Tuesday News:

November 16, 2010 at 9:53 am
Filed under Basketball, Georgetown, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Brown vs. Rhode Island - 7:00 pm ET
New Hampshire vs. Dartmouth - 7:00 pm ET

Dan Mavraides made the Honor Roll of the latest Ivy Men's Basketball Weekly Release.

Austin Freeman and Georgetown (2-0) took care of Tulane, 69-53. Hoya center Julian Vaughan missed the game with an undisclosed illness. His status going forward is unknown.

With a boost from freshman guard Cedrick Lindsay, homestanding Richmond blasted William & Mary by 24.

Oregon State received a National Letter of Intent from Senegalese forward Daniel Gomis.

Your latest Desmond Hubert update: ZagsBlog says the Toms River (NJ) center who is down to Maryland, Wake Forest and Princeton is looking to wait until the spring to sign. Given that he is supposedly taking his official visit to Princeton after the current signing period ends on Wednesday, that can't be a bad thing for the Tigers.

Around the Ivy League: Columbia (1-1) got in the win column with a 108-74 beatdown of Maryland Eastern Shore. The Lions shot 63.3% from the floor. Yale (0-2) fell in the final minute at Providence, 58-55.

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Monday News:

November 15, 2010 at 8:53 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Geoff Petrie, Georgetown, Oregon State, Richmond, Today's News

Tulane vs. Georgetown - 7:00 pm ET - espn3.com
William & Mary vs. Richmond - 7:00 pm ET

Yale vs. Providence - 7:00 pm ET
Maryland-Eastern Shore vs. Columbia - 7:00 pm ET

Read about the Tigers' first loss of the season on goprincetontigers.com, courtesy of the Associated Press, in the Wilmington Star News, in the Charlotte Observer and on goduke.com.

The differing tones in the headlines from the two schools' athletic departments is amusing.

Duke: No. 1 Duke Routs Princeton, 97-60, in Season Opener

Princeton: No. 1 Duke Deals Men's Basketball's First Defeat

The Daily Princetonian writes about the Tigers' weekend split.

The Daily Targum has more on Rutgers' loss at Jadwin.

CollegeHoopsNet has a Q&A with Geoff Petrie.

Using an unexpected transition offense to their advantage, Oregon State (1-0) opened play with a 71-56 win against UT-Arlington.

Denver (0-3) dropped their third straight at the BTI Invitational, 65-54 to North Dakota State.

Georgetown opens their home slate versus Tulane.

Richmond hosts William & Mary tonight.

Around the Ivy League: Cornell (1-1) lost 92-68 at Seton Hall.

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Saturday News:

November 13, 2010 at 9:40 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Northwestern, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

MCCC vs. Cecil C.C. - 3:00 pm ET
Denver vs. Oregon - 11:30 pm ET - BTI Invitational

Harvard vs. George Mason - 4:00 pm ET
Davidson vs. Penn - 7:00 pm ET
Dartmouth vs. Providence - 7:00 pm ET
Yale vs. Quinnipiac - 8:00 pm ET - Connecticut 6 Classic

Tons of stories about last night's season opener available. Read about the game on goprincetontigers.com, in the Trentonian, in the Star Ledger, in the Asbury Park Press, in the Epoch Times, on Scarlet Nation, on Hoops Haven and on scarletknights.com.

Behind 54 points from their three starting guards, Georgetown (1-0) closed on a 21-10 run to beat Old Dominion by three.

Hoya freshman Moses Ayegba was suspended by the NCAA for the first nine games of the season.

It was an easier opener for Richmond (1-0), who rolled The Citadel by a 79-37 final.

John Shurna tied his career high with 31 points as Northwestern (1-0) used a big second half to defeat Northern Illinois, 97-78.

Tied at 37, UC Santa Barbara pulled away from Denver (0-1) in the second half of their BTI Invitational pairing.

The Schuylkill 16 is back for a third season! Princeton is voted the region's sixth-best team in the first poll.

Around the Ivy League: Cornell (1-0) defeated Albany 65-61 in head coach Bill Courteny's first game. Columbia (0-1) played well but faded late at La Salle. Brown (1-0) opened their year with a 69-65 win at Fordham.

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Friday News:

November 12, 2010 at 9:17 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Mason Rocca, Northwestern, Pete Hegseth, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

Today's Game: Rutgers (0-0 / 0-0) vs. Princeton (0-0 / 0-0)
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 72-44.
Last meeting: Rutgers 58 Princeton 44 - 12/3/09.

Team stats are from last season.

Player stats include returning players only.

Georgetown vs. Old Dominion - 7:00 pm ET - Comcast SportsNet Plus
The Citadel vs. Richmond - 7:00 pm ET
Denver vs. UC Santa Barbara - 7:30 pm ET - BTI Invitational
Northwestern vs. Northern Illinois - 9:00 pm ET - bigtennetwork.com

Columbia vs. La Salle - 7:00 pm ET
Cornell vs. Albany - 7:30 pm ET
Brown vs. Fordham - 8:00 pm ET

Previews of tonight's game can be found in the Trentonian, the Star Ledger, the Princeton Packet and the Daily Princetonian.

I don't think any of these pieces have correctly guessed the Tigers' starting lineup.

The 14-Game Tournament has great analysis as to why Princeton will trump Harvard for this season's Ivy crown.

The Home News Tribune says this could be the last season for Rutgers/Princeton. Didn't they run the same article last year? There's also a game preview and three keys to victory as part of their coverage.

Former Princeton guard Pete Hegseth wrote an essay for Veteran's Day.

The Washington Post discusses how a guard-heavy Georgetown squad means the Hoyas are no longer "Big Man U."

One of the toughest non-conference schedules in Division I starts with a season-opening trip to Old Dominion for Georgetown.

Floor general Michael "Juice" Thompson and Northwestern begin on the road at Northern Illinois.

Richmond hosts The Citadel.

UC Santa Barbara and Denver open up day one of the BTI Invitational in Eugene, Oregon.

Mason Rocca scored three points off the bench as A.J. Milano won a Group D Euroleague match against Power Electronics Valencia.

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Thursday News:

November 11, 2010 at 10:06 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Northwestern, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

The Town Topics has filed a story on Princeton's media day.

There's a profile of Tiger head coach Sydney Johnson in today's Daily Princetonian.

Northwestern's Bill Carmody is "thrilled" about the three recruits who signed their Letters of Intent yesterday.

Denver is preparing to start their season with three games in three days.

I'd imagine Joe Scott is quite pleased that the Pioneers will join the WAC beginning in 2012-13. The repeated road trips to the southeast from Colorado as a member of the Sun Belt had to be grueling.

Richmond tips off their season against The Citadel tomorrow night.

Today's Desmond Hubert update: Dick "Hoops" Weiss reports the New Egypt (NJ) center has narrowed his choices to Maryland, Wake Forest and the Tigers. He'll make a visit to the Princeton campus on November 20th.

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Friday News:

November 5, 2010 at 10:16 am
Filed under Baseball, Basketball, Northwestern, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News, Will Venable

The Trentonian has more from Princeton's Media Day, including a spotlight on Douglas Davis.

Rush The Court has been ranking all of the D-I college basketball teams on Twitter. Princeton comes in as number 87, tops in the Ivies.

The Sports Network previews the Ivy League.

Northwestern won their exhibition over Robert Morris (IL) by 20.

Will Venable is part of a group of MLB players pitching to special needs children in a fundraiser for the Miracle League of San Diego on November 13th.

Richmond's Kevin Anderson is one of 30 finalists for the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award.

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YouTube potpourri XI.

November 1, 2010 at 9:41 pm
Filed under Basketball, Northwestern, Pete Carril, Richmond, Sean Gregory, Video

The latest collection of videos from various corners of the Princeton basketball family. Bill Carmody speaks at Northwestern's Midnight Madness event above.

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Wednesday News:

October 27, 2010 at 9:34 am
Filed under Basketball, Bill Bradley, Georgetown, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

The 2010-11 Ivy League Men's Basketball Preseason Media Teleconference will be held later this morning. At that time this year's Ivy Media Poll will be announced. Full coverage of both to follow.

Did you know former Princeton player Tim vanBlommesteyn is running as an independent candidate for Congress in New Hampshire?

Sticking with politics, Bill Bradley has weighed in on the Governor's race in Oregon, where former Yale standout Chris Dudley has the Republican nomination.

Richmond trumped Cal, Wake Forest and NC State for a recruit.

In the Sun Belt Conference's annual preseason coaches' poll, Denver was projected to finish third in the SBC West.

The full 2010-11 Georgetown media guide is available on-line.

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Friday News:

October 22, 2010 at 8:56 am
Filed under Basketball, Mason Rocca, Oregon State, Richmond, Today's News

Richmond was projected to finish third in the Atlantic 10 by the conference's coaches and media.

In Euroleague Group D play, Mason Rocca scored 10 points as Armani Jeans Milano upset CSKA Moscow in Russia.

The Oregonian reports from Thursday's Oregon State practice at Gill Coliseum, one that even a fire alarm couldn't stop.

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YouTube potpourri X.

October 20, 2010 at 9:53 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Judson Wallace, Richmond, Video

Another collection of videos from various corners of the Princeton basketball family. A collection of interviews and footage out of Richmond's first practices this season is posted above.

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2010-11 schedules.

October 19, 2010 at 11:04 pm
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Richmond

Hours of painful data entry behind me, I've completed the 2010-11 electronic calendars for each of the "Carril Cradle" teams. You can download any or all of the following to sync with your computer/PDA.

Each basketball schedule will be updated whenever a tip time changes or new TV information is revealed. These links will work best with iCal but are importable into Google Calendar.

If you notice any errors with games/dates/times/locations, please let me know.

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Saturday News:

October 16, 2010 at 10:14 am
Filed under Basketball, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Last year Princeton's controlled preseason scrimmages were against two opponents now on this season's schedule - Towson and Siena. Curious to know who the Tigers will face behind closed doors at Jadwin this month? Unless Princeton has posted an erroneous listing, I've uncovered the answer.

Georgetown held its annual Midnight Madness event at McDonough Arena last night with special live guest Wale. A 2012 big man, one of numerous prospects on-hand, verbally committed to join John Thompson III's program before the night was over.

The previous afternoon was Media Day for the Hoyas. The Washington Post and the Hoya have reports.

Georgetown will head to Hawaii in 2011 for an expanded Maui Invitational. Chaminade is hosting Duke, Kansas, Memphis, Michigan, Tennessee and UCLA in a stacked tournament.

John Templon from Chicago College Basketball stopped by Northwestern's early evening scrimmage at SPAC.

Oregon State also has a report from their first full team practice of 2010-11.

Richmond coach Chris Mooney was named one of Style Weekly's Top 40 Under 40 2010.

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