YouTube potpourri LXV.
Here’s the latest collection of videos from various corners of the Princeton basketball family. Above, John Thompson III is Fox News' "Power Player Of The Week." Kyle Wente cameo!
Eight more clips after the jump.
Tuesday News:
Today's Game: Penn (19-11 / 11-2) vs. Princeton (18-11 / 9-4)
Location: Jadwin Gym - Princeton, NJ
Time: 7:30 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: ESPN3
Series History: Penn leads 123-102.
Last meeting: Penn 82 Princeton 67 - 1/30/12
| Penn | Princeton | |
| 11-6 | Home Record | 9-2 |
| 8-5 | Away Record | 8-8 |
| 0-0 | Neutral Record | 1-1 |
| 94 | RPI | 93 |
| 139 | Sagarin | 113 |
| 126 | Pomeroy | 91 |
| 65.6 | Points / Game | 66.3 |
| 63.9 | Points Allowed / Game | 61.3 |
| .448 | FG% | .455 |
| .731 | FT% | .670 |
| .376 | 3PT FG% | .375 |
| 30.3 | Rebounds / Game | 33.2 |
| 8.5 | Off. Rebounds / Game | 8.6 |
| -2.6 | Rebounding Margin | -0.1 |
| 13.7 | Assists / Game | 14.3 |
| 12.7 | Turnovers / Game | 12.2 |
| 2.4 | Blocks / Game | 3.8 |
| Rosen: 18.5 | Points | Hummer: 16.0 |
| Belcore: 4.8 | Rebounds | Hummer: 7.2 |
| Rosen: 5.3 | Assists | Bray: 3.6 |
| Belcore: 1.7 | Steals | Bray: 1.7 |
| Dougherty: 0.7 | Blocks | Hummer: 1.1 |
| Howlett: .510 | FG% (Min: 10 FGM) | Connolly: .550 |
| Rosen: .892 | FT% (Min: 10 FTM) | Saunders: .826 |
| Bernardini: .421 | 3PT FG% (Min: 10 3PTM) | Bray: .419 |
The Princeton senior class of 2012 as freshmen.
Tuesday, March 6th
Richmond (10) vs. La Salle (7) – Atlantic 10 Tournament – 7:00 pm ET
Penn vs. Princeton – 7:30 pm ET – ESPN3
Wednesday, March 7th
Pitt (13) / St John’s (12) vs. Georgetown (5) – 2:00 pm ET – Big East Tournament – ESPN
Washington State (9) vs. Oregon State (8) – 3:00 pm ET – Pac-12 Tournament – FSN
Thursday, March 8th
Minnesota (10) vs. Northwestern (7) – 5:30 pm ET – Big 10 Tournament – ESPN2
The Daily Princetonian, the Daily News and Ivy Hoops Online preview tonight's game.
The final Ivy League Men's Basketball Weekly Release of the season includes Ian Hummer on the Honor Roll.
It was looking decent for Fairfield (19-14) in the championship game of the MAAC Tournament at halftime. The Stags were up four and playing well. The second half however was a brutal defensive struggle where Sydney Johnson's team missed their first 13 attempts from the floor. Three tying shots in the final 1:08 went off the mark and it was Loyola (Md.) advancing to the NCAAs, 48-44. A postseason bid of some fashion is expected.
How about Fairfield against Yale in the CBI or CIT?
Denver (22-9) was knocked out of the Sun Belt semifinals by Western Kentucky, 67-63. Senior guard Brian Stafford had a look for three behind a screen down two with five seconds to go and Royce O'Neale's putback was then blocked. The Hilltoppers sealed the result at the line.
Richmond plays at La Salle tonight to open defense of their conference tournament title. Spiders guard Kendall Anthony is the Atlantic 10's Rookie of the Year.
Bill Carmody talks about Northwestern's NCAA chances.
The Wildcats' John Shurna was named first team All-Big Ten, finishing the season as the conference's leading scorer.
For Georgetown, a brawl in China forged their team's unity. Hoya senior Jason Clark was honored with the Big East's Sportsmanship Award.
The Ivy League is still growing.
Congratulations to Marcus Schroeder, who is headed to the NCAA tournament for the first time as Saint Mary's graduate assistant. The Gaels won the West Coast Conference tournament in overtime, knocking off Gonzaga. It was good to see a smiling Schroeder celebrating on the floor after the final buzzer.
While at Princeton, Pete Hegseth was a polarizing figure.
There are great eBay auctions full of rare memorabilia, and then there is this.
Jesse Agel is out at Brown. A decision was made to not renew his contract.
Know! Your! Foe! - Penn update.
If you liked reading last Thursday's Yale and Brown updates in our ongoing Know! Your! Foe! series, you're in luck! We're back one final time during the Ivy schedule with a Q&A about the Penn Quakers.
After the jump you'll find a great, thoughtful writeup by Jonathan Tannenwald from Philly.com.
If you also want to read his original take in advance of late January's game at The Palestra, please check it out here.
Thanks to all of this season's interview subjects, especially those who made it possible to "run the table" with 14 consecutive previews, one for each conference contest.
Additionally, if you cover a team the Tigers will face down the line, let us know. It would be great to talk with you.
Last (for now) batch of classic Princeton photos.
Mondays have become a good time on this site to look into the past, and the previous three weeks that has meant scanning photographs from the archives of David Zeft.
This is the last stack that Mr. Zeft loaned to me and includes shots from between 1981 and (roughly) 1993. Click on any scan to enlarge.
Above, Kit Mueller with a righty hook during Princeton's December 1990 victory in the championship game of Iona's on-campus Manufacturers Hanover Classic.
Eight more images after the jump. I'll need help identifying a number of players in some of the team celebrations. That's where you come in!
Monday News:
Monday, March 5th
Fairfield (4) vs. Loyola Md. (2) - 7:00 pm ET - MAAC Tournament - ESPN2
Western Kentucky (7) vs. Denver (3) - 9:30 pm ET - Sun Belt Tournament - ESPN3
Tuesday, March 6th
Richmond (10) vs. La Salle (7) - Atlantic 10 Tournament - 7:00 pm ET
Penn vs. Princeton - 7:30 pm ET - ESPN3
Wednesday, March 7th
Pitt (13) / St John's (12) vs. Georgetown (5) - 2:00 pm ET - Big East Tournament - ESPN
Washington State (9) vs. Oregon State (8) - 3:00 pm ET - Pac-12 Tournament - FSN
Thursday, March 8th
Minnesota (10) vs. Northwestern (7) - 5:30 pm ET - Big 10 Tournament - ESPN2
Well well well. After an 85-75 upset of top seed Iona, Sydney Johnson and Fairfield (19-13) are now 40 minutes from the NCAA Tournament. An impressive 16-1 run when trailing by six in the second half turned the game around. The MAAC final is tonight in Springfield, MA against Loyola of Maryland.
The Sun Belt Tournament bracket is in shambles with the exception of Denver (22-8). All the other top seeds fell in the quarterfinals while the Pioneers were taking care of South Alabama, 61-50. Western Kentucky awaits in the semifinals tonight.
Usually Monday belongs to the student papers around these parts, but only the Daily Princetonian (with an exceptional photograph) recounts the weekend's action.
Here's comprehensive information on where Northwestern stands in their quest for the NCAA Tournament.
Georgetown's Jason Clark was named first team all-Big East, with Henry Sims and Hollis Thompson also earning recognition from their conference.
Big Apple Buckets has updated their projected NIT bracket. Princeton is among their last seven teams out.
YouTube potpourri LXIV.
While it may drive me nuts when Princeton players call me "Mr. Solomon," I accept that am an adult.
Yet on Saturday afternoon at the conclusion of the Northwestern/Iowa game from which you can watch highlights above, I found myself lying face down on my living room floor at the base of my television like a petulant child throwing a tantrum, fists pounding on the ground unable to take the emotional torture that the Wildcats have pulled me through this season anymore.
...and this was after they won.
From what my inbox tells me, I'm not alone in my suffering. Here’s the latest collection of videos from various corners of the Princeton basketball family.
Five more clips after the jump.
Sunday News:
Sunday, March 4th
Fairfield (4) vs. Iona (1) - 2:00 pm ET - MAAC Tournament - ESPN3
South Alabama (6) vs. Denver (3) - 9:45 pm ET - Sun Belt Tournament
Tuesday, March 6th
Richmond (10) vs. La Salle (7) - Atlantic 10 Tournament - 7:00 pm ET
Penn vs. Princeton - 7:30 pm ET - ESPN3
Wednesday, March 7th
Pitt (13) / St John's (12) vs. Georgetown (5) - 2:00 pm ET - Big East Tournament - ESPN
Washington State (9) vs. Oregon State (8) - 3:00 pm ET - Pac-12 Tournament - FSN
Thursday, March 8th
Minnesota (10) vs. Northwestern (7) - 5:30 pm ET - Big 10 Tournament - ESPN2
In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's lopsided victory over Brown on goprincetontigers.com, in the Trentonian, on Go Local Prov and on brownbears.com.
Tuesday night's game with Penn has been picked up by ESPN3.
Still alive! By the skin of their teeth (as if they know any other way now) Northwestern (18-12) pulled off a 70-66 win at Iowa. The Hawkeyes missed an open three pointer for the lead with six seconds to go.
At the same time Fairfield (18-13) was fending off Rider, 65-63. The Stags get top seed Iona in the MAAC semis this afternoon.
Georgetown (22-7) fell 83-69 at Marquette. With the loss the Hoyas slip to the five seed in next week's Big East Tournament. Hoya Prospectus crunches the numbers.
It was Oregon State (17-13) over Colorado, 83-69.
Denver faces South Alabama in the Sun Belt Tournament.
Around the Ivy League: Harvard (26-4 / 12-2) earned at least a share of the conference crown with a 67-63 win at Cornell (12-16 / 7-7). Penn (19-11 / 11-2) stayed a half game back by rolling Yale (19-9 / 9-5) at The Palestra, 67-48. After so many close conference losses, Columbia (15-15 / 4-10) came out on top by six over Dartmouth (5-25 / 1-13) to end the season.
Princeton 81 Brown 47.
Postgame audio - Coach Mitch Henderson, Douglas Davis & Brendan Connolly:
There was more drama as to if Saturday night’s game would actually take place than in regards to what the result would be.
Delayed 34 minutes by a malfunctioning backboard stanchion and non-synching shot clocks, Princeton took the lead for good with under eight minutes to go in the first half on a Patrick Saunders three pointer and methodically pulled away to go up 10 on Douglas Davis’ righty drive prior to the horn.
When play resumed the Tigers ran off nine straight and cruised to the finish, shooting 64.5% from the floor in the second half. The Bears did not score over the final 5:23.
With no answer by shorthanded Brown for 6’11″ Brendan Connolly inside, the junior center was in control throughout scoring 14 points and handing out six assists along with seven rebounds in 22 minutes of play. Davis added 12 in his penultimate Ivy game and fellow co-captain Patrick Saunders did the same.
“Because he’s running and establishing early position in the post, I think the guys are really looking for him,” head coach Mitch Henderson said of Connolly’s play. “It is such an advantage for us when we can throw the ball in to a center.”
Saunders is shooting 9-12 from three point range the past four contests.
The many faces of Jimmy Sherburne.
Agape is one of my favorite words.
Defined as "In a state of wonder or amazement, as with the mouth wide open," these five letters evoke memories of Princeton players such as Kit Mueller and Steve Goodrich who were never photographed during their playing days with their trap closed.
It is harder to see in real time, but these last few weeks junior guard Jimmy Sherburne is (in addition to super play at both ends) turning in the best reaction shots of any current Princeton player.
Armed with a new camera that possesses better burst speed, an animated tribute like the above is now possible.
Saturday News:
Today's Game: Brown (8-22 / 2-11) vs. Princeton (17-11 / 8-4)
Location: Jadwin Gym - Princeton, NJ
Time: 7:30 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 95-25.
Last meeting: Princeton 77 Brown 64 - 2/3/12
| Brown | Princeton | |
| 6-9 | Home Record | 8-2 |
| 1-11 | Away Record | 8-8 |
| 1-2 | Neutral Record | 1-1 |
| 312 | RPI | 89 |
| 307 | Sagarin | 118 |
| 303 | Pomeroy | 102 |
| 62.0 | Points / Game | 65.8 |
| 69.1 | Points Allowed / Game | 61.9 |
| .408 | FG% | .452 |
| .634 | FT% | .667 |
| .366 | 3PT FG% | .370 |
| 32.1 | Rebounds / Game | 33.0 |
| 8.8 | Off. Rebounds / Game | 8.6 |
| -5.3 | Rebounding Margin | -0.1 |
| 13.6 | Assists / Game | 14.2 |
| 12.3 | Turnovers / Game | 12.4 |
| 2.6 | Blocks / Game | 3.9 |
| McGonagill: 13.7 | Points | Hummer: 16.3 |
| McCarthy: 7.6 | Rebounds | Hummer: 7.2 |
| McGonagill: 5.5 | Assists | Bray: 3.7 |
| McGonagill: 1.2 | Steals | Bray: 1.6 |
| McCarthy: 1.5 | Blocks | Hummer: 1.1 |
| Ponticelli: .533 | FG% (Min: 10 FGM) | Koon: .550 |
| Harris: .917 | FT% (Min: 10 FTM) | Saunders: .826 |
| Sullivan: .390 | 3PT FG% (Min: 10 3PTM) | Bray: .434 |
Georgetown vs. Marquette - 2:00 pm ET - ESPN3
Northwestern vs. Iowa - 2:30 pm ET - Big Ten Network
Rider (5) vs. Fairfield (4) - 2:30 pm ET - MAAC Tournament - ESPN3
Colorado vs. Oregon State - 4:00 pm ET - FSN
Yale vs. Penn - 7:00 pm ET
Harvard vs. Cornell - 7:00 pm ET - ESPN3
Dartmouth vs. Columbia - 7:00 pm ET
In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's satisfying victory over Yale on goprincetontigers.com, in the Daily Princetonian, in the Trentonian and on yalebulldogs.com.
A report says that Mitch Henderson's team will play at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn next season for the first ever Brooklyn Hoops Winter Hoops Festival.
Princeton recruit Steven Cook had 11 points in New Trier's regional title win versus Foreman.
Future Tiger Mike Washington, Jr. was named first-team all-Western Conference and was also selected to the Washington vs. Oregon All-Star Game.
Georgetown visits Marquette today. With a win the Hoyas secure the second seed in the Big East Tournament. Lose and they'll end up anywhere from double bye down to sixth.
Here we go again! Northwestern plays at Iowa.
It is the quarterfinals of the MACC Tournament for Fairfield who are looking to win three games in three days.
Oregon State hosts Colorado. Another CBI appearance might not cut it for the Beavers this season.
Awful news for Denver as starting guard Chase Hallam is lost for the season due to a fractured disc in his back.
Around the Ivy League: Penn (18-11 / 10-2) was eventually able to pull away from Brown (8-22 / 2-11) at The Palestra, 54-43. It took overtime for Harvard (25-4 / 11-2) to stave off Columbia (14-15 / 3-10). Chris Wroblewski set the school record for assists as Cornell (12-16 / 7-6) recorded a 70-57 triumph over Dartmouth (5-24 / 1-12).
