Sunday, March 14th
(3) Richmond vs. (1) Temple - 1:00 pm ET - CBS Atlantic 10 Tournament
A week after falling in double overtime to Xavier, Richmond (26-7) returned the favor, getting past the Musketeers 89-85 in OT. The backcourt of Kevin Anderson and David Gonzalvez combined for 53 points. The Spiders will play in the A-10 Conference championship game this afternoon.
Georgetown (23-10) fell in the final seconds of the Big East Tournament championship to Da'Sean Butler and West Virginia.
Princeton recruit T.J. Bray had 16 points as Catholic Memorial beat Whitefish Bay in the Division 2 sectional finals to advance to Wisconsin's state tournament.
Former Arkansas standout Corliss Williamson has been hired as the new head coach of Central Arkansas. Williamson says one of his mentors is Pete Carril.
Here's an article on Uros Kovacevic and the Mercer men's basketball team. The Vikings are aiming for a JUCO title at the National Junior College Athletic Association Division II Championships starting Tuesday in Danville, IL.
Two Padres videos, one a season forecast for Will Venable and the other highlights of three shutout spring training innings by Chris Young.
Saturday, March 13th
(3) Richmond vs. (2) Xavier - 3:30 pm ET - CBS College Sports Atlantic 10 Tournament
(8) Georgetown vs. (3) West Virginia - 9:00 pm ET - ESPN Big East Tournament
Georgetown (23-9) raced to the Big East Tournament championship game, using a 30-8 second half run to dispatch Marquette, 80-57.
At the Big 10 Tournament, Northwestern (20-13) pulled within one of Purdue in the final 45 seconds, but the Boilermakers held on for the 69-61 win.
Richmond (25-7) moved into the Atlantic 10 semis with a 77-72 win over UMass.
Here's a very well-crafted story on Douglas Davis from the Princeton Athletic Department.
Several Denver players earned Sun Belt Conference Academic Awards.
Tiger recruit T.J. Bray lost his grandfather on Friday, then proceeded to go out and score 30 points as Catholic Memorial beat top-ranked Wisconsin Lutheran in a Division 2 sectional semifinal. Bray was also profiled on Preps on the Net as part of a series highlighting five candidates for Wisconsin's Mr. Basketball award.
Another future Princeton player, Tom Noonan, was named Penn Charter Team MVP.
Northwestern (20-12) surged past Indiana 73-58 to hit 20 wins for the first time in program history. The Wildcats forced 13 turnovers in the second half and Michael Thompson made three straight three point shots to rally his team.
A 12 point lead with 16 minutes to play wasn't a large enough lead for Oregon State (14-7), as Washington went on a 23-4 run to secure the 59-52 win in the Pac-10 Tournament.
Richmond opens their A-10 Tournament run against UMass. The Spiders are in an unfamiliar position as they head to Boardwalk Hall.
Princeton recruit Ben Hazel was named First Team All-WCAC.
Future Tiger Chris Clement is Co-District 16-5A MVP.
The Princeton Packet writes about the Tigers' push for the postseason.
Here's your lineup for the week ahead. I'll update this schedule daily.
Monday, March 8th
(6) Denver vs. (2) North Texas - 9:30 pm ET - ESPN360 Sun Belt Tournament
Tuesday, March 9th
Penn vs. Princeton - 8:00 pm ET
Wednesday, March 10th
(9) South Florida / (16) DePaul winner vs. (8) Georgetown - 12:00 pm ET - ESPN Big East Tournament
Thursday, March 11th
(10) Indiana vs. (7) Northwestern - 5:00 pm ET - ESPN2 Big 10 Tournament
(6) Oregon State vs. (3) Washington - 9:00 pm ET - FSN Pac-10 Tournament
Friday, March 12th
(6) Charlotte / (11) UMass winner vs. (3) Richmond - 9:00 pm ET Atlantic 10 Tournament
Denver (19-12) began the second half on a 26-7 run, surprising #3 seed Middle Tennessee 73-58 to advance to the Sun Belt Tournament semis. The Pioneers shot 12-17 from the floor in the final 20 minutes.
A supplemental piece in the Crimson looks at the struggles of Princeton's and Harvard's leading scorers on Saturday.
Richmond's Kevin Anderson was named Atlantic 10 Player of the Year.
The New York Times' blog The Quad compliments yesterday's article on Chris Mooney with a post about what Mooney learned playing pickup ball on his recruiting visit to Princeton.
Georgetown's Greg Monroe was named All-Big East First Team. Austin Freeman made All-Big East Second Team.
Princeton recruit T.J. Bray is profiled by the Wisconsin Sports Network. Here's more detail on the most recent game for Bray, who had 13 of his 26 points in the third quarter of Catholic Memorial's win over East Troy.
Georgetown (20-9) got 24 points from Austin Freeman and finished Big East play with an impressive 74-47 win over Cincinnati. HoyaHoops has postgame audio. The Hoyas' first conference tournament game will be Wednesday afternoon at 12:00 pm ET versus either South Florida or DePaul.
Indiana scored the first seven points of overtime and defeated Northwestern (19-12), 88-80. John Shurna scored 31 in the loss as the Wildcats struggle to find a consistent third scoring option.
Richmond (24-7) fared better in an extra frame, getting by Charlotte 89-84. Kevin Anderson hit from 25 feet out to force OT. The Spiders set a school record for regular season victories.
Richmond head coach Chris Mooney is profiled in the New York Times.
Oregon State (14-16) fell 82-70 to Washington. The two teams will meet again Thursday in the Pac-10 Tournament.
Denver (18-12) advanced to the Sun Belt Conference Tournament quarterfinals with a 71-64 win over Florida International.
Princeton recruit T.J. Bray had 26 in Catholic Memorial's 66-42 win over East Troy.
Future Tiger Ben Hazel and Good Counsel lost to O'Connell in the WCAC quarterfinals.
Around the Ivy League: Cornell (27-4 / 13-1) completed their championship campaign with a 79-59 win at Yale (12-19 / 6-8). Columbia (11-17 / 5-9) closed the year with a 65-56 win over Brown (11-20 / 5-9). Jack Eggleston had a career-best 25 as Penn (6-21 / 5-8) denied Dartmouth (5-23 / 1-13), 78-68.
Today's Game:Dartmouth (5-21 / 1-18) vs. Princeton (17-8 / 8-3) 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 137-61. Last meeting:Princeton 54 Dartmouth 38 - 2/6/10.
Dartmouth
Princeton
5-10
Home Record
7-3
0-11
Away Record
10-5
0-0
Neutral Record
0-0
330
RPI
137
339
Sagarin
145
341
Pomeroy
124
53.9
Points / Game
59.2
64.8
Points Allowed / Game
52.6
.384
FG%
.437
.644
FT%
.732
.288
3PT FG%
.369
30.7
Rebounds / Game
30.2
10.1
Off. Rebounds / Game
8.7
-6.0
Rebounding Margin
+1.4
10.2
Assists / Game
11.7
13.5
Turnovers / Game
13.6
2.4
Blocks / Game
2.9
Dixon: 9.2
Points
Davis, Mavraides: 12.5
Weeden: 4.9
Rebounds
Mavraides: 4.5
Pride: 2.3
Assists
Schroeder: 3.0
Rufful: 1.4
Steals
Schroeder: 1.7
Weeden: 0.6
Blocks
Maddox: 0.8
Pride: .431
FG% (Min: 10 FGM)
Finley: .608
Dixon: .818
FT% (Min: 10 FTM)
Saunders: .909
Griffin: .370
3PT FG% (Min: 10 3PTM)
Saunders: .479
Harvard vs. Penn - 7:00 pm ET
Columbia vs. Yale - 7:00 pm ET
Cornell vs. Brown - 7:00 pm ET
Richmond (23-7) was outplayed and outhustled most of the night by Dayton, but seven straight points late from senior David Gonzalvez and 14 steals willed the Spiders to the 60-56 win.
Oregon State (14-15) nearly let an 18 point halftime lead get away, holding on for the 59-55 victory over Washington State. Jared Cunningham tied a school record with eight steals.
Did you have a good Thursday? Princeton recruit T.J. Bray had a better Thursday. Bray became Catholic Memorial's all time leading scorer in a 72-62 Crusader victory over Lakeside Lutheran in the second-round of the WIAA Division 2 tournament - recording 24 points, grabbing 20 rebounds, dishing out 10 assists and adding five blocks for good measure. Lordy.
I know there's a presentation honoring Brian Taylor at halftime of the Harvard/Princeton game, but the LA Times reports Princeton will also retire his jersey number.
Denver won their final 15 consecutive home games this season.
Chris Young pitched an inning for the Padres yesterday, his first action in almost nine months.
Oregon State welcomes Washington State to Corvallis.
Beavers head coach Craig Robinson did a Q&A with The Oregonian about his contract extension.
Georgetown's Austin Freeman has been diagnosed with diabetes.
There's a video interview with Will Venable on mlb.com.
Fellow Padre Chris Young is eager for today's start.
Princeton recruit T.J. Bray is four points away from becoming Catholic Memorial's all-time leading scorer. The Crusaders beat Fort Atkinson 96-35 in the Division 2 regional quarterfinals.
Bray, Ben Hazel and Daniel Edwards all show up in the Hoop Scoop rankings of the nation's top 750 seniors.
Princeton moves up to fourth place in the latest Schuylkill 16.
Northwestern vs. Penn State - 12:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network
Richmond vs. Xavier - 1:00 pm ET - ESPN2
MCCC vs. Del Tech Stanton - 1:00 pm ET - Region XIX Tournament
Richmond travels to Xavier. The Associated Press highlights Spider guard Kevin Anderson.
Two big games for Princeton recruits. T.J. Bray scored 20 as Catholic Memorial concluded Classic 8 Conference play undefeated with a 76-57 win versus Kettle Moraine. Chris Clement made a desperation three pointer to give Round Rock a two point win over McNeil.
Around the Ivy League: Cornell (25-4 / 11-1) clinched at least a share of the conference championship with a 68-48 win over Penn (5-20 / 4-7). Harvard (20-6 / 9-3) set a program record for victories, defeating Yale (11-18 / 5-7) by 20. Matt Mullery scored 20 as Brown (11-18 / 5-7) won at Dartmouth (5-21 / 1-11), 76-57.
The Princeton team bus beat the worst of the storm to Ithaca and arrived yesterday afternoon. Despite ~18" of snow on the ground (and some more falling outside my hotel window), tonight's game will most likely take place as scheduled.
Brian Delaney of the Ithaca Journal scouts Princeton.
The Columbia Spectator looks at the Lions' games versus the Quakers and the Tigers.
Northwestern (18-10) set a school record for wins in a regular season, defeating Iowa 74-57.
Denver (16-12) let a 42-21 second half lead get away in a flurry of turnovers, falling at South Florida 54-52. Tim Williams' wild runner with six seconds left won the game for the Jaguars.
A depleted UCLA squad had enough to beat Oregon State (12-15) by a 65-56 final. The Beavers were never able to deliver a knockout punch.
Georgetown's Greg Monroe was named to the Naismith Trophy midseason team.
Several clips of Tiger recruit Tom Noonan can be found in this highlight package from Penn Charter's loss to Haverford.
San Diego will go as far as Chris Young goes, says a Bleacher Report writer. The mlb.com web site has a short video forecast about Young's return from injury.
Princeton remains in fifth place in the latest Schuylkill 16.
Oregon State travels to UCLA. Talking about the postseason, Beavers coach Craig Robinson says Pete Carril turned down multiple NIT bids when he was at Princeton. Anyone know how true this is?
Princeton assistant Tony Newsom was in Tennessee to watch a senior post player who was subsequently named a finalist for the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association's Division II-A Mr. Basketball.
Taken with 50,435,333,253,672,119,000,000 grains of salt: Blogging The Bracket projects Princeton will participate in this year's CollegeInsider.com Tournament.
You can read our profile of Hazel here, which includes extensive quotes from Good Counsel head coach Blair Mills. Exclusive, detailed articles on all five members of the 2010 Princeton recruiting class can be found here.
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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
