Princeton head coach Sydney Johnson and princetonbasketball.com editor Jon Solomon sat down at Jadwin Gym early Monday morning to discuss the Tigers' two straight road victories and to preview this week's games against South Carolina and St. Bonaventure. This interview is 14:00+ in length.
Interviews with Coach Johnson appear on this site every week during the season.
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On to the news...
UC Riverside vs. Northwestern - 9:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network
The Daily Princetonian talks to Zach Finley about Princeton's win over Fordham.
Georgetown (4-1) took third place at the Old Spice Classic with a satisfying 75-48 win over Maryland. It was just the third meeting between the two teams since 1980.
Oregon State (1-4) is in the win column! The Beavers defeated Fresno State, 62-54.
Richmond (4-2) dominated Coppin State at home.
Northwestern hosts UC Riverside tonight.
Around the Ivy League: Two disappointing results. Cornell (4-3) fell 72-57 at Indiana and Yale (1-4) let one slip away at Sacred Heart, 63-57.
Oregon State vs. Fresno State - 5:00 pm ET
Georgetown vs. Maryland - 5:30 pm ET - Old Spice Classic - ESPN2
Coppin State vs. Richmond - 7:00 pm ET
Yale vs. Sacred Heart - 4:00 pm ET
Cornell vs. Indiana - 4:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network
Denver (0-4) remained winless, falling 62-54 at Wyoming.
Georgetown and Maryland meet today, 800+ miles from where they should be playing.
Richmond hosts Coppin State tonight.
Oregon State looks for that elusive first win at Fresno State.
A more detailed report on the 27 point game from 2009 recruit Jimmy Sherburne.
Mack Darrow scored 13 points in Barrington's OT loss to Auburn.
A third future Tiger, Gus Gabel put up 26 points in a 60-59 win for Chaparral over Seton Catholic.
Around the Ivy League: Brown (3-3) tripped Eastern Michigan, 53-51. Columbia (2-4) fell in the final minute to Stony Brook, 62-60. Dartmouth (1-4) dropped a 73-60 decision at home to Lehigh. Harvard (3-1) bested Army 66-54. Penn (1-4) lost to Albany, 73-63.
Denver vs. Wyoming - 6:00 pm ET - The Mountain
Eastern Michigan vs. Brown - 1:00 pm ET
Army vs. Harvard - 2:00 pm ET
Stony Brook vs. Columbia - 2:00 pm ET
Lehigh vs. Dartmouth - 2:00 pm ET
Penn vs. Albany - 7:00 pm ET
Georgetown (3-1) faded down the stretch against #12 Tennessee, falling 90-78 in an extremely entertaining semi-final of the Old Spice Classic. The Washington Post reports on the game.
Denver looks for its first victory, on the road at Wyoming.
Princeton recruit Jimmy Sherburne scored 27 points in a Whitefish Bay victory.
Future Tiger Mack Darrow had 16 points in Barrington's loss to Boylan.
Tennessee vs. Georgetown - 1:00 pm ET - Old Spice Classic - ESPN
Georgetown (3-0) survived Wichita State, 58-50.
The Washington Post has more on the Hoyas' difficult victory.
Time to dive into some leftovers...
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Happy Thanksgiving!
Jon Solomon
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Wichita State vs. Georgetown - 2:30 pm ET - Old Spice Classic - ESPN2
In addition to our recap, just two official game stories from last night: goprincetontigers.com and fordhamsports.com
Richmond (3-2) lost to Bradley 80-66 in the final day of the O'Reilly Auto Parts CBE Classic.
Northwestern (3-1) was trumped by four at Butler,
Denver (0-3) dropped their home opener in overtime to Northern Colorado, 71-66.
Oregon State (0-4) saw a 15 point second half lead disappear in a 82-79 loss to Montana State in overtime.
Georgetown kicks off Old Spice Classic action this afternoon against Wichita State.
Around the Ivy League: Brown (2-3) powered past Army, 80-73.
Have a happy Thanksgiving! It was so nice to see/meet many of you at Fordham last night.
Postgame audio - Zach Finley & Kareem Maddox:
Postgame audio - Coach Sydney Johnson:
Nick Lake's 14 points led a balanced, surgical Princeton attack as the Tigers defeated Fordham 73-61 on Thanksgiving Eve.
Lake was one of three Tigers in double figures, joined by center Pawel Buczak's career-high 13 and a 11 for freshman Doug Davis. Kareem Maddox added eight points and seven rebounds.
While Davis reached double figures for the fourth straight time, Wednesday's game was more than just The Doug Davis Show.
"We had great contributions," said Tiger head coach Sydney Johnson. "Doug is a nice player, but it is definitely going to be more than him and it has to be if we expect to do anything this year."
Princeton anatomized Fordham's man-to-man defense, shooting a season-best 54.3% from the field.
Today's Game: Princeton (1-2 / 0-0) vs. Fordham (0-3 / 0-0)
Location: Rose Hill Gym - Bronx, NY
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 16-11.
Last meeting: Princeton 57 Fordham 53 (OT) - 1/7/89.
| Princeton | Fordham | |
| 0-2 | Home Record | 0-2 |
| 1-0 | Away Record | 0-1 |
| 0-0 | Neutral Record | 0-0 |
| 292 | RPI | 211 |
| 297 | Sagarin | 247 |
| 223 | Pomeroy | 234 |
| 54.3 | Points / Game | 65.7 |
| 52.0 | Points Allowed / Game | 84.3 |
| .420 | FG% | .397 |
| .767 | FT% | .569 |
| .339 | 3PT FG% | .377 |
| 34.7 | Rebounds / Game | 27.7 |
| 10.0 | Off. Rebounds / Game | 9.0 |
| 10.3 | Assists / Game | 11.7 |
| 18.3 | Turnovers / Game | 13.0 |
| 4.7 | Blocks / Game | 3.3 |
| Davis: 19.3 | Points | Bethel: 16.3 |
| Maddox, Finley: 5.7 | Rebounds | Bethel: 9.3 |
| Maddox: 3.3 | Assists | Fontan: 5.0 |
| Davis: 2.0 | Steals | Bethel: 1.3 |
| Maddox: 1.7 | Blocks | Bethel: 1.7 |
| Davis: .545 | FG% (Min: 5 FGM) | Bethel: .513 |
| Maddox: .875 | FT% (Min: 5 FTM) | Blue: 1.000 |
| Davis: .444 | 3PT FG% (Min: 5 3PTM) | Blue: .526 |
Richmond vs. Bradley - 5:00 pm ET - O'Reilly Auto Parts CBE Classic
Northwestern vs. Butler - 7:00 pm ET - horizonleaguenetwork.tv
Northern Colorado vs. Denver - 9:00 pm ET - FSN Rocky Mountain
Montana State vs. Oregon State - 11:00 pm ET
Army vs. Brown - 7:00 pm ET
The Daily Princetonian and the Trentonian preview tonight's game.
I neglected to mention that Doug Davis made the Honor Roll of the latest Ivy Weekly Basketball Awards.
Princeton recruit Jimmy Sherburne was named to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's "Terrific 25."
In their second of three consecutive games, Richmond (3-1) defeated UMKC, 85-74.
Undefeated Northwestern plays at undefeated Butler tonight.
Denver opens at home versus Northern Colorado.
Oregon State looks for their first win of the season against Montana State.
Around the Ivy League: Cornell (4-2) defeated Eastern Michigan, 67-54. It was Coach Steve Donahue's 100th career victory. Columbia (2-3) fell at home to Albany, 66-49. Behind 30 points from Jeremy Lin, Harvard (2-1) triumphed over Holy Cross, 69-59. Dartmouth (1-3) picked up their first win of the season, 68-63 over Furman. Penn (1-3) could not overcome a game-opening 22-4 run and lost 85-73 to Penn State.
Richmond vs. UMKC - 5:00 pm ET - O'Reilly Auto Parts CBE Classic
MCCC vs. Lackawanna - 7:00 pm ET
Cornell vs. Eastern Michigan - 5:45 pm ET - NIT Preseason Tip-Off
Albany vs. Columbia - 7:00 pm ET
Furman vs. Dartmouth - 7:00 pm ET
Holy Cross vs. Harvard - 7:00 pm ET
Penn State vs. Penn - 7:00 pm ET
The Daily Princetonian talks to Nick Lake about the Army game.
TigerBlog puts Doug Davis' 58 points after his first three collegiate game in historical context.
Rivals has a piece on Northwestern's 70 year struggle to advance to the NCAA tournament.
Richmond (2-1) pulled away late from Florida Gulf Coast.
Oregon State (0-3) shot 9-19 from the free throw line and missed two free throws with four seconds left in a 53-52 loss to Yale (1-3).
Princeton remains in 14th place in the latest Schuylkill Sixteen.
Around the Ivy League: Cornell (3-2) got a career-high 26 from Geoff Reeves in a 78-53 victory over Loyola (Il).
It has been known for a few weeks now that Central Bucks South forward Will Barrett had decided on Princeton as his collegiate destination, but it wasn't until tonight that I was able to finally get his extremely busy high school coach, Jason Campbell, on the phone.
Campbell shared his first-hand knowledge of Barrett's game with me and his quotes from our conversation, plus many links about this well-regarded prospect can be found after the jump.
This piece is one of six on princetonbasketball.com about the members of the 2009 Princeton recruiting class.
