2018–19 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team
The 2018–19 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team represented Princeton University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Tigers, led by eighth-year head coach Mitch Henderson, played their home games at Jadwin Gymnasium as members of the Ivy League.
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Conference | Ivy League |
2018–19 record | 16–12 (8–6 Ivy) |
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Home arena | Jadwin Gymnasium |
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x-Harvard | 10 | – | 4 | .714 | 19 | – | 12 | .613 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
x-Yale † | 10 | – | 4 | .714 | 22 | – | 8 | .733 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Princeton | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 16 | – | 12 | .571 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Penn | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 19 | – | 12 | .613 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cornell | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 15 | – | 16 | .484 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Brown | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 20 | – | 12 | .625 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Columbia | 5 | – | 9 | .357 | 10 | – | 18 | .357 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dartmouth | 2 | – | 12 | .143 | 11 | – | 19 | .367 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
x – Ivy League co-champions | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2019 Ivy League Tournament winner |
Previous season
The Tigers finished the 2017–18 season with a record of 13–16 (5–9 in Ivy League play), which tied for fifth place with the Columbia Lions. They failed to qualify for the Ivy League Tournament.
Offseason
Departures
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure |
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Aaron Young | 0 | G | 6'0" | 180 | Senior | Falls Church, VA | Graduated |
Mike LeBlanc | 4 | F | 6'6" | 195 | Senior | Dover, DE | Graduated |
Amir Bell | 5 | G | 6'3" | 190 | Senior | East Brunswick, NJ | Graduated |
Alec Brennan | 35 | F | 6'11" | 230 | Senior | Weston, MA | Graduated |
Roster
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Schedule and results
On December 29, Princeton defeated number 17-ranked Arizona State after Richmond Aririguzoh made a pair of free throws with 24.8 seconds left to provide the final 67–66 margin of victory.[1] It was Princeton's first win over a ranked opponent since defeating the 25-ranked 2011–12 Harvard Crimson on February 11, 2012 and the school's first win over a top-20 opponent since head coach Henderson was a player on the 1995–96 Princeton team that upset the UCLA Bruins in the 1996 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament.[1][2]
Date time, TV |
Opponent | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | |||||||
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Regular season | |||||||||||
November 9, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
DeSales | W 85–51 | 1–0 |
Jadwin Gymnasium (1,523) Princeton, NJ | |||||||
November 16, 2018* 8:30 pm |
at Lehigh | L 57–72 | 1–1 |
Stabler Arena (1,171) Bethlehem, PA | |||||||
November 21, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Fairleigh Dickinson | L 66–77 | 1–2 |
Jadwin Gymnasium (1,291) Princeton, NJ | |||||||
November 24, 2018* 3:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Monmouth | W 60–57 | 2–2 |
OceanFirst Bank Center (2,050) West Long Branch, NJ | |||||||
November 28, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Maine | W 73–59 | 3–2 |
Cross Insurance Center (1,113) Bangor, ME | |||||||
December 1, 2018* 4:00 pm, ESPN+ |
George Washington | W 73–52 | 4–2 |
Jadwin Gymnasium (1,932) Princeton, NJ | |||||||
December 5, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Saint Joseph's | L 82–92 | 4–3 |
Jadwin Gymnasium (1,668) Princeton, NJ | |||||||
December 9, 2018* 1:00 pm, FS1 |
at St. John's MSG Holiday Festival |
L 74–89 | 4–4 |
Madison Square Garden (10,078) New York City, NY | |||||||
December 15, 2018* 11:30 am |
vs. Iona Boardwalk Classic |
W 85–81 | 5–4 |
Boardwalk Hall Atlantic City, NJ | |||||||
December 18, 2018* 6:00 pm, ESPN2 |
at No. 2 Duke | L 50–101 | 5–5 |
Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314) Durham, NC | |||||||
December 21, 2018* 7:00 pm |
at LaFayette | W 81–79 | 6–5 |
Kirby Sports Center (1,134) Easton, PA | |||||||
December 29, 2018 4:00 pm, P12N |
at No. 17 Arizona State | W 67–66 | 7–5 |
Wells Fargo Arena (10,030) Tempe, AZ | |||||||
January 5, 2019 5:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Penn | W 68–65 | 8–5 (1–0) |
Jadwin Gymnasium (4,212) Princeton, NJ | |||||||
January 12, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Penn | W 62–53 | 9–5 (2–0) |
The Palestra (6,179) Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
January 27, 2019* 12:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Wesley | W 91–62 | 10–5 |
Jadwin Gymnasium (1,845) Princeton, NJ | |||||||
February 1, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+/SNY |
at Columbia | W 55–43 | 11–5 (3–0) |
Levien Gymnasium (1,932) New York City, NY | |||||||
February 2, 2019 7:30 pm, ESPN+ |
at Cornell | W 70–61 | 12–5 (4–0) |
Newman Arena (1,807) Ithaca, NY | |||||||
February 8, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Yale | L 60–74 | 12–6 (4–1) |
Payne Whitney Gymnasium (1,767) New Haven, CT | |||||||
February 9, 2019 6:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Brown | L 70–78 | 12–7 (4–2) |
Pizzitola Sports Center (1,724) Providence, RI | |||||||
February 15, 2019 6:00 pm, ESPNews |
Harvard | L 69–78 | 12–8 (4–3) |
Jadwin Gymnasium (2,945) Princeton, NJ | |||||||
February 16, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Dartmouth | W 69–68 | 13–8 (5–3) |
Jadwin Gymnasium (2,322) Princeton, NJ | |||||||
February 22, 2019 8:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Cornell | W 68–59 | 14–8 (6–3) |
Jadwin Gymnasium (1,840) Princeton, NJ | |||||||
February 23, 2019 8:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Columbia | W 79–61 | 15–8 (7–3) |
Jadwin Gymnasium (1,940) Princeton, NJ | |||||||
March 1, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Dartmouth | W 77–76 OT | 16–8 (8–3) |
Leede Arena (781) Hanover, NH | |||||||
March 2, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Harvard | L 58–66 | 16–9 (8–4) |
Lavietes Pavilion (1,636) Cambridge, MA | |||||||
March 8, 2019 4:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Brown | L 63–67 | 16–10 (8–5) |
Jadwin Gymnasium (1,482) Princeton, NJ | |||||||
March 9, 2019 6:00 pm, ESPN+/NBCSP+ |
Yale | L 59–81 | 16–11 (8–6) |
Jadwin Gymnasium (2,794) Princeton, NJ | |||||||
Ivy League Tournament | |||||||||||
March 16, 2019 3:00 pm, ESPNU |
(2) Yale | L 77–83 | 16–12 |
Payne Whitney Gymnasium New Haven, CT | |||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. |
References
- "Princeton stuns No. 17 Arizona State 67–66". ESPN. Associated Press. December 29, 2018. Retrieved December 31, 2018.
- "Princeton Stuns No. 17 Arizona State, 67–66". GoPrincetonTigers.com. December 29, 2018. Retrieved December 31, 2018.
- 2017–18 Princeton Tigers men's basketball schedule