Sunday News:

January 18, 2009 at 8:54 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Minnesota vs. Northwestern - 2:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network

Georgetown (12-4) fell 76-67 at Duke. Dad, if you're reading this, here's Exhibit A of why I don't want you yelling at officials from behind the bench!

St. Bonaventure outscored Richmond (9-8) 11-0 over the final three minutes of their 71-67 victory over the Spiders.

Oregon State (6-10) was no match for Washington in the second half. The Huskies pulled away from the pack for the 85-59 decision.

How many close games can one team lose? Denver dropped another one possession game, 59-57 at FIU.

Craig Moore and Northwestern host Minnesota this afternoon.

Good news? Princeton recruit Mack Darrow scored 22 points and grabbed 9 rebounds for Barrington. Bad news? The rest of his team scored a total of 17 in a 53-39 loss to Conant in the High School Hoops Showdown.

Around the Ivy League: Penn (4-8) became the latest Ancient 8 team to beat still-winless NJIT, sending the Highlanders to their 51st straight loss, 59-40. Dartmouth (2-13) fell for the eighth straight time, 68-59 to New Hampshire. Cornell (11-6 / 1-0) began the defense of its conference crown with a 71-59 win at Columbia (5-10 / 0-1).

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Saturday News:

January 17, 2009 at 9:47 am
Filed under Basketball, Craig Robinson, Denver, Georgetown, MCCC, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Georgetown vs. Duke - 1:30 pm ET - CBS
Manor vs. MCCC - 3:00 pm ET
St. Bonaventure vs. Richmond - 7:00 pm ET
Denver vs. FIU - 7:30 pm ET
Washington vs. Oregon State - 10:00 pm ET - FSN NW

Penn vs. NJIT - 2:00 pm ET
New Hampshire vs. Dartmouth - 7:00 pm ET
Cornell vs. Columbia - 7:00 pm ET

The Seattle Times has the latest profile of Craig Robinson.

Alex Wolff wrote a feature called "The Audacity of Hoops" about President-elect Obama for this week's Sports Illustrated.

Princeton recruit Will Barrett scored 16 and grabbed nine rebounds as Central Bucks South won its 10th straight.

The game of the afternoon may be Georgetown at Duke.

Richmond hosts St. Bonaventure.

Oregon State welcomes Washington to Corvallis tonight.

Denver plays at Florida International.

Around the Ivy League: Yale (6-9 / 1-0) won its fourth straight, 70-62 over Brown (6-9 / 0-1).

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Friday News:

January 16, 2009 at 8:39 am
Filed under Basketball, Craig Robinson, Denver, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Scott Greenman, Today's News, Video

Yale vs. Brown - 7:00 pm ET

What a rough night.

First there was the Northwestern (8-6) game. The Wildcats had a 13 point halftime lead against Purdue and an 11 point lead with under eight minutes remaining. That advantage was incrementally widdled away as Northwestern habitually split their trips to the foul line. The Boilermakers won 63-61 on two free throws with two seconds left. Argh.

As that contest was finishing, Oregon State (6-9) was going to overtime versus Washington State, despite not trailing in the second half. The Beavers would fall 61-57.

Not to be outdone, Denver (7-10) could not hold a 21 point halftime lead at North Texas, as the Mean Green rallied for a 69-62 win. It tied the largest comeback in North Texas history.

The Ivy League has announced that starting in 2010 there will be conference tournaments for men's and women's lacrosse. These four team playoffs will determine the automatic NCAA tournament bid for each sport. Can basketball be far behind?

Craig Robinson is the subject of a feature by Chuck Klosterman in the new issue of Esquire.

John Thompson III will attend Tuesday's swearing-in ceremony, even if he has to walk there from Georgetown.

Princeton recruit Gus Gabel and two teammates are interviewed by the Arizona Republic.

A pair of Daily Princetonian articles - part two of their history of Princeton basketball and a preview of the Tigers' next three games.

Scott Greenman's dad is also an assistant coach, and he's quoted in a Press of Atlantic City story about high school assistants.

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Thursday News:

January 15, 2009 at 9:43 am
Filed under Basketball, Craig Robinson, Denver, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Purdue vs. Northwestern - 7:00 pm ET - ESPN2
Middlesex vs. MCCC - 7:00 pm ET
Denver vs. North Texas - 8:00 pm ET
Washington State vs. Oregon State - 9:00 pm ET - FSN

DaJuan Summers and Georgetown (12-3) beat Syracuse from pillar to post, 88-74.

Richmond (9-7) went to Virginia Tech and probably wishes they hadn't in retrospect, shooting just 31.1% from the field in a 62-48 loss.

Mercer beat Ocean earlier this week to raise their record to .500. The Vikings' game at Brookdale has been rescheduled for February 5th.

In the wake of Gonzaga's victory over Bishop McNamara, here are some videos of Ian Hummer - dunking on a backdoor cut and answering some questions after the game.

Princeton recruit Will Barrett scored 21 in a 52-49 Central Bucks South win over Central Bucks East.

Winless in Big 10 play, Northwestern hosts #19 Purdue tonight.

Denver is on the road at North Texas.

Oregon State welcomes Washington State to Corvallis. Beavers head coach Craig Robinson will take some time away from his team after this weekend's games to attend the inauguration.

Around the Ivy League: Penn (3-8) was humbled by former coach Fran Dunphy and Temple, 78-53.

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Wednesday News - Results.

January 14, 2009 at 8:36 pm
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Oregon State, Richmond, Today's News

...and with this post, I believe you're caught up on everything that happened while the site was on vacation.

Georgetown (11-3) came from behind to beat Providence, 82-75. Freshman Greg Monroe finished with 13 points, 11 rebounds, eight assists, five steals and two blocks for the Hoyas.

Richmond (9-6) started Atlantic 10 play with a 60-48 win at George Washington.

Craig Robinson was ejected at the end of a 64-47 Oregon State (6-8) loss at Arizona.

Denver (7-9) rallied past Louisiana-Monroe, 58-47.

Around the Ivy League: Columbia (5-9) kept NJIT winless, 73-50. A third straight victory for Yale (5-9), 71-63 over Hartford. Brown (6-8) beat Bryant 69-56, two days before Cornell (10-6) did the same, 69-46. Conference play began on Saturday with Harvard (9-6 / 1-0) pulling one out in the final seconds at Dartmouth (2-11 / 0-1). The Big Green's 60-52 loss to Stony Brook was their seventh straight.

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Friday News:

January 9, 2009 at 11:11 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Mason Rocca, Oregon State, Princeton, Today's News

NJIT vs. Columbia - 7:00 pm ET

Mason Rocca scored 14 points in Armani Jeans Milano's 70-61 Euroliga victory over Real Madrid.

The Daily Princetonian has three pieces of note today - an article on the Lehigh game, the first half of a two-parter on the history of Princeton basketball and a Q&A with oft-injured senior forward Michael Strittmatter which contains the following excerpt:

Q: Most embarrassing song on your iPod?

A: A rap-diss by Jason Briggs ’09 and Noah Savage ’08 about me from freshman year.

Woah. Can anyone send me this, even if it is just for my own "enjoyment"...?

Oregon State (6-7) was overmatched against Arizona State, suffering through an 11 minute scoreless stretch that spanned the end of the first half and the start of the second half.

Denver (6-9) lost another close one, 75-73 against Arkansas State in overtime.

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Thursday News:

January 8, 2009 at 10:00 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Arkansas State vs. Denver - 9:00 pm ET
Oregon State vs. Arizona State - 10:30 pm ET - FSN

In addition to our recap, write-ups of last night's win can be found on goprincetontigers.com, in the Trentonian, the Trenton Times and the Express-Times and on lehighsports.com.

The Town Topics has a story on the UNC Greensboro game.

Northwestern (8-5) was no match for Wisconsin.

Denver hosts Arkansas State tonight.

Oregon State plays at Arizona State this evening. Former Sun Devils recruit Jared Cunningham will instead join the Beavers, saying their win over USC fortified his decision.

Around the Ivy League: Three days after they beat top-ranked North Carolina on the road, Boston College returned home to face Harvard (8-6). The Crimson shocked the #17 Golden Eagles, the first win over a ranked team in school history. Soft Pretzel Logic has more on the 82-70 upset. Yale (4-9) kept NJIT winless, 80-51.

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Sunday News:

January 4, 2009 at 10:01 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Pete Carril, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

USC vs. Oregon State - 5:30 pm ET

In addition to our recap, write-ups of yesterday's win can be found on goprincetontigers.com, in the Trentonian, in the Trenton Times and on UNCG Basketball Fan and uncgspartans.com.

Dick Vitale is thrilled Pete Carril will have the floor at Jadwin named after him.

Princeton recruit Ian Hummer impressed with 16 points and nine rebounds in Gonzaga's victory over Baltimore St. Frances Academy in the Cancer Research Basketball Classic.

Georgetown (10-2) was topped by Pitt, 70-54. The Panthers outrebounded the Hoyas 46-21.

Richmond (8-6) steamed Rice, 74-43.

Mercer (6-7) won 59-35 over Salem. Antoine Rogers scored 14 for the victorious Vikings.

Denver (6-8) fell 63-62 in double overtime to Louisiana-Lafayette.

Northwestern (8-4) was outscored by 12 in the second half of a 77-66 loss to Michigan State.

Oregon State hosts USC this afternoon.

Around the Ivy League: Cornell (8-6) made a school record 18 three pointers in a 99-45 drubbing of Ursinus. Yale (3-9) had their way with MIT, 86-63. Army defeated Dartmouth (2-10) for the second time this season.

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Saturday News:

January 3, 2009 at 9:48 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

Today's Game: UNC Greensboro (1-9 / 0-2) vs. Princeton (2-8 / 0-0)
Location: Jadwin Gym - Princeton, NJ
Time: 12:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: ESPNU
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.

Pitt vs. Georgetown - 12:00 pm ET - ESPN
Rice vs. Richmond - 12:00 pm ET
Mercer vs. Salem - 2:00 pm ET
Denver vs. Louisiana-Lafayette - 6:00 pm ET - Cox
Michigan State vs. Northwestern - 7:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network

Ursinus vs. Cornell - 3:00 pm ET
Army vs. Dartmouth - 7:00 pm ET
MIT vs. Yale - 7:00 pm ET

The Trentonian previews today's game at Jadwin.

Oregon State (5-6) could not hang with UCLA.

Greg Monroe and Georgetown host Pitt in a battle of top 10 teams.

Denver visits Louisiana-Lafayette.

Michigan State travels to Northwestern for the Wildcats' Big Ten home opener.

Richmond welcomes Rice to the Robins Center.

Around the Ivy League: Brown (5-7) fell at American, 68-53. Bryant picked up its first home win as a D-I team, 69-58 over Yale (2-9). Columbia (4-8) could not stop Lehigh, as the Mountain Hawks rallied for the 73-59 victory. Harvard (7-6) topped Santa Clara, 73-68.

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Friday News:

January 2, 2009 at 10:45 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Oregon State, Recruiting

UCLA vs. Oregon State - 10:30 pm ET - FSN NW

Bryant vs. Yale - 4:00 pm ET
Santa Clara vs. Harvard - 7:00 pm ET
Columbia vs. Lehigh - 7:00 pm ET
Brown vs. American - 7:30 pm ET

Denver (6-7) dropped a two point decision at New Orleans.

Oregon State hosts #9 UCLA in the Pac-10 opener for both schools.

While there are no plans for him to play this season, forward Hollis Thompson will enroll at Georgetown for the 2009 spring semester instead of waiting to come to campus in the fall.

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New Year's Day News:

January 1, 2009 at 11:23 am
Filed under Baseball, Basketball, Denver, Northwestern, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News, Will Venable

Denver vs New Orleans - 3:30 pm ET

Happy New Year!

Will Venable hopes to be the Padres' everyday center fielder in 2009.

Northwestern (8-3) had an 11 point second half lead and was controlling yesterday's game at Penn State. Then Big Ten leading scorer Talor Battle got hot, going off for 19 second half points as the Nittany Lions held off the Wildcats, 61-57.

Richmond (7-6) was up seven with three minutes to play, but VMI rallied for the 73-70 victory.

Winners of five straight at home, Denver looks to end a 36 game road losing streak at New Orleans.

Princeton's next opponent, UNC Greensboro, lost 75-53 to Akron yesterday afternoon. The Spartans are 1-9 heading into Saturday's game at Jadwin Gym.

Around the Ivy League: Cornell (7-6) outgunned Quinnipiac, 73-70. Harvard (6-6) fell 67-54 at William & Mary.

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Monday News:

December 29, 2008 at 8:27 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Oregon State, Richmond, Today's News

Georgetown vs. UConn - 7:00 pm ET - ESPN2
Seattle vs. Oregon State - 10:00 pm ET

Quinnipiac vs. Brown - 1:00 pm ET
Sacred Heart vs. Columbia - 7:00 pm ET
Boston University vs. Cornell - 7:00 pm ET
Penn vs. Central Florida - 7:00 pm ET - UCF Holiday Classic

Richmond (7-5) held off UNC Willmington, 76-69.

Denver (6-6) won its fifth straight, 52-46 over UC Riverside.

DaJuan Summers and Georgetown start Big East play at #2 Connecticut.

Oregon State welcomes Seattle to Corvallis.

Around the Ivy League: Yale (2-7) nearly completed an 18 point rally at Alabama, but the Crimson Tide held on 66-63. Dartmouth (2-8) dropped the consolation game of the Golden Bear Classic, 63-41 versus Air Force. Harvard (6-5) bedeviled Daniel Webster, 94-51.

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