UCLA vs. Oregon State - 10:30 pm ET - FSN NW
Bryant vs. Yale - 4:00 pm ET
Santa Clara vs. Harvard - 7:00 pm ET
Columbia vs. Lehigh - 7:00 pm ET
Brown vs. American - 7:30 pm ET
Denver (6-7) dropped a two point decision at New Orleans.
Oregon State hosts #9 UCLA in the Pac-10 opener for both schools.
While there are no plans for him to play this season, forward Hollis Thompson will enroll at Georgetown for the 2009 spring semester instead of waiting to come to campus in the fall.
Today's Game: Princeton (2-7 / 0-0) vs. Lafayette (3-8 / 0-0)
Location: Kirby Sports Center - Easton, PA
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: LSN
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 43-17.
Last meeting: Lafayette 76 Princeton 71 (OT) - 1/9/08.
| Princeton | Lafayette | |
| 0-4 | Home Record | 2-3 |
| 2-3 | Away Record | 1-5 |
| 0-0 | Neutral Record | 0-0 |
| 302 | RPI | 281 |
| 308 | Sagarin | 305 |
| 267 | Pomeroy | 296 |
| 56.3 | Points / Game | 68.8 |
| 60.8 | Points Allowed / Game | 77.5 |
| .415 | FG% | .425 |
| .717 | FT% | .708 |
| .353 | 3PT FG% | .332 |
| 33.2 | Rebounds / Game | 33.4 |
| 10.0 | Off. Rebounds / Game | 9.6 |
| 10.6 | Assists / Game | 14.2 |
| 15.8 | Turnovers / Game | 18.0 |
| 3.0 | Blocks / Game | 1.8 |
| Davis: 14.6 | Points | Brown: 15.4 |
| Buczak: 4.6 | Rebounds | Willen: 4.8 |
| Maddox: 2.2 | Assists | Brown: 3.6 |
| Davis: 1.3 | Steals | Kari: 1.9 |
| Maddox: 0.9 | Blocks | Koltun: 1.0 |
| Buczak: .519 | FG% (Min: 5 FGM) | Mintz: .569 |
| Maddox: .882 | FT% (Min: 5 FTM) | Mower: 1.000 |
| Lake: .429 | 3PT FG% (Min: 5 3PTM) | Petkovich: .429 |
Penn vs. Campbell - 4:30 pm ET - UCF Holiday Classic
Yale vs. Hampton - 7:00 pm ET
Dartmouth vs. UC Davis - 10:00 pm ET
Only one preview of tonight's contest, and it comes from the Trentonian.
Georgetown (10-1) never trailed, starting Big East play in style by beating previously undefeated UConn 74-63.
Make it four straight for Oregon State (5-5), 59-50 over Portland. It was the Beavers' final game before Pac-10 play starts Friday.
Princeton recruit Will Barrett had 19 points as Central Bucks South defeated St. Paul's School For Boys in the Athletes for Athletes tournament.
Around the Ivy League: Brown (5-6) won their matinee with Quinnipiac, 89-73. Columbia (4-7) fell in OT to Sacred Heart, 84-79. Cornell (6-6) dismantled Boston University, 89-59. Penn (1-7) ended a 24 day hiatus with a 81-64 loss at Central Florida.
Georgetown vs. UConn - 7:00 pm ET - ESPN2
Seattle vs. Oregon State - 10:00 pm ET
Quinnipiac vs. Brown - 1:00 pm ET
Sacred Heart vs. Columbia - 7:00 pm ET
Boston University vs. Cornell - 7:00 pm ET
Penn vs. Central Florida - 7:00 pm ET - UCF Holiday Classic
Richmond (7-5) held off UNC Willmington, 76-69.
Denver (6-6) won its fifth straight, 52-46 over UC Riverside.
DaJuan Summers and Georgetown start Big East play at #2 Connecticut.
Oregon State welcomes Seattle to Corvallis.
Around the Ivy League: Yale (2-7) nearly completed an 18 point rally at Alabama, but the Crimson Tide held on 66-63. Dartmouth (2-8) dropped the consolation game of the Golden Bear Classic, 63-41 versus Air Force. Harvard (6-5) bedeviled Daniel Webster, 94-51.
Georgetown (9-1) doubled up FIU, 76-38.
In their final game before the start of Big Ten play, Northwestern (8-2) defeated SMU by 11.
While it was filmed in March, I had not seen this video of Denver head coach Joe Scott playing "horse" against a CBS 4 reporter before last night.
Princeton recruit Will Barrett scored 18 in Central Bucks South's win over Abington. Jimmy Sherburne tallied 20 in Whitefish Bay's victory against Verona.
Finally, I'll be on 103.3 fm WPRB starting tonight at 6:00 pm ET for the 21st annual installment of my 24-Hour Holiday Radio Show. The "Editor's Letter" in this week's Philadelphia City Paper has more. Hope you can tune in. Happy Holidays!
FIU vs. Georgetown - 7:30 pm ET
SMU vs. Northwestern - 8:00 pm ET - bigtennetwork.com
First the banners in the rafters, and now something else long-overdue! Princeton will name the floor at Jadwin Gym "Carril Court" in honor of Pete Carril, who stood on the sidelines at Princeton for 29 seasons. There will be ceremony on February 21st when the Tigers host Dartmouth.
Doug Davis made the Honor Roll of the new Ivy Weekly Basketball Awards.
Richmond (6-5) took care of Bucknell, 79-57.
Denver (5-6) won its fourth straight, 66-42 over Grambling State.
Georgetown hosts FIU in their final game before the start of Big East play.
Northwestern is at home against SMU.
Despite their five game losing streak, Princeton moved up in the latest Schuylkill 16.
Around the Ivy League: Cornell (5-6) fell 71-67 in Philadelphia to St. Joe's.
Columbia vs. Marist - 12:00 pm ET - Aeropostale Holiday Festival
Harvard vs. Maine - 12:00 pm ET
Brown vs. Wagner - 4:00 pm ET
In addition to our recap, write-ups of yesterday's game against the Blue Devils can be found on goprincetontigers.com, in the New Britain Herald and on ccsubluedevils.com.
Georgetown (8-1) was sluggish but still defeated Mount St. Mary's, 69-58.
Denver (4-6) won its third straight, 66-55 over Colorado State. There are some interesting quotes from Joe Scott in Associated Press article about how backing off his players has led to them playing better.
Oregon State (4-5) showed how far they have come since their season opener, as they throttled Howard 21-2 out of the gate and exacted their revenge to the tune of 90-54. The Beavers connected on a school record 14 three pointers.
Northwestern (7-2) rallied to within one against Stanford with 1:42 left to play, but the Cardinal hit a three point shot as the shot clock expired that gave them enough breathing room to pull out the 65-59 victory.
Princeton recruit Mack Darrow scored 24 points in Barrington's overtime loss to Woodstock.
Around the Ivy League: Cornell (5-5) outscored LaSalle by 20 in the second half of a 79-70 Big Red victory. Columbia (3-6) lost 64-52 at Madison Square Garden to Virginia Tech.
Today's Game: Princeton (2-6 / 0-0) vs. Central Connecticut State (4-5 / 1-0)
Location: Detrick Gym - New Britain, CT
Time: 1:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: Cox
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 1-0.
Last meeting: Princeton 59 CCSU 57 - 11/11/07.
| Princeton | CCSU | |
| 0-4 | Home Record | 3-1 |
| 2-2 | Away Record | 1-4 |
| 0-0 | Neutral Record | 0-0 |
| 278 | RPI | 184 |
| 296 | Sagarin | 196 |
| 252 | Pomeroy | 183 |
| 56.4 | Points / Game | 67.2 |
| 60.0 | Points Allowed / Game | 67.2 |
| .417 | FG% | .448 |
| .729 | FT% | .729 |
| .381 | 3PT FG% | .301 |
| 33.6 | Rebounds / Game | 36.0 |
| 9.9 | Off. Rebounds / Game | 12.2 |
| 10.6 | Assists / Game | 13.2 |
| 16.6 | Turnovers / Game | 15.0 |
| 3.4 | Blocks / Game | 3.3 |
| Davis: 14.1 | Points | Horton: 20.9 |
| Briggs: 4.3 | Rebounds | Horton: 7.4 |
| Maddox: 2.4 | Assists | Thompson: 6.3 |
| Davis: 1.4 | Steals | Thomspon: 2.1 |
| Maddox: 1.0 | Blocks | Horton: 2.0 |
| Buczak: .500 | FG% (Min: 5 FGM) | Simmons: .649 |
| Maddox: .882 | FT% (Min: 5 FTM) | Ptacek: .870 |
| Lake: .526 | 3PT FG% (Min: 5 3PTM) | Palmer: .462 |
Mount St. Mary's vs. Georgetown - 1:00 pm ET - MASN/SNY
Colorado State vs. Denver - 6:30 pm ET - FSN Rocky Mountain
Northwestern vs. Stanford - 10:00 pm ET
Howard vs. Oregon State - 10:00 pm ET
Columbia vs. Virginia Tech - 2:00 pm ET - Aeropostale Holiday Festival
LaSalle vs. Cornell - 2:00 pm ET
Two previews of this afternoon's game, one in the Trentonian and one in the New Britain Herald.
Richmond (5-5) was within four twice in the final two minutes against #10 Wake Forest, but the Demon Deacons held on for the 86-79 victory.
#15 Georgetown hosts Mount St. Mary's.
Denver welcomes Colorado State.
For the second time in as many months, Oregon State will play Howard, this time in Corvallis.
The most interesting matchup of the day might be Northwestern at undefeated Stanford, a tough road challenge for the Wildcats.
CNN asks Georgetown coach John Thompson III about Barack Obama's cabinet.
Princeton recruit Jimmy Sherburne scored 25 points on 10-15 shooting as Whitefish Bay defeated Shawano.
Not basketball-related, but I know some of you enjoy learning about what I do outside of this site. Here's a preview of this year's 24-Hour Holiday Radio Show from Town Topics.
Around the Ivy League: Dartmouth (2-6) let a five point lead slip away in the final minute against Quinnipiac. Harvard (4-5) fell at Rice, 67-63.
No highlights on the CBS Sports YouTube channel (yet), but here's some exclusive tuxedoed postgame commentary from Mr. Nantz and Mr. Kellogg.
Today's Game: Princeton (2-5 / 0-0) vs. Manhattan (4-3 / 1-1)
Location: Draddy Gymnasium - Riverdale, NY
Time: 4:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 15-2.
Last meeting: Manhattan 71 Princeton 65 - 12/16/07.
| Princeton | Manhattan | |
| 0-4 | Home Record | 2-1 |
| 2-1 | Away Record | 2-2 |
| 0-0 | Neutral Record | 0-0 |
| 288 | RPI | 204 |
| 297 | Sagarin | 193 |
| 239 | Pomeroy | 142 |
| 55.9 | Points / Game | 68.7 |
| 58.6 | Points Allowed / Game | 61.9 |
| .415 | FG% | .406 |
| .742 | FT% | .682 |
| .366 | 3PT FG% | .391 |
| 33.7 | Rebounds / Game | 37.0 |
| 9.9 | Off. Rebounds / Game | 14.1 |
| 11.1 | Assists / Game | 12.6 |
| 17.4 | Turnovers / Game | 14.3 |
| 3.9 | Blocks / Game | 3.3 |
| Davis: 12.3 | Points | Austin: 14.7 |
| Maddox: 4.4 | Rebounds | Austin: 5.6 |
| Maddox: 2.3 | Assists | Pearson: 3.4 |
| Davis: 1.6 | Steals | Smith: 1.6 |
| Maddox: 1.1 | Blocks | Austin, Gabriel, Adams: 0.7 |
| Lake: .500 | FG% (Min: 5 FGM) | Banogle: .625 |
| Lake: .889 | FT% (Min: 5 FTM) | Austin: .895 |
| Lake: .563 | 3PT FG% (Min: 5 3PTM) | Pearson: .545 |
MCCC vs. Fredrick - 3:00 pm ET
Plymouth State vs. Dartmouth - 2:00 pm ET
Georgetown (7-1) won its 27th straight at home, 79-70 over Memphis in overtime.
Richmond (5-4) was edged by VCU, 77-76.
Denver (2-6) topped the visiting South Dakota State Jackrabbits, 62-58.
Craig Robinson and Oregon State (2-4) had to sweat one out Saturday night. The Beavers beat Nebraska 64-63.
Princeton recruit Mack Darrow scored 20 in Barrington's loss to Rolling Meadows. Future Tiger Will Barrett had 14 points and 11 rebounds for Central Bucks South in a win over Pennridge.
Around the Ivy League: Harvard (4-4) lost 78-63 at George Washington.
Memphis vs. Georgetown - 2:00 pm ET - CBS
VCU vs. Richmond - 2:00 pm ET - ESPNU
MCCC vs. Fredrick - 5:00 pm ET
South Dakota State vs. Denver - 6:00 pm ET
Nebraska vs. Oregon State - 8:00 pm ET - FSN Northwest
Harvard vs. George Washington - 2:00 pm ET
Chris Wright and Georgetown host Memphis in a meeting of Top 20 teams.
Richmond and VCU vie for cross-town bragging rights in the Farm Bureau Insurance Black & Blue Classic.
Denver welcomes South Dakota State to Magness Arena.
Oregon State takes on Nebraska at home.
Princeton recruit Mack Darrow had 21 points and 12 rebounds in Barrington's loss to Hoffman Estates.
