Princeton Tigers Men's Basketball - Records

Records

Bradley continues to hold the single-game, single-season, and career total and average points Ivy League records. In addition, he holds the Ivy records for single-game, single-season, and career field goals made as well as single-season, and career free throws made. Other Tiger Ivy League record holders include Howard Levy (1982–85, career field goal percentage), Alan Williams (1986–87, single-season field goal percentage), Brian Earl (1995–99, career three-point field goals made), Spencer Gloger (vs- Ala.-Birmingham, Dec. 18, 1999, single-game three-point field goals made), Sydney Johnson (-vs- Columbia & Cornell, Feb. 28-March 1, 1997, consecutive three-point field goals made; single-game three-point field goals made with no misses), Dave Orlandini (1986–88, career three-point field goal percentage; 1987-88 single-season three-point field goal percentage).

National records

• Combined single-game Three-point field goal field goal percentage (minimum 20 made): 72.4%—Princeton (12 of 15) vs. Brown (9 of 14), February 20, 1998
• Combined single-game points (Since 1986, which is either the three-point shot or shot clock era): 62—Monmouth (41) vs. Princeton (21), December 14, 2005
• Single-season three-point field goal field goal percentage (Min. 200 made): 49.2%—Princeton, 1988 (211 of 429)
• Longest annual rivalry Princeton–Yale: Since 1902 (tied with Columbia–Yale, Princeton–Penn is second since 1903)

NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship Tournament records

• Free throws made in 100% effort: Bradley (16 vs. St. Joseph’s, 1st R, 3-11-1963)
• Single-game points scored in a final four: Bradley 58 Princeton vs. Wichita St., N3d, 3-20- 1965
• Single-game field goals made (final four): Bradley 22 Princeton vs. Wichita St., N3d, 3-20- 1965
• Victory margin (final four): 36 Princeton (118) vs. Wichita St. (82), N3d, 3-20-1965
• Points in a half, team (final four): 65, Princeton vs. Wichita St., N3d, 3-20-1965 (2d half, 2nd team to do so)
• Single-year two-game points scored (final four): 87, Bill Bradley, Princeton, 1965
• Single-year two-game field goals made (final four): 34, Bill Bradley, Princeton, 1965

Selected former records NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship Tournament records

• Single-game free throw percentage (final four, minimum 10 made): 93.3% (14-15), Bradley, Princeton vs. Wichita St., N3d, 3-25-1965 (broken 3-23-1972)
• Points in a half, both teams (final four): 108, Princeton (65) vs. Wichita St. (43), N3d, 3-20-1965 (2d) (broken 3-25-1972)
• Single-year two-game free throw percentage (final four, minimum 12 made): 95.0% (19-20), Bill Bradley, Princeton, 1965 (broken 1972)
• Single-year two-game field goals made (final four): 78, Princeton, 1965 (broken 1977)

Former national records

• Fewest points allowed (Since 1986): 28–66 Dartmouth, February 10, 1990 (broken on January 11, 1991)
• Fewest points allowed (Since 1986): 27–55 Yale, January 11, 1991 (broken on March 2, 1992)
• Fewest combined points (Since 1986): 76 (43–33) vs. Colgate, November 30, 1988 (broken on December 16, 1989)
• Single-season team defense (Since 1965): 52.9, 1976 (broken 1977)
• Single-season team defense (Since 1965): 51.7, 1977 (broken 1980)
• Single-season team assists-turnover ratio (Since 1993): 1.63 (486:302), 1998 (broken 2005)
• Consecutive home victories: Princeton over Brown 52, 1929–2002 (broken by North Carolina over Clemson 54 and active through 2009)

National statistical champions

• Field goal percentage: 70.3% Alan Williams 163 of 232, 1987
• Three-point field goal percentage: 53.4% Matt Lapin 71 of 133, 1990
• Free throw percentage: 88.6% Bill Bradley, 273 of 308, 1965
• Free throw percentage: 90.0% Joe Heiser, 117 of 130, 1968
• Won-loss percentage: 93.1% team, 27 of 29, 1998
• Scoring defense: 52.9, 1976; 51.7, 1977; 55.8, 1979; 52.0, 1983; 50.1, 1984; 55.0, 1986; 53.0, 1989; 51.0, 1990; 48.9, 1991; 48.2, 1992; 54.7, 1993; 52.3, 1994; 57.7, 1995; 51.7, 1996; 53.4, 1997; 51.4, 1998; 52.7, 1999; 54.6, 2000; 53.3, 2007; 53.3, 2010.
• Field goal percentage percentage: 54.1% team, 601 of 1111, 1987
• Three-point field goals/game: 8.12 team, 1988
• Three-point field percentage: 49.2 team, 1988, 45.2 team, 1990
• Assists-turnover ratio: 1.63 team (486:302), 1998
• Fewest turnover/game: 10.14 team (294/29), 1998
• The 1925 team is considered the retroactive national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation.

Selected notable statistics

• Bradley was the second to post a 2000-point/1000-rebound three-year career (Oscar Robertson).
• The 27-point comeback from 13–40 with 15:11 remaining to win 50–49 over Penn on February 9, 1999 remains the fifth-largest comeback and fourth-largest second-half comeback in NCAA history. That game's 9–33 half time deficit comeback remains the second-largest comeback.
• 14 of the top 25 single-season team defensive averages since 1965 have been by Princeton.
• Princeton ranked in the top 10 nationally in win percentage in both the 1960s (72.6, 188–71, 10th), and 1990s (76.1, 210–66, 8th).
• Last Princeton team ranked in the polls during the season and at the end of the season was the 1997-98 team, which was ranked in all but the first three polls (15 weeks) of the season and finished the season 8th.
• Other ranked teams according to the AP Poll 1950-51 (2 weeks, peak 18, finished unranked), 1966-67 (9 weeks, peak 3, finished 5), 1967-68 (2 weeks, peak 8, finished unranked, but 15 by UPI since AP was only top 10 at the time), 1971-72 (3 weeks, peak 14, finished unranked), 1974-75 (2 weeks, peak 12, finished 12), 1975-76 (2 weeks, peak 15, finished unranked, but 19T by UPI), 1990-91 (6 weeks, peak 18, finished 18).