John Thompson III interview.
Conducted at Big East Media Day, I'd surmise.
Thursday News:
Today's Game: Princeton (2-3 / 0-0) vs. Rutgers (3-2 / 0-0)
Location: Louis Brown Athletic Center - Piscataway, NJ
Time: 7:30 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 72-43.
Last meeting: Rutgers 49 Princeton 44 - 12/10/08.
| Princeton | Rutgers | |
| 1-1 | Home Record | 2-1 |
| 1-2 | Away Record | 0-0 |
| 0-0 | Neutral Record | 1-1 |
| 119 | RPI | 242 |
| 226 | Sagarin | 179 |
| 180 | Pomeroy | 277 |
| 58.8 | Points / Game | 68.8 |
| 64.8 | Points Allowed / Game | 69.6 |
| .413 | FG% | .472 |
| .780 | FT% | .596 |
| .323 | 3PT FG% | .333 |
| 27.6 | Rebounds / Game | 35.0 |
| 7.2 | Off. Rebounds / Game | 10.8 |
| -4.6 | Rebounding Margin | -3.6 |
| 10.4 | Assists / Game | 13.6 |
| 15.8 | Turnovers / Game | 15.0 |
| 3.0 | Blocks / Game | 7.8 |
| Mavraides: 11.2 | Points | Rosario: 17.6 |
| Schroeder: 3.6 | Rebounds | Echenique: 7.0 |
| Schroeder: 2.4 | Assists | Coburn: 4.6 |
| Barrett: 1.4 | Steals | Rosario: 1.2 |
| Hummer: 1.0 | Blocks | Ndiaye: 4.4 |
| Saunders: .611 | FG% (Min: 10 FGM) | Miller: .688 |
| Davis: 1.000 | FT% (Min: 10 FTM) | Mitchell: .917 |
| Saunders: .500 | 3PT FG% (Min: 5 3PTM) | Rosario: .375 |
Lehigh vs. Columbia - 7:00 pm ET
The Home News Tribune previews tonight's game, implying that it might be the last Princeton/Rutgers game for a while. Here's text of the full interview with Sydney Johnson that Jerry Carino conducted for his piece.
Richmond (7-1) stayed perfect at home with a 67-60 win over ODU.
Denver (5-1) downed Lamar, 62-55.
Andy Katz writes that Northwestern isn't dead yet.
The Trenton Times reviews Kathy Orton's "Outside The Limelight."
Time for this week's Schuylkill 16. Princeton is in 11th place on this list of area teams.
Around the Ivy League: Cornell (6-2) got 28 points and 18 boards from Jeff Foote, survived a three point shot at the end of regulation and defeated Bucknell 104-98 in overtime. Michael Sands' dunk with two seconds left provided Yale (3-5) with their margin of victory in a 48-46 decision at Hartford. Harvard (6-1) is off to their best start in 25 years, running past Rice, 85-64. Behind 19 points from Robby Pride, Brown (4-5) surrendered the last eight points of regulation and lost to Holy Cross in OT by six.
Princeton/Cal clip.
:30 of "fan cam" footage from Sunday's game in Berkeley. Jerome Randle makes it 11-5 Bears with an exceptionally deep three point shot.
Wednesday News:
Old Dominion vs. Richmond - 7:00 pm ET
Lamar vs. Denver - 9:00 pm ET
Holy Cross vs. Brown - 7:00 pm ET
Cornell vs. Bucknell - 7:00 pm ET
Yale vs. Hartford - 7:00 pm ET
Rice vs. Harvard - 8:00 pm ET
Awesome jubilant running around? Judson Wallace is blogging again.
Northwestern (6-1) defeated NC State in Raleigh, 65-53.
Lamar visits Denver tonight.
Richmond welcomes Old Dominion to the Robins Center.
Around the Ivy League: Dartmouth (1-5) lost to Vermont, 63-58.
Northwestern/NC State highlights.
The Wildcats win their third straight versus a previously undefeated foe.
Coach Sydney Johnson - 12/1/09.
Tigers head coach Sydney Johnson and princetonbasketball.com editor Jon Solomon met at Jadwin Gym this afternoon to record their weekly interview. Audio from this Q&A runs 15:00+ in length.
Johnson and Solomon discuss varied topics - from Princeton's three game losing streak to Army's successful gameplan, the importance of a healthy Patrick Saunders, the team's perimeter defense and the recent struggles of the Tigers' centers. They also preview this week's games against Rutgers and Lafayette.
Tuesday News:
Northwestern vs. NC State - 7:00 pm ET - ACC/Big Ten Challenge - ESPNU
Raritan vs. MCCC - 7:00 pm ET
Vermont vs. Dartmouth - 7:00 pm ET
Georgetown (5-0) had little trouble with Mount Saint Mary, dispatching the Mountaineers 83-62.
Northwestern visits undefeated NC State this evening. The Wildcats' John Shurna was honored as Big Ten Player of the Week.
Mercer County Community College will play at the Verizon Center on Saturday, opening up for the American/Georgetown game.
Patrick Saunders represents Princeton in the latest Ivy Weekly Men's Basketball Report.
Around the Ivy League: Columbia (2-3) let one get away versus Sacred Heart, falling 60-55.
Cyber Monday News:
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On to the news...
Mount Saint Mary vs. Georgetown - 7:30 pm ET - MASN
Columbia vs. Sacred Heart - 7:00 pm ET
In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's loss to Cal on goprincetontigers.com courtesy the Associated Press, in the Cal Bears Examiner, in the Mercury News, in the San Francisco Chronicle, and on calbears.com
Georgetown looks for its fifth straight against Mount Saint Mary.
You can now follow Mercer County Community College basketball on Twitter.
Around the Ivy League: Harvard (5-1) closed on an 18-6 run and won at Boston University for the first time since 1975. Cornell (5-2) finished Legends Classic play undefeated with a 61-54 win versus Drexel.
Cal 81 Princeton 60.
Postgame audio - Coach Sydney Johnson:
Postgame audio - Patrick Saunders & Ian Hummer:
Going 7:30 without a field goal makes it hard to win basketball games. Against the #23 team in the nation, in their home gym, it becomes next to impossible.
Princeton struggled to start Sunday afternoon’s tilt versus Cal and found themselves in an early 20-5 hole, recording just one basket before the 10:25 mark of the opening frame. The Tigers never recovered, falling 81-60 at Haas Pavilion.
The Bears’ leading scorer, point guard Jerome "Bulldog" Randle, proved extremely difficult to guard, as he tore up the Tiger defense for 22 points on 6-10 shooting while handing out nine assists. Forward Jamal Boykin also had 22 for Cal on a variety of midrange jump shots, matching his career high.
"[It was] a pretty straight-forward game," said Princeton head coach Sydney Johnson. "We knew what we were getting ourselves into and knew that we had to be very good in terms of execution and we weren't and I think that's as much as anything, the deficit."
Three Princeton players hit double figures. Freshman forward Ian Hummer made his first five shots and scored a career best 13 off the bench. Douglas Davis had a dozen. Patrick Saunders added 14, 11 over a three minute stretch of the second half.
Cal controlled the glass, out-rebounding Princeton 37-20. The Tigers’ first offensive rebound came with four minutes left to play.
Sunday News:
Today's Game: Princeton (2-2 / 0-0) vs. Cal (3-2 / 0-0)
Location: Haas Pavilion - Berkeley, CA
Time: 5:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: CSN California
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Cal leads 2-1.
Last meeting: Cal 70 Princeton 58 - 11/15/01.
| Princeton | Cal | |
| 1-1 | Home Record | 3-0 |
| 1-1 | Away Record | 0-0 |
| 0-0 | Neutral Record | 0-2 |
| 92 | RPI | 48 |
| 232 | Sagarin | 46 |
| 203 | Pomeroy | 36 |
| 58.5 | Points / Game | 78.4 |
| 60.8 | Points Allowed / Game | 69.8 |
| .411 | FG% | .445 |
| .768 | FT% | .748 |
| .298 | 3PT FG% | .393 |
| 29.5 | Rebounds / Game | 39.0 |
| 8.5 | Off. Rebounds / Game | 13.0 |
| -1.5 | Rebounding Margin | +4.6 |
| 9.5 | Assists / Game | 14.0 |
| 16.5 | Turnovers / Game | 12.8 |
| 3.3 | Blocks / Game | 2.0 |
| Mavraides: 12.8 | Points | Randle: 20.2 |
| Mavraides, Hummer: 4.0 | Rebounds | Amoke: 7.4 |
| Schroeder: 2.5 | Assists | Randle: 3.0 |
| Barrett: 1.5 | Steals | Christopher: 1.8 |
| Hummer: 1.3 | Blocks | Zhang: 1.0 |
| Saunders: .600 | FG% | Carter: .750 |
| Davis, Lake, Schroeder, Maddox: 1.000 | FT% | Sanders-Fri: 1.000 |
| Buczak: .429 | 3PT FG% | Gutierrez: .714 |
Cornell vs. Drexel - 2:30 pm ET - Legends Classic
Harvard vs. Boston - 5:00 pm ET
The Saturday after Thanksgiving was bountiful for the disciples of Pete Carril.
Northwestern (5-1) won the Chicago Invitational Challenge with a 67-65 victory over Iowa State.
A trophy also went to Richmond (6-1), winners of the South Padre Island Invitational. The Spiders defeated Missouri in the championship game, 59-52.
In front of President Barack Obama, George Washington was handed their first defeat of the season courtesy of the visitors from Oregon State (2-3).
Georgetown (4-0) remained undefeated with a 97-44 win over Lafayette. Six Hoyas scored in double figures.
Denver (4-1) won by three at South Dakota State.
Bear Talk previews today's game against Cal.
Princeton recruit T.J. Bray scored 15 points as Catholic Memorial beat up on Muskego. Another future Tiger, Ben Hazel, had 10 points in Good Counsel's first victory of the season.
Around the Ivy League: Yale (2-5) became the third Ivy school to lose to Army this season, falling 64-48. Siena took down Brown (4-4) by 20. Cornell (4-2) trumped Vermont, 67-59. Behind 19 points from Robby Pride, Dartmouth (1-4) got in the win column, beating Hartford in Hanover, 68-56.
