Wednesday News:

March 9, 2011 at 8:38 am
Filed under Basketball, Georgetown, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Wednesday, March 9th
(9) UConn vs. (8) Georgetown - 12:00 pm ET - ESPN
Big East Tournament

(9) Oregon State vs. (8) Stanford - 9:00 pm ET - FSN
Pac-10 Tournament

Thursday, March 10th
(9) Minnesota vs. (8) Northwestern - 2:30 pm ET - ESPN2
Big 10 Tournament

Friday, March 11th
(6) Rhode Island / (11) St. Louis winner vs. (3) Richmond - 9:00 pm ET - CSN+
Atlantic 10 Tournament

Saturday, March 12th
Princeton vs. Harvard - 4:00 pm ET - ESPN3.com

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's fifth straight win over Penn on goprincetontigers.com, in the Trenton Times, in the Daily Princetonian, in the Star Ledger, in the Philadelphia Inquirer, in the Daily News, on CSN Philly and on pennathletics.com.

ESPN's Dana O'Neil talked to Kareem Maddox (video) after the victory.

You can watch a full rebroadcast of the game here.

Princeton recruit Denton Koon was named First Team 2010-2011 Suburban Big 6 All-Conference.

The Princeton Packet has an article on the Tigers' loss at Harvard.

Chris Wright will return, but not for the Big East Tournament. Georgetown plays UConn at noon.

Oregon State faces Stanford in the Pac-10 Tournament.

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Sunday News:

March 6, 2011 at 9:02 am
Filed under Baseball, Basketball, Chris Young, Denver, Georgetown, Mike Brennan, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News, Will Venable

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's defeat at the hands of Harvard on goprincetontigers.com, in the Trentonian, in the Star Ledger, in the Daily Princetonian, in the New York Times, in the Boston Globe, in the Crimson, on ESPN Boston and on gocrimson.com.

Bob Ryan of the Boston Globe also has a column on the game.

Former Tiger Mike Brennan is listed as among those "throwing their names into the mix" for the open Monmouth position.

Sophomore Ian Hummer is profiled by Vienna Patch.

Andy Rimol is quoted in a long Bergen Record piece on New Jersey high school basketball legend Les Cason.

Princeton recruit Denton Koon and Liberty fell in the Missouri Class 5 quarterfinals.

Will Venable is benefitting from ramped-up workouts.

Unlike when he pitched last September, Chris Young feels completely healthy.

Richmond (24-7) earned a first round bye in the Atlantic 10 Tournament with a 68-56 win over Duquesne.

Can Georgetown (21-9) win without Chris Wright? The Hoyas trailed by four at Cincinnati with 8:42 to go, but were outscored 26-8 the rest of the way.

Denver (13-17) saw their season end with a 53-49 loss to FIU in the first round of the Sun Belt Tournament.

With all but six players suspended for a violation of team rules, Oregon State (10-19) was dropped 80-66 at Arizona State.

Around the Ivy League: Rallying from down 13 at the half, Penn (13-14 / 7-6) came back on Dartmouth (5-23 / 1-13) in Hanover, 70-58. Cornell (10-18 / 6-8) finished the season with a 68-55 victory over Yale (15-13 / 8-6). Noruwa Agho had a career high 31 as Columbia (15-13 / 6-8) closed their campaign by besting Brown (11-17 / 4-10) to the tune of 91-74.

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Saturday News:

March 5, 2011 at 9:08 am
Filed under Basketball, Chris Young, Denver, Georgetown, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Today's Game: Princeton (23-5 / 11-1) vs. Harvard (22-5 / 11-2)
Location: Lavietes Pavilion - Cambridge, MA
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: ESPN3.com
Series History: Princeton leads 126-38.
Last meeting: Princeton 65 Harvard 61 - 2/4/11.

Duquesne vs. Richmond - 12:00 pm ET - CBS College Sports
Georgetown vs. Cincinnati - 2:00 pm ET - ESPN+
FIU vs. Denver - 9:45 pm ET - Sun Belt Tournament
Oregon State vs. Arizona State - 4:00 pm ET

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

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's victory at Dartmouth on goprincetontigers.com, courtesy of the Associated Press and on dartmouthsports.com.

While 15 of a possible 20 title scenarios were crossed off after Princeton beat the Big Green and Harvard topped Penn on Friday, the overall percentages remain the same - but there is now a 42% chance of a playoff.

Ivy League executive director Robin Harris tells the USA Today that "the team that doesn't win the league deserves [NCAA Tournament] consideration."

The Princeton Packet previews the Tigers' weekend.

Princeton recruit Denton Koon, who the Kansas City Star calls "a revelation this season," had a huge stat line as Liberty defeated Grandview in the Patterson Division tournament final.

Future Tiger Bobby Garbade and Seton CC won the Section 4 Class B championship over Oneonta.

A Southern California center says Princeton is one of the schools keeping an eye on him as he heads abroad for a year.

The Princeton Alumni Weekly writes about the first Harvard game.

Chris Young had a second straight solid outing in Grapefruit League action.

Richmond looks for win number 24 at home against Duquesne.

After a week off to refocus, Georgetown closes their regular season at Cincinnati.

Denver and Florida International do battle at the Sun Belt Tournament.

Arizona state hosts Oregon State.

Around the Ivy League: Harvard (22-5 / 11-2) opened up a big lead early and defeated Penn (12-14 / 6-6) by 15. Yale (15-12 / 8-5) never trailed, yet had to survive Columbia (14-13 / 5-8) in double overtime, 87-81. Cornell (9-18 / 5-8) scored the final 13 points of a 75-66 win over Brown (11-16 / 4-9).

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Tuesday News:

March 1, 2011 at 9:28 am
Filed under Basketball, David Blatt, Georgetown, MCCC, Today's News

The return of Dave Blatt to Maccabi Tel Aviv is profiled in Haaretz.

10 things you (well, most) don't know about John Thompson III.

Here's a Flickr set of photos from Mercer's win over Lacawanna.

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YouTube potpourri XXVI.

February 28, 2011 at 9:58 am
Filed under Baseball, Basketball, Chris Young, Craig Robinson, Georgetown, Princeton, Richmond, Video

The latest collection of videos from various corners of the Princeton basketball family. Above, Kareem Maddox joins the Daily Princetonian's "On The Prowl."

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Sunday News:

February 27, 2011 at 9:56 am
Filed under Baseball, Basketball, Chris Young, Denver, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

MCCC vs. Del Tech Stanton - 3:00 pm ET - Region XIX Tournament
Northwestern vs. Wisconsin - 6:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's win over Columbia in the season's final home game on goprincetontigers.com, in the Trentonian, in the Trenton Times, in the Daily Princetonian and on gocolumbialions.com.

Princeton recruit Bobby Garbade had 13 Seton CC's Class B quarterfinal win over Trumansburg.

Georgetown (21-8) fell late versus Syracuse. A late 11-1 run was the difference in the 58-51 final.

In a season sweep by Richmond (22-7) of Charlotte, Kevin Anderson scored his 2,000th career point as a Spider.

Oregon State (10-17) lost 87-76 to Cal.

A late regular season Denver (13-16) slide concluded with a 63-41 loss at North Texas. The Pioneers slip to the Sun Belt West's number three seed.

Northwestern visits Wisconsin.

The Mets get their first look at Chris Young in spring training versus the Braves

Around the Ivy League: Brandyn Curry's layup attempt rolled off at the buzzer and Yale (14-12 / 7-5) knocked off Harvard (21-5 / 10-2) in New Haven, 70-69. Cornell (8-18 / 4-8) swept their season series with Penn (12-13 / 6-5), holding on for a 74-72 final at the Palestra. Tyler Bernardini's three at the buzzer caught the front rim. Brown (11-15 / 4-8) hit the century mark versus Dartmouth (5-21 / 1-11). Adrian Williams scored 26 in the 100-76 final.

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Saturday News:

February 26, 2011 at 10:02 am
Filed under Basketball, Craig Robinson, Denver, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News, Will Venable

Today's Game: Columbia (14-11 / 5-6) vs. Princeton (21-5 / 9-1)
Location: Jadwin Gym - Princeton, NJ
Time: 6:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 140-84.
Last meeting: Princeton 76 Columbia 46 - 2/11/11.

Princeton's 2011 senior class, pictured as freshmen.

Syracuse vs. Georgetown - 12:00 pm ET - CBS
Cal vs. Oregon State - 6:00 pm ET - FSN Northwest
Richmond vs. Charlotte - 7:00 pm ET
Denver vs. North Texas - 8:00 pm ET

Dartmouth vs. Brown - 6:00 pm ET
Harvard vs. Yale - 6:00 pm ET
Cornell vs. Penn - 7:00 pm ET

In addition to our recap, read about the Tigers' victory over Cornell on goprincetontigers.com in the Trenton Times, in the Trentonian, on New Jersey Newsroom, in the Ithaca Journal, courtesy of the Associated Press and on cornellbigred.com.

Jermaine Emanuel found Jon Jernigan for a layup at the buzzer as Mercer (16-15) upset top-seeded Lackawanna 83-81 in the Region XIX semifinals. For the second straight season the Vikings will play for the title, this Sunday versus Del Tech Stanton in Scranton.

Yahoo! Sports has updated their Princeton team report.

21 for future Tiger Denton Koon in Liberty's Class 5, District 15 final triumph.

Will Venable should be shifting into high gear on the basepaths this season.

Chris Wright will lead from the sideline in his final home game when Georgetown hosts Syracuse.

Kevin Anderson needs 11 points for 2,000 in his career as Richmond visits Charlotte.

Oregon State hosts Cal. Craig Robinson tells the Gazette-Times how he takes the stress of his job in stride.

North Texas is where Denver will conclude their regular season.

Around the Ivy League: Harvard (21-4 / 10-1) came from 15 down to stop Brown (10-15 / 3-8) in Providence. Zack Rosen scored 17 points and dished nine assists as Penn (12-12 / 6-4) bested Columbia (14-11 / 5-6) by a 64-54 count. Yale (13-12 / 6-5) knocked off Dartmouth (5-20 / 1-10) in overtime, 79-75.

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Friday News:

February 25, 2011 at 9:28 am
Filed under Basketball, Chris Young, Denver, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Today's Game: Cornell (7-17 / 3-7) vs. Princeton (20-5 / 8-1)
Location: Jadwin Gym - Princeton, NJ
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: Verizon FiOS 1 (tape delay)
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 135-78.
Last meeting: Princeton 57 Cornell 55 - 2/12/11.

MCCC vs. Lackawanna - 5:00 pm ET - Region XIX Tournament

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

The Trenton Times, the Daily Princetonian, the Ithaca Journal and the Columbia Spectator preview this weekend's games.

Dan Mavraides is profiled by Foster City Patch.

Here's a transcript of what will be read before a moment of silence this evening in memory of Christian "Crunch" Regulski.

Georgetown's Chris Wright had surgery on his left hand and is actually expected back for the NCAA tournament.

Former Hoya Jeff Green was traded from Oklahoma City to Boston.

The New York Daily News outs Chris Young as an intellectual.

Judson Wallace is the subject of a long piece on the ACB web site. I ran the article through Google Translate from the original Spanish for you.

This KC Metro Sports package includes a fairly vicious one-handed dunk by Princeton recruit Denton Koon.

Oregon State (10-16) rallied from down double digits to defeat Stanford, 87-80.

Another tough loss for Denver (13-15) this by six in overtime at Louisiana-Lafayette.

Falling behind 18-2 early, Northwestern (16-11) was able to close within one but never take the lead. Penn State defeated the Wildcats 66-52.

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Thursday News:

February 24, 2011 at 9:30 am
Filed under Baseball, Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Steve Goodrich, Today's News, Will Venable

Denver vs. Louisana-Lafayette - 8:00 pm ET
Penn State vs. Northwestern - 9:00 pm ET - ESPN2
Stanford vs. Oregon State - 9:00 pm ET - FSN Northwest

Steve Goodrich is quoted extensively in a Daily Orange story about the "Princeton Offense."

Georgetown (21-7) not only suffered through an awful 25% shooting night in a 58-46 loss to Cincinnati, but senior point guard Chris Wright broke his left hand early in the second half. Hoya Hoops was first with the postgame audio.

Princeton recruit Denton Koon scored 11 as Liberty opened postseason play with a 86-54 win over William Chrisman.

Here's another piece on the Mercer County Community College victory versus Morris.

JerShon Cobb and Northwestern host a team they've struggled to beat in recent years, Penn State.

Enter the Cajundome, Denver. You're visiting Louisiana-Lafayette.

Oregon State welcome Stanford to Corvallis.

All Chris Young is looking for is normalcy.

Will Venable is interviewed at Padres' spring training.

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Wednesday News:

February 23, 2011 at 9:28 am
Filed under Basketball, Georgetown, Northwestern, Princeton, Recruiting

Cincinnati vs. Georgetown - 9:00 pm ET - ESPN+

Chris Wright and Georgetown host Cincinnati late this evening.

Dan Mavraides is called “an active contributor to trash talking within the league" by another Ivy player in a Daily Pennsylvanian article about smack talk.

Princeton recruit Brian Fabrizius had a big game in Kimball Union's win over Kents Hills.

WFAN's Vin Parise gives a shout out to Princeton.

The Brown Daily Herald story on last Saturday's game has finally appeared.

Inside The Hall breaks down how Northwestern created three different back cuts versus Indiana.

Princeton slips to sixth in this week's Schuylkill 16.

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YouTube potpourri XXV.

February 22, 2011 at 12:02 pm
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Judson Wallace, Richmond, Video

The latest collection of videos from various corners of the Princeton basketball family. Above is a "commercial" for the Judson Wallace fan site. Game highlights and more after the jump.

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Sunday News:

February 20, 2011 at 8:05 am
Filed under Basketball, Chris Young, Denver, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News, Will Venable

St. Bonaventure vs. Richmond - 3:00 pm ET - CBS College Sports Regional
South Alabama vs. Denver - 3:00 pm ET - FSN Rocky Mountain

In addition to our recap, read about the Tigers' first Ivy League loss on goprincetontigers.com, in the Providence Journal, on Go Local Prov and on brownbears.com.

Chris Wright scored a season-high 26 as Georgetown (21-6) got past South Florida, 61-55.

Northwestern (16-10) won 70-64 at Indiana for the season sweep of the Hoosiers.

The second Civil War meeting again went to Oregon over Oregon State (9-16), this time 82-63.

Will Venable hopes a change in batting stance will boost his performance.

The Star Ledger talks to new Mets pitcher Chris Young.

Princeton recruit Bobby Garbade and Seton CC fell to Johnson City in the Southern Tier Athletic Conference championship game.

On Senior Day, Richmond hosts St. Bonaventure.

Denver and South Alabama round out the Pioneers' home slate.

Breaking news: Happy birthday, dad.

Around the Ivy League: Harvard (20-4 / 9-1) moved a half game ahead of Princeton with a 61-42 win at Columbia (14-10 / 5-5). Zack Rosen scored in the lane with :02.3 seconds left to give Penn (11-12 / 5-4) the 60-58 decision at Yale (12-12 / 5-5). Cornell (7-17 / 3-7) made 16 three pointers in their 96-76 victory over Dartmouth (5-19 / 1-9).

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