2004 Men's Water Polo Squad Wins Week 3 "Princeton Team of the Decade" Contest

PRINCETON, N.J. -- The 2004 Princeton University men's water polo team received 77.1% of the vote to win the Week 3 competition to decide Princeton's Team of the Decade. Thanks to the victory, the team advances to the next round to take on the victors of the other week's competition as the water polo team will strive to be considered the best of the best Tigers' teams over the past decade.

For the first eight weeks of the new year, a group of four (and occasionally five) teams will be put together in a first-round pod, and fans will have one week to cast their vote. After that time, eight quarterfinalists will go head to head for the right to be called the Princeton Team of the Decade.

To qualify for the competition, a Princeton team had to win either its league or national championship; in most cases, that was an Ivy League title. For teams that don't compete in the Ivy League, such as women's lightweight rowing or water polo, an Eastern or national championship was enough. Most programs won more than one league champion over the decade, but only one representative could be chosen (and in several cases, picking the top team within one program was difficult enough) for this competition.