Penn pictures.
Photos from today's game courtesy Robert Solomon.
Penn 82 Princeton 67.
Postgame audio - Coach Mitch Henderson, Brendan Connolly & Douglas Davis:
It might be a touch cutesy, but it as good a lede as any.
Sitting courtside at a now near-empty Palestra, trying to fight through a troubled wireless connection, an acquaintance came up to me while I was writing.
“This should be an easy recap for you,” he said. “Just type ‘Zach Rosen’ again and again and again.”
Rosen put on a phenomenal performance in his final chance to defeat Princeton at home, scoring 28 points on an array of difficult jumpers and snaking drives as his Penn Quakers led wire to wire for an 82-67 win over the Tigers.
“We really had no response or answer for Rosen. I thought he was terrific tonight,” said Princeton head coach Mitch Henderson after his team had allowed the most points versus the Quakers in 40 years. “His understanding of tempo is special.”
“He was just under control the whole game,” Henderson added. “We didn’t give him anything to think about.”
YouTube potpourri LVI.
While I'm killing time before driving to The Palestra, here's the latest collection of videos from various corners of the Princeton basketball family. Above, future Tiger Mike Washington, Jr. becomes Oak Harbor's all-time leading scorer.
Five additional clips after the jump.
Monday News:
Today's Game: Princeton (10-8 / 1-1) vs. Penn (10-9 / 2-0)
Location: The Palestra - Philadelphia, PA
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Penn leads 122-102.
Last meeting: Princeton 70 Penn 58 - 3/8/11
| Princeton | Penn | |
| 3-2 | Home Record | 5-5 |
| 6-5 | Away Record | 5-4 |
| 1-1 | Neutral Record | 0-0 |
| 99 | RPI | 106 |
| 129 | Sagarin | 149 |
| 118 | Pomeroy | 144 |
| 63.9 | Points / Game | 67.9 |
| 61.8 | Points Allowed / Game | 68.9 |
| .429 | FG% | .444 |
| .642 | FT% | .743 |
| .347 | 3PT FG% | .367 |
| 34.4 | Rebounds / Game | 31.4 |
| 9.7 | Off. Rebounds / Game | 10.4 |
| +0.0 | Rebounding Margin | -2.7 |
| 14.0 | Assists / Game | 14.1 |
| 13.2 | Turnovers / Game | 13.5 |
| 3.8 | Blocks / Game | 2.5 |
| Hummer: 17.3 | Points | Rosen: 18.3 |
| Hummer: 7.8 | Rebounds | Bernardini: 5.7 |
| Bray: 4.1 | Assists | Rosen: 6.2 |
| Hummer: 1.5 | Steals | Rosen: 1.5 |
| Hummer: 1.0 | Blocks | Dougherty: 0.8 |
| Koon: .576 | FG% (Min: 10 FGM) | Rosen: .472 |
| Saunders: .833 | FT% (Min: 10 FTM) | Rosen .897 |
| Bray: .436 | 3PT FG% (Min: 10 3PTM) | Bernardini: .429 |
The Daily News, the Daily Pennsylvanian, and Ivy Hoops Online preview tonight's tilt.
Penn's student paper also writes about playing this game on a date other than a Tuesday for the first time in 16 years.
The 336th Civil War went to Oregon State (14-7) over Oregon in a wild 76-71 decision.
Fairfield (11-10) knocked down 12 three pointers and coasted to the 81-53 win against Marist.
Princeton recruit Hans Brase scored eight in The Hill School's loss to Kiski School.
Know! Your! Foe! - Penn.
Princeton returns from their annual multi-week exam break tomorrow night at Penn and in turn so does this site's Know! Your! Foe! series. Eager to discuss the Quakers with someone who sees them play on a regular basis, I exchanged emails with Jonathan Tannenwald from philly.com (pictured above with a special friend).
Our third-annual conversation can be found after the jump.
If you cover a team the Tigers will face down the line, let us know. We'd love to talk with you.
Sunday News:
Marist vs. Fairfield - 1:00 pm ET
Oregon State vs. Oregon - 6:30 pm ET - FSN
Not a good day for the members of the "Carril Cradle."
Georgetown (16-4) trailed the entire way in a 72-60 loss at Pitt.
Robbie Hummel's leaning baseline jumper with eight seconds left gave Purdue the two point win over Northwestern (12-8).
Richmond (12-10) fell 62-47 at St. Bonaventure.
Arkansas-Little Rock knocked off Denver (16-6) by seven.
Mercer (4-16) lost a 61-60 heartbreaker to Salem.
Princeton recruit Hans Brase scored 11 in The Hill School's overtime defeat against Academy of the New Church.
Round one of the Civil War sees Oregon State play at Oregon.
Fairfield hosts Marist.
Look for the return of Know! Your! Foe! tonight.
Around the Ivy League: Harvard (18-2 / 4-0) won its sixth straight, 68-59 over Brown (7-14 / 1-3). Yale (13-5 / 3-1) defeated Dartmouth (4-16 / 0-4) in New Haven, 62-52. Cornell (7-11 / 2-2) split their season series with Columbia (12-8 / 1-3) by a 65-60 final.
Saturday News:
Salem vs. MCCC - 2:00 pm ET
Georgetown vs. Pitt - 4:00 pm ET - ESPN
Purdue vs. Northwestern - 4:00 pm ET - ESPN2
Richmond vs. St. Bonaventure - 7:00 pm ET
Denver vs. UALR - 8:00 pm ET
Harvard vs. Brown - 6:00 pm ET
Dartmouth vs. Yale - 7:00 pm ET
Columbia vs. Cornell - 7:00 pm ET
Princeton recruit Steven Cook scored 15 in New Trier's victory versus Glenbrook South. Cook talked with the Winnetka Current about his decision to commit early.
Future Tiger Mike Washington, Jr. had the game-winning bucket with six seconds to play as Oak Harbor eked one out over Meadowdale.
Fairfield (10-10) could not completely climb out of a 19 point hole versus Iona, falling 71-62. Head coach Sydney Johnson doesn't see much separation between the two teams, except one makes plays down the stretch.
Georgetown hits the road at Pitt.
Purdue visits Northwestern. It was then-Wildcats assistant Mitch Henderson who left the door open for junior Reggie Hearn to walk on with the Wildcats.
Richmond heads to St. Bonaventure.
Arkansas-Litte Rock is a destination for Denver.
Around the Ivy League: Harvard (17-2 / 3-0) sent a statement with a 65-35 win over Yale (12-5 / 2-1). It was the largest margin of victory in the 183 game history of this series. Brown (7-13 / 1-2) caught Dartmouth (4-15 / 0-3) in the final four minutes of a 66-59 triumph for the Bears.
Coach Mitch Henderson - 1/27/12.
As a serious downpour fell on Jadwin Gym this morning, Tigers head coach Mitch Henderson and princetonbasketball.com editor Jon Solomon met courtside to tape a conversation for the 10th time this season.
Henderson and Solomon reviewed the split of Princeton's pre-exam break trip to Cornell and Columbia in detail, updated Douglas Davis' condition, discussed how the coaching staff has utilized the previous two weeks, previewed Monday's important game at Penn and talked about Will Barrett's departure.
This exclusive Q&A is 14:00+ in length.
If you have questions for future interviews, please feel free to send them here.
Friday News:
Iona vs. Fairfield - 7:00 pm ET - ESPNU
Harvard vs. Yale - 7:00 pm ET
Dartmouth vs. Brown - 7:00 pm ET
Did you know Ian Hummer is one of only two Division I players averaging at least 16 points, seven rebounds and three assists a game?
Denver (16-5) downed Arkansas State, 66-52.
Lackawanna defeated Mercer (4-16) by a 78-59 count.
Princeton recruit Mike Washington, Jr. had 26 points in Oak Harbor's loss to Everett.
Two of tonight's most intriguing match ups take place 20 miles apart. Fairfield hosts Iona and just up the road Yale welcomes Harvard to a sold out John J. Lee Amphitheater.
Jerome Allen penned a letter to his fellow Quakers in advance of Monday's game.
Scans from a 1983 program.
Rich Simkus.
As I mentioned previously, a subscriber recently handed me a stack of late 1970s and early 1980s Princeton basketball programs, which I'll be scanning portions of as time allows - hopefully one a week.
I already posted images from the 1981-82 media guide I was gifted but here's the first in this series to share.
This pair of games were significant for completely unrelated reasons, which I discuss after the jump. It is also neat to see images of players in action I've only heard tale of and some of the archival designs are a treat.
Click on any picture to enlarge. Check out the site's extensive Programs category for past scans.
Thursday News:
Lackawanna vs. MCCC - 7:00 pm ET
Arkansas State vs. Denver - 8:30 pm ET - Root Sports
Despite 16 points from Mason Rocca, Milan dropped a 65-63 decision to Fenerbahce Ulker in Turkey. EA7 Emporio Armani falls to 0-2 in Group G of Euroleague's Top 16.
Princeton recruit Hans Brase led his team to an easy victory over Solebury.
I mentioned New Trier's win over Niles West previously, but this story has new quotes from future Tiger Steven Cook.
Richmond (12-9) routed Fordham, 102-58.
Tonight Denver welcomes Arkansas State to Magness Arena.
Wednesday News:
Fordham vs. Richmond - 7:00 pm ET
Mercer (4-15) fell to Manor at home, 59-57. Flip Seculic had 16 for the Vikings.
Bill Carmody is no fan of the RPI, especially how it treated a couple of his Princeton teams.
Georgetown's John Thompson III flew to Georgia to watch a high school game the same day his Hoyas beat Rutgers.
Sticking with news of former Tiger head coaches, Pete Carril went to a game at St. Joseph's Prep over the weekend.
Let's move on to results from The Old World. In the first week of the Euroleague's Top 16, Mason Rocca scored eight points for EA7 Emporio Armani in a loss to the Greek squad Panathinaikos.
The second round of Eurobasket saw Aris drop an 81-74 decision to BC Donetsk. Dan Mavraides added seven points off the bench for the Yellows.
Landstede Basketbal lost a high-scoring game despite 17 from Kareem Maddox.
Richmond hosts Fordham tonight.
If you missed our piece on Will Barrett withdrawing from Princeton, it can be found here.
