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Indiana native Devin Cannady and the Tigers will head back to the Hoosier State in November.
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Men's Hoops Team to Make Opening-Weekend Visit to Butler
April 11, 2017 | Men's Basketball
On campus, Princeton has Hobey Baker Rink, which opened in 1922 and is the second-oldest college hockey venue still in use. It was also a three-year home for the hoops Tigers in the 1940s.
Every year, the Tigers play in Philadelphia at The Palestra, which opened five years after Baker Rink and which Princeton helped mark its 90th birthday this past season.Â
In November, Princeton will revisit another historic building from that era when the Tigers meet Butler in 89-year-old Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Princeton's second trip to the venue under Indiana native Mitch Henderson. Princeton's leading returning scorer is also a Hoosier native in junior-to-be Devin Cannady, who averaged 13.4 points per game last season.
The Sunday, Nov. 12 game will be Princeton's fourth all-time visit to Hinkle, which hosted Princeton in 1955, 1961 and more recently in 2013. It'll also be a meeting between two 2017 NCAA Tournament teams, with Princeton winning the Ivy League's automatic bid at the end of 19-game winning streak and Butler earning an at-large berth out of the Big East. Princeton, a 12 seed, went on to take another Indiana school, Notre Dame, to the final possession in the first round while Butler, a fourth seed, defeated Winthrop and Middle Tennessee before falling to eventual national champion North Carolina in the Round of 16.
The Bulldogs are able to return three of the six players who started at least 20 games this past season including leading scorer Kelan Martin, who averaged 16.0 points per game along with a team-best 5.8 rebounds per game.
The Butler game joins the Hoophall Miami Invitational, Dec. 2 against Miami (Fla.), and the Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic, Dec. 22-25 in Honolulu, as games announced as part of the 2017-18 Princeton schedule.
Every year, the Tigers play in Philadelphia at The Palestra, which opened five years after Baker Rink and which Princeton helped mark its 90th birthday this past season.Â
In November, Princeton will revisit another historic building from that era when the Tigers meet Butler in 89-year-old Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Princeton's second trip to the venue under Indiana native Mitch Henderson. Princeton's leading returning scorer is also a Hoosier native in junior-to-be Devin Cannady, who averaged 13.4 points per game last season.
The Sunday, Nov. 12 game will be Princeton's fourth all-time visit to Hinkle, which hosted Princeton in 1955, 1961 and more recently in 2013. It'll also be a meeting between two 2017 NCAA Tournament teams, with Princeton winning the Ivy League's automatic bid at the end of 19-game winning streak and Butler earning an at-large berth out of the Big East. Princeton, a 12 seed, went on to take another Indiana school, Notre Dame, to the final possession in the first round while Butler, a fourth seed, defeated Winthrop and Middle Tennessee before falling to eventual national champion North Carolina in the Round of 16.
The Bulldogs are able to return three of the six players who started at least 20 games this past season including leading scorer Kelan Martin, who averaged 16.0 points per game along with a team-best 5.8 rebounds per game.
The Butler game joins the Hoophall Miami Invitational, Dec. 2 against Miami (Fla.), and the Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic, Dec. 22-25 in Honolulu, as games announced as part of the 2017-18 Princeton schedule.
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