Monday News:

March 1, 2010 at 8:26 am
Filed under Basketball, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

Georgetown vs. West Virginia - 7:00 pm ET - ESPN

Mercer (19-12) advanced to the Region XIX finals with a 76-68 win over Del Tech Stanton. Uros Kovacevic led the way with 21 points for the Vikings.

Richmond (22-7) lost in double overtime at Xavier 78-76, ending the Spiders' eight game winning streak.

Penn State scored on their first seven possessions and humiliated Northwestern (18-11), 79-60.

Read about Princeton's weekend split in the Daily Princetonian, in the Cornell Daily Sun and in the Columbia Specator.

The Hoyas' depth is an issue as Georgetown heads on the road to West Virginia.

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Slope TV covers Princeton/Cornell.

February 28, 2010 at 9:23 pm
Filed under Basketball, Princeton, Video

This package captures Friday night's game well.

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Sunday News:

February 28, 2010 at 9:51 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Northwestern vs. Penn State - 12:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network
Richmond vs. Xavier - 1:00 pm ET - ESPN2
MCCC vs. Del Tech Stanton - 1:00 pm ET - Region XIX Tournament

In addition to our recap, read about the Tigers' win at Columbia on goprincetontigers.com, in the Columbia Spectator and on gocolumbialions.com.

Austin Freeman could barely play due to the flu and Georgetown (19-8) was knocked off by Notre Dame, 78-64.

Denver (17-12) wrapped up the sixth seed in the Sun Belt Tournament with a 63-47 home finale triumph over Louisiana-Lafayette.

A season sweep of USC by Oregon State (13-15) was polished off in Los Angeles, 49-44.

Northwestern visits Penn State.

Richmond travels to Xavier. The Associated Press highlights Spider guard Kevin Anderson.

Two big games for Princeton recruits. T.J. Bray scored 20 as Catholic Memorial concluded Classic 8 Conference play undefeated with a 76-57 win versus Kettle Moraine. Chris Clement made a desperation three pointer to give Round Rock a two point win over McNeil.

Around the Ivy League: Cornell (25-4 / 11-1) clinched at least a share of the conference championship with a 68-48 win over Penn (5-20 / 4-7). Harvard (20-6 / 9-3) set a program record for victories, defeating Yale (11-18 / 5-7) by 20. Matt Mullery scored 20 as Brown (11-18 / 5-7) won at Dartmouth (5-21 / 1-11), 76-57.

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Essex/Mercer footage.

February 28, 2010 at 9:49 am
Filed under Basketball, MCCC, Video

Five first half minutes from the Vikings' Region XIX playoff win.

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Columbia pictures.

February 28, 2010 at 1:28 am
Filed under Basketball, Photos, Princeton, Stephen Goldsmith

Photos from today’s game courtesy of Stephen Goldsmith.

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Princeton 67 Columbia 52.

February 27, 2010 at 9:34 pm
Filed under 09-10, Audio, Basketball, Princeton

Box Score : HD Box Score

Postgame audio - Coach Sydney Johnson:

Postgame audio - Kareem Maddox & Douglas Davis:

Princeton coach Sydney Johnson couldn’t wait for a question about if winning at Columbia for the first time in five years was important for his seniors to finish. He knew the answer and did not hesitate to speak.

“Absolutely,” Johnson interjected. “We talked about that before the game. There’s no question,” he emphasized.

“[The seniors] got their first win at Columbia. It was absolutely very, very important for us to try to get a win here coming off of the disappointment of last night [at Cornell] for our seniors and for our program. We feel pretty good.”

To win for the seniors and bounce right back from a bitter loss in Ithaca, three Tiger underclassmen had to turn in big performances.

Junior forward Kareem Maddox scored a career high 17 and matched his career best with 10 rebounds.

Maddox was joined in double figures by fellow junior Dan Mavraides, who had a game high 22 on 7-9 shooting. Sophomore Douglas Davis hit four times behind the arc on his way to 14.

Davis was first onto the court after Princeton’s arrived at Levien Gym over an hour before tipoff, spending extra time working with a Tiger assistant who made a few jump shots in his day, Brian Earl.

“I got off the bus and I was sluggish,” Davis admitted. “I just wanted to get in the gym, get up some shots as soon as I could. It helped me tonight.”

The Tigers trailed 14-7 after a sloppy start, but a 12-0 run midway through the first half turned a five point deficit into a seven point lead.

Princeton opened the second half on a 16-4 spurt and held off a late Lion push.

The Tigers shot 23-44 from the floor (52.3%), 7-16 from behind the arc (43.8%) and 14-18 at the free throw line (77.8%).

Niko Scott scored 12 for Columbia in his final home game. Sophomore sharpshooter Noruwa Agho was bothered into 3-15 shooting by Maddox and Mavraides, finishing with nine.

Maddox and Mavraides did a fine job leaping above screens and chasing this pair on curl patterns to the perimeter.

“They’re going to score sometimes, and we just have to stick to our scouting report,” said Maddox of his team’s attentiveness to Scott and Agho. “Do what the coaches tell us and make adjustments throughout the game.”

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Chris Mooney on ESPN Radio.

February 27, 2010 at 8:57 am
Filed under Basketball, Richmond, Video

The Spider coach was a recent guest on The Doug Gottlieb Show.

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Saturday News:

February 27, 2010 at 8:45 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Oregon State, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News, Will Venable

Today's Game: Princeton (16-8 / 7-3) vs. Columbia (10-15 / 4-7)
Location: Levien Gym - New York City, NY
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 138-84.
Last meeting: Princeton 55 Columbia 45 - 2/12/10.

Notre Dame vs. Georgetown - 12:00 pm ET - CBS
Louisiana-Lafayette vs. Denver - 7:00 pm ET - FSN Rocky Mountain
Oregon State vs. USC - 7:30 pm ET - FCS Pacific

Penn vs. Cornell - 7:00 pm ET
Brown vs. Dartmouth - 7:00 pm ET
Yale vs. Harvard - 7:00 pm ET

In addition to our recap, read about the Tigers' loss to Cornell on goprincetontigers.com, in the Ithaca Journal, on the WVBR web site and on cornellbigred.com.

Freshman forward Jerrelle Benimon and Georgetown host Notre Dame.

The final regular season game of 2009-10 for Denver comes at home versus Louisiana-Lafayette.

Oregon State visits USC.

The Times Dispatch has an excellent piece about how Chris Mooney has grown as a coach and refined Richmond basketball.

Princeton recruit Chris Clement and the Stony Point Tigers must play McNeil for the fourth playoff spot in District 16-5A.

Will Venable will be at Padres Fan Fest in Peoria on Saturday.

Around the Ivy League: Harvard (19-6 / 8-3) raced past Brown (10-18 / 4-7) by 20. Columbia (10-15 / 4-7) nipped Penn (5-19 / 4-6) by one on a Brian Grimes jumper with 2.7 to play. Yale (11-17 / 5-6) shut down Dartmouth (10-15 / 4-7), 55-45.

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Princeton/Cornell news report.

February 27, 2010 at 1:41 am
Filed under Basketball, Princeton, Video

WBNG has highlights of tonight's game.

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Cornell pictures.

February 27, 2010 at 1:39 am
Filed under Basketball, Photos, Princeton, Robert Solomon

Some supplemental snapshots from today's game courtesy Robert Solomon.

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Cornell 50 Princeton 47.

February 26, 2010 at 9:36 pm
Filed under 09-10, Audio, Basketball, Princeton

Box Score : HD Box Score

Postgame audio - Coach Sydney Johnson:

Postgame audio - Pawel Buczak & Dan Mavraides:

In a game where both Cornell and Princeton had to work exceptionally hard to find open looks and uncontested shots, the Big Red fended off the Tigers all night and most importantly when it mattered most - at the final buzzer.

"Cornell's a good team," said Tiger head coach Sydney Johnson. "I think we showed what we're made of, especially on the heels of Saturday, where we disappointed ourselves [versus Brown]. Tremendous effort, I think that was pretty evident."

"Our guys responded pretty well in terms of how much harder they needed to play," Johnson added. "I was encouraged by that."

But for the second time in as many meetings, the Big Red grinded out a three point victory over Princeton, a win earned at the free throw line, where the home team shot 22-25 and 15-17 in the second half.

Cornell, who never trailed, made a season low 35.1% of their attempts from the field.

Even 7'0" Big Red center Jeff Foote, a 59.4% free throw shooter entering Friday, was a confident 7-8 from the stripe and finished with a game-high 19 points on 6-7 shooting.

"He's a 50% foul shooter and he made his free throws," Johnson said of Foote's performance. "All credit to him. That's his Achilles' heel and he made them. Jeff Foote made his free throws. God bless him."

Stout perimeter defense hounded potential 2009-10 Ivy League Player of the Year Ryan Wittman into 3-11 shooting and a 0-5 game behind the arc, but a pair of Wittman free throws with two seconds left after Dan Mavraides’ scooping drive cut the Cornell lead to a single point with just over four ticks on the clock provided the night’s final margin.

Mavraides, who was unable to get a tying three attempt from just inside midcourt up to the rim, had 13 points and a game best seven rebounds for Princeton. The Tigers outrebounded Cornell 31-25 and snatched 12 offensive boards.

Kareem Maddox added an acrobatic 11 off the bench for Princeton and Pawel Buczak had 10, including two large second half three point shots.

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Iowa/Northwestern highlights.

February 26, 2010 at 9:29 am
Filed under Basketball, Northwestern, Video

The Wildcats exact some revenge on the Hawkeyes.

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