Tigers make history: Sweet 16 recap
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. — With under a minute left in Friday night’s Sweet 16 matchup, men’s basketball senior guard Ryan Langborg banked in a deep three-pointer from the top of the key, to raucous applause from the swaths of orange gathered in the KFC Yum! Center.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — After an Ivy League championship and a trip to the Sweet 16, the men’s basketball team’s (23–9 overall, 10–4 Ivy League) magical post-season run has come to an end, as they fell 86–75 to the Creighton Bluejays (23–12, 14–6 Big East) on Friday night.
The men’s basketball team is in uncharted territory.
Golden 1 Center has been pretty good to men’s basketball senior guard Ryan Langborg .
“Ivy League Player of the Year, huh? I didn’t vote for you.”
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Exactly one month ago, the men’s basketball team was reeling.
“Anything is possible,” sophomore guard Blake Peters screamed in his post-game interview, after pouring in 17 second-half points to help keep the Tiger’s Cinderella run alive.
On Saturday, the men’s basketball team (22–8 overall, 10–4 Ivy League) has the opportunity to go where the program has never gone before: the Sweet 16.
Just one year after losing in the first round of the National Invitation Tournament (NIT), the men’s basketball team (22–8 overall, 10–4 Ivy League) finds themselves in the second round of the NCAA Tournament, having sent the Pac-12 champions packing in the opening round.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The parallels are unavoidable and abundant.
Princetonians may have been scattered around the world for spring break, but were united as the 15-seed Princeton Tigers toppled the two-seed University of Arizona Wildcats in Sacramento in the first round of NCAA March Madness Thursday, staging a last-minute surge to win 59–55.
It took half a decade, but the men’s basketball team (21–8 overall, 10–4 Ivy League) is back in the NCAA Tournament, for the 26th time in program history.
It was a dream weekend for Princeton basketball fans.
On Saturday, March 11, the men’s basketball team (20–8 overall, 10–4 Ivy League) advanced to the Ivy Madness championship game with a 77–70 win over the Penn Quakers (17–13, 9–5) with over 4,500 in attendance at Jadwin Gymnasium. The win extends the Tigers’ winning streak against the Quakers to nine games, and means they’ll have a chance to advance to the NCAA Tournament with a win Sunday against the Yale Bulldogs (21–7, 10–4) in the title game.
For most of the season, the Princeton men’s basketball team (19–8 overall, 10–4 Ivy League) has been at or near the top of the Ivy League standings, but recent performances may cause onlookers to question whether or not the team can pull off back-to-back wins to capture their second Ivy Madness title.
For Princeton men’s basketball, having players selected to All-Ivy teams has become routine, and this season was no exception.
On Saturday afternoon, men’s basketball (19–8 overall, 10–4 Ivy League) earned their second-straight Ivy League regular-season title thanks to a ferocious second-half comeback against rival Penn Quakers (17–12, 9–5). After trailing by as many as 19 points, the Tigers forced overtime and eventually won, 77–69.
In their last regular season game, men’s basketball (18–8 overall, 9–4 Ivy League) will look to defeat the Penn Quakers (17–11, 9–4) at home, in Jadwin Gymnasium this Saturday, March 4. Prior to tip-off, the team will celebrate senior night and honor five seniors.
The Princeton men’s basketball team (18–8 overall, 9–4 Ivy League) completed the season sweep of the Harvard Crimson (14–13, 5–8) on Friday afternoon, prevailing 58–56 in a lower-scoring matchup than many had anticipated.