"Princeton deserved more than an eight seed; they could have been in the sweet sixteen (theoretically.)"
Theoretically, yes. But in all likelihood, no. As the announcers stated last night, Princeton isn't accustomed to going up against athletes the likes of UMd's, nor those of most good P5 programs. A steady diet of Columbia, Dartmouth, Brown, etc. doesn't prepare a team for the NCAA's. If Princeton wants to take the next step in building its program, it needs to upgrade its OOC schedule, kinda like UConn is now forced to do given the overall weakness of the AAC these days.