Georgetown vs. DePaul - 7:00 pm ET - ESPN2
Essex vs. MCCC - 7:00 pm ET
Sophomore T.J. Bray represents Princeton in the season's 11th Ivy League Men's Basketball Weekly Release.
Fairfield (9-9) ended a three game losing streak with a wire to wire 61-52 win over Rider.
The health of two Northwestern players is up in the air.
Sticking in Chicagoland, Georgetown plays at DePaul tonight. The Hoyas are now ranked 10th in the AP poll and 12th in the ESPN/USA Today poll.
Someone in the stands at Jadwin filmed several unrelated portions of the Tigers' victory over The College Of New Jersey (and kept a running commentary while doing so). Above, the game's early moments.
Three more videos after the jump.
Rider vs. Fairfield - 7:30 pm ET
Big Apple Buckets writes more on Columbia's struggles versus the Tigers.
After Florida State beat North Carolina by 33, Tarheels head coach Roy Williams had a funny quip that referenced Princeton.
Kareem Maddox scored 10 points while adding eight rebounds and four assists in Landstede Basketbal's win over Rotterdam. Look for a major update on Princeton players in Europe on the site later this week.
The Princeton coaches see potential in new recruit Steven Cook.
Did you miss Northwestern's home win over Michigan State? Extended highlights can be found here. Use the password "Evanston" to view.
A big second half from Hollis Thompson propelled Georgetown (14-3) to a 69-49 win over St. John's. Hoya Prospectus runs the numbers.
Denver (14-4) dominated Western Kentucky, 78-65.
Looking to end a three game losing streak, Fairfield hosts Rider tonight.
Here's the latest collection of videos from various corners of the Princeton basketball family. Above, Basketball Talk 101 with Kevin "Moon" Mullin.
Six additional clips after the jump.
Georgetown vs. St. John's - 12:00 pm ET - ESPN3
Western Kentucky vs. Denver - 3:00 pm ET
In addition to our recap, read about the Tigers' rally past Columbia on goprincetontigers.com, in the Daily Princetonian, in the Columbia Spectator and on gocolumbialions.com.
Highlights of Friday's game in Ithaca can be found here.
Princeton recruit Hans Brase scored 14 in The Hill School's win at Hun.
In Evanston Northwestern (12-5) got the signature win they were looking for, knocking off #6 Michigan State, 81-74.
Richmond (11-7) rolled to a 19 point halftime lead and beat Temple for the third straight time at home, 76-65.
Arizona State handed Oregon State (11-7) a disappointing setback in Tempe by 10.
Georgetown visits St. John's. Hopefully I'm on a train to MSG when this post goes live.
Both Joe Scott and his staff will be wearing sneakers on the sidelines when Denver hosts Western Kentucky today.
Around the Ivy League: Yale (11-4 / 1-0) finished on a 13-3 run in the final 3:10 to pass Brown (5-12 / 0-1) in the final minute. Penn (9-9 / 2-0) swept their first conference road trip with a 64-52 decision over Cornell (6-10 / 1-1), 64-52. Dartmouth (4-13 / 0-1) ended a six game losing streak by beating Longwood, 83-67. Harvard (14-2 / 1-0) concluded non-conference play with their 23rd straight home win, a 21 point victory over George Washington.
Postgame audio - Coach Mitch Henderson:
Postgame audio - Patrick Saunders & T.J. Bray:
Trailing by six points with 8:30 to go in regulation and in legitimate danger of falling to 0-2 in Ivy League play, Princeton scored 11 straight behind contributions from unexpected sources and held off a late Columbia frenzy for the 62-58 win.
It was reserves Jimmy Sherburne and Ben Hazel off the bench that sparked the spurt at both ends. Sherburne started things with a slap layup down the baseline for a 41-37 score and Sherburne’s pass to T.J. Bray in front of his team’s bench for three as he fell down cutting into the lane gave the Tigers a five point edge at the 4:55 mark. In between a streaking Hazel provided the orange and black their first lead since the opening half.
“We haven’t been influencing the game and turning people over,” said head coach Mitch Henderson. “I thought the key to the game was [those two], their defensive presence getting into guys and creating some opportunities for us.”
Princeton came back despite serious foul trouble for leading scorer Ian Hummer, who picked up his fourth personal with 9:12 remaining, and a limited Douglas Davis who had to visit the locker room in the first half and could not sit on the bench due to a cramped lower back.
A late Davis drive all the way to the rim and a pair of Hummer free throws made it 54-46 Princeton but 2-6 shooting at the free throw line allowed the Lions to close within one in the last :15 before Bray and Davis each made a pair to keep Columbia at bay.
Bray scored 12, one of four Tigers in double digits joined by Hummer with 11 and 10 each from Mack Darrow and Davis. Bray also had a career best six steals.
Brian Barbour totaled 25 for Columbia, including 9-11 at the free throw line but it felt like Bray and Sherburne did a very good job limiting his touches the last 10 minutes of the game. Nine of Barbour’s points came in the chaotic final 2:08.
Today's Game: Princeton (9-8 / 0-1) vs. Columbia (11-6 / 0-1)
Location: Levien Gymnasium - New York City, NY
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 141-84.
Last meeting: Princeton 66 Columbia 61 - 2/26/11
| Princeton | Columbia | |
| 3-2 | Home Record | 5-3 |
| 5-5 | Away Record | 4-3 |
| 1-1 | Neutral Record | 2-0 |
| 140 | RPI | 141 |
| 152 | Sagarin | 180 |
| 137 | Pomeroy | 184 |
| 64.0 | Points / Game | 65.6 |
| 62.0 | Points Allowed / Game | 59.0 |
| .429 | FG% | .420 |
| .632 | FT% | .721 |
| .341 | 3PT FG% | .364 |
| 35.2 | Rebounds / Game | 35.8 |
| 9.9 | Off. Rebounds / Game | 10.2 |
| +0.8 | Rebounding Margin | +1.6 |
| 14.2 | Assists / Game | 12.4 |
| 13.6 | Turnovers / Game | 12.6 |
| 3.8 | Blocks / Game | 2.4 |
| Hummer: 17.7 | Points | Barbour: 14.9 |
| Hummer: 7.9 | Rebounds | Cisco, Daniels: 6.2 |
| Bray: 4.1 | Assists | Barbour: 3.5 |
| Hummer: 1.6 | Steals | Lyles: 1.2 |
| Hummer: 1.0 | Blocks | Osetkowski: 0.8 |
| Koon: .594 | FG% (Min: 10 FGM) | Cisco: .600 |
| Saunders: .875 | FT% (Min: 10 FTM) | Barbour .901 |
| Bray: .415 | 3PT FG% (Min: 10 3PTM) | Lyles: .449 |
Michigan State vs. Northwestern - 3:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network
Oregon State vs. Arizona State - 6:00 pm ET - Root Sports
Temple vs. Richmond - 7:00 pm ET - CBS Sports Network
Brown vs. Yale - 2:00 pm ET
George Washington vs. Harvard - 2:00 pm ET
Longwood vs. Dartmouth - 2:00 pm ET
Penn vs. Cornell - 7:00 pm ET
In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's loss to Cornell on goprincetontigers.com, in the Ithaca Journal and on cornellbigred.com.
I answered some questions about the Tigers for Big Apple Buckets, who have named tonight's matchup their Saturday Game of the Week.
There's also a preview in the Columbia Spectator.
Snakebit Fairfield (8-9) suffered a bitter 66-63 defeat to Loyola (Md.). The Stags surrendered an 11-1 run in the final 1:42.
John Thompson III met with a Chinese high school team at Georgetown.
Another Top 10 foe awaits as Northwestern hosts Michigan State.
Oregon State visits Arizona State.
In A-10 action Richmond welcomes Temple to the Robins Center.
Around the Ivy League: Brian Barbour's potential game winner went long at the buzzer as Penn (8-9 / 1-0) topped Columbia (11-6 / 0-1) by two.
Postgame audio - Coach Mitch Henderson:
Postgame audio - Ian Hummer & T.J. Bray:
A pair of Cornell freshmen were an enormous part of the quick 8-0 run which separated the Big Red from Princeton with the two teams even at 40 nearing the midway point of the second half.
On a night where leading scorer Drew Ferry went scoreless, Galal Cancer (17) and Shonn Miller (12) led the way in their first game versus the orange and black as Cornell opened Ivy League play with a 67-59 win over the Tigers.
Once Princeton fell behind by eight they were unable to ever make it a one possession game again, though they squandered myriad chances with the ball in their hands due to offensive fouls, turnovers and the missed front ends of a couple of one-and-one chances.
The Tigers were also unable to establish their advantage in the post and missed more than their fair share of jump shots in a once-tight contest that had 18 lead changes across the first 20 minutes.
“We seemed timid and you’re not going to win games on the road in the league being timid,” said first year head coach Mitch Henderson.
Douglas Davis scored 16 points but needed 22 shots to do so and Ian Hummer added 14 with nine rebounds. T.J. Bray filled up the stat sheet with 12 points, eight boards and seven assists.
Today's Game: Princeton (9-7 / 0-0) vs. Cornell (5-9 / 0-0)
Location: Newman Arena - Ithaca, NY
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 134-78.
Last meeting: Princeton 84 Cornell 66 - 2/25/11
| Princeton | Cornell | |
| 3-2 | Home Record | 5-1 |
| 5-4 | Away Record | 0-8 |
| 1-1 | Neutral Record | 0-0 |
| 124 | RPI | 226 |
| 143 | Sagarin | 213 |
| 127 | Pomeroy | 187 |
| 64.3 | Points / Game | 67.4 |
| 61.7 | Points Allowed / Game | 69.4 |
| .434 | FG% | .418 |
| .629 | FT% | .667 |
| .350 | 3PT FG% | .343 |
| 34.8 | Rebounds / Game | 31.5 |
| 9.9 | Off. Rebounds / Game | 8.1 |
| +0.9 | Rebounding Margin | -8.2 |
| 14.3 | Assists / Game | 14.8 |
| 13.7 | Turnovers / Game | 14.7 |
| 3.5 | Blocks / Game | 3.1 |
| Hummer: 17.9 | Points | Ferry: 13.8 |
| Hummer: 7.9 | Rebounds | Miller: 6.3 |
| Bray: 3.9 | Assists | Wroblewski: 5.6 |
| Hummer: 1.7 | Steals | Wroblewski: 1.6 |
| Hummer: 0.8 | Blocks | Miller: 1.6 |
| Koon: .590 | FG% (Min: 10 FGM) | Chemerinski: .658 |
| Saunders: .857 | FT% (Min: 10 FTM) | Wroblewski .860 |
| Davis, Bray: .417 | 3PT FG% (Min: 10 3PTM) | Ferry: .442 |
Loyola (Md.) vs. Fairfield - 9:00 pm ET - ESPNU
Penn vs. Columbia - 7:00 pm ET
The Trenton Times previews Princeton's latest road trip while the Trentonian sizes up the Ivy League as a whole.
There's also a look at tonight's matchup in the Ithaca Journal.
I'll be on ESPN Radio 1160 today at 4:30 pm ET to talk about Princeton vs. Cornell and the rest of the Ivy League.
Denton Koon and his brother both had a pretty good week.
Steven Cook, who committed to Princeton yesterday, does a lot of things that surprise people.
In a close loss to second place Shorecrest, Princeton recruit Mike Washington, Jr. had a big game.
Coming off a four OT defeat versus Stanford, Oregon State (11-4) dropped an 81-73 decision at Arizona in a single overtime.
The Gazette Times seems downright amazed that what the Beavers are running still qualifies as the "Princeton Offense."
Fairfield hosts Loyola (Md.) tonight in a contest that has had its start time pushed back two hours to accommodate TV.
6'4" junior guard/forward Steven Cook from New Trier High School in Winnetka, IL has verbally committed to Princeton according to his coach Scott Fricke.
Cook, who only recently began playing varsity basketball, will join the Tigers in the fall of 2013 pending admission.
I expect to talk with Coach Fricke shortly for a full profile of this new Tiger recruit.
Cook is a product of Full Package Athletics, a player development program based in Northbrook that produced a pair of current Princeton players - Mack Darrow and Brian Fabrizius.
