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Princeton University Athletics
Princeton Basketball Teams Meet With Local Media
November 14, 2002 | Men's Basketball
Nov. 14, 2002
PRINCETON, N.J. - The men's and women's basketball teams spent the afternoon Nov. 14 speaking to the local media about their upcoming seasons. The men begin their season at the Sooner Invitational against Western Michigan on Nov. 22, while the women open against Baylor in the Women's Sports Foundation Tournament that same night.
The men's basketball team was picked third in the 2002-03 Ivy preseason basketball poll, behind Penn and Yale. Penn was picked first with 11 first-place votes. Yale, picked second, received five first-place votes.
The Princeton women's basketball team was picked to finish seventh in this year's preseason poll. Harvard was picked to finish first, receiving all 16 first-place votes. Penn is picked to finish second and Dartmouth is picked to finish third.
Last season, the men's program shared the league title with Penn and Yale. Two of this season's key players were not in a Tiger uniform during the Ivy campaign. Junior Andre Logan returns after suffering a torn ACL midway through the season, while Spencer Gloger is back after not playing college basketball the last two seasons. As a freshman Gloger averaged nearly 13 points per game and set Princeton freshman records with 65 three-pointers in a season and 34 points in a game. The Princeton women finished seventh in the league with an 11-16, 5-9 Ivy record. Returning for the Tigers are Maureen Lane and Allison Cahill. Last season, Cahill led the Tigers in scoring with 14.2 points per game. Lane moved into 5th place on the all-time three-point field goal list with 149 career three-pointers. Last season, Lane led the team with 55 three-pointers.
Men's Poll (first-place votes)
Penn (11), 123
Yale (5), 116
Princeton, 90
Brown, 85
Harvard, 64
Cornell, 37
Columbia, 33
Dartmouth, 28
Women's Poll (first-place votes)
Harvard (16), 128
Penn, 105
Dartmouth, 88
Cornell, 67
Yale, 59
Columbia, 55
Princeton, 49
Brown, 25