Oregon State head coach Craig Robinson is interviewed by Big Sports 590 (.mp3) in advance of the Beavers' game with Nebraska. Here is video of Coach Robinson on The Best Damn Sports Show last night.
Postgame audio - Coach Sydney Johnson & Pawel Buczak:
It was the perfect call. A play that Princeton hadn't run once in a game this season, one that caught Rutgers by surprise. A play they had been sitting on for a moment like this.
It was the perfect time. Trailing by one with :46.6 left to play and nine on the shot clock, the Tigers would get two possessions to the Scarlet Knights' one.
It was the perfect pass. A high inbounds diagonal lob from in front of the Princeton bench by Dan Mavraides to back-cutting center Pawel Buczak on the other side of the basket from the far end of a stack set.
It was perfect.
Almost.
Buczak was alone behind the defense, their heads turned, trying to react to what was happening. Buczak soared into the air above the iron to receive Mavraides' expertly-placed pass with two hands and lay the ball off the glass. But Buczak put a touch too much on his layup and the ball sailed strong off the backboard.
Instead of retaking the lead and being one defensive stop away from a victory, Princeton was playing defense still behind by one.
Down at the other end of Jadwin Gym, Mike Coburn thrust up an errant bank off a drive for Rutgers but Hamady Ndiaye crashed the boards and threw home Coburn's miss to send Rutgers up three with 10 seconds to go.
Two plays.
One made. One unfinished.
The difference between victory and a fourth straight home loss for Princeton.
"They got more penetration that we would have liked [on their final possession] and I think that created the offensive rebound opportunity," said Princeton coach Sydney Johnson.
"Tough luck for us."
Doug Davis' three point shot on the left arc that would have tied the game came up short of the rim and Rutgers had scored the last five points to defeat Princeton 49-44. It was the Scarlet Knights' 10th victory over the Tigers in their last 12 meetings.
Freshman center Gregory Echenique bumped and bodied his way to 15 points and 11 rebounds for Rutgers.
Dan Mavraides scored 11 off the bench to lead the Tigers, seven in the first half. Buczak and Zach Finley combined for 15 points and eight rebounds out of the center position for Princeton.
Princeton head coach Sydney Johnson and princetonbasketball.com editor Jon Solomon sat down at Jadwin Gym on Tuesday morning to review the Tigers' games against South Carolina and St. Bonaventure and to preview this week's slate versus local foes Rutgers and Manhattan. This interview is 16:00+ in length.
Interviews with Coach Johnson appear on this site every week during the season.
Judson Wallace had a near-"triple double" over the weekend, scoring 18 points, grabbing 13 boards and handing out nine assists as Benetton Treviso defeated Scavolini Spar Pesaro, 103-97.
Staying in Italy for a moment, Mason Rocca tallied seven points and snatched eight rebounds in Armani Jeans Milano's 85-78 decision over Snaidero Udine.
The Daily Princetonian talks to Nick Lake about Princeton's loss to St. Bonaventure.
For a different viewpoint pertaining to Saturday night's game, there's the BonaBlog.
Where in the world is Will Venable? Playing for Cibao in the Dominican-Puerto Rican Interleague. Venable, who is hitting .292 this winter, was 1-5 with a run scored on Saturday as Gigantes topped Carolina 4-2.
St. Bonaventure scored the last eight points of tonight's game, pulling away from Princeton in the final two minutes of a come-from-behind 60-53 victory for the Bonnies.
Jonathan Hall's 18 points paced St. Bonaventure. Andrew Nicholson added 16 of his own, plus nine rebounds and eight blocks, repeatedly deflecting Tiger hook shots in the post.
Jason Briggs and Kareem Maddox each tallied 10 for Princeton. Briggs added a team-best seven rebounds in his strongest game of the season.
Princeton's leading scorer, freshman guard Doug Davis, recorded just two points on 0-8 shooting.
"We knew a day was coming where Doug Davis was going to miss shots, and we still wanted to be in the game down the stretch - and we were."
Today's Game:Princeton (2-3 / 0-0) vs. St. Bonaventure (3-3 / 0-0) Location: Reilly Center - St. Bonaventure, NY Time: 7:00 pm ET Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB TV: N/A Internet: goprincetontigers.com Series History: Series tied 1-1. Last meeting: Princeton 59 St. Bonaventure 55 - 12/29/76.
Princeton
St. Bonaventure
0-3
Home Record
1-1
2-0
Away Record
2-1
0-0
Neutral Record
0-0
315
RPI
187
286
Sagarin
177
253
Pomeroy
129
58.8
Points / Game
71.8
60.2
Points Allowed / Game
68.0
.445
FG%
.433
.762
FT%
.570
.378
3PT FG%
.337
34.6
Rebounds / Game
41.5
9.2
Off. Rebounds / Game
15.3
11.4
Assists / Game
14.5
19.8
Turnovers / Game
16.3
4.8
Blocks / Game
4.5
Davis: 16.4
Points
Hall: 15.3
Maddox: 5.2
Rebounds
Nicholson: 6.2
Maddox: 3.0
Assists
Eleby: 4.0
Davis, Maddox: 1.6
Steals
Hall, Eleby: 2.0
Maddox: 1.6
Blocks
Nicholson: 2.5
Davis: .550
FG% (Min: 5 FGM)
Nicholson: .547
Maddox: .909
FT% (Min: 5 FTM)
Blackburn: .824
Lake: .545
3PT FG% (Min: 5 3PTM)
Matthews: .391
American vs. Georgetown - 1:00 pm ET - MASN
Oregon State vs. Iowa State - 2:00 pm ET - ESPNU
Del Tech vs. MCCC - 3:00 pm ET
DePaul vs. Northwestern - 3:30 pm ET - Big Ten Network
Delaware State vs. Richmond - 7:00 pm ET
Brown vs. New Hampshire - 1:00 pm ET
Harvard vs. Colgate - 2:00 pm ET
Yale vs. Wagner - 2:00 pm ET
Cornell vs. Minnesota - 7:00 pm ET - ESPN360
The Pioneers' Kyle Lewis hit a jumper with 1.9 seconds left as Denver (1-5) won for the first time this season, 67-65 over UT Arlington.
Georgetown welcomes American to the Verizon Center.
Oregon State is in Ames, Iowa for the Pac-10/Big 12 Hardwood Series.
Richmond faces off against Delaware State at home.
Two reports from Princeton recruits' games: Mack Darrow scored 15 points in Barrington's loss to Schaumburg. Jimmy Sherburne had 11 for Whitefish Bay in a 51-46 Blue Dukes victory over Milwaukee Lutheran.
Around the Ivy League: Penn (1-6) continues to struggle, as Navy walked out of The Palestra with a 76-65 victory over the Quakers.
In addition to the Oscar De La Hoya piece I posted yesterday, a number of other Sean Gregory videos have been posted on Time Magazine's YouTube page. The one-on-one with Lebron James package, I've linked to previously, but I had never seen the above interview with Coach Carril about the Princeton/UCLA game, full of still photos that were also new to these eyes.
MCCC vs, Burlington - 7:00 pm ET
Denver vs. Montana - 9:00 pm ET - Karl Tyler Chevrolet Grizzly Basketball Classic
Northwestern (5-1) rewarded head coach Bill Carmody with his 200th career victory, using a 20-2 second half run to defeat Florida State in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge.
Richmond (4-3) could not complete their rally from down 17 points to Old Dominion, falling 65-62 to the Monarchs.
Denver is in Montana for the Grizzly Basketball Classic
Looking for something to do on December 11th? Bill Bradley will be on the Princeton campus to give a lecture titled "Russia: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow."
Around the Ivy League: Brown (3-4) lost their intracity rivalry game against Providence, 86-62. Columbia (3-4) bested Wagner, 84-69. Syracuse pulled away from Cornell (4-4) in the second half, handing the Big Red an 88-78 defeat. Harvard (3-2) fell at home to Boston University, 74-59. A hard-to-figure Yale (2-4) squad trumped Holy Cross 76-66.
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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
