After compiling a 2-12 record and finishing dead last in the Ivy League last year, things are not looking too much better for the Tigers this season.
Princeton finally snapped a 12 game losing streak with a 60-46 victory over Dominican on Sunday, improving its overall win-loss to an abysmal 3-12.
It's no wonder, then, that captain Kyle Koncz is looking forward to the Ivy League season.
"We can't forget what happened," he said, "but with the Ivy League season we get to start over."
In order for the Tigers to turn their season around, Koncz said they need to stay sharp for the entire game.
"There seems to be five to seven minute stretches where we lose focus" and lose the game, he said.
Half of Princeton's losses have been by single digit margins.
According to Koncz, the coaches have been trying to correct the problem in practices by settling everyone down when it looks like their play gets out of control.
The Tigers, notorious for their slow-paced style of offense, are averaging a League-worst 55 points per game.
Koncz, a 6-foot-7 forward, has taken the most threes on the team (98) but he said that the Tigers need to do a better job getting the ball inside. He also thinks that his team won't have success unless it achieves an attack better balanced.
The leading scorer on the team and the only one averaging double digits is 6-foot-9, 230 pound sophomore center, Zach Finley (11.1). He also leads the team in rebounds (5.7) and blocks (1.2).
The only other bright spot on the Princeton team is Lincoln Gunn, also a sophomore , who is second with 9.7 points per game.
"The young guys have stepped up," Koncz said. "I've played with them every day so I'm not surprised by their success. If they keep working hard they could be really good."
But Princeton was picked to finish seventh in the preseason Ivy League polls and, even with the emergence of two promising young talents, that prognostication still seems accurate.
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