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Penn–Princeton basketball rivalry
Teams	Princeton Tigers Princeton Tigers men's basketball The Princeton Tigers men's basketball team is the intercollegiate men's basketball program representing Princeton University. The school competes in the Ivy League in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association . The Tigers play home basketball games at the Jadwin Gymnasium in... Penn Quakers
Originated	1903
Series	Penn leads, 122–102
Most Recent Winner	Princeton last=March 8, 2011 streak=5
Trophy	None
Princeton (102)	Penn (122)
Ties
Did Not Play

Penn–Princeton basketball rivalry or Princeton–Penn basketball rivalry is a college basketball

College basketball

College basketball most often refers to the USA basketball competitive governance structure established by the National Collegiate Athletic Association . Basketball in the NCAA is divided into three divisions: Division I, Division II and Division III....

 rivalry between Princeton University

Princeton University

Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....

 and the University of Pennsylvania

University of Pennsylvania

The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...

 and their respective men's basketball teams, Princeton Tigers

Princeton Tigers men's basketball

The Princeton Tigers men's basketball team is the intercollegiate men's basketball program representing Princeton University. The school competes in the Ivy League in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association . The Tigers play home basketball games at the Jadwin Gymnasium in...

 and Penn Quakers. Unlike many notable college basketball rivalries, such as Carolina–Duke, which involves teams that often both get invited to the same NCAA tournaments, Notre Dame–UCLA, which involves geographically remote teams, Illinois–Missouri

Braggin' Rights

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, which involves non-conference rivals, or Alabama–Auburn

Iron Bowl of Basketball

The Iron Bowl of Basketball is a basketball rivalry game between the Auburn University Tigers and the University of Alabama Crimson Tide. Both teams play in the shadow of their prestigious football programs and though both teams have been far less successful in basketball than their football...

, which takes a back seat to the football rivalry

Iron Bowl

The Iron Bowl is an American college football rivalry game played annually by the Alabama Crimson Tide football team of the University of Alabama and the Auburn Tigers football team of Auburn University. The series is considered one of the best and most hard-fought rivalries in all of sports...

, this is a rivalry of geographically close, conference rivals, who compete for a single NCAA invitation and consider the basketball rivalry more important than other sports rivalries between the schools. A head-to-head contest has been the final regularly scheduled game of the Princeton season every year since 1995. Between 1963 and 2007, Princeton or Penn won or shared the Ivy League

Ivy League

The Ivy League is an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States. The conference name is also commonly used to refer to those eight schools as a group...

 conference championship every season except 1986 and 1988. The other seasons in which neither team won or shared the Ivy League title are 1957, 1958, 1962 and 2008–2010. The two programs dominate Ivy basketball in almost every way. Entering the 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season

2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season

The 2011–12 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 7, 2011 with the and will end with the 2012 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament's championship game on April 2, 2011 at Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans...

, 9 of the ten active Division I basketball head coaches who are Ivy basketball alumni are from these two programs: Penn Jerome Allen

Jerome Allen

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 (Penn), Matt Langel

Matt Langel

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 (Colgate

Colgate Raiders men's basketball

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) and Fran McCaffery

Fran McCaffery

Fran McCaffery is an American college basketball coach and the current men's head basketball coach at the University of Iowa. He is the former head of the Siena men's basketball program. He previously served as head coach of Lehigh University and UNC Greensboro...

 (Iowa

Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball

The Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team represents the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa, as a member of the Big Ten Conference and the National Collegiate Athletic Association. They currently play in 15,500-seat Carver-Hawkeye Arena, along with the school's women's basketball, wrestling, and...

); Princeton - Mitch Henderson

Mitch Henderson

Mitchell G. "Mitch" Henderson is an American college basketball coach and the incoming head coach for the Princeton Tigers men's basketball team. He previously served as an assistant for the Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball team for eleven seasons under Bill Carmody...

 (Princeton

Princeton Tigers men's basketball

The Princeton Tigers men's basketball team is the intercollegiate men's basketball program representing Princeton University. The school competes in the Ivy League in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association . The Tigers play home basketball games at the Jadwin Gymnasium in...

), Sydney Johnson

Sydney Johnson

Sydney Johnson is an American college basketball coach and the current head coach at Fairfield University for the Fairfield Stags men's basketball team. Previously, Johnson was the head coach at Princeton University from 2007 to 2011 where he led the Princeton Tigers men's basketball team to the...

 (Fairfield

Fairfield Stags men's basketball

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), Chris Mooney

Chris Mooney

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 (Richmond

Richmond Spiders men's basketball

The Richmond Spiders men's basketball team represents the University of Richmond in Richmond, Virginia and currently competes in the Atlantic 10 Conference...

), Craig Robinson (Oregon State

Oregon State Beavers men's basketball

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), Joe Scott

Joe Scott

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 (Denver) and John Thompson III

John Thompson III

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 (Georgetown).

Princeton had won 26 conference championships to Penn's 25. Princeton has been undefeated in conference 5 times: 1968–69

1968–69 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team

The 1968–69 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team represented the Princeton University in intercollegiate college basketball during the 1968–69 NCAA University Division men's basketball season. The head coach was Pete Carril and the team captain was Christopher Thomforde...

, 1975–76

1975–76 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team

The 1975–76 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team represented Princeton University in intercollegiate college basketball during the 1975–76 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was Pete Carril and the team co-captains were Armond Hill and Michael Steuerer. The team played its...

, 1990–91

1990–91 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team

The 1990–91 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team represented Princeton University in intercollegiate college basketball during the 1990–91 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was Pete Carril and the team captain was Kit Mueller. The team played its home games in the Jadwin...

, 1996–97

1996–97 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team

The 1996–97 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team represented Princeton University in intercollegiate college basketball during the 1996–97 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was Bill Carmody and the team captain was Sydney Johnson. The team played its home games in the Jadwin...

 & 1997–98

1997–98 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team

The 1997–98 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team represented Princeton University in intercollegiate college basketball during the 1997–98 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was Bill Carmody and the team co-captains were Steve Goodrich and Mitch Henderson...

. Penn has been undefeated in conference 7 times: 1969–70, 1970–71, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1999–2000 & 2002–03. Four one-loss Penn teams suffered their only conference loss to Princeton: 1971–72, 1974–75, 1980–81  & 1998–99. The following one-loss Princeton teams suffered their only conference loss to Penn 1976–77

1976–77 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team

The 1976–77 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team represented Princeton University in intercollegiate college basketball during the 1976–77 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was Pete Carril and the team captain was Robert Slaughter. The team played its home games in the...

, 1980–81

1980–81 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team

The 1980–81 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team represented Princeton University in intercollegiate college basketball during the 1980–81 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was Pete Carril and the team co-captains were David Blatt and Randy Melville. The team played its home...

 and 2003–04

2003–04 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team

The 2003–04 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team represented Princeton University in intercollegiate college basketball during the 2003–04 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was John Thompson III and the team captains were Ed Persia and Judson Wallace...

. Note that in the 1980–81 season both teams had one loss, and Princeton won a one-game playoff for the NCAA invitation. Also, in 1996 when both teams had two losses, the 1995–96 Tigers

1995–96 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team

The 1995–96 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team represented Princeton University in intercollegiate college basketball during the 1995–96 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was Pete Carril and the team captain was Sydney Johnson. The team played its home games in the Jadwin...

 suffered their only conference losses to the 1995–96 Quakers, and Princeton won a one-game playoff for the automatic NCAA invitation.

Princeton has a 24–23 edge in earning the Ivy League conference's bid to the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. Both teams have advanced to the NCAA Tournament final four

NCAA Men's Division I Final Four appearances by school

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 once: 1964–65 Tigers

1964–65 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team

The 1964–65 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team represented Princeton University in intercollegiate college basketball during the 1964–65 NCAA University Division men's basketball season. Butch van Breda Kolff served as head coach and the team captain was Bill Bradley. The team played its home...

 and 1978–79 Quakers. Additionally, the 1974–75 Tigers

1974–75 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team

The 1974–75 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team represented the Princeton University in intercollegiate college basketball during the 1974–75 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was Pete Carril and the team co-captains were Armond Hill and Michael Steuerer...

 won the 1975 National Invitation Tournament

1975 National Invitation Tournament

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 championship.

Series facts

Statistic	Penn	Princeton
Head-to-head
Games played	224
Wins	122	102
Home wins	66	57
Road wins	53	42
Neutral site wins	3	3
Playoff wins	1	2
Consecutive wins	?	?
Total points scored in the series	?	?
Most points scored in a game by one team in a win	?	?
Most points scored in a game by both teams	?
Most points scored in a game by one team in a loss	?	?
Fewest points scored in a game by both teams	?
Fewest points scored in a game by one team in a win	?	?
Largest margin of victory	?	?
Smallest margin of victory	?	?
Championships and Tournaments
NCAA Tournament NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship The NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship is a single-elimination tournament held each spring in the United States, featuring 68 college basketball teams, to determine the national championship in the top tier of college basketball...  Bids	23	24
NCAA Tournament Regional Championships	1	1
National Invitation Tournament National Invitation Tournament The National Invitation Tournament is a men's college basketball tournament operated by the National Collegiate Athletic Association. There are two NIT events each season. The first, played in November and known as the Dick's Sporting Goods NIT Season Tip-Off , was founded in 1985...  Bids	1	7
National Invitation Tournament Championships	0	1
Ivy League Ivy League The Ivy League is an athletic conference comprising eight private institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States. The conference name is also commonly used to refer to those eight schools as a group...  Championships	25	26
Outright Ivy League Championships	21	18
Undefeated Ivy League Championships	7	5
Gave foe only Ivy League loss(es)	4	4
EIBL Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League The Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League is a defunct athletic conference comprising the predecessor institutions of higher education in the Northeastern United States that subsequently formed the Ivy League. Its membership ranged between five and eight institutions...  Championships	14	6
Other
All-Time Weeks in the AP Poll AP Poll The Associated Press College Poll refers to weekly rankings of the top 25 NCAA teams in one of three Division I college sports: football, men's basketball and women's basketball. The rankings are compiled by polling sportswriters across the nation...	78	41