In my endless quest to skew this site younger (see last week's implementation of a Twitter feed for part one of this plan), I've set up a page for princetonbasketball.com on Facebook.
You can become a fan of what we do, watch videos, add your own photos and click around on many things that will probably just take you right back to the original site. Head here to check it out.
Don't worry, there won't ever be content on the Facebook page that isn't on this site first.
Also, if anyone knows of a decent schedule importer for Facebook that doesn't involve creating a new event for each game, I am interested.
I had a chance to speak with Connolly's high school coach, Doug Bontrager, this afternoon. His quotes about Connolly, plus links to evaluations and accolades can all be found after the jump.
Richmond vs. Florida Gulf Coast - 7:00 pm ET - O'Reilly Auto Parts CBE Classic
Yale vs. Oregon State - 10:00 pm ET
Cornell vs. Loyola (Il.) - 5:45 pm ET - NIT Preseason Tip-Off
In addition to the recap we filed yesterday, there are just two reports on the Army game from people who actually saw the action. Click to goprincetontigers.com or goarmysports.com for more.
Richmond plays the first of three games in three days on the FGC campus.
Either Yale or Oregon State will have a their first victory of the season after tonight's meeting in Corvallis.
Finally, just got word that Mercer (1-4) lost a heartbreaker to Harcum on Saturday, 63-60.
Following Princeton's loss to Maine on Wednesday night, Tigers head coach Sydney Johnson felt that despite never trailing in the second half, his team did not have a good understanding that they were controlling the game.
Four days later, in their first road contest of the season, Princeton methodically turned a one point disadvantage at halftime into a 17 point lead as they took complete control of the afternoon and never let up in a 55-43 victory. It was the Tigers' first win on the road since December 30th, 2006.
"They understood," said Johnson of his team. "I thought we played to our strengths. It is a good step forward for us considering the lack of experience. To understand who we are and try to execute knowing who were are and to get the shots and how we need to defend - it's good."
"I have an emotional connection to these guys for a number of different reasons and to see them achieve the way they did tonight, we'll take it and run with it."
Freshman Doug Davis was high man for the Tigers for the third straight game, scoring 19 points on an efficient 8-11 shooting from the floor.
"Coach expects a lot out of us," said Davis. "When each person goes in they have to be ready to play, and I think we really did that tonight. We relaxed, we knew what we were doing, we knew our plays. We just had to execute and we did that."
Today's Game:Princeton (0-2 / 0-0) vs. Army (1-2 / 0-0) Location: Christl Arena - West Point, NY Time: 2:30 pm ET Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB TV: N/A Internet: goprincetontigers.com Series History: Princeton leads 22-12. Last meeting: Army 53 Princeton 52 - 12/29/79 - Rainbow Classic.
Princeton
Army
0-2
Home Record
1-0
0-0
Away Record
0-2
0-0
Neutral Record
0-0
293
RPI
317
306
Sagarin
295
254
Pomeroy
228
54.0
Points / Game
65.0
56.5
Points Allowed / Game
64.0
.406
FG%
.427
.765
FT%
.600
.317
3PT FG%
.423
36.5
Rebounds / Game
33.0
10.5
Off. Rebounds / Game
12.7
10.0
Assists / Game
16.0
20.0
Turnovers / Game
14.3
5.0
Blocks / Game
4.0
Davis: 19.5
Points
Richard: 12.7
Finley: 8.0
Rebounds
Nelson: 6.0
Maddox: 3.0
Assists
Richard, Miller: 3.7
Davis: 2.0
Steals
Richard: 1.3
Maddox: 1.5
Blocks
Nelson: 2.0
Finley: .600
FG% (Min: 5 FGM)
Walker: .750
Finley: .833
FT% (Min: 5 FTM)
Thompson: 1.000
Davis: .429
3PT FG% (Min: 5 3PTM)
Miller: .500
Craig Moore hit eight of his school record nine three pointers in the first half as Northwestern (3-0) beat Brown (1-3) in Providence, 73-64.
Comcast has announced that they will shut down CN8 by the end of the year. No word on what this means for the broadcast of Princeton's season finale at Penn.
Around the Ivy League: Colorado rallied past Harvard (1-1) in the second half, 70-59. A shorthanded Cornell (2-2) fell 74-56 at Siena. Dartmouth (0-3) dropped their home opener to Colgate, 65-60. Penn (1-2) picked up their first win of the season, 83-62 over Monmouth. Columbia (2-2) lost the championship game of the Columbia Classic, 66-52 to UMBC.
Drexel vs. Georgetown - 1:00 pm ET
MCCC vs. Harcum - 3:00 pm ET
Northwestern vs. Brown - 7:00 pm ET
Denver vs. Lamar - 8:00 pm ET
Oregon State vs. Nevada - 10:00 pm ET
Harvard vs. Colorado - 4:00 pm ET
Colgate vs. Dartmouth - 7:00 pm ET
Monmouth vs. Penn - 7:00 pm ET
Cornell vs. Siena - 7:00 pm ET
UMBC vs. Columbia - 8:00 pm ET - Columbia Classic
Georgetown kicks off today's action, hosting Drexel this afternoon.
Northwestern is in Rhode Island, paying a return visit to Brown. The Wildcats are looking to start their season 3-0 for the first time in 15 years.
A second straight road game to open the year for Denver. The Pioneers travel to Lamar.
Oregon State plays at Nevada, starting a stretch of four games in eight days.
On Sunday, Konrad Wysocki and the Deutsche Bank Skyliners play Wysocki's brother's team, the New York Phantoms Braunschweig.
Around the Ivy League: Columbia (2-1) advanced to the finals of the Columbia Classic with a 70-54 win over Bryant. Yale (0-3) dropped their first game in Oregon, 77-58 at Portland.
Bryant vs. Columbia - 8:00 pm ET - Columbia Classic
Yale vs. Portland - 10:00 pm ET
Noah Savage is out for the next two months because of a fractured finger. SAM Basket Massagno has signed Rutgers' Ollie Bailey to replace Savage on their roster.
A piece on Chris Young's charity, CY All-Stars. Young was in Anaheim recently to see his friend, "Princeton Goon" George Parros play hockey against the Washington Capitals.
DaShonte Riley has retracted his commitment to Georgetown.
Princeton head coach Sydney Johnson and princetonbasketball.com editor Jon Solomon caught up at Jadwin Gym on Friday morning to discuss the Tigers' two close losses to start the season and to preview this week's contests on the road at Army and at Fordham. This interview is 18:00+ in length.
Interviews with Coach Johnson appear on this site every week during the season.
Shakespearean actor, a capella singing group member and Princeton basketball co-captain? Nick Lake is all of the above.
Three links from Princeton Alumni Weekly: Their coverage of the 42 retirement ceremony, an audio excerpt (.mp3) of Bill Bradley's speech from that evening and finally a short preview of the 2008-09 Princeton Tigers.
Northwestern (2-0) won their second straight, 66-48 over Texas A&M - Corpus Christi. In the game, Wildcat Craig Moore set the school record for most career three pointers.
Around the Ivy League: An impressive 62-57 win for Brown (1-2) at Holy Cross. Harvard (1-0) started their season in fine form, collecting an 80-69 victory at New Hampshire.
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Sun. 11/10 vs. Florida A&M
Sat. 11/16 at Butler
Wed. 11/20 vs. Lafayette
Sat. 11/23 at Rice
Tue. 11/26 vs. George Mason
Sat. 11/30 at Bucknell
Sat. 12/7 vs. FDU
Wed. 12/11 at Rutgers
Sat. 12/14 at Penn State
Fri. 12/20 vs. Portland*
Sat. 12/21 vs. Pacific*
Tue. 12/31 vs. Kent State
Sat. 1/4 at Liberty
Sat. 1/11 at Penn
Sun. 1/26 vs. Kean
Fri. 1/31 at Harvard
Sat. 2/1 at Dartmouth
Fri. 2/7 vs. Columbia
Sat. 2/8 vs. Cornell
Fri. 2/14 at Brown
Sat. 2/15 at Yale
Fri. 2/21 vs. Dartmouth
Sat. 2/22 vs. Harvard
Fri. 2/28 vs. Yale
Sat. 3/1 vs. Brown
Fri. 3/7 at Cornell
Sat. 3/8 at Columbia
Tue. 3/11 vs. Penn
2,503 - B. Bradley, 1962-65
1,625 - I. Hummer, 2009-13
1,550 - D. Davis, 2008-12
1,546 - K. Mueller, 1987-91
1,451 - P. Campbell, 1959-62
1,441 - C. Robinson, 1979-83
1,428 - B. Earl, 1995-99
1,365 - B. Scrabis, 1985-89
1,321 - G. Petrie, 1967-70
1,292 - H. Haabestad, 1952-55
1,277 - G. Lewullis, 1995-99
1,239 - B. Taylor, 1970-72
1,207 - S. Goodrich 1994-98
1,133 - F. Sowinski, 1975-78
1,130 - R. Hielscher, 1991-95
1,122 - C. Thomforde, 1966-69
1,099 - T. Manakas, 1970-73
1,090 - J. Wallace, 2001-05
1,088 - C. Belz, 1956-59
1,079 - B. Hauptfuhrer, 1973-76
1,076 - B. Roma, 1976-79
1,071 - C. Mooney, 1990-94
1,064 - A. Hyland, Jr., 1960-63
1,062 - L. Brangan, 1957-60
1,057 - A. Hill, 1973-76
1,054 - D. Mavraides, 2007-11
1,044 - S. Johnson, 1993-1997
1,031 - J. Hummer, 1967-70
1,010 - W. Venable, 2001-05
