974 New York Nets]] ||Brian Taylor || [[1974 ABA Playoffs | 1974 Finals]]
|-
| [[1975–76 New York Nets season|1976 New York Nets]] ||Brian Taylor || [[1976 ABA Playoffs | 1976 Finals]]
|}

;NBA Experience<ref name=HSoB>{{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.}}</ref>
{| 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<!--4 by Foote--> ||2011–12<br /><small>({{as of|2012|4|19|df=US}})</small>
|-
| {{cbb link|1890|sex=men|team=Harvard Crimson|school=Harvard University|title=Harvard}} ||3 ||118<!--54 +64 by Lin--> ||2011–12<br /><small>({{as of|2012|4|19|df=US}})</small>
|-
| {{cbb link|1890|sex=men|team=Brown Bears|school=Brown University|title=Brown}} ||3 ||63 ||1953–54
|}

;[[NBA draft]]<ref name=MH/>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right"
! Name
! Year
! Team
! Selection
|-
|[[Bernie Adams]]||1950||Philadelphia||
|-
|[[Carl Belz]]||1959||Philadelphia||9th, 62
|-
|[[Reggie Bird (basketball)|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 (basketball)|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 (basketball)|Craig Robinson]]||1983||Philadelphia||4th rd, 93
|-
|[[Bob Roma]]||1979||Kansas City||6th rd, 126
|-
|[[Bill Ryan (basketball)|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 (basketball)|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 [[point (basketball)|point]]s Ivy League records. In addition, he holds the Ivy records for single-game, single-season, and career [[field goal (basketball)|field goal]]s made as well as single-season, and career [[free throw]]s made. Other Tiger Ivy League record holders include Howard Levy (1982–85, career [[field goal percentage]]),<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://admissionsight.com/ivy-league-schools/| title=Ivy League Schools| date= 2019-02-06| accessdate=2023-10-25}}</ref> Alan Williams (1986–87, single-season field goal percentage), [[Brian Earl]] (1995–99, career [[three-point field goal]]s 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).<ref name=MIR>{{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}}</ref>

;National records:
*Combined single-game [[Three-point field goal]] [[field goal percentage]] (minimum 20 made):<ref>{{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}}</ref>  72.4%—Princeton (12 of 15) vs. [[Brown Bears men's basketball|Brown]] (9 of 14), February 20, 1998
*Combined single-game [[point (basketball)|points]] (Since 1986, which is either the three-point shot or shot clock era):<ref name=DIR15>{{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}}</ref><ref name=DIR39>{{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}}</ref> 62—Monmouth (41) vs. Princeton (21), December 14, 2005
*Single-season three-point field goal percentage (Min. 200 made):<ref name=DIR15/> 49.2%—Princeton, 1988 (211 of 429)
*Longest annual rivalry Princeton–Yale:<ref name=DIR60>{{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}}</ref> 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)<ref>{{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}}</ref>
*Single-game points scored in a [[final four]]: Bradley 58 Princeton vs. Wichita St., N3d, 3-20- 1965<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref name=TFF9>{{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}}</ref> 
*Single-game field goals made (final four): Bradley 22 Princeton vs. Wichita St., N3d, 3-20- 1965<ref name=TFF9/>
*Victory margin (final four): 36 Princeton (118) vs. Wichita St. (82), N3d, March 20, 1965<ref name=TFF10>{{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}}</ref>
*Points in a half, team (final four): 65, Princeton vs. Wichita St., N3d, March 20, 1965 (2d half, 2nd team to do so)<ref name=TFF11>{{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}}</ref>
*Single-year two-game points scored (final four): 87, Bill Bradley, Princeton, 1965<ref name=TFF17>{{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}}</ref>
*Single-year two-game field goals made (final four): 34, Bill Bradley, Princeton, 1965<ref name="TFF17"/>

;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)<ref name=TFF9/>
*Points in a half, both teams (final four): 108, Princeton (65) vs. Wichita St. (43), N3d, March 20, 1965 (2d) (broken March 25, 1972)<ref name=TFF11/>
*Single-year two-game free throw percentage (final four, minimum 12 made): 95.0% (19–20), Bill Bradley, Princeton, 1965 (broken 1972)<ref name=TFF17/>
*Single-year two-game field goals made (final four): 78, Princeton, 1965 (broken 1977)<ref name=TFF17/>

;Former national records:
*Fewest points allowed (Since 1986):<ref name="DIR39"/> 28–66 Dartmouth, February 10, 1990 (broken on January 11, 1991)
*Fewest points allowed (Since 1986):<ref name=DIR39/> 27–55 Yale, January 11, 1991 (broken on March 2, 1992)
*Fewest combined points (Since 1986):<ref name=DIR39/> 76 (43–33) vs. Colgate, November 30, 1988 (broken on December 16, 1989)
*Single-season team defense (Since 1965):<ref name=DIR42>{{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}}</ref> 52.9, 1976 (broken 1977)
*Single-season team defense (Since 1965):<ref name=DIR42/> 51.7, 1977 (broken 1980)
*Single-season team assists-turnover ratio (Since 1993):<ref name=DIR44>{{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}}</ref> 1.63 (486:302), 1998 (broken 2005)
*Consecutive home victories:<ref name=DIR60/> Princeton over Brown 52, 1929–2002 (broken by North Carolina over Clemson 54 and active through 2009)

;National statistical champions:
*Field goal percentage:<ref name=DIR34>{{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}}</ref> 70.3% Alan Williams 163 of 232, 1987
*Three-point field goal percentage:<ref name=DIR35>{{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}}</ref> 53.4% Matt Lapin 71 of 133, 1990
*Free throw percentage:<ref name=DIR35/> 88.6% Bill Bradley, 273 of 308, 1965
*Free throw percentage:<ref name=DIR35/> 90.0% Joe Heiser, 117 of 130, 1968
*Won-loss percentage:<ref name=DIR47>{{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}}</ref> 93.1% team, 27 of 29, 1998
*Scoring defense:<ref name=DIR48>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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]]}}</ref> 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:<ref name=DIR49>{{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}}</ref> 54.1% team, 601 of 1111, 1987
*Three-point field goals/game:<ref name=DIR49/> 8.12 team, 1988
*Three-point field percentage:<ref name=DIR49/> 49.2 team, 1988, 45.2 team, 1990
*Assists-turnover ratio:<ref name=DIR50>{{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}}</ref> 1.63 team (486:302), 1998
*Fewest turnover/game:<ref name=DIR51>{{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}}</ref> 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]].<ref name=DIR84>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>

;Selected notable statistics:
*Bradley was the second to post a [[List of NCAA Division I men's basketball players with 2000 points and 1000 rebounds|2000-point/1000-rebound]] three-year career ([[Oscar Robertson]]).<ref>{{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}}</ref>
*Weisz became the only player in Princeton career history to amass 1,000 points, 500 rebounds, 300 assists, and 200 3-pointers.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
*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.<ref name=DIR38>{{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}}</ref>
*14 of the top 25 single-season team defensive averages since 1965 have been by Princeton.<ref name=DIR42/>
*Princeton ranked in the top 10 nationally in win percentage in both the 1960s (72.6, 188–71, 10th),<ref name=DIR57>{{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}}</ref> and 1990s (76.1, 210–66, 8th).<ref name=DIR58>{{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}}</ref>
*Last Princeton team ranked in the polls during the season and at the end of the season was the [[1997-98 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team|1997–98 team]], which was ranked in all but the first three polls (15 weeks) of the season and finished the season 8th.<ref name=DIR80>{{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}}</ref>
*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).<ref name=DIR6880>{{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}}</ref><ref name=DIR8590>{{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}}</ref>

==Postseason==
Princeton has appeared in 26 [[NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament]]s,<ref>{{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]]}}</ref> 7 [[National Invitation Tournament]]s (NIT), 2 [[College Basketball Invitational]]s (CBI) and 8 [[Ivy League]] one-game playoffs.<ref name=MBitP>{{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}}</ref>

===NCAA Tournaments===

'''NCAA Tournament Seeding History'''

The [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] began seeding the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament with the [[1979 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|1979 edition]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ncaahistory.com/|title=Tourney History – NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship|access-date=August 6, 2008|publisher=ncaahistory.com}}</ref> The 64-team field started in [[1985 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|1985]], which guaranteed that a championship team had to win six games.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
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![[2001 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|'01]]
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|align=left style="background: #e3e3e3;"|'''Seeds →'''
|11||12||12||16||13||8||11||13||12||5||15||14||13||12||15
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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 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|1952]] || 16 || Sweet Sixteen<br />Regional third-place game || {{cbb link|1951|sex=men|team=Duquesne Dukes|school=Duquesne University|title=Duquesne}}<br />{{cbb link|1951|sex=men|team=Dayton Flyers|school=University of Dayton|title=Dayton}}
 ||L 49–60<br />L 61–77
|- align="center"
| [[1955 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|1955]] || 24 || Sweet Sixteen<br />Regional third-place game || [[1954–55 La Salle Explorers men's basketball team|La Salle]]<br />{{cbb link|1954|sex=men|team=Villanova Wildcats|school=Villanova University|title=Villanova}} || L 46–73<br />L 57–64
|- align="center"
| [[1960 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|1960]] || 25 || First round || [[1959–60 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team|Duke]] || L 60–84
|- align="center"
| [[1961 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|1961]] || 24 || First round<br />Sweet Sixteen<br />Regional third-place game || {{cbb link|1960|sex=men|team=George Washington Colonials|school=George Washington University|title=George Washington}}<br />[[1960–61 Saint Joseph's Hawks men's basketball team|St. Joseph's]]<br />{{cbb link|1960|sex=men|team=St. Bonaventure Bonnies|school=St. Bonaventure University|title=St. Bonaventure}} || '''W''' 84–67<br />L 67–72<br />L 67–85
|- align="center"
| [[1963 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|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 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|1964]] || 25 || First round<br />Sweet Sixteen<br />Regional third-place game || [[1963–64 VMI Keydets men's basketball team|VMI]]<br />[[1963–64 Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team|Connecticut]]<br />{{cbb link|1963|sex=men|team=Villanova Wildcats|school=Villanova University|title=Villanova}} || '''W''' 86–60<br />L 50–52<br />L 62–74
|- align="center"
| [[1965 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|1965]] || 23 || First round<br />Sweet Sixteen<br />Elite Eight<br />'''Final Four'''<br />National third-place game || {{cbb link|1964|sex=men|team=Penn State Nittany Lions|school=Penn State University|title=Penn State}}<br />{{cbb link|1964|sex=men|team=NC State Wolfpack|school=North Carolina State University|title=North Carolina State}}<br />{{cbb link|1964|sex=men|team=Providence Friars|school=Providence College|title=Providence}}<br />[[1964–65 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team|Michigan]]<br />[[1964–65 Wichita State Shockers men's basketball team|Wichita State]] || '''W''' 60–58<br />'''W''' 66–48<br />'''W''' 109–69<br />L 76–93<br />'''W''' 118–82
|- align="center"
| [[1967 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|1967]] || 23 || First round<br />Sweet Sixteen<br />Regional third-place game || {{cbb link|1966|sex=men|team=West Virginia Mountaineers|school=University of West Virginia|title=West Virginia}}<br />[[1966–67 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team|North Carolina]]<br />{{cbb link|1966|sex=men|team=St. John's Red Storm|school=St. John's University|title=St. John's}} || '''W''' 68–57<br />L 70–78 <sup>OT</sup><br />'''W''' 78–58
|- align="center"
| [[1969 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|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 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|1976]] || 32 || First round || [[1975–76 Rutgers Scarlet Knights men's basketball team|Rutgers]]  || L 53–54
|- align="center"
| [[1977 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|1977]] || 32 || First round || [[1976–77 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team|Kentucky]] || L 58–72
|- align="center"
| [[1981 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|1981]] || 48 || First round || [[1980–81 BYU Cougars men's basketball team|BYU]]  || L 51–60
|- align="center"
| [[1983 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|1983]] || 52 || Preliminary Round<br />First round<br />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}}<br />{{cbb link|1982|sex=men|team=Oklahoma State Cowboys|school=Oklahoma State University|title=Oklahoma State}}<br />[[1982–83 Boston College Eagles men's basketball team|Boston College]] || '''W''' 53–41<br />'''W''' 56–53<br />L 42–51
|- align="center"
| [[1984 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|1984]] || 56 ||Preliminary Round<br />First round ||{{cbb link|1983|sex=men|team=UCSD Tritons|school=University of California, San Diego|title=San Diego}}<br />{{cbb link|1983|sex=men|team=UNLV Runnin' Rebels|school=University of Nevada, Las Vegas|title=UNLV}} || '''W''' 65–56<br />L 56–68
|- align="center"
| [[1989 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|1989]] || 64 || First round || [[1988–89 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team|Georgetown]] || L 49–50
|- align="center"
| [[1990 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|1990]] || 64 || First round || [[1989–90 Arkansas Razorbacks men's basketball team|Arkansas]] || L 64–68
|- align="center"
| [[1991 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|1991]] || 64 || First round || [[1990–91 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team|Villanova]] || L 48–50
|- align="center"
| [[1992 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|1992]] || 64 || First round || {{cbb link|1991|sex=men|team=Syracuse Orange|school=Syracuse University|title=Syracuse}} || L 43–51
|- align="center"
| [[1996 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|1996]] || 64 || First round<br />Second round ||[[1995–96 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team|UCLA]]<br />[[1995–96 Mississippi State Bulldogs men's basketball team|Mississippi State]] || '''W''' 43–41<br />L 41–63
|- align="center"
| [[1997 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|1997]] || 64 || First round || [[1996–97 California Golden Bears men's basketball team|California]] || L 52–55
|- align="center"
| [[1998 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|1998]] || 64 || First round<br />Second round ||{{cbb link|1997|sex=men|team=UNLV Runnin' Rebels|school=University of Nevada, Las Vegas|title=UNLV}}<br />[[1997–98 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team|Michigan State]] || '''W''' 69–57<br />L 56–63
|- align="center"
| [[2001 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|2001]] || 65 || First round || [[2000–01 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team|North Carolina]] || L 48–70
|- align="center"
| [[2004 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|2004]] || 65 || First round || [[2003–04 Texas Longhorns men's basketball team|Texas]] || L 49–66
|- align="center"
| [[2011 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|2011]] || 68 || First round || [[2010–11 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team|Kentucky]] || L 57–59
|- align="center"
| [[2017 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|2017]] || 68 || First round || [[2016–17 Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team|Notre Dame]] ||  L 58–60
|- align="center"
| [[2023 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|2023]] || 68 || First round<br>Second Round<br>Sweet Sixteen || [[2022–23 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team|Arizona]]<br>[[2022-23 Missouri Tigers men's basketball team|Missouri]]<br>[[2022–23 Creighton Bluejays men's basketball team|Creighton]]  ||  '''W''' 59–55<br> '''W''' 78–63<br> L 75–86
|}

<small>In 2011 the round of 64 was the second round</small>

===NIT===
{| class="wikitable"
{{CollegePrimaryHeader|team=Princeton Tigers|Year|Field Size|Round|Opponent|Result}}
|- align="center"
| [[1972 National Invitation Tournament|1972]] || 16 || First<br />Quarterfinal ||[[1971–72 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team|Indiana]]<br />{{cbb link|1971|sex=men|team=Niagara Purple Eagles|school=Niagara University|title=Niagara}} || '''W''' 68–60<br />L 60–65
|- align="center"
| [[1975 National Invitation Tournament|1975]] || 16 || First<br />Quarterfinal<br />Semifinal<br />Final || {{cbb link|1974|sex=men|team=Holy Cross Crusaders|school=College of the Holy Cross|title=Holy Cross}}<br />{{cbb link|1974|sex=men|team=South Carolina Gamecocks|school=University of South Carolina|title=South Carolina}}<br />{{cbb link|1974|sex=men|team=Oregon Ducks|school=University of Oregon|title=Oregon}}<br />{{cbb link|1974|sex=men|team=Providence Friars|school=Providence College|title=Providence}} || '''W''' 84–63<br />'''W''' 86–67<br />'''W''' 58–57<br />'''W''' 80–69
|- align="center"
| [[1999 National Invitation Tournament|1999]] || 32 || First<br />Second<br />Quarterfinal || [[1998–99 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team|Georgetown]]<br />{{cbb link|1998|sex=men|team=NC State Wolfpack|school=North Carolina State University|title=North Carolina State}}<br />{{cbb link|1998|sex=men|team=Xavier Musketeers|school=Xavier University|title=Xavier}} || '''W''' 54–47<br />'''W''' 61–58<br />L 58–65
|- align="center"
| [[2000 National Invitation Tournament|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 National Invitation Tournament|2002]] || 40 || First || [[2001–02 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team|Louisville]] || L 65–66
|- align="center"
| [[2016 National Invitation Tournament|2016]] || 32 || First || [[2015–16 Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball team|Virginia Tech]] || L 81–86<sup>OT</sup>
|- align="center"
| [[2022 National Invitation Tournament|2022]] || 32 || First || [[2021–22 VCU Rams men's basketball team|VCU]] || L 79–90
|- align="center"
| [[2024 National Invitation Tournament|2024]] || 32 || First || [[2023–24 UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball team|UNLV]] || L 77–84
|}

===CBI===
{| class="wikitable"
{{CollegePrimaryHeader|team=Princeton Tigers|Year|Field Size|Round|Opponent|Result}}
|- align="center"
| [[2010 College Basketball Invitational|2010]] || 16 || First<br />Quarterfinal<br />Semifinal || [[2009–10 Duquesne Dukes men's basketball team|Duquesne]]<br />[[2009–10 IUPUI Jaguars men's basketball team|IUPUI]]<br />[[2009–10 Saint Louis Billikens men's basketball team|Saint Louis]] || '''W''' 65–51<br />'''W''' 74–68 <sup>OT</sup><br />L 59–69
|- align="center"
| [[2014 College Basketball Invitational|2014]] || 16 || First<br />Quarterfinal || [[2013–14 Tulane Green Wave men's basketball team|Tulane]]<br />[[2013–14 Fresno State Bulldogs men's basketball team|Fresno State]] || '''W''' 56–55<br />L 56–72
|}

==Notes==
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==External links==
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