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YouTube potpourri XXXII.

The latest collection of videos from various corners of the Princeton basketball family. Above, another angle of Douglas Davis' jumper has surfaced - this from just beyond the Harvard bench.

Nine additional clips after the jump.

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Tuesday News:

Wednesday, March 23rd
(4) Northwestern vs. (2) Washington State – 11:00 pm ET – ESPN2
NIT

Friday, March 25th
Southwest region – San Antonio, TX
(12) Richmond vs. (1) Kansas – 7:27 pm ET – TBS
NCAA Tournament

Two different schools, including one Princeton played in 2010-11, have asked to talk to Sydney Johnson about their open coaching positions.

Chris Young still draws from his basketball roots.

The Daily Princetonian interviewed alumni, students, fans and family about their experiences in Tampa.

Due to Washington State's win over Oklahoma State last night, Northwestern now knows it has to be in Pullman on Wednesday for a NIT quarterfinal matchup with the Cougars.



Monday News:

Wednesday, March 23rd
(4) Northwestern vs. (3) Oklahoma St / (2) Washington St – TBA pm ET – ESPN2
NIT

Friday, March 25th
Southwest region – San Antonio, TX
(12) Richmond vs. (1) Kansas – 7:27 pm ET – TBS
NCAA Tournament

The Diocese of Nashville writes about the first NCAA Tournament experience for Princeton center Brendan Connolly.

The final games of the Tigers' season unified a campus.

Richmond was superb in Denver.

Six shutout innings versus the Marlins for Chris Young in another decent spring training start.



Wednesday News:

Wednesday, March 16th
(5) UW Milwaukee vs. (4) Northwestern – 8:00 pm ET – ESPN3
NIT

Thursday, March 17th
East region – Tampa, FL
(13) Princeton vs. (4) Kentucky – 2:45 pm ET – CBS
NCAA Tournament

Southwest region – Denver, CO
(12) Richmond vs. (5) Vanderbilt – 4:10 pm ET – TBS
NCAA Tournament

Friday, March 18th
Southwest region – Chicago, IL
(11) USC/VCU vs. (6) Georgetown – 9:50 pm ET – TBS
NCAA Tournament

Princeton will meet the media this morning in Tampa and then hold a public practice at the St. Pete Times Forum. Look for coverage of both events later today on the site.

The Daily Princetonian writes about how different styles obscure the similarities between Princeton and Kentucky.

There are two articles in the Princeton Packet: One on Douglas Davis' shot to vanquish Harvard and one on the Tigers' return to the NCAA Tournament.

There are also two articles in the Trentonian: One profiling Ian Hummer making a name for himself and one on head coach Sydney Johnson.

The Ventura County Star talks to Kareem Maddox about his first trip to the NCAA Tournament.

The Advocate-Messenger has quotes from John Calipari after watching tape of Princeton.

The Tampa Bay Tribune and the St. Petersburg Times introduce the Tigers to a new audience.

In addition to his great piece on Princeton/UCLA, Sean Gregory also talks at length about and with his former coach Pete Carril.

A junior forward from New Jersey is focused on Princeton.

Northwestern hosts UW Milwaukee tonight. Bill Carmody is picking up the tab for all the student tickets.

In advance of his NCAA Tournament return on Friday, Chris Wright is practicing with Georgetown.

Rush The Court wraps up the 2010-11 Ivy League season and hands out some awards.

Mets starter Chris Young pitched 5 1/3 innings of one run baseball versus the Nationals. Might Young make the trip west to Tampa from Port St. Lucie on Thursday?

A new Schuylkill 16 has dropped, with Princeton in fourth place. More importantly, I won Comment of the Week.

Around the Ivy League: Well-traveled Harvard (23-7) saw their season end with a 71-54 NIT loss at Oklahoma State.



Selection Sunday News:

Sunday, March 13th
(9) Dayton vs. (3) Richmond - 1:00 pm ET - CBS
Atlantic 10 Tournament

In addition to our recap, read a ludicrous number of articles about Princeton's victory at the horn over Harvard on goprincetontigers.com, on the Princeton Alumni Weekly web site, in the Daily Princetonian, in the Star Ledger, in the Trentonian, in the Trenton Times, in the New York Times, in the New York Daily News, in the Washington Post, on Soft Pretzel Logic, on the Dagger, in the Boston Globe, in the Boston Herald, in the Crimson, courtesy of the Associated Press and on gocrimson.com.

Bob Ryan of the Boston Globe (who calls Douglas Davis "stocky"?) writes about how "Princeton won, but nobody lost."

The Boston Herald chooses to profile Davis on top of their game story.

ESPN has more on Harvard/Princeton on their College Basketball Nation Blog.

Richmond (26-7) clipped Temple 58-54 in the Atlantic 10 Tournament semis. The Spiders play Dayton in the championship game later today.

Chris Wright will be back for Georgetown in the NCAA Tournament.

The season for Princeton recruit Bobby Garabade and Seton CC came to an end with a loss to Westhill in the state regional championship.

As I was pulling in to New Haven, I heard Chris Young (.mp3) interviewed on WFAN.



Saturday News:

Today's Game: Harvard (23-5 / 12-2) vs. Princeton (24-6 / 12-2)
Location: Payne Whitney Gym - New Haven, CT
Time: 4:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: ESPN3.com
Series History: Princeton leads 126-39.
Last meeting: Harvard 79 Princeton 67 - 3/5/11.

Harvard Princeton
14-0 Home Record 12-0
9-5 Away Record 10-5
0-0 Neutral Record 2-1
32 RPI 47
62 Sagarin 77
77 Pomeroy 89
72.4 Points / Game 69.8
64.2 Points Allowed / Game 63.2
.476 FG% .466
.817 FT% .726
.377 3PT FG% .370
32.8 Rebounds / Game 34.7
9.2 Off. Rebounds / Game         9.8
+3.1 Rebounding Margin +3.9
14.5 Assists / Game 13.6
13.6 Turnovers / Game 12.5
4.5 Blocks / Game 4.2
Wright: 14.9 Points Maddox: 14.0
Wright: 8.5 Rebounds Maddox: 6.9
Curry: 5.9 Assists Mavraides: 2.8
Curry: 1.4 Steals Davis: 1.2
Wright: 1.8 Blocks Maddox: 1.7
Wright: .588 FG% (Min: 10 FGM) Maddox: .575
McNally: .924 FT% (Min: 10 FTM) Darrow: .800
McNally: .438 3PT FG% (Min: 10 3FGM)    Davis .396

Saturday, March 12th
(3) Richmond vs. (2) Temple - 3:30 pm ET - CSN+
Atlantic 10 Tournament

The New York Times, the Trenton Times, the Trentonian, the New York Post and Sports Illustrated preview today's game.

I'm quoted in a TicketNews article about how the Ivy playoff is a "hot ticket."

The Ivy League is making a claim for two NCAA Tournament bids if Princeton beats Harvard.

For a second time this season shorthanded Northwestern (18-13) took top-ranked Ohio State to the brink, falling in overtime by six.

Richmond (25-7) was able to grind out a 55-45 win over Rhode Island to advance into the Atlantic 10 Tournament semis.

The Wall Street Journal writes about how Chris Young has turned his back on bad luck.

Young has also joined an athletics advisory committee at Princeton.

Looking for something unrelated, I came across the fact that the Tigers' radio announcer John Sadak swept the Delaware Press Association's radio and TV broadcasting honors. Congratulations!

Don't forget about our live chat on the site today at 2:00 pm ET.



Sunday News:

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's defeat at the hands of Harvard on goprincetontigers.com, in the Trentonian, in the Star Ledger, in the Daily Princetonian, in the New York Times, in the Boston Globe, in the Crimson, on ESPN Boston and on gocrimson.com.

Bob Ryan of the Boston Globe also has a column on the game.

Former Tiger Mike Brennan is listed as among those "throwing their names into the mix" for the open Monmouth position.

Sophomore Ian Hummer is profiled by Vienna Patch.

Andy Rimol is quoted in a long Bergen Record piece on New Jersey high school basketball legend Les Cason.

Princeton recruit Denton Koon and Liberty fell in the Missouri Class 5 quarterfinals.

Will Venable is benefitting from ramped-up workouts.

Unlike when he pitched last September, Chris Young feels completely healthy.

Richmond (24-7) earned a first round bye in the Atlantic 10 Tournament with a 68-56 win over Duquesne.

Can Georgetown (21-9) win without Chris Wright? The Hoyas trailed by four at Cincinnati with 8:42 to go, but were outscored 26-8 the rest of the way.

Denver (13-17) saw their season end with a 53-49 loss to FIU in the first round of the Sun Belt Tournament.

With all but six players suspended for a violation of team rules, Oregon State (10-19) was dropped 80-66 at Arizona State.

Around the Ivy League: Rallying from down 13 at the half, Penn (13-14 / 7-6) came back on Dartmouth (5-23 / 1-13) in Hanover, 70-58. Cornell (10-18 / 6-8) finished the season with a 68-55 victory over Yale (15-13 / 8-6). Noruwa Agho had a career high 31 as Columbia (15-13 / 6-8) closed their campaign by besting Brown (11-17 / 4-10) to the tune of 91-74.



Saturday News:

Today's Game: Princeton (23-5 / 11-1) vs. Harvard (22-5 / 11-2)
Location: Lavietes Pavilion - Cambridge, MA
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: ESPN3.com
Series History: Princeton leads 126-38.
Last meeting: Princeton 65 Harvard 61 - 2/4/11.

Princeton Harvard
12-0 Home Record 13-0
9-4 Away Record 9-5
2-1 Neutral Record 0-0
53 RPI 42
76 Sagarin 63
92 Pomeroy 77
69.9 Points / Game 72.2
62.8 Points Allowed / Game 64.1
.467 FG% .473
.724 FT% .813
.366 3PT FG% .375
34.9 Rebounds / Game 33.1
9.7 Off. Rebounds / Game         9.5
+3.6 Rebounding Margin +3.4
13.8 Assists / Game 14.5
12.4 Turnovers / Game 13.7
4.4 Blocks / Game 4.4
Hummer: 14.0 Points Wright: 15.0
Maddox: 7.0 Rebounds Wright: 8.7
Mavraides: 2.9 Assists Curry: 5.8
Davis: 1.2 Steals Curry: 1.4
Maddox: 1.8 Blocks Wright: 1.6
Maddox: .581 FG% (Min: 10 FGM) Wright: .583
Darrow: .794 FT% (Min: 10 FTM) McNally: .916
Davis: .396 3PT FG% (Min: 10 3FGM)    McNally .436

Duquesne vs. Richmond - 12:00 pm ET - CBS College Sports
Georgetown vs. Cincinnati - 2:00 pm ET - ESPN+
FIU vs. Denver - 9:45 pm ET - Sun Belt Tournament
Oregon State vs. Arizona State - 4:00 pm ET

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

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's victory at Dartmouth on goprincetontigers.com, courtesy of the Associated Press and on dartmouthsports.com.

While 15 of a possible 20 title scenarios were crossed off after Princeton beat the Big Green and Harvard topped Penn on Friday, the overall percentages remain the same - but there is now a 42% chance of a playoff.

Ivy League executive director Robin Harris tells the USA Today that "the team that doesn't win the league deserves [NCAA Tournament] consideration."

The Princeton Packet previews the Tigers' weekend.

Princeton recruit Denton Koon, who the Kansas City Star calls "a revelation this season," had a huge stat line as Liberty defeated Grandview in the Patterson Division tournament final.

Future Tiger Bobby Garbade and Seton CC won the Section 4 Class B championship over Oneonta.

A Southern California center says Princeton is one of the schools keeping an eye on him as he heads abroad for a year.

The Princeton Alumni Weekly writes about the first Harvard game.

Chris Young had a second straight solid outing in Grapefruit League action.

Richmond looks for win number 24 at home against Duquesne.

After a week off to refocus, Georgetown closes their regular season at Cincinnati.

Denver and Florida International do battle at the Sun Belt Tournament.

Arizona state hosts Oregon State.

Around the Ivy League: Harvard (22-5 / 11-2) opened up a big lead early and defeated Penn (12-14 / 6-6) by 15. Yale (15-12 / 8-5) never trailed, yet had to survive Columbia (14-13 / 5-8) in double overtime, 87-81. Cornell (9-18 / 5-8) scored the final 13 points of a 75-66 win over Brown (11-16 / 4-9).



YouTube potpourri XXVI.

The latest collection of videos from various corners of the Princeton basketball family. Above, Kareem Maddox joins the Daily Princetonian's "On The Prowl."

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Sunday News:

MCCC vs. Del Tech Stanton - 3:00 pm ET - Region XIX Tournament
Northwestern vs. Wisconsin - 6:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's win over Columbia in the season's final home game on goprincetontigers.com, in the Trentonian, in the Trenton Times, in the Daily Princetonian and on gocolumbialions.com.

Princeton recruit Bobby Garbade had 13 Seton CC's Class B quarterfinal win over Trumansburg.

Georgetown (21-8) fell late versus Syracuse. A late 11-1 run was the difference in the 58-51 final.

In a season sweep by Richmond (22-7) of Charlotte, Kevin Anderson scored his 2,000th career point as a Spider.

Oregon State (10-17) lost 87-76 to Cal.

A late regular season Denver (13-16) slide concluded with a 63-41 loss at North Texas. The Pioneers slip to the Sun Belt West's number three seed.

Northwestern visits Wisconsin.

The Mets get their first look at Chris Young in spring training versus the Braves

Around the Ivy League: Brandyn Curry's layup attempt rolled off at the buzzer and Yale (14-12 / 7-5) knocked off Harvard (21-5 / 10-2) in New Haven, 70-69. Cornell (8-18 / 4-8) swept their season series with Penn (12-13 / 6-5), holding on for a 74-72 final at the Palestra. Tyler Bernardini's three at the buzzer caught the front rim. Brown (11-15 / 4-8) hit the century mark versus Dartmouth (5-21 / 1-11). Adrian Williams scored 26 in the 100-76 final.



Friday News:

Today's Game: Cornell (7-17 / 3-7) vs. Princeton (20-5 / 8-1)
Location: Jadwin Gym - Princeton, NJ
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: Verizon FiOS 1 (tape delay)
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 135-78.
Last meeting: Princeton 57 Cornell 55 - 2/12/11.

Cornell Princeton
4-6 Home Record 10-0
2-10 Away Record 8-4
1-1 Neutral Record 2-1
240 RPI 52
225 Sagarin 79
200 Pomeroy 100
67.6 Points / Game 69.2
70.2 Points Allowed / Game 63.1
.410 FG% .461
.686 FT% .722
.373 3PT FG% .358
32.0 Rebounds / Game 34.9
11.0 Off. Rebounds / Game         9.8
-4.1 Rebounding Margin +3.5
14.0 Assists / Game 13.3
12.3 Turnovers / Game 12.7
2.6 Blocks / Game 4.4
Wroblewski: 14.7 Points Hummer: 13.9
Wire: 5.0 Rebounds Maddox: 7.1
Wroblewski: 5.4 Assists Mavraides: 2.9
Wroblewski: 1.5 Steals Davis: 1.3
Peck: 0.8 Blocks Maddox: 1.9
Chemerinski: .625 FG% (Min: 10 FGM) Maddox: .569
Ferry: .875 FT% (Min: 10 FTM) Darrow: .786
Wroblewski: .425 3PT FG% (Min: 10 3FGM)    Mavraides .398

MCCC vs. Lackawanna - 5:00 pm ET - Region XIX Tournament

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

The Trenton Times, the Daily Princetonian, the Ithaca Journal and the Columbia Spectator preview this weekend's games.

Dan Mavraides is profiled by Foster City Patch.

Here's a transcript of what will be read before a moment of silence this evening in memory of Christian "Crunch" Regulski.

Georgetown's Chris Wright had surgery on his left hand and is actually expected back for the NCAA tournament.

Former Hoya Jeff Green was traded from Oklahoma City to Boston.

The New York Daily News outs Chris Young as an intellectual.

Judson Wallace is the subject of a long piece on the ACB web site. I ran the article through Google Translate from the original Spanish for you.

This KC Metro Sports package includes a fairly vicious one-handed dunk by Princeton recruit Denton Koon.

Oregon State (10-16) rallied from down double digits to defeat Stanford, 87-80.

Another tough loss for Denver (13-15) this by six in overtime at Louisiana-Lafayette.

Falling behind 18-2 early, Northwestern (16-11) was able to close within one but never take the lead. Penn State defeated the Wildcats 66-52.



Tuesday News:

Chris Young joined Steve Somers for 15 minutes on WFAN last night.

There's some good analysis of the Ivy League on Basketball Prospectus.

Beyond that, slow news day.



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