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1988–89 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team
American college basketball season
American college basketball season
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| mode | Basketball |
| year | 1988–89 |
| team | Princeton Tigers |
| logo | Princeton Tigers logo.svg |
| logo_size | 100 |
| image_size | 150 |
| conference | Ivy League |
| short_conf | Ivy |
| record | 19–8 |
| conf_record | 11–3, 1st |
| head_coach | Pete Carril |
| hc_year | 22nd |
| captain | Bob Scrabis |
| stadium | Jadwin Gymnasium |
| champion | Ivy League Champion |
| bowl | [1989 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament](1989-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball-tournament) |
| bowl_result | Sixteen seed, First round |
The 1988–89 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team represented Princeton University in intercollegiate college basketball during the 1988–89 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was Pete Carril and the team captains was Bob Scrabis.
The team posted a 19–8 overall record and an 11–3 conference record. When the team defeated 43–33 on November 30, 1988, it established a new National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I record for fewest combined points (since 1986), using the Princeton offense. The record would stand until December 16, 1989. In an East regional first-round game of the 1989 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament against the Georgetown Hoyas, they lost by a 50–49 margin. The game matched the unheralded sixteenth-seeded Princeton Tigers against the number one seeded Hoyas who featured freshman Alonzo Mourning and senior guard Charles Smith. Mourning blocked shots by Scrabis and Kit Mueller in the final six seconds to save the one-point victory for the Hoyas.
The team was led by first team All-Ivy League selections Scrabis and Mueller. Scrabis earned the Ivy League Men's Basketball Player of the Year award. The team won the first of twelve consecutive national statistical championships in scoring defense with a 53.0 points allowed average.
Schedule and results
|- !colspan=9 style=""| Non-conference regular season |- !colspan=9 style=""| Ivy League |- !colspan=9 style=""| NCAA tournament
References
References
- "2009–10 Ivy League Basketball Media Guide".
- (June 12, 2009). "Men's Basketball Record Book • All-Time Results". Princeton Athletic Communications.
- "Division I Records". [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]].
- Moran, Malcolm. (March 18, 1989). "N.C.A.A. Tournament: East; Georgetown Survives Princeton Scare". [[The New York Times]].
- Moran, Malcolm. (March 18, 1989). "College Basketball; Tenacious Princeton Defies Expectations". [[The New York Times]].
- "2009–10 Ivy League Basketball Media Guide".
- "Division I Records". [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]].
- (December 31, 1988). "Princeton Upsets South Carolina". [[The New York Times]].
- (March 16, 1989). "PRINCETON NOT AWED, KNOWS ODDS". [[The Washington Post]].
- "The Game That Saved March Madness".
- "1988-89 Princeton Tigers Men's Schedule and Results".
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