Saturday News:

January 30, 2010 at 9:08 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Today's Game: Princeton (10-5 / 1-0) vs. Yale (8-12 / 2-1)
Location: John J. Lee Amphitheater - New Haven, CT
Time: 6:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 139-81.
Last meeting: Princeton 62 Yale 54 - 2/28/09.

Duke vs. Georgetown - 1:00 pm ET - CBS
St. Louis vs. Richmond - 2:00 pm ET - The Comcast Network
Salem vs. Mercer - 3:00 pm ET
Northwestern vs. Michigan State - 6:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network
UCLA vs. Oregon State - 7:30 pm ET
Denver vs. Arkansas State - 9:00 pm ET

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

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's Ivy opener on goprincetontigers.com, in the Providence Journal and on brownbears.com.

Watch highlights of Princeton's win over Goucher on WZBN.

A busy Saturday kicks off with Greg Monroe and Georgetown hosting #7 Duke. The Washington Post has more on this marquee matchup.

Richmond welcomes St. Louis to the Robins Center.

Northwestern visits #5 Michigan State.

UCLA travels to Oregon State.

Denver looks to stop a recent slide at Arkansas State.

Princeton recruit Ben Hazel scored 21 as Good Counsel upended O'Connell, 63-59.

Future Tiger Tom Noonan had eight for Penn Charter, who defeated Haverford School by 10.

Around the Ivy League: Cornell (17-3 / 3-0) shut down Dartmouth (4-13 / 0-3) to a 71-37 count. Harvard (14-3 / 3-0) kept pace, pushing aside Columbia (6-11 / 0-3) by 29. Yale (8-12 / 2-1) scored the first 11 points of a 61-48 win over Penn (1-14 / 0-1).

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Friday News:

January 29, 2010 at 9:15 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, MCCC, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Today's Game: Princeton (9-5 / 0-0) vs. Brown (7-12 / 1-1)
Location: Pizzitola Center - Providence, RI
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 91-24.
Last meeting: Princeton 56 Brown 48 - 2/27/09.

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

It has been 23 days since Princeton played a Division I opponent. In those three+ weeks, the Tigers' rankings in the three primary rating systems heading into these games have changed, some more significantly than others. On the left, before Marist. On the right, before Brown.

 
            Then           Now
RPI         138            141
Sagarin     173            160
Pomeroy     184            157

The Providence Journal has a capsule preview of tonight's game. The Brown Daily Herald also discusses this weekend's match-ups.

Yale Bulldogs Examiner and the Yale Daily News talk about this weekend's visit by Penn and Princeton.

The New York Post ranks Princeton's chances of making the NCAA Tournament compared to other area teams.

If you're in Wisconsin and listening to the radio on Saturday morning, Princeton recruit T.J. Bray and Central Catholic coach Dean Bellanti will be on 1250 WSSP.

Yesterday's victory by Oregon State (9-11) over USC felt a lot like the Beavers of a season ago. Calvin Haynes scored 25 points in a 51-45 comeback win.

A bad loss on the road for Denver (13-8), falling 69-57 at UALR after starting the night with a 14-1 lead. The Pioneers, who were second in the nation in team field goal percentage, shot a season low 32.8%.

Mercer (11-11) beat Lackawanna for the first time in nine years, 63-60. Quentin Lofton had a career high 17 points and Uros Kovacevic's twisting layup with two seconds left gave the Vikings their final lead.

Kyle Whelliston from the Mid-Majority slept in The Palestra. That's certainly worth a link.

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Thursday News:

January 28, 2010 at 9:51 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Oregon State, Princeton

Lackawanna vs. Mercer - 7:00 pm ET
Denver vs. UALR - 8:00 pm ET
USC vs. Oregon State - 8:30 pm ET - FSN NW

The Town Topics has a story about the Goucher game.

The Daily Pennsylvanian previews Princeton.

Denver visits Arkansas-Little Rock.

A three game Oregon State home stand begins against USC.

Northfield Mount Herman has posted a short recap of the Princeton JV's win over the Hoggers.

Princeton slipped one spot in the new Schuylkill 16, due in part to one voter placing the Tigers in last place. Weak.

Sports Illustrated has a four page article on Jeremy Lin and Harvard.

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Sunday News:

January 24, 2010 at 10:02 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Today's Game: Goucher (5-11 / 3-3) vs. Princeton (8-5 / 0-0)
Location: Jadwin Gym - Princeton, NJ
Time: 3:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: This is the first meeting between the two teams.
Last meeting: This is the first meeting between the two teams.

Greg Monroe had 21 points, 14 rebounds and six assists as Georgetown (15-3) obliterated Rutgers, 88-63. Head to Hoya Hoops and listen to postgame audio.

Richmond (15-6) won 62-57 at George Washington. Ryan Butler's three point shot with 26 ticks left put the Spiders in front to stay.

Oregon State (8-11) cut a 15 point second half Cal lead down to two in the final 11 seconds, but the Golden Bears held on 65-61.

An impressive result for Denver (13-7), beating South Alabama 71-48. The Pioneers shot 14-28 from three point range.

A career high 22 points from Jeremy Nash pushed Northwestern (14-5) past Illinois, 73-68. The Wildcats trailed by seven with 7:25 to go before going on a game-changing 17-3 run.

Mercer (10-10) picked up a 76-71 win over Dean on Saturday night. Uros Kovacevic led the Vikings with 28 points. Paco Boussougou pulled down 17 rebounds.

The Trenton Times has a brief preview of today's game built around the Tiger freshmen.

Princeton recruit T.J. Bray had 19 for Catholic Memorial in a Classic 8 Conference victory over Kettle Moraine.

Future Tiger Daniel Edwards scored 21 in Highland Park's 50-45 loss to Greenville. The Scots are 11-11 this season.

20 points by Ben Hazel weren't enough to get Good Counsel past St. Mary�s in double overtime.

Tom Noonan scored 19 of his 21 points in the second half of Penn Charter's win over Philadelphia Electrical.

Samford coach Jimmy Tillette, who has picked the brains and playbooks of many a Princeton coach and assistant to perfect his team's offense, suffered a seizure and collapsed on the sidelines yesterday during his team's win over UNC-Greensboro. Here's hoping he's feeling better soon.

Cornell (16-3 / 2-0) completed a season sweep of Columbia (6-10 / 0-2) with a 77-51 blowout of the Lions. Harvard (13-3 / 2-0) went up to Dartmouth (3-12 / 0-2) and pulled out the 62-58 decision.

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Saturday News:

January 23, 2010 at 10:29 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

Rutgers vs. Georgetown - 12:00 pm ET - ESPN+
Richmond vs. George Washington - 2:00 pm ET
Oregon State vs. Cal - 2:00 pm ET - CBS
South Alabama vs. Denver - 6:00 pm ET
Dean vs. MCCC - 6:00 pm ET
Illinois vs. Northwestern - 8:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network

Cornell vs. Columbia - 7:00 pm ET
Harvard vs. Dartmouth - 7:00 pm ET

Did you know that the sister of Princeton senior center Zach Finley is engaged to marry a player on the Drake Bulldogs roster in April? I certainly did not. Good excuse to run the above picture, though.

Want to see how you did on the PAW Princeton basketball quiz? The results have been posted.

Lots of games today, starting with Georgetown welcoming Rutgers to DC at noon. The Associated Press discusses the Hoyas' lack of production from their bench.

The Hoya Paranoia breaks down a Georgetown inbounds play that takes advantage of Chris Wright's speed. Can any former Tigers comment on the similarity between this design and anything Coach Thompson was running at Princeton?

Richmond travels to George Washington.

Oregon State will be at Cal.

South Alabama visits Denver.

Northwestern hosts Illinois at Welsh-Ryan Arena.

Bloomberg reports that the Ivy League wants to "negotiate national television agreements to show football, basketball and possibly lacrosse and soccer games."

Around the Ivy League: Alex Zampier scored 22 points as Yale (7-12 / 1-1) defeated Brown (7-12 / 1-1) in Providence, 71-63.

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Friday News:

January 22, 2010 at 10:09 am
Filed under Basketball, Craig Robinson, Denver, Oregon State, Today's News

Yale vs. Brown - 7:00 pm ET

Oregon State (8-10) was outscored 31-13 in the second half, falling 59-35 at Stanford. Craig Robinson was stunned by his team's lack of effort.

The Denver coaching staff will be wearing trainers on the sidelines against South Alabama as part of the Coaches vs. Cancer Suits and Sneakers awareness weekend.

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Wednesday News:

January 20, 2010 at 10:18 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Georgetown vs. Pitt - 7:00 pm ET - ESPNU
Charlotte vs. Richmond - 7:00 pm ET

La Salle vs. Penn - 7:00 pm ET

Northwestern (13-5) was no match for Ohio State, falling 76-56 in Columbus.

A three game Mercer (9-10) winning streak came to an end with a 65-58 loss at home to Essex. Paco Boussougou had 19 points and 15 boards for the Vikings.

Greg Monroe and Georgetown head to Pitt.

Richmond finishes their homestand against Charlotte.

Princeton recruit T.J. Bray is the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's Athlete of the Week.

Future Tiger Tom Noonan was held to nine points in Penn Charter's loss to Germantown Academy. For those who watch the video connected to this story, Noonan is #33 in blue.

Persistence fosters success for Denver head coach Joe Scott.

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Sunday News:

January 17, 2010 at 8:47 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Richmond, Today's News

Georgetown vs. Villanova - 12:00 pm ET - ESPN+

Michael "Juice" Thompson scored 20 points as Northwestern (13-4) outrebounded #6 Purdue 42-23 and defeated the Boilermakers 72-64.

Richmond (14-5) stayed perfect at home with a 67-64 win over La Salle.

Denver (12-7) was downed by Louisiana-Monroe, 64-53.

Oregon State (8-9) fell at home to Arizona State, 66-57.

Mercer (9-9) evened their record with a 73-65 win over Middlesex. The Vikings got 22 points, 10 assists and seven rebounds from Uros Kovacevic.

Georgetown will be tested at #4 Villanova this afternoon.

Around the Ivy League: Cornell (15-3 / 1-0) kicked off their quest for their a straight conference title with a 74-53 thumping of Columbia (6-9 / 0-1) in Ithaca.

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Saturday News:

January 16, 2010 at 9:33 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Denver vs. Louisiana-Monroe - 2:00 pm ET - FSN Rocky Mountain (tape delay)
MCCC vs. Middlesex - 2:00 pm ET
La Salle vs. Richmond - 4:00 pm ET - CSN
Purdue vs. Northwestern - 5:30 pm ET - Big Ten Network
Arizona State vs. Oregon State - 6:30 pm ET - FSN NW

Columbia vs. Cornell - 4:00 pm ET - Time Warner

Congratulations to the radio voice of Princeton basketball, John Sadak, who was named 2009 Delaware Sportscaster of the Year by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association.

Basketball U. stole a bit of my thunder from what I was planning to write next week with a "Trendspotting" piece on Princeton that looks at the 2009-10 Tigers from a few different statistical perspectives.

Denver travels to Louisiana-Monroe.

Richmond hosts La Salle.

#6 Purdue visits Northwestern.

Oregon State welcomes Arizona State to Corvallis.

Princeton recruit T.J. Bray scored 29, including a tie-breaking three with 80 seconds left as Catholic Memorial won 67-61 at Arrowhead.

Future Tiger Ben Hazel had 20, including five three pointers, in Good Counsel's WCAC victory over St. John's.

Rush The Court checks in on the Ivy League.

Around the Ivy League: Brown (7-11 / 1-0) opened conference play with a win over Yale (6-12 / 0-1) in New Haven, 75-66.

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Friday News:

January 15, 2010 at 10:07 am
Filed under Basketball, David Blatt, Denver, Georgetown, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Brown vs. Yale - 7:00 pm ET

Georgetown (13-2) shot a season high 68.2% from the floor and defeated Seton Hall, 85-73. HoyaHoops has postgame audio from John Thompson III, Chris Wright, Austin Freeman and Jason Clark.

Denver (12-6) nearly dug themselves out of a 21 point second half hole, but ultimately fell to Louisiana-Lafayette, 55-49.

Lathen Wallace hit a three point shot with a second to go gave Oregon State (2-2) a 67-64 win over Arizona.

The Daily Princetonian already has their Goucher preview ready.

Verbally Committed interviews Good Counsel coach Blair Mills about Princeton recruit Ben Hazel (.mp3).

Dave Blatt is taking over as head coach of Greek squad Aris Thessaloniki.

Dartmouth has named Mark Graupe interim men's basketball head coach.

Interesting stuff - The first NCAA mock selection bracket has both Cornell and Harvard in the field of 64. Richmond is also in as an 11 seed.

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Thursday News:

January 14, 2010 at 9:11 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Seton Hall vs. Georgetown - 7:00 pm ET - ESPN
Denver vs. Louisiana-Lafayette - 8:00 pm ET
Arizona vs. Oregon State - 10:00 pm ET

Richmond (13-5) got past UMass in overtime. Darrius Garrett set an Atlantic 10 record with 14 blocked shots for the Spiders!

Wisconsin closed on a 21-8 run to defeat Northwestern (12-4), 60-50. Back-to-back three point shots by Trevon Hughes, each off an offensive rebound, tipped the game in the Badgers' favor.

Looking to avoid a letdown following their stirring comeback over the weekend, Georgetown hosts Seton Hall tonight.

Denver visits Louisiana-Lafayette.

Oregon State welcomes Arizona.

Princeton recruit Ben Hazel scored 17 points as Good Counsel beat McNamara, 55-49

Around the Ivy League: Penn (1-11) gave Temple a decent run before falling 60-45.

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A conversation with Joe Scott.

January 12, 2010 at 10:05 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Video

Produced by the University of Denver Communications Department.

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