Ivy Hoops Online correspondent George “Toothless Tiger” Clark recaps a 65-61 loss for Princeton men’s basketball (3-11) at Temple (8-5) Monday night:
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Princeton men’s basketball outshouldered at Loyola Chicago
Ivy Hoops Online correapondent George “Toothless Tiger” Clark recaps a 73-68 loss for Princeton men’s basketball (3-9) at Loyola Chicago (3-7) Saturday:
Princeton men’s basketball outmatched at Monmouth
Ivy Hoops Online contributor George “Toothless Tiger” Clark reports on a 63-58 loss for Princeton men’s basketball (3-8) at Monmouth (5-4) Wednesday:
Princeton men’s basketball falls to Saint Joseph’s in rock fight
Ivy Hoops Online correspondent George “Toothless Tiger” Clark recaps a 60-58 loss for Princeton men’s basketball (3-7) to Saint Joseph’s (4-3) Sunday in Trenton, N.J.:
Princeton men’s basketball outlasted by Vermont in final ESPN Events Invitational clash
Ivy Hoops Online contributor George “Toothless Tiger” Clark recaps a 79-74 defeat for Princeton men’s basketball versus Vermont in the Terry’s Chocolate ESPN Events Invitational in Kissimmee, Fla. Wednesday evening:
Princeton men’s basketball topped by Temple at Terry’s Chocolate ESPN Events Invitational
Ivy Hoops Online correspondent George “Toothless Tiger” Clark recaps a 79-75 loss for Princeton men’s basketball to Temple at the Terry’s Chocolate ESPN Events Invitational Tuesday night in Kissimmee, Fla.:
Princeton men’s basketball zapped by Zips in season opener at Akron
Ivy Hoops Online contributor George “Toothless Tiger” Clark recaps Princeton men’s basketball’s season-opening 104-69 loss at Akron Saturday afternoon:
Orange & Black Report: Previewing the Princeton men’s and women’s basketball teams
In less than a week, the Princeton men’s and women’s basketball teams will tip off their new seasons, and for the first time since 2016, neither program will enter the campaign as the defending Ivy League champion.
What are the prospects for the Orange and Black returning to the top of the Ivy League standings in 2025-26? Let’s investigate the probabilities for both programs, starting with the women:
Caden Pierce to sit out his senior year at Princeton, the latest jolt to Tigers men’s basketball
Caden Pierce announced on Tuesday that he will step away from basketball during his senior year at Princeton. The two-time All-Ivy League forward told ESPN that he plans to graduate next May from Princeton and enter the transfer portal to play his final year of NCAA eligibility as a graduate student.
Pierce’s withdrawal from the Princeton men’s basketball team is the latest and perhaps heaviest blow to hit Mitch Henderson’s squad since the 2024-25 season ended with a heartbreaking loss to Yale in the semifinals of the 2025 Ivy League Tournament.
The offseason started ominously for Princeton with the news breaking in late March that two key assistant coaches, Brett MacConnell and Lawrence Rowley, would not return to Mitch Henderson’s coaching staff for the 2025-26 season.
There was no obvious explanation for the coaching staff shakeup, other than Princeton’s leadership perhaps deciding that something needed to change after the Tigers underperformed expectations during the 2024-25 season.
A wave of player defections then descended on Old Nassau.
Ivy men’s semifinal: No. 1 Yale gets big plays late to take down No. 4 Princeton, 59-57
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – They say it’s hard to beat a team three times in one season, but it’s more likely when you have as talented and poised a team as Yale.
The top-seeded Bulldogs (21-7) relied on clutch plays from their three First-Team All-Ivy stars, senior guard Bez Mbeng, senior guard John Poulakidas and junior forward Nick Townsend to overcome a furious second-half Princeton rally to take Saturday’s opening Ivy League Tournament semifinal at the Pizzitola Sports Center, 59-57.
“I thought our kids were gutty and played hard, and we had controlled the game for 30-some-odd minutes until the end, when Princeton took over,” coach James Jones said after the hard-fought contest. “What was great about my guys, there was no hesitation, there was no nervousness. They stayed with the game plan and were able to make some great pays and pull it out.”
The Tigers (19-11), blown out in both regular-season losses to the Bulldogs, battled back from a sluggish start to have a chance to win the game at the buzzer, but a right-elbow three from the Orange and Black’s First-Team All-Ivy guard, junior Xaivian Lee, clanked off the back of the net and fell to the court.
Jones’ squad, which looks to be the first No. 1 seed to win Ivy Madness since Princeton in 2017, lives another day to take on No. 2 Cornell, which defeated No. 3 Dartmouth, 87-71, in the day’s second game.