1968–69 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 December 2016 Basketball 1968–69 Princeton Tigers 150 Ivy League Ivy 19–7 14–0, 1st Pete Carril Christopher Thomforde Dillon GymnasiumJadwin Gymnasium Undefeated Ivy League Champion 1969 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament Regional Quarterfinals The 1968–69 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team represented the Princeton University in intercollegiate college basketball during the 1968–69 NCAA University Division men's basketball season. The head coach was Pete Carril and the team captain was Christopher Thomforde. The team played its home games in the Dillon Gymnasium on the university campus before the January 25, 1969, opening of Jadwin Gymnasium on the university campus in Princeton, New Jersey. The team was the champion of the Ivy League, which earned them an invitation to the 25-team 1969 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.2009–10 Ivy League Basketball Media Guide 30 IvyLeagueSports.com The team was Princeton's first undefeated Ivy League champion, and earned Carril his first of eleven NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament invitations. The team helped Princeton end the decade with a 72.6 winning percentage (188–71), which was the tenth best in the nation.http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/m_basketball_RB/2010/D1.pdf Division I Records October 1, 2010 National Collegiate Athletic Association 57 During the regular season, the team played a few of the teams that would eventually participate in the 25-team NCAA tournament: they opened their season against the 1968 men Villanova Wildcats Villanova University Villanova Wildcats and later played two of the eventual final four participants (the UCLA Bruins and North Carolina Tar Heels) in the ECAC Holiday Classic at Madison Square Garden in New York City in late December 1968.http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/mayhem/brackets/historical/1969/DI 1969 Men's College Basketball Bracket October 4, 2010 CBS Sports The team posted a 19–7 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 The team entered the tournament riding an eleven-game winning streak and having won fifteen of their last sixteen games, but they lost their March 8, 1969 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament East Regional first-round game against the St. John's Redmen 72–63 at Reynolds Coliseum in Raleigh, North Carolina.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 Both John Hummer and Geoff Petrie were selected to the All-Ivy League first team. Petrie, who led the conference in scoring with a 23.9 average in conference games, was also an All-East selection. Thomforde was selected in the 1969 NBA draft by the New York Knicks with the 96th overall selection in the 7th round.2009–10 Ivy League Basketball Media Guide 32 IvyLeagueSports.com Hummer led the conference in field goal percentage with 55.4%.2009–10 Ivy League Basketball Media Guide 49 IvyLeagueSports.com Petrie and Hummer would become the only Tiger teammates to both be drafted in the first round of the NBA draft (in the same draft no less) when they were selected eighth and fifteenth overall in the 1970 NBA draft by the Portland Trail Blazers and the Buffalo Braves. The two were part of a trio of 1970 NBA first-round draftees from the Ivy League that included number thirteen selection Jim McMillian of Columbia.2009–10 Ivy League Basketball Media Guide 33 IvyLeagueSports.com Hummer was the first NBA draft pick by the expansion Buffalo Braves.https://www.basketball-reference.com/draft/NBA_1971.html 1971 NBA Draft October 7, 2010 Sports Reference LLC Basketball-Reference Petrie would share the 1971 NBA Rookie of the Year Award with Dave Cowens.https://www.basketball-reference.com/awards/roy.html NBA & ABA Rookie of the Year Award Winners October 7, 2010 Sports Reference LLC Basketball-Reference Brian Taylor was selected in the 1972 NBA draft by the Seattle SuperSonics with the 23rd overall selection in the second round while Reggie Bird was selected by the Atlanta Hawks with the 55th overall selection in the fourth round. Schedule and results The team posted a 19–7 (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 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 3, 1968 yes yes 1968 men Villanova Wildcats Villanova 10 Villanova Field House Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 54–64 0–1 Dec 7, 1968 yes yes Duke 16 Madison Square Garden New York, New York 62–81 0–2 Dec 11, 1968 yes yes 1968 men Maryland Terrapins Maryland Cole Fieldhouse College Park, Maryland 72–63 1–2 Dec 14, 1968 yes 1968 men Navy Midshipmen Navy Dillon Gym Princeton, New Jersey 56–55 2–2 Dec 17, 1968 yes yes 1968 men Rutgers Scarlet Knights Rutgers College Avenue Gymnasium Piscataway, New Jersey 60–61 2–3 Dec 18, 1968 yes 1968 men NYU Violets NYU Dillon Gym Princeton, New Jersey 88–76 3–3 Dec 27, 1968 yes yes 1968 men Holy Cross Crusaders Holy Cross Madison Square Garden New York, New York ECAC Holiday Festival 67–55 4–3 Dec 28, 1968 yes yes UCLA 1 Madison Square Garden New York, New York ECAC Holiday Festival 67–83 4–4 Dec 30, 1968 yes yes North Carolina 4 Madison Square Garden New York, New York ECAC Holiday Festival 76–103 4–5 Jan 3, 1969 yes 1968 men Penn Quakers Penn The Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 59–56 5–5 1–0 Jan 4, 1969 yes yes 1968 men Army Cadets Army Gillis Field House West Point, New York 51–42 6–5 Jan 10, 1969 1968 men Dartmouth Big Green Dartmouth Dillon Gym Princeton, New Jersey 70–55 7–5 2–0 Jan 11, 1969 1968 men Harvard Crimson Harvard Dillon Gym Princeton, New Jersey 73–62 8–5 3–0 Jan 23, 1969 yes yes Davidson 4 Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, North Carolina 54–71 8–6 Jan 25, 1969 Penn Dillon Gym Princeton, New Jersey 74–62 9–6 4–0 Jan 31, 1969 yes Harvard Lavietes Pavilion Cambridge, Massachusetts 76–65 10–6 5–0 Feb 1, 1969 yes Dartmouth Alumni Gym Hanover, New Hampshire 61–50 11–6 6–0 Feb 7, 1969 1968 men Columbia Lions Columbia 14 Dillon Gym Princeton, New Jersey 68–49 12–6 7–0 Feb 8, 1969 1968 men Cornell Big Red Cornell Dillon Gym Princeton, New Jersey 67–57 13–6 8–0 Feb 14, 1969 yes Yale John J. Lee Amphitheater New Haven, Connecticut 67–56 14–6 9–0 Feb 15, 1969 yes 1968 men Brown Bears Brown Marvel Gymnasium Providence, Rhode Island 75–56 15–6 10–0 Feb 21, 1969 Yale Dillon Gym Princeton, New Jersey 72–53 16–6 11–0 Feb 22, 1969 Brown Dillon Gym Princeton, New Jersey 74–46 17–6 12–0 Feb 28, 1969 yes Columbia University Gymnasium New York, New York 60–59 18–6 13–0 Mar 1, 1969 yes Cornell Barton Hall Ithaca, New York 74–64 19–6 14–0 |- !colspan=9 style=Princeton Tigers| NCAA tournament Mar 8, 1969 yes yes St. John's 8 Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, North Carolina First round 63–72 19–7 AP Poll NCAA tournament The team lost in the first round of the 1969 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/documents/mbb6869.asp 1968–69 Ivy Men's Basketball March 28, 2010 IvyLeagueSports.com https://web.archive.org/web/20090131141920/http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/documents/mbb6869.asp January 31, 2009 deadhttp://www.databasesports.com/ncaab/tourney.htm?yr=1969 1969 NCAA basketball tournament Bracket March 27, 2010 databaseSports.com 3/8/69 in Raleigh, N.C.: St. John’s 72, Princeton 63 Awards and honors Geoff Petrie First Team All-Ivy League Ivy League Scoring Champion 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 John Hummer First Team All-Ivy League Chris Thomforde Second Team All-Ivy League NCAA Postgraduate Scholar Players drafted into the NBA Five players from this team were selected in the NBA draft.http://www.databasebasketball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?lg=N&yr=1969 1969 NBA Draft March 28, 2010 databaseSports.com usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20100318001935/http://www.databasebasketball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?yr=1969&lg=N March 18, 2010 http://www.databasebasketball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?lg=N&yr=1970 1970 NBA Draft March 28, 2010 databaseSports.com usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20081206184407/http://www.databasebasketball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?lg=N&yr=1970 December 6, 2008 Year Round Pick Player NBA Club 1969 7 11 Chris Thomforde New York Knicks 1970 1 8 Geoff Petrie Portland Trail Blazers 1970 1 15 John Hummer Buffalo Braves 1972 2 23 Brian Taylor Seattle SuperSonics 1972 4 55 Reggie Bird Atlanta Hawks References 30em Category:Princeton Tigers men's basketball seasons Princeton Princeton Princeton Tigers Princeton Tigers