1975–76 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 December 2016 Basketball 1975–76 Princeton Tigers 150 Ivy League Ivy 19t 22–5 14–0, 1st Pete Carril Armond Hill Michael Steuerer Jadwin Gymnasium Undefeated Ivy League Champion 1976 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament Regional quarterfinals The 1975–76 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team represented Princeton University in intercollegiate college basketball during the 1975–76 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was Pete Carril and the team co-captains were Armond Hill and Michael Steuerer. The team played its home games in the Jadwin Gymnasium on the university campus in Princeton, New Jersey. It was the undefeated Ivy League and earned birth in the 32-team 1976 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.2009–10 Ivy League Basketball Media Guide 30 IvyLeagueSports.com The team posted a 22–5 overall record and a 14–0 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 No Ivy League team would go 14–0 again until the 1990–91 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team.https://www.proquest.com/docview/281391790 subscription 281391790 COLLEGE BASKETBALL NATIONAL ROUNDUP Mississippi State Happy to Share SEC Title: [Home Edition] Los Angeles Times February 4, 2024 March 3, 1991 8 The team lost its March 13, 1976 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament East Regional first-round game against the No. 3 Rutgers Scarlett Knights 54–53 at the Providence Civic Center in Providence, Rhode Island.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 During the season, the team spent two weeks of the seventeen-week season ranked in the Associated Press Top Twenty Poll, peaking at number fifteen and ending the season unranked.http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/m_basketball_RB/2010/D1.pdf Division I Records September 30, 2010 National Collegiate Athletic Association 68–83 However, the team finished the season ranked tied at number nineteen in the final UPI Coaches' Poll.http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/m_basketball_RB/2010/D1.pdf Division I Records September 30, 2010 National Collegiate Athletic Association 85 The team was the first of nineteen Princeton teams to win the national statistical championship in scoring defense with an average of 52.9 points allowed.http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/m_basketball_RB/2010/D1.pdf Division I Records October 1, 2010 National Collegiate Athletic Association 48 That was an NCAA record (since 1965) that the team would break the following season.http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/m_basketball_RB/2010/D1.pdf Division I Records October 1, 2010 National Collegiate Athletic Association 42 Ilan Ramati posted seven blocked shots against 1975 men William & Mary Tribe The College of William & Mary William & Mary on January 6, 1976, which established an Ivy League record that would stand until Chris Dudley had nine on February 14, 1987. It remains a league record for non-conference games.2009–10 Ivy League Basketball Media Guide 54 IvyLeagueSports.com In the same game, Frank Sowinski made all twelve of his free throws to find his way into the Ivy League's record books although short of Bill Bradley's perfect 16 free throw night and the Ivy League record of 21.2009–10 Ivy League Basketball Media Guide 52 IvyLeagueSports.com Michael Steurer had eight steals against 1975 men Columbia Lions Columbia University Columbia on February 6, 1976, which established an Ivy League record that would stand until March 5, 1983. The team was led by first team All-Ivy League selection Armond Hill, who was named Ivy League Men's Basketball Player of the Year, and by fellow first team selection Barnes Hauptfuhrer. Hill was selected in the 1976 NBA draft with the 9th overall selection in the first round by the Atlanta Hawks, while Hauptfuhrer was selected with the 43rd overall selection in the third round by the Houston Rockets.2009–10 Ivy League Basketball Media Guide 35 IvyLeagueSports.com Hill repeated as the free throw percentage statistical champion with an 84.8% average. He also surpassed Tim van Blommesteyn's Ivy League single-season steals record set the prior season by one with 73, establishing a record that would last twenty-four years. Schedule and results The team posted a 22–5 (14–0 Ivy League) record.http://www.goprincetontigers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=10600&ATCLID=3749695 Men's Basketball Record Book • All-Time Results March 28, 2010 June 12, 2009 Princeton Athletic Communications GoPrincetonTigers.com Princeton University April 19, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180419123137/http://goprincetontigers.com/news/2009/6/12/3749695.aspx dead |- !colspan=9 style=Princeton Tigers| Regular season Nov 29, 1975 yes Drexel Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, New Jersey 67–48 1–0 Dec 3, 1975 yes yes 1975 men Navy Midshipmen Navy Dahlgren Hall Annapolis, Maryland 60–59 2–0 Dec 6, 1975 yes 1975 men Lafayette Leopards Lafayette Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, New Jersey 84–65 3–0 Dec 9, 1975 yes 1975 men Villanova Wildcats Villanova Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, New Jersey 49–51 3–1 Dec 19, 1975 yes yes 1975 men Miami Redskins Miami (OH) Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, Michigan Michigan Invitational 61–66 3–2 Dec 20, 1975 yes yes 1975 men Southern Illinois Salukis Southern Illinois Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, Michigan Michigan Invitational 69–58 4–2 Dec 29, 1975 yes yes 1975 men Alabama Crimson Tide Alabama 8 Cole Fieldhouse College Park, Maryland Maryland Invitational 61–59 5–2 Dec 30, 1975 yes yes Maryland 2 Cole Fieldhouse College Park, Maryland Maryland Invitational 59–66 5–3 Jan 3, 1976 1975 men Penn Quakers Penn Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, New Jersey 63–39 6–3 1–0 Jan 6, 1976 yes 1975 men William & Mary Tribe William & Mary Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, New Jersey 64–63 7–3 Jan 9, 1976 yes 1975 men Harvard Crimson Harvard Lavietes Pavilion Cambridge, Massachusetts 62–57 8–3 2–0 Jan 10, 1976 yes 1975 men Dartmouth Big Green Dartmouth Alumni Gym Hanover, New Hampshire 59–38 9–3 3–0 Jan 13, 1976 yes yes 1975 men Saint Joseph's Hawks Saint Joseph's Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 56–46 10–3 Jan 24, 1976 yes St. John's 9 Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, New Jersey 58–55 OT 11–3 Jan 27, 1976 yes 17 Penn The Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 69–52 12–3 4–0 Feb 2, 1976 yes 15 Rutgers 7 Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, New Jersey 62–75 12–4 Feb 6, 1976 yes 15 1975 men Columbia Lions Columbia Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, New Jersey 69–53 13–4 5–0 Feb 7, 1976 yes 15 1975 men Cornell Big Red Cornell Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, New Jersey 53–35 14–4 6–0 Feb 13, 1976 yes 1975 men Brown Bears Brown Marvel Gymnasium Providence, Rhode Island 56–47 15–4 7–0 Feb 14, 1976 yes Yale John J. Lee Amphitheater New Haven, Connecticut 49–48 16–4 8–0 Feb 20, 1976 Dartmouth Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, New Jersey 74–51 17–4 9–0 Feb 21, 1976 Harvard Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, New Jersey 69–48 18–4 10–0 Feb 27, 1976 yes Yale Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, New Jersey 68–53 19–4 11–0 Feb 28, 1976 Brown Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, New Jersey 70–59 20–4 12–0 Mar 5, 1976 yes Cornell Barton Hall Ithaca, New York 72–58 21–4 13–0 Mar 6, 1976 yes Columbia Levien Gymnasium New York, New York 46–44 22–4 14–0 |- !colspan=9 style=Princeton Tigers| NCAA tournament Mar 13, 1976 yes yes Rutgers 3 Providence Civic Center Providence, Rhode Island First round 53–54 22–5 AP Poll E East Rankings 1975–76 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings + Ranking movementLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. Poll Pre Wk 1 Wk 2 Wk 3 Wk 4 Wk 5 Wk 6 Wk 7 Wk 8 Wk 9 Wk 10 Wk 11 Wk 12 Wk 13 Wk 14 Wk 15 Wk 16 Final AP Top 20 Poll - - - - - - - - - - 19 17 - - - - - - NCAA tournament The team won the 1976 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/documents/mbb7576.asp 1975–76 Ivy Men's Basketball March 28, 2010 IvyLeagueSports.com https://web.archive.org/web/20090131141956/http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/documents/mbb7576.asp January 31, 2009 deadhttp://www.databasesports.com/ncaab/tourney.htm?yr=1976 1976 NCAA basketball tournament Bracket March 28, 2010 databaseSports.com 3/13/76 in Providence, R.I.: Rutgers 54, Princeton 53 Awards and honors Armond Hill Ivy League Men's Basketball Player of the Year First Team All-Ivy League All-Easthttp://www.goprincetontigers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=10600&ATCLID=3749635 Men's Basketball Record Book • Ivy League & National Awards March 28, 2010 June 12, 2009 Princeton Athletic Communications GoPrincetonTigers.com Princeton University July 25, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110725083315/http://www.goprincetontigers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=10600&ATCLID=3749635 dead Barnes Hauptfuhrer First Team All-Ivy League Bob Slaughter Second Team All-Ivy League Team players drafted into the NBA Three players from this team were selected in the NBA draft.http://www.databasebasketball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?lg=N&yr=1976 1976 NBA Draft March 28, 2010 databaseSports.com usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20100317223051/http://www.databasebasketball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?yr=1976&lg=N March 17, 2010 http://www.databasebasketball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?lg=N&yr=1978 1978 NBA Draft March 28, 2010 databaseSports.com usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20100318002242/http://www.databasebasketball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?yr=1978&lg=N March 18, 2010 Year Round Pick Player NBA Club 1976 1 9 Armond Hill Atlanta Hawks 1976 3 10 Barnes Hauptfuhrer Houston Rockets 1978 9 1 Frank Sowinski New Jersey Nets References 30em Category:Princeton Tigers men's basketball seasons Princeton Princeton Princeton Tigers men's basketball Princeton Tigers men's basketball