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1991–92 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team

American college basketball season

Field	Value
year	1991–92
team	Princeton Tigers
sport	Basketball
logo	Princeton Tigers logo.svg
logo_size	100
image_size	150
conference	Ivy League
short_conf	Ivy
record	22–6
conf_record	12–2, 1st
head_coach	Pete Carril
hc_year	25th
captain	Matt Eastwick
captain2	Sean Jackson
captain3	George Leftwich
stadium	Jadwin Gymnasium
champion	Ivy League Champion
tourney	1992 NCAA Men's Division I Tournament
tourney_result	Eleven Seed, Round of 64

The 1991–92 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team represented Princeton University in intercollegiate college basketball during the 1991–92 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was Pete Carril and the team co-captains were Matt Eastwick, Sean Jackson and George Leftwich. This was the team's fourth consecutive appearance in the NCAA basketball tournament after having lost in the first round by a total of seven points in the prior three years.

Using the Princeton offense, the team posted a 22–6 overall record, which included a fifteen-game winning streak, and a 12–2 conference record. In a March 19, 1992 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament East Regional first-round game at the Centrum Centre in Worcester, Massachusetts against the , they lost by a 51–43 margin. A streak of fourteen consecutive Syracuse points by Lawrence Moten sealed Princeton's fate in the second half. The team claims to have been the only team in the tournament that did not have any players that averaged at least 12 points per game.

The team was led by first team All-Ivy League selections Sean Jackson, who gave Princeton its fourth consecutive Ivy League Men's Basketball Player of the Year awardee. Rick Hielscher earned Ivy League Men's Basketball Rookie of the Year honors.

Schedule and results

The team posted a 22–6 (12–2 Ivy League) record. |- !colspan=9 style=| Regular season |- !colspan=9 style=| NCAA tournament 1991-92

3/20 Syracuse $	L	43-51

:! = Preseason NIT :@ = Dr. Pepper Invitational at Waco, Texas : # = Cougar Classic at Provo, Utah :$ = NCAA East Regional at Worcester, Mass.

References

"2009–10 Ivy League Basketball Media Guide".
(February 29, 1992). "Yale}}.{{cite web". [[Los Angeles Times]].
(June 12, 2009). "Men's Basketball Record Book • All-Time Results". Princeton Athletic Communications.
Moran, Malcolm. (March 21, 1992). "N.C.A.A. Tournament: East; UMass Flies Past Rams; Orange Not Ripe for an Upset". [[The New York Times]].
(March 16, 1992). "COLLEGE BASKETBALL / TEAM-BY-TEAM LOOK AT NCAA MEN'S TOURNAMENT : EAST REGIONAL". [[Los Angeles Times]].
"Division I Records". [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]].
Princeton Athletic Communications. (June 12, 2009). "Men's Basketball Record Book • All-Time Results". Princeton University.

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