Princeton 95 Evansville 86.

March 14, 2012 at 12:18 am
Filed under 11-12, Audio, Basketball, Princeton

Box Score : HD Box Score

Postgame audio - Ian Hummer, Patrick Saunders & Douglas Davis:

Postgame audio - Coach Mitch Henderson:

Douglas Davis has played in 121 games, more than any other Princeton Tiger in program history.

He’s had a lot of stellar stat lines over his four years, but in what could have been his concluding collegiate outing, Davis saved his best for what ended up not being his last.

Davis poured in a career high 31 on 9-11 shooting, including Princeton’s final 10 as the Tigers closed out a ludicrous, fast-paced, defense-optional sprint versus Evansville in the first round of the CBI with a 10-1 run after the scoreboard was even for a 15th and final time.

“I’ve never been a part of a game like that,” said a bemused and relieved head coach Mitch Henderson afterwards.

A spinning Davis jumper with the shot clock expiring gave Princeton the lead to stay with 2:47 remaining and after Kenny Harris split a pair at the line Davis connected once more from just behind the free throw stripe for a three point lead.

“We never looked back after that,” said Ian Hummer, who added 18 and a game high eight rebounds. “It was one of those shots where it was like ‘Alright, now we’re not losing [tonight].’ Doug led our team today and hopefully we can keep that going.”

Ned Cox’s left wing three was short and Davis capped a superb performance with six consecutive free throws, a trio of one-and-ones.

Evansville’s Colt Ryan was a superb 11-12 from the floor and scored 21 of his 29 in the first half. Henderson was forced to shape the Tigers into a 2-3 zone for one of the first times this season in order to try and cool off Ryan.

“We had to do something,” Henderson admitted. “We changed defenses about 30 times in the first half. None of it worked.”

Both teams shot over 60% on the evening.

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Tuesday News:

March 13, 2012 at 8:50 am
Filed under Basketball, Craig Robinson, Northwestern, Pete Hegseth, Princeton, Today's News

Today's Game: Princeton (19-11 / 10-4) vs. Evansville (16-15 / 9-9)
Location: Ford Center - Evansville, IN
Time: 8:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: HDNet
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Evansville leads 1-0.
Last meeting: Evansville 53 Princeton 32 - 12/6/07

Tuesday, March 13th:
Akron (5) vs. Northwestern (4) - 9:00 pm ET - NIT - ESPN2

Wednesday, March 14th:
Yale vs. Fairfield - 7:00 pm ET - CIT
Quinnipiac vs. Penn - 7:30 pm ET - CBI
Western Illinois vs. Oregon State - 10:00 pm ET - CBI - HDNet

Thursday, March 15th:
Harvard (12) vs. Vanderbilt (5) - 4:20 pm ET - NCAA - TNT

Friday, March 16th:
Belmont (14) vs. Georgetown (3) - 3:00 pm ET - NCAA - truTV

The Trentonian and the Courier Press preview tonight's game.

This evening Northwestern begins what the Wildcats hope will be a historic run to the NIT title.

Former NU guard and briefly tenured Princeton assistant Craig Moore made 10 three pointers in a game for his Romanian team.

The name Craig Robinson has been mentioned in connection with the open Illinois coaching job.

Basketball was the reason Pete Hegseth chose Princeton over West Point.

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Know! Your! Foe! - Evansville.

March 12, 2012 at 9:23 pm
Filed under Basketball, Know Your Foe, Princeton

The word "hero" gets tossed around all too often in our culture, but what Bennet Hayes (not pictured above) of College Basketball Road Trip has done in providing site members information on the Evansville Purple Aces despite a ludicrously short turnaround is nothing less than heroic.

For the latest edition of our Know! Your! Foe! series, Hayes offers superb, specific detail on Princeton's first round CBI opponent. My questions and his answers follow after the jump, which compliment last night's quick primer nicely.

If you cover a team the Tigers will face down the line, let us know. It would be great to talk with you.

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One year ago today.

March 12, 2012 at 11:58 am
Filed under Basketball, Princeton, Video

A great afternoon with an even better capper.

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Mitch Henderson discusses the CBI.

March 12, 2012 at 10:50 am
Filed under Audio, Basketball, Princeton

Things are exceptionally hectic at Jadwin Gym as Princeton scrambles to get to Evansville, IN later today in advance of Tuesday evening's CBI matchup with the host Purple Aces.

Head coach Mitch Henderson took a brief respite from frantic preparation to talk with local media this morning and audio from that availability is posted above.

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Monday News:

March 12, 2012 at 9:28 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

Tuesday, March 13th:
Princeton vs. Evansville - 8:00 pm ET - CBI - HDNet
Akron (5) vs. Northwestern (4) - 9:00 pm ET - NIT - ESPN2

Wednesday, March 14th:
Yale vs. Fairfield - 7:00 pm ET - CIT
Quinnipiac vs. Penn - 7:30 pm ET - CBI
Western Illinois vs. Oregon State - 10:00 pm ET - CBI - HDNet

Thursday, March 15th:
Harvard (12) vs. Vanderbilt (5) - 4:20 pm ET - NCAA - TNT

Friday, March 16th:
Belmont (14) vs. Georgetown (3) - 3:00 pm ET - NCAA - truTV

Princeton and Evansville both issued press releases trumpeting their teams' inclusion in the CBI.

There are already previews of this game in the Courier Press and on Ivy Hoops Online.

As Spring Break ends, the Yale Daily News and the Daily Pennsylvanian catch up on Princeton's victories over their respective schools.

Third seed Georgetown drew Belmont in the Midwest region of the NCAA Tournament bracket.

12th-seeded Harvard will play Vanderbilt in the NCAA Tournament. The Commodores have an ace up their sleeve when they scout the Crimson for an East region pairing: The best friend of senior Lance Goulbourne is Doug Davis.

On the same day the Crimson's postseason pairing was announced, an elite big man declared he would be going to Harvard after a post grad year.

Northwestern fell short of the NCAAs and will instead host an NIT game.

For the third time in four years, Oregon State is playing in the CBI.

Denver was snubbed by the NIT and concluded their season at 22 victories without a postseason trip.

The year is also over for Richmond.

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A quick Purple Aces primer.

March 11, 2012 at 11:40 pm
Filed under Basketball, Princeton

There's less than 48 hours of turnaround for Princeton make their way to Evansville, IN and take on the host Purple Aces in the first round of the 2012 College Basketball Invitational.

I'm hustling to get to the game while simultaneously arranging a "Know! Your! Foe" Q&A, but in the meantime a quick preview of this Missouri Valley Conference opponent can be found after the jump.

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Princeton at Evansville in CBI.

March 11, 2012 at 10:08 pm
Filed under Basketball, Princeton

It is official: Princeton will visit Evansville on Tuesday, March 13th in the first round of the CBI.

There was a full bracket posted on the Gazelle Group site that I saw but it was subsequently made private. About an hour later, the CBI re-posted the same field.

Game is at 8:00 pm ET and being broadcast by HDNet.

Full bracket after the jump.

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Brackets.

March 11, 2012 at 6:44 pm
Filed under Basketball, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton

2012 NCAA Tournament

East region - Thursday in Albuquerque, NM

(12) Harvard vs. (5) Vanderbilt - 4:20 pm ET - TNT

Midwest region - Friday in Columbus, OH

(14) Belmont vs. (3) Georgetown - 3:00 pm ET - truTV

A printable NCAA Tournament bracket can be found here (.pdf).

2012 NIT Tournament

Tue. March 13 - Akron (5) vs. Northwestern (4) - 9:00 pm ET - ESPN2

A printable NIT Tournament bracket can be found here (.pdf).

2012 College Basketball Invitational

Tue. March 13 - Princeton vs. Evansville - 8:00 pm ET - HDNet
Wed. March 14 - Western Illinois vs. Oregon State - 10:00 pm ET - HDNet
Wed. March 14 - Quinnipiac vs. Penn - 7:30 pm ET

A printable CBI bracket can be found here (.pdf).

2012 College Insiders Tournament

Wed. March 14 - Yale vs. Fairfield - 7:00 pm ET

CIT first round pairings are available here.

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Selection Sunday News:

March 11, 2012 at 10:28 am
Filed under Georgetown, Northwestern, Princeton, Today's News, Will Venable

Welcome to Selection Sunday, where Northwestern is playing the waiting game.

Georgetown is hosting a free party today where you can watch the bracket's reveal with the team.

Based on a pair of late night results I've made some additional adjustments to my second round of NIT projections that were posted yesterday evening. If Princeton is heading to the CBI or CIT instead, you'll want to keep a constant eye here for opponents and potential matchups.

Will Venable is making his case.

We'll be back tonight with information on where all the Carril Cradle and Ivy League teams are headed. I hope you remembered to set your clocks ahead one hour!

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Postseason chances: NIT-picking?

March 10, 2012 at 10:38 pm
Filed under Basketball, Princeton

Does Princeton have an honest chance of making it into the 2012 NIT? That was the question I attempted to answer on Wednesday night, but with the picture ever-changing due to conference tournament results I wanted to take one more crack at this possibility prior to Selection Sunday.

For this step-by-step exercise I’m using Ken Pomeroy’s rankings.

Before you click through, realize that Princeton has dipped from 84th to 91st in Pomeroy as of this morning. I opt to write "dipped" instead of "dropped" because this is the result of teams passing the Tigers by winning games since Tuesday not because of drastic changes to the Princeton resume.

Here we go again...

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19 answers from 2011-12.

March 10, 2012 at 12:08 pm
Filed under Basketball, Princeton

On October 17th of last year I wrote a long piece asking 19 questions that in turn previewed this new iteration of the Princeton Tigers.

(You might want to read that before going any further.)

With the regular season concluded a reader wisely suggested that I revisit these queries and see what the answers ended up being.

Agree? Disagree? Add your own answers and observations in the comments.

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