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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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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Wednesday News:

December 16, 2009 at 10:00 am
Filed under Basketball, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

Today's Game: Monmouth (3-7 / 0-1) vs. Princeton (4-4 / 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 9-4.
Last meeting: Monmouth 59 Princeton 50 - 12/30/07.

Richmond vs. South Carolina - 7:00 pm ET - SportSouth
Oregon State vs. UIC - 8:00 pm ET
North Florida vs. Northwestern - 9:00 pm ET - ESPNU

The Asbury Park Press previews tonight's matchup.

Northwestern looks for their seventh straight win tonight against North Florida.

Oregon State is also in Chicagoland, playing at UIC.

Richmond travels to South Carolina.

Hey, it's the latest Schuylkill 16. I had Princeton in ninth place on my ballot and it appears a number of others did so as well.

Dana O'Neil at espn.com has an excellent piece about the firing of Glen Miller.

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Tuesday News:

December 15, 2009 at 9:50 am
Filed under Basketball, Georgetown, Northwestern, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

Ian Hummer was named Rookie of the Week in the latest Ivy Weekly Men's Basketball Report.

A career high 35 points and eight three pointers versus North Carolina A&T earned Northwestern freshman Drew Crawford the title Big Ten Player of the Week.

More accolades! Georgetown big man Greg Monroe was rewarded as Big East Player of the Week.

Andy Glockner has a piece on the Sports Illustrated web site about Coach Mooney and Richmond.

From the vault, here's a article on Sydney Johnson and his brother that ran in the Baltimore Sun after Princeton defeated UCLA in 1996.

TigerBlog offers his? their? its? a take on Jerome Allen coaching against Sydney Johnson.

If you're curious, read the official Penn press release about Glen Miller's dismissal.

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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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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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ODU/Richmond highlights.

December 3, 2009 at 11:58 pm
Filed under Basketball, Richmond, Video

The Spiders improve to 7-1 on the season.

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Thursday News:

December 3, 2009 at 9:34 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Northwestern, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

Today's Game: Princeton (2-3 / 0-0) vs. Rutgers (3-2 / 0-0)
Location: Louis Brown Athletic Center - Piscataway, NJ
Time: 7:30 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 72-43.
Last meeting: Rutgers 49 Princeton 44 - 12/10/08.

Lehigh vs. Columbia - 7:00 pm ET

The Home News Tribune previews tonight's game, implying that it might be the last Princeton/Rutgers game for a while. Here's text of the full interview with Sydney Johnson that Jerry Carino conducted for his piece.

Richmond (7-1) stayed perfect at home with a 67-60 win over ODU.

Denver (5-1) downed Lamar, 62-55.

Andy Katz writes that Northwestern isn't dead yet.

The Trenton Times reviews Kathy Orton's "Outside The Limelight."

Time for this week's Schuylkill 16. Princeton is in 11th place on this list of area teams.

Around the Ivy League: Cornell (6-2) got 28 points and 18 boards from Jeff Foote, survived a three point shot at the end of regulation and defeated Bucknell 104-98 in overtime. Michael Sands' dunk with two seconds left provided Yale (3-5) with their margin of victory in a 48-46 decision at Hartford. Harvard (6-1) is off to their best start in 25 years, running past Rice, 85-64. Behind 19 points from Robby Pride, Brown (4-5) surrendered the last eight points of regulation and lost to Holy Cross in OT by six.

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Wednesday News:

December 2, 2009 at 9:36 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Judson Wallace, Northwestern, Richmond, Today's News

Old Dominion vs. Richmond - 7:00 pm ET
Lamar vs. Denver - 9:00 pm ET

Holy Cross vs. Brown - 7:00 pm ET
Cornell vs. Bucknell - 7:00 pm ET
Yale vs. Hartford - 7:00 pm ET
Rice vs. Harvard - 8:00 pm ET

Awesome jubilant running around? Judson Wallace is blogging again.

Northwestern (6-1) defeated NC State in Raleigh, 65-53.

Lamar visits Denver tonight.

Richmond welcomes Old Dominion to the Robins Center.

Around the Ivy League: Dartmouth (1-5) lost to Vermont, 63-58.

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Richmond/Missouri highlights.

November 29, 2009 at 11:09 am
Filed under Basketball, Richmond, Video

The Spiders take the South Padre Island Invitational title.

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