Teams › Ivy · Compare Princeton with another team

Princeton

Princeton returns 94% of last season's minutes and rates #149 on offense and #214 on defense of 365 teams. 80% range: -7.0 to +7.5.

+0.2

Rating · #164 of 365

+0.8

Offense · #149

-0.7

Defense · #214

-7.0 to +7.5

80% range

<1%

Chance of top 25

Chance of No. 1

13-14

Projected record · 8 to 18 wins

7-7

Projected in Ivy · 4 to 10 wins

Why we have them here

Princeton's preseason projection of +0.2 (No. 164 of 365) starts from the roster: its players' ratings, weighted by projected minutes, add up to a roll-up worth -0.4, about the -0.1 typical of teams ranked near it. Last season's rating (No. 255 at the end of 2025-26) adds -0.8, less than its neighbours' +0.5; the program's level two and three seasons back and the roster's experience and shape add +1.1. It returns 94% of last season's minutes, more than teams ranked near it (61%). The projection leans most on Jack Stanton (+2.2), Jackson Hicke (+1.7) and Landon Clark (+0.0); the newcomer who matters most is Christopher Kirkpatrick, a freshman, recruit No. 285, at -0.3. Its 80% range, -7.0 to +7.5, is about as wide as that of teams ranked near it.

Generated from the published projection's own terms, not written by hand. "Teams ranked near it" are the thirty nearest in the preseason order. Preseason projection frozen 2026-10-23; how the projection is built.

Roster

Returning 94% · Freshman 6%

Jack Stanton+2.2

Jackson Hicke+1.7

Landon Clark+0.0

Peyton Seals-0.2

Jake Sussberg-0.2

Zio Kim-0.2

Will Kutzler-0.2

Lucas Denault-0.2

Ryan Mandes-0.2

Malik Abdullahi-0.2

Cooper Mueller-0.2

Dalen Davis-0.2

Christopher Kirkpatrick-0.3

Louis O'Keefe-0.3

Cash McSweeney-0.3

Jacob Huggins-0.4

CJ Happy-0.4

Jacob Hammond-0.5

Sebastian Whitfield-0.8

Rank	Player	Pos	Ht	D1 yrs	Group	From	MPG	Rating	Contrib.
431	Jack Stanton	G	6-2	2	Returning	Princeton	24	+3.6	+2.2
629	Jackson Hicke	G	6-5	3	Returning	Princeton	28	+2.5	+1.7
1607	Landon Clark	G	6-8	1	Returning	Princeton	22	+0.1	+0.0
2042	Malik Abdullahi	F	6-7	2	Returning	Princeton	20	-0.4	-0.2
2135	Dalen Davis	G	6-0	3	Returning	Princeton	19	-0.5	-0.2
2282	Peyton Seals	G	6-4	2	Returning	Princeton	7	-0.9	-0.2
2387	Jake Sussberg	G	6-5	1	Returning	Princeton	6	-1.1	-0.2
2659	Jacob Huggins	F	6-8	3	Returning	Princeton	17	-0.8	-0.4
2893	Zio Kim	G	6-4	2	Returning	Princeton	3	-2.4	-0.2
2913	Will Kutzler	F	6-7	1	Returning	Princeton	3	-2.4	-0.2
2952	Christopher Kirkpatrick	G	6-3	0	Freshman	High school	6	-1.8	-0.3
2975	Ryan Mandes	G	6-3	1	Returning	Princeton	3	-2.6	-0.2
2993	CJ Happy	F	6-9	2	Returning	Princeton	13	-1.2	-0.4
2993	Cooper Mueller	G	6-3	2	Returning	Princeton	3	-2.5	-0.2
3022	Lucas Denault	G		1	Returning	Princeton	3	-2.7	-0.2
3173	Louis O'Keefe	G	6-3	0	Freshman	High school	5	-2.1	-0.3
3741	Cash McSweeney	F	6-8	1	Returning	Princeton	5	-2.9	-0.3
4263	Jacob Hammond	F	6-6	1	Returning	Princeton	5	-3.6	-0.5
4814	Sebastian Whitfield	F	6-6	1	Returning	Princeton	8	-4.1	-0.8

A player's rating is points per 100 possessions better than an average Division I player while he is on the floor. Contribution weights it by the share of a rotation slot he is projected to play, so a star on the bench and a role player who never sits both read right. Rank is among all 5,249 rated players. MPG is the projected share of a rotation slot times 40. "From" is last season's team. The bars are contribution, the player's rating times his projected share; their sum is the roll-up the projection starts from.

Schedule

Date		Opponent		Proj. margin	Win prob.
Thu Nov 05	vs	Hofstra #124		+3.4	61%
Sun Nov 08	at	Siena #208		-3.4	39%
Wed Nov 11	vs	Stony Brook #283		+9.1	77%
Sun Nov 15	at	Rhode Island #148		-6.7	29%
Fri Nov 20	vs	Monmouth #216		+6.9	71%
Wed Nov 25	N	Liberty #150		-0.5	48%
Fri Nov 27	at	UNC Wilmington #101		-8.0	26%
Sat Nov 28	N	St. Thomas-Minnesota #130		-1.5	45%
Thu Dec 03	at	Vermont #202		-4.0	37%
Sun Dec 06	at	Northeastern #296		-0.2	49%
Sat Dec 12	at	Long Island University #210		-4.3	36%
Tue Dec 22	vs	Temple #149		+4.5	65%
Tue Dec 29	at	Saint Mary's #60		-12.4	15%
Mon Jan 04	vs	Pennsylvania #144	conf	+1.6	55%
Sat Jan 09	at	Yale #95	conf	-6.5	30%
Sat Jan 16	vs	Dartmouth #290	conf	+6.7	71%
Mon Jan 18	vs	Harvard #123	conf	+0.5	52%
Sat Jan 23	at	Brown #184	conf	-1.2	46%
Fri Jan 29	vs	Columbia #169	conf	+2.5	58%
Sat Jan 30	vs	Cornell #109	conf	-0.2	49%
Sat Feb 06	at	Pennsylvania #144	conf	-3.0	40%
Fri Feb 12	at	Columbia #169	conf	-2.1	43%
Sat Feb 13	at	Cornell #109	conf	-4.4	36%
Fri Feb 19	vs	Brown #184	conf	+2.9	59%
Fri Feb 26	at	Dartmouth #290	conf	+1.8	56%
Sat Feb 27	at	Harvard #123	conf	-2.8	41%
Sat Mar 06	vs	Yale #95	conf	-1.6	45%

Projected margin is from Princeton's side, with home court where the game is not neutral (N). Games are the schedule as posted; tournaments and late additions appear as they are listed. Predictions are as of 2026-10-26 and reflect the roster as the model has it on that date.