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Senior Spencer Weisz was the Ivy League Player of the Year.
Notes as the 2016-17 Men's Basketball Season Concludes
March 17, 2017 | Men's Basketball
With the 2016-17 Princeton men's basketball season now in the books following the team's 25th NCAA Tournament appearance and 27th Ivy League Championship, here is a look back at some facts and figures from the campaign.
• Princeton's 23 wins tied for the sixth-most in program history and were the most since Princeton went 25-7 in 2010-11, also the last time the Tigers made the NCAA Tournament until this season.
• Princeton's 19-game winning streak that lasted from a Dec. 22 game at Bucknell through the Ivy League Tournament final tied for the second longest in program history, along with 19-game runs in 1997-98 and 1924-25, and was behind only the 20-game run during the 1997-98 season.
• Princeton went 14-0 for the sixth time in program history and first since 1997-98, and for the 14th time in Ivy League history and the first since Cornell in 2007-08. Princeton won the inaugural Ivy League Tournament by defeating Penn in the semifinals and Yale in the final.
• Princeton added its 31st and 32nd members of the 1,000-point club in Spencer Weisz and Steven Cook. Weisz finished his career 12th in program history with 1,241 points and Cook finished 15th at 1,148.
• Princeton could have two more 1,000-point scorers next season. Sophomore Devin Cannady is the active leader with 740 points and junior Amir Bell has 727.
• Princeton is able to return 60 percent of its scoring next season, with Cook and Weisz as Princeton's leading (13.6 ppg) and fourth-leading (10.6) scorers and representing 34 percent of the team's points.
• Princeton's 298 turnovers were the fewest in the nation this season.
• Princeton earned three first-team All-Ivy League honors for the third time in program history and first since 1968. Weisz, Cook and sophomore Myles Stephens were first-team honorees.
• Stephens and Cook were named to the Ivy League's all-tournament team, with Stephens named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.
• Weisz was named the Ivy League Player of the Year, the program's 13th honoree and first since Ian Hummer '13 in 2013. The award was first given in 1975. Weisz became the eighth player in Ivy history and the first Tiger to earn both an Ivy League Player and Rookie of the Year honor during his career.
• Stephens became Princeton's second Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year honoree and first since Kareem Maddox '11 in 2011. He was the second sophomore to win the honor, along with Brown alum Cedric Kuakumensah, who won as a freshman in 2013 and a sophomore in 2014. The award was first given in 2009.
• Head coach Mitch Henderson '98 earned his first Ivy League Coach of the Year honor, an award that was first given in 2015.
• Henderson moved into third place on Princeton's all-time wins list, now with 119 and behind only Franklin "Cappy" Cappon (250) and Pete Carril (514).
• Princeton broke the program record for both 3-pointers made (298) and attempted (789) in a season. When Henderson returned to Princeton to serve as head coach, the record for both belonged to his senior-season team of 1997-98 (265, 681). Each record has since been surpassed three times.
• Weisz finished his career as one of five players in program history with 200 career field goals (fifth, 209) and as the only player in program history with 1,000 points, 500 rebounds, 300 assists and 200 3-pointers.
• Cannady was the fifth player in program history to make at least 80 3s in a season, hitting 8, and he tied the record for most 3s attempted in a season, becoming the fourth player to try exactly 198 3s in a season.
• Cannady set the program record for free throw percentage in a season among players with at least 40 attempts, going 76 of 81 for a .912 clip.
• Weisz's 383 assists in his career put him second on Princeton's all-time list, behind only Bill Ryan '84 (413).
• Weisz and senior classmate Pete Miller ended their career among the top five in games played, with 119 for Weisz and 118 for Miller. All six players who have played at least 118 games have played under Henderson.
• Princeton's 23 wins tied for the sixth-most in program history and were the most since Princeton went 25-7 in 2010-11, also the last time the Tigers made the NCAA Tournament until this season.
• Princeton's 19-game winning streak that lasted from a Dec. 22 game at Bucknell through the Ivy League Tournament final tied for the second longest in program history, along with 19-game runs in 1997-98 and 1924-25, and was behind only the 20-game run during the 1997-98 season.
• Princeton went 14-0 for the sixth time in program history and first since 1997-98, and for the 14th time in Ivy League history and the first since Cornell in 2007-08. Princeton won the inaugural Ivy League Tournament by defeating Penn in the semifinals and Yale in the final.
• Princeton added its 31st and 32nd members of the 1,000-point club in Spencer Weisz and Steven Cook. Weisz finished his career 12th in program history with 1,241 points and Cook finished 15th at 1,148.
• Princeton could have two more 1,000-point scorers next season. Sophomore Devin Cannady is the active leader with 740 points and junior Amir Bell has 727.
• Princeton is able to return 60 percent of its scoring next season, with Cook and Weisz as Princeton's leading (13.6 ppg) and fourth-leading (10.6) scorers and representing 34 percent of the team's points.
• Princeton's 298 turnovers were the fewest in the nation this season.
• Princeton earned three first-team All-Ivy League honors for the third time in program history and first since 1968. Weisz, Cook and sophomore Myles Stephens were first-team honorees.
• Stephens and Cook were named to the Ivy League's all-tournament team, with Stephens named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.
• Weisz was named the Ivy League Player of the Year, the program's 13th honoree and first since Ian Hummer '13 in 2013. The award was first given in 1975. Weisz became the eighth player in Ivy history and the first Tiger to earn both an Ivy League Player and Rookie of the Year honor during his career.
• Stephens became Princeton's second Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year honoree and first since Kareem Maddox '11 in 2011. He was the second sophomore to win the honor, along with Brown alum Cedric Kuakumensah, who won as a freshman in 2013 and a sophomore in 2014. The award was first given in 2009.
• Head coach Mitch Henderson '98 earned his first Ivy League Coach of the Year honor, an award that was first given in 2015.
• Henderson moved into third place on Princeton's all-time wins list, now with 119 and behind only Franklin "Cappy" Cappon (250) and Pete Carril (514).
• Princeton broke the program record for both 3-pointers made (298) and attempted (789) in a season. When Henderson returned to Princeton to serve as head coach, the record for both belonged to his senior-season team of 1997-98 (265, 681). Each record has since been surpassed three times.
• Weisz finished his career as one of five players in program history with 200 career field goals (fifth, 209) and as the only player in program history with 1,000 points, 500 rebounds, 300 assists and 200 3-pointers.
• Cannady was the fifth player in program history to make at least 80 3s in a season, hitting 8, and he tied the record for most 3s attempted in a season, becoming the fourth player to try exactly 198 3s in a season.
• Cannady set the program record for free throw percentage in a season among players with at least 40 attempts, going 76 of 81 for a .912 clip.
• Weisz's 383 assists in his career put him second on Princeton's all-time list, behind only Bill Ryan '84 (413).
• Weisz and senior classmate Pete Miller ended their career among the top five in games played, with 119 for Weisz and 118 for Miller. All six players who have played at least 118 games have played under Henderson.
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