1964–65 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 December 2016 1964–65 Princeton Tigers Basketball 150 Ivy League Ivy League 23–6 13–1, 1st Butch van Breda Kolff Bill Bradley Dillon Gymnasium Ivy League Champion 1965 NCAA Men's Division I Tournament 3rd place The 1964–65 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team represented Princeton University in intercollegiate college basketball during the 1964–65 NCAA University Division men's basketball season. Butch van Breda Kolff served as head coach and the team captain was Bill Bradley. The team played its home games in the Dillon Gymnasium in Princeton, New Jersey.http://www.goprincetontigers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=10600&ATCLID=3749706 Men's Basketball Record Book • Coaching Record & Program Facts September 28, 2010 June 12, 2009 Princeton Athletic Communications GoPrincetonTigers.com Princeton University February 29, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120229182956/http://www.goprincetontigers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=10600&ATCLID=3749706 dead The team was the champion of the Ivy League, earning an invitation to the 23-team 1965 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.2009–10 Ivy League Basketball Media Guide 30 IvyLeagueSports.com The team posted a 23–6 overall record and a 13–1 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 The team won its NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament East region first round contest against the 1964 men Penn State Nittany Lions Penn State University Penn State Nittany Lions by a 60–58 margin at The Palestra on March 8, 1965. Then in the East Regional at Cole Field House in College Park, Maryland, the team defeated 1964 men NC State Wolfpack North Carolina State University NC State 66–48 on March 12 and 1964 men Providence Friars Providence College Providence 109–69 on March 13. Then on March 19 in the national semifinal at the Memorial Coliseum Portland, Oregon, the team was defeated by the Cazzie Russell-led Michigan Wolverines 93–76 before beating the Wichita State Shockers 118–82 the following night.http://www.goprincetontigers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=10600&ATCLID=3754497 Men's Basketball Record Book • Men's Basketball in the Postseason September 27, 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 Bill Bradley earned the NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player award.http://www.sportsline.com/collegebasketball/mayhem/history/outstandingplayer Final Four Most Outstanding Players cbs.sportsline.com September 29, 2010 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080907123518/http://sportsline.com/collegebasketball/mayhem/history/outstandingplayer September 7, 2008 Bradley, who for third consecutive season led the conference in scoring with a 28.8 points per game average in conference games, was a first team All-Ivy League selection. In addition, Bradley was a repeat consensus first team 1965 NCAA Men's Basketball All-American selection by numerous panels: First team (Associated Press, United Press International, National Association of Basketball Coaches, United States Basketball Writers Association, Sporting News, Converse, NEA, Helms Foundation). Bradley also won a Rhodes Scholarship and was a territorial first round selection in the 1965 NBA draft by the New York Knicks.2009–10 Ivy League Basketball Media Guide 31 IvyLeagueSports.com Bradley surpassed Arthur Loeb (1921–22 and 1922–23) and Cyril Haas (1915–16 and 1916–17) as the school's only three-time men's basketball All-American selection.http://www.goprincetontigers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=10600&ATCLID=3749635 Men's Basketball Record Book • Ivy League & National Awards September 29, 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 Over the course of the season, Bradley won the national statistical championship for free throw percentage (88.6%, 273–308).http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/m_basketball_RB/2010/D1.pdf Division I Records September 29, 2010 National Collegiate Athletic Association 35 As a result of his performance against Wichita State in the final four, Bradley holds the following NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament records: single-game points scored in a final four (58),http://www.goprincetontigers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=10600&ATCLID=3753532 1965 NCAA Final Four Team September 29, 2010 Princeton Athletic Communications GoPrincetonTigers.com Princeton Universityhttp://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/m_final4/2010/2010Final4.pdf The Final Four September 29, 2010 National Collegiate Athletic Association 9 single-game field goals made in a final four (22), single-year two-game points scored in a final four (87),http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/m_final4/2010/2010Final4.pdf The Final Four September 29, 2010 National Collegiate Athletic Association 17 and single-year two-game field goals made in a final four (34). Additionally, Bradley formerly held the final four single-game free throw percentage record of 93.3% (minimum 10 made, 14–15), which was broken on March 23, 1972, and single-year two-game free throw percentage record 95.0% (minimum 12 made, 19–20), which was broken in 1972. The team's performance against Wichita State established the current final four victory margin record (36) and the final four single-team single-half points scored record (65, tied).http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/m_final4/2010/2010Final4.pdf The Final Four September 29, 2010 National Collegiate Athletic Association 10http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/m_final4/2010/2010Final4.pdf The Final Four September 29, 2010 National Collegiate Athletic Association 11 The team's performance formerly held two other final four records: single-half two-team points scored (108, broken March 25, 1972) and single-year two-game field goals made (78, broken in 1977). Bradley continues to hold the single-game, single-season, and career total and average points Ivy League records. In addition, he holds the Ivy records for single-game, single-season, and career field goals made as well as single-season, and career free throws made. His career points, career average, career field goals achieved in 1965 surpassed Tony Lavelli (1949), Chet Forte (1957) and Ernie Beck (1953), respectively. His single-game points record surpassed Lavelli's 52 set on February 26, 1949.2009–10 Ivy League Basketball Media Guide IvyLeagueSports.com His 1965 career 87.6% free throw percentage, which surpassed Gus Broberg's 1941 mark of 85.8%, stood as the Ivy League record until it was eclipsed by Joe Hieser in 1968.2009–10 Ivy League Basketball Media Guide 52 IvyLeagueSports.com Schedule and results The team posted a 23–6 (13–1 Ivy League) record.http://www.goprincetontigers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=10600&ATCLID=3749695 Men's Basketball Record Book • All-Time Results March 27, 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 Dec 2, 1964 yes 1964 men Lafayette Leopards Lafayette Dillon Gym Princeton, New Jersey 83–74 1–0 Dec 5, 1964 yes yes 1964 men Army Cadets Army Gillis Field House West Point, New York 64–60 2–0 Dec 8, 1964 yes yes 1964 men Villanova Wildcats Villanova Villanova Field House Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 60–61 OT 2–1 Dec 11, 1964 yes 1964 men Colgate Raiders Colgate Dillon Gym Princeton, New Jersey 81–53 3–1 Dec 12, 1964 yes 1964 men Navy Midshipmen Navy Dillon Gym Princeton, New Jersey 77–67 4–1 Dec 14, 1964 yes yes 1964 men Rutgers Scarlet Knights Rutgers College Avenue Gymnasium Piscataway, New Jersey 92–79 5–1 Dec 17, 1964 yes yes 1964 men Saint Louis Billikens Saint Louis 10 Kiel Auditorium St. Louis, Missouri 71–90 5–2 Dec 28, 1964 yes yes 1964 none Syracuse Orangemen Syracuse Madison Square Garden New York, New York ECAC Holiday Classic 79–69 6–2 Dec 30, 1964 yes yes Michigan 1 Madison Square Garden New York, New York ECAC Holiday Classic 78–80 6–3 Jan 2, 1965 yes yes 1964 men Cincinnati Bearcats Cincinnati Armory Fieldhouse Cincinnati, Ohio 69–71 6–4 Jan 8, 1965 1964 men Yale Bulldogs Yale Dillon Gym Princeton, New Jersey 57–56 7–4 1–0 Jan 9, 1965 1964 men Brown Bears Brown Dillon Gym Princeton, New Jersey 80–58 8–4 2–0 Jan 15, 1965 yes 1964 men Columbia Lions Columbia University Gymnasium New York, New York 78–68 9–4 3–0 Jan 16, 1965 yes 1964 men Cornell Big Red Cornell Barton Hall Ithaca, New York 69–70 9–5 3–1 Jan 30, 1965 yes 1964 men Penn Quakers Penn The Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 83–72 10–5 4–1 Feb 5, 1965 yes Brown Marvel Gymnasium Providence, Rhode Island 69–49 11–5 5–1 Feb 6, 1965 yes Yale John J. Lee Amphitheater New Haven, Connecticut 67–62 12–5 6–1 Feb 12, 1965 1964 men Harvard Crimson Harvard Dillon Gym Princeton, New Jersey 76–55 13–5 7–1 Feb 13, 1965 1964 men Dartmouth Big Green Dartmouth Dillon Gym Princeton, New Jersey 103–64 14–5 8–1 Feb 19, 1965 yes Dartmouth Alumni Gym Hanover, New Hampshire 83–57 15–5 9–1 Feb 20, 1965 yes Harvard Lavietes Pavilion Cambridge, Massachusetts 82–72 16–5 10–1 Feb 26, 1965 Columbia Dillon Gym Princeton, New Jersey 93–60 17–5 11–1 Feb 27, 1965 Cornell Dillon Gym Princeton, New Jersey 107–84 18–5 12–1 Mar 3, 1965 Penn Dillon Gym Princeton, New Jersey 81–71 19–5 13–1 |- !colspan=9 style=Princeton Tigers| NCAA tournament Mar 8, 1965 yes yes 1964 men Penn State Nittany Lions Penn State The Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania First round 60–58 20–5 Mar 12, 1965 yes yes 1964 men NC State Wolfpack NC State Cole Fieldhouse College Park, Maryland Regional Semifinal Sweet Sixteen 66–48 21–5 Mar 13, 1965 yes yes 1964 men Providence Friars Providence 4 Cole Fieldhouse College Park, Maryland Regional final Elite Eight 109–69 22–5 Mar 19, 1965 yes yes Michigan 1 Memorial Coliseum Portland, Oregon National Semifinal Final Four 76–93 22–6 Mar 20, 1965 yes yes Wichita State Memorial Coliseum Portland, Oregon National Consolation 118–82 23–6 AP Poll NCAA tournament The team advanced to the 1965 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament Final four.http://www.databasesports.com/ncaab/tourney.htm?yr=1965 1965 NCAA basketball tournament Bracket March 27, 2010 databaseSports.comhttp://www.ivyleaguesports.com/documents/mbb6465.asp 1964–65 Ivy Men's Basketball March 27, 2010 IvyLeagueSports.com https://web.archive.org/web/20090131141900/http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/documents/mbb6465.asp January 31, 2009 dead 3/8/65 in Philadelphia, Pa.: Princeton 60, Penn State 58 East Regional 3/12/65 in College Park, Md.: Princeton 66, N.C. State 48 3/13/65 in College Park, Md.: Princeton 109, Providence 69 Final Four 3/19/65 in Portland, Ore.: Michigan 93, Princeton 76 3/20/65 in Portland, Ore.: Princeton 118, Wichita State 82 Awards and honors Bill Bradley NCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Playerhttp://www.sportsline.com/collegebasketball/mayhem/history/outstandingplayer Final Four Most Outstanding Players cbs.sportsline.com March 27, 2010 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080907123518/http://sportsline.com/collegebasketball/mayhem/history/outstandingplayer September 7, 2008 Ivy League Scoring Champion First Team All-Ivy League 1965 NCAA Men's Basketball All-American (consensus)http://www.goprincetontigers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=10600&ATCLID=3749635 Men's Basketball Record Book • Ivy League & National Awards March 27, 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 All-East Gary Walters Honorable Mention All-Ivy League Ed Hummer Honorable Mention All-Ivy League Team players drafted into the NBA Two players from this team were selected in the NBA draft.http://www.databasebasketball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?lg=N&yr=1965 1965 NBA Draft March 27, 2010 databaseSports.com usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20100317232353/http://www.databasebasketball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?yr=1965&lg=N March 17, 2010 http://www.databasebasketball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?lg=N&yr=1967 1967 NBA Draft March 27, 2010 databaseSports.com usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20100317225205/http://www.databasebasketball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?yr=1967&lg=N March 17, 2010 Year Round Pick Player NBA club 1965 1 2 Bill Bradley New York Knicks 1967 6 17 Ed Hummer Boston Celtics Future Major League Baseball (MLB) executive Larry Lucchino was a reserve on the team.https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/princeton/1965.html 1964-65 Princeton Tigers Roster and Stats sports-reference.com November 14, 2020 References 30em Category:Princeton Tigers men's basketball seasons Princeton Tigers Category:NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament Final Four seasons Princeton Princeton Tigers men's basketball Princeton Tigers men's basketball