Saturday News:

January 2, 2010 at 10:27 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Today's Game: Princeton (6-4 / 0-0) vs. St. Joe's (4-7 / 0-0)
Location: Hagan Arena - Philadelphia, PA
Time: 2:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Tied 6-6.
Last meeting: St. Joe's 74 Princeton 63 - 11/16/01.

Richmond vs. Bucknell - 2:00 pm ET
Michigan State vs. Northwestern - 6:30 pm ET - Big Ten Network
Oregon State vs. Washington State - 7:00 pm ET - FSN NW
Denver vs. Troy - 8:30 pm ET

American vs. Brown - 1:00 pm ET
Bryant vs. Cornell - 2:00 pm ET
Harvard vs. Seattle - 5:10 pm ET

Northwestern hosts #11 Michigan State.

Troy is where Denver plays tonight.

Richmond travels to Bucknell for their final non-conference game of the season.

Oregon State is at Washington State.

Princeton recruit Tom Noonan scored 21 in Penn Charter's victory over Father Judge.

Future Tiger Daniel Edwards had 38 in Highland Park's loss to Houston Wheatley at the DISD Coca-Cola Tournament.

SportsProf has thoughts on the Wagner/Princeton game and Penn's embarrassing loss at Duke.

Another week in ninth place for Princeton in the Schuylkill 16.

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Individual & team performances of the decade.

January 1, 2010 at 9:07 am
Filed under Basketball, Princeton

The clock turned midnight, the decade ended, my wife and daughter went to sleep, the sounds of illegal fireworks rang throughout the neighborhood and I decided to look up a number of individual and team highs for the just-concluded '00s. If you're curious about any other highs and lows from the past 10 years, I'm happy to add them to this list!

I have added a few categories since I originally posted this yesterday and I've listed the DI leader as well if a category had a DIII opponent holding the top slot.

The individual highs...

Most points in a game:

35 - Noah Savage vs. Brown - 2/16/08

Most field goals made in a game:

11 - Judson Wallace vs. Holy Cross - 12/28/03
11 - Judson Wallace vs. Yale - 2/20/04
11 - Noah Savage vs. Brown - 2/16/08

Most free throws made in a game:

15 - Judson Wallace vs. Davidson - 1/2/05

Three pointers made in a game:

7 - Noah Savage vs. Brown - 2/16/08
7 - Douglas Davis vs. Lafayette - 2/6/09

Rebounds in a game:

15 - Zach Finley vs. Penn - 2/17/09

Offensive rebounds in a game:

6 - Dominic Martin vs. Western Maryland - 1/28/02
6 - Zach Finley vs. Dominican - 1/27/08
6 - Nate Walton vs. Harvard - 2/23/01

Defensive rebounds in a game:

12 - Judson Wallace vs. Davidson - 1/2/05

Assists in a game:

10 - Mike Stephens vs. Ursinus - 1/27/03
9 - Will Venable vs. Fresno State - 1/6/03

Steals in a game:

7 - Marcus Schroeder vs. Wagner - 12/30/09

Blocks in a game:

7 - Zach Finley vs. Chaminade - 11/21/07
6 - Patrick Saunders vs. Penn - 2/17/09

The team highs...

Total points:

99 vs. Ursinus - 1/27/03
89 vs. Lafayette - 12/7/02

First half points:

53 vs. Ursinus - 1/27/03
47 vs. Brown - 3/4/00

Second half points:

47 vs. Harvard - 2/16/02
47 vs. Brown - 2/4/00

Field goal percentage:

71.8% vs. Columbia - 2/27/04

Free throws made:

31 vs. Columbia - 2/12/05

Three point field goals made:

20 vs. Ursinus - 1/27/03
16 vs. Dartmouth - 2/15/02

Rebounds:

52 vs. Western Maryland - 1/28/02
43 vs. Cornell - 2/28/04
43 vs. UNC Greensboro - 1/3/09

Offensive rebounds:

25 vs. Western Maryland - 1/28/02
16 vs. Rutgers - 12/29/01

Defensive rebounds:

32 vs. Brown - 3/4/00
32 vs Texas A&M - 12/27/02

Assists:

31 vs. Ursinus - 1/27/03
28 vs. Brown - 3/4/00

Steals:

17 vs. Western Maryland - 1/28/02
14 vs. Wagner - 12/30/09
14 vs. Harvard - 2/12/00

Blocks:

10 vs. Yale - 2/5/00

Most turnovers:

27 vs. Army - 11/21/09

Fewest turnovers:

4 vs. Penn - 3/11/03

Fouls:

29 vs. Penn - 3/8/05
29 vs. Wyoming - 11/22/04

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New Year's Day News:

January 1, 2010 at 9:04 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Judson Wallace, Oregon State, Princeton, Richmond, Sean Gregory, Today's News

Happy New Year!

Dan Mavraides is the subject of a short profile in the San Mateo County Times.

Georgetown (10-1) opened conference play with a seven point win over St. John's.

Without the services of head coach Joe Scott, who was suspended one game per Sun Belt Conference rules after being ejected in the second half of the Pioneers' previous contest, Denver (10-4) defeated Arkansas State, 64-55.

Wake Forest held off Richmond (10-4) in overtime, 74-68.

Oregon State (6-6) lost a tight Pac-10 opener at Washington.

Here's the latest Eurocup blog post from birthday boy Judson Wallace.

Sean Gregory has a piece on the Time web site about Harvard senior guard Jeremy Lin.

Around the Ivy League: Penn (0-9) suffered the largest loss in school history at the hands of Duke, 114-55. Jeff Foote scored 22 as Cornell (11-2) took care of Penn State Erie, 73-49. Yale (4-9) lost by 22 at Colorado State.

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Plus/Minus numbers through 10 games.

December 31, 2009 at 2:39 pm
Filed under +/-, Basketball, Princeton

The Princeton athletic department was kind enough to quickly fulfill my request for plus/minus numbers on each of the Tigers through last night's game versus Wagner.

This chart shows the number of minutes played across the first 10 games this season and the difference in points scored by Princeton while each player was on the floor versus points allowed by the Tigers during the same span.

 
Player            Minutes           +/-
Hummer            204:02            +41
Mavraides         285:30            +24
Comfort           2:58              +0
Foley             2:22              +0
Barrett           102:24            -1
Maddox            48:01             -1
Connolly          19:48             -2
Sherburne         9:55              -5
Saunders          163:44            -7
Lake              90:41             -9
Schroeder         355:30            -12
Buczak            279:49            -18
Finley            104:35            -23
Davis             303:03            -24

Princeton has scored 556 points to date, allowing 564 points.

As for individual single game highs and lows, Patrick Saunders was +19 against Lafayette and Pawel Buczak was -23 at Cal.

The most successful lineup combination?

Nick Lake, Marcus Schroeder, Dan Mavraides, Will Barrett and Ian Hummer, who were +17 in 11:35 together.

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

The combination that has played the most together? Schroeder, Mavraides, Buczak, Davis and Saunders. Over 73:25, they're +3.

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New Year's Eve News:

December 31, 2009 at 9:54 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Pete Carril, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

Arkansas State vs. Denver - 4:00 pm ET
Richmond vs. Wake Forest - 7:00 pm ET - ESPNU
St. John's vs. Georgetown - 8:00 pm ET - ESPN2
Oregon State vs. Washington - 10:00 pm ET - FSN NW

Penn St. Erie vs. Cornell - 2:00 pm ET
Yale vs. Colorado State - 4:00 pm ET
Penn vs. Duke - 6:00 pm ET - ESPN2

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's fourth straight win on goprincetontigers.com, in the Trentonian, on SI Live and on wagnerathletics.com.

Northwestern (10-2) saw its nine game winning streak end in overtime at Illinois.

Denver hosts Arkansas State.

Richmond closes the calendar at Wake Forest.

St. John's visits Georgetown to start Big East play.

Oregon State is at #17 Washington.

The Sixers need a point guard, Pete Carril says.

Princeton recruit Ben Hazel scored 21 as Good Council won by 16 over Villa Angela St. Joseph to take fifth place at the STOP-DWI Holiday Classic.

Future Tiger T.J. Bray was named "The Rick Barry Free-Throw Shooting Accuracy Award Winner" in Mark Miller's coverage of the Wisconsin Basketball Yearbook Shootout.

Around the Ivy League: Harvard (9-3) beat George Washington, 66-53. Matt Mullery scored 31, but Brown (5-8) fell by five at Sacred Heart. Dartmouth (2-10) lost to Qunnipiac, 73-51. Maine rallied past Columbia (5-6) in the second half.

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Wagner pictures.

December 30, 2009 at 11:37 pm
Filed under Basketball, Photos, Princeton, Stephen Goldsmith

Photos from today's game courtesy of Stephen Goldsmith.

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Princeton 45 Wagner 42.

December 30, 2009 at 9:38 pm
Filed under 09-10, Audio, Basketball, Princeton

Box Score

Postgame audio - Coach Sydney Johnson, Kareem Maddox & Dan Mavraides:

Playing for the first time in 14 days, Princeton came close to suffering what could have been an embarrassing loss to the woeful Wagner Seahawks, rallying from a twelve point second half hole to win their sixth of the season.

Douglas Davis found Kareem Maddox alone by the basket for a two-handed dunk with just under six seconds left to bail out the Tigers, fouled by Tyler Murray on the stuff.

Maddox’s three point play capped a six point Tiger run in the game’s final minute. It was Maddox's only basket on the night.

"I think they were going for a steal to try and get the win," Maddox said modestly after Princeton's fourth straight victory. "There was one person open and it happened to be me."

Princeton junior Dan Mavraides was 5-11 from three point range, on his way to a season high 21 points. Mavraides tied the score at 42 with a deep triple off the left wing with :47 to go. The rest of the Tiger squad went 0-16 behind the line.

Michael Orock scored 19 inside to pace Wagner.

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Geoff Petrie press conference.

December 30, 2009 at 10:16 am
Filed under Basketball, Geoff Petrie, Video

The Sacramento Kings' general manager has his contract extended by the Maloof Brothers.

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Wednesday News:

December 30, 2009 at 10:14 am
Filed under Basketball, Craig Robinson, Geoff Petrie, Luke Owings, Northwestern, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Today's Game: Wagner (2-11 / 0-2) vs. Princeton (5-4 / 0-0)
Location: Jadwin Gym - Princeton, NJ
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 1-0.
Last meeting: Princeton 82 Wagner 66 - 11/29/78.

Northwestern vs. Illinois - 9:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network

Dartmouth vs. Quinnipiac - 2:00 pm ET - NESN
George Washington vs. Harvard - 6:00 pm ET
Brown vs. Sacred Heart - 7:00 pm ET
Maine vs. Columbia - 7:00 pm ET

Northwestern kicks off Big 10 play at Illinois.

A Princeton/Penn game made the TigerBlog list of "Best Games of the Decade."

Princeton recruit Chris Clement scored nine points in Round Rock Stony Point's three point win over La Vega.

Future Tiger Ben Hazel had 13 in Good Counsel's one point STOP-DWI Holiday Classic Basketball Tournament loss to Boys and Girls High School.

Sacramento Kings GM Geoff Petrie received a three year contract extension.

"Outside The Limelight" author Kathy Orton is interviewed by The Quad.

Luke Owings provides a unique perspective looking back on the 2005-06 season.

The wife of Oregon State head coach Craig Robinson is due to have a baby any day.

Around the Ivy League: Ryan Wittman scored a career high of 34 as Cornell (10-2) defeated La Salle, 78-75. Yale (4-8) turned the ball over 30 times in a 70-59 loss at Colorado.

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Tom Noonan impressions.

December 29, 2009 at 10:20 pm
Filed under Basketball, Princeton, Recruiting

I had a chance to see Princeton recruit Tom Noonan play for the first time this afternoon, as Penn Charter faced Notre Dame in the Eastern States Classic Invitational Tournament's third place game at Trenton Catholic Academy in Hamilton.

On first sight, Noonan - the fifth member of the Tigers' 2010 recruiting class, looks more like a prototypical college basketball player than I expected a 6'7" high school jumpshooter would. He's not the gangly wisp I thought I would be watching.

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Coach Sydney Johnson - 12/29/09.

December 29, 2009 at 12:30 pm
Filed under Basketball, Coach Johnson Interview, Princeton

On a windy Tuesday morning, Tigers head coach Sydney Johnson and princetonbasketball.com editor Jon Solomon met at Jadwin Gym to record a brief interview. This recording is 9:00+ in length.

Johnson and Solomon discuss the snowstorm that prevented the Tigers from traveling to Maine earlier in the month, how the staff is handling this unexpected two week gap between games and what Coach Johnson remembers about the last time a Princeton game was snowed out. They also preview the Tigers' busy 10 day stretch before exams facing Wagner, St. Joe's, Maine and Marist.

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UNCW/Richmond highlights.

December 29, 2009 at 9:17 am
Filed under Basketball, Richmond, Video

A 10-0 run saves the game for the Spiders.

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