2012–13 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2012–13 Princeton Tigers Princeton Tigers logo.svg 100 Ivy League Ivy 17–11 10–4 Mitch Henderson 2nd Brian Earl Dan Geriot Marcus Jenkins Ian Hummer Brendan Connolly Mack Darrow T. J. Bray Jadwin Gymnasium The 2012–13 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team represented Princeton University during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Tigers, led by second-year head coach Mitch Henderson, played their home games at Jadwin Gymnasium and were members of the Ivy League. The Tigers entered the season as the favorites to win the Ivy League regular season title. For the first time in school history, the team was served by a quartet of captains. They finished the season 17–11, 10–4 in Ivy League play to finish in second place. They chose not to participate in a postseason tournament.https://trentonfullcourtpress.blogspot.com/2013/03/princeton-wont-accept-postseason-bid.html Princeton won't accept postseason bid 2013-03-23 2013-03-15 The Trentonian Peruffo, Nick Following the season, Hummer earned Ivy League Men's Basketball Player of the Year. Roster Number Name Position Height Weight Year Hometown 3 Clay Wilson Guard 6–3 170 Sophomore Tulsa, Oklahoma 4 Denton Koon Forward 6–8 205 Sophomore Liberty, Missouri 5 T.J. Bray Guard 6–5 207 Junior New Berlin, Wisconsin 11 Brian Fabrizius Forward 6–11 203 Sophomore Arlington Heights, Illinois 13 Mike Washington, Jr. Guard 6–3 169 Freshman Oak Harbor, Washington 21 Mack Darrow Forward 6–9 248 Senior Lake Barrington, Illinois 22 Chris Clement Guard 6–2 190 Junior Round Rock, Texas 24 Will Barrett Forward 6–10 197 Junior Hartsville, Pennsylvania 30 Hans Brase Forward 6–8 231 Freshman Clover, South Carolina 32 Daniel Edwards Forward 6–8 230 Junior Dallas, Texas 33 Ebo Lawrence Center 7–1 220 Freshman London, England 34 Ian Hummer Forward 6–7 225 Senior Vienna, Virginia 40 Bobby Garbade Center 6–11 234 Sophomore Binghamton, New York 44 Brendan Connolly Center 6–11 255 Senior Brentwood, Tennessee Preseason The Ivy League media selected Princeton as the preseason favorite when 16 of 17 voting members (one voter selected Harvard) named Princeton first in the preseason poll.http://www.goprincetontigers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=46548&SPID=4231&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=10600&ATCLID=205719295 Men's Basketball Picked First in Ivy Preseason Media Poll 2013-01-12 2012-10-25 GoPrincetonTigers.comAugust 2026 InternetArchiveBot Jeff Goodman of CBS Sports also selected Princeton as his preseason choice with Harvard second, noting that Harvard had been his preseason favorite until the September 2012 Harvard cheating scandal that involved about 125 athletes and students ensnared Kyle Casey and Brandyn Curry, leading to their withdrawal.http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/blog/eye-on-college-basketball/20642019/college-basketball-previews-princeton-led-by-ian-hummer-is-new-ivy-league-favorite College Basketball Previews: Princeton, led by Ian Hummer, is new Ivy League favorite 2013-01-12 2012-10-22 CBS Sports Goodman, Jeff Casey and Curry had been first-team and second-team All-Ivy selections for the 2011–12 Ivy League men's basketball season, respectively.http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/releases/Mens_Basketball_All-Ivy_--_2011-12 Men's Basketball All-Ivy – 2011–12 2012-03-12 2012-03-07 IvyLeagueSports.com https://web.archive.org/web/20120829033924/http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2011-12/releases/Mens_Basketball_All-Ivy_--_2011-12 2012-08-29 dead Princeton returned three of its five starters from the 2011–12 team: first-team All-Ivy senior forward Ian Hummer, senior center Brendan Connolly and junior guard T.J. Bray. Bray had been the team leader in assists, while Hummer's 515 points was the most by a Tiger in a single season since Bill Bradley. Princeton announced a quartet of captains for the first time in school history. Its trio of seniors, Hummer, Connolly, and Mack Darrow were joined by Bray as team quad-captains for the season.http://www.goprincetontigers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=10600&ATCLID=205698336 Men's Basketball Announces 2012-13 Roster 2013-02-10 2012-09-28 GoPrincetonTigers.com Princeton's most significant loss from the prior year was the graduation of shooting guard Doug Davis. Davis had finished as the second leading scorer in Princeton history.http://www.goprincetontigers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=46548&SPID=4231&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=10600&ATCLID=205400657 Davis Becomes School's Second-Leading Scorer, but Tigers Lose to Pitt 2012-03-20 2012-03-19 Princeton University GoPrincetonTigers.com CBS' Goodman selected Hummer as his Preseason Ivy League Player of the Year. Jimmy Sherburne took the entire school year off from the team and Princeton as he recuperated from a shoulder injury. Three freshmen: Hans Brase, Edward "Edo" Lawrence and Mike Washington, Jr. joined the team. 7 ft 1 in m 2 on Lawrence is believed to be the tallest Princeton Tiger basketball player of all time. Princeton entered the season with 9 of the team's 14 players measuring 6 ft 8 in m 2 or taller. The team was scheduled to appear on NBC Sports Network three times, including the January 12 rivalry game against Penn. In addition, Princeton's March 1 contest with Harvard was broadcast on ESPNU.http://www.goprincetontigers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=46548&SPID=4231&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=10600&ATCLID=205708594 Men's Basketball to Make Three NBC Sports Network Appearances in '13 2013-01-12 2012-10-10 GoPrincetonTigers.com Schedule When Yale defeated Princeton at Jadwin Gymnasium on February 9, it snapped a 21-game conference home winning streak, which was Princeton's longest since it won 26 consecutive home games from 1996 to 1999.https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=330400163 Yale 69, Princeton 65 2013-02-10 2013-02-09 ESPN The 2012–13 Tigers finished with a 17–11 (10–4) record and did not qualify for the postseason.http://www.goprincetontigers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=46548&SPID=4231&DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=206801886&DB_OEM_ID=10600 2013-03-17 GoPrincetonTigers.com Notes On The @Princeton_Hoops Season In Review 2013-03-20http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2012-13/weeklyreleases/2012-13_MBB_Postseason_Release.pdf 2012-13 Ivy League Men's Basketball 2013-03-20 2013-03-20 IvyLeagueSports.com https://web.archive.org/web/20171027060113/http://ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2012-13/weeklyreleases/2012-13_MBB_Postseason_Release.pdf 2017-10-27 dead Princeton entered the final weekend of the season with three games remaining and a half-game lead over Harvard.http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2012-13/releases/Mens_Basketball_Weekly_Release_-_Week_18 Men's Basketball Weekly Release - Week 18 2013-03-04 2013-03-04 IvyLeagueSports.com https://web.archive.org/web/20130308073612/http://ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2012-13/releases/Mens_Basketball_Weekly_Release_-_Week_18 2013-03-08 dead The team got swept in its two weekend games, while Harvard won both its games to clinch the 2012–13 Ivy League title.http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2012-13/releases/Mens_Basketball_Weekly_Release_-_Week_19 Men's Basketball Weekly Release - Week 19 2013-03-20 2013-03-11 IvyLeagueSports.com https://web.archive.org/web/20150307081249/http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2012-13/releases/Mens_Basketball_Weekly_Release_-_Week_19 2015-03-07 dead 2012-13 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 2012 yes yes 11/10/2012 12:00 pm yes yes Buffalo Alumni Arena Amherst, NY 4,450 57–53 1–0 11/13/2012 7:00 pm yes Northeastern Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, NJ 1,481 66–67 1–1 11/16/2012 7:00 pm yes Rutgers Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, NJ Rivalry 3,150 52–58 1–2 11/21/2012 7:00 pm yes yes Syracuse 6 Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY 17,881 53–73 1–3 11/24/2012 2:00 pm yes yes Lafayette Kirby Sports Center Easton, PA 1,544 72–53 2–3 11/28/2012 7:00 pm yes yes Wagner Spiro Sports Center Staten Island, NY 1,432 42–48 OT 2–4 12/01/2012 7:00 pm yes yes Kent State MAC Center Kent, OH 2,715 62–50 3–4 12/08/2012 2:00 pm yes Drexel Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, NJ 1,970 57–64 3–5 12/15/2012 2:30 pm yes yes Fordham Barclays Center Brooklyn, NY 16,514 60–63 3–6 12/20/2012 7:00 pm yes Rider Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, NJ 1,570 62–45 4–6 12/22/2012 7:00 pm yes Bucknell Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, NJ 3,090 79–67 5–6 12/30/2012 7:00 pm yes yes Akron James A. Rhodes Arena Akron, OH 3,392 58–62 5–7 01/05/2013 12:00 pm yes yes Elon Alumni Gym Elon, NC 1,607 74–64 6–7 01/12/2013 6:00 pm Penn Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, NJ Rivalry 3,577 NBCSN 65–53 7–7 (1–0) 01/27/2013 2:00 pm yes New Jersey Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, NJ 2,174 71–33 8–7 02/01/2013 7:00 pm Cornell Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, NJ 2,087 76–59 9–7 (2–0) 02/02/2013 6:00 pm Columbia Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, NJ 3,180 NBCSN 72–66 10–7 (3–0) 02/08/2013 7:00 pm Brown Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, NJ 1,833 63–46 11–7 (4–0) 02/09/2013 6:00 pm Yale Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, NJ 2,975 65–69 11–8 (4–1) 02/15/2013 7:00 pm yes Dartmouth Leede Arena Hanover, NH 703 73–55 12–8 (5–1) 02/16/2013 7:00 pm yes Harvard Lavietes Pavilion Boston, MA 2,195 NBCSN 57–69 12–9 (5–2) 02/22/2013 7:00 pm yes Columbia Levien Gymnasium New York City, NY 2,119 65–40 13–9 (6–2) 02/23/2013 7:00 pm yes Cornell Newman Arena Ithaca, NY 2,694 72–53 14–9 (7–2) 03/01/2013 7:00 pm Harvard Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, NJ 4,413 ESPNU 58–53 15–9 (8–2) 03/02/2013 6:00 pm Dartmouth Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, NJ 3,167 68–63 16–9 (9–2) 03/08/2013 7:00 pm yes Yale Payne Whitney Gymnasium New Haven, CT 1,519 66–71 16–10 (9–3) 03/09/2013 6:00 pm yes Brown Pizzitola Sports Center Providence, RI 1,376 67–80 16–11 (9–4) 03/12/2013 7:30 pm yes Penn The Palestra Philadelphia, PA Rivalry 4,814 71–58 17–11 (10–4) AP Poll Eastern Time In season Each week the Ivy League selects a player of the week and a rookie of the week.http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2012-13/weeklyreleases 2012-13 Men's Basketball Weekly Releases 2013-01-13 IvyLeagueSports.com 2November 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes Player of the Week Rookie of the Week Name School Class Position Name School Position November 12, 2012Will BarrettPrincetonJr.F December 10, 2012Ian HummerPrincetonSr.F December 17, 2012Ian HummerPrincetonSr.F December 24, 2012Ian HummerPrincetonSr.FHans BrasePrincetonF January 7, 2013Ian HummerPrincetonSr.F January 14, 2013T.J. BrayPrincetonJr.G February 4, 2013 Ian HummerPrincetonSr.F February 25, 2013 Ian HummerPrincetonSr.F March 3, 2013Ian HummerPrincetonSr.F All-Ivy Ian Hummer was named Ivy League Men's Basketball Player of the Year. The following players earned Ivy League postseason recognition:http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2012-13/releases/Mens_Basketball_All-Ivy_--_2012-13 Men's Basketball All-Ivy – 2012–13 2013-03-14 2013-03-12 IvyLeagueSports.com https://web.archive.org/web/20130524192520/http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2012-13/releases/Mens_Basketball_All-Ivy_--_2012-13 2013-05-24 dead First Team All-Ivy ^Ian Hummer, Princeton (Sr., F, Vienna, Va.) Second Team All-Ivy T.J. Bray, Princeton (Jr., G, New Berlin, Wis.) Honorable Mention All-Ivy Denton Koon, Princeton (So., G, Liberty, Mo.) ^Unanimous Selection On March 12, the U.S. Basketball Writers Association named Hummer to its 2012–13 Men's All-District II (NY, NJ, DE, DC, PA, WV) Team, based upon voting from its national membership.http://www.sportswriters.net/usbwa/news/2013/alldistrict130312.html United States Basketball Writers Association USBWA Names Men's All-District Teams 2013-03-13 2013-03-12 The National Association of Basketball Coaches announced their Division I All-District teams on March 26, recognizing the nation's best men's collegiate basketball student-athletes. Selected and voted on by member coaches of the NABC, 240 student-athletes, from 24 districts were chosen. The selections on this list were then eligible for the State Farm Coaches' Division I All-America teams. Hummer was among the District 13 first team selections.http://www.nabc.com/awards/all_district/FINAL-2012-13NABC-D1-ALL-DISTRICT-TEAMS-5.pdf National Association of Basketball Coaches Announces 2012-13 Division I All-District Teams 2013-05-18 2013-03-26 National Association of Basketball Coaches October 29, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131029193437/http://www.nabc.com/awards/all_district/FINAL-2012-13NABC-D1-ALL-DISTRICT-TEAMS-5.pdf dead Hummer also earned Associated Press honorable mention All-American recognition.http://www.goprincetontigers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=46548&SPID=4231&DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=206935995&DB_OEM_ID=10600 Hummer Earns Honorable Mention All-America, Third NABC All-District Honor 2013-04-03 2013-03-26 GoPrincetonTigers.com March 3, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303214540/http://www.goprincetontigers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=46548&SPID=4231&DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=206935995&DB_OEM_ID=10600 dead References 33em Category:Princeton Tigers men's basketball seasons Princeton Princeton Tigers men's basketball Princeton Tigers men's basketball