Saturday News:

February 11, 2012 at 9:58 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Today's Game: Harvard (21-2 / 7-0) vs. Princeton (12-10 / 3-3)
Location: Jadwin Gym - Princeton, NJ
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: ESPNU
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 127-39.
Last meeting: Princeton 63 Harvard 62 - 3/12/11

MCCC vs. Del Tech Stanton - 2:00 pm ET
George Washington vs. Richmond - 5:00 pm ET - ESPNU
Denver vs. FIU - 7:30 pm ET

Yale vs. Columbia - 7:00 pm ET
Brown vs. Cornell - 7:00 pm ET
Dartmouth vs. Penn - 7:00 pm ET

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's win over Dartmouth on goprincetontigers.com, in the Trenton Times, in the Trentonian and on dartmouthsports.com.

Ivy Hoops Online and the Trenton Times preview tonight's game against Harvard.

The Daily Princetonian asked several Tigers about their memories from last year's Ivy League playoff.

Jonathan Tannenwald's piece on Ivy League television rights is essential reading.

Roy Hibbert being selected to the All-Star Game brought a big smile to the face of John Thompson III.

Bill Carmody feels unselfishness is the key to success at Northwestern.

Is there a leadership void at Oregon State?

Princeton recruit Steven Cook scored 11 points in New Trier's overtime loss to Evanston.

Richmond hosts GW on ESPNU prior to the Harvard and Princeton tip.

Florida International welcomes Denver.

I'll post about this tomorrow in greater detail, but PANE had come into ~50 additional tickets for Princeton's trip to Harvard in less than two weeks. If you are interested in going, don't hesitate to contact Bob Ruxin as the Crimson box office remains sold out.

Around the Ivy League: Harvard (21-2 / 7-0) won their ninth straight, 56-50 at Penn (12-11 / 4-2). Johnathan Gray had a career high 29 as Cornell (9-12 / 4-3) upended Yale (15-6 / 5-2) by one in overtime. Columbia (14-9 / 3-4) made 16 three pointers and destroyed a Sean McGonagill-less Brown (1-6 / 7-17) squad, 86-60.

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Friday News:

February 10, 2012 at 10:18 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Today's Game: Dartmouth (4-18 / 0-6) vs. Princeton (11-10 / 2-3)
Location: Jadwin Gym - Princeton, NJ
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 140-61.
Last meeting: Princeton 77 Dartmouth 55 - 3/4/11

Harvard vs. Penn - 7:00 pm ET
Yale vs. Cornell - 7:00 pm ET
Brown vs. Columbia - 7:00 pm ET

Ivy Hoops Online and the Daily Princetonian preview tonight's game.

The Princeton student paper also has a piece on recent graduates playing in Europe.

Future Tiger Mike Washington, Jr. and Oak Harbor stunned Shorewood in the first round of their district tournament.

Fairfield (14-10) won their fourth in a row, 60-54 over Manhattan. A players only meeting may have turned the Stags' season around.

Freshman guard Dave Sobolewski dropped 23 and all five Wildcat starters hit double figures as Northwestern (15-8) cruised past Iowa, 83-64.

Mercer (4-18) lost at Morris, 67-53. Flip Seculic had 17 for the Vikings in the defeat.

As covered on the site last night, it was a second straight road heartbreak for Denver (17-8).

Despite 33 for Jared Cunningham, Oregon State (15-8) fell 83-73 versus Washington State.

I was glad to see former Georgetown center Roy Hibbert selected as a Eastern Conference All-Star reserve.

Big Apple Buckets ran another 10,000 Ivy League simulations.

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Thursday News:

February 2, 2012 at 9:38 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Nebraska vs. Northwestern - 7:00 pm ET - ESPN2
Denver vs. Louisiana-Lafayette - 8:00 pm ET
Oregon State vs. Colorado - 9:00 pm ET

Hollis Thompson broke out of a short shooting slump with 18 points as Georgetown (17-4) locked down UConn, 58-44. Hoya Prospectus runs the numbers.

St. Joe's defeated Richmond (12-11) by 10.

The Town Topics reviews Princeton's loss at Penn.

A high-scoring senior point guard from New Jersey continues to list Princeton among the eight schools showing interest in him.

Northwestern hosts Nebraska tonight.

Louisiana-Lafayette is where Denver will travel.

Oregon State plays at Colorado.

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Wednesday News:

February 1, 2012 at 9:28 am
Filed under Basketball, Fairfield, Georgetown, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

St. Joe's vs. Richmond - 7:00 pm ET
UConn vs. Georgetown - 7:00 pm ET - ESPN2

Princeton is behind the Ivy eightball.

A new Sit Down With Sydney is available.

Princeton recruit Hans Brase wrote online yesterday that his senior season is done due to a torn ankle ligament.

Georgetown hosts UConn tonight.

St. Joe's visits Richmond.

There are Brown and Yale editions of Know! Your! Foe! on deck. The Bulldogs preview will run tonight unless the responses about the Bears come in first.

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Tuesday News:

January 31, 2012 at 9:08 am
Filed under Basketball, Fairfield, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

MCCC vs. Raritan - 7:00 pm ET

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's first loss at Penn in four seasons on goprincetontigers.com, in the Daily Princetonian, in the Trentonian, in the Trenton Times, in the Philadelphia Inquirer, in the Daily News, in the Daily Pennsylvanian, on Comcast SportsNet and on pennathletics.com.

Princeton recruit Mike Washington, Jr. had 13 points in Oak Harbor's defeat at the hands of Glacier Peak.

Future Tiger Steven Cook is giving New Trier a boost.

Undefeated Murray State are drawing comparisons to Princeton's 1997-98 team.

Fairfield will be sent to Wisconsin-Milwaukee for a BracketBuster game on February 18th.

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Monday News:

January 30, 2012 at 9:38 am
Filed under Basketball, Fairfield, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Today's Game: Princeton (10-8 / 1-1) vs. Penn (10-9 / 2-0)
Location: The Palestra - Philadelphia, PA
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Penn leads 122-102.
Last meeting: Princeton 70 Penn 58 - 3/8/11

The Daily News, the Daily Pennsylvanian, and Ivy Hoops Online preview tonight's tilt.

Penn's student paper also writes about playing this game on a date other than a Tuesday for the first time in 16 years.

The 336th Civil War went to Oregon State (14-7) over Oregon in a wild 76-71 decision.

Fairfield (11-10) knocked down 12 three pointers and coasted to the 81-53 win against Marist.

Princeton recruit Hans Brase scored eight in The Hill School's loss to Kiski School.

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Sunday News:

January 29, 2012 at 9:48 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Marist vs. Fairfield - 1:00 pm ET
Oregon State vs. Oregon - 6:30 pm ET - FSN

Not a good day for the members of the "Carril Cradle."

Georgetown (16-4) trailed the entire way in a 72-60 loss at Pitt.

Robbie Hummel's leaning baseline jumper with eight seconds left gave Purdue the two point win over Northwestern (12-8).

Richmond (12-10) fell 62-47 at St. Bonaventure.

Arkansas-Little Rock knocked off Denver (16-6) by seven.

Mercer (4-16) lost a 61-60 heartbreaker to Salem.

Princeton recruit Hans Brase scored 11 in The Hill School's overtime defeat against Academy of the New Church.

Round one of the Civil War sees Oregon State play at Oregon.

Fairfield hosts Marist.

Look for the return of Know! Your! Foe! tonight.

Around the Ivy League: Harvard (18-2 / 4-0) won its sixth straight, 68-59 over Brown (7-14 / 1-3). Yale (13-5 / 3-1) defeated Dartmouth (4-16 / 0-4) in New Haven, 62-52. Cornell (7-11 / 2-2) split their season series with Columbia (12-8 / 1-3) by a 65-60 final.

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Saturday News:

January 28, 2012 at 9:58 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, Georgetown, Northwestern, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Salem vs. MCCC - 2:00 pm ET
Georgetown vs. Pitt - 4:00 pm ET - ESPN
Purdue vs. Northwestern - 4:00 pm ET - ESPN2
Richmond vs. St. Bonaventure - 7:00 pm ET
Denver vs. UALR - 8:00 pm ET

Harvard vs. Brown - 6:00 pm ET
Dartmouth vs. Yale - 7:00 pm ET
Columbia vs. Cornell - 7:00 pm ET

Princeton recruit Steven Cook scored 15 in New Trier's victory versus Glenbrook South. Cook talked with the Winnetka Current about his decision to commit early.

Future Tiger Mike Washington, Jr. had the game-winning bucket with six seconds to play as Oak Harbor eked one out over Meadowdale.

Fairfield (10-10) could not completely climb out of a 19 point hole versus Iona, falling 71-62. Head coach Sydney Johnson doesn't see much separation between the two teams, except one makes plays down the stretch.

Georgetown hits the road at Pitt.

Purdue visits Northwestern. It was then-Wildcats assistant Mitch Henderson who left the door open for junior Reggie Hearn to walk on with the Wildcats.

Richmond heads to St. Bonaventure.

Arkansas-Litte Rock is a destination for Denver.

Around the Ivy League: Harvard (17-2 / 3-0) sent a statement with a 65-35 win over Yale (12-5 / 2-1). It was the largest margin of victory in the 183 game history of this series. Brown (7-13 / 1-2) caught Dartmouth (4-15 / 0-3) in the final four minutes of a 66-59 triumph for the Bears.

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Friday News:

January 27, 2012 at 9:08 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, MCCC, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Iona vs. Fairfield - 7:00 pm ET - ESPNU

Harvard vs. Yale - 7:00 pm ET
Dartmouth vs. Brown - 7:00 pm ET

Did you know Ian Hummer is one of only two Division I players averaging at least 16 points, seven rebounds and three assists a game?

Denver (16-5) downed Arkansas State, 66-52.

Lackawanna defeated Mercer (4-16) by a 78-59 count.

Princeton recruit Mike Washington, Jr. had 26 points in Oak Harbor's loss to Everett.

Two of tonight's most intriguing match ups take place 20 miles apart. Fairfield hosts Iona and just up the road Yale welcomes Harvard to a sold out John J. Lee Amphitheater.

Jerome Allen penned a letter to his fellow Quakers in advance of Monday's game.

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Thursday News:

January 26, 2012 at 9:38 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Mason Rocca, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond

Lackawanna vs. MCCC - 7:00 pm ET
Arkansas State vs. Denver - 8:30 pm ET - Root Sports

Despite 16 points from Mason Rocca, Milan dropped a 65-63 decision to Fenerbahce Ulker in Turkey. EA7 Emporio Armani falls to 0-2 in Group G of Euroleague's Top 16.

Princeton recruit Hans Brase led his team to an easy victory over Solebury.

I mentioned New Trier's win over Niles West previously, but this story has new quotes from future Tiger Steven Cook.

Richmond (12-9) routed Fordham, 102-58.

Tonight Denver welcomes Arkansas State to Magness Arena.

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New Recruit - Steven Cook.

January 24, 2012 at 12:28 pm
Filed under Basketball, Princeton, Recruiting, Video

Steven Cook’s mind was made up, so there was no reason to wait.

Cook, a guard at New Trier High School in Winnetka, Illinois, made the fairly unprecedented decision to verbally commit to Princeton prior to arriving at the midway point of January of his junior year – a full 20 months before he would be enrolling in college.

According to Trevians head coach Scott Fricke, this conclusion may have appeared surprising but it was an easy one to reach.

"Steven's number one choice was to go to Princeton,” Fricke said. He visited a lot of schools over the summer and he played in a lot of camps. He had a lot of people interested in him and Princeton got a hold of him early. [The staff] came out to several open gyms. They really liked the way Steven played and the way that specifically he would play for the ‘Princeton Offense’ style. They thought he was a perfect fit.”

After almost two weeks of phone tag, Fricke and I finally talked about Cook this morning. Exclusive quotes and analysis plus links to player evaluations and videos about the first member of Mitch Henderson’s 2013 recruiting class can all be found after the jump.

If you want to read about the three committed members of the Tigers’ 2012 class, full profiles can be found here.

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Tuesday News:

January 24, 2012 at 9:58 am
Filed under Basketball, Georgetown, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Manor vs. MCCC - 7:00 pm ET

The new polls are out. Georgetown is 9th in the AP and 10th in the ESPN/USA Today rankings. Harvard is 23rd in the latter but does not appear in the former.

Additionally, Florida State holds the 23rd spot in the Associated Press table, which led me to do some research. I believe this means that the Tigers have defeated a team that was ranked at some point during the season after they met for the first time since besting Xavier at Jadwin in December of 2000. The Musketeers would crack the Top 25 two months later.

Correct me if I am wrong.

It has been a busy week for Princeton recruit Steven Cook. After much phone tag I finally talked to New Trier head coach Scott Fricke this morning so expect a full profile on Cook later today.

A senior center from South Dakota is showing interest in the Tigers, Yale and two schools closer to home.

Around the Ivy League: Brown (6-13 / 0-2) defeated Bryant by seven in the final regular season non-conference game for an Ivy team the year.

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