Tuesday News:

February 2, 2010 at 9:56 am
Filed under Basketball, Chris Young, MCCC, Northwestern, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Michigan vs. Northwestern - 7:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network
MCCC vs. Raritan - 7:00 pm ET

February is far less brutal schedule-wise for Northwestern than last month was. The Wildcats host Michigan tonight and play four of their next five at home.

News 8 Austin has a video feature on Princeton recruit Chris Clement.

Future Tiger T.J. Bray has been nominated for Wisconsin Sports Network's Boys Basketball Player of the Month. Click on the link to vote for him.

Bray, Daniel Edwards and Ben Hazel are three of the 1,260 high school basketball players nominated for 2010 McDonald's All-American high School Basketball Boys Team.

Chris Young has "graduated" from his rehab program.

Cornell is ranked 25th in the latest ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll. If the Big Red win this weekend's games against Yale and Brown, they will become the first Top 25 team to visit Jadwin Gym since #4 Kansas played Princeton in 2001.

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Sunday News:

January 31, 2010 at 10:48 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's win at Yale on goprincetontigers.com, in the New Haven Register and on yalebulldogs.com.

Georgetown (16-4) shot 71.7% from the floor for the game and was 15-18 from inside the arc in the second half, beating Duke, 89-77. Hoya Hoops has the postgame audio.

John Shurna's career high 31 were not enough as Northwestern (14-7) fell by nine at Michigan State.

Richmond (16-6) shut down Saint Louis, 62-36.

Mercer (12-11) beat Salem yesterday. Uros Kovacevic scored 16 as the Vikings won their second straight.

Denver (13-9) dropped its eighth in a row on the road, 73-62 at Arkansas State.

Oregon State (9-12) fell 62-52 to UCLA.

Princeton recruit Tom Noonan went for 20 in Penn Charter's loss to Episcopal Academy.

Future Tiger Chris Clement had 22 as Stony Point fell to Cedar Park. There's a video package of highlights available at this link.

Around the Ivy League: Cornell (18-3 / 4-0) sent a message by thoroughly dominating their showdown with Harvard (14-4 / 3-1) by 36. Columbia (7-11 / 1-3) topped Dartmouth (3-14 / 0-4) for their first conference win of the season. Penn (2-14 / 1-1) won at the buzzer in controversial fashion as Dan Monckton's layup appears to have come well after time expired, giving the Quakers a 55-54 win over Brown (7-14 / 1-3).

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Saturday News:

January 30, 2010 at 9:08 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Today's Game: Princeton (10-5 / 1-0) vs. Yale (8-12 / 2-1)
Location: John J. Lee Amphitheater - New Haven, CT
Time: 6:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 139-81.
Last meeting: Princeton 62 Yale 54 - 2/28/09.

Duke vs. Georgetown - 1:00 pm ET - CBS
St. Louis vs. Richmond - 2:00 pm ET - The Comcast Network
Salem vs. Mercer - 3:00 pm ET
Northwestern vs. Michigan State - 6:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network
UCLA vs. Oregon State - 7:30 pm ET
Denver vs. Arkansas State - 9:00 pm ET

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

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's Ivy opener on goprincetontigers.com, in the Providence Journal and on brownbears.com.

Watch highlights of Princeton's win over Goucher on WZBN.

A busy Saturday kicks off with Greg Monroe and Georgetown hosting #7 Duke. The Washington Post has more on this marquee matchup.

Richmond welcomes St. Louis to the Robins Center.

Northwestern visits #5 Michigan State.

UCLA travels to Oregon State.

Denver looks to stop a recent slide at Arkansas State.

Princeton recruit Ben Hazel scored 21 as Good Counsel upended O'Connell, 63-59.

Future Tiger Tom Noonan had eight for Penn Charter, who defeated Haverford School by 10.

Around the Ivy League: Cornell (17-3 / 3-0) shut down Dartmouth (4-13 / 0-3) to a 71-37 count. Harvard (14-3 / 3-0) kept pace, pushing aside Columbia (6-11 / 0-3) by 29. Yale (8-12 / 2-1) scored the first 11 points of a 61-48 win over Penn (1-14 / 0-1).

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Friday News:

January 29, 2010 at 9:15 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, MCCC, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Today's Game: Princeton (9-5 / 0-0) vs. Brown (7-12 / 1-1)
Location: Pizzitola Center - Providence, RI
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 91-24.
Last meeting: Princeton 56 Brown 48 - 2/27/09.

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

It has been 23 days since Princeton played a Division I opponent. In those three+ weeks, the Tigers' rankings in the three primary rating systems heading into these games have changed, some more significantly than others. On the left, before Marist. On the right, before Brown.

 
            Then           Now
RPI         138            141
Sagarin     173            160
Pomeroy     184            157

The Providence Journal has a capsule preview of tonight's game. The Brown Daily Herald also discusses this weekend's match-ups.

Yale Bulldogs Examiner and the Yale Daily News talk about this weekend's visit by Penn and Princeton.

The New York Post ranks Princeton's chances of making the NCAA Tournament compared to other area teams.

If you're in Wisconsin and listening to the radio on Saturday morning, Princeton recruit T.J. Bray and Central Catholic coach Dean Bellanti will be on 1250 WSSP.

Yesterday's victory by Oregon State (9-11) over USC felt a lot like the Beavers of a season ago. Calvin Haynes scored 25 points in a 51-45 comeback win.

A bad loss on the road for Denver (13-8), falling 69-57 at UALR after starting the night with a 14-1 lead. The Pioneers, who were second in the nation in team field goal percentage, shot a season low 32.8%.

Mercer (11-11) beat Lackawanna for the first time in nine years, 63-60. Quentin Lofton had a career high 17 points and Uros Kovacevic's twisting layup with two seconds left gave the Vikings their final lead.

Kyle Whelliston from the Mid-Majority slept in The Palestra. That's certainly worth a link.

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Wednesday News:

January 27, 2010 at 10:05 am
Filed under Basketball, Judson Wallace, MCCC, Northwestern, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Benetton lost to undefeated Bizkaia Bilbao in the opener of Group K Eurocup play yesterday. Judson Wallace scored four points, handed out four assists and was held without a rebound.

Northwestern (14-6) rallied to go up one at Minnesota with under five minutes to play, before Blake Hoffarber's back-to-back three pointers helped the Gophers to the 65-61 final.

Mercer (10-11) lost 68-52 at Manor. Paco Boussougou had 16 points and 11 rebounds for the Vikings.

Princeton recruit Daniel Edwards scored 16 points as Highland Park beat Rockwall, 50-20.

In advance of this weekend's Harvard/Cornell game, the Wall Street Journal asks "how did the Ivy League get so good?"

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Sunday News:

January 24, 2010 at 10:02 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Today's Game: Goucher (5-11 / 3-3) vs. Princeton (8-5 / 0-0)
Location: Jadwin Gym - Princeton, NJ
Time: 3:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: This is the first meeting between the two teams.
Last meeting: This is the first meeting between the two teams.

Greg Monroe had 21 points, 14 rebounds and six assists as Georgetown (15-3) obliterated Rutgers, 88-63. Head to Hoya Hoops and listen to postgame audio.

Richmond (15-6) won 62-57 at George Washington. Ryan Butler's three point shot with 26 ticks left put the Spiders in front to stay.

Oregon State (8-11) cut a 15 point second half Cal lead down to two in the final 11 seconds, but the Golden Bears held on 65-61.

An impressive result for Denver (13-7), beating South Alabama 71-48. The Pioneers shot 14-28 from three point range.

A career high 22 points from Jeremy Nash pushed Northwestern (14-5) past Illinois, 73-68. The Wildcats trailed by seven with 7:25 to go before going on a game-changing 17-3 run.

Mercer (10-10) picked up a 76-71 win over Dean on Saturday night. Uros Kovacevic led the Vikings with 28 points. Paco Boussougou pulled down 17 rebounds.

The Trenton Times has a brief preview of today's game built around the Tiger freshmen.

Princeton recruit T.J. Bray had 19 for Catholic Memorial in a Classic 8 Conference victory over Kettle Moraine.

Future Tiger Daniel Edwards scored 21 in Highland Park's 50-45 loss to Greenville. The Scots are 11-11 this season.

20 points by Ben Hazel weren't enough to get Good Counsel past St. Mary�s in double overtime.

Tom Noonan scored 19 of his 21 points in the second half of Penn Charter's win over Philadelphia Electrical.

Samford coach Jimmy Tillette, who has picked the brains and playbooks of many a Princeton coach and assistant to perfect his team's offense, suffered a seizure and collapsed on the sidelines yesterday during his team's win over UNC-Greensboro. Here's hoping he's feeling better soon.

Cornell (16-3 / 2-0) completed a season sweep of Columbia (6-10 / 0-2) with a 77-51 blowout of the Lions. Harvard (13-3 / 2-0) went up to Dartmouth (3-12 / 0-2) and pulled out the 62-58 decision.

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Wednesday News:

January 20, 2010 at 10:18 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Georgetown vs. Pitt - 7:00 pm ET - ESPNU
Charlotte vs. Richmond - 7:00 pm ET

La Salle vs. Penn - 7:00 pm ET

Northwestern (13-5) was no match for Ohio State, falling 76-56 in Columbus.

A three game Mercer (9-10) winning streak came to an end with a 65-58 loss at home to Essex. Paco Boussougou had 19 points and 15 boards for the Vikings.

Greg Monroe and Georgetown head to Pitt.

Richmond finishes their homestand against Charlotte.

Princeton recruit T.J. Bray is the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's Athlete of the Week.

Future Tiger Tom Noonan was held to nine points in Penn Charter's loss to Germantown Academy. For those who watch the video connected to this story, Noonan is #33 in blue.

Persistence fosters success for Denver head coach Joe Scott.

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Saturday News:

January 16, 2010 at 9:33 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Denver vs. Louisiana-Monroe - 2:00 pm ET - FSN Rocky Mountain (tape delay)
MCCC vs. Middlesex - 2:00 pm ET
La Salle vs. Richmond - 4:00 pm ET - CSN
Purdue vs. Northwestern - 5:30 pm ET - Big Ten Network
Arizona State vs. Oregon State - 6:30 pm ET - FSN NW

Columbia vs. Cornell - 4:00 pm ET - Time Warner

Congratulations to the radio voice of Princeton basketball, John Sadak, who was named 2009 Delaware Sportscaster of the Year by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association.

Basketball U. stole a bit of my thunder from what I was planning to write next week with a "Trendspotting" piece on Princeton that looks at the 2009-10 Tigers from a few different statistical perspectives.

Denver travels to Louisiana-Monroe.

Richmond hosts La Salle.

#6 Purdue visits Northwestern.

Oregon State welcomes Arizona State to Corvallis.

Princeton recruit T.J. Bray scored 29, including a tie-breaking three with 80 seconds left as Catholic Memorial won 67-61 at Arrowhead.

Future Tiger Ben Hazel had 20, including five three pointers, in Good Counsel's WCAC victory over St. John's.

Rush The Court checks in on the Ivy League.

Around the Ivy League: Brown (7-11 / 1-0) opened conference play with a win over Yale (6-12 / 0-1) in New Haven, 75-66.

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Friday News:

January 15, 2010 at 10:07 am
Filed under Basketball, David Blatt, Denver, Georgetown, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Brown vs. Yale - 7:00 pm ET

Georgetown (13-2) shot a season high 68.2% from the floor and defeated Seton Hall, 85-73. HoyaHoops has postgame audio from John Thompson III, Chris Wright, Austin Freeman and Jason Clark.

Denver (12-6) nearly dug themselves out of a 21 point second half hole, but ultimately fell to Louisiana-Lafayette, 55-49.

Lathen Wallace hit a three point shot with a second to go gave Oregon State (2-2) a 67-64 win over Arizona.

The Daily Princetonian already has their Goucher preview ready.

Verbally Committed interviews Good Counsel coach Blair Mills about Princeton recruit Ben Hazel (.mp3).

Dave Blatt is taking over as head coach of Greek squad Aris Thessaloniki.

Dartmouth has named Mark Graupe interim men's basketball head coach.

Interesting stuff - The first NCAA mock selection bracket has both Cornell and Harvard in the field of 64. Richmond is also in as an 11 seed.

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Thursday News:

January 14, 2010 at 9:11 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Seton Hall vs. Georgetown - 7:00 pm ET - ESPN
Denver vs. Louisiana-Lafayette - 8:00 pm ET
Arizona vs. Oregon State - 10:00 pm ET

Richmond (13-5) got past UMass in overtime. Darrius Garrett set an Atlantic 10 record with 14 blocked shots for the Spiders!

Wisconsin closed on a 21-8 run to defeat Northwestern (12-4), 60-50. Back-to-back three point shots by Trevon Hughes, each off an offensive rebound, tipped the game in the Badgers' favor.

Looking to avoid a letdown following their stirring comeback over the weekend, Georgetown hosts Seton Hall tonight.

Denver visits Louisiana-Lafayette.

Oregon State welcomes Arizona.

Princeton recruit Ben Hazel scored 17 points as Good Counsel beat McNamara, 55-49

Around the Ivy League: Penn (1-11) gave Temple a decent run before falling 60-45.

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Tuesday News:

January 12, 2010 at 10:00 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

MCCC vs. Salem - 8:00 pm ET

Patrick Saunders earned a spot on the Honor Roll of the latest Ivy Weekly Men's Basketball Report.

Princeton recruit T.J. Bray had 12 points and seven assists in Catholic Memorial's win over Pius.

Denver coach Joe Scott is profiled in the Denver Post.

Pioneer senior guard Nate Rohnert was named Sun Belt Player of the Week.

Around the Ivy League: Cornell (14-3) dismantled Clarkson, 82-37. St. Francis (NY) rallied past Columbia (6-8) in the second half, 59-53. Brown (6-11) fell 88-75 at Quinnipiac.

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Friday News:

January 8, 2010 at 11:29 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Northwestern, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Cornell vs. South Dakota - 8:30 pm ET

Bill Carmody wasn't happy with how his team played, but Northwestern (11-3) held off Texas-Pan American, 53-44.

Nate Rohnert had 27 points and seven assists as Denver (12-4) defeated New Orleans, 75-66.

WZBN has put together a solid video package of highlights from the Princeton/St. Joe's game.

The Daily Princetonian reports on the Tigers' victory over Marist.

The Trenton Times catches up with Princeton coach Sydney Johnson as his team enters their annual exam break.

A sophomore Neshaminy point guard is apparently being recruited by the Tigers (among others).

Around the Ivy League: Five players scored in double figures as Yale (5-11) routed Albertus Magnus, 92-71.

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