2010–11 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 December 2016 Basketball 2010–11 Princeton Tigers Princeton Tigers logo.svg 100 Ivy League Ivy 25–7 12–2, 1st-T Sydney Johnson (4th year) Kareem Maddox Dan Mavraides Patrick Saunders Jadwin Gymnasium Ivy League Co-Champion 2011 NCAA tournament Round of 64 The 2010–11 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team represented Princeton University in intercollegiate college basketball during the 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was Sydney Johnson, who was in his fourth season.http://www.goprincetontigers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=10600&ATCLID=3749695 Men's Basketball Record Book • All-Time Results June 12, 2009 Princeton Athletic Communications GoPrincetonTigers.com October 8, 2010 April 19, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180419123137/http://goprincetontigers.com/news/2009/6/12/3749695.aspx dead The team's tri-captains were senior Kareem Maddox, senior Dan Mavraides, and junior Patrick Saunders. The team played its home games in the Jadwin Gymnasium on the University campus in Princeton, New Jersey. The team competes in the Ivy League athletic conference. The team was coming off of a 22–9 2009–10 season in which it achieved the most wins by a Tigers men's basketball team since the 1998–99 team and its first back-to-back finishes of at least second place in the Ivy since 2001–02 season. The team was also following on the heels of its first postseason appearance since the 2003–04 team went to the 2004 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament,http://www.goprincetontigers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=46553&SPID=4231&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=10600&ATCLID=204915546 Saint Louis Ends Men's Basketball's Postseason Run, 69–59 (with video) October 7, 2010 March 25, 2010 Princeton University GoPrincetonTigers.com and its first postseason victory since the 1998–99 team won two games in the 1999 National Invitation Tournament.http://www.goprincetontigers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=46553&SPID=4231&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=10600&ATCLID=204910872 Men's Basketball Gets First Postseason Win Since '99 (with video) October 7, 2010 March 17, 2010 Princeton University GoPrincetonTigers.com The team was led by returning second team All-Ivy League selections junior Douglas Davis and senior Dan Mavraides.http://www.goprincetontigers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=46553&SPID=4231&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=10600&ATCLID=204905433 Davis, Mavraides Tabbed as All-Ivy for Men's Basketball October 7, 2010 March 10, 2010 Princeton University GoPrincetonTigers.com This was the first team to have two returning first or second All-Ivy players since the 2003–04 team returned Will Venable and Judson Wallace. The team was attempting to defend its scoring defense statistical championship, which it won for the twentieth time since 1976 in 2010.http://web1.ncaa.org/stats/StatsSrv/ranksummary Men's Basketball Ranking Summary October 7, 2010 National Collegiate Athletic Associationhttp://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/m_basketball_RB/2010/D1.pdf Division I Records October 2, 2010 National Collegiate Athletic Association 48 March 31, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100331132350/http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/m_basketball_RB/2010/D1.pdf dead Following the season, seniors Mavraides (2nd team) and Maddox (1st team, unanimous) earned All-Ivy recognition. They were joined by sophomore Ian Hummer (2nd team). Maddox earned conference Defensive Player of the Year. After the annual 14-game round robin home and away schedule, Harvard and Princeton tied as co-champion, resulting in a one-game playoff to determine the league's automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. The Tigers prevailed. Princeton then lost its round of 64 NCAA contest against Kentucky. The season marked the team's 26th Ivy League championship and 24th invitation to the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship. Preview Princeton entered the season having not won a championship since the 2003–04 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team achieved the feat and went to the 2004 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/2011/03/04/27838/ Men's Basketball: Princeton on doorstep of Big Dance March 6, 2011 March 4, 2011 The Daily Princetonian Abrams, Mike https://web.archive.org/web/20110308203453/http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/2011/03/04/27838/ March 8, 2011 dead The six-season championshipless spell tied a school record and put the team on the verge of establishing a new one should the season not be successful. The team entered the season with its top five scorers from the prior season returning.https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/team/stats/_/id/163/year/2010/princeton-tigers Princeton Tigers Stats – 2009–10 April 24, 2011 ESPN The team's schedule included the 2010 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament champion Duke as well as Tournament participant 2010 men Siena Saints Siena College Siena who were the 2010 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference champions (both regular season and tournament).http://www.goprincetontigers.com/SportSelect.dbml?SPID=4231&SPSID=46550&DB_OEM_ID=10600 M. Basketball – 2010–11 Schedule October 8, 2010 Princeton University GoPrincetonTigers.com November 15, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111115032429/http://www.goprincetontigers.com/SportSelect.dbml?SPID=4231&SPSID=46550&DB_OEM_ID=10600 dead Most preseason publications predicted Princeton would finish in first place and Harvard would finish in second place, although the Sporting News projected that 2010 men Cornell Big Red Cornell University Cornell would finish in first followed by Princeton and Harvard. Breaking a three-year streak by Cornell, the Ivy League media poll selected Princeton as the top team with twelve first place votes, Harvard second with four first place votes and Cornell third with one first place vote.http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2010-11/releases/Mens_Basketball_Abound_with_Preseason_Honors Ivy League Men's Basketball Abound with Preseason Honors Entering the 2010–11 Season March 6, 2011 October 15, 2010 IvyLeagueSports.com https://web.archive.org/web/20101216235530/http://ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2010-11/releases/Mens_Basketball_Abound_with_Preseason_Honors December 16, 2010 dead mdy-all It was the first Princeton team to be the preseason top-ranked media selection since the 2004 men Princeton Tigers Princeton University 2004–05 Princeton team. Playing style Head coach Johnson employs the Princeton offense.http://thequad.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/10/the-quad-q-a-princeton-coach-sydney-johnson/ The Quad Q.& A.: Princeton Coach Sydney Johnson March 13, 2011 February 10, 2009 The New York Times Plutnicki, Ken However, in 2010, Johnson tweaked it to be a slightly more uptempo version of the motion offense, which resulted in the highest scoring Princeton team in decades.https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703380104576015680481303852?SPSID=46548&SPID=4231&DB_OEM_ID=10600 Princeton Moves Into the Fast(er) Lane: The Tigers Are Using the Same Intricate Half-Court Offense They Made Famous—They're Just Pushing the Tempo More March 14, 2011 December 14, 2010 The Wall Street Journal Cohen, Ben The offense was still considered slow compared to most schools. Schedule The team lost to its only two ranked opponents (#1 Duke and #21 University of Central Florida),https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=303180150 Blue Devils push nonconference winning streak at Cameron to 78 games March 6, 2011 November 14, 2010 ESPN https://web.archive.org/web/20110227072810/http://espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=303180150 February 27, 2011 deadhttps://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=303642116 Marcus Jordan's second-half surge helps Central Florida stay unbeaten March 6, 2011 December 30, 2010 ESPN https://web.archive.org/web/20110228131854/http://espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=303642116 February 28, 2011 dead but defeated Siena in overtime.https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=303320163 Princeton 86, Siena 77 March 6, 2011 November 28, 2010 ESPN https://web.archive.org/web/20110228131849/http://espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=303320163 February 28, 2011 dead The team also defeated power conference opponents 2010 men Tulsa Golden Hurricane University of Tulsa Tulsa of Conference USA, 2010 men Saint Joseph's Hawks Saint Joseph's University Saint Joseph's of the Atlantic 10 Conference and 2010 men Rutgers Scarlett Knights Rutgers University Rutgers of the Big East Conference.https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=303160163 Princeton nips Rutgers in OT, spoils coach Mike Rice's debut March 6, 2011 November 12, 2010 ESPN https://web.archive.org/web/20110228131847/http://espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=303160163 February 28, 2011 deadhttps://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=303460202 Princeton 82, Tulsa 78 March 6, 2011 December 12, 2010 ESPN https://web.archive.org/web/20110228131849/http://espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=303460202 February 28, 2011 deadhttps://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=303390163 Princeton 74, Saint Joseph's 65 March 6, 2011 December 5, 2010 ESPN https://web.archive.org/web/20110228083312/http://espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=303390163 February 28, 2011 dead Princeton recorded its 11th and the Ivy League's 30th perfect conference record at the halfway point of the 14-game conference schedule.http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2010-11/weeklyreleases/2010-11_MBB_Final_Release.pdf 2010–11 Highlights IvyLeagueSports.com 5 May 29, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120308170333/http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2010-11/weeklyreleases/2010-11_MBB_Final_Release.pdf March 8, 2012 dead mdy-all The team posted a perfect 12–0 home record.https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=310570163 https://web.archive.org/web/20231031102013/https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=310570163 dead October 31, 2023 Princeton 66, Columbia 61 February 27, 2011 February 26, 2011 ESPN It was the team's sixth perfect home season in 42 full seasons at Jadwin gymnasium. In 2009, the team adopted 11-year-old Christian Michael "Crunch" Regulski, a pediatric brain tumor patient, as part of the Friends of Jaclyn program. In early February, Crunch, who had previously sat on the team's bench, lost his cancer struggle.http://thequad.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/17/princeton-players-driven-by-memories-of-crunch/ Princeton Players Driven by Memories of 'Crunch' March 17, 2011 March 17, 2011 McMurphy, Brett The New York Times During the season, Princeton swept defending Ivy League champion Cornell.https://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/26/sports/ncaabasketball/26hoops.html Princeton and Harvard Keep Pace March 17, 2011 February 25, 2011 The New York Times Mavraides scored 25 including 5 three-point shots,http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/basketball/ncaa/03/11/harvard.princeton/ https://web.archive.org/web/20110315091140/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/basketball/ncaa/03/11/harvard.princeton/ dead March 15, 2011 Harvard, Princeton meet in a winner-take-all game for Ivy title March 14, 2011 March 11, 2011 Sports Illustrated Friedman, Dick but Princeton lost to Harvard at Lavietes Pavilion on March 5 and giving them a split of the season series.https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/06/sports/ncaabasketball/06ivy.html Harvard Has Piece of Title but Wants the Rest of It March 17, 2011 March 5, 2011 The New York Times May, Peter https://web.archive.org/web/20110306130416/http://www.nytimes.com//2011//03//06//sports//ncaabasketball//06ivy.html March 6, 2011 live Princeton fell a half game behind Harvard who clinched at least a share of the 2010–11 Ivy League men's basketball season Championship with a 12–2 conference record. Princeton fell to 11–2 with one conference game remaining to force a one-game playoff for the conferences automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=310640108 https://web.archive.org/web/20170817081138/http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=310640108 dead August 17, 2017 Harvard tops Princeton 79–67 to share Ivy title March 6, 2011 March 5, 2011 ESPN Following the game, Sydney Johnson made his team sit on the bench and watch the Harvard fans celebrate.http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=6191433 Harvard Celebrates Early March 9, 2011 March 7, 2011 ESPNJuly 2024 medicmedic On March 8, Princeton defeated Penn to force a one-game playoff at the Payne Whitney Gymnasium at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=310670219 https://web.archive.org/web/20170816234356/http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=310670219 dead August 16, 2017 Princeton tops Penn, sets up one-game playoff with Harvard March 9, 2011 March 8, 2011 ESPN Maddox scored 21 of his 23 points from off the bench in the second half to key the victory.https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/09/sports/ncaabasketball/09hoops.html Princeton Forces a Playoff for the Ivy's N.C.A.A. Bid March 17, 2011 March 8, 2011 The New York Times The one-game playoff is the eighth in Ivy League history and the eighth for Princeton, who has won at least a share of twenty-six league titles.http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2010-11/releases/2011_Mens_Basketball_Playoff 2011 Men's Basketball Playoff Information March 12, 2011 March 11, 2011 IvyLeagueSports.com https://web.archive.org/web/20110311121451/http://ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2010-11/releases/2011_Mens_Basketball_Playoff March 11, 2011 dead mdy-all The share of the championship ended a six-season championshipless run, which tied a record for the longest in school history. In the one-game playoff, Harvard took 58–57 lead with 2:33 remaining and then the teams traded one-point leads 5 times.https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/playbyplay?gameId=310710163 Harvard 62 (23–6, 12–2 Ivy); Princeton 63 (25–6, 12–2 Ivy) Complete Play-By-Play May 5, 2011 March 12, 2011 ESPN Princeton won by a 63–62 margin thanks to a last second shot by Davis to earn its 24th NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament bid.https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=310710163 https://web.archive.org/web/20161220032827/http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=310710163 dead December 20, 2016 Princeton KO's Harvard on last-second jumper to earn NCAA bid March 12, 2011 March 12, 2011 ESPNhttps://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/13/sports/ncaabasketball/13ivy.html Princeton Pauses but Still Beats Buzzer on Way to N.C.A.A. Bid March 17, 2011 March 12, 2011 Pennington, Bill The New York Times Although Princeton did not appear in the 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings all season, in the final regular season poll on March 13, Princeton received 3 points in the Coaches' Poll.https://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/mensbasketball/usatpoll.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20110119024755/http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/mensbasketball/usatpoll.htm January 19, 2011 Top 25: Ohio State finishes regular season at No. 1 March 15, 2011 March 13, 2011 USAToday live Princeton was awarded the number thirteen seed and a first round match against the Kentucky Wildcats.https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/news/story?id=6212994 2011 NCAA tournament selections March 13, 2011 March 13, 2011 ESPN Kentucky had eliminated Ivy League representative Cornell the prior season.http://thequad.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/16/looking-ahead-to-thursdays-games/ Looking Ahead to Thursday's Games March 17, 2011 March 16, 2011 Ennis, Connor The New York Times https://web.archive.org/web/20110317094048/http://thequad.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/16/looking-ahead-to-thursdays-games/ March 17, 2011 live Kentucky emerged victorious by a 59–57 margin on a last second layup.https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=310760096 https://web.archive.org/web/20160915035744/http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/recap?gameId=310760096 dead September 15, 2016 Brandon Knight's only basket lifts Kentucky past Princeton in final seconds March 17, 2011 March 17, 2011 ESPNhttps://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/18/sports/ncaabasketball/18kentucky.html Pushed by Princeton, Kentucky Wins in Final Seconds March 19, 2011 March 18, 2011 The New York Times McMurphy, Brett yes |- !colspan=9 style=Princeton Tigers| Regular season November 12, 2010 7:00 pm yes 2010 Rutgers Scarlet Knights Rutgers Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, NJ 78–73 OT 3,530 1–0 November 14, 2010 5:00 pm yes yes Duke 1 Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC CBE Classic ESPNU 60–97 9,314 1–1 November 22, 2010 7:00 pm yes yes James Madison JMU Convocation Center Harrisonburg, VA CBE Classic 64–65 3,113 1–2 November 23, 2010 4:30 pm yes yes Bucknell JMU Convocation Center Harrisonburg, VA CBE Classic 66–55   2–2 November 24, 2010 4:30 pm yes yes 2010 Presbyterian Blue Hose Presbyterian JMU Convocation Center Harrisonburg, VA CBE Classic 67–69   2–3 November 28, 2010 2:00 pm yes 2010 Siena Saints Siena Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, NJ 86–77 OT 1,906 3–3 November 30, 2010 7:00 pm yes yes 2010 Lafayette Leopards Lafayette Allan P. Kirby Arena Easton, PA LFSN 82–64 1,559 4–3 December 5, 2010 5:30 pm yes 2010 Saint Joseph's Hawks Saint Joseph's Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, NJ 74–65 2,010 5–3 December 8, 2010 7:00 pm yes yes 2010 Monmouth Hawks Monmouth Multipurpose Activity Center West Long Branch, NJ 64–61 1,287 6–3 December 12, 2010 2:00 pm yes yes 2010 Tulsa Golden Hurricane Tulsa Reynolds Center Tulsa, OK 82–78 2OT 4,855 7–3 December 17, 2010 7:00 pm yes yes 2010 Wagner Seahawks Wagner Spiro Sports Center Staten Island, NY TWCSN 69–57 1,027 8–3 December 22, 2010 4:00 pm yes yes 2010 Towson Tigers Towson Towson Center Towson, MD 75–65 1,891 9–3 December 29, 2010 9:30 pm yes yes 2010 Northeastern Huskies Northeastern UCF Arena Orlando, FL UCF Holiday Classic 65–63 7,111 10–3 December 30, 2010 7:30 pm yes yes UCF 19 UCF Arena Orlando, FL UCF Holiday Classic 62–68 5,591 10–4 January 5, 2011 7:00 pm yes Marist Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, NJ 68–57 1,539 11–4 January 23, 2011 6:00 pm yes 2010 TCNJ Lions TCNJ Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, NJ 73–40 1,837 12–4 January 28, 2011 7:00 pm 2010 Brown Bears Brown Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, NJ FiOS1 78–60 2,330 13–4 (1–0) January 29, 2011 6:00 pm 2010 Yale Bulldogs Yale Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, NJ 67–63 2,658 14–4 (2–0) February 4, 2011 7:00 pm Harvard Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, NJ ESPNU 65–61 4,148 15–4 (3–0) February 5, 2011 6:00 pm 2010 Dartmouth Big Green Dartmouth Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, NJ 68–53 3,346 16–4 (4–0) February 8, 2011 7:00 pm 2010 Penn Quakers Penn Penn–Princeton Rivalry Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, NJ FiOS1/TCN 62–59 OT 3,840 17–4 (5–0) February 11, 2011 7:00 pm yes 2010 Columbia Lions Columbia Levien Gymnasium New York, NY 76–46 1,953 18–4 (6–0) February 12, 2011 7:00 pm yes 2010 Cornell Big Red Cornell Newman Arena Ithaca, NY 57–55 4,087 19–4 (7–0) February 18, 2011 7:00 pm yes Yale Payne Whitney Gym New Haven, CT YES 58–51 1,935 20–4 (8–0) February 19, 2011 3:00 pm yes Brown Pizzitola Sports Center Providence, RI 65–75 1,407 20–5 (8–1) February 25, 2011 7:00 pm Cornell Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, NJ FiOS1 84–66 3,864 21–5 (9–1) February 26, 2011 6:00 pm Columbia Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, NJ 66–61 4,412 22–5 (10–1) March 4, 2011 7:00 pm yes Dartmouth Leede Arena Hanover, NH 77–55 978 23–5 (11–1) March 5, 2011 7:00 pm yes Harvard Lavietes Pavilion Boston, MA ESPN3 67–79 2,195 23–6 (11–2) March 8, 2011 7:00 pm yes Penn Penn–Princeton Rivalry Palestra Philadelphia, PA ESPN3 70–58 4,679 24–6 (12–2) |- !colspan=9 style=Princeton Tigers|Ivy League Playoff March 12, 2011 4:00 pm yes Harvard Payne Whitney Gymnasium New Haven, CT ESPN3 63–62   25–6 |- !colspan=9 style=Princeton Tigers|NCAA tournament March 17, 2011 2:45 pm yes yes 13 E Kentucky 11 4 E St. Pete Times Forum Tampa, FL NCAA Second Round CBS 57–59 14,835 25–7 Eastern Time E NCAA East Regional Honors In season Ian Hummer was a National Association of Basketball Coaches First Team All-District selection, and Kareem Maddox was a Second Team selection.http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2010-11/weeklyreleases/2010-11_MBB_Final_Release.pdf 2010–11 Highlights IvyLeagueSports.com 3 May 29, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120308170333/http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2010-11/weeklyreleases/2010-11_MBB_Final_Release.pdf March 8, 2012 dead mdy-all Each week the Ivy League selects a player of the week and a rookie of the week.http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2010-11/weeklyreleases/2010-11_MBB_Release_Week_18.pdf 2010–11 Ivy League MEN'S BASKETBALL March 8, 2011 March 7, 2011 IvyLeagueSports.com https://web.archive.org/web/20110713070932/http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2010-11/weeklyreleases/2010-11_MBB_Release_Week_18.pdf July 13, 2011 dead mdy-all Player of the Week Date Name School Class Position December 6, 2010Ian HummerPrincetonSo.F December 13, 2010Kareem MaddoxPrincetonSr.F December 20, 2010Kareem MaddoxPrincetonSr.F February 28, 2011Kareem MaddoxPrincetonSr.F Postseason honors The league selected its postseason awards on March 9.http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2010-11/releases/Mens_Basketball_All-Ivy_--_2010-11 Men's Basketball All-Ivy – 2010–11 March 12, 2011 March 9, 2011 IvyLeagueSports.com https://web.archive.org/web/20110313110640/http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mbkb/2010-11/releases/Mens_Basketball_All-Ivy_--_2010-11 March 13, 2011 dead mdy-all Defensive Player of the Year: Kareem Maddox (Sr., F, Oak Park, CA) All-Ivy League (ALL CAPS: Unanimous) First Team All-Ivy: KAREEM MADDOX (Sr., F, Oak Park, CA) Second Team All-Ivy: Ian Hummer (So., F, Vienna, VA); Dan Mavraides, Princeton (Sr., G, San Mateo, CA) References 30em External links Princeton Tigers @ ESPN.com 2011 stats @ ESPN.com Category:Princeton Tigers men's basketball seasons Princeton Tigers Princeton Prince Prince