2003–04 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team
2003–04 Princeton Tigers men's basketball | |
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Ivy League Champion | |
2004 NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, Fourteen Seed, Round of 64 | |
Conference | Ivy League |
Record | 20–8 (13–1, 1st Ivy) |
Head coach | |
Assistant coach | Mike Brennan |
Captains | |
Home arena | Jadwin Gymnasium |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Princeton | 13 | – | 1 | .929 | 20 | – | 8 | .714 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Penn | 10 | – | 4 | .714 | 17 | – | 10 | .630 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Brown | 10 | – | 4 | .714 | 14 | – | 13 | .519 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Yale | 7 | – | 7 | .500 | 12 | – | 15 | .444 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cornell | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | 11 | – | 16 | .407 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Columbia | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | 10 | – | 17 | .370 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Harvard | 3 | – | 11 | .214 | 4 | – | 23 | .148 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dartmouth | 1 | – | 13 | .071 | 3 | – | 25 | .107 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rankings from AP Poll[1] |
The 2003–04 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team represented Princeton University in intercollegiate college basketball during the 2003–04 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was John Thompson III and the team captains were Ed Persia and Judson Wallace.[2] The team played its home games in the Jadwin Gymnasium on the university campus in Princeton, New Jersey, and was the champion of the Ivy League, which earned them an invitation to the 65-team 2004 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament where they were seeded fourteenth in the Atlanta Region.[3] Following the season Thompson departed to coach Georgetown where his father John Thompson Jr. had coached for decades.[4] He was replaced by Joe Scott.[5] Both Scott and the younger Thompson are former Princeton Tigers basketball captains.[2]
Using the Princeton offense, the team posted a 20–8 overall record and a 13–1 conference record.[2] Princeton clinched the Ivy League title on March 6, 2004, at Dartmouth,[6][7] making the March 9 annual Ivy League season finale contest against Penn meaningless. Nonetheless, the Tigers defeated Penn 76–70 in overtime giving them a nine-game winning streak as they entered the NCAA Division I basketball tournament.[8] In its March 18, 2004 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament Atlanta Regional first-round game against the Brandon Mouton-led Texas Longhorns at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado the team lost by a 66–49 margin.[2][3][9][10][11]
The team was led by first team All-Ivy League selections Will Venable and Judson Wallace.[3]
Schedule and results
[edit]The team posted a 20–8 (13–1 Ivy League) record.[12]
Date time, TV | Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site city, state | ||||||
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Regular season | |||||||||||
Nov 21, 2003* | Colgate | W 73–64 | 1–0 | Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, New Jersey | |||||||
Nov 28, 2003* | Holy Cross | W 61–55 | 2–0 | Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, New Jersey | |||||||
Dec 2, 2003* | at Maryland-Baltimore County | W 68–56 | 3–0 | RAC Arena Catonsville, Maryland | |||||||
Dec 5, 2003* | vs. UC Irvine McCaffrey Classic | L 55–57 | 3–1 | Save Mart Center Fresno, California | |||||||
Dec 6, 2003* | at Fresno State McCaffrey Classic | W 72–67 | 4–1 | Save Mart Center Fresno, California | |||||||
Dec 13, 2003* | at Rutgers | L 49–51 | 4–2 | Louis Brown Athletic Center Piscataway, New Jersey | |||||||
Dec 17, 2003* | at No. 3 Duke | L 51–69 | 4–3 | Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, North Carolina | |||||||
Dec 22, 2003* | Lafayette | L 44–47 | 4–4 | Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, New Jersey | |||||||
Dec 29, 2003* | at Loyola (MD) | W 74–54 | 5–4 | Reitz Arena Baltimore, Maryland | |||||||
Jan 3, 2004* | vs. No. 7 Oklahoma Touchstone Energy All-College Classic | L 55–58 | 5–5 | Ford Center Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | |||||||
Jan 7, 2004* | Monmouth | W 67–52 | 6–5 | Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, New Jersey | |||||||
Jan 10, 2004* | at Minnesota | L 53–57 | 6–6 | Williams Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota | |||||||
Jan 26, 2004* | Southern Vermont | W 86–48 | 7–6 | Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, New Jersey | |||||||
Jan 30, 2004 | at Brown | W 64–49 | 8–6 (1–0) | Pizzitola Sports Center Providence, Rhode Island | |||||||
Jan 31, 2004 | at Yale | W 49–47 | 9–6 (2–0) | John J. Lee Amphitheater New Haven, Connecticut | |||||||
Feb 6, 2004 | Dartmouth | W 61–45 | 10–6 (3–0) | Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, New Jersey | |||||||
Feb 7, 2004 | Harvard | W 58–50 2OT | 11–6 (4–0) | Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, New Jersey | |||||||
Feb 10, 2004 | Penn | L 52–67 | 11–7 (4–1) | Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, New Jersey | |||||||
Feb 13, 2004 | at Cornell | W 69–64 | 12–7 (5–1) | Newman Arena Ithaca, New York | |||||||
Feb 14, 2004 | at Columbia | W 78–71 OT | 13–7 (6–1) | Levien Gymnasium New York, New York | |||||||
Feb 20, 2004 | Yale | W 70–58 | 14–7 (7–1) | Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, New Jersey | |||||||
Feb 21, 2004 | Brown | W 68–61 | 15–7 (8–1) | Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, New Jersey | |||||||
Feb 27, 2004 | Columbia | W 75–52 | 16–7 (9–1) | Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, New Jersey | |||||||
Feb 28, 2004 | Cornell | W 59–46 | 17–7 (10–1) | Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, New Jersey | |||||||
Mar 5, 2004 | at Harvard | W 60–51 | 18–7 (11–1) | Lavietes Pavilion Cambridge, Massachusetts | |||||||
Mar 6, 2004 | at Dartmouth | W 64–59 | 19–7 (12–1) | Leede Arena Hanover, New Hampshire | |||||||
Mar 9, 2004 | at Penn | W 76–70 OT | 20–7 (13–1) | The Palestra Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |||||||
NCAA tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 18, 2004* | (14 ATL) | vs. (3 ATL) No. 12 Texas First round | L 49–66 | 20–8 | The Pepsi Center Denver, Colorado | ||||||
References
[edit]- ^ sports-reference.com 2003-04 Ivy Group Season Summary
- ^ a b c d "Men's Basketball Record Book • All-Time Results". GoPrincetonTigers.com. Princeton Athletic Communications. June 12, 2009. Retrieved September 27, 2010.
- ^ a b c 2009–10 Ivy League Basketball Media Guide. p. 41.
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- ^ "Scott Leaves Air Force For Alma Mater, Princeton". The New York Times. April 22, 2004. Retrieved October 5, 2010.
- ^ "College Basketball; Worth Noting". The New York Times. March 7, 2004. Retrieved October 5, 2010.
- ^ "Princeton 64 (19–7, 12–1 Ivy); Dartmouth 59 (3–25, 1–13 Ivy)". ESPN. March 6, 2004. Archived from the original on August 22, 2017. Retrieved October 5, 2010.
- ^ "Princeton 76 (20–7, 13–1 Ivy); Pennsylvania 70 (17–10, 10–4 Ivy)". ESPN. March 9, 2004. Archived from the original on August 23, 2017. Retrieved October 5, 2010.
- ^ George, Thomas (March 19, 2004). "College Basketball: East Rutherford; Texas 66, Princeton 49". The New York Times. Retrieved October 5, 2010.
- ^ "(14) Princeton 49 (20–8, 13–1 Ivy); (3) Texas 66 (24–7, 12–4 Big 12)". ESPN. March 18, 2004. Archived from the original on August 23, 2017. Retrieved October 5, 2010.
- ^ Princeton Athletic Communications (June 22, 2009). "Men's Basketball Record Book • Men's Basketball in the Postseason". GoPrincetonTigers.com. Princeton University. Retrieved September 30, 2010.
- ^ Princeton Athletic Communications (June 12, 2009). "Men's Basketball Record Book • All-Time Results". GoPrincetonTigers.com. Princeton University. Retrieved February 5, 2024.