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Members of the Princeton University men’s basketball team celebrate after they defeated Yale 74-65 in the final of the Ivy Madness postseason tournament last Sunday at Jadwin Gym. The win clinched Princeton’s first trip to the NCAA tournament since 2017. The Tigers, now 21-8, are seeded 15th in the NCAA tourney and will face second-seeded Arizona in a first-round contest on March 16 in Sacramento, Calif. The Princeton women’s hoops team also prevailed at Ivy Madness, topping Harvard 54-48 in their final on Saturday. The Tigers, now 23-5, are seeded 10th in the NCAA tourney and will face seventh-seeded N.C. State in a first-round contest on March 17 in Salt Lake City, Utah. For more details on the wins, see pages 23-25. (Photo provided courtesy of Princeton Athletics)