Christmas Eve News:

December 24, 2009 at 10:42 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

No games today and tomorrow. May you and yours have a happy and healthy holiday season. We'll be back on Monday, if not sooner.

Chris Wright cut up Harvard for a career best 34 points as Georgetown (9-1) defeated the Crimson, 86-70.

Oregon State (6-5) recorded the program's 1600th victory, a 73-65 decision over Fresno State.

Princeton recruit Tom Noonan scored 21 in Penn Charter's 71-44 win against FitzSimons.

The Denver Post shares a memorable story about Pioneer guard Nate Rohnert.

princetonbasketball.com editor Jon Solomon hosts his annual 24-Hour Hoiday Radio Show on WPRB starting tonight at 6:00 pm ET. If you missed it, here's audio of his appearance on NPR's The Takeaway earlier in the week.

Around the Ivy League: Quinnipiac outscored Columbia (5-5) by 16 in the second half of a 63-51 Bobcats victory.

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Wednesday News:

December 23, 2009 at 10:42 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News, Will Venable

Harvard vs. Georgetown - 12:00 pm ET
Fresno State vs. Oregon State - 8:30 pm ET - FSN NW

Columbia vs. Quinnipiac - 7:00 pm ET

The Princeton athletic department has named Will Venable the school's #5 male athlete of the decade.

Richmond (9-3) beat UNC Greensboro by 26.

John Shurna scored a career best 29 as Northwestern (10-1) defeated Central Connecticut State, 74-54.

An incredible late second half Denver (9-3) comeback concluded with Andrew Hooper's final second three point shot, a basket that gave the Pioneers an 84-83 win over Seattle.

Georgetown and Harvard meet at noon today. Hoya forward Nikita Mescheriakov won't be suiting up, as he has announced he will transfer at the end of the semester.

Oregon State looks to move above .500 versus Fresno State.

There's a piece on Princeton's win over Monmouth in the latest Town Topics.

Tiger recruit Daniel Edwards has led Highland Park in scoring each of the last six games. Yesterday Edwards had 12 as the Scots lost to Everman, 53-42.

Princeton remains in ninth place in the latest Schuylkill 16.

Around the Ivy League: Colgate won its first game of the season, a 19 point triumph at Dartmouth (2-9).

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Tuesday News:

December 22, 2009 at 9:52 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

UNC Greensboro vs. Richmond - 12:00 pm ET
Central Connecticut State vs. Northwestern - 8:00 pm ET - bigtennetwork.com
Seattle vs. Denver - 9:30 pm ET - FSN Rocky Mountain

Colgate vs. Dartmouth - 7:00 pm ET

Douglas Davis represents Princeton yet again in the most recent Ivy League Weekly Basketball Report.

An afternoon tilt is in store for Richmond and UNC Greensboro.

Northwestern hosts Central Connecticut State tonight.

Seattle visits Denver.

It has been a roller coaster ride this season for Oregon State.

Around the Ivy League: Cornell (9-2) won the Holiday Festival, defeating St. John's by five. It was the Big Red's first win over a Big East foe since the conference was formed. Providence pulled away from Yale (4-7) in the last nine minutes, beating the Bulldogs 87-78.

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Sunday News:

December 20, 2009 at 10:37 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Cornell vs. Davidson - 12:00 pm ET - Holiday Festival - MSG
Dartmouth vs. New Hampshire - 3:30 pm ET

Today's Princeton/Maine game has been postponed.

John Shurna scored 22 points and Michael "Juice" Thompson hit a big three point shot with 1:23 left as Northwestern (9-1) defeated Stanford, 70-62.

Georgetown (8-1) was upset by Old Dominion, 61-57.

Richmond (8-3) beat a Top 25 team for the third straight season, beating Florida in the Orange Bowl Classic, 56-53.

Shooting 70.5% from the field, Denver (8-3) blew out Louisiana-Monroe by 22.

Oregon State (5-5) picked up a 76-62 win over Mississippi Valley State.

Princeton recruit T.J. Bray had 12 points in Catholic Memorial's Classic 8 Conference victory over Waukesha North.

Future Tiger Chris Clement scored 16 for Round Rock Stony Point in a nine point loss to Cedar Park Vista Ridge.

Here's a WZBN highlight package from the Monmouth/Princeton game.

Today, the archive has pulled up a game recap from Princeton's two point victory over Drexel in the 1997 Chase ECAC Holiday Festival.

Rush The Court checks in on the Ivy League.

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Saturday News:

December 19, 2009 at 9:25 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, MCCC, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Stanford vs. Northwestern - 2:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network
Louisiana-Monroe vs. Denver - 6:00 pm ET
Richmond vs. Florida - 6:30 pm ET - Orange Bowl Classic - Sun Sports
Old Dominion vs. Georgetown - 7:00 pm ET - MASN
Mississippi Valley State vs. Oregon State - 10:00 pm ET

FIT gave Mercer (5-8) fits on Thursday. The Vikings fell 83-75 despite 19 points and 14 rebounds from Paco Boussougou.

Northwestern hosts Stanford at Welsh-Ryan Arena.

Looking for the best start of the John Thompson III era, #11 Georgetown welcomes Old Dominion.

Richmond and #13 Florida square off in the Orange Bowl Classic.

Mississippi Valley State visits Oregon State.

Denver is home for UL-M.

Princeton recruit Tom Noonan scored 19 in Penn Charter's 55-43 loss to The Hill School.

USA Today has a mid-December team-by-team update on the Ivy League.

The archive has pulled up a 1996 New York Times piece about Bill Carmody written before the start of his first season as a head coach.

If there are any weather updates for tomorrow's Princeton/Maine game, we'll be sure to post them on our Twitter feed.

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Friday News:

December 18, 2009 at 9:16 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Northwestern, Princeton, Today's News

Denver (7-3) kicked off conference play with a six point win over Florida International.

The Daily Princetonian previews the Tigers' slate over winter break.

There's an article about the Monmouth game in the Princeton Packet.

The John Thompson III Foundation will hold a book drive before Saturday's game at McDonough Arena.

Chicago College Basketball has a great statistical analysis of Northwestern.

Around the Ivy League: Dartmouth (2-7) lost to Lehigh, 66-58.

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Thursday News:

December 17, 2009 at 10:00 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

Florida International vs. Denver - 9:00 pm ET - FSN Rocky Mountain

Dartmouth vs. Lehigh - 7:00 pm ET

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's modest victory versus Monmouth on goprincetontigers.com, in the Daily Princetonian, in the Trentonian, in the Asbury Park Press and on gomuhawks.com.

Pawel Buczak is also profiled in today's Daily Princetonian.

Here's a TigerBlog piece about nine memorable days in March 1996.

Jake Miller of the Dispatch enjoyed watching Princeton play at UNC Greensboro.

Northwestern (8-1) romped over North Florida, 84-54. It was the Wildcats' seventh straight victory.

A late 15-0 run by South Carolina got the Gamecocks past Richmond (7-3), 76-58.

Oregon State (4-5) turned the ball over three times in the last 22 seconds and fell in the final moments at UIC.

Isiah Thomas and Florida International visit Denver tonight.

Pioneer coach Joe Scott was a recent guest on 1510 AM The Score.

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Sunday News:

December 13, 2009 at 10:11 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Today's Game: Princeton (3-4 / 0-0) vs. UNC Greensboro (2-5 / 1-1)
Location: Greensboro Coliseum - Greensboro, NC
Time: 1:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 1-0.
Last meeting: Princeton 65 UNC Greensboro 55 - 1/3/09.

North Carolina A&T vs. Northwestern - 5:00 pm ET - bigtennetwork.com

Lyndon State vs. Dartmouth - 7:00 pm ET

UNCG Basketball Fan previews this afternoon's game.

An impressive win for Georgetown (8-0), starting the second half on a 21-2 run and dispatching #17 Washington with surprising ease. The Hoyas swept their back-to-back games against Top 25 foes, growing up in the process.

Bragging rights in Virginia's capitol went to VCU, who defeated Richmond (7-2) at the Farm Bureau Insurance Black & Blue Classic, 65-57.

Denver (6-3) lost by 10 at Portland.

Mental mistakes plagued Oregon State (4-4) in a 50-44 defeat at Nebraska.

Mercer (5-7) beat Burlington 66-65 in overtime. Quincy Hendryx had the game-winner with sixteen seconds left in the extra frame.

Princeton recruit Tom Noonan scored 19 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in Penn Charter's victory over Del-Val Charter.

Enthusiastic announcer Gus Johnson writes about the Princeton/UCLA game in the book "Being There: 100 Sports Pros Talk About the Best Sporting Events They Ever Witnessed Firsthand."

Northwestern returns to action after their exam break, taking on North Carolina A&T.

Around the Ivy League: Penn (0-7) continued to struggle, losing by five at Monmouth. Columbia (5-4) defeated a different winless squad, besting Bryant, 69-57. Army picked up its fourth win over its fourth Ivy opponent this season, defeating Dartmouth (1-6) in Hanover, 59-46.

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Saturday News:

December 12, 2009 at 10:04 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Georgetown vs. Washington - 2:00 pm ET - Wooden Classic - FSN
MCCC vs. Burlington - 3:00 pm ET
Denver vs. Portland - 4:00 pm ET
Richmond vs. VCU - 7:30 pm ET - Black & Blue Classic
Oregon State vs. Nebraska - 8:00 pm ET - FSN Midwest

Columbia vs. Bryant - 1:00 pm ET
Army vs. Dartmouth - 7:00 pm ET
Penn vs. Monmouth - 7:00 pm ET

#15 Georgetown and #17 Washington play in the opening game of this afternoon's Wooden Classic.

The annual city rivalry game between Richmond and VCU is tonight.

Oregon State plays at Nebraska.

A tough road test awaits Denver when they visit Portland.

Princeton recruit Tom Noonan had 12 of Penn Charter's 29 points in a 15 point loss to St. Joseph's Prep.

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Wednesday News:

December 9, 2009 at 10:08 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Harvard vs. Boston College - 7:00 pm ET
Bryant vs. Yale - 7:30 pm ET

Greg Monroe was dominant inside as Georgetown (7-0) built a big lead and defeated Butler by seven.

Denver (6-2) never trailed in their 89-82 win over Cal State Northridge.

A glowing profile of Princeton recruit T.J. Bray recently ran in the Waukesha Freeman.

Future Tiger Tom Noonan was named the 41st best upperclassman in the Philadelphia Region by Suburban One Sports.

The Princeton Packet reports on the Tigers' win over Lafayette.

Around the Ivy League: Penn (0-6) continues to struggle, unable to beat Albany at home. Columbia (4-4) made 60.7% of their shots in a 102-91 sprint past Wagner.

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Tuesday News:

December 8, 2009 at 9:53 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Princeton, Today's News

Georgetown vs. Butler - 7:00 pm ET - Jimmy V Classic - ESPN
Morris vs. MCCC - 7:00 pm ET
Cal State Northridge vs. Denver - 9:00 pm ET

Columbia vs. Wagner - 7:00 pm ET
Albany vs. Penn - 7:00 pm ET

Georgetown and Butler meet at Madison Square Garden tonight in the first half of the Jimmy V Classic doubleheader. I'll be on press row with Twitter reports during the game and player/coach audio available afterwards.

Denver hosts Cal State Northridge at Magness Arena.

Pioneers coach Joe Scott talks to the Denver Post about going to school with future first lady Michelle Obama.

Northwestern freshman guard Drew Crawford has entered the blogging world.

To the surprise of no one, Douglas Davis represents Princeton on the Ivy Weekly Men's Basketball Report.

The Frederick News Post reports on the Frederick/Mercer game at the Verizon Center.

Around the Ivy League: Vermont scored the game's last 10 points and beat Yale (3-6) in New Haven. 72-60. Brown (4-7) lost their cross-town meeting with Providence College, 78-62.

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Sunday News:

December 6, 2009 at 10:10 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Today's Game: Lafayette (4-4 / 0-0) vs. Princeton (2-4 / 0-0)
Location: Jadwin Gym - Princeton, NJ
Time: 5:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 43-18.
Last meeting: Lafayette 54 Princeton 53 - 12/10/08.

Cal State Bakersfield vs. Oregon State - 5:00 pm ET

Harvard vs. UConn - 1:00 pm ET - SNY
St. Joe's vs. Cornell - 2:00 pm ET

Georgetown (6-0) stayed undefeated, easily handling American, 73-46.

Despite four players in double figures, Denver (5-2) fell at Colorado State by five.

Oregon State hosts Cal State Bakersfield this afternoon.

A big game for Princeton recruit T.J. Bray, who hit seven three pointers and had 34 points for Catholic Memorial in a 59-44 win over Hamilton.

Rush The Court checks in on the Ivy League.

Around the Ivy League: Brown (4-6) was destroyed by 38 at Minnesota. Columbia (3-4) lost at Stony Brook, 63-60.

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