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Princeton Tigers – March Madness Team Predictions, Odds and Preview 2017

Princeton Tigers – March Madness Team Predictions, Odds and Preview 2017


Princeton Tigers (Overall: 23-6, Conf: 14-0)


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Team Strengths:

A sizzling 19-game win streak will be brought to the March Madness table by Princeton, who’s priced at +50,000 to win the national title this season.

The Tigers won the inaugural Ivy League tournament over Yale this past Sunday to receive an automatic bid into the Big Dance, thank in large part to the league’s Player of the Year in Spencer Weisz and Defensive Player of the Year, Myles Stephens.

Princeton’s playing very sound basketball right now as a whole, with no apparent weakness that sticks out like a sore thumb. In fact, the Tigers are just one of six teams in the country that turned the ball over less than 10 times on average this season.

Team Weaknesses:

Let’s be honest: the Ivy League is primarily known for academics and not necessarily athletics. Having said that, Princeton’s lengthy winning streak is mainly a product of the weak competition from its own group.

Case in point: the Tigers began the regular season with a 4-6 record through their first 10 games – all against non-Ivy League opponents. Only one of those defeats was courtesy of a Power Five program (California), but the rest were merely against mid-major schools in BYU, Monmouth, VCU, Lehigh and St. Joseph’s.

Team Stats:

CATEGORY STAT / G NCAA RANK
Points 70.8 214th
Rebounds 32.5 306th
Assists 13.7 132nd
Steals 6.8 95th
Blocks 3.2 182nd
Field goal percentage 44.7 140th
Three-point percentage 38.1 47th
Free throw percentage 73.6 72nd
Turnovers 9.9 6th

Starting Lineup:

 POSITION  NAME  PPG
F Spencer Weisz 10.4
F Steven Cook 13.7
G Devin Cannady 13.7
G Myles Stephens 12.6
G Amir Bell 6.6

Writer’s Prediction:

Reality finally sinks in for the Tigers (+50,000) as they suffer a quick first-round exit at the hands of fifth-seeded Notre Dame.

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