Saturday News:

December 5, 2009 at 7:22 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Oregon State, Princeton, Today's News

Frederick vs. MCCC - 12:00 pm ET
American vs. Georgetown - 4:00 pm ET
Denver vs. Colorado State - 9:00 pm ET

Columbia vs. Stony Brook - 2:00 pm ET
Brown vs. Minnesota - 3:30 pm ET

The Star Ledger offers up a few more notes from the Princeton/Rutgers game.

Here's a photo gallery of Princeton's trip to George Washington.

Oregon State (3-3) won the Pac-10's first game in the Hardwood Challenge, coming back on Colorado in the final minute for a five point victory.

Mercer and Georgetown play today at the Verizon Center in DC. We'll be driving down shortly to cover both, with postgame audio and Stephen Goldsmith's photo essays coming later this evening. Updates all Saturday on our Twitter feed.

Denver visits Colorado State.

Around the Ivy League: Penn (0-5) remained winless, falling 73-67 at Navy.

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John Thompson III interview.

December 3, 2009 at 9:37 am
Filed under Basketball, Georgetown, Video

Conducted at Big East Media Day, I'd surmise.

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Tuesday News:

December 1, 2009 at 9:27 am
Filed under Basketball, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Princeton, Today's News

Northwestern vs. NC State - 7:00 pm ET - ACC/Big Ten Challenge - ESPNU
Raritan vs. MCCC - 7:00 pm ET

Vermont vs. Dartmouth - 7:00 pm ET

Georgetown (5-0) had little trouble with Mount Saint Mary, dispatching the Mountaineers 83-62.

Northwestern visits undefeated NC State this evening. The Wildcats' John Shurna was honored as Big Ten Player of the Week.

Mercer County Community College will play at the Verizon Center on Saturday, opening up for the American/Georgetown game.

Patrick Saunders represents Princeton in the latest Ivy Weekly Men's Basketball Report.

Around the Ivy League: Columbia (2-3) let one get away versus Sacred Heart, falling 60-55.

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Cyber Monday News:

November 30, 2009 at 9:00 am
Filed under Basketball, Georgetown, MCCC, Princeton, Today's News

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On to the news...

Mount Saint Mary vs. Georgetown - 7:30 pm ET - MASN

Columbia vs. Sacred Heart - 7:00 pm ET

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's loss to Cal on goprincetontigers.com courtesy the Associated Press, in the Cal Bears Examiner, in the Mercury News, in the San Francisco Chronicle, and on calbears.com

Georgetown looks for its fifth straight against Mount Saint Mary.

You can now follow Mercer County Community College basketball on Twitter.

Around the Ivy League: Harvard (5-1) closed on an 18-6 run and won at Boston University for the first time since 1975. Cornell (5-2) finished Legends Classic play undefeated with a 61-54 win versus Drexel.

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Sunday News:

November 29, 2009 at 9:00 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

Today's Game: Princeton (2-2 / 0-0) vs. Cal (3-2 / 0-0)
Location: Haas Pavilion - Berkeley, CA
Time: 5:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: CSN California
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Cal leads 2-1.
Last meeting: Cal 70 Princeton 58 - 11/15/01.

Cornell vs. Drexel - 2:30 pm ET - Legends Classic
Harvard vs. Boston - 5:00 pm ET

The Saturday after Thanksgiving was bountiful for the disciples of Pete Carril.

Northwestern (5-1) won the Chicago Invitational Challenge with a 67-65 victory over Iowa State.

A trophy also went to Richmond (6-1), winners of the South Padre Island Invitational. The Spiders defeated Missouri in the championship game, 59-52.

In front of President Barack Obama, George Washington was handed their first defeat of the season courtesy of the visitors from Oregon State (2-3).

Georgetown (4-0) remained undefeated with a 97-44 win over Lafayette. Six Hoyas scored in double figures.

Denver (4-1) won by three at South Dakota State.

Bear Talk previews today's game against Cal.

Princeton recruit T.J. Bray scored 15 points as Catholic Memorial beat up on Muskego. Another future Tiger, Ben Hazel, had 10 points in Good Counsel's first victory of the season.

Around the Ivy League: Yale (2-5) became the third Ivy school to lose to Army this season, falling 64-48. Siena took down Brown (4-4) by 20. Cornell (4-2) trumped Vermont, 67-59. Behind 19 points from Robby Pride, Dartmouth (1-4) got in the win column, beating Hartford in Hanover, 68-56.

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Saturday News:

November 28, 2009 at 8:00 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Lafayette vs. Georgetown - 12:00 pm ET - MASN
Oregon State vs. George Washington - 2:00 pm ET
Denver vs. South Dakota State - 8:00 pm ET
Richmond vs. Missouri - 8:00 pm ET - South Padre Island Invitational - FCS
Northwestern vs. Iowa State - 8:00 pm ET - Chicago Invitational Challenge - Big Ten Network

Cornell vs. Vermont - 2:00 pm ET - Legends Classic
Brown vs. Siena - 4:00 pm ET - Philly Hoops Classic
Yale vs. Army - 4:00 pm ET
Hartford vs. Dartmouth - 7:00 pm ET

A huge win for Northwestern (4-1), knocking off #23 Notre Dame on a neutral site, 72-58. The Wildcats and undefeated Iowa State square off on Saturday night for the CIC title.

Kevin Anderson scored with 10 seconds left as Richmond (5-1) bested Mississippi State by one. The Spiders get Missouri in the championship of the South Padre Island Invitational on Saturday.

Fresh off a White House visit, the Oregon State men's basketball team meets Princeton's last opponent, George Washington.

Georgetown hosts Lafayette at noon.

South Dakota State is where Denver plays tonight.

Princeton recruit Ben Hazel scored 22 in Good Council's seven point loss to Benedictine.

Around the Ivy League: Cornell (3-2) beat Toledo 78-60 in Legends Classic play. Brown (4-3) cruised past a winless University of the Sciences squad, 69-48. Columbia (2-2) fell by 25 at Syracuse.

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Sunday News:

November 22, 2009 at 9:29 am
Filed under Basketball, Craig Robinson, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

Chattanooga vs. Richmond - 5:00 pm ET - South Padre Island Invitational
Tennessee St. vs. Northwestern - 8:00 pm ET - Chicago Invitational Challenge - bigtennetwork.com

Maine vs. Brown - 2:00 pm ET

In addition to our recap you can read about the Tigers' tough loss to Army on goprincetontigers.com, in the Trentonian in the Trenton Times and on goarmysports.com.

Sportswriter Jeff Pearlman took in yesterday's game with Patrick Connolly, father of Princeton freshman center Brendan Connolly.

Oregon State (1-3) lost to Sacramento State by two. The Beavers trailed 44-22 at halftime, leading coach Craig Robinson to say "at this point in our development, to have an effort like that at home is just embarrassing."

Four player in double figures for #19 Georgetown (3-0), who dismissed Savannah State by 19.

Richmond and Chattanooga meet on South Padre Island.

Northwestern opens Chicago Invitational Challenge play at home versus Tennessee State.

Around the Ivy League: A shorthanded Penn (0-3) squad remained winless with a double overtime loss to Delaware. Dartmouth (0-3) is the other member of the Ancient Eight without a victory. The Big Green were pounded 83-60 at Furman. Yale (1-3) lost their home opener to Quinnipiac, 81-74.

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Saturday News:

November 21, 2009 at 8:10 am
Filed under Basketball, Georgetown, Oregon State, Princeton, Today's News

Today's Game: Army (1-1 / 0-0) vs. Princeton (2-0 / 0-0)
Location: Jadwin Gym - Princeton, NJ
Time: 2:00 pm ET
Radio: N/A
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 22-11.
Last meeting: Princeton 55 Army 43 - 11/23/08.

Georgetown vs. Savannah State - 1:00 pm ET
MCCC vs. Harcum - 2:00 pm ET
Sacramento State vs. Oregon State - 3:00 pm ET

Dartmouth vs. Furman - 7:00 pm ET
Delaware vs. Penn - 7:00 pm ET
Quinnipiac vs. Yale - 7:00 pm ET

Rush The Court checks in on the Ivy League.

The Oregon State home opener is today versus Sacramento State.

#19 Georgetown visits former Hoya guard Horace Broadnax and his Savannah State Tigers.

Around the Ivy League: Cornell (2-1) had their home opener spoiled by Seton Hall, 89-79. Columbia (1-1) had little problem with Longwood, 72-61. Harvard (3-0) stayed perfect with a 77-51 cruise past Bryant. Brown (1-3) fell by three at St. John's.

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Friday News:

November 20, 2009 at 9:11 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Northwestern, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Brown vs. St. John's - 7:00 pm ET - Philly Hoop Group Classic
Longwood vs. Columbia - 7:00 pm ET
Seton Hall vs. Cornell - 7:00 pm ET - SNY
Bryant vs. Harvard - 7:00 pm ET

The Daily Princetonian previews this weekend's game against Army.

Richmond (2-1) was tripped up at William & Mary, 78-71.

A second straight victory for Denver (2-1), a physical 56-49 decision over Montana.

One of Rivals' Top 100 players in the country, guard JerShon Cobb, officially signed his National Letter of Intent with Northwestern.

Andy Katz writes about the tough non-conference schedule Georgetown is playing.

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Wednesday News:

November 18, 2009 at 9:36 am
Filed under Basketball, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Today's News

Today's Game: Manhattan (1-0 / 0-0) vs. Princeton (1-0 / 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 15-3.
Last meeting: Manhattan 70 Princeton 60 - 12/14/08.

Butler vs. Northwestern - 8:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network

Rhode Island vs. Brown - 7:00 pm ET
Cornell vs. UMass - 7:30 pm ET - Legends Classic

Douglas Davis is the centerpiece of a well-executed article about how Princeton is looking to show they learned lessons from certain losses last season.

It wasn't pretty but a Greg Monroe layup with six seconds left gave Georgetown (2-0) a 46-45 win over Temple - the first time in 69 games that the Owls lost when they held their opponent under 50 points.

Soft Pretzel Logic has postgame audio from John Thompson III, Chris Wright and Greg Monroe.

Northwestern hosts Butler in Evanston. Jon Greenberg from ESPNChicago.com talks to Bill Carmody, trying to figure out if the Wildcats are cursed.

Forward Devon Collier officially signed his National Letter of Intent with Oregon State.

Around the Ivy League: Yale (1-2) defeated Colgate 65-55 in the second day of the NIT Season Tip-Off. Columbia (0-1) missed a shot to tie in the final minute at DePaul, falling 59-53.

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Tuesday News:

November 17, 2009 at 9:48 am
Filed under Basketball, Georgetown, Northwestern, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

Temple vs. Georgetown - 4:00 pm ET

Yale vs. Colgate - 4:30 pm ET - NIT Season Tip-Off
Columbia vs. DePaul - 9:00 pm ET - SNY

Douglas Davis made the Honor Roll of the Ivy Weekly Men's Basketball Report.

The Daily Princetonian writes about Princeton's successful trip to Michigan.

Would you believe more bad news for Northwestern? Jeremy Nash, who led the Wildcats in scoring with 20 points in their season opener, is suffering from a heart ailment and was sidelined during practice on Monday.

Richmond (2-0) went on a 20-0 first half run and cracked the century mark for the first time since 1996, blitzing VMI 103-59.

Georgetown hosts Temple in a late afternoon start as part of the ESPN 24 Hour College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon.

Around the Ivy League: Penn (0-2) was on the wrong end of a 103-65 decision against Villanova. Yale (0-2) remained winless, falling by five to Hofstra.

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Saturday News:

November 14, 2009 at 8:47 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

Today's Game: Princeton (0-0 / 0-0) vs. Central Michigan (0-0 / 0-0)
Location: Rose Center - Mt. Pleasant, MI
Time: 12:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Central Michigan leads 1-0.
Last meeting: Central Michigan 55 Princeton 53 - 11/14/08.

Team stats are from last season.

Player stats include returning players only.

MCCC vs. Harford - 4:00 pm ET
Oregon State vs. South Dakota - 9:00 pm ET - Duel In The Desert

Cornell vs. Alabama - 2:00 pm ET

The only preview of today's game I could find was in the Morning Sun.

There's a preliminary report about the Tigers in this week's Princeton Packet.

Basketball-U's Ivy coverage has returned after a one year hiatus! Start with their 2009-10 Princeton summary.

Greg Monroe had 18 points and 11 rebounds to lead Georgetown (1-0) over Tulane, 74-58.

Northwestern (1-0) began their year on the right foot, beating Northern Illinois by 22. There is a chance Wildcat senior forward Kevin Coble may have surgery and redshirt this season.

Richmond (1-0) pulled away from Lehigh down the stretch for a 65-53 win.

Northern Iowa got past Denver (0-1) at Magness Arena, 71-65.

At the Duel In The Desert, Oregon State (0-1) ran into a sandstorm named Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. The Beavers were 2-10 from the free throw line in the first half and committed 25 turnovers on the night as they fell in a 44-19 hole that was insurmountable.

Mercer (2-1) went on the road and defeated Chesapeake in double overtime, 77-69. Isiah Andrews and Quincy Hendryx each scored 15 for the Vikings.

Also returning this year is the Schuylkill 16, a weekly ranking of Delaware Valley teams that I vote in. Princeton placed 10th in the Opening Week edition.

Around the Ivy League: Harvard (1-0) began their campaign with an impressive victory at Holy Cross. Brown (1-0) also won on the road, 68-64 over St. Francis (NY). Alex Zampier scored 35, but Yale (0-1) came up short of the finish line, dropping a 92-86 track meet to Sacred Heart. Penn (0-1) was unable to stop Penn State junior guard Talor Battle, who scored 27 points and grabbed 10 boards. The Quakers lost 70-55. Boston College may have had three players suspended for their season opener, but they still had no problem with Dartmouth, 89-58.

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