Thursday News:

January 7, 2010 at 9:45 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Texas-Pan American vs. Northwestern - 7:00 pm ET - bigtennetwork.com
New Orleans vs. Denver - 9:00 pm ET

Albertus Magnus vs. Yale - 7:00 pm ET

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

Georgetown (11-2) lost by three at Marquette.

It was a successful Atlantic 10 kickoff for Richmond (12-4), 80-68 over Duquesne.

Oregon State (6-8) continues to confuse. The Beavers matched the worst loss in school history, crushed by Seattle 99-48.

Texas-Pan American visits Northwestern tonight.

Denver welcomes New Orleans to Magness Arena.

Tons of Princeton recruiting news! Ben Hazel had 11 for Good Counsel in a 54-52 loss to DeMatha. T.J. Bray contributed eight points, six assists and five rebounds for Catholic Memorial in their 17 point win over Waukesha South. Tom Noonan scored 18 for Penn Charter in a 49-45 loss to Peddie. Finally, a picture of Highland Park center Daniel Edwards wearing a sombrero.

Around the Ivy League: Cornell (12-3) led by one in the final minute at #1 Kansas, but the Jayhawks held on for the 71-66 victory. Army became unofficial champions of the Ancient Eight with a 59-51 win over Brown (6-10). Columbia (6-7) lost by 17 to Lafayette. Penn (1-10) was an 82-71 winner at UMBC, ending the Quakers' 11 game losing streak.

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Tuesday News:

January 5, 2010 at 10:06 am
Filed under Basketball, Craig Robinson, MCCC, Northwestern, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Manor vs. MCCC - 7:00 pm ET

Yale vs. Lehigh - 7:00 pm ET

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's loss at Maine on goprincetontigers.com, in the Bangor Daily News, on Black Bears Pit and on goblackbears.com.

WABI has a video package from the Princeton/Maine game.

Dan Mavraides made the Honor Roll of the latest Ivy Weekly Men's Basketball Report.

Northwestern's John Shurna is the Big Ten Player of the Week.

Congratulations to Oregon State head coach Craig Robinson and his family. Robinson's wife delivered a baby boy named Austin Lucas on Monday morning.

Princeton recruit T.J. Bray scored 27 in Catholic Memorial's five point win over Menomonee Falls.

Future Tiger Daniel Edwards had 17 as Highland Park improved to 8-9 with a victory over R.L. Turner.

Around the Ivy League: Matt Mullery scored in the waning seconds of overtime to help Brown (6-9) get past Wagner, 72-71. Dartmouth (3-10) led wire to wire in a six point win over Bucknell. Columbia (6-6) lost two starters to injury in the first half but still had enough to top American, 56-51. Harvard (11-3) won at Santa Clara, 74-66. Freshman Kyle Casey scored 27 for the Crimson.

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Saturday News:

January 2, 2010 at 10:27 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Today's Game: Princeton (6-4 / 0-0) vs. St. Joe's (4-7 / 0-0)
Location: Hagan Arena - Philadelphia, PA
Time: 2:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Tied 6-6.
Last meeting: St. Joe's 74 Princeton 63 - 11/16/01.

Richmond vs. Bucknell - 2:00 pm ET
Michigan State vs. Northwestern - 6:30 pm ET - Big Ten Network
Oregon State vs. Washington State - 7:00 pm ET - FSN NW
Denver vs. Troy - 8:30 pm ET

American vs. Brown - 1:00 pm ET
Bryant vs. Cornell - 2:00 pm ET
Harvard vs. Seattle - 5:10 pm ET

Northwestern hosts #11 Michigan State.

Troy is where Denver plays tonight.

Richmond travels to Bucknell for their final non-conference game of the season.

Oregon State is at Washington State.

Princeton recruit Tom Noonan scored 21 in Penn Charter's victory over Father Judge.

Future Tiger Daniel Edwards had 38 in Highland Park's loss to Houston Wheatley at the DISD Coca-Cola Tournament.

SportsProf has thoughts on the Wagner/Princeton game and Penn's embarrassing loss at Duke.

Another week in ninth place for Princeton in the Schuylkill 16.

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Wednesday News:

December 30, 2009 at 10:14 am
Filed under Basketball, Craig Robinson, Geoff Petrie, Luke Owings, Northwestern, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Today's Game: Wagner (2-11 / 0-2) vs. Princeton (5-4 / 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 82 Wagner 66 - 11/29/78.

Northwestern vs. Illinois - 9:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network

Dartmouth vs. Quinnipiac - 2:00 pm ET - NESN
George Washington vs. Harvard - 6:00 pm ET
Brown vs. Sacred Heart - 7:00 pm ET
Maine vs. Columbia - 7:00 pm ET

Northwestern kicks off Big 10 play at Illinois.

A Princeton/Penn game made the TigerBlog list of "Best Games of the Decade."

Princeton recruit Chris Clement scored nine points in Round Rock Stony Point's three point win over La Vega.

Future Tiger Ben Hazel had 13 in Good Counsel's one point STOP-DWI Holiday Classic Basketball Tournament loss to Boys and Girls High School.

Sacramento Kings GM Geoff Petrie received a three year contract extension.

"Outside The Limelight" author Kathy Orton is interviewed by The Quad.

Luke Owings provides a unique perspective looking back on the 2005-06 season.

The wife of Oregon State head coach Craig Robinson is due to have a baby any day.

Around the Ivy League: Ryan Wittman scored a career high of 34 as Cornell (10-2) defeated La Salle, 78-75. Yale (4-8) turned the ball over 30 times in a 70-59 loss at Colorado.

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Tom Noonan impressions.

December 29, 2009 at 10:20 pm
Filed under Basketball, Princeton, Recruiting

I had a chance to see Princeton recruit Tom Noonan play for the first time this afternoon, as Penn Charter faced Notre Dame in the Eastern States Classic Invitational Tournament's third place game at Trenton Catholic Academy in Hamilton.

On first sight, Noonan - the fifth member of the Tigers' 2010 recruiting class, looks more like a prototypical college basketball player than I expected a 6'7" high school jumpshooter would. He's not the gangly wisp I thought I would be watching.

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Tuesday News:

December 29, 2009 at 9:09 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Northwestern, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Cornell vs. La Salle - 4:00 pm ET
Yale vs. Colorado - 9:00 pm ET - FSN Rocky Mountain

For the first time in 40+ years, Northwestern has cracked the AP Top 25.

A late Richmond (10-3) rally slipped the Spiders past UNC-W, 66-64.

Denver (9-4) lost at Northern Colorado, 72-57. Pioneers head coach Joe Scott was ejected from the game in the second half.

Princeton recruit T.J. Bray scored 27 as Catholic Memorial upset sixth-ranked Menomonee Falls.

Future Tiger Daniel Edwards had 14 in Highland Park's ISD Coca Cola Tournament loss to Lancaster.

Around the Ivy League: Jerome Allen's first game as Penn (0-8) head coach was a 79-50 loss at Davidson. Harvard (8-3) handed MIT its first defeat, 88-61. Brown (5-7) ended its 21 day exam break with a 74-63 win over Kean.

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Monday News:

December 28, 2009 at 10:23 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, John Rogers, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

UNCW vs. Richmond - 7:00 pm ET
Denver vs. Northern Colorado - 9:00 pm ET

MIT vs. Harvard - 4:00 pm ET
Kean vs. Brown - 7:00 pm ET
Penn vs. Davidson - 7:00 pm ET

Richmond welcomes UNC-Wilmington to the Robins Center. It is the first of three non conference games remaining for the Spiders before the start of Atlantic 10 play.

Northern Colorado hosts Denver.

Oregon State is preparing to start their Pac-10 slate at Washington on New Year's Eve.

Princeton recruit Tom Noonan scored 20 for Penn Charter in a 73-59 loss to Atlantic Christian at the Eastern States Invitational.

A recent Trenton Times article on Lawrenceville School center Mat Piotrowski mentions that he is being recruited by Princeton and Harvard in addition to several major D-I programs.

Former Tiger captain John Rogers is part of a New York Times piece about several Chicagoans connected by a random shooting.

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Christmas Eve News:

December 24, 2009 at 10:42 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

No games today and tomorrow. May you and yours have a happy and healthy holiday season. We'll be back on Monday, if not sooner.

Chris Wright cut up Harvard for a career best 34 points as Georgetown (9-1) defeated the Crimson, 86-70.

Oregon State (6-5) recorded the program's 1600th victory, a 73-65 decision over Fresno State.

Princeton recruit Tom Noonan scored 21 in Penn Charter's 71-44 win against FitzSimons.

The Denver Post shares a memorable story about Pioneer guard Nate Rohnert.

princetonbasketball.com editor Jon Solomon hosts his annual 24-Hour Hoiday Radio Show on WPRB starting tonight at 6:00 pm ET. If you missed it, here's audio of his appearance on NPR's The Takeaway earlier in the week.

Around the Ivy League: Quinnipiac outscored Columbia (5-5) by 16 in the second half of a 63-51 Bobcats victory.

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Monday News:

December 21, 2009 at 9:02 am
Filed under Basketball, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News, Video

Highlights from Richmond's upset of Florida can be found above these words.

Yale vs. Providence - 7:00 pm ET
Cornell vs. St. John's - Holiday Classic - 9:00 pm ET

Princeton recruit Daniel Edwards scored 30 for Highland Park in the Union Square Bulldog Classic finals. Edwards gave the Scots a one point lead in the final seconds, but Burkburnett scored at the horn to take the title.

A 6'3" junior guard from Georgia is said to be "garnering interest" from both Princeton and Harvard.

Mike DiMauro at The Day has written a discussion-generating piece about Penn's decision to fire Glen Miller.

Around the Ivy League: Ryan Wittman's thirty foot three point shot at the buzzer gave Cornell (8-2) a 91-88 overtime win versus Davidson. The Big Red advance to play St. John's in the championship game of the Holiday Classic. Dartmouth (2-8) lost by ten at New Hampshire.

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Sunday News:

December 20, 2009 at 10:37 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Cornell vs. Davidson - 12:00 pm ET - Holiday Festival - MSG
Dartmouth vs. New Hampshire - 3:30 pm ET

Today's Princeton/Maine game has been postponed.

John Shurna scored 22 points and Michael "Juice" Thompson hit a big three point shot with 1:23 left as Northwestern (9-1) defeated Stanford, 70-62.

Georgetown (8-1) was upset by Old Dominion, 61-57.

Richmond (8-3) beat a Top 25 team for the third straight season, beating Florida in the Orange Bowl Classic, 56-53.

Shooting 70.5% from the field, Denver (8-3) blew out Louisiana-Monroe by 22.

Oregon State (5-5) picked up a 76-62 win over Mississippi Valley State.

Princeton recruit T.J. Bray had 12 points in Catholic Memorial's Classic 8 Conference victory over Waukesha North.

Future Tiger Chris Clement scored 16 for Round Rock Stony Point in a nine point loss to Cedar Park Vista Ridge.

Here's a WZBN highlight package from the Monmouth/Princeton game.

Today, the archive has pulled up a game recap from Princeton's two point victory over Drexel in the 1997 Chase ECAC Holiday Festival.

Rush The Court checks in on the Ivy League.

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Saturday News:

December 19, 2009 at 9:25 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, MCCC, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Stanford vs. Northwestern - 2:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network
Louisiana-Monroe vs. Denver - 6:00 pm ET
Richmond vs. Florida - 6:30 pm ET - Orange Bowl Classic - Sun Sports
Old Dominion vs. Georgetown - 7:00 pm ET - MASN
Mississippi Valley State vs. Oregon State - 10:00 pm ET

FIT gave Mercer (5-8) fits on Thursday. The Vikings fell 83-75 despite 19 points and 14 rebounds from Paco Boussougou.

Northwestern hosts Stanford at Welsh-Ryan Arena.

Looking for the best start of the John Thompson III era, #11 Georgetown welcomes Old Dominion.

Richmond and #13 Florida square off in the Orange Bowl Classic.

Mississippi Valley State visits Oregon State.

Denver is home for UL-M.

Princeton recruit Tom Noonan scored 19 in Penn Charter's 55-43 loss to The Hill School.

USA Today has a mid-December team-by-team update on the Ivy League.

The archive has pulled up a 1996 New York Times piece about Bill Carmody written before the start of his first season as a head coach.

If there are any weather updates for tomorrow's Princeton/Maine game, we'll be sure to post them on our Twitter feed.

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Sunday News:

December 13, 2009 at 10:11 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Today's Game: Princeton (3-4 / 0-0) vs. UNC Greensboro (2-5 / 1-1)
Location: Greensboro Coliseum - Greensboro, NC
Time: 1:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 1-0.
Last meeting: Princeton 65 UNC Greensboro 55 - 1/3/09.

North Carolina A&T vs. Northwestern - 5:00 pm ET - bigtennetwork.com

Lyndon State vs. Dartmouth - 7:00 pm ET

UNCG Basketball Fan previews this afternoon's game.

An impressive win for Georgetown (8-0), starting the second half on a 21-2 run and dispatching #17 Washington with surprising ease. The Hoyas swept their back-to-back games against Top 25 foes, growing up in the process.

Bragging rights in Virginia's capitol went to VCU, who defeated Richmond (7-2) at the Farm Bureau Insurance Black & Blue Classic, 65-57.

Denver (6-3) lost by 10 at Portland.

Mental mistakes plagued Oregon State (4-4) in a 50-44 defeat at Nebraska.

Mercer (5-7) beat Burlington 66-65 in overtime. Quincy Hendryx had the game-winner with sixteen seconds left in the extra frame.

Princeton recruit Tom Noonan scored 19 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in Penn Charter's victory over Del-Val Charter.

Enthusiastic announcer Gus Johnson writes about the Princeton/UCLA game in the book "Being There: 100 Sports Pros Talk About the Best Sporting Events They Ever Witnessed Firsthand."

Northwestern returns to action after their exam break, taking on North Carolina A&T.

Around the Ivy League: Penn (0-7) continued to struggle, losing by five at Monmouth. Columbia (5-4) defeated a different winless squad, besting Bryant, 69-57. Army picked up its fourth win over its fourth Ivy opponent this season, defeating Dartmouth (1-6) in Hanover, 59-46.

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