Postgame audio - Coach John Thompson III, Jason Clark, Chris Wright & Greg Monroe:
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Dominique Jones is going to get his.
The high-scoring South Florida guard, who is averaging 21.3 points per game this season, went for 29 when the Bulls upset Georgetown at the Verizon Center in early February.
In the mind of Hoyas head coach John Thompson III, it wasn’t Jones that hurt his team five weeks ago as much as the ancillary USF players did.
Jones scored 29. His teammates combined for 43. The Hoyas lost by eight.
Facing the Bulls a second time to start the second day of the Big East Tournament, Georgetown clamped down on the rest of the South Florida roster and defended Jones as best they could.
Jones got his - 21 points on 6-18 shooting, but he also had six turnovers.
This time the rest of the lineup only added up to 28, 10-37 from the floor (27.0%).
“We wanted him to make tough, difficult shots, which he did. Which he’s been doing all year,” Thompson said.
The Ivy League announced its 2009-10 All-Ivy team moments ago. Princeton’s Dan Mavraides (above) and Douglas Davis were named to the second team.
Ryan Wittman of Cornell is the unanimous Player of the Year. Harvard’s Kyle Casey is Rookie of the Year and Big Red center Jeff Foote repeats as Ivy Defensive Player of the Year. You can read the full press release from the league office here.
2009-10 All-Ivy Men’s Basketball
First Team
Louis Dale, Cornell (Sr., G, Birmingham, Ala.)
*Jeff Foote, Cornell (Sr., C, Lockwood, N.Y.)
*Ryan Wittman, Cornell (Sr., G/F, Eden Prairie, Minn.)
*Jeremy Lin, Harvard (Sr., G, Palo Alto, Calif.)
*Zack Rosen, Penn (So., G, Colonia, N.J.)
* unanimous selection
Second Team
Matt Mullery, Brown (Sr., F, Millstone, N.J.)
Noruwa Agho, Columbia (So., G, New City, N.Y.)
Jack Eggleston, Penn (Jr., F, Noblesville, Ind.)
Douglas Davis, Princeton (So., G, Philadelphia, Pa.)
Dan Mavraides, Princeton (Jr., G, San Mateo, Calif.)
Alex Zampier, Yale (Sr., G, East Greenbush, N.Y.)
Honorable Mention
Chris Wroblewski, Cornell (So., G, Highland Park, Ill.)
Kyle Casey, Harvard (Fr., F, Medway, Mass.)
Michael Sands, Yale (Jr., F, Franklin Square, N.Y.)
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Postgame audio - Zach Finley, Marcus Schroeder, Nick Lake & Pawel Buczak:
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Princeton Coach Sydney Johnson had to pause and compose himself.
Asked about his senior class after the conclusion of the Tigers’ final regular season game, a 68-56 win versus Penn in which his team built a large enough halftime lead that they were able to cushion a considerable Quaker comeback for the program’s 100th victory over their rival, Johnson’s voice broke momentarily.
“These four seniors, they’ve gone through a lot. They’ve gone though a lot,” an emotional Johnson said of Zach Finley, Marcus Schroeder, Nick Lake and Pawel Buczak. “I don’t know if you ever win enough games to fill your heart up. I don’t know if it is 20 wins, 21 wins…it’s seeing them succeed in the face of adversity. It makes me happy. It makes me really happy.”
The first half gave Johnson cause for elation. Scoring 23 straight eight minutes in, the orange and black opened up a 35-8 lead and held a 40-14 advantage at the break.
The second half was another story. Penn ran off nine in a row after intermission and kept shaving the Princeton lead down point by point, eventually drawing to 58-51 on a Jack Eggleston breakaway dunk with 2:16 to play.
As the Quakers pulled closer and closer still, with Princeton recording just five second half field goals, Johnson refused to call a time out.
On a night when the school honored four seniors playing their final regular season game, there wasn’t much he could tell them that they hadn’t already learned.
“They know the guys in our league. They know the other teams. Nothing’s being thrown at them that is a surprise,” Johnson said. I’m not going to call time out to give them a pep talk. That’s just not how we coach and they understand that. It showed a lot of guts on their part and that’s what we expect for them to try and figure it out.”
Making 10-12 at the line in the waning moments, Princeton could exhale with their 20th win of the season and send the senior class off the floor with one last home win, sweeping Penn for the first time since 2001.
Sophomore guard Douglas Davis, who was held without a point for the first time in his collegiate career the other time these two teams met this season, scored 16 of his game high 21 in the first half.
Today’s Game:Penn (6-21 / 5-8) vs. Princeton (19-8 / 10-3) Location: Jadwin Gym - Princeton, NJ Time: 8:00 pm ET Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB TV: N/A Internet: goprincetontigers.com Series History: Penn leads 122-99. Last meeting:Princeton 58 Penn 51 - 2/16/10.
Penn
Princeton
3-10
Home Record
9-3
3-11
Away Record
10-5
0-0
Neutral Record
0-0
304
RPI
126
315
Sagarin
137
304
Pomeroy
116
62.8
Points / Game
59.7
72.7
Points Allowed / Game
52.2
.414
FG%
.438
.747
FT FG%
.724
.316
3PT FG%
.365
30.6
Rebounds / Game
30.3
9.4
Off. Rebounds / Game
8.7
-2.1
Rebounding Margin
+1.3
13.6
Assists / Game
11.8
15.0
Turnovers / Game
13.1
1.9
Blocks / Game
3.1
Rosen: 17.7
Points
Davis: 12.4
Eggleston: 6.4
Rebounds
Mavraides: 4.4
Rosen: 4.4
Assists
Schroeder: 3.1
Belcore: 1.2
Steals
Schroeder: 1.7
Eggleston: 0.7
Blocks
Maddox: 0.8
Howlett: .559
FG% (Min: 10 FGM)
Finley: .614
Rosen: .862
FT% (Min: 10 FTM)
Saunders: .933
Rosen: .429
3PT FG% (Min: 10 3PTM)
Saunders: .462
The Princeton class of 2010, pictured as incoming freshmen.
Wednesday, March 10th
(9) South Florida / (16) DePaul winner vs. (8) Georgetown - 12:00 pm ET - ESPN Big East Tournament
Thursday, March 11th
(10) Indiana vs. (7) Northwestern - 5:00 pm ET - ESPN2 Big 10 Tournament
(6) Oregon State vs. (3) Washington - 9:00 pm ET - FSN Pac-10 Tournament
Friday, March 12th
(6) Charlotte / (11) UMass winner vs. (3) Richmond - 9:00 pm ET Atlantic 10 Tournament
Denver (19-13) fell short of North Texas in the Sun Belt semis, 63-56. The Pioneers were within one with under seven minutes to go, before Josh White scored five straight for the Mean Green.
Kareem Maddox represents Princeton in this week’s Ivy Weekly Men’s Basketball Report.
Behind 22 points and seven boards from Mason Rocca, Armani Jeans nipped Canadian Solar Bologna, 73-71.
John Shurna from Northwestern earned consensus second-team All-Big Ten status. Fellow Wildcat Drew Crawford was the media’s choice for Big Ten Freshman of the Year.
Oregon State’s Seth Tarver was named Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Year.
Mercer is the 11 seed in the Division II Men’s Basketball National Tournament. They’ll open round robin play versus Kishwaukee on Tuesday at 7:30 pm ET.
Here’s your lineup for the week ahead. I’ll update this schedule daily.
Monay, March 8th
(6) Denver vs. (2) North Texas - 9:30 pm ET - ESPN360 Sun Belt Tournament
Tuesday, March 9th
Penn vs. Princeton - 8:00 pm ET
Wednesday, March 10th
(9) South Florida / (16) DePaul winner vs. (8) Georgetown - 12:00 pm ET - ESPN Big East Tournament
Thursday, March 11th
(10) Indiana vs. (7) Northwestern - 5:00 pm ET - ESPN2 Big 10 Tournament
(6) Oregon State vs. (3) Washington - 9:00 pm ET - FSN Pac-10 Tournament
Friday, March 12th
(6) Charlotte / (11) UMass winner vs. (3) Richmond - 9:00 pm ET Atlantic 10 Tournament
Denver (19-12) began the second half on a 26-7 run, surprising #3 seed Middle Tennessee 73-58 to advance to the Sun Belt Tournament semis. The Pioneers shot 12-17 from the floor in the final 20 minutes.
A supplemental piece in the Crimson looks at the struggles of Princeton’s and Harvard’s leading scorers on Saturday.
Richmond’s Kevin Anderson was named Atlantic 10 Player of the Year.
The New York Times’ blog The Quad compliments yesterday’s article on Chris Mooney with a post about what Mooney learned playing pickup ball on his recruiting visit to Princeton.
Georgetown’s Greg Monroe was named All-Big East First Team. Austin Freeman made All-Big East Second Team.
Princeton recruit T.J. Bray is profiled by the Wisconsin Sports Network. Here’s more detail on the most recent game for Bray, who had 13 of his 26 points in the third quarter of Catholic Memorial’s win over East Troy.
As Princeton lined up for the national anthem on Saturday night, there was someone new on the sidelines. Someone noticeably smaller than the rest of the Tiger roster wearing orange and black.
You might have missed him in the long shadow of 6′10″ Will Barrett as the Princeton ROTC presented the colors, but 10 year old Christian Regulski of Robbinsville, NJ shouldn’t go overlooked.
Christian was paired with the Princeton men’s basketball team by the Friends of Jaclyn Foundation, an organization that matches a child who has a pediatric brain tumor with a nearby sports team.
The Tigers “adopted” Christian for the game. He was on the bench as Princeton warmed up the game and he joined the team for handshakes with Harvard after the final buzzer.
Coach Johnson spent a quiet moment with Christian on the Jadwin floor one-on-one before heading to the locker room.
“Our team’s connection with Friends of Jaclyn stemmed from our players wanting to connect with people in our community beyond the basketball court,” Johnson said. “We couldn’t have guessed that Christian and his family would touch us so much. He’s a really good kid, a funny kid and he’s got a ton of courage.”
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