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Princeton is within the Candy 16 for the primary time since 1967, two years after Invoice Bradley led the Tigers to the Remaining 4 in 1965. That’s eight years earlier than Princeton’s present head coach, Mitch Henderson, was even born. After a short interlude by Fairleigh Dickinson, Princeton has established itself as 2023’s Saint Peter’s. There’s one thing in that New Jersey water. It feels bizarre calling Princeton a Cinderella, contemplating its $36 billion endowment, however right here we’re. There’s received to be a greater time period for this riches-to-more-riches story. Let’s perhaps reel again the Cinderella reference and dub them the match’s Snow Whites, as a nod to their historical past as a dormant basketball royalty reawakened by Prince(ton) Charming, Mitch Henderson.
On the courtroom, Ivy League Participant of the Yr, Tosan Evbuomwan has been the catalyst. The 6-foot-8, 219-pound level ahead hailing from Newcastle, England, is the closest factor to a Cinderella story. Evbuomwan was a late bloomer whose father despatched spotlight tapes to Ivy League colleges hoping one would take an opportunity. Princeton did and Evbuomwan is paying Princeton again for doing so by registering 15 factors, 6.2 boards, and dishing practically 5 assists an evening this season.
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