NEW ORLEANS, Mar. 16 ? Playing an opponent with superior size and speed, Princeton's execution needed to be perfect to escape with a victory, but the Tigers came up short.Some missed shots, a slow start, and a severe height disadvantage doomed No.
Princeton can no longer use the element of surprise.Not after the Tigers' 50-49 loss to Georgetown in 1989.
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6-7, 231 lbs. ? The average size of North Carolina's five starters.6-4.6, 192 lbs. ? The average size of Princeton's five starters.590 ? Princeton's three point attempts this season.560 ? Princeton's two point attempts this season.361 ? Free throw attempts by Princeton this season, the fewest in Division I.414 ? The next lowest total, by Missouri-Kansas City.315 ? Rank of Princeton's scoring offense, out of 318 Division I teams.3 ? Rank of Princeton's scoring defense.387 ? Offensive rebounds for North Carolina.171 ? Offensive rebounds for Princeton.8 ? Players who have led Princeton in scoring this year.114 ? Blocks by UNC center Brendan Haywood.59 ? Blocks by Princeton.2.3 ? Average number of points the Ivy League champion has been outscored by in the last 12 first-round games.118 ? Three pointers attempted by C.J.
1. Be confidentNorth Carolina is bigger, faster and generally more talented than anyone Princeton has faced since the middle of November.
This article originally ran on March 15, 1996, after men's basketball defeated defending national champion UCLA 43-41 in the first round of the NCAA tournament.INDIANAPOLIS ? You could sense it spreading throughout the arena last night in Indianapolis.
New Orleans ? On a night when the execution needed to be perfect to escape with a victory, the Tigers came up short.
1. Do not underestimateSo they say they know Princeton always gives people problems.
People across the country are being very realistic when it comes to the men's basketball team's trip to the NCAA tournament.The national media essentially agrees that Princeton has the pedigree in Walton and Thompson, but not the talent.The general public concurs ? in most online polls around 99 percent of the respondents are picking UNC.And maybe the harsh reality of midterms has made people pessimistic, but I've heard the word 'realistically' an awful lot lately, especially around here.
While most Princeton students get a vacation, the women's lacrosse team embarks on one of its toughest weeks of the year.
After beating two of the nation's top teams ? Johns Hopkins and Virginia ? by identical scores of 8-4, you might expect a lighter workload for the men's lacrosse team over Spring Break.Instead, the Tigers play Syracuse in arguably the most anticipated regular season game of the year.Princeton (2-0), ranked second in the nation, heads to Hempstead, N.Y., to take on No.
Some people may recognize him as that bizarre guy in the bright sweatsuit and gold aviator glasses who spends his lunch hour doing Tai-chi on the lawn of Ivy.
I never thought Greg Gumbel could break my heart.But last Sunday it happened. As basketball teams across the nation anxiously waited to learn their postseason fate, Gumbel was announcing the NCAA tournament brackets on CBS.When the final bracket came up on the screen, I lost my mind.
The softball team has won the Ivy Championship a total of 12 times. The last time the team wore the crown, however, was in 1996.Though this season brings a few changes to the program, the Tigers are determined to make it 13.While the softball team (2-0-0) does not have to face numerous gaps in its roster from last year's graduation, it must adapt to an entirely new coaching staff.Fortunately for the Tigers, a familiar face will be heading the program.
The women's water polo team defeated UMass, 8-5, Sunday in its first game at DeNunzio Pool since the Princeton Invitational in early February.
Freshman forward Konrad Wysocki was honored by the Ivy League coaches this week by being named Rookie of the Year.The freshman, originally from Lollar, Germany, averaged 5.8 points and 3.8 rebounds per game and was a key inside presence for the Tigers who travel to New Orleans to take on North Carolina in the first round of the NCAA Tournament Friday.The fiery freshman was the fifth Princeton player to be named rookie of the year and the first since junior Chris Young was in 1999.Also picking up All-Ivy honors were senior center Nate Walton who was a unanimous selection to the first team, junior guard Ahmed El Nokali ? a second-team selection ? and sophomore forward Kyle Wente who earned honorable mention status in his first season as a major contributor for the Tigers. In other All-Ivy news, junior forward Andrea Kilbourne and junior defender Aviva Grumet-Morris were named to the second-team All-Ivy in women's hockey.Kilbourne was Princeton's leading scorer for the third-straight season after amassing 49 points in this year's campaign.
While the men's basketball team has been receiving all of the attention regarding the upcoming NCAA tournament, there are a number of other teams and individuals who either have already competed or will compete in the top collegiate tournament in the country. Track & FieldFreshman phenom Josh McCaughey represented Princeton at the NCAA Track and Field Championships last weekend at the University of Arkansas.
There is no way he could have expected it to be like this. Freshman righthander Brian Biegen stared down off the mound, wondering what to throw next at Oklahoma State's third baseman Zach Cates.With the count knotted at 1-1, Biegen had a little room to play, but his main goal was to escape the inning.
What does it say about a team when its own fans turn against it? Well, it could mean that you have some of the most disloyal fans in sports.
Down 2-1 in the second game of the league quarterfinals with just 15 seconds to play Saturday night, senior center Kirk Lamb attempted to hit senior forward Ethan Doyle with a centering pass in front of the Cornell net.
