For the second occasion this week, yet under significantly less hectic circumstances, Head coach Mitch Henderson talked with local media about Princeton's upcoming College Basketball Invitational opponent. Audio from that availability is posted above.
16 years ago this month, Pete Carril announced his retirement following 29 seasons coaching Princeton.
This WZBN piece from after the conclusion of the 1995-96 campaign has it all: An emotional interview full of great Coach Carril quotes prior to his employment by the Sacramento Kings, archival game clips including many current coaches as undergraduates, tennis + cigar footage, John Thompson III with hair and those terrible white/black home uniforms I had tried hard to forget.
Friday, March 16th:
Belmont (14) vs. Georgetown (3) - 3:10 pm ET - NCAA - truTV
Northwestern (4) vs. Washington (1) - 10:00 pm ET - NIT - ESPNU
Saturday, March 17th:
Manhattan vs. Fairfield - 4:00 pm ET - CIT
Monday, March 19th:
Princeton vs. Pitt - 7:00 pm ET - CBI
Butler vs. Penn - 8:00 pm ET - CBI - HDNet
Syracuse's officials-assisted escape yesterday afternoon versus 16 seed UNC-Ashville caused one writer to dig up his original piece on Princeton's 1989 close call versus Georgetown.
On a related note, Sports Illustrated has posted a great photo of Kit Mueller's final field goal attempt. Alex Wolff, is that you in the background on press row?
There's good news and bad news about Monday's CBI game. The bad news is that it will not be televised and as of yesterday afternoon Pittsburgh had no intention to offer video streaming on-line. The good news is that it is a breezy 336 miles from one campus to the other if you want to see the contest in person!
I did not realize it had been 16 years since the defending national champion lost in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. I have a vague recollection of that prior outcome...
John Thompson III's Georgetown team looks to avoid a third straight early exit from the NCAA Tournament, meeting Belmont this afternoon in Columbus, Ohio.
Here's a terrific profile on the voice of the Hoyas, Rich Chvotkin.
Top recruit Nerlens Noel writes about his official visit to the Hilltop.
Don't overlook that Northwestern is also playing at Washington in the NIT's second round.
The Princeton Packet reviews the Tigers' trip to Evansville with Mack Darrow and the Daily Princetonian previews the orange and black's next outing at Pitt with Ian Hummer.
A familiar foe awaits Fairfield in the next round of the CIT.
Around the Ivy League: Harvard (26-5) saw their season end with a 79-70 loss to Vanderbilt. Even at 20 with 4:28 left in the first half, a needless second foul by Kyle Casey sent him to the bench and the Commodores went to intermission on a 13-3 run. While the Crimson cut an 18 point deficit down to seven late, they were unable to get closer.
Thursday, March 15th:
Harvard (12) vs. Vanderbilt (5) - 4:20 pm ET - NCAA - TNT
Friday, March 16th:
Belmont (14) vs. Georgetown (3) - 3:00 pm ET - NCAA - truTV
Northwestern (4) vs. Washington (1) - 10:00 pm ET - NIT - ESPNU
Saturday, March 17th:
Manhattan vs. Fairfield - 4:00 pm ET - CIT
Monday, March 19th:
Princeton vs. Pitt - 7:00 pm ET - CBI
Butler vs. Penn - 8:00 pm ET - CBI - HDNet
It is official: The Tigers will visit Pittsburgh on Monday night in the next round of the CBI. The Panthers made 14 three pointers and defeated Wofford at home 81-63.
Ian Hummer was named second-team NABC All-District 13. The Princeton junior made ESPN's Top Plays, but not for a reason I expect he's happy with.
The Town Topics writes about Senior Night at Jadwin Gym.
Fairfield (20-14) was playing lackadaisically against Yale (19-10) in the first half of their first round CIT matchup. Trailing by 13 at the break, Stags assistant coach Tony Newsom lit into his team in the locker room and the final 20 minutes were a total energy flip. Scoring 23 of the first 26 points out of intermission, Sydney Johnson's squad advanced 68-56.
On the other side of the CBI bracket, Oregon State (20-14) raced past Western Illinois, 80-59. You can see a full update of the tournament pairings here.
Craig Robinson guested on Colin Cowherd's unlistenable radio program.
There is a brief Pete Carril quote in a piece about Bill Raftery.
Around the Ivy League: Penn (20-12) earned a 74-63 CBI decision over Quinnipiac. The Quakers will host Butler on Monday night at The Palestra.
It is rare for a school's collection of clips to include much, if any, or the opposition's plays but this 67 second package by Evansville does it right.
Wednesday, March 14th:
Yale vs. Fairfield - 7:00 pm ET - CIT
Quinnipiac vs. Penn - 7:30 pm ET - CBI
Western Illinois vs. Oregon State - 10:00 pm ET - CBI - HDNet
Thursday, March 15th:
Harvard (12) vs. Vanderbilt (5) - 4:20 pm ET - NCAA - TNT
Friday, March 16th:
Belmont (14) vs. Georgetown (3) - 3:00 pm ET - NCAA - truTV
Northwestern (4) vs. Washington (1) - 10:00 pm ET - NIT - TBA
In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's crazy postseason win over Evansville on goprincetontigers.com, in the Daily Princetonian, in the Courier Press, on Ivy Hoops Online and on gopurpleaces.com.
The Tigers have seven NCAA/NIT/CBI wins the last 15 years, more than three times as many as any other Ivy school.
They arrived too late for yesterday's news but these pieces on heading to the CBI and Douglas Davis are both worth reading.
A game-winning look at the buzzer instead hit the rim and Northwestern (19-13) moved on in the NIT with a 76-74 win over Akron.
Oh no! Jack the Georgetown bulldog has torn his ACL!
Will Venable is working to be more positive.
On the other side of the CBI bracket, Oregon State hosts Western Illinois.
Fairfield and Yale do battle in the CIT.
Postgame audio - Ian Hummer, Patrick Saunders & Douglas Davis:
Postgame audio - Coach Mitch Henderson:
Douglas Davis has played in 121 games, more than any other Princeton Tiger in program history.
He’s had a lot of stellar stat lines over his four years, but in what could have been his concluding collegiate outing, Davis saved his best for what ended up not being his last.
Davis poured in a career high 31 on 9-11 shooting, including Princeton’s final 10 as the Tigers closed out a ludicrous, fast-paced, defense-optional sprint versus Evansville in the first round of the CBI with a 10-1 run after the scoreboard was even for a 15th and final time.
“I’ve never been a part of a game like that,” said a bemused and relieved head coach Mitch Henderson afterwards.
A spinning Davis jumper with the shot clock expiring gave Princeton the lead to stay with 2:47 remaining and after Kenny Harris split a pair at the line Davis connected once more from just behind the free throw stripe for a three point lead.
“We never looked back after that,” said Ian Hummer, who added 18 and a game high eight rebounds. “It was one of those shots where it was like ‘Alright, now we’re not losing [tonight].’ Doug led our team today and hopefully we can keep that going.”
Ned Cox’s left wing three was short and Davis capped a superb performance with six consecutive free throws, a trio of one-and-ones.
Evansville’s Colt Ryan was a superb 11-12 from the floor and scored 21 of his 29 in the first half. Henderson was forced to shape the Tigers into a 2-3 zone for one of the first times this season in order to try and cool off Ryan.
“We had to do something,” Henderson admitted. “We changed defenses about 30 times in the first half. None of it worked.”
Both teams shot over 60% on the evening.
Today's Game: Princeton (19-11 / 10-4) vs. Evansville (16-15 / 9-9)
Location: Ford Center - Evansville, IN
Time: 8:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: HDNet
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Evansville leads 1-0.
Last meeting: Evansville 53 Princeton 32 - 12/6/07
| Princeton | Evansville | |
| 10-2 | Home Record | 11-6 |
| 8-8 | Away Record | 4-8 |
| 1-1 | Neutral Record | 1-1 |
| 88 | RPI | 131 |
| 110 | Sagarin | 117 |
| 89 | Pomeroy | 113 |
| 66.2 | Points / Game | 73.1 |
| 61.0 | Points Allowed / Game | 72.0 |
| .458 | FG% | .457 |
| .675 | FT% | .762 |
| .373 | 3PT FG% | .387 |
| 29.2 | Rebounds / Game | 32.6 |
| 8.4 | Off. Rebounds / Game | 8.8 |
| +0.1 | Rebounding Margin | -5.2 |
| 14.2 | Assists / Game | 15.8 |
| 12.5 | Turnovers / Game | 12.6 |
| 3.9 | Blocks / Game | 1.6 |
| Hummer: 16.1 | Points | Ryan: 20.2 |
| Hummer: 7.3 | Rebounds | Taylor: 5.0 |
| Bray: 3.7 | Assists | Holmes: 3.6 |
| Bray: 1.6 | Steals | Ryan: 1.9 |
| Hummer: 1.2 | Blocks | Harris: 0.5 |
| Connolly: .554 | FG% (Min: 10 FGM) | Moore: .833 |
| Saunders: .826 | FT% (Min: 10 FTM) | Cox: .882 |
| Bray: .414 | 3PT FG% (Min: 10 3PTM) | Holmes: .432 |
Tuesday, March 13th:
Akron (5) vs. Northwestern (4) - 9:00 pm ET - NIT - ESPN2
Wednesday, March 14th:
Yale vs. Fairfield - 7:00 pm ET - CIT
Quinnipiac vs. Penn - 7:30 pm ET - CBI
Western Illinois vs. Oregon State - 10:00 pm ET - CBI - HDNet
Thursday, March 15th:
Harvard (12) vs. Vanderbilt (5) - 4:20 pm ET - NCAA - TNT
Friday, March 16th:
Belmont (14) vs. Georgetown (3) - 3:00 pm ET - NCAA - truTV
The Trentonian and the Courier Press preview tonight's game.
This evening Northwestern begins what the Wildcats hope will be a historic run to the NIT title.
Former NU guard and briefly tenured Princeton assistant Craig Moore made 10 three pointers in a game for his Romanian team.
The name Craig Robinson has been mentioned in connection with the open Illinois coaching job.
Basketball was the reason Pete Hegseth chose Princeton over West Point.
The word "hero" gets tossed around all too often in our culture, but what Bennet Hayes (not pictured above) of College Basketball Road Trip has done in providing site members information on the Evansville Purple Aces despite a ludicrously short turnaround is nothing less than heroic.
For the latest edition of our Know! Your! Foe! series, Hayes offers superb, specific detail on Princeton's first round CBI opponent. My questions and his answers follow after the jump, which compliment last night's quick primer nicely.
If you cover a team the Tigers will face down the line, let us know. It would be great to talk with you.
Things are exceptionally hectic at Jadwin Gym as Princeton scrambles to get to Evansville, IN later today in advance of Tuesday evening's CBI matchup with the host Purple Aces.
Head coach Mitch Henderson took a brief respite from frantic preparation to talk with local media this morning and audio from that availability is posted above.
