Wednesday News:

January 2, 2008 at 11:08 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Northwestern, Princeton, Today's News

Sorry there was no news yesterday. I was extremely unwell.

Penn State vs. Northwestern - 8:00 pm ET - ESPN2
UL-Monroe vs. Denver - 9:00 pm ET

Brown vs. Army - 7:00 pm ET
Lehigh vs. Columbia - 7:00 pm ET
Portland vs. Yale - 7:00 pm ET
Penn vs. Miami (Fl.) - 8:00 pm ET

SportsProf attended the Princeton/Monmouth game and shares his thoughts.

Georgetown (10-1) beat Fordham 82-55. In the game, Jonathan Wallace became the all-time leading three point shooter in Hoya history.

Northwestern hosts Penn State in the Big Ten opener for both teams.

Denver looks to improve to 2-0 in Sun Belt play at home against Louisiana-Monroe.

Around the Ivy League: Cornell (6-4) scored the last nine points of regulation, defeating Quinnipiac 86-84 in overtime. Dartmouth (5-7) lost at Siena, 89-54.

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Peter Clapman said,

January 2, 2008 @ 12:43 pm

Jon,
I have the cure for Princeton basketball depression. I have been transferring VHS tapes to DVD, and have watched the 1997 team beat Penn in playoff and then UCLA. All we now need is for Sydney to get the kind of players he played with and we will know why we enjoyed seeing this team. It is somewhat surprising that our current backcourt has not progressed much over last year. Also, Noah seems to have left his shooting ability back in the gym during his early sophomore season. Finally, no freshmen help, possibly because of the changed coaching situation. Wait till next year or perhaps two more.
Peter

David Lewis said,

January 2, 2008 @ 3:26 pm

Peter,
I think that what you are suggesting is easier said than done. For some reason, the kids who played for Princeton in 1997 have not come to Princeton in the last four years and may not come again in the near future. I hope I am wrong. But the trend seems to be that kids who normally would have gone to Princeton are not going there now. How come Davidson can compete nationally with top notch academic kids and Princeton cannot? I remember last year Davidson almost beat Ohio State in the tournament and had a starting five that averaged 1400 on their SAT's. Why are those kids going to Davidson instead of Princeton? Could it be the fact that they get a scholarship at Davidson? I'm not saying that I know the answer, I'm just speculating.

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The 13-14 Schedule

Sun. 11/10 vs. Florida A&M
Sat. 11/16 at Butler
Wed. 11/20 vs. Lafayette
Sat. 11/23 at Rice
Tue. 11/26 vs. George Mason
Sat. 11/30 at Bucknell
Sat. 12/7 vs. FDU
Wed. 12/11 at Rutgers
Sat. 12/14 at Penn State
Fri. 12/20 vs. Portland*
Sat. 12/21 vs. Pacific*
Tue. 12/31 vs. Kent State
Sat. 1/4 at Liberty
Sat. 1/11 at Penn
Sun. 1/26 vs. Kean
Fri. 1/31 at Harvard
Sat. 2/1 at Dartmouth
Fri. 2/7 vs. Columbia
Sat. 2/8 vs. Cornell
Fri. 2/14 at Brown
Sat. 2/15 at Yale
Fri. 2/21 vs. Dartmouth
Sat. 2/22 vs. Harvard
Fri. 2/28 vs. Yale
Sat. 3/1 vs. Brown
Fri. 3/7 at Cornell
Sat. 3/8 at Columbia
Tue. 3/11 vs. Penn

The 12-13 Results

at Buffalo 57-53 W
vs Northeastern 67-66 L
vs Rutgers 58-52 L
at Syracuse 73-53 L
at Lafayette 72-53 W
at Wagner 48-42 L (OT)
at Kent State 62-50 W
vs Drexel 64-57 L
vs Fordham 63-60 L*
vs Rider 62-45 W
vs Bucknell 79-67 W
at Akron 62-58 L
at Elon 74-64 W
vs Penn 65-53 W
vs TCNJ 71-33 W
vs Cornell 76-59 W
vs Columbia 72-66 W
vs Brown 63-46 W
vs Yale 69-65 L
at Dartmouth 73-55 W
at Harvard 69-57 L
at Columbia 65-40 W
at Cornell 72-53 W
vs Harvard 58-53 W
vs Dartmouth 68-63 W
at Yale 71-66 L
at Brown 80-67 L
at Penn 71-58 W

The 1,000 Point Scorers

2,503 - B. Bradley, 1962-65
1,625 - I. Hummer, 2009-13
1,550 - D. Davis, 2008-12
1,546 - K. Mueller, 1987-91
1,451 - P. Campbell, 1959-62
1,441 - C. Robinson, 1979-83
1,428 - B. Earl, 1995-99
1,365 - B. Scrabis, 1985-89
1,321 - G. Petrie, 1967-70
1,292 - H. Haabestad, 1952-55
1,277 - G. Lewullis, 1995-99
1,239 - B. Taylor, 1970-72
1,207 - S. Goodrich 1994-98
1,133 - F. Sowinski, 1975-78
1,130 - R. Hielscher, 1991-95
1,122 - C. Thomforde, 1966-69
1,099 - T. Manakas, 1970-73
1,090 - J. Wallace, 2001-05
1,088 - C. Belz, 1956-59
1,079 - B. Hauptfuhrer, 1973-76
1,076 - B. Roma, 1976-79
1,071 - C. Mooney, 1990-94
1,064 - A. Hyland, Jr., 1960-63
1,062 - L. Brangan, 1957-60
1,057 - A. Hill, 1973-76
1,054 - D. Mavraides, 2007-11
1,044 - S. Johnson, 1993-1997
1,031 - J. Hummer, 1967-70
1,010 - W. Venable, 2001-05

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