The 2012–13 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team represented

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during the

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. The Tigers, led by second year head coach

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, played their home games at

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and were members of the

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. The Tigers entered the season as the favorites to win the Ivy League regular season title. For the first time in school history, the team was served by a quartet of captains. They finished the season 17–11, 10–4 in Ivy League play to finish in second place. They chose not to participate in a postseason tournament. Following the season Hummer earned Ivy League Men's Basketball Player of the Year.

Roster

Preseason

The Ivy League media selected Princeton as the preseason favorite when 16 of 17 voting members (one voter selected

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) named Princeton first in the preseason poll. Jeff Goodman of

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also selected Princeton as his preseason choice with Harvard second, noting that Harvard had been his preseason favorite until the September 2012 Harvard cheating scandal that involved about 125 athletes and students ensnared Kyle Casey and Brandyn Curry, leading to their withdrawal. Casey and Curry had been first-team and second-team All-Ivy selections for the 2011–12 Ivy League men's basketball season, respectively. Princeton returned three of its five starters from the 2011–12 team: first-team All-Ivy senior forward

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, senior center Brendan Connolly and junior guard T.J. Bray. Bray had been the team leader in assists, while Hummer's 515 points was the most by a Tiger in a single season since

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. Princeton announced a quartet of

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for the first time in school history. Its trio of seniors, Hummer, Connolly, and Mack Darrow were joined by Bray as team quad-captains for the season. Princeton's most significant loss from the prior year was the graduation of

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Doug Davis. Davis had finished as the second leading scorer in Princeton history. CBS' Goodman selected Hummer as his Preseason Ivy League Player of the Year. Jimmy Sherburne took the entire school year off from the team and Princeton as he recuperated from a shoulder injury. Three freshmen: Hans Brase, Edward "Edo" Lawrence and Mike Washington, Jr. joined the team. Lawrence is believed to be the tallest Princeton Tiger basketball player of all time. Princeton entered the season with 9 of the team's 14 players measuring or taller. The team is scheduled to appear on

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three times, including the January 12

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against Penn. In addition, Princeton's March 1 contest with Harvard will be broadcast on

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Schedule

When

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defeated Princeton at Jadwin Gymnasium on February 9, it snapped a 21-game conference home winning streak, which was Princeton's longest since it won 26 consecutive home games from 1996 to 1999. The 2012–13 Tigers finished with a 17–11 (10–4) record and did not qualify for the postseason. Princeton entered the final weekend of the season with three games remaining and a half-game lead over Harvard. The team got swept in its two weekend games, while Harvard won both its games to clinch the 2012–13 Ivy League title.

In season

Each week the Ivy League selects a player of the week and a rookie of the week.

All-Ivy

Ian Hummer was named Ivy League Men's Basketball Player of the Year. The following players earned Ivy League postseason recognition: ;First Team All-Ivy *^

, Princeton (Sr., F, Vienna, Va.) ;Second Team All-Ivy *T.J. Bray, Princeton (Jr., G, New Berlin, Wis.) ;Honorable Mention All-Ivy *Denton Koon, Princeton (So., G, Liberty, Mo.) :^Unanimous Selection On March 12, the

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named Hummer to its 2012–13 Men's All-District II (NY, NJ, DE, DC, PA, WV) Team, based upon voting from its national membership. The

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announced their Division I All-District teams on March 26, recognizing the nation's best men's collegiate basketball

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s. Selected and voted on by member coaches of the NABC, 240 student-athletes, from 24 districts were chosen. The selections on this list were then eligible for the State Farm Coaches' Division I All-America teams. Hummer was among the District 13 first team selections. Hummer also earned

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honorable mention All-American recognition.

References

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