Will Venable at bat.
Footage from the 2007 Arizona Fall League.
Monday News:
Today's Game: Duke (2-0) vs. Princeton (2-0)
Location: Lahaina Civic Center - Lahaina, HI
Time: 9:30 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: ESPN2
Internet: wprb.com, goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Duke leads 16-1.
Last meeting: Duke 59 Princeton 46 - 1/5/05.
Princeton faces #10/#13 Duke in the opening day of the 2007 Maui Invitational.
The Trentonian and the Trenton Times preview the Duke game.
David Rosenfeld from the Princeton Athletic Department gives us his view from room 310 at the Hyatt Regency Maui.
The New York Post picks Georgetown to win it all this year.
Maui Invitational press conference.
audio - maui press conference
audio - coach sydney johnson (sorry about all the wind)
The eight head coaches for the schools participating in the 2007 Maui Invitational met the media just after sunrise on Saturday morning. Following brief statements and some group photos, the coaches paired with local grade school kids for a free throw shooting contest.
Saturday News:
We're safe. We're sound. We're exhausted.
We're in Hawaii. This is a photo of our pool.
Miss the Iona game and want to see a surprisingly long highlight package? WZBN is on the case.
Yahoo! Sports lists the best Ivy League recruits position-by-position. Patrick Saunders is their choice for small forward.
Northwestern (0-2) fell in the final seconds to DePaul 54-53. Richmond (2-3) also dropped a close decision in the final ticks. UMBC dunked home the winning bucket with three seconds to play. Denver (2-2) lost by 18 on the road at Northern Colorado.
Around the Ivy League: Harvard (2-2) bested Mercer by 18 at home on Friday night. Five time zones east of here today, Columbia (1-3) shot 2-21 from three in a 70-38 loss to Albany, Cornell (1-1) saw the Ohio Bobcats race past the century mark in a 102-89 loss, Penn (0-3) dropped their third straight to start the season, this time 80-65 against Howard and Dartmouth (1-2) rounded out a winless day for the league with a 72-57 loss in their home opener versus James Madison.
Aloha.
There aren't many college basketball road trips longer than the one from Mercer County to the Maui Invitational, but these opportunities don't come around often. We're off before sunrise to Hawaii, where princetonbasketball.com will be live courtside and beachside as the Tigers face three formidable basketball challenges in as many days. Because of transit, there will be no news updates until late Saturday night. Look for daily "postcards" on this site before and after each game. If you're making your way out as well, please get in touch.
Friday News:
Mercer vs. Harvard - 7:00 pm ET
The Princeton Packet files their report on the Iona game, focusing on the contributions of senior guard Matt Sargeant.
Northwestern (0-1) rallied in the second half to tie their season opener with Stanford before the Cardinal pulled away late for the 71-60 victory. The Wildcats were outrebounded by 21.
Georgetown (2-0) raced out to 12-0 and 28-7 leads against Michigan, coasting to a 74-52 win.
We're working on a full story about the fifth member of next year's Princeton recruiting class, but you can learn on your own about this new name here.
Coach Sydney Johnson - 11/15/07.
In their second interview of the campaign, Princeton head coach Sydney Johnson and princetonbasketball.com editor Jon Solomon sat down at Jadwin Gym to discuss the Tigers' 2-0 start and to preview the Maui Invitational. This interview is 12:00+ in length. New interviews with Coach Johnson will be available every week during the 2007-08 basketball season.
Thursday News:
Michigan vs. Georgetown - 7:30 pm ET - ESPN360
Stanford vs. Northwestern - 9:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network
Want to learn more about the Tigers' victory over Iona? goprincetontigers.com, the Daily Princetonian, the Trentonian and the Associated Press were all on the scene.
Here's how the Iona web site saw the game.
The Town Topics has their take on the Tigers' season opener.
Congratulations, Zach Finley! You've been named to Mid-Majority's All-6-9-White-Guy Team.
Northwestern opens its season tonight at home versus Stanford. Georgetown hosts Michigan at the Verizon Center.
Here's video of ESPN's All Access feature on the Hoyas.
Looking ahead to March, the Gazelle Group announced plans for a third postseason NCAA tournament, one that ends with a best-of-three championship series.
Around the Ivy League: Brown (1-2) had a 14-3 lead on Rhode Island, but it was all Rams from that point forward as the Bears fell by 14. Yale (1-1) dropped an 89-80 decision at UMass.
Princeton 66 Iona 58.
box score
audio - coach sydney johnson, matt sargeant & lincoln gunn
Ask Princeton head coach Sydney Johnson about the Tigers and he'll explain it as simply as possible - "We pass, dribble, shoot. That's what we do."
With the shot clock ticking down, seventy seconds to play and Princeton clinging to a 59-55 lead, a tightly guarded Lincoln Gunn didn't have much time to choose from those options.
