2023–24 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team

2023–24 Princeton Tigers men's basketball
Ivy League regular season champions
NIT, First Round
ConferenceIvy League
Record24–5 (12–2 Ivy)
Head coach
Associate head coachBrett MacConnell
Assistant coaches
  • Luke Gore
  • Lawrence Rowley
Home arenaJadwin Gymnasium
Seasons
2023–24 Ivy League men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Princeton 12 – 2   .857 24 – 5   .828
Yale † 11 – 3   .786 23 – 10   .697
Cornell 11 – 3   .786 22 – 8   .733
Brown 8 – 6   .571 13 – 18   .419
Harvard 5 – 9   .357 14 – 13   .519
Columbia 4 – 10   .286 13 – 14   .481
Penn 3 – 11   .214 11 – 18   .379
Dartmouth 2 – 12   .143 6 – 21   .222
† 2024 Ivy League tournament winner

The 2023–24 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team represented Princeton University during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Tigers, led by 12th-year head coach Mitch Henderson, played their home games at Jadwin Gymnasium in Princeton, New Jersey as members of the Ivy League.

Previous season

The Tigers finished the 2022–23 season 23–9, 10–4 in Ivy League play to finish as Ivy League regular season co-champions.[1] In the Ivy League tournament, they defeated Penn in the semifinals[2] and Yale in the championship game, earning the Ivy League's automatic bid into the NCAA tournament.[3] In the NCAA tournament, they received the #15 seed in the South Region.[4] In the first round, they upset #2 seed Arizona, earning the Tigers their first NCAA tournament win since 1998.[5] In the second round, they continued their winning ways, upsetting #7 seed Missouri, marking the 3rd consecutive tournament, and 4th overall, that a #15 seed advanced to the Sweet Sixteen.[6] That's where their run would end, losing to Creighton.[7]

Roster

2023–24 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown
G 0 Ryan Duncan 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr Chicago, Illinois
G 1 Xaivian Lee 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 171 lb (78 kg) So Toronto, Canada
F 3 Caden Pierce 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) So Glen Ellyn, Illinois
G 5 Jack Scott 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 199 lb (90 kg) So Pelican Island, New Jersey
G/F 10 Derek Sangster 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 197 lb (89 kg) Fr Sunnyvale, California
G 11 Darius Gakwasi 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Jr Portland, Oregon
F 12 Jacob Huggins 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Fr Oak Park, California
G 13 Deven Austin 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 195 lb (88 kg) So Vernon, Connecticut
G 14 Matt Allocco 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 197 lb (89 kg) Sr Hilliard, Ohio
G 21 Jackson Hicke 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Fr Radnor, Pennsylvania
G 22 Dalen Davis 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 196 lb (89 kg) Fr Chicago, Illinois
G 24 Blake Peters 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 197 lb (89 kg) Jr Evanston, Illinois
F 33 Vernon Collins 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 224 lb (102 kg) So Chocowinity, North Carolina
F 43 Philip Byriel 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Jr Drums, Pennsylvania
F 54 Zach Martini 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Sr Warren, New Jersey
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: October 24, 2023

Schedule and results

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 6, 2023*
7:00 pm, Peacock 		vs. Rutgers
Rivalry 		W 68–61  1–0
 CURE Insurance Arena (6,103)
Trenton, NJ
November 10, 2023*
7:00 pm, FloHoops 		at Hofstra W 74–67  2–0
 Mack Sports Complex (3,217)
Hempstead, NY
November 15, 2023*
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at Duquesne W 70–67  3–0
 UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse (2,877)
Pittsburgh, PA
November 18, 2023*
2:00 pm, FloHoops 		at Monmouth W 82–57  4–0
 OceanFirst Bank Center (2,656)
West Long Branch, NJ
November 22, 2023*
4:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at Old Dominion W 76–56  5–0
 Chartway Arena (4,651)
Norfolk, VA
November 25, 2023*
2:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Northeastern W 80–66  6–0
 Jadwin Gymnasium (2,470)
Princeton, NJ
November 29, 2023*
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at Bucknell W 85–71  7–0
 Sojka Pavilion (834)
Lewisburg, PA
December 2, 2023*
2:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Furman W 70–69  8–0
 Jadwin Gymnasium (2,142)
Princeton, NJ
December 5, 2023*
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Drexel W 81–70  9–0
 Jadwin Gymnasium (1,478)
Princeton, NJ
December 10, 2023*
1:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at Saint Joseph's L 70–74  9–1
 Hagan Arena (3,004)
Philadelphia, PA
December 13, 2023*
4:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Bryn Athyn W 92–40  10–1
 Jadwin Gymnasium (995)
Princeton, NJ
December 22, 2023*
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Delaware Valley W 84–53  11–1
 Jadwin Gymnasium (1,331)
Princeton, NJ
December 30, 2023*
2:00 pm, FloHoops 		at Delaware W 84–82  12–1
 Bob Carpenter Center (3,340)
Newark, DE
Ivy League regular season
January 6, 2024
2:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Harvard W 89–58  13–1
(1–0) 		Jadwin Gymnasium (4,831)
Princeton, NJ
January 15, 2024
2:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Dartmouth W 76–58  14–1
(2–0) 		Jadwin Gymnasium (3,872)
Princeton, NJ
January 20, 2024
2:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at Columbia W 70–62  15–1
(3–0) 		Levien Gymnasium (2,307)
New York, NY
January 27, 2024
2:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at Cornell L 68–83  15–2
(3–1) 		Newman Arena 
Ithaca, NY
February 2, 2024
7:00 pm, ESPNU 		at Yale L 64–70  15–3
(3–2) 		John J. Lee Amphitheater (2,532)
New Haven, CT
February 3, 2024
6:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at Brown W 70–60  16–3
(4–2) 		Pizzitola Sports Center (1,350)
Providence, RI
February 10, 2024
6:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Penn
Rivalry 		W 77–70  17–3
(5–2) 		Jadwin Gymnasium (5,290)
Princeton, NJ
February 16, 2024
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Brown W 72–63  18–3
(6–2) 		Jadwin Gymnasium (2,533)
Princeton, NJ
February 17, 2024
7:00 pm, ESPN2/ESPN+ 		Yale W 73–62  19–3
(7–2) 		Jadwin Gymnasium (4,358)
Princeton, NJ
February 23, 2024
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at Harvard W 66–53  20–3
(8–2) 		Lavietes Pavilion (1,636)
Cambridge, MA
February 24, 2024
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at Dartmouth W 68–56  21–3
(9–2) 		Leede Arena (937)
Hanover, NH
March 1, 2024
8:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Columbia W 84–70  22–3
(10–2) 		Jadwin Gymnasium (2,712)
Princeton, NJ
March 2, 2024
7:00 pm, ESPN+ 		Cornell W 79–77  23–3
(11–2) 		Jadwin Gymnasium (5,409)
Princeton, NJ
March 9, 2024
6:00 pm, ESPN+ 		at Penn
Rivalry 		W 105–83  24–3
(12–2) 		The Palestra (4,488)
Philadelphia, PA
Ivy League tournament
March 16, 2024
11:00 am, ESPNU 		(1) vs. (4) Brown
Semifinals 		L 81–90  24–4
 Levien Gymnasium 
New York, NY
NIT
March 20, 2024
8:00 pm, ESPN+ 		(2) UNLV
First Round - Seton Hall Bracket 		L 77–84  24–5
 Jadwin Gymnasium (1,708)
Princeton, NJ
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern.

Sources:[8][9]

References

  1. ^ "2022-23 Men's Basketball Standings". Ivy League. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
  2. ^ "Men's Basketball Advances to Championship Sunday at Ivy Madness". Princeton University Athletics. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
  3. ^ "Princeton tops Yale 74-65 to win Ivy League championship". USA Today. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
  4. ^ "2023 Division I Men's Basketball Official Bracket". NCAA.com. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
  5. ^ "Henderson, Princeton stun Arizona 59-55 in NCAA Tournament". AP News. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
  6. ^ "No. 15 seed Princeton stuns Missouri to reach Sweet 16". CBS News. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
  7. ^ "Creighton ends Princeton's March Madness run, faces San Diego State for Final Four spot". FOX Sports. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
  8. ^ "2023-24 Men's Basketball Schedule". Princeton University Athletics. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
  9. ^ "Princeton Tigers 2023-24 Regular Season NCAAM Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved October 24, 2023.