1968–69 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team
1968–69 1969 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, Regional Quarterfinals | |
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Conference | Ivy League |
Record | 19–7 (14–0, 1st Ivy) |
Head coach | |
Captain | Christopher Thomforde |
Home arena | Dillon Gymnasium Jadwin Gymnasium |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Princeton | 14 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 19 | – | 7 | .731 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Columbia | 11 | – | 3 | .786 | 20 | – | 4 | .833 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Penn | 10 | – | 4 | .714 | 15 | – | 10 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cornell | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 12 | – | 13 | .480 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Yale | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | 9 | – | 16 | .360 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dartmouth | 4 | – | 10 | .286 | 10 | – | 15 | .400 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Harvard | 3 | – | 11 | .214 | 7 | – | 18 | .280 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Brown | 1 | – | 13 | .071 | 3 | – | 23 | .115 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rankings from AP Poll[1]
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The 1968–69 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team represented the
During the regular season, the team played a few of the teams that would eventually participate in the 25-team NCAA tournament: they opened their season against the Villanova Wildcats and later played two of the eventual final four participants (the UCLA Bruins and North Carolina Tar Heels) in the ECAC Holiday Classic at Madison Square Garden in New York City in late December 1968.[2][5] The team posted a 19–7 overall record and a 14–0 conference record.[2] The team entered the tournament riding an eleven-game winning streak and having won fifteen of their last sixteen games, but they lost their March 8, 1969 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament East Regional first-round game against the St. John's Redmen 72–63 at Reynolds Coliseum in Raleigh, North Carolina.[2][6][7]
Both
Schedule and results
The team posted a 19–7 (14–0 Ivy League) record.[13]
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site city, state | ||||||
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Regular season | |||||||||||
Dec 3, 1968* |
at No. 10 Villanova | L 54–64 | 0–1 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Dec 7, 1968* |
vs. No. 16 Duke | L 62–81 | 0–2 |
New York, New York
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Dec 11, 1968* |
at Maryland | W 72–63 | 1–2 |
Cole Fieldhouse
College Park, Maryland | |||||||
Dec 14, 1968* |
Navy | W 56–55 | 2–2 |
Dillon Gym Princeton, New Jersey | |||||||
Dec 17, 1968* |
at Rutgers | L 60–61 | 2–3 |
College Avenue Gymnasium Piscataway, New Jersey | |||||||
Dec 18, 1968* |
NYU | W 88–76 | 3–3 |
Dillon Gym Princeton, New Jersey | |||||||
Dec 27, 1968* |
vs. Holy Cross ECAC Holiday Festival |
W 67–55 | 4–3 |
Madison Square Garden New York, New York | |||||||
Dec 28, 1968* |
vs. No. 1 UCLA ECAC Holiday Festival |
L 67–83 | 4–4 |
Madison Square Garden New York, New York | |||||||
Dec 30, 1968* |
vs. No. 4 North Carolina ECAC Holiday Festival |
L 76–103 | 4–5 |
Madison Square Garden New York, New York | |||||||
Jan 3, 1969 |
at Penn | W 59–56 | 5–5 (1–0) |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Jan 4, 1969* |
at Army
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W 51–42 | 6–5 |
Gillis Field House West Point, New York | |||||||
Jan 10, 1969 |
Dartmouth | W 70–55 | 7–5 (2–0) |
Dillon Gym Princeton, New Jersey | |||||||
Jan 11, 1969 |
Harvard | W 73–62 | 8–5 (3–0) |
Dillon Gym Princeton, New Jersey | |||||||
Jan 23, 1969* |
at No. 4 Davidson | L 54–71 | 8–6 |
Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, North Carolina | |||||||
Jan 25, 1969 |
Penn | W 74–62 | 9–6 (4–0) |
Dillon Gym Princeton, New Jersey | |||||||
Jan 31, 1969 |
at Harvard | W 76–65 | 10–6 (5–0) |
Lavietes Pavilion Cambridge, Massachusetts | |||||||
Feb 1, 1969 |
at Dartmouth | W 61–50 | 11–6 (6–0) |
Alumni Gym Hanover, New Hampshire | |||||||
Feb 7, 1969 |
No. 14 Columbia | W 68–49 | 12–6 (7–0) |
Dillon Gym Princeton, New Jersey | |||||||
Feb 8, 1969 |
Cornell | W 67–57 | 13–6 (8–0) |
Dillon Gym Princeton, New Jersey | |||||||
Feb 14, 1969 |
at Yale | W 67–56 | 14–6 (9–0) |
John J. Lee Ampitheater New Haven, Connecticut | |||||||
Feb 15, 1969 |
at Brown | W 75–56 | 15–6 (10–0) |
Marvel Gymnasium Providence, Rhode Island | |||||||
Feb 21, 1969 |
Yale | W 72–53 | 16–6 (11–0) |
Dillon Gym Princeton, New Jersey | |||||||
Feb 22, 1969 |
Brown | W 74–46 | 17–6 (12–0) |
Dillon Gym Princeton, New Jersey | |||||||
Feb 28, 1969 |
at Columbia | W 60–59 | 18–6 (13–0) |
New York, New York
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Mar 1, 1969 |
at Cornell | W 74–64 | 19–6 (14–0) |
Barton Hall Ithaca, New York | |||||||
NCAA tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 8, 1969* |
vs. No. 8 St. John's First round |
L 63–72 | 19–7 |
Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, North Carolina | |||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from
AP Poll . (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. |
NCAA tournament
The team lost in the first round of the
- 3/8/69 in Raleigh, N.C.: St. John’s 72, Princeton 63
Awards and honors
- Geoff Petrie
- John Hummer
- First Team All-Ivy League[14]
- Chris Thomforde
Players drafted into the NBA
Five players from this team were selected in the NBA draft.[16][17]
Year | Round | Pick | Player | NBA Club |
1969 |
7 | 11 | Chris Thomforde | New York Knicks |
1970 |
1 | 8 | Geoff Petrie | Portland Trail Blazers |
1970 | 1 | 15 | John Hummer | Buffalo Braves |
1972 |
2 | 23 | Brian Taylor | Seattle SuperSonics |
1972 | 4 | 55 | Reggie Bird | Atlanta Hawks |
References
- ^ sports-reference.com 1968-69 Ivy Group Season Summary
- ^ a b c d e "Men's Basketball Record Book • All-Time Results". GoPrincetonTigers.com. Princeton Athletic Communications. June 12, 2009. Retrieved September 27, 2010.
- ^ 2009–10 Ivy League Basketball Media Guide. p. 30.
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ignored (help) - ^ "Division I Records" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. p. 57. Retrieved October 1, 2010.
- ^ "1969 Men's College Basketball Bracket". CBS Sports. Retrieved October 4, 2010.
- ^ a b c d 2009–10 Ivy League Basketball Media Guide. p. 33.
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ignored (help) - ^ Princeton Athletic Communications (June 22, 2009). "Men's Basketball Record Book • Men's Basketball in the Postseason". GoPrincetonTigers.com. Princeton University. Retrieved September 30, 2010.
- ^ a b Princeton Athletic Communications (June 12, 2009). "Men's Basketball Record Book • Ivy League & National Awards". GoPrincetonTigers.com. Princeton University. Retrieved March 28, 2010.
- ^ 2009–10 Ivy League Basketball Media Guide. p. 32.
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ignored (help) - Basketball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 7, 2010.
- Basketball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 7, 2010.
- ^ Princeton Athletic Communications (June 12, 2009). "Men's Basketball Record Book • All-Time Results". GoPrincetonTigers.com. Princeton University. Retrieved March 27, 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f "1968–69 Ivy Men's Basketball". IvyLeagueSports.com. Archived from the original on January 31, 2009. Retrieved March 28, 2010.
- ^ "1969 NCAA basketball tournament Bracket". databaseSports.com. Retrieved March 27, 2010.
- ^ "1969 NBA Draft". databaseSports.com. Archived from the original on March 18, 2010. Retrieved March 28, 2010.
- ^ "1970 NBA Draft". databaseSports.com. Archived from the original on December 6, 2008. Retrieved March 28, 2010.