Friday News:

December 14, 2012 at 9:18 am
Filed under Basketball, Georgetown, MCCC, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Mercer (7-3) won their weather-delayed contest with Raritan, 79-68. Mustafa El-Amin had 22 for the Vikings while Filip Sekulic added 19 points and 11 rebounds.

Clay Wilson fields questions from the Daily Princeton, who also preview tomorrow's game.

Future Tiger Steven Cook recorded a double-double in New Trier's victory over Waukegan. Some excellent photos in this article too.

Fellow 2013 recruit Spencer Weisz made MSG Varsity's list of the top high school basketball players to watch in the state of New Jersey.

John Thompson III has some quotes about the possible dissolution of the Big East.

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Tuesday News:

December 11, 2012 at 8:48 am
Filed under Basketball, Bill Bradley, Georgetown, Howie Levy, MCCC, Today's News

MCCC vs. Princeton J.V. - 7:00 pm ET

Boston University vs. Harvard - 7:00 pm ET

Howie Levy wrote a great piece about returning to the Palestra as the head coach of Mercer County Community College.

The NCAA's list of the top 75 players in NCAA Tournament history includes Bill Bradley.

In his second year at Fairfield, Sydney Johnson is putting his stamp on the Stags.

Georgetown (8-1) had no issues with Longwood. The Hoyas distributed 25 assists and won easily, 89-53.

The signing of Dan Mavraides by Juve Caserta is now official. Mavraides took the floor with his new team and scored 12 off the bench in a loss to Enel Brindisi.

Kareem Maddox's most recent double-double came on his birthday. Maddox was named to the BBL Team of the Week.

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Monday News:

December 10, 2012 at 9:18 am
Filed under Basketball, Fairfield, Georgetown, Princeton, Today's News

Longwood vs. Georgetown - 7:00 pm ET - ESPN+

The Daily Princetonian and the Full-Court Press contribute additional perspective on Drexel's defeat of the Tigers.

There's a Mid-Majority piece built around Princeton's trip to Wagner as well.

As already discussed on the site, Fairfield (5-5) defeated Rider yesterday, 65-52. The Trenton Times and the Trentonian offer more.

Kareem Maddox dropped 24 and 11 in Newcastle's victory over the Plymouth Raiders.

Tonight Georgetown hosts Longwood.

Around the Ivy League: Brian Barbour reached 1,000 points for his career as Columbia (5-4) won 54-42 at American.

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Sunday News:

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

Fairfield vs. Rider - 2:00 pm ET

Columbia vs. American - 2:00 pm ET

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's home loss to Drexel on goprincetontigers.com, in the Trentonian, in the Philadelphia Inquirer, on City Of Basketball Love, on Comcast SportsNet, on Drexel Dragons Basketball and on drexeldragons.com.

Rush The Court checks in on the Ivy League.

It was a second straight less than attractive game for Georgetown (7-1) at home, but the Hoyas held Towson scoreless the final 4:37 to record a 46-40 victory.

Oregon State (5-2) made 15 of 21 threes on their way to an 85-54 win over Grambling State.

It is the second-best start to a season for Richmond (8-2) over the past 78 years. The Spiders escaped James Madison 83-82 in overtime.

In a physical contest Northwestern (7-3) fell 74-65 at home against Butler.

Sydney Johnson returns to Mercer County as Fairfield visits Rider this afternoon.

Around the Ivy League: It was a winless day for the conference as Yale (3-7) lost at New Hampshire by eight, Dartmouth (2-5) fell 67-56 at Holy Cross, Brown (3-5) dropped an 84-57 decision in South Bend to Notre Dame and Penn (2-7) never completely recovered from an opening 14-2 deficit against Villanova.

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Saturday News:

December 8, 2012 at 10:08 am
Filed under Basketball, Fairfield, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

Today's Game: Drexel (2-6 / 0-0) vs. Princeton (3-4 / 0-0)
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 8-2.
Last meeting: Drexel 64 Princeton 60 - 12/10/12.

Towson vs. Georgetown - 12:00 pm ET
Grambling State vs. Oregon State - 4:00 pm ET - Pac-12 Network
James Madison vs. Richmond - 7:00 pm ET
Butler vs. Northwestern - 8:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network

Yale vs. New Hampshire - 1:00 pm ET
Dartmouth vs. Holy Cross - 4:00 pm ET
Brown vs. Notre Dame - 7:00 pm ET - ESPN3
Villanova vs. Penn - 8:00 pm ET - NBCSN

Talk about the Tigers' return to Jadwin in the forum.

The Trentonian previews today's game and the Full-Court Press adds additional quotes from the same conversation with Mitch Henderson.

I ran an article welcoming Dan Mavraides to his new team through Google Translate.

Fairfield (4-5) fell in their conference opener to Canisius, 67-55.

Howie Levy's Mercer (5-3) team went into the Palestra and shut down the Penn J.V., 56-41. Mustafa el Amin had 18 for the victorious Vikings.

Georgetown hosts Towson, Oregon State welcomes Grambling State, Richmond visits James Madison and then to cap the day Butler meets Northwestern in Evanston.

Around the Ivy League: It was UConn by eight over Harvard (4-4).

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Wednesday News:

December 5, 2012 at 9:28 am
Filed under Armond Hill, Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Mercer vs. Denver - 9:00 pm ET

Yale vs. Bryant - 7:00 pm ET

Kareem Maddox was rewarded as the BBL Player Of The Month. Maddox is averaging 13.7 points and 8.2 rebounds for Newcastle.

Doc Rivers was sick so Armond Hill ran practice for the Boston Celtics.

Princeton recruit Steven Cook had a season best 25 in New Trier's victory over Niles West.

Georgetown (6-1) trampled Texas in the Jimmy V Classic. Unlike the shorthanded Longhorns, the Hoyas possess staying power.

In what sounds like a very exciting game, Mercer County Community College (4-2) got past Morris 57-56. Mustafa el Amin tied the score on a three pointer with four seconds left and Barry Brockington, who was 11-14 from the line, won it for the Vikings with a free throw that came with :0.6 remaining.

Richmond (7-2) served ODU their worst-ever defeat at the Constant Center, 80-53.

Then there's Northwestern (7-2), who recorded a much-needed and very impressive 74-70 win at Baylor. It was 56-38 Wildcats with 10:25 remaining but intense pressure by the Bears and a stretch where Bill Carmody's team went 1-8 at the line closed that deficit to two. After all that - and I haven't even mentioned the twelve second sequence wherein NU committed three turnovers - Drew Crawford sealed the result with a pair of free throws as just over a second remained.

Two scores of note out of last night - Bucknell 76 Kent State 60 and Tennessee State 76 Drexel 66.

Denver hosts the other Mercer this evening.

Dave Winfield's son is already heading to Penn and now Fran Fraschilla's son has committed to Harvard.

Around the Ivy League: Harvard (4-3) won their fifth straight against Boston College, 79-63. Elon bested Dartmouth (2-4) by 22.

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Georgetown 64 Texas 41.

December 5, 2012 at 12:48 am
Filed under 12-13, Audio, Basketball, Georgetown

Box Score : HD Box Score

I took the train up to Madison Square Garden for the opening game of this evening's Jimmy V Classic, which saw Georgetown handle Texas by 23. Read on for some bullet point observations I jotted down while viewing the Hoyas in person for the first time this season.

Postgame audio from John Thompson III and select players can also be found after the jump.

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Tuesday News:

December 4, 2012 at 9:28 am
Filed under Basketball, Georgetown, Northwestern, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

Georgetown vs. Texas - 7:00 pm ET - Jimmy V Classic - ESPN
Richmond vs. Old Dominion - 7:00 pm ET - NBCSN
MCCC vs. Morris - 7:00 pm ET
Northwestern vs. Baylor - 9:00 pm ET - ESPN2

Harvard vs. Boston College - 7:00 pm ET - ESPN3
Dartmouth vs. Elon - 7:30 pm ET

T.J. Bray represents Princeton in the latest Ivy League Men's Basketball Weekly Release.

Michael Goldberg writes about broadcasting Saturday's game after 20 years away from play by play.

There's some compelling action tonight as Georgetown plays Texas at Madison Square Garden, Richmond visits ODU and Northwestern travels to Baylor.

The Hoyas' Otto Porter has traveled an uncommon path.

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YouTube potpourri LXXXIV.

December 3, 2012 at 12:08 pm
Filed under Basketball, Craig Robinson, Georgetown, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Video

Here's the latest collection of videos from various corners of the Princeton basketball family. Above, Bart Kalkstein and Michael Goldberg return to broadcasting after a two decade break.

Six additional videos follow after the jump.

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Saturday News:

December 1, 2012 at 9:28 am
Filed under Basketball, Fairfield, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

Today's Game: Princeton (2-4 / 0-0) vs. Kent State (5-2 / 0-0)
Location: M.A.C. Center - Kent, OH
Time: 7:00 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.

UIC vs. Northwestern - 2:00 pm ET - BTN.com
MCCC vs. Del Tech Stanton - 3:00 pm ET
Wake Forest vs. Richmond - 6:00 pm ET
Fairfield vs. Austin Peay - 8:30 pm ET

Brown vs. New Hampshire - 1:00 pm ET - Fox College Sports
Fordham vs. Harvard - 1:00 pm ET
Dartmouth vs. Longwood - 2:00 pm ET
Penn vs. Penn State - 2:00 pm ET - ESPN3
Colgate vs. Cornell - 7:00 pm ET
Bucknell vs. Columbia - 7:00 pm ET

In lieu of a Know! Your! Foe! (several reporters contacted, none responded): Kent State is the anti-Wagner in many ways. They're rather solid offensively yet weaker defensively. The Golden Flashes hold onto the basketball very nicely and are dominant on the offensive glass but seem to have their troubles defending inside the arc and forcing turnovers.

Chris Evans is their Ian Hummer, a 6'8" senior forward who leads his team in almost all available statistical categories but Evans gets serious support from classmate Randal Holt out of the backcourt. You'll see them both on the floor for most of the night and they're good for 34.1 combined points.

KSU has defeated Drexel at home and won in Nebraska's gym. Both their losses were versus KenPom Top 100 teams, Temple by 14 and Valpo in OT.

Start your own conversation about the game in the forum.

Ian Hummer is keeping his family's legacy alive at Princeton.

The Full-Court Press previews tonight's game.

Georgetown (5-1) defeated Tennessee 37-36 in a game that saw neither team score during the final 4:10.

Kansas held off Oregon State (4-2) by six.

Northwestern hosts UIC, Richmond welcomes Wake Forest and Fairfield hits up Austin Peay today.

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Friday News:

November 30, 2012 at 9:08 am
Filed under Basketball, Craig Robinson, Georgetown, Oregon State, Princeton, Today's News

Tennessee vs. Georgetown - 6:30 pm ET - SEC/Big East Challenge - ESPN
Oregon State vs. Kansas - 8:00 pm ET - ESPN+

Will Barrett is profiled by the Daily Princetonian.

A HD box score has been added to our Wagner recap. Brian from Hoya Prospectus wrote that the Seahawks' opening 20 minutes "may have been the worst offensive half of basketball I've ever looked at."

The Full-Court Press runs back Wednesday's game.

Oregon State plays Kansas in Kansas City.

Jayhawks coach Bill Self and Craig Robinson have some history. They faced off in 1983 when Princeton beat Oklahoma State in the NCAA Tournament.

Earlier in the evening Georgetown will match up with Tennessee.

Around the Ivy League: Rafael Maia had 19 points and 15 rebounds as Brown (3-3) defeated Sacred Heart. Yale (2-6) lost 60-51 at home to Hartford.

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Thursday News:

November 29, 2012 at 9:18 am
Filed under Basketball, Georgetown, Pete Carril, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News, Video

Hartford vs. Yale - 7:00 pm ET
Sacred Heart vs. Brown - 7:00 pm ET

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's bitter loss at Wagner on goprincetontigers.com, in the Trentonian, in the Staten Island Advance, in the Daily Princetonian and on wagnerathletics.com.

Needless to say the Seahawks have been winning ugly.

A guard from western Pennsylvania will attend Princeton...as a quarterback.

Here's a letter to the editor about Pete Carril attending last Saturday's game in Easton.

That Georgetown/Florida game which was called at halftime? It will not be resumed after all.

Overtime was kinder to Richmond (5-2), who needed two extra frames to defeat William & Mary.

Around the Ivy League: Columbia (4-3) lost a cross-county matchup versus LIU, 70-61. Stony Brook trumped Cornell (3-5) by a 76-53 count in Ithaca. Penn (2-5) ended a five game losing streak at the expense of Binghamton.

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