Sunday News:

February 10, 2013 at 8:41 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Dartmouth vs. Cornell - 12:00 pm ET
Harvard vs. Columbia - 2:00 pm ET

Colorado vs. Oregon State - 9:00 pm ET - Pac-12 Network

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's first loss of 2013 on goprincetontigers.com, in the Star Ledger, in the Trenton Times, in the Trentonian and on yalebulldogs.com.

SportsProf was impressed by Yale's gameplan.

Despite 21 from Kareem Maddox, the Newcastle Eagles were surprised by Worcester Wolves in the competition for the BBL Trophy.

Princeton recruit Hashim Moore had a buzzer-beater as Hun topped The Hill School 37-35 in the MAPL playoffs.

Scoring 10 straight during the final six minutes, Otto Porter helped lead Georgetown (17-4) to a 69-63 win at Rutgers.

Losing two starters due to injury in the second half, Northwestern (13-11) fell 71-57 at Iowa.

Richmond (14-10) shot 23.3% from the field in a 56-46 home defeat versus St. Louis.

Magness Arena remains very welcoming to Denver (15-8). The Pioneers won their ninth straight at home and fourth overall, 74-58 versus Idaho.

The Mercer game scheduled for yesterday was postponed.

Oregon State hosts Colorado tonight.

Around the Ivy League: Behind a career high 28 from Miles Cartwright, Penn (5-17 / 2-3) shut down Brown (8-12 / 2-4) at The Palestra, 71-48.

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Yale pictures.

February 9, 2013 at 9:41 pm
Filed under Basketball, Photos, Princeton, Robert Solomon

Photos from today's game courtesy Robert Solomon.

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Yale 69 Princeton 65.

February 9, 2013 at 8:32 pm
Filed under 12-13, Audio, Basketball, Princeton

Box Score : HD Box Score

Yale can't get back up to New Haven tonight due to the blizzard but after recording their first road sweep at Penn and Princeton since the 1986-87 season it seems unlikely the Bulldogs are complaining.

A 21 game conference winning streak at Jadwin Gym came to an end on Saturday night as the Tigers fought endlessly uphill against incredible Yale shooting (65% for the first half), a pressing and trapping zone defense (which led to 16 miscues by the orange and black), foul trouble (two personals each for T.J. Bray, Will Barrett and Hans Brase before intermission) in addition to several dubious officiating calls (I'm sure there will be plenty to said about these in the comments) and timely Bulldog baskets once Princeton crept close.

While the Tigers were able to overcome an eight point deficit at the break, each time Princeton pulled even or inched slightly ahead, back came Yale with an enormous response on the very next possession.

“Yale got us on our heels and we never had a counter-punch,” said a disappointed Tiger head coach Mitch Henderson.

Still the game went down to the final seconds. Nick Victor missed a pair of free throws after Barrett connected on his third trey of the contest and Princeton had the ball down two. Unable to get driving angles to the basket or a clean perimeter look, Bray entered the arc and saw his difficult feed to Brase bound directly to Yale's Matt Townsend.

Austin Morgan - a 90%+ free throw shooter this season - iced the result with a pair from the line with just over three seconds remaining.

It was the Bulldogs' first win at Princeton since 2008 and the Tigers' first home loss since falling 57-54 to Brown in February of 2010.

Denton Koon led three Princeton players in double figures with 16. A frustrated Ian Hummer played all 40 minutes and totaled 14 but had seven turnovers. Barrett added 11.

Yale was paced by Javier Duren's 13, 11 from Sam Martin including a trio of threes and 11 by Morgan, who also connected thrice behind the arc.

The rest of this recap plus postgame audio from Coach Mitch Henderson & Ian Hummer can be found after the jump.

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Saturday News:

February 9, 2013 at 9:38 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, Georgetown, Northwestern, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

Today's Game: Yale (8-14 / 2-3) vs. Princeton (11-7 / 4-0)
Location: Jadwin Gym - Princeton, NJ
Time: 6:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 144-82.
Last meeting: Princeton 64 Yale 57 - 3/2/12.

Georgetown vs. Rutgers - 12:00 pm ET - ESPN+
MCCC vs. Del Tech Stanton - 2:00 pm ET
Northwestern vs. Iowa - 4:30 pm ET - Big Ten Network
St. Louis vs. Richmond - 6:00 pm ET
Idaho vs. Denver - 6:00 pm ET - ROOT Sports

Brown vs. Penn - 7:00 pm ET

Dartmouth at Cornell and Harvard at Columbia have both been rescheduled for Sunday afternoon.

Join fellow site members in the forum during the action, whether you're in the stands or watching on TV at home. Check out the conversation from the Brown game. You must be subscribed and logged in to participate.

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's victory over Brown on goprincetontigers.com, in the Trenton Times, in the Trentonian and on brownbears.com.

The assertiveness of Ian Hummer rejuvenated the Tigers against Cornell.

Princeton recruit Steven Cook had 20 in New Trier's win over Evanston.

Future Tiger Khyan Rayner went for 23 as Jesuit topped Beaverton.

Judson Wallace contributed 11 points off the bench in Barcelona's Copa Del Rey victory over Real Madrid.

At Fairfield, Sydney Johnson is advancing the Stag's brand.

Despite the weather, Georgetown tips at noon versus Rutgers. Northwestern travels to Iowa, Richmond hosts St. Louis and Denver welcomes Idaho.

Around the Ivy League: Errick Peck's three at the buzzer was off the mark and Harvard (13-6 / 5-0) escaped yet again, 67-65 over Cornell (10-12 / 2-3). Yale (8-14 / 2-3) grabbed 21 offensive rebounds in an 68-59 win at Penn (4-17 / 1-3). Dartmouth (6-13 / 2-3) surprised Columbia (9-10 / 1-4) in New York by three.

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Brown pictures.

February 8, 2013 at 10:52 pm
Filed under Basketball, Photos, Princeton, Robert Solomon

20 great photos from today's game courtesy Robert Solomon.

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Princeton 63 Brown 46.

February 8, 2013 at 9:44 pm
Filed under 12-13, Audio, Basketball, Princeton

Box Score : HD Box Score

Princeton held Brown without a field goal for a 10:24 stretch of the first half, a 13-1 run turning a tie game into what would remain a comfortable Tiger advantage.

Hans Brase or Brendan Connolly bothering Bears big man Rafael Maia into 1-7 shooting - including a number of off-kilter attempts - allowed Princeton's other four players on the floor to focus on locking the arc.

All eight of Brown's first half field goals were layups, five in the first six minutes and two in the final :45 seconds.

In between there was plenty of Ian Hummer.

Hummer - who scored 11 in the opening 20 minutes - had seven straight as the Tigers assembled a lead they would only build upon. Hummer finished with 15 points as Denton Koon recorded 17 including 3-3 shooting from three point range and T.J. Bray added 14 (6-7 from the field).

“Having Brendan playing as well as he is defensively, it really gives us confidence to guard hard on the perimeter,” said Hummer. “If they go by us we know we have great help inside.”

Maia totaled 17 of his 19 in the second half but Brown was 1-12 outside the arc overall with their only connection coming in the game's final 30 seconds. No other Brown player had more than eight.

The 12 point differential at the break extended to 22 on a pair of occasions and never dipped to single digits as the visiting Bears converted 38.0% of their tries for the game.

Princeton by comparison shot 54.8% including 8-13 as a team from behind the arc.

The rest of this recap plus postgame audio from Coach Mitch Henderson & Ian Hummer can be found after the jump.

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Friday News:

February 8, 2013 at 9:38 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, MCCC, Princeton, Today's News

Today's Game: Brown (8-10 / 2-2) vs. Princeton (10-7 / 3-0)
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 92-26.
Last meeting: Princeton 81 Brown 47 - 3/3/12.

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

Join fellow site members in the forum during the action, whether you're in the stands or listening at home. You must be subscribed and logged in to participate.

I talked with former Tiger Matt Sargeant last October about his entrance into the coaching ranks. "If we won the league this year it would be shocking to other people. Not to me, but to other people in the Orange County girls basketball landscape," he said then. Well, Sargeant's Lady Griffins of Los Alamitos High School won their first ever Sunset League championship Tuesday night. They finished the regular season 9-1 in conference and 21-5 overall.

Mitch Henderson may not have remembered during this week's interview, but as a reader noticed, Henderson was part of a Princeton team that made seven straight three pointers in 1998.

The Trentonian and the Daily Princeton preview tonight's contest.

Fairfield (15-10) made it five straight with a 61-44 victory over St. Peter's. The Stags' game against Manhattan scheduled for Saturday afternoon has been postponed until Monday night.

Snatching a school record 22 steals, Denver (14-8) topped Seattle, 72-55.

Mercer (17-8) fell at Burlington, 58-53.

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Know! Your! Foe! - Yale.

February 7, 2013 at 7:08 pm
Filed under Basketball, Know Your Foe, Princeton

Ian Hummer, Mack Darrow and Princeton host Yale on Saturday night at Jadwin Gym in the fifth of five straight home Ivy League games to open conference play.

To commemorate the occasion I invited Ian Halpern from Ivy Hoops Online back to the site to help preview the Bulldogs as part of our ongoing Know! Your! Foe! series.

On the off chance you haven't paid them a visit already, Ivy Hoops Online is in its second year covering all eight schools in the league. They continue to be a much-needed addition to the Ivy basketball e-landscape.

I exchanged emails with Ian about Yale and our conversation comes after the jump.

If you missed our corresponding Brown preview, please read it here.

Cover a team the Tigers will face down the line? Certainly let us know. We'd love to talk with you.

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Coach Mitch Henderson - 2/7/13.

February 7, 2013 at 4:03 pm
Filed under Basketball, Coach Henderson Interview, Princeton

Princeton head coach Mitch Henderson and princetonbasketball.com editor Jon Solomon met at Jadwin Gym this afternoon to record the 11th installment of their season-long weekly interview series.

Henderson and Solomon reviewed Princeton's wins against Cornell and Columbia in considerable detail before extensively breaking down this weekend's home contests versus Brown and Yale.

A number of questions from site members are included as a part of this lively conversation.

This exclusive Q&A streaming after the jump is 13:00+ in length. You can catch up on all of the season's discussions here.

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Thursday News:

February 7, 2013 at 8:48 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

MCCC vs. Burlington - 7:00 pm ET
St. Peter's vs. Fairfield - 7:00 pm ET
Seattle vs. Denver - 9:00 pm ET - ROOT Sports

Princeton recruit Henry Caruso was named the Mercury News' Athlete of the Week.

Future Tiger Khyan Rayner had 18 as Jesuit improved to 17-2.

It was Oregon State (12-11) over Utah, 82-64.

Fairfield hosts St. Peter's and Denver welcomes Seattle.

A rough Penn season took two more hits with reports Fran Dougherty and Steve Rennard are both likely out for the remainder of the year.

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Know! Your! Foe! - Brown.

February 6, 2013 at 5:08 pm
Filed under Basketball, Know Your Foe, Princeton, Video

Brown on the schedule means the pleasure of exchanging Know! Your! Foe! emails with David "Bruno" Wise (pictured above), still the number one lone Brown basketball fan in my address book. There isn't anyone else I'd want to be discussing Friday's game with and David provides necessary insight into the Bears under first year head coach Mike Martin.

A Yale edition of K!Y!F! will run tomorrow on the site.

If you cover a team the Tigers will face down the line, let us know. We'd love to talk with you.

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Wednesday News:

February 6, 2013 at 10:28 am
Filed under Basketball, MCCC, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Utah vs. Oregon State - 10:00 pm ET - Pac-12 Network

Behind four Vikings in double figures, Mercer (17-7) topped Raritan, 70-65.

Princeton recruit Spencer Weisz surpassed 1,000 career points at Seton Hall Prep.

Is Harvard's season following a similar storyline to that of a recent Tiger campaign?

Oregon State welcomes Utah tonight.

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