Saturday News:

February 2, 2013 at 9:58 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, Georgetown, Northwestern, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Today's Game: Columbia (9-8 / 1-2) vs. Princeton (9-7 / 2-0)
Location: Jadwin Gym - Princeton, NJ
Time: 6:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: NBCSN
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 143-84.
Last meeting: Princeton 77 Columbia 66 - 2/17/12.

Purdue vs. Northwestern - 12:00 pm ET - ESPN2
Denver vs. Texas State - 3:00 pm ET
St. John's vs. Georgetown - 4:00 pm ET - CBS
Xavier vs. Richmond - 6:00 pm ET

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

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In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's win over Cornell on goprincetontigers.com, in the Trenton Times, in the Times Herald and on cornellbigred.com.

The Tigers are prepared for the challenges Columbia presents.

Princeton recruit Steven Cook has assumed a leadership role with New Trier this season.

Future Tiger Henry Caruso recorded a new career high.

Fairfield (13-10) made it three straight with a 69-59 home victory over Rider.

Today Northwestern hosts Purdue, Denver plays at Texas State, Georgetown goes for a "Gray Out" at home versus St. John's and Richmond welcomes Xavier.

Around the Ivy League: Harvard (11-6 / 3-0) stayed unbeaten in the league but continues to play with fire. Yale (7-13 / 1-2) could not get off a chance to tie in the final seconds at Lavietes Pavilion, falling 67-64. Even entering the last :45, Penn (4-15 / 1-1) outscored Columbia (9-8 / 1-2) by four to record a 62-58 decision. Rafael Maia had 21 on 10-11 shooting as Brown (8-9 / 2-1) topped Dartmouth (4-13 / 0-2) by 12.

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Thursday News:

January 31, 2013 at 10:08 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

MCCC vs. Lackawanna - 7:00 pm ET
Denver vs. UT-San Antonio - 8:00 pm ET
Oregon State vs. Cal - 10:00 pm ET - ESPNU

T.J. Bray is profiled by a Wisconsin newspaper.

There's also a piece today on Noah Savage, standup comic.

The Town Topics recaps Princeton's win over TCNJ.

Future Tiger Henry Caruso had 22 points and nine rebounds last night.

Georgetown (15-4) won for the fifth time in six games, 74-52 over Seton Hall.

Number one Michigan was too much for Northwestern (12-10), 68-46.

Richmond (13-9) fell 71-64 at Temple.

Tonight Denver plays at UT-SA and Oregon State visits Cal.

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Wednesday News:

January 30, 2013 at 9:58 am
Filed under Basketball, Brian Earl, Georgetown, Northwestern, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Northwestern vs. Michigan - 6:30 pm ET - Big Ten Network
Seton Hall vs. Georgetown - 7:00 pm ET - ESPN+
Richmond vs. Temple - 7:00 pm ET

Princeton recruit Amir Bell and East Brunswick lost their first contest of the season versus top-ranked St. Anthony. Thus, a 15 game winning streak ends for the Bears while an 83 game winning streak continues for the Friars.

Elsewhere in the state future Tiger Spencer Weisz and Seton Hall Prep won at Bloomfield.

Brian Earl has a brief addition to his National Coach's Diary series.

I already wrote about Mercer's win over Manor last night, but I wanted to add some statistical information once it was available. Mustafa El-Amin had a team-high 14 points and six rebounds while Barry Brockington added 13 plus five boards for the Vikings.

Today Northwestern plays at top-ranked Michigan, Georgetown hosts Seton Hall and Richmond looks for their third straight win over Temple.

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YouTube potpourri LXXXIX.

January 28, 2013 at 7:58 pm
Filed under Basketball, Fairfield, Georgetown, Mason Rocca, Northwestern, Princeton, Recruiting, Video

Here's the latest collection of videos from various corners of the Princeton basketball family. Above, Mitch Henderson is among a group of coaches who helped ring NASDAQ's closing bell today.

10 additional clips of varying lengths and sources can be found after the jump.

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Sunday News:

January 27, 2013 at 9:08 am
Filed under Basketball, Georgetown, Mason Rocca, MCCC, Northwestern, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Today's Game: TCNJ (5-14 / 3-10) vs. Princeton (7-7 / 1-0)
Location: Jadwin Gym - Princeton, NJ
Time: 2:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 4-0.
Last meeting: Princeton 79 TCNJ 68 - 1/8/12.

Richmond vs. UMass - 2:00 pm ET
Fairfield vs. St. Peter's - 2:00 pm ET

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Yesterday TCNJ lost a 73-72 game versus #11 Ramapo.

They'll be honoring Mason Rocca in Milan on Sunday.

Kareem Maddox wants Newcastle to take a "business-like" approach leading up to the team's BBL Trophy game.

Richmond coach Chris Mooney was a guest on College Sports Today after Spiders' victory over VCU.

There's more on East Brunswick's win at The Hun School here.

It was Georgetown (14-4) over #5 Louisville, 53-51. The Hoyas did just enough down the stretch. Some think John Thompson III's team is now pointed in the right direction.

Mercer (15-6) ended a two game losing streak with a 63-57 win at Essex. Mustafa El-Amin scored 19 and grabbed 12 rebounds for the Vikings.

Shooting 32.1% as a team, Northwestern (12-9) lost 64-49 at Nebraska.

Washington State tripped up Oregon State (11-9) in Corvallis, 71-68.

Fairfield faces St. Peter's in Jersey City while Richmond looks for a third straight at UMass.

Around the Ivy League: Oh, Dartmouth (4-12 / 0-2). The Big Green actually held a 10 point lead with the ball in the final two minutes at Harvard (10-6 / 2-0) before the Crimson made three shots behind the arc (and were fouled on another) as they rallied to force overtime. Once they took their first lead since 2-0 on a Laurent Rivard trey, Tommy Amaker's team never trailed again. Yale (7-12 / 1-1) also required overtime, getting past Brown (7-9 / 1-1) by a 76-64 final. A three from Brian Barbour at the horn did not drop and Columbia (9-7 / 1-1) went down 66-63 at home against Cornell (9-10 / 1-1).

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Saturday News:

January 26, 2013 at 9:38 am
Filed under Basketball, Craig Robinson, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Louisville vs. Georgetown - 12:00 pm ET - ESPN
MCCC vs. Salem - 2:00 pm ET
Northwestern vs. Nebraska - 3:00 pm ET - ESPNU
Washington State vs. Oregon State - 5:00 pm ET - Pac-12 Network

Dartmouth vs. Harvard - 2:00 pm ET - NBCSN
Brown vs. Yale - 2:00 pm ET
Cornell vs. Columbia - 7:00 pm ET

East Brunswick is undefeated and ranked third in the state of New Jersey. Their coach credits Princeton recruit Amir Bell and teammate Rob Ukawuba for staying at a public school.

Craig Robinson thought his photo that went viral earlier in the week was pretty funny.

Lots of action today, starting with Georgetown hosting #6 Louisville while looking for consistency, resurgent Northwestern playing at Nebraska for the first time in 37 years and Oregon State welcoming Washington State.

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Tuesday News:

January 22, 2013 at 8:38 am
Filed under Basketball, Craig Robinson, Fairfield, Georgetown, Today's News

MCCC vs. Essex - 2:00 pm ET

In case you missed it, the above screencap of Craig Robinson behind President Obama went viral yesterday. Robinson also spoke to The Grio in advance of the inauguration.

There's the "can beat anyone, can lose to anyone" cliche and then there's Georgetown (13-4). 48 hours after going down at cellar-dwelling South Florida, the Hoyas went on an 18-0 second half run to glide past Notre Dame on the Irish's floor. ND had won 47 of their prior 49 home games.

Fairfield (10-10) lost their fifth straight, 65-60 to Loyola (Md.)

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YouTube potpourri LXXXVIII.

January 21, 2013 at 10:08 pm
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Northwestern, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Sean Gregory, Video

Here's the latest collection of videos from various corners of the Princeton basketball family. Above, The Bucks County Bungee Jumpers doing their thing at Jadwin Gym.

15 (!!!) additional videos, including four separate Tiger recruits in action, after the jump.

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Monday News:

January 21, 2013 at 9:08 am
Filed under Basketball, Fairfield, Georgetown, Northwestern, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Loyola (Md.) vs. Fairfield - 7:00 pm ET
Georgetown vs. Notre Dame - 7:30 pm ET - ESPN

Could the commitments of Amir Bell and Spencer Weisz mean more New Jersey player on future Princeton rosters?

Northwestern (11-7) used their 1-3-1 defense to confuse #2 Indiana in the second half as the Wildcats almost came back from 17 down before falling to the Hoosiers 67-59.

Tonight Fairfield hosts Loyola (Md.) and Georgetown continues on the road at Notre Dame.

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Sunday News:

January 20, 2013 at 10:18 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Indiana vs. Northwestern - 1:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network

Princeton recruit Spencer Weisz had 15 points and 12 assists for Seton Hall Prep at the Coaches vs. Cancer Challenge.

Darien Brothers scored a career high 39 as Richmond (12-7) recorded the victory of the day among Carril Cradle teams, 81-61 over previously 15-2 Charlotte.

Denver (11-7) continues to find their lone season in the WAC to their liking. The Pioneers won their seventh straight, 68-57 over Utah State.

Georgetown (12-4) fell short at South Florida, 61-58.

USC topped Oregon State (10-8) by one. The Beavers had the ball in the lane as time expired but could not get off a legitimate look at the basket.

Mercer (14-5) lost 66-53 to Harcum.

Before the football gets underway, Northwestern hosts #2 Indiana. Listen to an excerpt of Bill Carmody on Sirius XM College Sports Nation.

Any thoughts on the steps the NCAA is taking to simplify their rulebook?

Around the Ivy League: Harvard (9-6 / 1-0) was able to overcome a 20 point deficit at Memphis but once the Crimson took the lead the Tigers closed on a 16-4 run across the final 6:40. Columbia (9-6 / 1-0) used a 13-0 second half run to create enough space between themselves and Cornell (8-10 / 0-1) in Ithaca. Penn (3-14 / 0-1) returned to their losing ways, falling 79-59 to St. Joe's at the Palestra. In a bit of a surprise, Brown (7-8 / 1-0) built as large as a 49-29 second half lead in their conference opening victory over Yale (6-12 / 0-1).

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Saturday News:

January 19, 2013 at 9:58 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, Georgetown, Oregon State, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

MCCC vs. Harcum - 1:00 pm ET
Georgetown vs. USF - 6:00 pm ET - SNY/ESPN+
Charlotte vs. Richmond - 6:00 pm ET
Utah State vs. Denver - 6:30 pm ET - ROOT Sports
Oregon State vs. USC - 8:00 pm ET - Pac-12 Network

Harvard vs. Memphis - 12:30 pm ET - FSN
Columbia vs. Cornell - 3:00 pm ET - NBCSN
St. Joe's vs. Penn - 5:00 pm ET - ESPNU
Yale vs. Brown - 7:00 pm ET

Try to contain yourself as Rush The Court checks in on Ian Hummer and the rest of the Ivy League.

Lamont "Momo" Jones had 27 and Sean Armond totalled 23 as Iona outscored Fairfield (10-9) in New Rochelle, 84-73. Big Apple Buckets has more on the game.

An active Saturday includes Georgetown visiting South Florida, Richmond hosting Charlotte, Denver welcoming Utah State and Oregon State looking for its first conference win at USC.

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Thursday News:

January 17, 2013 at 9:18 am
Filed under Basketball, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Richmond, Today's News, Will Venable

Northwestern vs. Illinois - 8:15 pm ET - Big Ten Network
San Jose State vs. Denver - 9:00 pm ET
Oregon State vs. UCLA - 9:00 pm ET - ESPNU

Colby-Sawyer vs. Dartmouth - 7:00 pm ET
Penn vs. NJIT - 7:30 pm ET

Yesterday outfielder Will Venable signed a one year deal with San Diego, avoiding arbitration in the process.

Georgetown (12-3) forward Greg Whittington has been officially declared academically ineligible. Without their second leading scorer, the Hoyas went out and opened up as large as a 23 point lead in a 74-65 victory over Providence.

Butler beat Richmond (11-7) by 15 at Hinkle Fieldhouse.

Northwestern travels to Illinois, Denver hosts San Jose State and Oregon State plays at UCLA.

So...who wants to pony up and trick out Jadwin Gym in this fashion?!

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