1989 Georgetown vs. Princeton men's basketball game
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On March 17, 1989, during the first round of the 1989 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, the Georgetown University Hoyas played a college basketball game against the Princeton University Tigers at Providence Civic Center in Providence, Rhode Island. The Hoyas, who were seeded first in the East regional bracket, faced the Tigers, who were seeded 16th in the East.
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Date | March 17, 1989 | ||||||||||||
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Venue | Providence Civic Center, Providence, Rhode Island | ||||||||||||
Referees | Dick Paparo, Charles Range, J. Don Ferguson | ||||||||||||
Attendance | 12,106 | ||||||||||||
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Network | ESPN/NCAA Productions | ||||||||||||
Announcers | Mike Gorman, Ron Perry | ||||||||||||
The Hoyas, who were strong favorites, won by an unexpectedly narrow margin of 50–49, only securing their win by preventing a Princeton basket on the final possession of the game. Had Princeton won, they would have been the first 16-seed in tournament history to defeat a 1-seed, a feat that was not achieved until UMBC upset Virginia in 2018.
Media outlets have dubbed the Georgetown–Princeton match-up as "the game that saved March Madness".[1] The game is credited with halting discussions to downsize the NCAA tournament by eliminating automatic bids for smaller conferences. It also reportedly factored into CBS's decisions to renew their NCAA contract later that year, and to obtain exclusive broadcasting rights for the first-round games two years later.