1998–99 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team

1998–1999 Princeton Tigers men's basketball
Rainbow Classic Champions
1999 National Invitation Tournament, Quarterfinals
Conference	Ivy League
1998–1999 record	22-8 (11-3, 2nd Ivy League)
Head coach	Bill Carmody
Captain	Brian Earl
Captain	Gabe Lewullis
Home arena	Jadwin Gymnasium

The 1998–99 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team represented the Princeton University in intercollegiate college basketball during the 1998–99 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was Bill Carmody and the team co-captains were Brian Earl and Gabe Lewullis.^[1] The team played its home games in the Jadwin Gymnasium on the University campus in Princeton, New Jersey, and was the runner-up of the Ivy League. The team earned an invitation to the 32-team 1999 National Invitation Tournament.^[2]

Using the Princeton offense, the team had a midseason eleven-game winning streak and posted a 22-8 overall record and an 11-3 conference record.^[1] On March 10, the team came back from a 23-point half time deficit and a 27-point deficit with 15:11 remaining against the Penn Quakers to win 50–49.^[3] Although the team failed to secure an invitation to the 1999 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, the team defeated several entrants in the tournament including the UAB Blazers and conference foe Penn as well as wins on back-to-back nights against Texas and Charlotte to win the 8-team Rainbow Classic held in Honolulu, Hawaii. As of 2010, the 27-point comeback from 13–40 with 15:11 remaining to win 50–49 over Penn on February 9, 1999 remains the fifth-largest comeback and fourth-largest second-half comeback in NCAA history. That game's 9–33 half time deficit comeback remains the second-largest comeback.^[4] In the National Invitation Tournament the team defeated the Georgetown Hoyas 54–47 at home on March 10, 1998^[5] and the NC State Wolfpack 61–58 on March 15 at Reynolds Coliseum in Raleigh, North Carolina^[6] before losing to the Xavier Musketeers at Cincinnati Gardens Cincinnati, Ohio on March 17 by a 65–58 score.^[1]^[7]^[8]

The team was led by All-Ivy League first team selections Lewullis and Earl, who won the Ivy League Men's Basketball Player of the Year, as well as Ivy League Men's Basketball Rookie of the Year Chris Young.^[2] The team won the eleventh of twelve consecutive national statistical championships in scoring defense with a 52.7 points allowed average.^[9] Earl ended his Princeton career as the Ivy League's all-time three-point field goal with 281, surpassing Matt Maloney's 244. The total continues to be the all-time record.^[10] He also achieved a 90.9% free throw percentage in conference games to earn the Ivy League statistical championship.^[11]

References

1 2 3 "Men's Basketball Record Book • All-Time Results". GoPrincetonTigers.com. Princeton Athletic Communications. 2009-06-12. Retrieved 2010-09-27.
1 2 2009-10 Ivy League Basketball Media Guide. IvyLeagueSports.com. p. 40.
↑ Tooke, Wes (1999-03-10). "Miracle at the Palestra". Princeton Alumni Weekly. Retrieved 2016-09-01.
↑ "Division I Records" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. p. 38. Retrieved 2010-10-04.
↑ Popper, Steve (1999-03-11). "College Basketball: N.I.T. Roundup; Princeton Gains Date With the Wolfpack". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-10-05.
↑ "College Basketball: Men'sI.T.; Young's 24 Propel Princeton". The New York Times. 1999-03-16. Retrieved 2010-10-05.
↑ "Colleges: National Invitation Tournament; Xavier Gains Semifinal At Princeton's Expense". The New York Times. 1999-03-18. Retrieved 2010-10-05.
↑ Princeton Athletic Communications (2009-06-22). "Men's Basketball Record Book • Men's Basketball in the Postseason". GoPrincetonTigers.com. Princeton University. Retrieved 2010-09-30.
↑ "Division I Records" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. p. 48. Retrieved 2010-10-02.
↑ 2009-10 Ivy League Basketball Media Guide. IvyLeagueSports.com. p. 49.
↑ 2009-10 Ivy League Basketball Media Guide. IvyLeagueSports.com. p. 52.

Princeton Tigers men's basketball

Venues	University Gymnasium (1900–1944) Hobey Baker Memorial Rink (1944–1947) Dillon Gymnasium (1947–1969) Jadwin Gymnasium (1969–present)

Rivalries	Penn

Culture & lore	Princeton offense A Sense of Where You Are The Tiger "Princeton Cannon Song"

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Helms and Premo-Porretta national championship in bold; NCAA Final Four appearance in italics

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