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38 Days, 38 Sports: Women's Basketball
July 17, 2013 | Women's Basketball
As a countdown to the start of the 2013-14 athletic schedule, GoPrincetonTigers.com will take a look at each of Princeton's 38 sports. A new post will be added each day Monday through Friday until the first Princeton athletic event on Aug. 31.
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Princeton Women's Basketball: Five Numbers to Know
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| 1972 | First season | 24 |
2012 AP National Ranking |
11 | Ivy League Championships | 4 | NCAA Tournament Appearances | 1 | AP All-America |
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Courtney Banghart |
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| Two to Watch |
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Kristen Helmstetter |
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Blake Dietrick |
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| Five Princeton Women's Basketball Facts |
• Women's basketball was one of the original women's varsity sports introduced at Princeton in the 1971-72 academic year.
• Princeton was the first-ever Ivy League women's team to receive a national ranking. The Tigers were ranked No. 24 in the final AP Top 25 Poll of 2012.
• The program made its first postseason appearance in the 1996 National Women's Invitational (WNIT). From 2010-13 Princeton won four consecutive Ivy League championships and advanced to the NCAA tournament, with 2010 marking the program's first NCAA tournament appearance.
• In 2011-12, Princeton was the only men's or women's NCAA Division I to defeat all conference opponents by 10 points or more.
• The Class of 2013 ranks as the winningest class in Ivy League history at 54-2, tied with Penn's men's basketball's Class of 1996.
July 10 - Baseball
July 11 - Field Hockey
July 12 - Football
July 15 - Women's Tennis
July 16 - Heavyweight Rowing
July 17 - Women's Basketball