2012-2013 schedule.

August 29, 2012 at 12:03 pm
Filed under Basketball, Princeton

November 2012
Sat. 11/10 at Buffalo (80/101/97) - 12:00 pm ET
Tue. 11/13 Northeastern (176/182/186) - 7:00 pm ET
Fri. 11/16 Rutgers (161/119/117) - 7:00 pm ET
Wed. 11/21 at Syracuse (2/6/4) - 7:00 pm ET - Time Warner/SNY
Sat. 11/24 at Lafayette (197/233/240) - 2:00 pm ET
Wed. 11/28 at Wagner (93/112/100) - 7:00 pm ET

December 2012
Sat. 12/1 at Kent State (114/129/123) - 7:00 pm ET
Sat. 12/8 Drexel (66/41/56) - 2:00 pm ET
Sat. 12/15 vs. Fordham* (242/273/257) - 2:30 pm ET - YES
Thu. 12/20 Rider (199/199/218) - 7:00 pm ET
Sat. 12/22 Bucknell (81/94/92) - 7:00 pm ET
Sun. 12/30 at Akron (68/77/76) - 7:00 pm ET

January 2013
Sat. 1/05 at Elon (229/255/252) - 12:00 pm ET
Sat. 01/12 Penn (105/137/142) - 6:00 pm ET - NBCS
Sun. 01/27 TCNJ - 2:00 pm ET

February 2013
Fri. 02/01 Cornell (186/209/202) - 7:00 pm ET
Sat. 02/02 Columbia (187/185/185) - 6:00 pm ET - NBCS
Fri. 02/08 Brown (314/308/309) - 7:00 pm ET
Sat. 02/09 Yale (108/157/161) - 6:00 pm ET
Fri. 02/15 at Dartmouth (331/295/299) - 7:00 pm ET
Sat. 02/16 at Harvard (41/44/49) - 7:00 pm ET - NBCS
Fri. 02/22 at Columbia (187/185/185) - 7:00 pm ET
Sat. 02/23 at Cornell (186/209/202) - 7:00 pm ET

March 2013
Fri. 03/01 Harvard (41/44/49) - 7:00 pm ET - ESPNU
Sat. 03/02 Dartmouth (331/295/299) - 6:00 pm ET
Fri. 03/08 at Yale (108/157/161) - 7:00 pm ET
Sat. 03/09 at Brown (314/308/309) - 7:00 pm ET
Tue. 03/12 at Penn (105/137/142) - 7:00 pm ET

Notes:

2011-12 RPI/Pomeroy/Sagarin ratings are in brackets above.

As a point of comparison, Princeton was 85/93/107 in the same rankings last season.

*The Fordham game will be played at the Barclays Center as part of the Brooklyn Hoops Winter Festival tripleheader.

Tip times and TV information will be added as it is known.

All information subject to change.

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Wednesday News:

August 29, 2012 at 9:18 am
Filed under Baseball, Basketball, Butch van Breda Kolff, Chris Young, Fairfield, Oregon State, Princeton, Today's News, Will Venable

Before recording an out last night Chris Young surrendered two walks, hit a batter and then gave up a grand slam. Young would settle in, allowing five earned runs on four hits in 4.1 frames of work. The Mets rallied and bested Philadelphia 9-5 in 10 innings.

Will Venable continues to streak, hitting .389 in his last 10 games.

The Trenton Times has more on Princeton's trip to Spain.

Several returning Tigers will be wearing new uniform numbers in 2012-13.

There is a cute recap of Oregon State's journey overseas.

An old Butch van Breda Kolff quote shows up in an obituary of former Duke player Art Heyman.

Fairfield's Rakim Sanders signed a professional contract with Maccabi Tel Aviv.

Harvard’s Institutional Master Plan presentation includes a new basketball gym.

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Proxima parada, Espana!

August 28, 2012 at 2:08 pm
Filed under Audio, Basketball, Photos, Princeton, Robert Solomon

Princeton departs for Spain tomorrow evening, where they'll be playing four games against top-tier Spanish opponents beginning Friday, while experiencing a fair bit of off-the-court culture during a 10 day oversea trip.

On the eve of their journey - the first such foray out of the country for more than one in their party - head coach Mitch Henderson opened practice to the media and answered 10 minutes of my questions afterwards.

I also had a chance to speak with returning Tigers Brendan Connolly, Clay Wilson and Ian Hummer, who each have varying degrees of experience with international travel not to mention comfort levels with speaking Spanish.

Robert Solomon joined me on this visit at Jadwin. His photos, plus a number of observations and the aforementioned interview audio, can all be found after the jump.

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Monday News:

August 27, 2012 at 8:58 am
Filed under Basketball, Chris Young, Georgetown, Oregon State, Princeton, Today's News, Video

Above, Mitch Henderson answers a few questions in advance of Princeton's trip to Spain.

Speaking of the Tigers' overseas trip, the special uniforms the team will be wearing are very sharp.

Oregon State is already having success in Europe, where the Beavers are 3-0.

Here are conference-by-conference, school-by-school results for ESPN's 50 in 50 series. After Penn and Princeton, another Ivy program doesn't appear for the next 229 positions.

Georgetown head coach John Thompson III will speak at Coaches 4 Character on September 17 in Greenville, SC.

Newsday debates The People v. Chris Young.

Columbia has announced their 2012-13 schedule.

I was flattered that my awkward personal interaction with Rick Majerus from 2005 would get referenced in Sports Illustrated. Read the original one act play here!

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Friday News:

August 24, 2012 at 9:48 am
Filed under Basketball, Fairfield, Georgetown, Pete Carril, Princeton, Today's News

Pete Carril will speak at the Fairfield University Coaches' Clinic on October 28.

Here is an interesting, uncorroborated story about a possible 2012 non-conference opponent and how this game came to be.

Georgetown ranked 12th in ESPN's 50 in 50 countdown.

An Arizona State assistant is leaving to replace Dan Leibovitz at Penn.

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YouTube potpourri LXXV.

August 23, 2012 at 6:58 pm
Filed under Baseball, Basketball, Brian Taylor, Craig Robinson, David Blatt, Geoff Petrie, Oregon State, Princeton, Video, Will Venable

Here’s the latest collection of videos from various corners of the Princeton basketball family. Above, the first six minutes of Princeton's home win over Lafayette from last season.

Six additional videos follow after the jump.

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Thursday News:

August 23, 2012 at 9:48 am
Filed under Baseball, Basketball, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News, Will Venable

To bide time during the offseason, ESPN devised an objective formula from which they're counting down the top 50 college basketball programs of the past 50 years. In a "now neither school's fans can argue which team is better" twist, Princeton and Penn tied for 22nd place.

Paralyzed former Rutgers football player Eric LeGrand visited the Tigers yesterday during one of the team's first practices before their trip to Spain. In this picture you can see LeGrand, the Princeton coaching staff and what I believe are the 12 players who will be making the overseas trip.

Want some names to keep tabs on as possible Princeton recruits? These lists from ESPN and Scout show prospects with varying levels of interest in the Tigers.

Now batting second in the Padres' lineup, Will Venable is 10-16 at the plate in his last four games.

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Wednesday News:

August 22, 2012 at 9:58 am
Filed under Baseball, Basketball, Chris Young, Denver, Princeton, Today's News, Will Venable

Doug Davis talks about the start of his professional career in Germany.

It was 15 up and 15 down for Chris Young (3-7) last night until an infield single started a four run frame for Colorado, aided by Young's throwing error. Young threw seven innings of five hit baseball, allowing two earned runs and striking out nine.

Will Venable followed up two singles on Monday by equalling his career high with four hits plus three runs scored as San Diego bested Pittsburgh in extra innings. Highlights are streaming here.

The 2012-13 Denver basketball schedule has been announced.

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One for for the schedule: Wagner.

August 21, 2012 at 3:26 pm
Filed under Basketball, Princeton

Wagner isn't playing a whole lot of games in 2012-13, but they will host Princeton on the evening of November 28th.

This will be the first contest at the Spiro Sports Center for new Seahawks head coach Bashir Mason.

The Tigers have split their previous two meetings with Wagner, falling 73-57 in last season's curtain-raiser and winning on Staten Island 69-57 in December of 2010.

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Monday News:

August 20, 2012 at 10:18 am
Filed under Baseball, Basketball, Fairfield, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News, Will Venable

Will Venable had a nice day at the plate yesterday versus San Francisco, including three hits and his eighth home run (video) of the season.

An all-state Floridian with interest from both Princeton and Fairfield is moving to Alabama.

There's an "explosive point guard" from Maryland who lists the Tigers among 16 schools.

A big man whose name had been associated with several Ivy programs will instead play baseball at Duke.

Oregon State has arrived in France.

Penn lost assistant Dan Leibovitz to the NBA.

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Wednesday News:

August 15, 2012 at 10:08 am
Filed under Baseball, Basketball, Chris Young, Georgetown, Princeton, Today's News

Rush The Court has published their "summer school" offseason update for the Ivy League.

The Journal provides more about "old head on young shoulders" Kareem Maddox signing with Newcastle.

I've run two articles through the Google Translate ringer, one on Doug Davis inking a deal with Walter Tigers and the other about Davis arriving in Germany for his physical and the start of training camp.

Chris Young worked out of trouble all night in Cincinnati, throwing 5.2 scoreless innings which were matched frame-for-frame by Mat Latos. A three run home run off the bat of Jay Bruce in the bottom of the ninth gave the night to the Reds.

Jon Rothstein has a piece on where Georgetown stands heading into 2012-13.

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Kareem Maddox to play in England.

August 15, 2012 at 12:34 am
Filed under Basketball, Princeton

After one season playing for Landstede Basketbal in the Netherlands (where he averaged 9.4 points and 4.7 rebounds a game), Kareem Maddox is moving westward to the United Kingdom, as he has signed with the Newcastle Eagles.

Newcastle is the top team in the British Basketball League, having swept the BBL Cup, BBL Trophy and Tournament in 2011-12.

Maddox's fellow Zwolle teammate and Brown alum Damon Huffman has also signed with the Eagles.

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