Tigers head coach Sydney Johnson and princetonbasketball.com editor Jon Solomon sat down on Thursday morning at Jadwin Gym for their final regular season one-on-one interview of 2009-10. This Q&A is 19:00+ in length.
Johnson and Solomon break down Princeton's close loss at Cornell, talk about the difference Jeff Foote makes for the Big Red and discuss how and why the Tigers bounced back on Saturday against Columbia. The pair also preview this final three games of Ivy play against Dartmouth, Harvard and Penn before Coach Johnson finished the interview talking about each of the four members of Princeton's senior class.
Oregon State welcomes Washington State to Corvallis.
Beavers head coach Craig Robinson did a Q&A with The Oregonian about his contract extension.
Georgetown's Austin Freeman has been diagnosed with diabetes.
There's a video interview with Will Venable on mlb.com.
Fellow Padre Chris Young is eager for today's start.
Princeton recruit T.J. Bray is four points away from becoming Catholic Memorial's all-time leading scorer. The Crusaders beat Fort Atkinson 96-35 in the Division 2 regional quarterfinals.
Bray, Ben Hazel and Daniel Edwards all show up in the Hoop Scoop rankings of the nation's top 750 seniors.
Princeton moves up to fourth place in the latest Schuylkill 16.
A trailing Kareem Maddox throws down a pass from Marcus Schroeder midway through the first half of Saturday night's 67-52 Princeton victory over Columbia.
Footage synched with John Sadak and Noah Savage's call on 103.3 fm WPRB.
Mercer vs. Lackawanna - 5:00 pm ET - Region XIX Championship
Judson Wallace had 15 points and seven rebounds for Benetton in their 73-64 win over Air Avellino.
Also in Italy, Mason Rocca scored 14 in Armani Jeans Milano's loss to Montepaschi.
Shorthanded Georgetown (19-9) lost its fourth in five tries, 81-68 at West Virginia. Leading scorer Austin Freeman missed the game with a stomach virus.
Kareem Maddox represents Princeton on the Honor Roll of the penultimate Ivy Weekly Men's Basketball Report.
New York Magazine visited Levien Gymnasium for the Princeton/Columbia game.
The San Diego Padres Twitter feed reports Chris Young will start San Diego's spring training game on Thursday.
On the heels of last week's discovery of 1980s Princeton basketball highlights comes another unexpected treat - nine short clips from earlier in the decade documenting a variety of successful Princeton basketball plays.
My educated guess is that this clip and several others after the jump come from the second game of the 1984-85 season, a 51-48 loss at Delaware, as Joe Scott (who would have been a sophomore) and Howie Levy (who would have been a senior) are on the same team. That's Levy scoring inside above.
I've tried to add details where I could figure them out, but if you can contribute additional notes, please share in the comments!
Northwestern vs. Penn State - 12:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network
Richmond vs. Xavier - 1:00 pm ET - ESPN2
MCCC vs. Del Tech Stanton - 1:00 pm ET - Region XIX Tournament
Richmond travels to Xavier. The Associated Press highlights Spider guard Kevin Anderson.
Two big games for Princeton recruits. T.J. Bray scored 20 as Catholic Memorial concluded Classic 8 Conference play undefeated with a 76-57 win versus Kettle Moraine. Chris Clement made a desperation three pointer to give Round Rock a two point win over McNeil.
Around the Ivy League: Cornell (25-4 / 11-1) clinched at least a share of the conference championship with a 68-48 win over Penn (5-20 / 4-7). Harvard (20-6 / 9-3) set a program record for victories, defeating Yale (11-18 / 5-7) by 20. Matt Mullery scored 20 as Brown (11-18 / 5-7) won at Dartmouth (5-21 / 1-11), 76-57.
Princeton coach Sydney Johnson couldn’t wait for a question about if winning at Columbia for the first time in five years was important for his seniors to finish. He knew the answer and did not hesitate to speak.
“Absolutely,” Johnson interjected. “We talked about that before the game. There’s no question,” he emphasized.
“[The seniors] got their first win at Columbia. It was absolutely very, very important for us to try to get a win here coming off of the disappointment of last night [at Cornell] for our seniors and for our program. We feel pretty good.”
To win for the seniors and bounce right back from a bitter loss in Ithaca, three Tiger underclassmen had to turn in big performances.
Junior forward Kareem Maddox scored a career high 17 and matched his career best with 10 rebounds.
Maddox was joined in double figures by fellow junior Dan Mavraides, who had a game high 22 on 7-9 shooting. Sophomore Douglas Davis hit four times behind the arc on his way to 14.
Davis was first onto the court after Princeton’s arrived at Levien Gym over an hour before tipoff, spending extra time working with a Tiger assistant who made a few jump shots in his day, Brian Earl.
“I got off the bus and I was sluggish,” Davis admitted. “I just wanted to get in the gym, get up some shots as soon as I could. It helped me tonight.”
The Tigers trailed 14-7 after a sloppy start, but a 12-0 run midway through the first half turned a five point deficit into a seven point lead.
Princeton opened the second half on a 16-4 spurt and held off a late Lion push.
The Tigers shot 23-44 from the floor (52.3%), 7-16 from behind the arc (43.8%) and 14-18 at the free throw line (77.8%).
Niko Scott scored 12 for Columbia in his final home game. Sophomore sharpshooter Noruwa Agho was bothered into 3-15 shooting by Maddox and Mavraides, finishing with nine.
Maddox and Mavraides did a fine job leaping above screens and chasing this pair on curl patterns to the perimeter.
“They’re going to score sometimes, and we just have to stick to our scouting report,” said Maddox of his team’s attentiveness to Scott and Agho. “Do what the coaches tell us and make adjustments throughout the game.”
Today's Game:Princeton (16-8 / 7-3) vs. Columbia (10-15 / 4-7) Location: Levien Gym - New York City, NY Time: 7:00 pm ET Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB TV: N/A Internet: goprincetontigers.com Series History: Princeton leads 138-84. Last meeting:Princeton 55 Columbia 45 - 2/12/10.
Princeton
Columbia
7-3
Home Record
7-5
9-5
Away Record
3-10
0-0
Neutral Record
0-0
154
RPI
249
151
Sagarin
293
125
Pomeroy
300
58.9
Points / Game
60.8
52.6
Points Allowed / Game
65.6
.433
FG%
.412
.729
FT%
.675
.366
3PT FG%
.373
30.0
Rebounds / Game
32.7
8.7
Off. Rebounds / Game
10.6
+1.0
Rebounding Margin
+0.3
11.7
Assists / Game
10.3
13.5
Turnovers / Game
14.3
3.0
Blocks / Game
1.8
Davis: 12.5
Points
Agho: 16.9
Mavraides: 4.7
Rebounds
Grimes: 5.7
Schroeder: 3.0
Assists
Bulger: 2.1
Schroeder: 1.8
Steals
Agho: 1.4
Maddox: 0.8
Blocks
Grimes: 0.5
Finley: .597
FG% (Min: 10 FGM)
Cisco: .589
Saunders: 1.000
FT% (Min: 10 FTM)
Barbour: .842
Saunders: .500
3PT FG% (Min: 10 3PTM)
Agho: .462
Notre Dame vs. Georgetown - 12:00 pm ET - CBS
Louisiana-Lafayette vs. Denver - 7:00 pm ET - FSN Rocky Mountain
Oregon State vs. USC - 7:30 pm ET - FCS Pacific
Penn vs. Cornell - 7:00 pm ET
Brown vs. Dartmouth - 7:00 pm ET
Yale vs. Harvard - 7:00 pm ET
The Times Dispatch has an excellent piece about how Chris Mooney has grown as a coach and refined Richmond basketball.
Princeton recruit Chris Clement and the Stony Point Tigers must play McNeil for the fourth playoff spot in District 16-5A.
Will Venable will be at Padres Fan Fest in Peoria on Saturday.
Around the Ivy League: Harvard (19-6 / 8-3) raced past Brown (10-18 / 4-7) by 20. Columbia (10-15 / 4-7) nipped Penn (5-19 / 4-6) by one on a Brian Grimes jumper with 2.7 to play. Yale (11-17 / 5-6) shut down Dartmouth (10-15 / 4-7), 55-45.
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Sun. 11/10 vs. Florida A&M
Sat. 11/16 at Butler
Wed. 11/20 vs. Lafayette
Sat. 11/23 at Rice
Tue. 11/26 vs. George Mason
Sat. 11/30 at Bucknell
Sat. 12/7 vs. FDU
Wed. 12/11 at Rutgers
Sat. 12/14 at Penn State
Fri. 12/20 vs. Portland*
Sat. 12/21 vs. Pacific*
Tue. 12/31 vs. Kent State
Sat. 1/4 at Liberty
Sat. 1/11 at Penn
Sun. 1/26 vs. Kean
Fri. 1/31 at Harvard
Sat. 2/1 at Dartmouth
Fri. 2/7 vs. Columbia
Sat. 2/8 vs. Cornell
Fri. 2/14 at Brown
Sat. 2/15 at Yale
Fri. 2/21 vs. Dartmouth
Sat. 2/22 vs. Harvard
Fri. 2/28 vs. Yale
Sat. 3/1 vs. Brown
Fri. 3/7 at Cornell
Sat. 3/8 at Columbia
Tue. 3/11 vs. Penn
2,503 - B. Bradley, 1962-65
1,625 - I. Hummer, 2009-13
1,550 - D. Davis, 2008-12
1,546 - K. Mueller, 1987-91
1,451 - P. Campbell, 1959-62
1,441 - C. Robinson, 1979-83
1,428 - B. Earl, 1995-99
1,365 - B. Scrabis, 1985-89
1,321 - G. Petrie, 1967-70
1,292 - H. Haabestad, 1952-55
1,277 - G. Lewullis, 1995-99
1,239 - B. Taylor, 1970-72
1,207 - S. Goodrich 1994-98
1,133 - F. Sowinski, 1975-78
1,130 - R. Hielscher, 1991-95
1,122 - C. Thomforde, 1966-69
1,099 - T. Manakas, 1970-73
1,090 - J. Wallace, 2001-05
1,088 - C. Belz, 1956-59
1,079 - B. Hauptfuhrer, 1973-76
1,076 - B. Roma, 1976-79
1,071 - C. Mooney, 1990-94
1,064 - A. Hyland, Jr., 1960-63
1,062 - L. Brangan, 1957-60
1,057 - A. Hill, 1973-76
1,054 - D. Mavraides, 2007-11
1,044 - S. Johnson, 1993-1997
1,031 - J. Hummer, 1967-70
1,010 - W. Venable, 2001-05
