No. 10 – Princeton Tigers | |||||||||||||
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Position | Power forward | ||||||||||||
League | Ivy League | ||||||||||||
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Nationality | American | ||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||||||
Listed weight | 210 lb (95 kg) | ||||||||||||
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High school |
Seton Hall Prep (West Orange, New Jersey) |
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College | Princeton (2013–2017) | ||||||||||||
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Spencer Weisz is an American basketball player for Princeton Tigers men's basketball where he has completed his senior season for the 2016–17 team. He has earned the 2017 Ivy League Men's Basketball Player of the Year and 2014 Ivy League Men's Basketball Rookie of the Year awards and was a 3-time first or second team All Ivy selection. He was the Most Valuable Player of the Under-18 basketball competition in the 2013 Maccabiah Games.
Weisz is a native of Florham Park, New Jersey, and attended Seton Hall Prep. As a senior, The Star-Ledger recognized Weisz as a second-team All-State selection in New Jersey and the Essex County, New Jersey Boy's basketball Player of the Year.
Weisz earned the 2014 Ivy League Men's Basketball Rookie of the Year. On December 7, 2013, he posted his first career double-double with 17 points (including 3-for-3 on three-point field goals) and 10 rebounds against Fairleigh Dickinson. He earned second-team All-Ivy League recognition in 2015 and 2016. As a junior, he served as a tri-captain (along with Mike Washington, Jr. and Steven Cook) of the 2015–16 team. As a senior, he served again as a co-captain and earned Ivy League Men's Basketball Player of the Year recognition. He was one of two unanimous first-team All-Ivy selections, despite only ranking fourth on Princeton in scoring average. Weisz led Princeton in rebounds, assists and steals. He posted his career high of 26 points in a February 3, 2017, 69–64 victory over Dartmouth. The 2016–17 Princeton Tigers team earned Princeton its first NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament invitation since the 2010–11 team did so. Weisz was included on the National Association of Basketball Coaches Division I All‐District 13 second-team on March 22.