Wednesday News:

November 16, 2011 at 8:28 am
Filed under Basketball, Oregon State, Princeton, Today's News

Today's Game: Princeton (0-1 / 0-0) vs. NC State (2-0 / 0-0)
Location: RBC Center - Raleigh, NC
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: ESPNU
Internet: ESPN3
Series History: Princeton leads 5-1.
Last meeting: Princeton 61 NC State 58 - 3/15/99.

Cornell vs. Buffalo - 7:00 pm ET
Vermont vs. Dartmouth - 7:00 pm ET

Oregon State vs. Hofstra - 10:00 pm ET

Couldn't find much in the way of game previews before I jumped in the car to Raleigh, save for this capsule in the News & Observer and something on Backing The Pack. I'll add additional links if they appear later this morning.

The leader of the Big 10 champion Northwestern soccer team mentions Princeton and Michigan State showed interest in having him walk on to play basketball.

A forward headed to FDU was apparently also being recruited by the Tigers among others.

Oregon State hosts Hofstra tonight.

Around the Ivy League: Brown (1-2) dropped a two point decision to Manhattan. Pulling away in the second half, Harvard (2-0) defeated Holy Cross 73-64. Quinnipiac outmuscled Yale (1-1) by an 68-62 count.

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Know! Your! Foe! - NC State.

November 15, 2011 at 1:08 pm
Filed under Basketball, Know Your Foe, Princeton

Princeton's heads on the road for the first time this season when the Tigers visit NC State on Wednesday evening. To provide you with greater sagaciousness on the new look Wolfpack under first year coach Mark Gottfried, I exchanged emails with writer and podcaster James Curle of the web site Riddick & Reynolds for the second Know! Your! Foe! of the year.

If you cover a team the Tigers will face down the line, let us know. We'd love to talk with you.

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Tuesday News:

November 15, 2011 at 9:48 am
Filed under Basketball, Craig Robinson, Denver, Fairfield, Georgetown, Oregon State, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

Brown vs. Manhattan - 4:00 pm ET - NIT
Harvard vs. Holy Cross - 7:00 pm ET
Yale vs. Quinnipiac - 7:00 pm ET - SNY

Ian Hummer made the Ivy League's Week 2 Honor Roll.

Is it time to panic in Princeton?

In their last game before heading to Maui, Georgetown (2-0) blew away UNC Greensboro by 41. Our friends at Hoya Prospectus crunch the numbers.

An 11-0 run midway through the second half did in Fairfield (1-1) in their home opener against Providence. Sydney Johnson said after the game that he let the school and the community down.

Denver (2-0) won on the road at Texas A&M Corpus Christi, 65-58.

Davidson dropped Richmond (1-1) by 13 in North Carolina. The Spiders went a halftime-spanning 13:20 without a field goal.

Oregon State (2-0) overpowered West Alabama, 93-60. Head coach Craig Robinson was pleased with how his team handled the game.

A new Know! Your! Foe! is coming later today.

Around the Ivy League: Despite 26 points from Matt Sullivan, Brown (1-1) lost 77-68 to Albany. Furman rallied to knock off Columbia (0-2). Lions senior Noruwa Agho suffered what appeared to be a serious left knee injury in the second half. His status is unknown. Freshman Shonn Miller had 19 as Cornell (1-1) defeated Binghamton, 76-61. Penn (1-1) fell in a wild OT affair to Temple.

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The last four games against NC State.

November 14, 2011 at 2:08 pm
Filed under Basketball, Brian Earl, Chris Young, Gabe Lewullis, Photos, Princeton, Steve Goodrich, Video

Despite having never played them at home, Princeton still holds a 5-1 all-time record versus NC State and has won each of the last five meetings dating back to the 1965 NCAA Tournament.

Today, I'm going to focus on the previous four times the Tigers have played the Wolfpack, as the two teams faced off on four occasions between 1991 and 1999.

Like in our well-received historical pieces Twelve years of season openers, Rutgers in the 2000s, The last four games against Duke and Lavietes Pavilion: Where anything could happen, will happen and probably already has happened, read on for a multi-media bonanza of words, pictures, videos and memories from this quartet of Princeton victories.

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Monday News:

November 14, 2011 at 9:38 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Pete Carril, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

Brown vs. Albany - 4:00 pm ET - NIT - ESPN3
Furman vs. Columbia - 7:00 pm ET
Binghamton vs. Cornell - 7:00 pm ET
Temple vs. Penn - 7:00 pm ET

UNC Greensboro vs. Georgetown - 7:00 pm ET
Providence vs. Fairfield - 7:30 pm ET
Denver vs. Texas A&M Corpus Christi - 8:00 pm ET
Richmond vs. Davidson - 8:15 pm ET
Oregon State vs. West Alabama - 10:00 pm ET

John Templon penned a piece about chasing the ghost of Pete Carril.

Watch some video highlights of the Wagner/Princeton game here. These clips are a decent mix of both the good and the bad out of Saturday night.

Princeton's season opener was written about on the Mid-Majority.

Northwestern (1-0) turned in a quality defensive effort in their season opener, defeating Texas-Pan American by 24.

Mercer (1-3) fell 61-47 to the Suffolk County Sharks.

Through five games in the Netherlands, Kareem Maddox is averaging 10.2 points and 4.7 rebounds off the bench for Landstede Basketbal.

In a move that could effect local sports coverage, the Princeton Packet and its associated publications are for sale.

Richmond should be tested at Davidson.

Sydney Johnson and Fairfield make their home debut tonight versus Providence.

Denver visits Texas A&M Corpus Christi.

Future Princeton opponent West Alabama plays at Oregon State.

Georgetown also hosts UNC Greensboro in the odd mainland portion of the Maui Invitational.

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YouTube potpourri XLVIII.

November 13, 2011 at 8:13 pm
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Richmond, Video

Here's the latest collection of videos from various corners of the Princeton basketball family. Above, the 2011 Ivy League championship banner is revealed in the rafters of Jadwin Gym.

Six additional clips after the jump.

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Sunday News:

November 13, 2011 at 9:28 am
Filed under Basketball, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Today's News

Suffolk (NY) vs. MCCC - 1:00 pm ET
Texas-Pan American vs. Northwestern - 7:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's disappointing season opener on goprincetontigers.com, in the Trentonian, in the Trenton Times, in the Daily Princetonian, in the Staten Island Advance and on wagnerathletics.com.

Big Apple Buckets was also in the building and filed their thoughts.

Senior Henry Sims scored a career high 19 as Georgetown (1-0) opened with a 83-54 win over Savannah State.

It was also a positive outcome for Oregon State (1-0) their first time on the floor. The Beavers won easily over CSU Bakersfield, 86-62.

Mercer County Community College (1-2) lost to Cecil by 16. The Vikings play their fourth straight at home this afternoon.

Northwestern gets going tonight versus Texas-Pan American.

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Wagner pictures.

November 12, 2011 at 9:18 pm
Filed under Basketball, Photos, Princeton, Robert Solomon

Photos from today's game courtesy Robert Solomon.

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Wagner 73 Princeton 57.

November 12, 2011 at 7:51 pm
Filed under 11-12, Audio, Basketball, Princeton

Box Score : HD Box Score

Postgame audio - Coach Mitch Henderson, Will Barrett & Ian Hummer:

There is a lot of work to do, more work than any Princeton player, coach or observer had expected.

Leading 48-44, Wagner outscored the Tigers 16-0 midway through the second half and easily pulled away from an unexpectedly sloppy Princeton team.

Making their 2011-12 debut and playing their first game with Mitch Henderson as head coach, Princeton struggled with Wagner’s three guard ball pressure and committed endless turnovers of both the forced and unforced varieties. The Tigers gave away possession 15 times in the first 20 minutes and had three more gaffes on their first three possessions of the second half. By the final buzzer the turnover total reached a brutal 28.

“We were on defense for almost the entire game,” Henderson said.

Ian Hummer was able to turn 17 shots into a game high 19 points, including his first collegiate three pointer. Douglas Davis took just seven field goals and added 12 in defeat.

For the Seahawks, Tyler Murray led three players in double figures with 15.

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Saturday News:

November 12, 2011 at 9:53 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Pete Carril, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

Today's Game: Wagner (0-0 / 0-0) vs. Princeton (0-0 / 0-0)
Location: Jadwin Gym - Princeton, NJ
Time: 5:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: FiOS1 (tape delay)
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 3-0.
Last meeting: Princeton 69 Wagner 57 - 12/17/10.

Team stats are from last season.

Player stats include returning players only.

Savannah State vs. Georgetown - 12:00 pm ET
Cecil (Md.) vs. MCCC - 12:00 pm ET
CSU Bakersfield vs. Oregon State - 4:30 pm ET

Ivy Hoops Online and the Staten Island Advance preview today's game. If the latter's projected starting lineup for Princeton comes true I'll be stupefied.

Closing on a 15-3 run, Fairfield (1-0) defeated Quinnipiac 72-60.

Richmond (1-0) rallied for a 66-56 win against American.

Senior guard Brian Stafford scored a career high 32 points in a 69-61 Denver (1-0) triumph over Portland State.

Jason Clark and Georgetown host Savannah State today. A pair of scrimmages helped shape the Hoyas' preseason.

CSU Bakersfield visits Oregon State in the Beavers' season opener.

If you're planning on going to the Lafayette game at Jadwin Gym on November 30th you can get four dollars off the price of a ticket with the donation of a nonperishable food item.

Longtime haunt of both Pete Carril and Marvin Bressler, The Carousel will close right before Thanksgiving.

NC State's C.J. Leslie will miss the Wolfpack's first three games, including Wednesday's visit from Princeton.

Around the Ivy League: Brown (1-0) started the day with a 20 point win over Johnson & Wales. Going cold in the second half, Cornell (0-1) fell 79-58 at St. Bonaventure. Columbia (0-1) gave UConn a decent run in Storrs before dropping a 70-57 decision. The conference's leading returning scorer Noruwa Agho was 6-25 from the field for the Lions. Zack Rosen scored 26 points as Penn (1-0) won at UMBC by 14. Harvard (1-0) handled MIT with ease, 76-49. It was a one possession game with under a minute to go, but Dartmouth (0-1) lost at Rutgers by six. Behind 23 points and 13 rebounds from Greg Mangano, Yale (1-0) knocked off Central Connecticut, 73-69.

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YouTube potpourri XLVII.

November 11, 2011 at 2:08 pm
Filed under Craig Robinson, Fairfield, Georgetown, Mason Rocca, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Video

Here's the latest collection of videos from various corners of the Princeton basketball family. Above, video game enthusiast Bill Carmody.

Five additional clips after the jump.

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Friday News:

November 11, 2011 at 9:28 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, Georgetown, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News, Will Venable

Fairfield vs. Quinnipiac - 5:30 pm ET - Connecticut Six
American vs. Richmond - 7:30 pm ET
Portland State vs. Denver - 9:30 pm ET - Root Sports

Johnson & Wales vs. Brown - 5:00 pm ET
Cornell vs. St. Bonaventure - 7:00 pm ET
MIT vs. Harvard - 7:00 pm ET
Columbia vs. UConn - 7:00 pm ET - ESPNU
Dartmouth vs. Rutgers - 7:30 pm ET
Penn vs. UMBC - 7:30 pm ET
Yale vs. Central Connecticut State - 8:00 pm ET - Connecticut Six

The excellent Big Apple Buckets has named tomorrow's Wagner/Princeton season opener their Saturday Game of the Week. I answered some questions about the Tigers for the site.

Princeton Alumni Weekly profiles Mitch Henderson, then rattles off some quick facts on the 2011-12 Tigers.

Next up with a season preview, the Trentonian.

Georgetown head coach John Thompson III was warned about potentially being arrested while in China.

The Sydney Johnson era begins at Fairfield as the middle game of a Nutmeg State triple-header at Mohegan Sun. The Stags play Quinnipiac right before Yale concludes the evening against CCSU.

Chris Mooney coaches his 200th game at Richmond tonight when the new look Spiders host American.

Denver hosts Portland State.

San Diego Padre Will Venable was a guest at the Salute to Service Festival.

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