Wednesday News:

January 16, 2013 at 9:38 am
Filed under Basketball, Fairfield, Georgetown, MCCC, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Providence vs. Georgetown - 7:00 pm ET - ESPN+
Richmond vs. Butler - 7:00 pm ET

Mercer (14-4) defeated Camden 60-59 last night. Mustafa El-Amin scored 21 including the game winning three point shot.

The defense of Princeton recruit Hashim Moore was a big part of Hun's victory over PDS.

Big Apple Buckets has a special Ivy League basketball podcast up that I recommend listening to and additionally spoke with Sydney Johnson about Fairfield's three game losing streak.

A senior in high school who attended Princeton's summer camp will play his collegiate ball on the Division III level.

Georgetown hosts Providence. The Hoyas will be without second leading scorer/rebounder Greg Whittington, suspended for a second straight game due to a violation of team rules.

Additionally, Richmond visits #13 Butler.

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Sunday News:

January 13, 2013 at 9:48 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News, Video

Niagara vs. Fairfield - 1:00 pm ET
Iowa vs. Northwestern - 5:30 pm ET - ESPNU

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's fourth straight home win over Penn on goprincetontigers.com, in the Trentonian, in the Trenton Times, in the Daily Pennsylvanian, in the Philadelphia Inquirer, on City of Basketball Love and on pennathletics.com.

Kareem Maddox is shooting for the White House.

Future Tiger Steven Cook was 10-10 at the line in New Trier's victory over Buffalo Grove.

Georgetown (11-3) bounced back with a commanding win over St. John's.

La Salle stopped Richmond (11-6) in Philadelphia, 71-59.

Denver (9-7) has won five straight, the Pioneers' latest victory a 64-51 decision at Seattle.

Arizona defeated Oregon State (10-6) by 10 in Corvallis.

Fairfield hosts Niagara and Northwestern welcomes Iowa to Evanston.

Around the Ivy League: Harvard (9-5 / 1-0) closed on a 17-2 run spanning the last 8:20 to stop Dartmouth (3-11 / 0-1) in Hanover, 75-65. Yale (6-11) demolished the Yeomen of Oberlin, 104-39. Brown (6-8) overpowered Daniel Webster, 71-34 and a 22-1 second half run aided Cornell (8-9) in the Big Red's 103-84 decision over Old Westbury.

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Saturday News:

January 12, 2013 at 9:28 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Today's Game: Penn (2-12 / 0-0) vs. Princeton (6-7 / 0-0)
Location: Jadwin Gym - Princeton, NJ
Time: 6:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: NBCSN
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Penn leads 123-103.
Last meeting: Princeton 62 Penn 52 - 3/6/12.

Georgetown vs. St. John's - 11:00 am ET - ESPN2
Richmond vs. La Salle - 2:00 pm ET
Denver vs. Seattle - 6:30 pm ET - ROOT Sports
Arizona vs. Oregon State - 8:00 pm ET - ESPNU

Oberlin vs. Yale - 2:00 pm ET
Daniel Webster vs. Brown - 2:00 pm ET
Old Westbury vs. Cornell - 2:00 pm ET
Harvard vs. Dartmouth - 4:00 pm ET

There were 52 comments in the forum for the Elon game. I'm very glad to see so many of you using this new site feature. Keep the momentum going here today, whether you're in the stands or on the couch watching on TV. You must be subscribed and logged in to participate.

CBS Philly previews Penn/Princeton and the Full-Court Press has a brief capsule on the game.

If the Ivy League doesn't go 5-2 today, something is horribly wrong.

Future Tiger Steven Cook and New Trier lost versus Maine South.

Princeton recruit Henry Caruso helped lead Serra to victory over Bellarmine-San Jose.

Going scoreless for the final 4:47 of regulation, Fairfield (10-7) fell 63-58 in overtime at Loyola (Md.).

Georgetown starts the day off at St. John's, Richmond visits La Salle, Denver travels to Seattle and Oregon State hosts #4 Arizona.

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Wednesday News:

January 9, 2013 at 9:08 am
Filed under Basketball, Georgetown, MCCC, Princeton, Today's News

Rhode Island vs. Richmond - 7:00 pm ET

Mercer (12-4) beat Ocean 82-52 behind 29 points for Mustafa El Amin.

Big East play has been a struggle for Georgetown (10-3). The Hoyas have failed to break 50 points in both of their conference games and last night John Thompson III's team was embarrassed by Pitt, 73-45.

Around the Ivy League: Columbia (8-6) lost 78-69 at Holy Cross. Brown (5-8) recorded a 75-74 overtime triumph over Niagara. Dartmouth (3-10) concluded a seven game losing streak with their 75-58 home win against Army. Penn (2-12) will visit Jadwin on Saturday as losers of seven straight. The Quakers came from 15 down in the second half against Lafayette to tie but Steve Rennard's wide open three pointer in the final seconds sailed right and the Leopards held on for the 85-83 final.

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Tuesday News:

January 8, 2013 at 9:08 am
Filed under Audio, Basketball, Fairfield, Georgetown, Princeton, Today's News

Ocean vs. MCCC - 7:00 pm ET
Pitt vs. Georgetown - 9:00 pm ET - ESPNU

Columbia vs. Holy Cross - 7:00 pm ET
Niagara vs. Brown - 7:00 pm ET
Army vs. Dartmouth - 7:00 pm ET
Lafayette vs. Penn - 7:30 pm ET

Ian Hummer is your Ivy League Player of the Week for the fourth time in the last five conference dispatches. It seems someone (not me!) also created a Wikipedia page for the senior forward a couple of hours ago.

For their Big East home opener, Georgetown hosts Pitt.

Kareem Maddox scored 19 in a tune-up for Newcastle prior to the Eagles' appearance in the BBL Cup final.

A new "Sit Down With Sydney" is embedded below.

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Sunday News:

January 6, 2013 at 6:08 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News, Video

UT-San Antonio vs. Denver - 4:00 pm ET
Northwestern vs. Minnesota - 7:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network
Oregon vs. Oregon State - 10:00 pm ET - FSN

Cornell vs. American - 2:00 pm ET
Florida vs. Yale - 5:30 pm ET - NBCSN

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's rather nice win at Elon on goprincetontigers.com, in the Elon Pendulum, in the Times-News and on elonphoenix.com.

Future Tiger Amir Bell and East Brunswick moved to 7-0 on the season with a win over Roselle.

Georgetown (10-2) fell 49-48 in their Big East opener at Marquette.

A six game Fairfield (10-6) winning streak concluded with a 71-67 loss at Niagara. Greg Whittington made two of three free throws with the Hoyas behind by three and :02.3 remaining.

Returning to action after the holidays, Mercer (11-4) went down 79-62 at CCRI. Mustafa El Amin scored 25 for the Vikings in defeat.

I had no idea that occasional Princeton J.V. player and pitcher Stephen Elmore was using the NCAA's grad student exemption to play a season of basketball at The Citadel.

Denver hosts UT-SA, Northwestern travels to #9 Minnesota and Oregon State hosts Oregon in a Pac-12 opening "Civil War."

Around the Ivy League: Penn (2-11) committed 21 turnovers in their 74-57 loss at La Salle. Columbia (8-5) won 64-52 at Army. Harvard (8-5) destroyed Rice by 30. Colgate made 10-13 three pointers in a 78-62 win at Dartmouth (2-10).

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Saturday News:

January 5, 2013 at 9:28 am
Filed under Basketball, Fairfield, Georgetown, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Today's Game: Princeton (5-7 / 0-0) vs. Elon (8-5 / 1-1)
Location: Alumni Gym - Elon, NC
Time: 12:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Elon leads 1-0.
Last meeting: Elon 56 Princeton 55 - 11/22/11.

MCCC vs. CCRI - 1:00 pm ET
Georgetown vs. Marquette - 2:00 pm ET - ESPN+
Fairfield vs. Niagara - 3:00 pm ET

Penn vs. La Salle - 2:00 pm ET
Columbia vs. Army - 3:00 pm ET
Rice vs. Harvard - 4:00 pm ET
Colgate vs. Dartmouth - 7:00 pm ET

There were 59 comments in the forum for the Akron game. Things are starting to take off as people get used to using it. That's excellent. Keep the momentum going here for today's contest at Akron. You must be subscribed and logged in to participate.

You should be able to simultaneously stream video of this afternoon's tilt for free here.

The Times-News offers the lone preview I could find.

Rush The Court checks in on the Ivy League.

Here's a quick clip of Princeton recruit Steven Cook knocking down a three.

Future Tiger Henry Caruso put up a double-double last night.

Georgetown opens Big East play at Marquette and Fairfield completes their Buffalo swing with a game at Niagara.

Around the Ivy League: Yale (5-10) had a nice 61-54 win at Holy Cross. Brown (4-8) struggled shooting the ball in the Bears' 59-47 loss at Rhode Island.

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Thursday News:

January 3, 2013 at 9:58 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Northwestern, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

Michigan vs. Northwestern - 7:00 pm ET - ESPN2
Fairfield vs. Canisius - 7:00 pm ET
Texas State vs. Denver - 9:00 pm ET

The Town Topics recaps Princeton's win over Bucknell.

UCLA big man Josh Smith will transfer to Georgetown.

Future Tiger Henry Caruso and Serra were tripped up in their first WCAL game of the season.

Richmond (10-5) made 16 three pointers in a 91-68 victory over Air Force.

A great week in Northwestern sports history could become an incredible one if the Wildcats can beat #2 Michigan tonight in the Big Ten opener for both teams.

Fairfield visits conference leader Canisius and Denver hosts Texas State.

Around the Ivy League: Penn (2-10) kept it close at #17 Butler before falling 70-57. Columbia (7-5) held off Colgate, 66-59. Bucknell bested Cornell (6-9) by 16 in Ithaca.

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Sunday News:

December 23, 2012 at 10:18 am
Filed under Basketball, Fairfield, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Brown vs. Northwestern - 1:30 pm ET - BTN.com

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's second straight win on goprincetontigers.com, in the Trentonian, in the Trenton Times, in the Patriot-News and on bucknellbison.com.

Otto Porter had a double-double as Georgetown (10-1) beat American, 65-48.

A fourth consecutive Fairfield (8-5) victory was an impressive one. The Stags pulled off a 60-57 win at St. Joe's. Derek Needham hit a late three pointer to put Sydney Johnson's team in front to stay with :16 left.

Mercer (11-3) kept rolling with an 81-58 win over Bronx. Mustafa El-Amin scored 19 for the Vikings, who won their sixth straight.

Sherrod Wright hit a three pointer as time expired to give George Mason a 67-64 victory over Richmond (9-4). The Spiders held a lead until the game's final 1:33.

Oregon State (9-2) won their fifth straight, topping San Diego in Las Vegas by seven.

Before action pauses across the board for Christmas, Northwestern still has to host Brown.

Not even vomiting at halftime could slow Princeton recruit Steven Cook.

Future Tiger Amir Bell was named the GMC Hoops Player of the Week.

A junior from upstate New York says he has interest from the Tigers among other programs.

Around the Ivy League: Dartmouth (2-8) lost 79-66 at Bryant. A late 11-0 run got Boston University past Cornell (4-8). Harvard (6-4) defeated Holy Cross, 72-65. A late three pointer provided Elon a two point margin of victory at Columbia (5-5).

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Saturday News:

December 22, 2012 at 9:28 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

Today's Game: Bucknell (11-1 / 0-0) vs. Princeton (4-6 / 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 10-4.
Last meeting: Bucknell 62 Princeton 56 - 11/25/11.

American vs. Georgetown - 12:00 pm ET - ESPN+
Fairfield vs. St. Joe's - 2:00 pm ET
MCCC vs. Bronx - 3:00 pm ET
George Mason vs. Richmond - 3:00 pm ET - Governor's Holiday Hoops Classic
San Diego vs. Oregon State - 9:00 pm ET - Pac-12 Network

Dartmouth vs. Bryant - 1:00 pm ET
Cornell vs. Boston University - 1:00 pm ET
Holy Cross vs. Harvard - 2:00 pm ET
Elon vs. Columbia - 4:00 pm ET

There was some great conversation in the forum for the Rider game. Keep it going tonight when the Tigers face Bucknell!

Four notes on the Bison in lieu of a proper preview:

1. 6'11" senior center Mike Muscala is a special player who shoots the ball well both inside and out, plus draws 6.8 fouls/40 minutes. He's going to be a difficult assignment for all three (four?) Princeton big men who might check him defensively.

2. Bucknell may be the worst team in the nation in forcing turnovers and second-worst in creating steals but teams are shooting a very poor 41.5% from the floor against them. The Bison also protect the offensive glass exceptionally well. Their opponents' possessions usually end with a miss more than any other outcome.

3. As a team, Bucknell rarely turns the ball over and is very good at the line (76.6%). Too much attention to Muscala then opens the floor for a squad shooting 37.0% from deep. There's a reason the Bison are 11-1.

4. Notable victories include triumphs over #65 Purdue on the road, #91 George Mason at home, #103 New Mexico State on a neutral floor and #66 La Salle at home. I still don't understand how Bucknell lost to #192 Penn State in State College after the Nittany Lions lost guard Tim Frazier for the season.

The Hans Brase gamble paid off for Princeton in the Tigers' last contest.

There's a piece on the Rider game on the Mid-Majority.

Rush The Court checks in on the Ivy League.

Stanford edged Northwestern (8-4) by two in Evanston. After falling down 18 the Wildcats rallied on more than one occasion but both times they pulled even in the second half the Cardinal hit a three. A potentially tying runner and tip follow in the waning seconds did not drop for Bill Carmody's team.

Denver (4-6) easily handled Southern Utah, 72-47.

Games throughout the day begin with Georgetown hosting American, Fairfield visiting St. Joe's, Richmond and George Mason meeting at the Richmond Coliseum and finally Oregon State testing out the new home of the Pac-12 Tournament in Las Vegas by playing San Diego.

Around the Ivy League: Playing without three starters and five players total who were all suspended for a violation of team rules, Penn (2-8) lost for a second time this season to Delaware. On this occasion the final was 83-60.

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Sunday News:

December 16, 2012 at 9:08 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, Georgetown, MCCC, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Drexel vs. Fairfield - 4:00 pm ET - SNY
Chicago State vs. Oregon State - 7:00 pm ET - Pac-12 Network

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's stunning loss to Fordham on goprincetontigers.com, in the Trentonian, on Big Apple Buckets, in the New York Post, on the Ram, courtesy the Associated Press and on fordhamsports.com.

Future Tiger Spencer Weisz had a double-double in Seton Hall Prep's season opener. Weisz followed that up with 23 points and seven steals last night against Columbia High School.

If you want to watch Amir Bell and East Brunswick defeat St. Joseph the entire game is archived here.

Mercer (8-3) won their annual early morning game at the Verizon Center, 71-66 over CCBC. Mustafa El-Amin had 22 once again for the Vikings.

A few hours later on the same floor Georgetown (9-1) bested Western Carolina, 81-68. Greg Whittington had a career high 25 for the Hoyas.

With a 76-57 win over Stetson, Richmond (9-2) is off to the school's best start in 25 years.

Denver (3-5) used a 25-0 run to rout Nebraska-Omaha, 82-47.

Today sees Fairfield host Drexel and Oregon State welcome Chicago State.

Around the Ivy League: Dartmouth (2-7) lost 61-42 at Arizona State.

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Saturday News:

December 15, 2012 at 8:48 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Northwestern, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Today's Game: Princeton (3-5 / 0-0) vs. Fordham (1-8 / 0-0)
Location: Barclays Center - Brooklyn, NY (Brooklyn Hoops Winter Festival)
Time: 2:30 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: YES Network
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 17-11.
Last meeting: Princeton 73 Fordham 61 - 11/26/08.

MCCC vs. CCBC - 8:00 am ET
Western Carolina vs. Georgetown - 12:00 pm ET - ESPN+
Stetson vs. Richmond - 6:00 pm ET
Nebraska-Omaha vs. Denver - 6:00 pm ET

Dartmouth vs. Arizona State - 3:00 pm ET - Pac-12 Network

Talk about this afternoon's matchup with Fordham before/during/after the action in the forum, perhaps?

I helped preview today's game over at Big Apple Buckets.

It sounds like Chris Gaston will be available for the Rams.

Princeton recruit Amir Bell scored 18 points as East Brunswick beat the state's top-ranked team.

Lousy news for Northwestern as Drew Crawford will undergo season-ending shoulder surgery. The silver lining is that Crawford is one game under the cutoff for a medical hardship waiver and should hopefully return for 2013-14.

Action picks back up today as Georgetown hosts Western Carolina, Richmond welcomes Stetson and Nebraska-Omaha visits Denver.

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