Thursday News:

February 3, 2011 at 8:35 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Oregon State, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

Denver vs. UALR - 8:00 pm ET
Washington vs. Oregon State - 9:00 pm ET - FSN Northwest

Chris Mooney won his 100th game at Richmond (17-6), a 62-52 Spider decision against St. Joe's.

Mercer (11-14) came away victorious playing its second Region XIX contest in as many days, 87-77 over Ocean. Mercer's high man was Jonathan Jernigan with 27.

The Daily Princetonian writes about the Tigers' home court.

Princeton's win over Yale is reviewed by the Town Topics.

Important question: Who's the worst dancer on Georgetown?

Denver travels to UALR tonight.

Washington visits Oregon State.

This week's Schuylkill 16 is out. Princeton dips one spot to sixth place.

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Tuesday News:

February 1, 2011 at 10:01 am
Filed under Basketball, David Blatt, Georgetown, Northwestern, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

MCCC vs. Raritan - 7:00 pm ET

Scoreless versus Villanova, Chris Wright dropped a game-high, season-high 24 as Georgetown (17-5) fended off #13 Louisville. Hoya Hoops has the postgame audio.

The Princeton Packet writes about last weekend's games.

Kareem Maddox made the Honor Roll of the latest Ivy League Men's Basketball Weekly Release.

Former Tiger center Zach Finley was honored as a member of the South Dakota 2001-2010 Class A All Decades Team.

Once again Rush The Court checks in on the Ivy League.

Mid-Atlantic Hoops shows Tiger recruit Bobby Garbade as the 187th-best senior in the Class of 2011.

Maccabi Tel Aviv coach David Blatt talks to FIBA Europe about a variety of topics, including Russia's national team.

Audacity Of Hoops has a very interesting piece about time of possession and single team pace in Northwestern's near-upset of Ohio State.

Princeton places fifth in the New York Post rankings of 21 local college basketball teams.

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Monday News:

January 31, 2011 at 9:35 am
Filed under Basketball, Georgetown, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Louisville vs. Georgetown - 7:00 pm ET - ESPN

With the first full weekend of Ivy play in the books, the Daily Princetonian, the Brown Daily Herald and the Yale Daily News summarize what transpired at Jadwin Gym.

SportsProf was in the building on Saturday night and shares his observations.

The site Go Local Prov has a touch more on the Tigers' win over the Bears.

Georgetown hosts Louisville on Big Monday.

A short video from Seton CC's win over Windsor shows Princeton recruit Bobby Garbade in action.

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Georgetown/Villanova pictures.

January 30, 2011 at 1:25 pm
Filed under Basketball, Georgetown, Mike Brennan, Photos, Scott Greenman, Stephen Goldsmith

Photos from yesterday's game courtesy Stephen Goldsmith.

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Sunday News:

January 30, 2011 at 8:43 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

In addition to our recap, learn more about the Tigers' win over Yale on goprincetontigers.com, in the Trenton Times, in the Trentonian, courtesy of the Associated Press and on yalebulldogs.com.

Unflappable Austin Freeman scored 30 to carry Georgetown (16-5) over Villanova, 69-66.

Xavier pulled away from Richmond (16-6) in the second half of a 85-62 decision. The Musketeer zone surprised the Spiders.

Mercer (9-14) led Salem by eight with 12 minutes to go. The Vikings' Gary Carthan popped out a shoulder and the Oaks eventually came away with a 65-62 win.

An inspired Northwestern (13-8) showing came up a point short of number one Ohio State. Playing without their leading scorer, the Wildcats shortened the game to 49 possessions.

Denver (11-10) knocked off the defending Sun Belt champions from North Texas, 80-67. The Pioneer Pulse has more on Denver's first win in the last six tries versus the Mean Green.

Stanford defeated Oregon State (8-12) in Palo Alto, 70-56.

Princeton recruit Denton Koon had 20 in Liberty's 58-43 triumph at Lee's Summit.

Seton CC and future Tiger Bobby Garbade cruised to their 13th straight.

A Florida forward says Dartmouth and Princeton are showing interest in him.

Around the Ivy League: Penn (8-8 / 2-0) never led in the second half yet survived a stern test from a Peter Sullivan-less Brown (7-11 / 0-4) squad, 80-78 in overtime. Harvard (14-3 / 4-0) stayed perfect at home, 78-57 over Cornell (4-14 / 0-4). Columbia (12-6 / 3-1) broke open a game tied at 25 and outscored Dartmouth (5-13 / 1-3) by 21 in the last 20 minutes of a 66-45 final.

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Georgetown 69 Villanova 66.

January 29, 2011 at 3:17 pm
Filed under 10-11, Audio, Basketball, Georgetown

Box Score

Postgame audio - Coach John Thompson III, Austin Freeman, Chris Wright & Julian Vaughn:

Trailing 61-53 and time running low, it took 51 seconds for Villanova to cut an eight point Georgetown lead down to one.

Running, jumping, trapping, tripling and tackling - the Wildcats swarmed the entirety of the floor for 94 feet as they attempted to salvage victory in a game they were almost out of with 2:59 left.

A pair of unforgivable long passes by the Hoyas' Jason Clark and Chris Wright into Antonio Pena's hands led swiftly to a Corey Stokes three point jumper from the left arc and two Maalik Wayns free throws as the Hoyas struggled to break the Wildcats' full court pressure.

Through it all, senior Austin Freeman remained unflappable.

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Saturday News:

January 29, 2011 at 9:21 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Today's Game: Yale (9-8 / 2-1) vs. Princeton (13-4 / 1-0)
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 141-81.
Last meeting: Princeton 82 Yale 58 - 2/19/10.

Georgetown vs. Villanova - 12:00 pm ET - ESPN
Xavier vs. Richmond - 12:00 pm ET - ESPN2
MCCC vs. Salem - 2:00 pm ET
Ohio State vs. Northwestern - 6:00 pm ET - ESPN2
North Texas vs. Denver - 6:00 pm ET
Oregon State vs. Stanford - 10:00 pm ET

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

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's successful start to Ivy play on goprincetontigers.com in the Trenton Times, in the Trentonian, courtesy of the Associated Press and on brownbears.com.

Nate Lubick and Georgetown visit Villanova.

One channel over, Richmond hosts Xavier.

With or without John Shurna, Northwestern welcomes undefeated, top-ranked Ohio State to Evanston.

Defending Sun Belt champion North Texas plays at Denver.

Oregon State plays at Stanford.

More on the 34 point game for Princeton recruit Denton Koon.

Around the Ivy League: Penn (7-8 / 1-0) raced to a 24-6 lead and held off Yale (9-8 / 2-1) at the Palestra. Dartmouth (5-12 / 1-2) led by as many as 28 in the second half of a 64-57 win over Cornell (4-13 / 0-3). Harvard (13-3 / 3-0) stayed perfect in conference with a 77-66 decision versus Columbia (11-6 / 2-1).

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Friday News:

January 28, 2011 at 9:33 am
Filed under Basketball, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Pete Carril, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News, Will Venable

Today's Game: Brown (7-9 / 0-2) vs. Princeton (12-4 / 0-0)
Location: Jadwin Gym - Princeton, NJ
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: Verizon FiOS 1
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 93-25.
Last meeting: Brown 57 Princeton 54 - 2/20/10.

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

The Trentonian previews tonight's game.

Ian Hummer is number 23 on Bleacher Report's 30 Mid-Major Underclassmen You Need To Know About.

Northwestern's John Shurna may have suffered a concussion versus Minnesota.

Here is Will Venable modeling the Padres' new road uniform.

The 14-Game Tournament has a fascinating piece about (among other things) Ken Pomeroy's projections and how Joe Scott's three Ivy seasons at Princeton each deviated from the confidence intervals.

Georgetown freshman Aaron Bowen will miss the rest of the season after surgery on his right shoulder.

The coach of a junior guard from northern New Jersey says he is "being recruited by Princeton and Columbia as he is also one of the top students in his class."

The Reading Eagle writes it is time for Reading High School to honor their basketball history, including Pete Carril and Gary Walters.

Oregon State (8-11) fell 85-57 at Cal.

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Thursday News:

January 27, 2011 at 10:24 am
Filed under Basketball, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Today's News, Video

Oregon State vs. Cal - 11:00 pm ET - FSN

The Mercer game at Lackawanna scheduled for tonight has been moved to Thursday, February 17th due to the snow.

Jason Clark scored 16 points on 5-5 shooting as Georgetown (15-5) pulled even in Big East play with a 75-51 win over St. John's.

Northwestern (13-7) led at the half but dropped a 81-70 decision at Minnesota.

The Town Topics reviews Princeton's game versus TCNJ.

The Trenton Times previews Friday's Ivy opener against Brown.

Oregon State visits Cal.

This week's Schuylkill 16 is out and Princeton holds on to fifth place therein.

I will be a guest on premiere Internet-only college basketball radio station Hoops Talk Live tonight at 6:20 pm ET talking about the Ivy League and Princeton with Raphielle Johnson of CollegeHoops.net. Follow the link to listen!

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YouTube potpourri XX.

January 26, 2011 at 6:20 pm
Filed under Basketball, Georgetown, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Video, Will Venable

The latest collection of videos from various corners of the Princeton basketball family. Above, excerpts of speeches by Sydney Johnson and Kareem Maddox at the Princeton Varsity Club's Winter Coaches Luncheon.

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Wednesday News:

January 26, 2011 at 9:03 am
Filed under Basketball, Chris Thomforde, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

St. John's vs. Georgetown - 7:00 pm ET - ESPN+
Northwestern vs. Minnesota - 8:30 pm ET - Big Ten Network

Moravian College president Chris Thomforde is profiled on the NCAA web site.

The Princeton Packet writes about the Tigers' victory over TCNJ.

Yahoo! Sports has updated their Princeton team report.

Kevin Anderson scored 26 in a 70-61 Richmond (16-5) win at Dayton.

As previously discussed on this site, Mercer (9-13) handily defeated Manor.

Princeton recruit Denton Koon scored 15 as Liberty High School won at the buzzer. There's video of Koon in a KMBC piece that aired last week.

A running back from the Lehigh Valley has verbally committed to Princeton. Worth considering: He's averaging 21 ppg as a basketball player at Nazareth Area High School.

Austin Freeman looks to continue his resurgence as Georgetown hosts St. John's.

Still seeking a signature win, Northwestern visits #16 Minnesota.

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Tuesday News:

January 25, 2011 at 10:02 am
Filed under Basketball, Georgetown, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

Richmond vs. Dayton - 7:00 pm ET - ESPNU
Manor vs. MCCC - 7:00 pm ET

Richmond visits Dayton this evening.

Princeton's Kareem Maddox is on the Honor Roll of edition 12 of the Ivy League Men's Basketball Weekly Release.

Austin Freeman of Georgetown is your Big East Player of the Week.

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