Today's Game:Princeton (2-5) vs. Evansville (1-4) Location: Roberts Stadium - Evansville, IN Time: 8:00 pm ET Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB TV: N/A Internet: wprb.com, goprincetontigers.com, gopurpleaces.com Series History: This is the first meeting between the two teams. Last meeting: This is the first meeting between the two teams.
The Tigers are in Indiana this evening taking on a Missouri Valley Conference foe.
Georgetown vs. Alabama - 7:00 pm ET - ESPN
South Florida vs. Richmond - 7:00 pm ET
Denver vs. Colorado State - 8:00 pm ET
Want to watch tonight's game on-line? We've been in contact with the Missouri Valley Conference and they were kind enough to set up a single game pay-per-view option for tonight's broadcast. You won't have to sign up for the full Evansville season pass to see all the action.
The Washington Post has a feature on senior Hoya guard Jonathan Wallace and Washingtonian has quotes from head coach John Thompson III on a variety of subjects.
Andy Katz from espn.com profiles Northwestern leading scorer Kevin Coble and his mother's battle with breast cancer.
Around the Ivy League: Yale (2-5) defeated Fairfield in overtime. Columbia (3-5) picked up a win at Wagner. Harvard (4-5) dropped a 79-72 decision at Boston University. Penn (2-7) was no match for #1 North Carolina, falling 106-71 at the Palestra.
With the team about to depart for Evansville, Princeton head coach Sydney Johnson and princetonbasketball.com editor Jon Solomon taped this week's one-on-one interview at Jadwin Gym. Coach Johnson spoke about the Tigers' two most-recent games against Big East foes Seton Hall and Rutgers while previewing the coming week's difficult slate. This interview is 13:00+ in length.
Harvard vs. Boston University - 7:00 pm ET
North Carolina vs. Penn - 7:00 pm ET - ESPN2
Yale vs. Fairfield - 7:00 pm ET
Columbia vs. Wagner - 7:00 pm ET
Around the Ivy League: Harvard (4-4) became the second Ivy League team to defeat a Big Ten opponent this season, finishing their game with Michigan on an 11-0 run in a 62-51 Crimson victory. Cornell (4-2) was surprised by Colgate, 76-73 at home. Penn (2-6) fell behind early 33-6 to Villanova in an eventual 87-61 loss. Brown (3-3) took care of UC Davis 73-57. Yale (1-5) lost to Wagner at home 71-68. Dartmouth (3-4) was blown out by Stony Brook 70-43. It was the Seawolves' first win of the season.
The Princeton coaches and players felt like one got away in Piscataway.
"We thought we were going to win the game all the way up until there were [a few seconds] left on the clock" said senior co-captain Noah Savage. "We planned to win this game."
Jaron Griffin's two free throws with a minute remaining in regulation broke a 48-48 tie between the visiting Tigers and Rutgers on Saturday afternoon, as the Scarlet Knights held off Princeton 54-50.
Lincoln Gunn had 13 points, 10 rebounds and three assists in 38 minutes for the Tigers. He was the only Princeton player in double figures.
Today's Game:Princeton (2-4) vs. Rutgers (4-2) Location: The RAC - Piscataway, NJ Time: 2:00 pm ET Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB TV: N/A Internet: wprb.com, goprincetontigers.com Series History: Princeton leads 72-41. Last meeting:Rutgers 53 Princeton 47 - 12/9/07.
The Tigers head up Route 1 for their first real road test of the season.
Savannah State vs. Northwestern - 12:00 pm ET - bigtennetwork.com
Fairfield vs. Georgetown - 1:00 pm ET - guhoyas.com
Dartmouth vs. Stony Brook - 2:00 pm ET
Wagner vs. Yale - 2:00 pm ET
Michigan vs. Harvard - 5:30 pm ET - ESPNU
Penn vs. Villanova - 7:00 pm ET - ESPN360
UC Davis vs. Brown - 7:00 pm ET
Colgate vs. Cornell - 8:00 pm ET
I wrote a piece for this week's Town Topics on my trip to Maui. Enjoy! - JS
Tiger Men’s Hoops Struggled in Paradise but Brings Back Fond Memories From Maui Jon Solomon
It is roughly 4,889 miles from Jadwin Gym to the shores of Lahaina, Hawaii.
While Princeton residents were suffering weather whiplash as temperatures in Mercer County dipped from sleet to 70 degrees and back again, the Princeton University men’s basketball team spent the week of Thanksgiving five time zones away under clear skies on the sunny island of Maui taking part in the 2007 EA Sports Maui Invitational.
Richmond (4-4) needed seven three pointers by David Gonzalez to come back and defeat William & Mary.
Around the Ivy League: Yale (1-4) fell at Holy Cross 60-39. Brown (2-3) lost to Wagner by one in the final seconds. Penn (2-5) was defeated by Lafayette for the first time in a decade. Harvard (3-4) pulled out a 72-67 win over New Hampshire.
princetonbasketball.com was founded on April 28th, 1998 in an attempt to provide fans of the Princeton Tigers and Ivy League basketball with the best on-line source for up-to-date news and information. We have since expanded to launch a companion site, Georgetown Basketball News.
As these sites have continued to grow we have increased our coverage to include additional teams with Princeton connections - the Richmond Spiders, Denver Pioneers, Oregon State Beavers, Fairfield Stags and Mercer County Community College Vikings - plus former Tigers playing professional baseball and basketball all over the world. This site is not directly affiliated with the Friends of Princeton Basketball, Princeton University or the Princeton athletic department.
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
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