1979–80 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 December 2016 1979–80 Princeton Tigers Basketball 150 Ivy League Ivy 15–15 11–4, 1st-t Pete Carril 13th John W. Rogers, Jr. Jadwin Gymnasium Ivy League Co-Champion Ivy League one-game playoff Lost The 1979–80 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team represented Princeton University in intercollegiate college basketball during the 1979–80 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was Pete Carril and the team captain was John W. Rogers, Jr. The team played its home games in the Jadwin Gymnasium on the University campus in Princeton, New Jersey. The team was the co-champion of the Ivy League, but lost a one-game playoff and failed to earn an invitation to either the 1980 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament or the 1980 National Invitation Tournament.2009–10 Ivy League Basketball Media Guide 30 IvyLeagueSports.com The team played a schedule that included eventual national champion Louisville, other members of the 48-team NCAA tournament field such as #3 seed 1979 men St. John's Red Storm St. John's University St. John's, #4 seed Duke and #8 Villanova as well as the Big Ten Conference's Michigan State and the Big East Conference's 1979 men Seton Hall Pirates Seton Hall University Seton Hall.http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/mayhem/brackets/historical/1980/DI 1980 Men's College Basketball Bracket October 4, 2010 CBS Sports The team recovered from a slow start in which it lost its first five and eleven of its first thirteen games to post a 15–15 overall record and an 11–4 conference record.http://www.goprincetontigers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=10600&ATCLID=3749695 Men's Basketball Record Book • All-Time Results June 12, 2009 September 27, 2010 GoPrincetonTigers.com Princeton Athletic Communications April 19, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180419123137/http://goprincetontigers.com/news/2009/6/12/3749695.aspx dead After splitting the regular season series one win apiece on home game victories and finishing tied with identical 11–3 conference records, Princeton and Penn Penn faced each other in a March 4, 1980, one-game Ivy League playoff game. Princeton lost the game which was held at the Kirby Sports Center at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania, by a 50–49 margin, thus giving Penn the Ivy League Championship and an invitation to the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. Princeton would avenge this loss the following year when the two teams finished tied for the conference regular season title again.http://www.goprincetontigers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=10600&ATCLID=3754497 Men's Basketball Record Book • Men's Basketball in the Postseason September 30, 2010 June 22, 2009 Princeton Athletic Communications GoPrincetonTigers.com Princeton University March 5, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120305185537/http://www.goprincetontigers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=10600&ATCLID=3754497 dead The team was led by first team All-Ivy League selection Randy Melville.2009–10 Ivy League Basketball Media Guide 36 IvyLeagueSports.com References 30em Category:Princeton Tigers men's basketball seasons Princeton Tigers Prince Princeton