Tuesday News:

January 26, 2010 at 9:56 am
Filed under Basketball, Georgetown, Northwestern, Princeton, Today's News

MCCC vs. Manor - 7:00 pm ET
Northwestern vs. Minnesota - 9:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network

Georgetown (15-4) scored the first 14 points of their meeting with Syracuse, but the Orangemen caught the Hoyas before halftime and pulled away in the second stanza of a 73-56 decision.

The Goucher Athletics story on Sunday's Princeton game is finally up.

The Princeton Packet has published their Goucher report as well.

Northwestern travels to Minnesota this evening.

Another Ivy Weekly Men's Basketball Report Honor Roll nod for Douglas Davis.

St. Peter's College will honor the life of former Princeton assistant Bob Dukiet at halftime of this Sunday's game versus Manhattan.

Around the Ivy League: Penn (1-13) finished City 6 play winless for the second straight season, falling 85-64 versus St. Joseph's.

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Sea of "Slappers."

January 25, 2010 at 3:49 pm
Filed under Basketball, Kit Mueller, Matt Lapin, Photos, Princeton, Seniors On A Stick

A picture of the stands from Matt Lapin's final game at Jadwin Gym - the debut of the first ever Senior on a Stick.

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A poem in the media guide.

January 25, 2010 at 1:23 pm
Filed under Basketball, Pete Carril, Princeton

At some point during the 1988-89 season I noticed an extra copy of Princeton's most recent media guide lying in the stands at Jadwin Gym after a game. As a 15 year old kid eager to absorb everything I could find relating to Ivy League basketball (and punk rock, but that's a separate discussion) I took it home and studied it cover-to-cover, trying to learn details of the program's history.

Towards the back of the guide, after 94 pages of photographs, statistics and historical records, taking up one column - just to the right of Chief of Athletic Training and Physical Therapy Dick Malacrea's biography - is a poem by Rudyard Kipling chosen by head coach Pete Carril.

The use of this piece has always stayed with me. It is so incongruous for a media guide and I've often wondered why Carril opted to include it for this particular season, especially in hindsight as the Tigers would go on to win their first Ivy League title in five years.

Here's what he wrote and the poem that he selected:

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The Orange Key.

January 25, 2010 at 12:18 pm
Filed under Basketball, Princeton

Through 14 games, I think it is fair to say that what you're going to get on offense out of Tiger starters Dan Mavraides, Douglas Davis, Patrick Saunders and Marcus Schroeder is relatively constant.

Mavraides has been in double figures 11 times this season and has hit double digits in eight straight games.

Davis has gone to double figures nine times and has cracked 20 points four times in the last 10 games. On only one occasion in 2009-10 has he scored fewer than eight.

Saunders will shoot when open, tops on the team in FG%, 3FG% and FT%.

Schroeder drives the offense, leading the team in assists and steals.

For Princeton to succeed in Ivy League play this year however, the key is senior center Pawel Buczak.

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Non-conference Plus/Minus numbers.

January 25, 2010 at 10:42 am
Filed under +/-, Basketball, Princeton

With the non-conference schedule complete, Princeton's athletic department was nice enough to update this season's plus/minus numbers.

This handy chart shows the number of minutes played by each Tiger this season and the difference in points scored by the team while each player was on the floor versus points allowed by the Tigers during the same span.

 
Player            Minutes           +/-
Mavraides         414:29            +78
Hummer            257:06            +62
Schroeder         478:31            +59
Maddox            92:06             +37
Davis             425:36            +36
Saunders          246:34            +27
Barrett           152:17            +18
Connolly          42:17             +18
Buczak            363:56            +13
Foley             11:53             +11
Comfort           8:59               +8
Darrow            4:58               +6
Lake              100:17             +3
Finley            154:28             -6
Sherburne         26:53             -17

Princeton scored 841 points against non-conference foes in 2009-10, allowing 771 points.

As for individual single game highs and lows, Douglas Davis was +39 against Goucher and Pawel Buczak was -23 at Cal.

The most successful lineup combination is also the one that has played the most minutes together. Marcus Schroeder, Dan Mavraides, Pawel Buczak, Douglas Davis and Patrick Saunders are +33 in 117:08 of court time.

The least successful five? Lake, Schroeder, Zach Finley, Mavraides and Buczak, combining to go -19 in 20:04 of play.

Compare these numbers to those after 10 games here.

Davis has gone from -24 to +36 since these stats were last run, a 60 point swing.

Schroeder did even better post-Wagner, +71.

I will try and provide +/- updates midway through Ivy play and at the end of the season.

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Richmond/GW highlights.

January 25, 2010 at 8:21 am
Filed under Basketball, Richmond, Video

The Spiders come away from DC with their 15th win of the season.

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Monday News:

January 25, 2010 at 8:10 am
Filed under Basketball, Georgetown, Princeton, Today's News

Georgetown vs. Syracuse - 7:00 pm ET - ESPN

St. Joe's vs. Penn - 7:00 pm ET - The Comcast Network

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's ninth non-conference win on goprincetontigers.com, in the Trentonian and in the Trenton Times.

Another in an endless series of tests for Georgetown, who travels to Big East rival Syracuse this evening.

Hats off to the Princeton JV, who knocked off #5-ranked prep powerhouse Northfield Mount Herman - a team stacked with Division I recruits - yesterday morning by a 61-44 count.

Who is to thank for our new HD box scores? The good people at Hoya Prospectus. Check out their site. They crush numbers.

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Goucher pictures.

January 24, 2010 at 7:13 pm
Filed under Basketball, Photos, Princeton, Stephen Goldsmith

Photos from today's game courtesy of Stephen Goldsmith.

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Princeton 88 Goucher 35.

January 24, 2010 at 5:25 pm
Filed under 09-10, Audio, Basketball, Princeton

Box Score : HD Box Score

Postgame audio - Coach Sydney Johnson, Will Barrett & Ian Hummer:

Almost every year after Princeton has returned from their annual exam break to face a Division III foe, I've tried to ask the same question of the Tigers' head coach - "did you get what you wanted out of this game?"

While the result was barely in question on Sunday afternoon as Princeton flattened Goucher by 53 and the query went unspoken, I'd harken the answer for Sydney Johnson this time out leaned toward yes.

"We're not quite ready [for Ivy League play], but in terms of effort - if we can bottle up tonight we'll at least be in games. I thought we played hard," Johnson said after the Tigers won with their largest margin of victory since a 78-24 win over Western Maryland in 2002.

After the Gophers took a 4-3 lead 90 seconds in on Micah Perry's jumper, a 16-0 Princeton run put the game away by the second media time out and a 22-0 stretch spanning halftime allowed everyone in uniform ample experience on the court.

Douglas Davis hit six times behind the arc and had 22 points in 20 minutes. Davis left the game with 9:44 to go in the second half equaling the entire Goucher team’s point total.

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Illinois/Northwestern highlights.

January 24, 2010 at 10:05 am
Filed under Basketball, Northwestern, Video

The Wildcats rally for their first win over the Illini since 2004.

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Sunday News:

January 24, 2010 at 10:02 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Today's Game: Goucher (5-11 / 3-3) vs. Princeton (8-5 / 0-0)
Location: Jadwin Gym - Princeton, NJ
Time: 3:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: This is the first meeting between the two teams.
Last meeting: This is the first meeting between the two teams.

Greg Monroe had 21 points, 14 rebounds and six assists as Georgetown (15-3) obliterated Rutgers, 88-63. Head to Hoya Hoops and listen to postgame audio.

Richmond (15-6) won 62-57 at George Washington. Ryan Butler's three point shot with 26 ticks left put the Spiders in front to stay.

Oregon State (8-11) cut a 15 point second half Cal lead down to two in the final 11 seconds, but the Golden Bears held on 65-61.

An impressive result for Denver (13-7), beating South Alabama 71-48. The Pioneers shot 14-28 from three point range.

A career high 22 points from Jeremy Nash pushed Northwestern (14-5) past Illinois, 73-68. The Wildcats trailed by seven with 7:25 to go before going on a game-changing 17-3 run.

Mercer (10-10) picked up a 76-71 win over Dean on Saturday night. Uros Kovacevic led the Vikings with 28 points. Paco Boussougou pulled down 17 rebounds.

The Trenton Times has a brief preview of today's game built around the Tiger freshmen.

Princeton recruit T.J. Bray had 19 for Catholic Memorial in a Classic 8 Conference victory over Kettle Moraine.

Future Tiger Daniel Edwards scored 21 in Highland Park's 50-45 loss to Greenville. The Scots are 11-11 this season.

20 points by Ben Hazel weren't enough to get Good Counsel past St. Mary�s in double overtime.

Tom Noonan scored 19 of his 21 points in the second half of Penn Charter's win over Philadelphia Electrical.

Samford coach Jimmy Tillette, who has picked the brains and playbooks of many a Princeton coach and assistant to perfect his team's offense, suffered a seizure and collapsed on the sidelines yesterday during his team's win over UNC-Greensboro. Here's hoping he's feeling better soon.

Cornell (16-3 / 2-0) completed a season sweep of Columbia (6-10 / 0-2) with a 77-51 blowout of the Lions. Harvard (13-3 / 2-0) went up to Dartmouth (3-12 / 0-2) and pulled out the 62-58 decision.

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Mercer 76 Dean 71.

January 23, 2010 at 10:11 pm
Filed under 09-10, Basketball, Howie Levy, MCCC, Photos, Stephen Goldsmith

I didn't get a chance to attend tonight's Mercer game, but Stephen Goldsmith was on hand to take photographs. The Vikings evened their record at 10-10 with the five point win.

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