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March Madness 2017: Let’s Talk About the Princeton Tigers

The Princeton Tigers are your 2016-17 Ivy League regular season and tournament champions, earning the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament by beating Yale 71-59 in the finals of the first ever Ivy League Tournament. Princeton went 23-6 overall this year, and were 14-0 in their conference. Their losses came to BYU, VCU, Cal, Saint Joseph’s, and Monmouth.

The first impression on Princeton is that they are a very good basketball team, thanks to that sterling 23-6 record and the fact that they went undefeated in their conference. However, things weren’t always that rosy for the Tigers.