Princeton University "Cherokee Advocate", graduated in 1844. Princeton University Princeton University is a private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution. The institution moved to Newark in 1747, then to the current site nine years later, and renamed Princeton University in 1896. Princeton provides undergraduate and graduate instruction in the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and engineering. It offers professional degrees through the Woodrow Wilson School
2017 Ivy League Men's Basketball Tournament 2017 Ivy League Men's Basketball Tournament The 2017 Ivy League Men's Basketball Tournament was a postseason conference tournament for the Ivy League. The tournament was March 11 and 12, 2017 at the Palestra on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. The tournament marked the first postseason tournament held by the Ivy League in men's basketball. Princeton, the regular season champions and undefeated in conference play, beat Yale in the championship to win the tournament championship. As a result, Princeton received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The Ivy League was the last NCAA Division I