# 2023–24 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team

The 2023–24 Princeton Tigers men's basketball team represented Princeton University during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Tigers, led by 12th-year head coach Mitch Henderson, played their home games at Jadwin Gymnasium in Princeton, New Jersey as members of the Ivy League.

## Previous season

The Tigers finished the 2022–23 season 23–9, 10–4 in Ivy League play to finish as Ivy League regular season co-champions. In the Ivy League tournament, they defeated Penn in the semifinals and Yale in the championship game, earning the Ivy League's automatic bid into the NCAA tournament. In the NCAA tournament, they received the #15 seed in the South Region. In the first round, they upset #2 seed Arizona, earning the Tigers their first NCAA tournament win since 1998. In the second round, they continued their winning ways, upsetting #7 seed Missouri, marking the 3rd consecutive tournament, and 4th overall, that a #15 seed advanced to the Sweet Sixteen. That's where their run would end, losing to Creighton.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| November 6, 2023* 7:00 pm, Peacock | | vs. Rutgers Rivalry | W 68–61 | 1–0 | CURE Insurance Arena (6,103) Trenton, NJ |
| November 10, 2023* 7:00 pm, FloHoops | | at Hofstra | W 74–67 | 2–0 | Mack Sports Complex (3,217) Hempstead, NY |
| November 15, 2023* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Duquesne | W 70–67 | 3–0 | UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse (2,877) Pittsburgh, PA |
| November 18, 2023* 2:00 pm, FloHoops | | at Monmouth | W 82–57 | 4–0 | OceanFirst Bank Center (2,656) West Long Branch, NJ |
| November 22, 2023* 4:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Old Dominion | W 76–56 | 5–0 | Chartway Arena (4,651) Norfolk, VA |
| November 25, 2023* 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Northeastern | W 80–66 | 6–0 | Jadwin Gymnasium (2,470) Princeton, NJ |
| November 29, 2023* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Bucknell | W 85–71 | 7–0 | Sojka Pavilion (834) Lewisburg, PA |
| December 2, 2023* 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Furman | W 70–69 | 8–0 | Jadwin Gymnasium (2,142) Princeton, NJ |
| December 5, 2023* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Drexel | W 81–70 | 9–0 | Jadwin Gymnasium (1,478) Princeton, NJ |
| December 10, 2023* 1:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Saint Joseph's | L 70–74 | 9–1 | Hagan Arena (3,004) Philadelphia, PA |
| December 13, 2023* 4:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Bryn Athyn | W 92–40 | 10–1 | Jadwin Gymnasium (995) Princeton, NJ |
| December 22, 2023* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Delaware Valley | W 84–53 | 11–1 | Jadwin Gymnasium (1,331) Princeton, NJ |
| December 30, 2023* 2:00 pm, FloHoops | | at Delaware | W 84–82 | 12–1 | Bob Carpenter Center (3,340) Newark, DE |
| Ivy League regular season ||||||
| January 6, 2024 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Harvard | W 89–58 | 13–1 (1–0) | Jadwin Gymnasium (4,831) Princeton, NJ |
| January 15, 2024 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Dartmouth | W 76–58 | 14–1 (2–0) | Jadwin Gymnasium (3,872) Princeton, NJ |
| January 20, 2024 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Columbia | W 70–62 | 15–1 (3–0) | Levien Gymnasium (2,307) New York, NY |
| January 27, 2024 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Cornell | L 68–83 | 15–2 (3–1) | Newman Arena Ithaca, NY |
| February 2, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPNU | | at Yale | L 64–70 | 15–3 (3–2) | John J. Lee Amphitheater (2,532) New Haven, CT |
| February 3, 2024 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Brown | W 70–60 | 16–3 (4–2) | Pizzitola Sports Center (1,350) Providence, RI |
| February 10, 2024 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Penn Rivalry | W 77–70 | 17–3 (5–2) | Jadwin Gymnasium (5,290) Princeton, NJ |
| February 16, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Brown | W 72–63 | 18–3 (6–2) | Jadwin Gymnasium (2,533) Princeton, NJ |
| February 17, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN2/ESPN+ | | Yale | W 73–62 | 19–3 (7–2) | Jadwin Gymnasium (4,358) Princeton, NJ |
| February 23, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Harvard | W 66–53 | 20–3 (8–2) | Lavietes Pavilion (1,636) Cambridge, MA |
| February 24, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Dartmouth | W 68–56 | 21–3 (9–2) | Leede Arena (937) Hanover, NH |
| March 1, 2024 8:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Columbia | W 84–70 | 22–3 (10–2) | Jadwin Gymnasium (2,712) Princeton, NJ |
| March 2, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Cornell | W 79–77 | 23–3 (11–2) | Jadwin Gymnasium (5,409) Princeton, NJ |
| March 9, 2024 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Penn Rivalry | W 105–83 | 24–3 (12–2) | The Palestra (4,488) Philadelphia, PA |
| Ivy League tournament ||||||
| March 16, 2024 11:00 am, ESPNU | (1) | vs. (4) Brown Semifinals | L 81–90 | 24–4 | Levien Gymnasium New York, NY |
| NIT ||||||
| March 20, 2024 8:00 pm, ESPN+ | (2) | UNLV First Round - Seton Hall Bracket | L 77–84 | 24–5 | Jadwin Gymnasium (1,708) Princeton, NJ |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern. ||||||
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