Minnesota/Northwestern highlights.
The Wildcats win on Senior Night in Evanston.
Coach Sydney Johnson - 3/3/11.
With Princeton preparing to depart for Hanover this morning, Tigers head coach Sydney Johnson and princetonbasketball.com editor Jon Solomon sat down at Jadwin Gym to tape their weekly interview. The pair reviewed Princeton's sweep of Cornell and Columbia to finish the home slate a perfect 12-0, then looked ahead to the final three regular season road games at Dartmouth, Harvard and Penn.
This Q&A is 17:00+ in length.
Interviews with Coach Johnson will appear on this site every week during the 2010-11 season.
Thursday News:
Oregon State vs. Arizona - 9:00 pm ET - FSN
Northwestern (17-12) ran nothing but "JV" for the final eight minutes as they rallied past Minnesota, 68-57. In a Senior Night script familiar to site readers this week, Michael "Juice Thompson" scored 12 of his 18 points in the last 3:39 - including a pair of three point shots.
Kevin Anderson totalled 22 as Richmond (22-7) pulled away from St. Joe's in the second half, 69-54.
The Acorn profiles Princeton senior forward Kareem Maddox.
The Town Topics has published their article on the Tigers' Senior Night victory over Columbia.
A preview of Saturday night's Princeton/Harvard matchup can be found in the Crimson.
Future Tiger Denton Koon tallied 21 in Liberty's Missouri Class 5 sectional victory over Park Hill South - a game with a 13-9 halftime score.
Will Venable hit a three run home run in Cactus League action.
Arizona hosts Oregon State.
The latest Schuylkill 16 includes Princeton in fifth place.
Wednesday News:
Richmond vs. St. Joe's - 7:00 pm ET
Minnesota vs. Northwestern - 8:30 pm ET - Big Ten Network
Princeton recruit Bobby Garbade recorded a double/double as Seton CC advanced to Friday's Section 4 Class B final.
The Princeton Packet has an article on the Tigers' win over Columbia.
Princeton Alumni Weekly digs into the archives and comes out with cover images and full articles on memorable Tiger tournament teams of the past 50 years.
The Yahoo! Sports team report for Princeton has been updated.
13 points for Mason Rocca as Armani Jeans Milano topped Dinamo Sassari.
It is the final regular season home game for Michael "Juice" Thompson and three other seniors as Northwestern hosts Minnesota.
Richmond needs a victory at St. Joseph's to clinch a bye in the Atlantic 10 Tournament.
Here's an excerpt from the weekly press conference of Joe Scott.
Lavietes Pavilion: Where anything could happen, will happen and probably already has happened.
Over the past decade, Princeton's annual trips to Harvard have resulted in some of the wackiest basketball games you could design. Buzzer beaters. Titanic shifts in momentum. Improbable comebacks where each and every lead is painfully insecure until time runs out.
The stands on both sides of Lavietes Pavilion - thanks very much in part to the work of Bob Ruxin '76 and PANE - are almost always a crowded, spirited combination of Crimson and Tiger supporters. It doesn't matter how successful or how struggling either program is - This little gym is heavy on atmosphere and high on drama.
Saturday's game between Harvard and Princeton, regardless of how the former does versus Penn at home or how the latter performs against Dartmouth in Hanover on Friday night, will occur with the Ivy League's NCAA tournament participant yet to be decided.
I've been planning a chronological game-by-game review of the Tigers' last 10 trips to Allston since the fall and after the jump you'll find detailed write-ups on each (seven of which have not been published previously on the site) plus exclusive video of a pair of Princeton game-winners.
If you enjoy this 11,000+ word behemoth, you're bound to appreciate similar retrospectives on Princeton's last 11 season openers, a decade of dismay against Rutgers and the team's past four meetings with Duke.
Tuesday News:
The return of Dave Blatt to Maccabi Tel Aviv is profiled in Haaretz.
10 things you (well, most) don't know about John Thompson III.
Here's a Flickr set of photos from Mercer's win over Lacawanna.
Kareem Maddox - Ivy League Player of the Week.
For the third time this season and the first time in conference play, Kareem Maddox has been named Ivy League Player of the Week. Maddox's stat lines from the senior's final home weekend:
Min Pts FG FT 3FG Rebs A S B TO PF 29 13 6-7 1-1 0-0 1-7-8 5 2 2 3 0 84-66 W Cornell 31 20 7-13 6-7 0-0 3-5-8 2 0 1 1 3 66-61 W Columbia
Maddox's net points against Columbia (+8.5) were higher than Princeton's total net points (+6.5) and his offensive rating was 135.3. He was +12 when on the floor in the Tigers' five point win.
The prior evening versus Cornell, Maddox's offensive rating was 153.8 and his net points equalled +7.1. Princeton outscored the Big Red by 23 with Maddox on the floor in the Tigers' 18 point win.
ESPN3 to broadcast Princeton at Harvard.
You can stop calling me, emailing me and stopping me on the street with variations of the same question! - It was announced this morning that ESPN3 (formerly ESPN360.com) will stream Saturday night's Princeton game at Harvard for free.
This should be a higher quality multi-camera production than the side-to-side pan "coaches' cam" pixelvision feed you may be used to.
Anthony Calhoun will do the play-by-play with Mark Adams handling color commentary.
ESPN3 is available gratis via most cable providers, including Comcast, Verizon and Time Warner. It is free on all college campuses and military bases.
You can also access ESPN3 on Xbox Live in the USA. It will work on all browsers and with all operating systems.
A full list of providers can be found here.
YouTube potpourri XXVI.
The latest collection of videos from various corners of the Princeton basketball family. Above, Kareem Maddox joins the Daily Princetonian's "On The Prowl."
Monday News:
The Daily Princetonian, the Columbia Spectator and the Cornell Daily Sun summarize the weekend's action.
A second half Northwestern (16-12) rally came up short in Madison. The Wildcats fell to Wisconsin, 78-63.
Shooting 3-29 from three point range, Mercer (16-16) lost against Del Tech Stanton 76-68 in the Region XIX championship game.
Chris Young pitched two perfect innings in his first spring training outing.
Princeton recruit Brian Fabrizius and Kimball Union Academy won their third straight Class AA game over St Andrews School.
You can see some brief highlights of future Tiger Bobby Garbade on Your News Now.
SportsProf writes about how he came full circle.
Monmouth head coach Dave Calloway has "resigned." A member of the Princeton coaching family is on the Asbury Park Press' list of potential replacements.
Last night I learned there is a Fans of Marvin Bressler group on Facebook. I recommend you join!
Never tell me the odds!
"Sir, the possibility of successfully navigating the Ivy League is approximately .495 to 1!"
A friend who asked to remain anonymous sent me a spreadsheet this morning including all 20 possible outcomes (16 decided in the regular season, four decided with a playoff) for Princeton and Harvard's remaining games.
Using Ken Pomeroy's predictive model, Harvard is at 50.5% to win the league, Princeton is at 49.5%.
The chances of a one game playoff for the NCAA bid are 36.4%.
See a full table of games and scenarios after the jump.
Sunday News:
MCCC vs. Del Tech Stanton - 3:00 pm ET - Region XIX Tournament
Northwestern vs. Wisconsin - 6:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network
In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's win over Columbia in the season's final home game on goprincetontigers.com, in the Trentonian, in the Trenton Times, in the Daily Princetonian and on gocolumbialions.com.
Princeton recruit Bobby Garbade had 13 Seton CC's Class B quarterfinal win over Trumansburg.
Georgetown (21-8) fell late versus Syracuse. A late 11-1 run was the difference in the 58-51 final.
In a season sweep by Richmond (22-7) of Charlotte, Kevin Anderson scored his 2,000th career point as a Spider.
Oregon State (10-17) lost 87-76 to Cal.
A late regular season Denver (13-16) slide concluded with a 63-41 loss at North Texas. The Pioneers slip to the Sun Belt West's number three seed.
Northwestern visits Wisconsin.
The Mets get their first look at Chris Young in spring training versus the Braves
Around the Ivy League: Brandyn Curry's layup attempt rolled off at the buzzer and Yale (14-12 / 7-5) knocked off Harvard (21-5 / 10-2) in New Haven, 70-69. Cornell (8-18 / 4-8) swept their season series with Penn (12-13 / 6-5), holding on for a 74-72 final at the Palestra. Tyler Bernardini's three at the buzzer caught the front rim. Brown (11-15 / 4-8) hit the century mark versus Dartmouth (5-21 / 1-11). Adrian Williams scored 26 in the 100-76 final.
