The 1963–64 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team represented

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in intercollegiate

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during the

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served as

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and the team captain was William Howard. The team played its home games in the Dillon Gymnasium in

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. The team was the champion of the

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, earning an invitation to the 25-team

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. The team posted a 20–9 overall record and a 12–2 conference record. The team won its NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament East region first round contest against the

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by an 86–60 margin at

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on March 9, 1963, before losing in the second round at the

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, North Carolina, to the

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52–50 on March 13. Then, the next night at the Coliseum in the consolation game, they lost to the 74–62. Bill Bradley, who for the second of three consecutive seasons led the conference in

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with a 33.1 points per game average in conference games, was a first team All-Ivy League selection. In addition, Bradley was a consensus first team 1964 NCAA Men's Basketball All-American selection by numerous panels: First team (

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, United States Basketball Writers Association, '' Sporting News'',

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, NEA, Helms Foundation). Bradley also won a gold medal at the

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. Bradley joined Arthur Loeb (1921–22 and 1922–23) and

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(1915–16 and 1916–17) as the school's only two-time

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. Bill Bradley would repeat as a consensus first-team selection and become the school's only three-time men's basketball All-American selection the following year. Bradley established the current Ivy League single-season scoring records of 936 points and 32.3 points per game overall and 464 and 33.1 average in conference games, surpassing

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's 1957 totals. Bradley also repeated as the conference leader in rebounding with a 13.0 average and led the conference in

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with a 52.5%.

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