Monday News:

January 10, 2011 at 9:18 am
Filed under Basketball, Georgetown, MCCC, Mike Brennan, Northwestern, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Northwestern (10-4) picked up their first Big 10 win of the season, 93-81 over Indiana. Chicago College Basketball has more on what this game means.

Mercer (6-11) was outscored 25-5 in the final five minutes of a 68-50 loss at Borough of Manhattan.

Former Red Sox pitcher Dave Sisler who lettered in basketball at Princeton during the 1950-51 and 1951-52 seasons, passed away yesterday at the age of 79.

Georgetown coaches John Thompson III and Mike Brennan were among those in the stands at the Scholarship for Inner City Children Festival.

Your News Now has a video package from Bobby Garbade and Seton CC's ninth straight victory.

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Sunday News:

January 9, 2011 at 9:45 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

MCCC vs. Borough of Manhattan - 1:00 pm ET
Indiana vs. Northwestern - 7:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network

Princeton recruit Bobby Garbade had a big game in Seton CC's win over Owego.

Are you curious why the Tigers' Daniel Edwards wasn't suited up on Wednesday night at Jadwin?

Trailing by two points on the road in the final minute, Denver (8-9) closed out a 66-57 decision over Louisiana-Monroe with a three point shot, a steal and a breakaway layup, a steal and two free throws then a third steal and two more free throws. Thus concluded the Pioneers' first road sweep in conference play since January 2003.

Georgetown (12-4) had four straight turnovers in the last two minutes of a 64-59 loss to West Virginia.

CCRI beat Mercer (6-10) by 12 in the Vikings' return from the holiday break.

A 26-2 second half run helped Richmond (13-4) to a 87-68 victory at LaSalle.

Northwestern hosts Indiana tonight.

Around the Ivy League: Harvard (11-3 / 1-0) kicked off conference play with a 68-53 win at Dartmouth (4-10 / 0-1). Chris Wroblewski's career high 29 points carried Cornell (4-10) beyond Stony Brook. Yale (7-7) was one of three Ancient Eight schools to defeat a non-DI foe on Saturday. The Bulldogs bested Baruch, 85-57. Columbia (9-5) stopped a persistent Union squad, 64-59. An afternoon that began with a bus accident didn't get any better once Lyndon State arrived at Brown (6-7). The Bears led by 36 at the half and cruised to the 88-55 final.

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Saturday News:

January 8, 2011 at 10:17 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Ed Persia, Georgetown, MCCC, Oregon State, Richmond, Today's News

West Virginia vs. Georgetown - 11:00 am ET - ESPN2
MCCC vs. CCRI - 2:00 pm ET
Denver vs. Louisiana-Monroe - 2:00 pm ET - Sun Belt Network
Richmond vs. LaSalle - 4:00 pm ET - CBS College Sports Regional
Oregon State vs. Washington - 6:30 pm ET - FSN Northwest

Stony Brook vs. Cornell - 2:00 pm ET
Baruch vs. Yale - 2:00 pm ET
Harvard vs. Dartmouth - 4:00 pm ET
Union (NY) vs. Columbia - 4:00 pm ET
Lyndon St. vs. Brown - 7:30 pm ET

Looking to find its rhythm after losing two out of three, Georgetown has an unusually early start versus West Virginia.

Here's audio of Hoyas coach John Thompson III on ESPN 980.

Richmond visits LaSalle in Philadelphia.

In the Sun Belt, Denver takes on Louisiana-Monroe.

#23 Washington hosts Oregon State.

Mercer County starts the second half of their season today. The Vikings have been off since December 21st.

I checked in briefly with Ed Persia yesterday. The Cherokee Braves have a 5-2 record this season with Persia as their coach after winning six total games a year ago.

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Tuesday News:

January 4, 2011 at 10:07 am
Filed under Basketball, Georgetown, Northwestern, Princeton, Today's News

Dan Mavraides represents Princeton on the latest Ivy League Men's Basketball Weekly Release.

Please note: I've received word that the Tigers' tip time for their January 23rd game versus TCNJ has been moved up one hour to 2:00 pm ET.

Marist is Princeton's final opponent before the exam break. The Red Foxes suffered an 83-67 loss at Loyola (MD) last night.

Georgetown (12-3) struggled offensively and lost to St. John's in the final seconds.

A late 12-0 run could not get Northwestern (9-3) past Michigan State. The Wildcats were vanquished by three.

Around the Ivy League: Cornell (3-10) went down for the 9th time in 10 games, 78-66 versus Buffalo. Penn (5-6) fell 86-62 at Kentucky. Army and Dartmouth (4-9) met for the second time this season, with the Black Knights coming out on top 67-47 this time. American defeated Brown (5-7) by 10.

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Saint John's 61 Georgetown 58.

January 3, 2011 at 9:59 pm
Filed under 10-11, Audio, Basketball, Georgetown

Box Score

Postgame audio - Coach John Thompson III, Hollis Thompson & Chris Wright:

Dwight Hardy waited at the top of the circle with time running down, the shot clock off and his St. John's team trailing by one.

Looking directly at Georgetown's long-armed junior guard Jason Clark, who had placed the Hoyas in front with a pair of free throws after controlling an offensive rebound under his own basket with :23 left in the second half, Hardy made his move.

Attacking to his right, Hardy dusted Clark and went up for a layup that had to be adjusted high off the glass as two Georgetown defenders soared across the lane to attempt a block.

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Monday News:

January 3, 2011 at 8:21 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News, Video

Georgetown vs. St. John's - 7:00 pm ET - ESPN2
Michigan State vs. Northwestern - 7:30 pm ET - Big Ten Network

Buffalo vs. Cornell - 4:00 pm ET
Penn vs. Kentucky - 7:00 pm ET - ESPNU
Dartmouth vs. Army - 7:00 pm ET
Brown vs. American - 7:30 pm ET

Bucknell shocked Richmond (11-4) on a length of the court pass and turnaround jumper at the buzzer. Bad for the Spiders, good for Princeton's RPI.

Denver (6-9) edged UALR in overtime, 72-70.

A surprising weekend sweep by Oregon State (7-6) concluded with the Beavers' 76-75 win over Arizona. The Beavers are 2-0 in Pac-10 play for only the second time since the 92-93 season.

Once again Rush The Court to check in on the Ivy League.

Playing their third game in six days, Georgetown visits St. John's. Look for postgame coverage from MSG on the site later tonight.

Northwestern hosts #20 Michigan State.

Around the Ivy League: Elon tripped up Columbia (7-5) at the horn, 70-69.

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Sunday News:

January 2, 2011 at 9:04 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Oregon State, Richmond, Today's News

Bucknell vs. Richmond - 4:00 pm ET
UALR vs. Denver - 4:30 pm ET
Arizona vs. Oregon State - 10:00 pm ET - FSN

Elon vs. Columbia - 4:00 pm ET

Chris Wright scored all 17 of his points in the second half as Georgetown (12-2) defeated DePaul by 11.

Richmond hosts Bucknell.

Looking for their fourth straight win, Denver welcomes Arkansas-Little Rock to Magness Arena.

Oregon State and Arizona meet late tonight.

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New Year’s Day News:

January 1, 2011 at 9:15 am
Filed under Basketball, Georgetown, Northwestern, Princeton, Today's News

DePaul vs. Georgetown - 1:00 pm ET - ESPN+

Northwestern (9-2) put up a good fight, but could not stop Purdue's E'Twaun Moore and JaJuan Johnson. The Wildcats fell 82-69.

Two stories that slipped through the cracks: A Town Topics piece post-Towson, pre-UCF tournament and the Orlando Sentinel article on Thursday's game.

Georgetown hosts DePaul to kick off 2011.

Around the Ivy League: Brown (5-6) had 26 assists on 29 field goals in an 84-71 win over Bryant. Harvard (9-3) recorded their second victory against a DIII foe, 84-58 versus MIT. 20 turnovers doomed Yale (5-7) in a 62-57 loss at home to Lehigh.

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Thursday News:

December 30, 2010 at 10:37 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News, Will Venable

Today's Game: Princeton (10-3 / 0-0) vs. Central Florida (12-0 / 0-0)
Location: UCF Arena - Orlando, FL - UCF Holiday Classic
Time: 7:30 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: This is the first meeting between the two schools.
Last meeting: This is the first meeting between the two schools.

Louisiana-Lafayette vs. Denver - 9:00 pm ET
Arizona State vs. Oregon State - 10:30 pm ET

Cornell vs. Wofford - 5:00 pm ET - Holidays on the Hardwood Classic
Columbia vs. Maine - 7:00 pm ET
Dartmouth vs. Bucknell - 7:00 pm ET

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's victory versus Northeastern on goprincetontigers.com and on gonu.com.

WRBB has a quality audio highlight package.

So much for their shooting touch. Ice cold Georgetown (11-2) hit 35.7% of their first half attempts and could not rally from down 16 in the second half at Notre Dame.

Richmond (11-3) dropped Wake Forest, 90-74.

SI's Andy Glockner has a piece on Harvard containing some choice quotes from Princeton coach Sydney Johnson.

Mid Atlantic Hoops considers Princeton recruit Bobby Garbade one of the region's Top 25 Senior Power Forwards.

Future Tiger Denton Koon had 17 points and 11 boards in Liberty's two point win over the Park Hill Trojans at the William Jewell Tournament.

Denver opens Sun Belt play at home versus Louisiana-Lafayette.

Arizona State visits Oregon State in the Pac-10 kickoff for both teams.

Could Will Venable lead off for San Diego next season?

Bishop John Barres is working on a DVD to promote the Knights of Columbus’ International Free Throw Championship.

Princeton's up to fourth place in this week's Schuylkill 16.

Around the Ivy League: A bad, near-dreadful day of action for Ancient 8 teams saw Cornell (2-9) drop their eighth straight, 68-66 to New Hampshire. Central Connecticut cruised to a 67-51 win over Brown (4-6) Penn (5-5) lost by nine at Marist, 66-57. Harvard (8-3) salvaged a 74-69 home win against Monmouth.

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Wednesday News:

December 29, 2010 at 10:00 am
Filed under Basketball, Georgetown, Northwestern, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Today's Game: Princeton (9-3 / 0-0) vs. Northeastern (4-6 / 0-1)
Location: UCF Arena - Orlando, FL - UCF Holiday Classic
Time: 9:30 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Northeastern leads 2-0.
Last meeting: Northeastern 55 Princeton 34 - 12/28/83.

Georgetown vs. Notre Dame - 7:00 pm ET - ESPN2
Wake Forest vs. Richmond - 7:00 pm ET

Cornell vs. New Hampshire - 5:00 pm ET - Holidays on the Hardwood Classic
Monmouth vs. Harvard - 7:00 pm ET
Brown vs. Central Connecticut St. - 7:00 pm ET
Penn vs. Marist - 7:30 pm ET

Hopefully flying to Florida just after sunrise. Today's news is scheduled to go live while we're in the air, so expect additional articles added to this post later today - JS

Ian Hummer is the focus of a piece from the Princeton Packet.

Georgetown travels to Notre Dame for the two teams' Big East opener. The Hoyas are making 52.8% of their shots, second-best in the nation.

Wake Forest plays at Richmond.

It is still uncertain if Northwestern leading scorer John Shurna will be able to play on Friday at Purdue.

Terrapin Times reports that Desmond Hubert will make his college decision in early January.

Around the Ivy League: Stanford surged past Yale (5-6) in the second half of a 60-44 game.

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Christmas Eve News:

December 24, 2010 at 10:43 am
Filed under Basketball, Georgetown, Northwestern, Princeton, Today's News

Georgetown (11-1) methodically dispatched Memphis by 17 on the road, outscoring the Tigers 46-33 in the second half.

In Evanston Northwestern (9-1) scored the game's first 20 points and rolled past Mount St. Mary's, 70-47. John Shurna, the Wildcats' leading scorer, sprained his left ankle in the second half.

Former Maryland Governor Bob Ehrlich was courtside for Princeton's win at Towson.

princetonbasketball.com editor Jon Solomon was a guest on PRI afternoon show Here & Now yesterday. For the 22nd year, Solomon can be heard on 103.3 fm WPRB / wprb.com from 6:00 pm ET on Christmas Eve until 6:00 pm ET on Christmas day playing holiday music you won't find anywhere else.

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Georgetown/Memphis highlights.

December 24, 2010 at 10:38 am
Filed under Basketball, Georgetown, Video

The Hoyas take care of #16 Memphis.

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