Thursday News:

January 10, 2013 at 9:38 am
Filed under Basketball, Geoff Petrie, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Burlington vs. MCCC - 7:00 pm ET
Northwestern vs. Penn State - 8:00 pm ET - ESPNU
Denver vs. Idaho - 10:00 pm ET
Arizona State vs. Oregon State - 11:30 pm ET - Pac-12 Network

Freshman Hans Brase earns a brief profile in the Daily Princetonian.

The Trentonian gets to their preview of this weekend's Ivy opener early.

Ivy Hoops Online has posted a Midseason Power Poll.

Princeton recruit Spencer Weisz is in the Top 10 of several different statistical categories for Essex County. The Star Ledger recently called Weisz "one of the state's most complete players."

According to a report Geoff Petrie is unlikely to return as General Manager of the Sacramento Kings. Then again, separate reports have the Sacramento Kings unlikely to return to Sacramento!

Richmond (11-5) defeated Rhode Island 64-61 in the Spiders' A-10 opener.

Tonight Northwestern visits Penn State, Denver travels to Idaho and Oregon State hosts Arizona State.

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Mitch Henderson - Ivy League Midseason Media Teleconference.

January 9, 2013 at 11:27 am
Filed under Audio, Basketball, Princeton

The Ivy League is holding its fourth-annual Men's Basketball Midseason Media Teleconference this morning, with all eight coaches answering questions from media.

The portion of today's Q&A with Princeton coach Mitch Henderson is available after the jump. A .mp3 of the full program has been archived.

Henderson's segment from last October's Ivy League Preseason Media Teleconference is archived here.

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Wednesday News:

January 9, 2013 at 9:08 am
Filed under Basketball, Georgetown, MCCC, Princeton, Today's News

Rhode Island vs. Richmond - 7:00 pm ET

Mercer (12-4) beat Ocean 82-52 behind 29 points for Mustafa El Amin.

Big East play has been a struggle for Georgetown (10-3). The Hoyas have failed to break 50 points in both of their conference games and last night John Thompson III's team was embarrassed by Pitt, 73-45.

Around the Ivy League: Columbia (8-6) lost 78-69 at Holy Cross. Brown (5-8) recorded a 75-74 overtime triumph over Niagara. Dartmouth (3-10) concluded a seven game losing streak with their 75-58 home win against Army. Penn (2-12) will visit Jadwin on Saturday as losers of seven straight. The Quakers came from 15 down in the second half against Lafayette to tie but Steve Rennard's wide open three pointer in the final seconds sailed right and the Leopards held on for the 85-83 final.

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Tuesday News:

January 8, 2013 at 9:08 am
Filed under Audio, Basketball, Fairfield, Georgetown, Princeton, Today's News

Ocean vs. MCCC - 7:00 pm ET
Pitt vs. Georgetown - 9:00 pm ET - ESPNU

Columbia vs. Holy Cross - 7:00 pm ET
Niagara vs. Brown - 7:00 pm ET
Army vs. Dartmouth - 7:00 pm ET
Lafayette vs. Penn - 7:30 pm ET

Ian Hummer is your Ivy League Player of the Week for the fourth time in the last five conference dispatches. It seems someone (not me!) also created a Wikipedia page for the senior forward a couple of hours ago.

For their Big East home opener, Georgetown hosts Pitt.

Kareem Maddox scored 19 in a tune-up for Newcastle prior to the Eagles' appearance in the BBL Cup final.

A new "Sit Down With Sydney" is embedded below.

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YouTube potpourri LXXXVI.

January 7, 2013 at 12:08 pm
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Video, Will Venable

Here's the latest collection of videos from various corners of the Princeton basketball family. Above, Elon's highlights from Saturday's loss to the Tigers.

Eight additional videos - including footage of three different Princeton recruits - follow after the jump.

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Monday News:

January 7, 2013 at 9:18 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Today's News

The Daily Princetonian rapidly reviews the Tigers games during the school's holiday break.

Denver (7-7) raced past UT-San Antonio, 75-50. The Pioneers are 3-1 in WAC play.

Bill Carmody had Northwestern (9-6) utilize almost all of every possession at #9 Minnesota. It worked for a while, as the Wildcats trailed 19-18 early into the second half. A 23-5 run over the next seven minutes gave the Golden Gophers comfort the rest of the way.

Leading by six at the break, Oregon State (10-4) was outscored 51-32 in the second half of their conference-opening loss to Oregon.

Around the Ivy League: Cornell (7-9) won 68-60 at American. Florida visited Yale (5-11) and came away with a 79-58 decision.

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Sunday News:

January 6, 2013 at 6:08 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News, Video

UT-San Antonio vs. Denver - 4:00 pm ET
Northwestern vs. Minnesota - 7:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network
Oregon vs. Oregon State - 10:00 pm ET - FSN

Cornell vs. American - 2:00 pm ET
Florida vs. Yale - 5:30 pm ET - NBCSN

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's rather nice win at Elon on goprincetontigers.com, in the Elon Pendulum, in the Times-News and on elonphoenix.com.

Future Tiger Amir Bell and East Brunswick moved to 7-0 on the season with a win over Roselle.

Georgetown (10-2) fell 49-48 in their Big East opener at Marquette.

A six game Fairfield (10-6) winning streak concluded with a 71-67 loss at Niagara. Greg Whittington made two of three free throws with the Hoyas behind by three and :02.3 remaining.

Returning to action after the holidays, Mercer (11-4) went down 79-62 at CCRI. Mustafa El Amin scored 25 for the Vikings in defeat.

I had no idea that occasional Princeton J.V. player and pitcher Stephen Elmore was using the NCAA's grad student exemption to play a season of basketball at The Citadel.

Denver hosts UT-SA, Northwestern travels to #9 Minnesota and Oregon State hosts Oregon in a Pac-12 opening "Civil War."

Around the Ivy League: Penn (2-11) committed 21 turnovers in their 74-57 loss at La Salle. Columbia (8-5) won 64-52 at Army. Harvard (8-5) destroyed Rice by 30. Colgate made 10-13 three pointers in a 78-62 win at Dartmouth (2-10).

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Elon pictures.

January 5, 2013 at 5:26 pm
Filed under Basketball, Photos, Princeton, Robert Solomon

Photos from today's game courtesy Robert Solomon.

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Princeton 74 Elon 64.

January 5, 2013 at 2:26 pm
Filed under 12-13, Audio, Basketball, Princeton

Box Score : HD Box Score

There was a long list of things to like coming out of Princeton's wire-to-wire 10 point win at Elon on Saturday afternoon.

Whether it was Ian Hummer matching his career high of 28 points on 10-16 shooting, Will Barrett's five straight three pointers in the first half or T.J. Bray's dozen turned in entirely after intermission, several of the positives were individual.

But there was also 15 offensive rebounds and a 36-25 overall advantage on the glass for the Tigers, not to mention just three turnovers in the final 20 minutes as the Phoenix attempted to come from 16 down with 8:40 remaining following Hummer's dunk up and over the face of Elon leading scorer Lucas Troutman.

Perhaps the nicest thing on a day with limited complaints was how Princeton handled themselves when Troutman drew his team within seven.

Scoring on their last six possessions beginning with a driving Mack Darrow setting up Denton Koon for a two hand dunk, the Tigers never allowed their hosts a chance to administer additional pressure as the orange and black went 7-8 at the line to boost their chances into the waning seconds.

"I liked the calmness," recognized Princeton head coach Mitch Henderson. "There's a calmness now, which is the kind of progress we needed."

Troutman scored 14 on 13 field goal attempts but also had a 0:5 assist-to-turnover ratio.

Postgame audio from Coach Mitch Henderson, Will Barrett & Ian Hummer plus the rest of this recap can be found after the jump.

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Saturday News:

January 5, 2013 at 9:28 am
Filed under Basketball, Fairfield, Georgetown, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Today's Game: Princeton (5-7 / 0-0) vs. Elon (8-5 / 1-1)
Location: Alumni Gym - Elon, NC
Time: 12:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Elon leads 1-0.
Last meeting: Elon 56 Princeton 55 - 11/22/11.

MCCC vs. CCRI - 1:00 pm ET
Georgetown vs. Marquette - 2:00 pm ET - ESPN+
Fairfield vs. Niagara - 3:00 pm ET

Penn vs. La Salle - 2:00 pm ET
Columbia vs. Army - 3:00 pm ET
Rice vs. Harvard - 4:00 pm ET
Colgate vs. Dartmouth - 7:00 pm ET

There were 59 comments in the forum for the Akron game. Things are starting to take off as people get used to using it. That's excellent. Keep the momentum going here for today's contest at Akron. You must be subscribed and logged in to participate.

You should be able to simultaneously stream video of this afternoon's tilt for free here.

The Times-News offers the lone preview I could find.

Rush The Court checks in on the Ivy League.

Here's a quick clip of Princeton recruit Steven Cook knocking down a three.

Future Tiger Henry Caruso put up a double-double last night.

Georgetown opens Big East play at Marquette and Fairfield completes their Buffalo swing with a game at Niagara.

Around the Ivy League: Yale (5-10) had a nice 61-54 win at Holy Cross. Brown (4-8) struggled shooting the ball in the Bears' 59-47 loss at Rhode Island.

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Friday News:

January 4, 2013 at 8:48 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, Howie Levy, Northwestern, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Brown vs. Rhode Island - 7:00 pm ET - OSN
Yale vs. Holy Cross - 7:00 pm ET

Princeton recruit Steven Cook was named to the All-Tournament Team after the conclusion of the mammoth Proviso West Holiday Tournament. Cook's New Trier squad finished sixth out of 32 teams. You can watch the complete sixth place game here.

Fairfield (10-5) won their sixth straight, an impressive 66-45 decision at conference leader Canisius.

Shooting 9-18 from three point range, Denver (6-7) bested Texas State by 11.

#2 Michigan opened on a 20-4 run and had no issues with shorthanded Northwestern (9-5). The Wildcats were without the services of leading scorer Reggie Hearn in the 94-66 loss.

Howie Levy's son Lior had 16 points for Princeton High School, who won at Trenton for the first time in nearly two decades on a three pointer at the buzzer.

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Coach Mitch Henderson - 1/3/13.

January 3, 2013 at 3:38 pm
Filed under Basketball, Coach Henderson Interview, Princeton

The short work week due to New Year's Day didn't allow for Princeton head coach Mitch Henderson and princetonbasketball.com editor Jon Solomon to successfully schedule an in-person edition of their weekly interview series so for the first time in the history of this site feature a phone conversation will certainly suffice.

Henderson and Solomon reviewed Princeton's loss to Akron in detail before previewing the Tigers' trip to Elon. Several questions asked about the game versus the Zips were inspired by comments raised in the comments and in the forum during and following the result.

This exclusive Q&A available after the jump is 6:00+ in length. You can catch up on all of this season's discussions here.

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