Princeton

Official Name: 
Princeton University
Nickname: 
Tigers
Mailing Address: 

Post Office Box 71
Jadwin Gymnasium
Washington & Faculty Roads
Princeton, NJ 08544

Website: 
www.goprincetontigers.com
Telephone: 
(609) 258-3568
Fax: 
(609) 258-2399
Enrollment: 
4,500
Arena: 

Jadwin Gymnasium
Capacity: 7,500
Year Opened: 1969

School Colors: 
Orange and Black
Conference: 

Ivy League (since 1902)

Final AP Top 10 Rankings: 

(2) 1967 and 1998

NCAA Division I Tournament Appearances: 

(23) 1952, 1955, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1976, 1977, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001, and 2004
13-27 record (.325)
Reached Final Four in 1965 (3rd)

NIT Appearances: 

(5) 1972, 1975, 1999, 2000, and 2002
7-4 record (.636)
Finished 1st in 1975

All-Time Winningest Coach: 

Pete Carril (29 years from 1968-96, 514-261 record, .663)

All-Time Scoring Leader: 

Bill Bradley (2,503 points from 1963-65)

All-Time Rebounding Leader: 

Bill Bradley (1,008 from 1963-65)

Single-Game Individual Scoring Record: 

Bill Bradley (58 points as senior vs. Wichita State on 3/30/65 in NCAA Tournament national third-place game)

All-American Selections: 

(5) F Bill Bradley (1963, 1964 and 1965), G Brian Taylor (1972), C Chris Thomforde (1967)

NCAA Consensus First-Team All-Americans: 

(2) Bill Bradley (1964 and 1965)

Additional School Information on this Page:

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score
Coaching Chronolgy

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score:

Bill Bradley (58 vs. Wichita State in NCAA Tournament national third-place game)
March 30, 1965 (senior/30.5 ppg)

1

2

Total

Princeton

53

65

118

Wichita State

39

43

82

Princeton

Name

FG

FT

PTS

Bradley

22-29

14-15

58

Haarlow

4-7

2-3

10

Brown

3-5

1-1

7

Rodenbach

7-14

2-2

16

Walters

3-5

0-0

6

Hummer

3-4

3-3

9

Kingston

0-1

0-1

0

Shank

1-2

0-0

2

Koch

5-6

0-3

10

Niemann

0-1

0-0

0

Roth

0-0

0-0

0

Adler

0-1

0-0

0

Totals

48-75

22-28

118

Percentages

.640

.786

Wichita State

Name

FG

FT

PTS

Smith

3-6

7-9

13

Thompson

6-15

6-7

18

Leach

5-10

0-0

10

Pete

6-11

9-13

21

Criss

5-9

0-0

10

Reed

2-7

0-0

4

Nosich

1-3

2-2

4

Davis

1-4

0-1

2

Zafiros

0-1

0-0

0

Trope

0-0

0-0

0

Reimond

0-0

0-0

0

Totals

29-66

24-32

82

Percentages

.439

.750
Coaching Chronology:

Coach

Seasons

Years

Record

W-L %

Best Season(s)

Record

Mowbray Forney

1

1901

7-5

.583

1901

7-5

A.W. Enderbrock

1

1902

10-10

.500

1902

10-10

William W. "Bill" Roper

1

1903

8-7

.533

1903

8-7

William McCoy

1

1904

10-5

.667

1904

10-5

Frederick Cooper

2

1905-06

13-15

.464

1905

8-5

William Kelleher

1

1907

4-10

.286

1907

4-10

C.F. Kogel

1

1908

7-10

.412

1908

7-10

Harry F. Shorter

3

1909-11

19-28

.404

1910

7-6

Harry Hough

1

1912

8-8

.500

1912

8-8

Frederick W. Leuhring

8

1913-20

100-43

.699

1916, 1918

.800

Lewis Sugarman/James Hynson

1

1921

11-4

.733

1921

11-4

J. Hill Zahn

2

1922-23

36-9

.800

both years

.800

Albert Wittmer

9

1924-32

115-86

.572

1925

21-2

Herbert "Fritz" Crisler

2

1933-34

32-11

.744

1933

19-3

John H. Jeffries

1

1935

6-14

.300

1935

6-14

R. Kenneth Fairman

3

1936-38

25-38

.397

1938

10-10

Franklin "Cappy" Cappon

20

1939-43, 1947-61

250-181

.580

1959

19-5

William Logan

3

1943-45

20-20

.500

Leonard P. Hettinger

1

1945

5-8

.385

1945

5-8

Wesley E. Fesler

1

1946

7-12

.368

1946

7-12

J.L. "Jake" McCandless

2

1961-62

22-16

.579

Willem "Butch" van Breda Kolff

5

1963-67

103-31

.769

1967

25-3

Pete Carril

29

1968-96

514-261

.663

1991

24-3

Bill Carmody

4

1997-2000

92-25

.786

1998

27-2

John Thompson III

4

2001-04

68-42

.618

2004

20-8

Joe Scott

3

2005-07

38-45

.458

2005

15-13

Sydney Johnson

4

2008-11

66-53

.555

2011

25-7
  • All-Time W-L Record: 1,599-1,002 (.615) from 1901 through 2011.
  • NOTES: Sugarman resigned after 15 games of the 1920-21 season with an 11-4 record and was replaced by Hynson (3-5)
  • Cappon entered the Navy after four games of the 1942-43 season and was replaced by Logan. Cappon suffered a heart attack after 11 games of the 1960-61 season and was replaced by McCandless on an interim basis. Cappon was to have coached in 1961-62, but died of a heart attack while showering three days before the opening game
  • Logan left to assume an administrative post at Johns Hopkins University after six games of the 1944-45 season and was replaced by Hattinger.