The latest collection of videos from various corners of the Princeton basketball family. Above, clips of Northwestern's recent victory over American. When John Shurna hits three pointer to beat the shot clock in the second half launched from the Baha'i Temple it brings a smile to my face.
Loyola (MD) vs. Georgetown - 12:00 pm ET - MASN
MCCC vs. Frederick - 2:00 pm ET
Richmond vs. Georgia Tech - 5:00 pm ET - Battle at Atlantis
Northern Colorado vs. Denver - 7:30 pm ET - FSN Rocky Mountain
George Washington vs. Oregon State - 7:30 pm ET - FSN Northwest
Cornell vs. Binghamton - 2:00 pm ET
In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's sixth straight victory on goprincetontigers.com, in the Staten Island Advance, in the Trenton Times and on wagnerathletics.com.
Lincoln Christian fell in the finals but Princeton recruit Clay Wilson was still named MVP of the Hominy Tournament.
Time again for Rush The Court to check in on the Ivy League.
Georgetown hosts Loyola.
Georgia Tech and Richmond battle in the Bahamas.
Denver welcomes Northern Colorado.
George Washington and Oregon State meet in Corvallis.
...well, Wagner highlights at least. A few plays by the Seahawks from tonight's game.
Postgame audio - Coach Sydney Johnson:
Postgame audio - Brendan Connolly & Kareem Maddox:
Electronic statistics for men's college basketball go back as far as the 1996-97 season. Before then, stats are all blurry photocopies and hand-transcribed scrawl.
This is noteworthy, because since electronic stats have become the standard, Princeton has not attempted as few three point shots as they did on Friday night at Wagner.
The Tigers only needed to shoot five times from behind the arc because they were able to take control on Staten Island by scoring 36 points in the paint and 16 more at the free throw line.
Princeton used a 19-5 first half run to break open a 16-16 ballgame and kept Wagner at bay for a 69-57 win, the Tigers’ sixth straight.
Today's Game: Princeton (7-3 / 0-0) vs. Wagner (4-5 / 1-0)
Location: Spiro Sports Center - Staten Island, NY
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: Time Warner Cable
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 2-0.
Last meeting: Princeton 45 Wagner 42 - 12/30/09.
| Princeton | Wagner | |
| 3-0 | Home Record | 1-1 |
| 3-2 | Away Record | 3-4 |
| 1-1 | Neutral Record | 2-1 |
| 59 | RPI | 194 |
| 93 | Sagarin | 194 |
| 124 | Pomeroy | 256 |
| 72.3 | Points / Game | 63.7 |
| 70.4 | Points Allowed / Game | 65.6 |
| .466 | FG% | .415 |
| .704 | FT% | .787 |
| .393 | 3PT FG% | .412 |
| 33.9 | Rebounds / Game | 30.3 |
| 9.2 | Off. Rebounds / Game | 7.0 |
| +0.4 | Rebounding Margin | -6.0 |
| 14.4 | Assists / Game | 11.8 |
| 13.8 | Turnovers / Game | 15.9 |
| 3.8 | Blocks / Game | 3.6 |
| Hummer: 15.5 | Points | Murray: 17.8 |
| Maddox, Hummer: 6.7 | Rebounds | Murray: 5.4 |
| Maddox: 3.2 | Assists | Murray: 3.3 |
| Davis: 1.3 | Steals | Murray: 1.3 |
| Maddox: 1.7 | Blocks | Folahan: 1.4 |
| Hummer: .615 | FG% (Min: 10 FGM) | Parker: .567 |
| Mavraides: .825 | FT% (Min: 10 FTM) | Rivers: .953 |
| Davis: .439 | 3PT FG% (Min: 10 3FGM) | Murray .463 |
In the Staten Island Advance you can find a preview of tonight's game.
The Princeton Alumni Weekly blog offers up five more things you need to know about the Tigers.
John Shurna scored 28 - cracking the 1,000 point mark in the process - as Northwestern (7-0) defeated American, 78-62.
Denver is introducing a program called "Pioneer Professors" modeled on Princeton's Faculty Fellows program.
Tigers head coach Sydney Johnson and princetonbasketball.com editor Jon Solomon met at Jadwin Gym on Thursday afternoon to go over Princeton's double OT win at Tulsa (and the subsequent adventures returning to New Jersey) before previewing the team's pair of pre-Christmas road games at Wagner and at Towson.
This Q&A is 13:00+ in length.
Interviews with Coach Johnson will appear on this site every week during the 2010-11 season.
American vs. Northwestern - 8:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network
Mercer (5-7) defeated Harford, 78-63. The Vikings had 21 assists on their 28 field goals.
Montana bested Oregon State (4-5) by a 71-66 final. Beyond the Beat has a piece about Craig Robinson's love and hate in Corvallis.
The Princeton Alumni Weekly blog offers up five things you need to know about the Tigers.
There's a preview of tomorrow's game at Wagner in the Daily Princetonian.
Will Venable and some Padres teammates took part in the 24th annual San Diego Armed Services YMCA SuperParent Shopping Day. Pictures of the event can be found here.
The recent Northwestern homestand concludes tonight against American.
Princeton recruiting target Desmond Hubert is the subject of a lengthy, well-written, front page profile in the Star Ledger. There's also a video component which is worth watching.
In this week's Schuylkill 16, Princeton dips slightly to the sixth slot despite winning both games since the last poll. Oh, voters.
Hartford (MD) vs. MCCC - 6:00 pm ET
Oregon State vs. Montana - 9:00 pm ET
A day after Princeton was written up in the Wall Street Journal, Northwestern is the subject of an article about the Wildcats' hopes to reach the NCAA Tournament for the first time this season.
Dick Vitale calls Richmond coach Chris Mooney one of five "Coaches on the Rise."
Princeton recruit Denton Koon scored 18 in Liberty's home loss to Lee's Summit.
A preview of the New Egypt Warriors has some quotes from Tiger target Desmond Hubert about his recruiting.
There's a video package of Princeton's win over St. Joe's up on the WZBN site. With no direct way to access the highlights, you'll need to click on the left menu and choose the first listing in the Basketball folder.
Denver (2-9) fell 61-48 at Wyoming. Pioneer Pulse has more.
This evening Oregon State heads to Montana.
Around the Ivy League: Dartmouth (3-6) lost at St. Francis (NY) 69-61 in a game that featured 55 fouls.
The Princeton athletic department was kind enough to quickly fulfill my request for plus/minus numbers on each of the Tigers through Sunday's trip to Tulsa.
This chart shows the number of minutes played across the first 10 games this season and the difference in points scored by Princeton while each player was on the floor versus points allowed by the Tigers during the same span.
I've also broken down +/- per 40 minutes for all players who have seen at least 100 minutes of action.
Denver vs. Wyoming - 9:00 pm ET
Dartmouth vs. St. Francis (NY) - 7:00 pm ET
The Wall Street Journal has what won't be the last article this season about Princeton's increased tempo.
Brendan Connolly is still writer Jeff Pearlman's favorite college basketball player.
Princeton tops a New York Newsday ranking of the top college basketball teams in the Tri-State area.
One more article on Sunday's game ran on Inside Tulsa Sports.
John Shurna was 10-11 from the floor and Northwestern (6-0) returned to action with an 81-65 win over LIU.
Slam Magazine has a Q&A with Georgetown guard Austin Freeman, seen receiving a pass from Chris Wright above.
The College Voice provides analysis of Mercer County's season so far.
Denver heads to Wyoming.
Princeton senior tri-captain Kareem Maddox shares the latest Ivy League Player of the Week award with Columbia's Noruwa Agho. Maddox's stat lines in the past seven days, both road victories:
Min Pts FG FT 3FG Rebs A S B TO PF 31 13 4-10 5-8 0-0 4-5-9 5 0 3 2 3 64-61 W Monmouth 39 31 10-13 10-12 1-1 0-6-6 2 0 1 2 3 82-78 W Tulsa
It is the first time Maddox has been honored as Player of the Week by the league. Maddox was Freshman of the Week in January 2008, scoring eight late points in the final eight minutes of Princeton's blowout loss at Lehigh.
Maddox's net points against Tulsa (+11.5) were higher than what he produced against Siena (+11.2) and his offensive rating (157.1) trumped the 144.5 versus the Saints. As one last comparison, Maddox put up 31 points using 58 possessions yesterday, 30 points in 74 possessions at Jadwin on December 5th. Impressive numbers all around.
