Wednesday News:

January 28, 2009 at 9:27 am
Filed under Basketball, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

St. Joseph's vs. Richmond - 7:00 pm ET
Georgetown vs. Cincinnati - 7:30 pm ET - ESPN360
Indiana vs. Northwestern - 8:30 pm ET - Big Ten Network

Princeton Alumni Weekly spoke with Mason Rocca, who is now in his eighth season playing professionally in Italy.

Mercer (10-9) beat Manor 65-38. Josh Caver had 10 points, 12 rebounds and six blocks for the Vikings.

Did you miss the Concordia game? WZBN has a comprehensive highlights package.

Northwestern welcomes Indiana to Welsh Ryan Arena.

Trying to break out of a shooting slump (5-38 from three in the last two games), Georgetown is on the road at Cincinnati.

Richmond hosts St. Joe's.

Princeton recruit Mack Darrow had 20 points and eight rebounds as Barrington shocked MSL West leader Hoffman Estates, 54-50.

Will Barrett scored 11, but Central Bucks South lost for the first time in 15 games, 66-60 to Souderton.

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Coach Sydney Johnson - 1/27/09.

January 27, 2009 at 6:02 pm
Filed under Basketball, Coach Johnson Interview, Princeton

Princeton head coach Sydney Johnson and princetonbasketball.com editor Jon Solomon sat down at Jadwin Gym this afternoon to talk about the Concordia game, to discuss activity during the just-concluded exam break and to preview the start of Ivy League play this weekend at Dartmouth and Harvard. This interview is 13:00+ in length.

Interviews with Coach Johnson appear on this site every week during the season.

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Tuesday News:

January 27, 2009 at 9:15 am
Filed under Basketball, Oregon State, Princeton, Today's News

MCCC vs. Manor - 8:00 pm ET

Marcus Schroeder is the Princeton representative in the new Ivy Weekly Basketball Awards.

A tired Oregon State (9-10) held off Cal State Bakersfield, 65-59.

The Daily Pennsylvanian talked to Princeton coach Sydney Johnson as part of their Ivy League preview.

Time for week 11 of the Schuylkill 16.

Looking for an alternative to the NCAA Tournament, the NIT and the CBI? Coming this March, the 16 team collegeinsider.com postseason tournament will debut.

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Monday News:

January 26, 2009 at 9:41 am
Filed under Basketball, Georgetown, MCCC, Oregon State, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

Cal State Bakersfield vs. Oregon State - 10:00 pm ET

In addition to our recap, write-ups of last night's victory can be found on goprincetontigers.com, in the Trentonian, the Trenton Times and on concordiaclippers.com.

Georgetown (12-6) was on the losing end of an ugly 65-60 game against Seton Hall. Coach John Thompson III says the Hoyas' decision making in certain circumstances has to change.

Richmond (11-8) won at St. Louis, 70-62. The Spiders are now 3-1 in the Atlantic 10. Chris Mooney says his team wants to be a squad that thrives on the road.

Mercer (9-9) lost 74-60 at CCRI. Josh Caver scored 16 for the Vikings.

Oregon State hosts Cal State Bakersfield tonight.

The Beavers were named Team Of The Week in ESPN's Weekly Watch.

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Concordia pictures.

January 25, 2009 at 8:08 pm
Filed under Basketball, Photos, Princeton

Pictures courtesy of Stephen Goldsmith.

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Princeton 64 Concordia (NY.) 44.

January 25, 2009 at 7:04 pm
Filed under 08-09, Audio, Basketball, Princeton

Box Score

Postgame audio - Coach Sydney Johnson, Marcus Schroeder & Patrick Saunders:

Returning to play after their traditional 17 day January break for final exams, Princeton methodically pulled away from Concordia in the final tune-up before the start of Ivy League play. Douglas Davis scored a team high 11 points, all in the first half, as the Tigers won their third straight, 64-44.

Samuel Batista had 15 for the Clippers.

"I think it was obvious from the start that we were just trying to get used to a game environment," said Princeton head coach Sydney Johnson. "I think that's important for us to do that before we go into an obviously pivotal weekend [at Dartmouth and Harvard]"

Concordia scored the game's first five points, but the Tigers countered with a 10-0 run and never trailed the rest of the day.

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Sunday News:

January 25, 2009 at 9:50 am
Filed under Armond Hill, Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

Today's Game: Concordia (5-13 / 3-5) vs. Princeton (4-8 / 0-0)
Location: Jadwin Gym - Princeton, NJ
Time: 5:00 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.

Georgetown vs. Seton Hall - 2:00 pm ET - SNY/MASN
MCCC vs. CCRI - 3:00 pm ET
Richmond vs. St. Louis - 3:00 pm ET

Oregon State (8-10) led wire to wire, winning 72-60 at Stanford. The Beavers swept the Cal/Stanford weekend for the first time in sixteen years.

Denver (8-11) also had an impressive conference win, beating Western Kentucky 78-74. The backdoor layup that iced the game with 13 seconds to go was a thing of beauty.

Northwestern (10-7) lost 68-59 at Michigan. The Wolverines hit nine three pointers against the Wildcats' 1-3-1 zone.

Mercer (9-8) had six players in double figures and defeated Dean 93-84. We hear that Armond Hill was at the game.

Georgetown plays at the Prudential Center for the first time this afternoon, facing Seton Hall. Coach John Thompson III calls the Hoyas' loss to West Virginia on Thursday "a blip." Today will go a long way to proving if he was right or not.

Richmond is at St. Louis in Atlantic 10 action.

Princeton recruit Mack Darrow had 19 points in Barrington's loss to Fremd.

Around the Ivy League: Dartmouth (3-13 / 1-1) ended their eight game losing streak, getting past Harvard (9-7 / 1-1) in overtime, 75-66. Cornell (12-6 / 2-0) bested Columbia (5-11 / 0-2) for the second time in as many meetings, 83-72. St. Joe's pulled away from Penn (4-10 / 0-0) down the stretch, 80-68.

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Will Barrett observations.

January 24, 2009 at 10:18 pm
Filed under Basketball, Princeton, Recruiting

After enjoying an incredible late lunch at Blue Sage Grille on Saturday afternoon, I drove seven minutes up the road to Council Rock South High School so I could see Princeton recruit Will Barrett and Central Bucks South play.

This was my first chance to see Barrett in person. Detailed notes about this future Tiger follow after the jump. For features on all six members of Princeton's 2009 recruiting class, including interviews with their high school and AAU coaches, click here.

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Saturday News:

January 24, 2009 at 9:43 am
Filed under Basketball, Craig Robinson, Denver, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

MCCC vs. Dean - 3:00 pm ET
Northwestern vs. Michigan - 8:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network
Western Kentucky vs. Denver - 9:00 pm ET - FSN Rocky Mountain
Oregon State vs. Stanford - 10:00 pm ET - FSN NW/Bay Area

Columbia vs. Cornell - 4:00 pm ET
St. Joseph's vs. Penn - 7:00 pm ET - CN8
Dartmouth vs. Harvard - 7:00 pm ET

Northwestern plays at Michigan tonight. Bill Carmody was a guest on yesterday's edition of the ESPNU College Basketball podcast.

Oregon State visits Stanford. Andy Katz spoke with Beavers head coach Craig Robinson about his emotional week. While in the Bay Area, Robinson was also profiled by KGO-TV.

Denver hosts Western Kentucky.

Will Barrett scored 15 of his 22 points in the second half of a 63-48 Central Bucks South victory over Hatboro-Horsham.

Around the Ivy League: Yale (7-9 / 2-0) swept their season series with Brown (6-10 / 0-2) , defeating the Bears 57-55 in New Haven.

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Thoughts on the Top 40 Moments in Jadwin Gym History?

January 23, 2009 at 4:12 pm
Filed under Basketball, Princeton

All week the Princeton Athletic Department has been rolling out the Top 40 Moments In Jadwin Gym History.

Now that the full list has been released, what do you think? Are there moments you wish had been on the list? Moments you think have no place on this countdown?

A princetonbasketball.com reader made a great suggestion, which has already been referenced in a subsequent TigerBlog post.

I'll add one more to the list from ten years ago:

Dark Jerseys 78, Light Jerseys 77

Former Daily Princetonian sports editor Noah Trister has more about the final home appearance of the 1997-98 men's basketball team, an afternoon that was much more than just a intrasquad scrimmage.

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Gonzaga/DeMatha highlights.

January 23, 2009 at 11:16 am
Filed under Basketball, Recruiting, Video

Above, footage of Ian Hummer (#52) and Gonzaga defeating DeMatha by 10.

Below, postgame interviews of Gonzaga's "Big Three."

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Friday News:

January 23, 2009 at 11:03 am
Filed under Basketball, Bill Bradley, Craig Robinson, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Brown vs. Yale - 7:00 pm ET

Oregon State (7-10) came from 11 points down with 10 minutes to play, surprising Cal 69-65. It was the Beavers' first conference road win since January 20007.

Georgetown (12-5) was humbled at home by West Virginia, 75-58.

Princeton recruit Ian Hummer scored a career-best 32 and grabbed 15 rebounds as Gonzaga beat DeMatha in Washington Catholic Athletic Conference action. Footage from this game should appear on the site later today.

Another future Tiger, Jimmy Sherburne had a game-high 22 as Whitefish Bay defeated border rival Nicolet, 60-44.

The Princeton Athletic Department is counting down the Top 40 Moments In Jadwin Gym History this week. Here's their Top 10.

The optimism of Northwestern leading scorer Kevin Coble is starting to pay dividends.

Video of Bill Bradley talking about President Obama.

NBC's Brian Williams has sent apologies for mistaking Craig Robinson for Obama's "body man," Reggie Love.

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