12-Time Ivy League Champion • 6 NCAA Appearances 1 2 First Round Second Round Regional Regional National NATIONAL National Regional Regional Second Round First Round CHAMPIONSHIP March 18-19 March 20-21 Semifinals Finals Semifinals Semifinals Finals Semifinals March 20-21 March 18-19 March 25-26 Mar 27-28 April 3 April 5 April 3 Mar 27-28 March 25-26 (1) Connecticut (32-0) women’s (1) South Carolina (31-1) (16) Robert Morris (20-12) (16) Jacksonville (22-10) Storrs, CT Columbia, NY March 21 March 20 (8) Seton Hall (23-8) NCAA TOURNAMENT (8) George Washington (26-6) (9) Duquesne (27-5) BRACKET (9) Kansas St. (18-12) March 26 March 25 (5) Mississippi St. (26-7) 2016 (5) Florida (22-8) (12) Chattanooga (24-7) (12) Albany (NY) (27-4) Mississippi State, MS Syracuse, NY March 20 March 20 (4) Michigan St. (24-8) (4) Syracuse (25-7) (13) Belmont (24-8) (13) Army (29-2) Bridgeport, CT Sioux Falls, SD (6) South Florida (23-9) March 28 March 27 (6) West Virginia (24-9) (11) Colorado St. (31-1) Los Angeles, CA Columbus, OH (11) Princeton (23-5) March 21 March 20 (3) UCLA (24-8) (3) Ohio St. (24-7) (14) Hawaii (21-10) (14) Buffalo (20-13) March 25 (7) BYU (26-6) March 26 (7) Tennessee (19-13) (10) Missouri (21-9) (10) Green Bay (28-4) Austin, TX Tempe, AZ March 21 March 20 (2) Texas (28-4) INDIANAPOLIS (2) Arizona St. (25-6) (15) Alabama St. (19-11) April 5 (15) New Mexico St. (26-4) INDIANAPOLIS INDIANAPOLIS April 3 April 3 (1) Baylor (33-1) (1) Notre Dame (31-1) CHAMPION (16) Idaho (24-9) (16) North Carolina A&T (19-11) Waco, TX Notre Dame, IN March 20 March 21 (8) St. John’s (NY) (23-9) (8) Georgia (21-9) (9) Auburn (19-12) (9) Indiana (20-11) March 26 March 25 (5) Florida St. (23-7) (5) Miami (FL) (22-8) 12-Time Ivy League Champion • 6 NCAA Appearances Champion •6NCAA IvyLeague 12-Time (12) Middle Tennessee (24-8) (12) South Dakota St. (26-6) College Station, TX Stanford, CA March 21 March 21 (4) Texas A&M (21-9) (4) Stanford (24-7) (13) Missouri St. (24-9) (13) San Francisco (21-11) Dallas, TX Lexington, KY (6) DePaul (25-8) March 28 March 27 (6) Oklahoma (21-10) (11) Purdue (20-11) (11) James Madison (27-5) Louisville, KY Lexington, KY March 20 March 21 (3) Louisville (25-7) (3) Kentucky (23-7) (14) Central Arkansas (28-3) (14) UNC Asheville (26-6) March 25 (7) Oklahoma St. (21-9) March 26 (7) Washington (22-10) (10) Penn (24-4) (10) St. Bonaventure (23-7) Corvallis, OR College Park, MD March 20 March 21 (2) Oregon St. (28-4) (2) Maryland (30-3) (15) Troy (20-12) (15) Iona (23-11) Regional Sites: Bridgeport, CT; Dallas, TX; Lexington, KY; Sioux Falls, SD Fill out up to 10 brackets on your mobile phone or computer at ESPN.com/tcwomen NCAA is a registered trademark of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Ivy League Champions (12): 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1985, 1999, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015 NCAA Tournament Appearances (6): 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016 NCAA FIRST AND SECOND ROUND GAME NOTES SCHEDULE & RESULTS Welcome to the Show 2015-16 Season Review Nov. 13 AMERICAN .............................W, 72-34 • Princeton is making its sixth appearance in the NCAA • Princeton currently stands at 23-5 on the season. Nov. 15 DUQUESNE .............................W, 94-66 Tournament. The No. 11 seeded Tigers will face off against • After a loss at Seton Hall (Nov. 19), the Tigers won seven Nov. 19 at Seton Hall ......................................L, 71-64 the No. 6 seeded West Virginia Mountaineers in Sioux straight contests, highlighted by wins over Michigan (Dec. Nov. 24 at Rider ..............................................W, 78-59 Falls, S.D. region on Friday at noon on ESPN2. 6) and Pittsburgh (Dec. 12). Nov. 27 vs. UC-Irvine ......................................W, 83-42 • The Tigers became the first team in Ivy League history to • Following back-to-back losses including a 90-70 decision Nov. 28 vs. Seattle ..........................................W, 85-48 make the NCAA Tournament as an at-large since the confer- to No. 10/No. 12 Ohio State (Dec. 18), the team won two Dec. 6 MICHIGAN .............................W, 74-57 ence became an automatic qualifier in the 1993-94 season. games to finish 11-3 during the non-conference portion of Dec. 8 MONMOUTH ..........................W, 81-70 • The team’s No. 11 seed matches its mark from 2010. its schedule. Dec. 12 PITTSBURGH ...........................W, 61-47 • In their last appearance, the No. 8 seed Tigers scored the • The Tigers were defeated by Penn in the Ivy Opener (Jan. Dec. 14 FORDHAM ..............................W, 55-44 program’s first ever NCAA Tournament victory and became 9). Princeton proceeded to then win 12 consecutive Ivy Dec. 18 at Ohio State ......................................L, 90-70 just the second Ivy League team ever to earn a win in the League matchups to set up a de facto Ivy League Champi- Dec. 20 at Dayton ............................................L, 85-81 Big Dance (Harvard, 1998) with an 80-70 decision over onship against Penn (Mar. 8). Dec. 29 at Marist ............................................W, 77-44 Green Bay before falling to the No. 1 seed Maryland, 85-70. • During the team’s 12-game winning streak, Princeton Jan. 3 HAMPTON .............................W, 79-55 • In 2013, the ninth-seeded Tigers fell to No. 8 Florida St., outscored its opponents by an average of 22.7 points. Jan. 9 at Penn * ............................................L, 50-48 60-44, in Waco, Texas. Jan. 29 BROWN * ..............................W, 72-53 • In 2012, ninth-seeded Princeton dropped a 67-64 deci- Ivy League Notes Jan. 30 YALE * ...................................W, 65-50 sion to No. 8 Kansas St. in Bridgeport, Conn. • The Ivy League is set to add another milestone in its sto- Feb. 5 at Dartmouth * ..................................W, 85-48 • In 2011, the 12th-seeded Tigers fell to No. 5 Georgetown ried history, adding men’s and women’s basketball tourna- Feb. 7 at Harvard * .................................. W, 92-83 (OT) in College Park, Md., 65-49. ments to its slate of conference championships beginning Feb. 12 CORNELL * .............................W, 71-51 • In 2010, 11th-seeded Princeton lost to No. 6 St. John’s in with the 2016-17 academic year. Feb. 13 COLUMBIA * ..........................W, 86-54 Tallahassee, Fla., 65-47. • Under head coach Courtney Banghart, the reigning Na- tional Coach of the Yearm the Tigers have posted a 104-19 Feb. 19 at Yale * .............................................W, 94-81 National Stage (.846) record against Ivy League opponents. Feb. 20 at Brown * .........................................W, 83-57 • According to the NCAA Selection Show, the Tigers were • Princeton is averaging 76.0 points per game, highest Feb. 26 at Columbia * ...................................W, 77-48 one of the last four teams in the tournament. among Ivy League foes. Feb. 27 at Cornell * ........................................W, 94-57 • Princeton finished second in the CollegeInsider.com Mid • The Tigers place second in the Ivy in scoring defense at Mar. 4 HARVARD * ...........................W, 79-69 Major Top-25 with two first place votes, moving up two 57.8 per contest. Banghart’s squad maintains the top scor- Mar. 5 DARTMOUTH * .......................W, 68-42 spots from the previous week. ing margin at +18.2. Mar. 8 PENN * ...................................L, 62-60 • The Tigers trailed Florida Gulf Coast (765), who did not • In its Ivy matchups, Princeton has held opponents to a Mar. 18 West Virginia^ ....................................12 p.m. make the NCAA Tournament. .335 field goal percentage and .283 three-point field goal All times Eastern; home games in BOLD/CAPS played at Jadwin Gymnasium; * • Princeton is the highest Ivy League team in the poll while percentage. denotes Ivy League contest. ^ - NCAA Tournament Penn is 13th. • The Orange and Black hold a +14.4 rebounding edge in QUICK FACTS • The Tigers are 29th in the Jeff Sagarin/CBN Women’s Col- Ivy League play this season. Location: ................................................. Princeton, N.J. lege Basketball Ratings and 36th in the NCAA RPI. • Michelle Miller is averaging 14.4 points in the Tigers’ Enrollment: .............................. 5,275 undergraduates conference games, good for 7th. Founded: ...............................................................1746 In The Rankings • Annie Tarakchian has the second best rebounding aver- Facility: ...........................................Jadwin Gymnasium • Princeton places inside the top 10 nationally in rebound age in conference games (10.2). Nickname: ............................................................ Tigers margin (2nd), defensive rebounds per game (4th), re- Colors: ............................................... Orange and Black bounds per game (6th), scoring margin (7th) and field goal Climbing the Charts Conference: ..................................................Ivy League percentage defense (8th) as of Monday night. • Michelle Miller currently stands at 1,311 career points; President: ...............................Christopher L. Eisgruber • Nationally, the Tigers rank inside the top 50 in field she is 8 points shy of 7th place on the all-time list. Director of Athletics: .....................Mollie Marcoux ’91 goal percentage (11th), three-point field goal percentage • One of the program’s most prolific shooters, Miller’s 42.3 ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS W. Basketball Contact: (12th), scoring offense (19th), assists per game (20th), career three-point percentage is currently the second