Brown vs. Rhode Island - 7:00 pm ET
New Hampshire vs. Dartmouth - 7:00 pm ET
Dan Mavraides made the Honor Roll of the latest Ivy Men's Basketball Weekly Release.
Austin Freeman and Georgetown (2-0) took care of Tulane, 69-53. Hoya center Julian Vaughan missed the game with an undisclosed illness. His status going forward is unknown.
With a boost from freshman guard Cedrick Lindsay, homestanding Richmond blasted William & Mary by 24.
Oregon State received a National Letter of Intent from Senegalese forward Daniel Gomis.
Your latest Desmond Hubert update: ZagsBlog says the Toms River (NJ) center who is down to Maryland, Wake Forest and Princeton is looking to wait until the spring to sign. Given that he is supposedly taking his official visit to Princeton after the current signing period ends on Wednesday, that can't be a bad thing for the Tigers.
Around the Ivy League: Columbia (1-1) got in the win column with a 108-74 beatdown of Maryland Eastern Shore. The Lions shot 63.3% from the floor. Yale (0-2) fell in the final minute at Providence, 58-55.
The Town Topics has filed a story on Princeton's media day.
There's a profile of Tiger head coach Sydney Johnson in today's Daily Princetonian.
Northwestern's Bill Carmody is "thrilled" about the three recruits who signed their Letters of Intent yesterday.
Denver is preparing to start their season with three games in three days.
I'd imagine Joe Scott is quite pleased that the Pioneers will join the WAC beginning in 2012-13. The repeated road trips to the southeast from Colorado as a member of the Sun Belt had to be grueling.
Richmond tips off their season against The Citadel tomorrow night.
Today's Desmond Hubert update: Dick "Hoops" Weiss reports the New Egypt (NJ) center has narrowed his choices to Maryland, Wake Forest and the Tigers. He'll make a visit to the Princeton campus on November 20th.
The San Diego Padres officially declined their $8.5 million 2011 option on pitcher Chris Young. Now a free agent, Young told the Union-Tribune that he would like to remain with the team.
New Egypt (NJ) High School basketball coach Jay Corby says it is "down to crunch time" in the recruitment of star center Desmon Hubert. Corby talks about Princeton in comparison to Hubert's other four suiters in this Baltimore Sun piece. When he mentions the several visits Hubert has made to the campus over the years, I can add that one took place last season when the Tigers hosted Harvard.
Former Princeton standout Tim vanBlommesteyn unofficially collected two percent of the vote running as an independent candidate in the race for Congress in New Hampshire's second district.
Northwestern hosts Robert Morris (IL) in an exhibition this evening. Head coach Bill Carmody tells ESPN his team is working on improving their defense and rebounding.
According to the Chicago Tribune, the Wildcats can't mask their ambition for 2010-11.
Spend close to an hour with Bill Bradley by watching this 1987 video from the C-Span library.
Princeton will honor Marvin Bressler with a "MARV" patch on their uniforms this season.
There's an excerpt of a lovely note written posthumously to Professor Bressler in the latest Princeton Alumni Weekly.
Future Tiger Clay Wilson has been named Oklahoma class 3A Preseason MVP.
The 2010-11 season opens on November 12th against Rutgers. The Scarlet Knights struggled in a foul-plaqued 80-68 exhibition victory over McGill College.
Despite returning zero starters from last season, Howie Levy's Mercer County Community College team is ranked 17th in NJCAA DII Preseason Poll.
Senior big man Tyler Adams, who had previously verbally committed to Duke changed his mind and pledged his services to Georgetown.
New Egypt center Desmond Huebert, who is deciding between Maryland, Wake Forest, Villanova, Georgia Tech and the Tigers will "probably" visit the Princeton campus this weekend.
Former Princeton player Mike Bechtold is the subject of a "Where Are They Now?" piece in the Lebanon Daily News.
I'm hearing that Princeton "won" their controlled scrimmage against Sacred Heart over the weekend.
Tiger recruit Denton Koon is a nominee for the 2011 McDonald's All-American high School Basketball Boys Team.
A Chicago forward verbally committed to Northwestern over heavy interest from Penn.
Who was the last Democratic nominee for governor of Florida endorsed by the Florida Times-Union prior to this year? Why it was Steve Pajcic, who played in 13 games as a member of the 1967-68 Princeton team.
Cleveland Cavs coach Byron Scott was sorry Pete Carril did not travel with the Kings to Ohio on their recent road trip.
The 2010-11 Ivy League Men's Basketball Preseason Media Teleconference will be held later this morning. At that time this year's Ivy Media Poll will be announced. Full coverage of both to follow.
Did you know former Princeton player Tim vanBlommesteyn is running as an independent candidate for Congress in New Hampshire?
Sticking with politics, Bill Bradley has weighed in on the Governor's race in Oregon, where former Yale standout Chris Dudley has the Republican nomination.
Richmond trumped Cal, Wake Forest and NC State for a recruit.
In the Sun Belt Conference's annual preseason coaches' poll, Denver was projected to finish third in the SBC West.
The thorough Blue Ribbon Yearbook team preview for Princeton is up on the ESPN web site. It is my understanding this piece was written by Kathy Orton of the Washington Post. Those with ESPN Insider can read articles on all eight Ivy schools here.
It isn't footage of the recent Princeton verbal commit on the basketball court, but here's exclusive video of 6'10" recruit Bobby Garbade working out this past spring under the guidance of the BX Player Development Group.
Last year Princeton's controlled preseason scrimmages were against two opponents now on this season's schedule - Towson and Siena. Curious to know who the Tigers will face behind closed doors at Jadwin this month? Unless Princeton has posted an erroneous listing, I've uncovered the answer.
Georgetown held its annual Midnight Madness event at McDonough Arena last night with special live guest Wale. A 2012 big man, one of numerous prospects on-hand, verbally committed to join John Thompson III's program before the night was over.
The previous afternoon was Media Day for the Hoyas. The Washington Post and the Hoya have reports.
Georgetown will head to Hawaii in 2011 for an expanded Maui Invitational. Chaminade is hosting Duke, Kansas, Memphis, Michigan, Tennessee and UCLA in a stacked tournament.
Today's articles primarily follow up on stories from Wednesday. The Press & Sun-Bulletin has a piece about the verbal commitment to Princeton of Bobby Garbade.
Who Runs Gov gives you five things to know about John Rogers.
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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
2,503 - B. Bradley, 1962-65
1,625 - I. Hummer, 2009-13
1,550 - D. Davis, 2008-12
1,546 - K. Mueller, 1987-91
1,451 - P. Campbell, 1959-62
1,441 - C. Robinson, 1979-83
1,428 - B. Earl, 1995-99
1,365 - B. Scrabis, 1985-89
1,321 - G. Petrie, 1967-70
1,292 - H. Haabestad, 1952-55
1,277 - G. Lewullis, 1995-99
1,239 - B. Taylor, 1970-72
1,207 - S. Goodrich 1994-98
1,133 - F. Sowinski, 1975-78
1,130 - R. Hielscher, 1991-95
1,122 - C. Thomforde, 1966-69
1,099 - T. Manakas, 1970-73
1,090 - J. Wallace, 2001-05
1,088 - C. Belz, 1956-59
1,079 - B. Hauptfuhrer, 1973-76
1,076 - B. Roma, 1976-79
1,071 - C. Mooney, 1990-94
1,064 - A. Hyland, Jr., 1960-63
1,062 - L. Brangan, 1957-60
1,057 - A. Hill, 1973-76
1,054 - D. Mavraides, 2007-11
1,044 - S. Johnson, 1993-1997
1,031 - J. Hummer, 1967-70
1,010 - W. Venable, 2001-05
