Tuesday News:

December 9, 2008 at 12:37 pm
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Princeton, Today's News

Morris vs. MCCC - 7:00 pm ET
Denver vs. Cal State Northridge - 10:00 pm ET

Columbia vs. St. Francis (NY) - 7:00 pm ET
Hartford vs. Brown - 7:00 pm ET

Dan Mavraides is Princeton's rep on the Honor Roll of the latest Ivy Weekly Basketball Awards.

Georgetown (6-1) obliterated Savannah State, 100-38. All 11 Hoyas scored in the decisive victory.

Denver travels to Cal State Northridge tonight.

A piece on Chris Young from his rookie season that originally ran in ESPN: The Magazine is now available on-line.

Princeton can't move up in the only poll that matters, the latest Schuylkill 16.

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Saturday News:

December 6, 2008 at 9:11 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

Today's Game: Princeton (2-3 / 0-0) vs. St. Bonaventure (3-3 / 0-0)
Location: Reilly Center - St. Bonaventure, NY
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Series tied 1-1.
Last meeting: Princeton 59 St. Bonaventure 55 - 12/29/76.

American vs. Georgetown - 1:00 pm ET - MASN
Oregon State vs. Iowa State - 2:00 pm ET - ESPNU
Del Tech vs. MCCC - 3:00 pm ET
DePaul vs. Northwestern - 3:30 pm ET - Big Ten Network
Delaware State vs. Richmond - 7:00 pm ET

Brown vs. New Hampshire - 1:00 pm ET
Harvard vs. Colgate - 2:00 pm ET
Yale vs. Wagner - 2:00 pm ET
Cornell vs. Minnesota - 7:00 pm ET - ESPN360

The Pioneers' Kyle Lewis hit a jumper with 1.9 seconds left as Denver (1-5) won for the first time this season, 67-65 over UT Arlington.

Georgetown welcomes American to the Verizon Center.

Oregon State is in Ames, Iowa for the Pac-10/Big 12 Hardwood Series.

Northwestern hosts DePaul in a crosstown clash.

Richmond faces off against Delaware State at home.

Two reports from Princeton recruits' games: Mack Darrow scored 15 points in Barrington's loss to Schaumburg. Jimmy Sherburne had 11 for Whitefish Bay in a 51-46 Blue Dukes victory over Milwaukee Lutheran.

Around the Ivy League: Penn (1-6) continues to struggle, as Navy walked out of The Palestra with a 76-65 victory over the Quakers.

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Friday News:

December 5, 2008 at 9:26 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, MCCC, Today's News

Denver vs. UT Arlington - 9:00 pm ET - Karl Tyler Chevrolet Grizzly Basketball Classic

Navy vs. Penn - 7:00 pm ET

Denver (0-5) fell 63-44 at Montana. The Pioneers look for their first win tonight against UT Arlington.

Mercer (2-5) defeated Burlington County Community College 67-42. Steven Perry scored 20 points for the victorious Vikings.

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Thursday News:

December 4, 2008 at 10:07 am
Filed under Basketball, Bill Bradley, Denver, Northwestern, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

MCCC vs, Burlington - 7:00 pm ET
Denver vs. Montana - 9:00 pm ET - Karl Tyler Chevrolet Grizzly Basketball Classic

Northwestern (5-1) rewarded head coach Bill Carmody with his 200th career victory, using a 20-2 second half run to defeat Florida State in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge.

Richmond (4-3) could not complete their rally from down 17 points to Old Dominion, falling 65-62 to the Monarchs.

Denver is in Montana for the Grizzly Basketball Classic

Looking for something to do on December 11th? Bill Bradley will be on the Princeton campus to give a lecture titled "Russia: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow."

Around the Ivy League: Brown (3-4) lost their intracity rivalry game against Providence, 86-62. Columbia (3-4) bested Wagner, 84-69. Syracuse pulled away from Cornell (4-4) in the second half, handing the Big Red an 88-78 defeat. Harvard (3-2) fell at home to Boston University, 74-59. A hard-to-figure Yale (2-4) squad trumped Holy Cross 76-66.

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Sunday News:

November 30, 2008 at 10:11 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Oregon State vs. Fresno State - 5:00 pm ET
Georgetown vs. Maryland - 5:30 pm ET - Old Spice Classic - ESPN2
Coppin State vs. Richmond - 7:00 pm ET

Yale vs. Sacred Heart - 4:00 pm ET
Cornell vs. Indiana - 4:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network

Denver (0-4) remained winless, falling 62-54 at Wyoming.

Georgetown and Maryland meet today, 800+ miles from where they should be playing.

Richmond hosts Coppin State tonight.

Oregon State looks for that elusive first win at Fresno State.

A more detailed report on the 27 point game from 2009 recruit Jimmy Sherburne.

Mack Darrow scored 13 points in Barrington's OT loss to Auburn.

A third future Tiger, Gus Gabel put up 26 points in a 60-59 win for Chaparral over Seton Catholic.

Around the Ivy League: Brown (3-3) tripped Eastern Michigan, 53-51. Columbia (2-4) fell in the final minute to Stony Brook, 62-60. Dartmouth (1-4) dropped a 73-60 decision at home to Lehigh. Harvard (3-1) bested Army 66-54. Penn (1-4) lost to Albany, 73-63.

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Saturday News:

November 29, 2008 at 9:22 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Denver vs. Wyoming - 6:00 pm ET - The Mountain

Eastern Michigan vs. Brown - 1:00 pm ET
Army vs. Harvard - 2:00 pm ET
Stony Brook vs. Columbia - 2:00 pm ET
Lehigh vs. Dartmouth - 2:00 pm ET
Penn vs. Albany - 7:00 pm ET

Georgetown (3-1) faded down the stretch against #12 Tennessee, falling 90-78 in an extremely entertaining semi-final of the Old Spice Classic. The Washington Post reports on the game.

Denver looks for its first victory, on the road at Wyoming.

Princeton recruit Jimmy Sherburne scored 27 points in a Whitefish Bay victory.

Future Tiger Mack Darrow had 16 points in Barrington's loss to Boylan.

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Thanksgiving News:

November 27, 2008 at 10:15 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

Wichita State vs. Georgetown - 2:30 pm ET - Old Spice Classic - ESPN2

In addition to our recap, just two official game stories from last night: goprincetontigers.com and fordhamsports.com

Richmond (3-2) lost to Bradley 80-66 in the final day of the O'Reilly Auto Parts CBE Classic.

Northwestern (3-1) was trumped by four at Butler,

Denver (0-3) dropped their home opener in overtime to Northern Colorado, 71-66.

Oregon State (0-4) saw a 15 point second half lead disappear in a 82-79 loss to Montana State in overtime.

Georgetown kicks off Old Spice Classic action this afternoon against Wichita State.

Around the Ivy League: Brown (2-3) powered past Army, 80-73.

Have a happy Thanksgiving! It was so nice to see/meet many of you at Fordham last night.

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Wednesday News:

November 26, 2008 at 9:34 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

Today's Game: Princeton (1-2 / 0-0) vs. Fordham (0-3 / 0-0)
Location: Rose Hill Gym - Bronx, NY
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 16-11.
Last meeting: Princeton 57 Fordham 53 (OT) - 1/7/89.

Richmond vs. Bradley - 5:00 pm ET - O'Reilly Auto Parts CBE Classic
Northwestern vs. Butler - 7:00 pm ET - horizonleaguenetwork.tv
Northern Colorado vs. Denver - 9:00 pm ET - FSN Rocky Mountain
Montana State vs. Oregon State - 11:00 pm ET

Army vs. Brown - 7:00 pm ET

The Daily Princetonian and the Trentonian preview tonight's game.

I neglected to mention that Doug Davis made the Honor Roll of the latest Ivy Weekly Basketball Awards.

Princeton recruit Jimmy Sherburne was named to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's "Terrific 25."

In their second of three consecutive games, Richmond (3-1) defeated UMKC, 85-74.

Undefeated Northwestern plays at undefeated Butler tonight.

Denver opens at home versus Northern Colorado.

Oregon State looks for their first win of the season against Montana State.

Around the Ivy League: Cornell (4-2) defeated Eastern Michigan, 67-54. It was Coach Steve Donahue's 100th career victory. Columbia (2-3) fell at home to Albany, 66-49. Behind 30 points from Jeremy Lin, Harvard (2-1) triumphed over Holy Cross, 69-59. Dartmouth (1-3) picked up their first win of the season, 68-63 over Furman. Penn (1-3) could not overcome a game-opening 22-4 run and lost 85-73 to Penn State.

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Sunday News:

November 23, 2008 at 9:27 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Today's News

Today's Game: Princeton (0-2 / 0-0) vs. Army (1-2 / 0-0)
Location: Christl Arena - West Point, NY
Time: 2:30 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 22-12.
Last meeting: Army 53 Princeton 52 - 12/29/79 - Rainbow Classic.

Craig Moore hit eight of his school record nine three pointers in the first half as Northwestern (3-0) beat Brown (1-3) in Providence, 73-64.

Georgetown (2-0) defeated Drexel 81-53 behind 20 points from freshman Greg Monroe.

Lamar got the best of Denver (0-2) by the score of 61-48.

Nevada pulled away from Oregon State (0-2) in the final three minutes, topping the Beavers 79-71.

While Princeton already has a 2009 recruiting class that is large in size and high on height, one that is only going to get greater in number (more on that tease soon), here's the story of a 6'10" Canadian who has received interest from Gonzaga and the Tigers.

Comcast has announced that they will shut down CN8 by the end of the year. No word on what this means for the broadcast of Princeton's season finale at Penn.

Around the Ivy League: Colorado rallied past Harvard (1-1) in the second half, 70-59. A shorthanded Cornell (2-2) fell 74-56 at Siena. Dartmouth (0-3) dropped their home opener to Colgate, 65-60. Penn (1-2) picked up their first win of the season, 83-62 over Monmouth. Columbia (2-2) lost the championship game of the Columbia Classic, 66-52 to UMBC.

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Saturday News:

November 22, 2008 at 9:49 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Today's News

Drexel vs. Georgetown - 1:00 pm ET
MCCC vs. Harcum - 3:00 pm ET
Northwestern vs. Brown - 7:00 pm ET
Denver vs. Lamar - 8:00 pm ET
Oregon State vs. Nevada - 10:00 pm ET

Harvard vs. Colorado - 4:00 pm ET
Colgate vs. Dartmouth - 7:00 pm ET
Monmouth vs. Penn - 7:00 pm ET
Cornell vs. Siena - 7:00 pm ET
UMBC vs. Columbia - 8:00 pm ET - Columbia Classic

Georgetown kicks off today's action, hosting Drexel this afternoon.

Northwestern is in Rhode Island, paying a return visit to Brown. The Wildcats are looking to start their season 3-0 for the first time in 15 years.

A second straight road game to open the year for Denver. The Pioneers travel to Lamar.

Oregon State plays at Nevada, starting a stretch of four games in eight days.

On Sunday, Konrad Wysocki and the Deutsche Bank Skyliners play Wysocki's brother's team, the New York Phantoms Braunschweig.

Around the Ivy League: Columbia (2-1) advanced to the finals of the Columbia Classic with a 70-54 win over Bryant. Yale (0-3) dropped their first game in Oregon, 77-58 at Portland.

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Sunday News:

November 16, 2008 at 9:48 am
Filed under Basketball, Chris Young, Denver, Northwestern, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

Central Arkansas vs. Northwestern - 2:00 pm ET - bigtennetwork.com
FIT vs. MCCC - 2:00 pm ET

Columbia vs. Seton Hall - 1:00 pm ET

Richmond (1-0) defeated Randolph Macon 81-57.

Denver (0-1) lost their 32nd straight road game. The Pioneers were up on Northern Iowa by one with 4:22 left, eventually falling 61-56 in Cedar Falls.

Northwestern tips off their season against Central Arkansas this afternoon. The Wildcats are in position to increase their win total this year, according to the Daily Herald.

Sports Illustrated's Luke Winn has conducted a fascinating "Hoops Ideology Report", polling 301 of the 341 Division I college basketball programs. 5.3% of respondents say they are running some version of "the Princeton offense." Can you name them all before you click on the above link? No peaking.

Chris Young can't believe Trevor Hoffman will most likely not be a Padres next year. Young was one of several San Diego players who participated in the Adrian Gonzalez-Jim Stone Extravaganza golf tournament, raising money for the South Bay Family YMCA.

Around the Ivy League: Penn (0-1) lost by 15 at top-ranked North Carolina. Darmouth (0-1) was dropped by Army, 63-48.

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Saturday News:

November 15, 2008 at 9:21 am
Filed under Basketball, Craig Robinson, Denver, Oregon State, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

Denver vs. Northern Iowa - 1:00 pm ET
CCRI vs. MCCC - 2:00 pm ET
Randolph-Macon vs. Richmond - 8:00 pm ET

Dartmouth vs. Army - 4:00 pm ET
Penn vs. North Carolina - 4:00 pm ET

Reports on last night's Central Michigan game are available on goprincetontigers.com, in the Trentonian, in the Trenton Times, from the Associated Press and on cmuchippewas.com.

SportsProf was impressed by Doug Davis' Princeton debut.

Denver begins their season today at Northern Iowa. The Pioneers signed three new recruits earlier this week.

Chris Mooney and Richmond start their slate tonight against the visiting Randolph-Macon.

Oregon State (0-1) lost their season-opener at Howard 47-45. The Oregonian has a good piece on both the on-court action and the atmosphere in the gym. There is a longer story on Beavers coach Craig Robinson's visit to DC in today's Washington Post.

Around the Ivy League: Brown (0-1) lost by two at Rhode Island. Columbia (1-0) won on Fordham's floor, 65-62. Cornell (1-0) opened at home with a 79-69 win over South Dakota, Ryan Wittman leading the way with 25 points. Stanford slowly pulled away from Yale (0-1) at a sold out John J. Lee Amphitheater, 75-67.

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