Yale vs. Charlotte - 4:30 pm ET - NIT Season Tip-Off
Harvard vs. Army - 7:00 pm ET
The Daily Princetonian reviews the Tigers' loss to Army.
A career high 31 points for Michael "Juice" Thompson helped rally Northwestern (2-1) past Tennessee State in the final four minutes.
Richmond (3-1) shut down high-scoring Chattanooga, 75-49.
Around the Ivy League: Brown (2-3) took the battle of the Bears, 75-62 over Maine.
Chattanooga vs. Richmond - 5:00 pm ET - South Padre Island Invitational
Tennessee St. vs. Northwestern - 8:00 pm ET - Chicago Invitational Challenge - bigtennetwork.com
Maine vs. Brown - 2:00 pm ET
In addition to our recap you can read about the Tigers' tough loss to Army on goprincetontigers.com, in the Trentonian in the Trenton Times and on goarmysports.com.
Sportswriter Jeff Pearlman took in yesterday's game with Patrick Connolly, father of Princeton freshman center Brendan Connolly.
Oregon State (1-3) lost to Sacramento State by two. The Beavers trailed 44-22 at halftime, leading coach Craig Robinson to say "at this point in our development, to have an effort like that at home is just embarrassing."
Four player in double figures for #19 Georgetown (3-0), who dismissed Savannah State by 19.
Richmond and Chattanooga meet on South Padre Island.
Northwestern opens Chicago Invitational Challenge play at home versus Tennessee State.
Around the Ivy League: A shorthanded Penn (0-3) squad remained winless with a double overtime loss to Delaware. Dartmouth (0-3) is the other member of the Ancient Eight without a victory. The Big Green were pounded 83-60 at Furman. Yale (1-3) lost their home opener to Quinnipiac, 81-74.
Postgame audio - Coach Sydney Johnson:
Postgame audio - Dan Mavraides & Nick Lake:
Army coach Zach Spiker may only have been hired away from Cornell for his first head coaching position on October 3rd of this year, but the deft defensive game plan he drew up for the Black Knights against Princeton on Sunday was work traditionally crafted by someone with more than seven weeks on the job.
The strategy to double and occasionally triple-team Princeton's big men in the low block forced both the resurgent Zach Finley (0-0 from the field, four turnovers) and fellow senior Pawel Buczak (five points, three turnovers) into mistakes. Neither was able to feel pressure coming from behind them or dribble out of trouble and quickly locate the open man.
Because Princeton was unable to score inside, Army began trapping Tiger guards on the wings. Removing the three point shot as a viable weapon. When Princeton's ballhandlers would attempt to penetrate, the Black Knights doubled the potential recipient of a pass inside, swatting the ball loose.
Army recorded the game's first 10 points and built an insurmountable advantage. Princeton was unable to score until 12:19 remained in the first half.
"We got outplayed. They had a good scouting report that we've actually seen in the past. This early in the year, that threw us off," said Tigers head coach Sydney Johnson. "We do have experienced guys I thought that possibly could play through that and that didn't prove to be the case. We got out-competed. I'm heartbroken, to be honest. That's hard to reconcile."
A reader got this into my head last night, but I didn't have a chance to review the play-by-play until early this morning: Against Manhattan on Wednesday, Princeton was +18 in the scoring column when freshman forward Ian Hummer (above, left) was in the game.
First Half
2-12 IN 15:26
23-20 OUT 4:55 (+13)
25-26 IN 2:29
31-34 OUT 0:34 (-2)
Second Half
35-35 IN 17:09
57-52 OUT 1:09 (+5)
57-52 IN 0:44
59-54 OUT 0:07 (+2)
In the season opener at Central Michigan, Hummer helped the Tigers to a +10 advantage when he was on the floor, despite sitting on the bench for the last 9:41 of the second half.
First Half
21-20 IN
29-34 OUT (+6)
34-37 IN
39-43 OUT (+1)
Second Half
39-43 IN
46-53 OUT (+3)
Today's Game: Army (1-1 / 0-0) vs. Princeton (2-0 / 0-0)
Location: Jadwin Gym - Princeton, NJ
Time: 2:00 pm ET
Radio: N/A
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 22-11.
Last meeting: Princeton 55 Army 43 - 11/23/08.
| Army | Princeton | |
| 1-0 | Home Record | 1-0 |
| 0-1 | Away Record | 1-0 |
| 296 | RPI | 2 |
| 291 | Sagarin | 143 |
| 323 | Pomeroy | 106 |
| 74.5 | Points / Game | 66.1 |
| 74.5 | Points Allowed / Game | 61.0 |
| .474 | FG% | .483 |
| .667 | FT% | .756 |
| .314 | 3PT FG% | .444 |
| 37.5 | Rebounds / Game | 31.5 |
| 12.0 | Off. Rebounds / Game | 8.5 |
| +8.0 | Rebounding Margin | +3.5 |
| 14.0 | Assists / Game | 8.5 |
| 22.0 | Turnovers / Game | 13.5 |
| 4.0 | Blocks / Game | 3.0 |
| Simmons: 14.0 | Points | Finley, Mavraides: 14.5 |
| Hence: 8.0 | Rebounds | Finley: 5.0 |
| Richard: 4.5 | Assists | Schroeder: 2.5 |
| Nelson: 3.0 | Steals | Hummer: 1.5 |
| Nelson: 2.5 | Blocks | Finley, Buczak: 1.0 |
| Zastoupil: .800 | FG% | Schroeder: 1.000 |
| Simmons: 1.000 | FT% | Davis, Schroeder, Maddox: 1.000 |
| Simmons: .571 | 3PT FG% | Schroeder: 1.000 |
Georgetown vs. Savannah State - 1:00 pm ET
MCCC vs. Harcum - 2:00 pm ET
Sacramento State vs. Oregon State - 3:00 pm ET
Dartmouth vs. Furman - 7:00 pm ET
Delaware vs. Penn - 7:00 pm ET
Quinnipiac vs. Yale - 7:00 pm ET
Rush The Court checks in on the Ivy League.
The Oregon State home opener is today versus Sacramento State.
#19 Georgetown visits former Hoya guard Horace Broadnax and his Savannah State Tigers.
Around the Ivy League: Cornell (2-1) had their home opener spoiled by Seton Hall, 89-79. Columbia (1-1) had little problem with Longwood, 72-61. Harvard (3-0) stayed perfect with a 77-51 cruise past Bryant. Brown (1-3) fell by three at St. John's.
Brown vs. St. John's - 7:00 pm ET - Philly Hoop Group Classic
Longwood vs. Columbia - 7:00 pm ET
Seton Hall vs. Cornell - 7:00 pm ET - SNY
Bryant vs. Harvard - 7:00 pm ET
The Daily Princetonian previews this weekend's game against Army.
Richmond (2-1) was tripped up at William & Mary, 78-71.
A second straight victory for Denver (2-1), a physical 56-49 decision over Montana.
One of Rivals' Top 100 players in the country, guard JerShon Cobb, officially signed his National Letter of Intent with Northwestern.
Andy Katz writes about the tough non-conference schedule Georgetown is playing.
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 14:00+ in length.
Following a successful 2-0 start to open 2009-10 with wins over Central Michigan and Manhattan, Johnson and Solomon reviewed both games in detail, discussed the success Princeton has had inside by playing both Zach Finley and Pawel Buczak at the same time, talked about the team's ability to get to the free throw line often so far this season and previewed this weekend's home game versus Army.
When reviewing photos from the Central Michigan game, I noticed something new on the inside of Dan Mavraides' left biceps. It was impossible to make out clearly, but I was pretty confident that it was a tattoo.
After last night's Manhattan game, I had a chance to ask Mavraides about what I saw.
The answer? It is a tattoo (enlarged in the above photo) in Greek of a Spartan quote, paying tribute to Mavraides' Spartan heritage.
It reads Syn Tai e Epi Tai, loosely translated to English as "with it or on it."
If you want to read more about this phrase, its meaning and its origins, see this 2002 column from "The Straight Dope."
If you have 87 free minutes today, you can stream Bill Bradley & Ken Dryden's panel from September at Cornell entitled "Lives on the Run: Sports, Service and Leadership" in its entirety.
MCCC vs. FIT - 7:00 pm ET
Richmond vs. William & Mary - 7:00 pm ET
Montana vs. Denver - 9:00 pm ET - FSN Rocky Mountain
In addition to our recap you can read about the Tigers' comeback last night against Manhattan on goprincetontigers.com, in the Trentonian, in the Trenton Times, in the Daily Princetonian and on gojaspers.com.
Undermanned Northwestern (1-1) was no match for Butler.
Princeton recruit T.J. Bray talks about his decision to become a Tiger.
Richmond travels to William & Mary for their first road game of the season.
Denver plays host to Montana tonight.
Around the Ivy League: Cornell (2-0) defeated UMass 74-61 in the first night of the Legends Classic. Rhode Island pulled away from Brown (1-2) in the second half, 78-57.
