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Ivy League Basketball: 2020 conference tournament preview and predictions

By Jacob Matteson

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - MARCH 15: A basketball net, hoop and backboard are shown before a semifinal game of the of the Pac-12 basketball tournament between the Colorado Buffaloes and the Washington Huskies at T-Mobile Arena on March 15, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - MARCH 15: A basketball net, hoop and backboard are shown before a semifinal game of the of the Pac-12 basketball tournament between the Colorado Buffaloes and the Washington Huskies at T-Mobile Arena on March 15, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) /
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After Losing Key Pieces From Last Year, The Tigers Have Played The Role Of The Darkhorse And Look To Be The Cinderella in The Ivy Madness Story.

Prior to entering Ivy League play in early January, the Tigers had struggled out of the gate to figure out their identity and piece together who they were in the wake of Myles Stephens and Devin Cannady graduating the Spring prior.

After an 0-5 start, Princeton found itself at 4-8 as the new decade came about.

Since then?  Princeton compiled a 10-5 record to finish the season sitting at 14-13, and good enough to earn the 3rd seed in the league’s tournament.

The youngest team in the Ivy, Princeton most often uses a line-up that features one lone Senior in Richmond Aririguzoh.  The 6’9″ Ewing, New Jersey native has shouldered most of the workload this year for Princeton on the boards as he averages 7.4 RPG.

According to KenPom, Airiguzoh’s 12.0 Offensive Rebound% is good for 87th in the country and is the only Ivy League player registering in the top-100 for this given category.

Work on the offensive glass leads to baskets more often than not, and this is where the work Richmond Aririguzoh puts in benefits the Tigers go-to offensive weapon, Freshman Jaelin Llewellyn.

Llewellyn is certainly not afraid to pull the trigger when he gets the ball.  This season he has taken 28.7% of the Tigers shots and has only taken less than 10 attempts in 6 games all season.  To put it into perspective, the Canadian native has scored 20+ points in seven games all season, including a 30 point outing in the season finale against Cornell.

Where Princeton could look towards to knock off Harvard would be the outside shooting of their other Freshman, Drew Friberg (39.4 3pt%) and Ethan Wright (36.3 3pt%.)  The Crimson have a strong rim-protection presence which makes Princeton’s .357 3pt%-second best in the league behind Yale-all the more important.