Wednesday News:

January 12, 2011 at 9:58 am
Filed under Basketball, Craig Robinson, Georgetown, Howie Levy, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Pitt vs. Georgetown - 7:00 pm ET - ESPN2
Northwestern vs. Iowa - 8:30 pm ET - Big Ten Network

Penn vs. La Salle - 7:00 pm ET - Comcast

Needing to improve rebounding and cut down on turnovers, #19 Georgetown hosts #5 Pitt.

Northwestern visits Iowa.

Princeton recruiting target Desmond Hubert is waiting to see if North Carolina will make him an offer.

Lior Levy, the son of former Tiger Howie Levy, is a starting big man at Princeton High School.

If Oregon State were a stock, Craig Robinson suggests you buy now.

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Monday News:

January 10, 2011 at 9:18 am
Filed under Basketball, Georgetown, MCCC, Mike Brennan, Northwestern, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Northwestern (10-4) picked up their first Big 10 win of the season, 93-81 over Indiana. Chicago College Basketball has more on what this game means.

Mercer (6-11) was outscored 25-5 in the final five minutes of a 68-50 loss at Borough of Manhattan.

Former Red Sox pitcher Dave Sisler who lettered in basketball at Princeton during the 1950-51 and 1951-52 seasons, passed away yesterday at the age of 79.

Georgetown coaches John Thompson III and Mike Brennan were among those in the stands at the Scholarship for Inner City Children Festival.

Your News Now has a video package from Bobby Garbade and Seton CC's ninth straight victory.

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Friday News:

January 7, 2011 at 9:40 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Northwestern, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

The Daily Princetonian and the Princeton Packet now have stories on the Tigers' win over Marist.

Denver (7-9) came dangerously close to blowing their 18 point second half lead at Western Kentucky, but held on for a 62-59 decision. It was Joe Scott's fourth conference road win as coach of the Pioneers.

Illinois obliterated Northwestern (9-4) in a game that was barely as close as the 88-63 final. The Illini shot 18-22 from the field in the first half.

Oregon State (7-7) fell 84-70 at Washington State.

Princeton recruit Denton Koon and Liberty lost to Grandview in the finals of the Bank Midwest Holiday Basketball Classic.

More on future Tiger Bobby Garbade and Seton CC from the Press & Sun Bulletin.

Clay Wilson had 27 as Lincoln Christian took care of Dewey at the Oologah Basketball Tournament.

UNC head coach Roy Williams was in New Egypt yesterday to watch Desmond Hubert play.

Yesterday's piece by Andy Katz on Harvard and the state of the Ivy League is worth a read.

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Thursday News:

January 6, 2011 at 9:34 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Denver vs. Western Kentucky - 8:00 pm ET - Fox College Sports
Northwestern vs. Illinois - 9:00 pm ET - ESPN2
Oregon State vs. Washington State - 10:00 pm ET

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's win over Marist on goprincetontigers.com, in the Trentonian and on goredfoxes.com.

The Trenton Times web site's atrocious content management system means their article is not currently available on-line. Maybe in a few hours. Maybe in a few weeks. Maybe never.

Richmond (12-4) opened A-10 play with a 71-59 win over Charlotte.

Princeton recruit Denton Koon and Liberty defeated Park Hill South by 15.

Future Tiger Bobby Garbade had 14 in Seton Catholic Central's seventh straight victory.

The third member of the 2011 recruiting class, Clay Wilson, is averaging 27.7 points and 5.4 rebounds a game for Lincoln Christian.

Would you put John Berger on your all-time Ridge basketball team? In The Paint would.

Denver heads to Western Kentucky.

Illinois hosts the shaky ankle of John Shurna and the rest of Northwestern.

Oregon State looks for their fourth straight win at Washington State.

Fewer voters, same result. Fourth place for Princeton in this week's Schuylkill 16.

Around the Ivy League: Harvard (10-3) won at Boston College for the third straight season, 78-69. Austin Morgan's three point play with 6.2 seconds left salvaged a 77-76 Yale (6-7) victory in overtime at Holy Cross. Columbia (8-5) got past Lafayette 76-73 in Easton.

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Wednesday News:

January 5, 2011 at 10:06 am
Filed under Basketball, Chris Young, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Today's Game: Marist (3-11 / 2-1) vs. Princeton (10-4 / 0-0)
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 1-0.
Last meeting: Princeton 77 Marist 58 - 1/6/10.

Charlotte vs. Richmond - 7:00 pm ET

Yale vs. Holy Cross - 7:00 pm ET
Harvard vs. Boston College - 7:00 pm ET
Columbia vs. Lafayette - 7:00 pm ET

The Daily Princetonian summarizes the Tigers' games over Winter Break.

Buster Olney reports that Chris Young has been offered a guaranteed package worth over $1,000,000 by the Mets. New York is denying any proposal.

KenPom ran 10,000 simulations for each DI conference. The nation's most improved league was also the sixth-most competitive.

Princeton recruit Denton Koon and Liberty defeated Blue Springs, 63-40.

Richmond hosts Charlotte in the Spiders' Atlantic 10 opener.

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New Year's Eve News:

December 31, 2010 at 10:00 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Northwestern vs. Purdue - 12:00 pm ET - ESPN2

Bryant vs. Brown - 12:00 pm ET
Lehigh vs. Yale - 2:00 pm ET
MIT vs. Harvard - 2:00 pm ET

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's tough loss to #19 Central Florida on goprincetontigers.com, courtesy of the Associated Press, in Central Florida Future and on ucfathletics.com.

On a quest for their first NCAA tournament bid, Big 10 play starts for Northwestern at Purdue.

Princeton recruit Bobby Garbade and Seton CC won their fifth straight, 57-46 over previously unbeaten Union-Endicott. Garbade made the Regional Division 1 All-Tournament team.

Future Tiger Denton Koon made the all-tournament team, but Liberty dropped a 54-38 decision to Grandview in the William Jewell College tournament.

Three straight for Denver (5-9), who opened Sun Belt action with a 65-52 decision over Louisiana-Lafayette.

Oregon State (6-6) began their conference slate with an unexpected blowout of Arizona State.

Around the Ivy League: Cornell (3-9) was 15-21 from three point range in a 86-80 victory over Wofford. Columbia (7-4) won 74-71 at Maine. Bucknell recorded its third triumph against an Ivy foe, knocking off Dartmouth (4-8) by 17.

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Thursday News:

December 30, 2010 at 10:37 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News, Will Venable

Today's Game: Princeton (10-3 / 0-0) vs. Central Florida (12-0 / 0-0)
Location: UCF Arena - Orlando, FL - UCF Holiday Classic
Time: 7:30 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: This is the first meeting between the two schools.
Last meeting: This is the first meeting between the two schools.

Louisiana-Lafayette vs. Denver - 9:00 pm ET
Arizona State vs. Oregon State - 10:30 pm ET

Cornell vs. Wofford - 5:00 pm ET - Holidays on the Hardwood Classic
Columbia vs. Maine - 7:00 pm ET
Dartmouth vs. Bucknell - 7:00 pm ET

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's victory versus Northeastern on goprincetontigers.com and on gonu.com.

WRBB has a quality audio highlight package.

So much for their shooting touch. Ice cold Georgetown (11-2) hit 35.7% of their first half attempts and could not rally from down 16 in the second half at Notre Dame.

Richmond (11-3) dropped Wake Forest, 90-74.

SI's Andy Glockner has a piece on Harvard containing some choice quotes from Princeton coach Sydney Johnson.

Mid Atlantic Hoops considers Princeton recruit Bobby Garbade one of the region's Top 25 Senior Power Forwards.

Future Tiger Denton Koon had 17 points and 11 boards in Liberty's two point win over the Park Hill Trojans at the William Jewell Tournament.

Denver opens Sun Belt play at home versus Louisiana-Lafayette.

Arizona State visits Oregon State in the Pac-10 kickoff for both teams.

Could Will Venable lead off for San Diego next season?

Bishop John Barres is working on a DVD to promote the Knights of Columbus’ International Free Throw Championship.

Princeton's up to fourth place in this week's Schuylkill 16.

Around the Ivy League: A bad, near-dreadful day of action for Ancient 8 teams saw Cornell (2-9) drop their eighth straight, 68-66 to New Hampshire. Central Connecticut cruised to a 67-51 win over Brown (4-6) Penn (5-5) lost by nine at Marist, 66-57. Harvard (8-3) salvaged a 74-69 home win against Monmouth.

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Wednesday News:

December 29, 2010 at 10:00 am
Filed under Basketball, Georgetown, Northwestern, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Today's Game: Princeton (9-3 / 0-0) vs. Northeastern (4-6 / 0-1)
Location: UCF Arena - Orlando, FL - UCF Holiday Classic
Time: 9:30 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Northeastern leads 2-0.
Last meeting: Northeastern 55 Princeton 34 - 12/28/83.

Georgetown vs. Notre Dame - 7:00 pm ET - ESPN2
Wake Forest vs. Richmond - 7:00 pm ET

Cornell vs. New Hampshire - 5:00 pm ET - Holidays on the Hardwood Classic
Monmouth vs. Harvard - 7:00 pm ET
Brown vs. Central Connecticut St. - 7:00 pm ET
Penn vs. Marist - 7:30 pm ET

Hopefully flying to Florida just after sunrise. Today's news is scheduled to go live while we're in the air, so expect additional articles added to this post later today - JS

Ian Hummer is the focus of a piece from the Princeton Packet.

Georgetown travels to Notre Dame for the two teams' Big East opener. The Hoyas are making 52.8% of their shots, second-best in the nation.

Wake Forest plays at Richmond.

It is still uncertain if Northwestern leading scorer John Shurna will be able to play on Friday at Purdue.

Terrapin Times reports that Desmond Hubert will make his college decision in early January.

Around the Ivy League: Stanford surged past Yale (5-6) in the second half of a 60-44 game.

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Tuesday News:

December 28, 2010 at 9:40 am
Filed under Basketball, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Yale vs. Stanford - 10:00 pm ET - CSN Bay Area

Princeton recruit Denton Koon had 13 points in Liberty's victory over St. Pius X.

It was an adventure for Richmond to get home from their Boxing Day matchup at Seton Hall.

Patrick Saunders represents Princeton on Honor Roll of the latest Ivy League Men's Basketball Weekly Release.

Since people seemed to really enjoy listening to them before Christmas, here's one more news story on princetonbasketball.com editor Jon Solomon's marathon radio show, this from WHYY.

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Thursday News:

December 23, 2010 at 10:42 am
Filed under Basketball, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Mount St. Mary's vs. Northwestern - 3:00 pm ET - bigtennetwork.com
Georgetown vs. Memphis - 8:00 pm ET - ESPN2

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's win at Towson on goprincetontigers.com, on TowsonPatch and on towsontigers.com.

Richmond (9-3) kept UNC Greensboro winless, 63-53.

It was a surprisingly easy 20 point victory for Oregon State (5-6) over UIC.

ESPN's Andy Katz writes about the work Northwestern has to do following their loss to St. John's. The Wildcats host Mt. Saint Mary's and former Princeton assistant Robert Burke on Thursday afternoon.

Henry Sims and Georgetown visit #16 Memphis.

Tiger recruit Denton Koon had 16 in Liberty's loss to Blue Springs South.

Princeton reclaims fifth place in this week's Schuylkill 16.

Around the Ivy League: Harvard (7-3) was no match for UConn, 81-52. Penn (5-4) picked up a nice 78-68 road win at Delaware.

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Wednesday News:

December 22, 2010 at 10:00 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News, Will Venable

Today's Game: Princeton (8-3 / 0-0) vs. Towson (3-6 / 0-1)
Location: Towson Center - Towson, MD
Time: 4:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: This is the first meeting between the two schools.
Last meeting: This is the first meeting between the two schools.

Richmond vs. UNC Greensboro - 12:00 pm ET
UIC vs. Oregon State - 10:00 pm ET

Harvard vs. UConn - 7:00 pm ET - SNY
Penn vs. Delaware - 8:30 pm ET

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St. John's shot 80% from the floor in the second half and handed Northwestern (8-1) their first loss of the season, 85-69.

Mercer (6-9) got 19 points and 10 rebounds from David Melton in a 95-86 win over Salem.

Travis Hallam scored a career high 18 in a 73-55 Denver (4-9) rout of Arkansas-Pine Bluff.

Princeton recruit Bobby Garbade had 21 in Seton's win over Chenango Valley.

Richmond visits UNC Greensboro.

UIC travels out to Oregon State for the Beavers' final non-conference game of the season.

Around the Ivy League: Brown (4-5) fell late at home versus Army, 88-86. Dartmouth (4-7) picked up a 67-59 victory on Drake's home floor.

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Tuesday News:

December 21, 2010 at 10:43 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Northwestern, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Salem vs. MCCC - 7:00 pm ET
Arkansas-Pine Bluff vs. Denver - 9:00 pm ET
Northwestern vs. St. John's - 9:30 pm ET - MSG Holiday Festival - MSG

Army vs. Brown - 7:00 pm ET
Dartmouth vs. Drake - 7:00 pm ET

Sparked by Drew Crawford and a defense that improved as the game went on, Northwestern (8-0) drubbed St. Francis by 31. The Wildcats play St. John's tonight for the Holiday Festival crown.

There's a short assessment of Princeton recruit Denton Koon from the Hy-Vee Shootout on the Rivals web site.

The Sports Network writes about the staying power of "upset darlings" Richmond.

Denver hosts Arkansas-Pine Bluff.

princetonbasketball.com editor Jon Solomon was a guest on national morning show The Takeaway yesterday, talking Christmas hip hop records.

Around the Ivy League: Cornell (2-8) lost its seventh straight, 75-64 at home to Bucknell.

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