Tuesday News:

March 16, 2010 at 8:04 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, MCCC, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

Tuesday, March 16th
MCCC vs. (6) Kishwaukee - 7:30 pm ET
NJCAA Division II Tournament

Wednesday, March 17th
Duquesne vs. Princeton - 7:00 pm ET - HDNet
CBI Tournament

(7) Northwestern vs. (2) Rhode Island - 7:00 pm ET - ESPNU
NIT

Boston vs. Oregon State - 10:00 pm ET - HDNet
CBI Tournament

Harvard vs. Appalachian State - TBA pm ET
collegeinsider.com Tournament

Thursday, March 18th
(10) Saint Mary’s vs. (7) Richmond - 2:50 pm ET - CBS
NCAA Tournament

(14) Ohio vs. (3) Georgetown - 7:25 pm ET - CBS
NCAA Tournament

Friday, March 19th
(12) Cornell vs. (5) Temple - 12:30 pm ET - CBS
NCAA Tournament

The postseason starts tonight, with Mercer kicking off round robin play in the NJCAA Division II Tournament against Kishwaukee. You should be able to watch the game here.

Tickets for Wednesday's Princeton/Duquesne game are now available.

Our Facebook invite for the game has over 130 positive RSVPs. Let people know you're going to Jadwin!

The Trentonian and the Trenton Times have articles on Princeton's postseason birth.

Want to try and learn more about the Tigers' CBI opponent? Work your way through pages of red and blue text on the Duquesne Dukes Basketball Forum.

Salon writer Steve Kornacki tells the story of how he almost missed the Princeton/Georgetown game in 1989.

Two players from Atlanta have led Richmond to the NCAA Tournament.

Denver chose not to apply to host a CBI or CIT game.

A bit of friendly fun - enter the world's biggest/best/only CBI Bracket Pool over at Defiantly Dutch.

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Saturday News:

March 13, 2010 at 9:20 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Northwestern, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Saturday, March 13th
(3) Richmond vs. (2) Xavier - 3:30 pm ET - CBS College Sports
Atlantic 10 Tournament

(8) Georgetown vs. (3) West Virginia - 9:00 pm ET - ESPN
Big East Tournament

Georgetown (23-9) raced to the Big East Tournament championship game, using a 30-8 second half run to dispatch Marquette, 80-57.

At the Big 10 Tournament, Northwestern (20-13) pulled within one of Purdue in the final 45 seconds, but the Boilermakers held on for the 69-61 win.

Richmond (25-7) moved into the Atlantic 10 semis with a 77-72 win over UMass.

Here's a very well-crafted story on Douglas Davis from the Princeton Athletic Department.

Several Denver players earned Sun Belt Conference Academic Awards.

Tiger recruit T.J. Bray lost his grandfather on Friday, then proceeded to go out and score 30 points as Catholic Memorial beat top-ranked Wisconsin Lutheran in a Division 2 sectional semifinal. Bray was also profiled on Preps on the Net as part of a series highlighting five candidates for Wisconsin's Mr. Basketball award.

Another future Princeton player, Tom Noonan, was named Penn Charter Team MVP.

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Tuesday News:

March 9, 2010 at 9:09 am
Filed under Basketball, Brian Taylor, Denver, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Today's News, Will Venable

Today's Game: Penn (6-21 / 5-8) vs. Princeton (19-8 / 10-3)
Location: Jadwin Gym - Princeton, NJ
Time: 8:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Penn leads 122-99.
Last meeting: Princeton 58 Penn 51 - 2/16/10.

The Princeton class of 2010, pictured as incoming freshmen.

Wednesday, March 10th
(9) South Florida / (16) DePaul winner vs. (8) Georgetown - 12:00 pm ET - ESPN
Big East Tournament

Thursday, March 11th
(10) Indiana vs. (7) Northwestern - 5:00 pm ET - ESPN2
Big 10 Tournament

(6) Oregon State vs. (3) Washington - 9:00 pm ET - FSN
Pac-10 Tournament

Friday, March 12th
(6) Charlotte / (11) UMass winner vs. (3) Richmond - 9:00 pm ET
Atlantic 10 Tournament

Denver (19-13) fell short of North Texas in the Sun Belt semis, 63-56. The Pioneers were within one with under seven minutes to go, before Josh White scored five straight for the Mean Green.

Kareem Maddox represents Princeton in this week's Ivy Weekly Men's Basketball Report.

Behind 22 points and seven boards from Mason Rocca, Armani Jeans nipped Canadian Solar Bologna, 73-71.

Here's a transcript of a SLAM Magazine article on Brian Taylor. For those interested in the organization Taylor is currently involved with, visit the Inner City Education Foundation Public Schools web site.

John Shurna from Northwestern earned consensus second-team All-Big Ten status. Fellow Wildcat Drew Crawford was the media's choice for Big Ten Freshman of the Year.

Oregon State's Seth Tarver was named Pac-10 Defensive Player of the Year.

Mercer is the 11 seed in the Division II Men�s Basketball National Tournament. They'll open round robin play versus Kishwaukee on Tuesday at 7:30 pm ET.

Will Venable is back in the swing of things.

Princeton slides up to third place in the latest iteration of the Schuylkill 16.

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Monday News:

March 8, 2010 at 8:13 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Here's your lineup for the week ahead. I'll update this schedule daily.

Monday, March 8th
(6) Denver vs. (2) North Texas - 9:30 pm ET - ESPN360
Sun Belt Tournament

Tuesday, March 9th
Penn vs. Princeton - 8:00 pm ET

Wednesday, March 10th
(9) South Florida / (16) DePaul winner vs. (8) Georgetown - 12:00 pm ET - ESPN
Big East Tournament

Thursday, March 11th
(10) Indiana vs. (7) Northwestern - 5:00 pm ET - ESPN2
Big 10 Tournament

(6) Oregon State vs. (3) Washington - 9:00 pm ET - FSN
Pac-10 Tournament

Friday, March 12th
(6) Charlotte / (11) UMass winner vs. (3) Richmond - 9:00 pm ET
Atlantic 10 Tournament

Denver (19-12) began the second half on a 26-7 run, surprising #3 seed Middle Tennessee 73-58 to advance to the Sun Belt Tournament semis. The Pioneers shot 12-17 from the floor in the final 20 minutes.

The Daily Princetonian, the Harvard Crimson and the Dartmouth report on last weekend's games.

A supplemental piece in the Crimson looks at the struggles of Princeton's and Harvard's leading scorers on Saturday.

Richmond's Kevin Anderson was named Atlantic 10 Player of the Year.

The New York Times' blog The Quad compliments yesterday's article on Chris Mooney with a post about what Mooney learned playing pickup ball on his recruiting visit to Princeton.

Georgetown's Greg Monroe was named All-Big East First Team. Austin Freeman made All-Big East Second Team.

Princeton recruit T.J. Bray is profiled by the Wisconsin Sports Network. Here's more detail on the most recent game for Bray, who had 13 of his 26 points in the third quarter of Catholic Memorial's win over East Troy.

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Sunday News:

March 7, 2010 at 9:55 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Denver vs. Middle Tennessee - 10:00 pm ET - Sun Belt Tournament

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's sweep of Harvard on goprincetontigers.com, in the Boston Globe and on gocrimson.com.

Georgetown (20-9) got 24 points from Austin Freeman and finished Big East play with an impressive 74-47 win over Cincinnati. HoyaHoops has postgame audio. The Hoyas' first conference tournament game will be Wednesday afternoon at 12:00 pm ET versus either South Florida or DePaul.

Indiana scored the first seven points of overtime and defeated Northwestern (19-12), 88-80. John Shurna scored 31 in the loss as the Wildcats struggle to find a consistent third scoring option.

Richmond (24-7) fared better in an extra frame, getting by Charlotte 89-84. Kevin Anderson hit from 25 feet out to force OT. The Spiders set a school record for regular season victories.

Richmond head coach Chris Mooney is profiled in the New York Times.

Oregon State (14-16) fell 82-70 to Washington. The two teams will meet again Thursday in the Pac-10 Tournament.

Denver (18-12) advanced to the Sun Belt Conference Tournament quarterfinals with a 71-64 win over Florida International.

Princeton recruit T.J. Bray had 26 in Catholic Memorial's 66-42 win over East Troy.

Future Tiger Ben Hazel and Good Counsel lost to O'Connell in the WCAC quarterfinals.

Around the Ivy League: Cornell (27-4 / 13-1) completed their championship campaign with a 79-59 win at Yale (12-19 / 6-8). Columbia (11-17 / 5-9) closed the year with a 65-56 win over Brown (11-20 / 5-9). Jack Eggleston had a career-best 25 as Penn (6-21 / 5-8) denied Dartmouth (5-23 / 1-13), 78-68.

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Saturday News:

March 6, 2010 at 10:12 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

Today's Game: Harvard (21-6 / 10-3) vs. Princeton (18-8 / 9-3)
Location: Jadwin Gym - Princeton, NJ
Time: 6:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 124-38.
Last meeting: Princeton 56 Harvard 53 - 2/5/10.

Georgetown vs. Cincinnati - 12:00 pm ET - ESPN360
Northwestern vs. Indiana - 12:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network
Richmond vs. Charlotte - 2:00 pm ET
Washington vs. Oregon State - 8:00 pm ET - FSN NW
Florida International vs. Denver - 9:45 pm ET - Sun Belt Tournament

Cornell vs. Yale - 7:00 pm ET
Dartmouth vs. Penn - 7:00 pm ET
Columbia vs. Brown - 7:00 pm ET

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's domination of Dartmouth on goprincetontigers.com, in the Trentonian and on dartmouthathletics.com.

With or without Austin Freeman, the Georgetown regular season concludes at home versus Cincinnati.

Northwestern wraps up Big 10 play at Indiana.

Richmond looks for its 24th win at Charlotte.

Florida International and Denver square off in the first round of the Sun Belt Tournament in Hot Springs, Arkansas.

Oregon State welcomes Washington to Corvallis.

Around the Ivy League: Cornell (26-4 / 12-1) made 20 of their 30 three point shots to clinch the conference for a third straight season with a 95-76 win at Brown (11-19 / 5-8). Harvard (21-6 / 10-3) rallied for a 67-66 decision over Penn (5-21 / 4-8). It is the Crimson's first season sweep of the Quakers since 1942. Alex Zampier scored 15 points as Yale (12-18 / 6-7) stopped Columbia (10-17 / 4-9), 65-48.

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Friday News:

March 5, 2010 at 10:34 am
Filed under Baseball, Basketball, Brian Taylor, Chris Young, Denver, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Today's Game: Dartmouth (5-21 / 1-18) vs. Princeton (17-8 / 8-3)
Location: Jadwin Gym - Princeton, NJ
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 137-61.
Last meeting: Princeton 54 Dartmouth 38 - 2/6/10.

Harvard vs. Penn - 7:00 pm ET
Columbia vs. Yale - 7:00 pm ET
Cornell vs. Brown - 7:00 pm ET

Richmond (23-7) was outplayed and outhustled most of the night by Dayton, but seven straight points late from senior David Gonzalvez and 14 steals willed the Spiders to the 60-56 win.

Oregon State (14-15) nearly let an 18 point halftime lead get away, holding on for the 59-55 victory over Washington State. Jared Cunningham tied a school record with eight steals.

The Daily Princetonian previews this weekend's games.

Did you have a good Thursday? Princeton recruit T.J. Bray had a better Thursday. Bray became Catholic Memorial's all time leading scorer in a 72-62 Crusader victory over Lakeside Lutheran in the second-round of the WIAA Division 2 tournament - recording 24 points, grabbing 20 rebounds, dishing out 10 assists and adding five blocks for good measure. Lordy.

I know there's a presentation honoring Brian Taylor at halftime of the Harvard/Princeton game, but the LA Times reports Princeton will also retire his jersey number.

Denver won their final 15 consecutive home games this season.

Chris Young pitched an inning for the Padres yesterday, his first action in almost nine months.

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Wednesday News:

March 3, 2010 at 9:54 am
Filed under Basketball, Craig Robinson, Denver, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Today's News

Chicago State vs. Northwestern - 8:00 pm ET - bigtennetwork.com

Craig Robinson has signed a two year extension at Oregon State through the 2015-16 season.

Read this piece from The Oregonian on Beavers freshman forward Joe Burton.

The Trenton Times has more on last night's Mercer win.

Northwestern plays their regular season home finale against Chicago State tonight. Before the game senior Jeremy Nash will be honored.

Denver's Nate Rohnert was named to the 2009-10 All-Sun Belt Conference First Team.

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Sunday News:

February 28, 2010 at 9:51 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Northwestern vs. Penn State - 12:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network
Richmond vs. Xavier - 1:00 pm ET - ESPN2
MCCC vs. Del Tech Stanton - 1:00 pm ET - Region XIX Tournament

In addition to our recap, read about the Tigers' win at Columbia on goprincetontigers.com, in the Columbia Spectator and on gocolumbialions.com.

Austin Freeman could barely play due to the flu and Georgetown (19-8) was knocked off by Notre Dame, 78-64.

Denver (17-12) wrapped up the sixth seed in the Sun Belt Tournament with a 63-47 home finale triumph over Louisiana-Lafayette.

A season sweep of USC by Oregon State (13-15) was polished off in Los Angeles, 49-44.

Northwestern visits Penn State.

Richmond travels to Xavier. The Associated Press highlights Spider guard Kevin Anderson.

Two big games for Princeton recruits. T.J. Bray scored 20 as Catholic Memorial concluded Classic 8 Conference play undefeated with a 76-57 win versus Kettle Moraine. Chris Clement made a desperation three pointer to give Round Rock a two point win over McNeil.

Around the Ivy League: Cornell (25-4 / 11-1) clinched at least a share of the conference championship with a 68-48 win over Penn (5-20 / 4-7). Harvard (20-6 / 9-3) set a program record for victories, defeating Yale (11-18 / 5-7) by 20. Matt Mullery scored 20 as Brown (11-18 / 5-7) won at Dartmouth (5-21 / 1-11), 76-57.

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Saturday News:

February 27, 2010 at 8:45 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Oregon State, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News, Will Venable

Today's Game: Princeton (16-8 / 7-3) vs. Columbia (10-15 / 4-7)
Location: Levien Gym - New York City, NY
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 138-84.
Last meeting: Princeton 55 Columbia 45 - 2/12/10.

Notre Dame vs. Georgetown - 12:00 pm ET - CBS
Louisiana-Lafayette vs. Denver - 7:00 pm ET - FSN Rocky Mountain
Oregon State vs. USC - 7:30 pm ET - FCS Pacific

Penn vs. Cornell - 7:00 pm ET
Brown vs. Dartmouth - 7:00 pm ET
Yale vs. Harvard - 7:00 pm ET

In addition to our recap, read about the Tigers' loss to Cornell on goprincetontigers.com, in the Ithaca Journal, on the WVBR web site and on cornellbigred.com.

Freshman forward Jerrelle Benimon and Georgetown host Notre Dame.

The final regular season game of 2009-10 for Denver comes at home versus Louisiana-Lafayette.

Oregon State visits USC.

The Times Dispatch has an excellent piece about how Chris Mooney has grown as a coach and refined Richmond basketball.

Princeton recruit Chris Clement and the Stony Point Tigers must play McNeil for the fourth playoff spot in District 16-5A.

Will Venable will be at Padres Fan Fest in Peoria on Saturday.

Around the Ivy League: Harvard (19-6 / 8-3) raced past Brown (10-18 / 4-7) by 20. Columbia (10-15 / 4-7) nipped Penn (5-19 / 4-6) by one on a Brian Grimes jumper with 2.7 to play. Yale (11-17 / 5-6) shut down Dartmouth (10-15 / 4-7), 55-45.

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Friday News:

February 26, 2010 at 9:21 am
Filed under Basketball, Chris Young, Denver, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Today's Game: Princeton (16-7 / 7-2) vs. Cornell (23-4 / 9-1)
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 134-77.
Last meeting: Cornell 48 Princeton 45 - 2/13/10.

Penn vs. Columbia - 7:00 pm ET
Yale vs. Dartmouth - 7:00 pm ET
Brown vs. Harvard - 7:00 pm ET

The Daily Princetonian, the Trentonian, WPRB Sports, the Cornell Daily Sun and the Ithaca Journal preview tonight's action.

The Princeton team bus beat the worst of the storm to Ithaca and arrived yesterday afternoon. Despite ~18" of snow on the ground (and some more falling outside my hotel window), tonight's game will most likely take place as scheduled.

Brian Delaney of the Ithaca Journal scouts Princeton.

The Columbia Spectator looks at the Lions' games versus the Quakers and the Tigers.

Northwestern (18-10) set a school record for wins in a regular season, defeating Iowa 74-57.

Denver (16-12) let a 42-21 second half lead get away in a flurry of turnovers, falling at South Florida 54-52. Tim Williams' wild runner with six seconds left won the game for the Jaguars.

A depleted UCLA squad had enough to beat Oregon State (12-15) by a 65-56 final. The Beavers were never able to deliver a knockout punch.

Georgetown's Greg Monroe was named to the Naismith Trophy midseason team.

Several clips of Tiger recruit Tom Noonan can be found in this highlight package from Penn Charter's loss to Haverford.

San Diego will go as far as Chris Young goes, says a Bleacher Report writer. The mlb.com web site has a short video forecast about Young's return from injury.

Princeton remains in fifth place in the latest Schuylkill 16.

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Thursday News:

February 25, 2010 at 7:44 am
Filed under Basketball, Craig Robinson, Denver, Northwestern, Oregon State, Pete Carril, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Iowa vs. Northwestern - 7:00 pm ET - ESPN
Denver vs. South Alabama - 8:00 pm ET
Oregon State vs. UCLA - 11:00 pm ET - FSN

Northwestern hosts Iowa. The Wildcats' bubble may have burst, but the future looks bright.

South Alabama welcomes Denver.

Oregon State travels to UCLA. Talking about the postseason, Beavers coach Craig Robinson says Pete Carril turned down multiple NIT bids when he was at Princeton. Anyone know how true this is?

Richmond is an underdog no more.

Princeton assistant Tony Newsom was in Tennessee to watch a senior post player who was subsequently named a finalist for the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association's Division II-A Mr. Basketball.

Taken with 50,435,333,253,672,119,000,000 grains of salt: Blogging The Bracket projects Princeton will participate in this year's CollegeInsider.com Tournament.

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