With a new head coach who is a first-time head coach , the 2011 – 12 Tigers got off to a slow start with a 1 – 5 record , but won 18 of its final 24 games and started its conference schedule with a 2 – 3 record , but won 8 of its final 9 games . Eventually , Princeton earned its first home win against a ranked opponent since the 1976 – 77 team 's January 3 , 1977 victory over Notre Dame by defeating Harvard ( No. 21 Coaches/25 AP ) on February 11 , 2012 . The win was also its first against a ranked opponent on any court since November 11 , 1997 , which is when the 1997 – 98 team opened its season with a victory over a ranked Texas team at Meadowlands Arena ( now named Izod Center ) in East Rutherford , New Jersey . Princeton also defeated eventual 2012 ACC Men 's Basketball Tournament Champion Florida State five weeks after Harvard did . The team qualified for the 2012 CBI Tournament and earned a first round 95 – 86 victory over Evansville . In the subsequent game against Pittsburgh , Princeton lost 82 &ndash; 61 to end the season
2012 ACC Men 's Basketball Tournament
2012 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament
Mitch Henderson