Princeton 88 Goucher 35.

January 24, 2010 at 5:25 pm
Filed under 09-10, Audio, Basketball, Princeton

Box Score : HD Box Score

Postgame audio - Coach Sydney Johnson, Will Barrett & Ian Hummer:

Almost every year after Princeton has returned from their annual exam break to face a Division III foe, I've tried to ask the same question of the Tigers' head coach - "did you get what you wanted out of this game?"

While the result was barely in question on Sunday afternoon as Princeton flattened Goucher by 53 and the query went unspoken, I'd harken the answer for Sydney Johnson this time out leaned toward yes.

"We're not quite ready [for Ivy League play], but in terms of effort - if we can bottle up tonight we'll at least be in games. I thought we played hard," Johnson said after the Tigers won with their largest margin of victory since a 78-24 win over Western Maryland in 2002.

After the Gophers took a 4-3 lead 90 seconds in on Micah Perry's jumper, a 16-0 Princeton run put the game away by the second media time out and a 22-0 stretch spanning halftime allowed everyone in uniform ample experience on the court.

Douglas Davis hit six times behind the arc and had 22 points in 20 minutes. Davis left the game with 9:44 to go in the second half equaling the entire Goucher team’s point total.

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Sunday News:

January 24, 2010 at 10:02 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Today's Game: Goucher (5-11 / 3-3) vs. Princeton (8-5 / 0-0)
Location: Jadwin Gym - Princeton, NJ
Time: 3:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: This is the first meeting between the two teams.
Last meeting: This is the first meeting between the two teams.

Greg Monroe had 21 points, 14 rebounds and six assists as Georgetown (15-3) obliterated Rutgers, 88-63. Head to Hoya Hoops and listen to postgame audio.

Richmond (15-6) won 62-57 at George Washington. Ryan Butler's three point shot with 26 ticks left put the Spiders in front to stay.

Oregon State (8-11) cut a 15 point second half Cal lead down to two in the final 11 seconds, but the Golden Bears held on 65-61.

An impressive result for Denver (13-7), beating South Alabama 71-48. The Pioneers shot 14-28 from three point range.

A career high 22 points from Jeremy Nash pushed Northwestern (14-5) past Illinois, 73-68. The Wildcats trailed by seven with 7:25 to go before going on a game-changing 17-3 run.

Mercer (10-10) picked up a 76-71 win over Dean on Saturday night. Uros Kovacevic led the Vikings with 28 points. Paco Boussougou pulled down 17 rebounds.

The Trenton Times has a brief preview of today's game built around the Tiger freshmen.

Princeton recruit T.J. Bray had 19 for Catholic Memorial in a Classic 8 Conference victory over Kettle Moraine.

Future Tiger Daniel Edwards scored 21 in Highland Park's 50-45 loss to Greenville. The Scots are 11-11 this season.

20 points by Ben Hazel weren't enough to get Good Counsel past St. Mary�s in double overtime.

Tom Noonan scored 19 of his 21 points in the second half of Penn Charter's win over Philadelphia Electrical.

Samford coach Jimmy Tillette, who has picked the brains and playbooks of many a Princeton coach and assistant to perfect his team's offense, suffered a seizure and collapsed on the sidelines yesterday during his team's win over UNC-Greensboro. Here's hoping he's feeling better soon.

Cornell (16-3 / 2-0) completed a season sweep of Columbia (6-10 / 0-2) with a 77-51 blowout of the Lions. Harvard (13-3 / 2-0) went up to Dartmouth (3-12 / 0-2) and pulled out the 62-58 decision.

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Saturday News:

January 23, 2010 at 10:29 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

Rutgers vs. Georgetown - 12:00 pm ET - ESPN+
Richmond vs. George Washington - 2:00 pm ET
Oregon State vs. Cal - 2:00 pm ET - CBS
South Alabama vs. Denver - 6:00 pm ET
Dean vs. MCCC - 6:00 pm ET
Illinois vs. Northwestern - 8:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network

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

Did you know that the sister of Princeton senior center Zach Finley is engaged to marry a player on the Drake Bulldogs roster in April? I certainly did not. Good excuse to run the above picture, though.

Want to see how you did on the PAW Princeton basketball quiz? The results have been posted.

Lots of games today, starting with Georgetown welcoming Rutgers to DC at noon. The Associated Press discusses the Hoyas' lack of production from their bench.

The Hoya Paranoia breaks down a Georgetown inbounds play that takes advantage of Chris Wright's speed. Can any former Tigers comment on the similarity between this design and anything Coach Thompson was running at Princeton?

Richmond travels to George Washington.

Oregon State will be at Cal.

South Alabama visits Denver.

Northwestern hosts Illinois at Welsh-Ryan Arena.

Bloomberg reports that the Ivy League wants to "negotiate national television agreements to show football, basketball and possibly lacrosse and soccer games."

Around the Ivy League: Alex Zampier scored 22 points as Yale (7-12 / 1-1) defeated Brown (7-12 / 1-1) in Providence, 71-63.

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Class of '92.

January 22, 2010 at 10:23 pm
Filed under Basketball, Jimmy Lane, Princeton, Programs

It was almost a year ago that I wrote about Shabbat dinners at my parents' house and brought a stack of 1998 Seniors on a Stick home from their place.

Well, tonight was the final Friday night without a basketball game on my calendar until the end of March, so I had to dig up a couple treats to share after we ate.

Above is a program from the class of 1992's final game at Jadwin Gym. Pictured from left to right are Jimmy Lane, Sean Jackson (Ivy Player of the Year), Chris Marquardt (Academic All-Ivy), George Leftwich (Second Team All-Ivy) and Matt Eastwick (Second Team All-Ivy).

This fivesome graduated as the only class in Ivy League history to make four consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances.

The Tigers would win this game over Brown 58-49 to clinch the team's fourth straight Ivy crown. Sophomore Chris Mooney matched his career high with 19 points.

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Notes from an old media guide.

January 21, 2010 at 10:52 pm
Filed under Basketball, Pete Carril, Photos, Princeton

I recently came into possession of a Princeton Media Guide for the 1976-77 season (thanks, eBay!). Flipping through the 5"x8" booklet, there were a number of things that caught my attention, and without a logical way to organize them, I'm presenting a list of bullet points after the jump.

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Thursday News:

January 21, 2010 at 10:14 am
Filed under Basketball, Georgetown, Oregon State, Pete Carril, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

Oregon State vs. Stanford - 10:00 pm ET

Chris Wright scored 27 as Georgetown (14-3) pulled away late for a 74-66 win at Pitt.

Charlotte ended the Richmond (14-6) home winning streak at nine games, stopping the Spiders, 71-59.

Oregon State visits Stanford tonight.

There's an outstanding feature in the Sacramento News & Review on Pete Carril and his relationship with Kings players six decades his junior.

Looking for something to do early Sunday morning? It appears the Princeton JV will host prep powerhouse Northfield Mount Hermon at 11:00 am ET.

Princeton sits in seventh place in this week's Schuylkill 16.

A strange month in Hanover got weirder yesterday with the news that a current and a former Dartmouth basketball player were charged with possession with the intent to distribute after being found with 12 bags of marijuana.

Around the Ivy League: Penn (1-12) lost to La Salle, 76-57.

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Princeton/UNCG highlights.

January 20, 2010 at 4:38 pm
Filed under Basketball, Princeton, Video

If you feel Princeton doesn't get enough easy layups, this montage is for you.

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Wednesday News:

January 20, 2010 at 10:18 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Georgetown vs. Pitt - 7:00 pm ET - ESPNU
Charlotte vs. Richmond - 7:00 pm ET

La Salle vs. Penn - 7:00 pm ET

Northwestern (13-5) was no match for Ohio State, falling 76-56 in Columbus.

A three game Mercer (9-10) winning streak came to an end with a 65-58 loss at home to Essex. Paco Boussougou had 19 points and 15 boards for the Vikings.

Greg Monroe and Georgetown head to Pitt.

Richmond finishes their homestand against Charlotte.

Princeton recruit T.J. Bray is the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's Athlete of the Week.

Future Tiger Tom Noonan was held to nine points in Penn Charter's loss to Germantown Academy. For those who watch the video connected to this story, Noonan is #33 in blue.

Persistence fosters success for Denver head coach Joe Scott.

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Brian Earl video Q&A.

January 17, 2010 at 4:25 pm
Filed under Basketball, Brian Earl, Princeton, Video

Coach Earl talks about his job responsibilities, his days as a Tiger and his fellow assistants. I would have pegged Coach Newsom for more of a "My Super Sweet 16" fan, myself...

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Saturday News:

January 16, 2010 at 9:33 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Denver vs. Louisiana-Monroe - 2:00 pm ET - FSN Rocky Mountain (tape delay)
MCCC vs. Middlesex - 2:00 pm ET
La Salle vs. Richmond - 4:00 pm ET - CSN
Purdue vs. Northwestern - 5:30 pm ET - Big Ten Network
Arizona State vs. Oregon State - 6:30 pm ET - FSN NW

Columbia vs. Cornell - 4:00 pm ET - Time Warner

Congratulations to the radio voice of Princeton basketball, John Sadak, who was named 2009 Delaware Sportscaster of the Year by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association.

Basketball U. stole a bit of my thunder from what I was planning to write next week with a "Trendspotting" piece on Princeton that looks at the 2009-10 Tigers from a few different statistical perspectives.

Denver travels to Louisiana-Monroe.

Richmond hosts La Salle.

#6 Purdue visits Northwestern.

Oregon State welcomes Arizona State to Corvallis.

Princeton recruit T.J. Bray scored 29, including a tie-breaking three with 80 seconds left as Catholic Memorial won 67-61 at Arrowhead.

Future Tiger Ben Hazel had 20, including five three pointers, in Good Counsel's WCAC victory over St. John's.

Rush The Court checks in on the Ivy League.

Around the Ivy League: Brown (7-11 / 1-0) opened conference play with a win over Yale (6-12 / 0-1) in New Haven, 75-66.

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Friday News:

January 15, 2010 at 10:07 am
Filed under Basketball, David Blatt, Denver, Georgetown, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Brown vs. Yale - 7:00 pm ET

Georgetown (13-2) shot a season high 68.2% from the floor and defeated Seton Hall, 85-73. HoyaHoops has postgame audio from John Thompson III, Chris Wright, Austin Freeman and Jason Clark.

Denver (12-6) nearly dug themselves out of a 21 point second half hole, but ultimately fell to Louisiana-Lafayette, 55-49.

Lathen Wallace hit a three point shot with a second to go gave Oregon State (2-2) a 67-64 win over Arizona.

The Daily Princetonian already has their Goucher preview ready.

Verbally Committed interviews Good Counsel coach Blair Mills about Princeton recruit Ben Hazel (.mp3).

Dave Blatt is taking over as head coach of Greek squad Aris Thessaloniki.

Dartmouth has named Mark Graupe interim men's basketball head coach.

Interesting stuff - The first NCAA mock selection bracket has both Cornell and Harvard in the field of 64. Richmond is also in as an 11 seed.

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Coach Sydney Johnson - 1/14/10.

January 14, 2010 at 1:00 pm
Filed under Basketball, Coach Johnson Interview, Princeton

Tigers head coach Sydney Johnson and princetonbasketball.com editor Jon Solomon sat down at Jadwin Gym earlier today for their first extended interview of 2010. This recording is 18:00+ in length.

Johnson and Solomon discuss Princeton's games against Wagner, St. Joe's, Maine and Marist in detail and talk about how the team is preparing for their return to the court later this month against Goucher before the start of Ivy League play.

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