That Was The Week That Was (Exhausting).

February 22, 2009 at 8:11 pm
Filed under Audio, Basketball, MCCC, Pete Carril, Photos, Princeton, Richmond, Video

There has been such a ridiculous amount of new content on the site in the last 10 days that I wanted to do a summary post at the end of this stretch so that all of the interesting audio, video and text we've offered doesn't go unlooked.

Eight games in nine days - recaps, postgame audio and box scores:

Friday, February 13 - Princeton at Yale

Saturday, February 14 - Princeton at Brown

Monday, February 16 - Mercer C.C. at Princeton JV

Tuesday, February 17 - Penn at Princeton

Wednesday, February 18 - Richmond at La Salle

Friday, February 20 - Harvard at Princeton

Saturday, February 21 - Manor at Mercer C.C.

Saturday, February 21 - Dartmouth at Princeton

Action photos from all three Princeton home games:

Penn/Princeton (Stephen Goldsmith)

Harvard/Princeton (Tim Pitts)

Dartmouth/Princeton (Stephen Goldsmith)

Comprehensive coverage of the "Carril Court" events:

Pete Carril press conference audio

Halftime ceremony photos

Reception photos

Plus...

Weekly Sydney Johnson interview audio

...and those are just the highlights!

No games from now until Friday, but the regular schedule of daily links and other finds will be offered here each and every day.

Jon Solomon
princetonbasketball.com

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Sunday News:

February 22, 2009 at 9:52 am
Filed under Basketball, Craig Robinson, Denver, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Pete Carril, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Northwestern vs. Minnesota - 7:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network

In addition to our recap, there are pieces concerning last night's loss to Dartmouth on goprincetontigers.com, in the Trentonian and the Trenton Times and on dartmouthsports.com.

SportsProf shares some of his favorite Pete Carril tales.

In addition to their game story, the Trentonian has a separate story about the naming of Carril Court.

A day late, but the Trenton Times piece about the Harvard game has shown up on-line.

Marquette pulled away late from Georgetown (14-11). The Hoyas need to win their final four regular season games to finish at .500 in Big East play.

Strong guard play helped Richmond (14-13) win its third straight, 65-58 over Charlotte.

The nightmare is over! For the first time in 44 tries, Denver (13-14) tasted victory on the road. The Pioneers beat Arkansas State by 20.

Oregon State (13-13) shot an unreal 70.8% from the floor in the second half, defeating Cal, 65-54. Oregon Live thinks Craig Robinson has sewn up the Pac-10 Coach of the Year award.

Northwestern visits Minnesota tonight.

Princeton recruit Mack Darrow had 14 points and nine boards, but Barrington lost for the 21st time this season.

Around the Ivy League: Cornell (18-8 / 8-2) demolished Brown (7-17 / 1-9), 85-45. Yale (11-13 / 6-4) came back from nine down with 14 minutes to play, picking up a 57-49 win over Columbia (11-13 / 6-4). Harvard (11-13 / 3-7) won at Penn (8-15 / 4-5) for the first time since 1991, defeating the Quakers 66-60.

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Saturday News:

February 21, 2009 at 10:38 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Pete Carril, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Today's Game: Dartmouth (7-16 / 5-4) vs. Princeton (10-11 / 5-3)
Location: Jadwin Gym - Princeton, NJ
Time: 6:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 136-60.
Last meeting: Princeton 59 Dartmouth 54 - 1/30/09.

Manor vs. Mercer - 1:00 pm ET - Region XIX Playoffs
Marquette vs. Georgetown - 2:00 pm ET - ESPN
Cal vs. Oregon State - 5:00 pm ET - FSN NW
Charlotte vs. Richmond - 6:00 pm ET - CBS College Sports
Denver vs. Arkansas State - 8:00 pm ET

Harvard vs. Penn - 6:00 pm ET - CN8
Cornell vs. Brown - 7:00 pm ET
Columbia vs. Yale - 7:00 pm ET - YES

In addition to our recap, read about last night's squeaker on goprincetontigers.com in the Trentonian and on gocrimson.com.

TigerBlog honors tonight's celebrant, Pete Carril.

The Trentonian also talked with Coach Carril and Coach Johnson.

Saturday's festivities are a sad reminder of the death of Lorin Maurer nine days ago. Maurer was in charge of organizing the naming of Carril Court.

Mercer hosts Manor in a Region XIX playoff game this afternoon. Anyone besides me doing the Mercer/Princeton doubleheader?

On the same day they honor the 1984 National Champion Hoyas, this year's Georgetown squad hosts #10 Marquette.

Oregon State welcomes Cal to Corvallis for Senior Day.

A home date with Charlotte awaits Richmond.

Looking for that elusive road win, Denver visits Arkansas State.

The new Northwestern Athletic Director says Bill Carmody's job is safe, but that a lot of work still remains.

Princeton recruit Will Barrett was 3-15 from the field as Central Bucks South fell to Pennsbury in the District One Class AAAA quarterfinals.

Around the Ivy League: Yale (10-13 / 5-4) knocked off first place Cornell (17-8 / 7-2), 72-60. Columbia (11-12 / 6-3) won its third straight, a 70-57 win at Brown (7-16 / 1-8). Dartmouth (7-16 / 5-4) swept their season series with Penn (8-14 / 4-4) for the first time in 50 years, victorious at the Palestra by 10.

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Thursday News:

February 19, 2009 at 11:05 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Pete Carril, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Louisiana-Lafayette vs. Denver - 9:00 pm ET - FSN Rocky Mountain
Stanford vs. Oregon State - 10:00 pm ET

John Shurna's three point shot with three seconds to go gave Northwestern (14-10) a much-needed 72-69 win over Ohio State. Shurna was on an IV before the game, recovering from the flu. Highlights are above.

Princeton Alumni Weekly writes about the naming of Carril Court. Did you know there are 10 Princeton alums who played for Carril that currently coach professional or D-I college teams? Name them all in the comments and I'll send you a prize. (No peaking at the link first.)

Princeton recruit Brendan Connolly is on a tear, following up his 30 point night with 38 as Father Ryan stunned host Ensworth by two in the DII East/Middle championship game.

Richmond (13-13) bested La Salle by nine. The Explorers were baffled by the Spiders' smothering defense.

Georgetown (14-10) blew out South Florida, 65-40. It was the Hoyas' first road victory in Big East play since the conference opener at UConn.

Denver hosts Louisiana-Lafayette.

Oregon State welcomes Stanford to Corvallis.

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Richmond 62 La Salle 53.

February 18, 2009 at 9:23 pm
Filed under 08-09, Audio, Basketball, Richmond

Box Score

Postgame audio - Coach Chris Mooney:

Postgame audio - Jarhon Giddings & Kevin Anderson:

Despite giving up 26 offensive boards, the Richmond Spiders (13-13) picked up their fifth win in Atlantic 10 play on Tuesday night, defeating La Salle 62-53. Sophmore guard Kevin Anderson had a career-best 28 on a variety of silken mid-range jumpers.

It was my long-overdue first opportunity to see Richmond play in person since former Princeton standout Chris Mooney had taken the program’s reins in 2005.

La Salle (14-11) was coming off a win over Big 5 rival St. Joe’s on Valentine’s Day and Richmond had lost five of their previous six, but watching the two teams’ body language as the game unfolded, you would have thought that the Spiders were the team entering Tuesday’s contest with momentum.

Richmond opened the game on a 14-4 run, and survived a strong La Salle push to start the second half before answering with a decisive 15-2 tear to retake control.

“I was very pleased with how we played,” said Mooney after the win. “Kevin Anderson was tremendous throughout the game. Coming in I thought if we got killed on the offensive backboard, we would have a long night and we did get killed on the offensive backboard, but we were able to survive it.”

The inability to grab rebounds was the Spiders’ biggest flaw. La Salle had more offensive boards (15) than Richmond had total rebounds (13) in the first half.

By switching defenses repeatedly, La Salle was never able to find their comfort level on offense. I was impressed that the Spiders went to a spread 2-3 zone when La Salle’s begoggled big man Vernon Goodridge was on the bench. The zone would have allowed Goodridge to thrive in the center of the paint, so Mooney saved this D only for times when Goodridge was off the floor.

It was interesting to hear Mooney talk about the way he thought about his different zones and how they could be effective against La Salle’s personnel. The Explorers were 2-14 from outside against Richmond, 1-10 in the second half, which allowed Mooney to adjust the defense further.

“They didn’t shoot the ball well from three,” Mooney recognized. “When any team is playing defense, but especially us, if [our opponent] is not shooting well, if we can take that extra step off of their guy, that is a big step. All of a sudden you’re not giving up as much penetration, you’re not giving up as much creativity because you’re able to cut that offensive player off.”

Their creativity sapped, La Salle had just two options – crash the boards and continue to force jumpers on the perimeter. The Explorers shot 6-32 in the first half (18.8%) and 28.1% for the game.

Some of Richmond’s offensive sets would be familiar to Princeton fans. There were multiple dribble handoffs and bounce passes to the elbow that started cutters in motion, but Richmond used passes from the wing diagonal to the top on the key to set up drives and pull-up jumpers for Anderson in a way I don’t believe the Tigers utilize.

La Salle scored 10 straight out of the break to erase a five point deficit before Kevin Smith banked one home inside at the 14:49 mark, starting the Richmond response.

While the Spiders also struggled from the three point line (2-12), Richmond’s leading scorer, David Gonzalvez was on target from the top of the arc as Richmond went back in front 41-38 on their first three of the night. Gonzalvez finished with a season-low five points.

Jahron Giddings’ dunk follow, one of 12 offensive boards for Richmond, made it a nine point lead and Ryan Butler - a former Princeton target who has grown to 6’7” since opting for the Spiders - took the lead to 10 with a triple from dead on with 3:33 left, icing the game.

“I thought our aggressiveness increased or improved during the course of the second half,” Mooney said. While the Spiders allowed another 11 offensive boards after intermission, they outrebounded La Salle 19-18 in the second half.

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Wednesday News:

February 18, 2009 at 11:15 am
Filed under Basketball, Georgetown, Northwestern, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Video

Richmond vs. LaSalle - 7:00 pm ET
Georgetown vs. South Florida - 7:00 pm ET - MASN
Ohio State vs. Northwestern - 9:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network

In addition to our recap, there are pieces about Princeton's overtime battle versus Penn on goprincetontigers.com in the Daily Princetonian, the Trentonian, the Trenton Times, the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Daily News, the Philadelphia Bulletin, the Daily Pennsylvanian and on pennathletics.com.

A footnote to last night's game that I did not include in my notes: Zach Finley's 15 rebounds were the most by a Princeton player since Mason Rocca grabbed 18 in the 1999 NIT game against Georgetown.

Soft Pretzel Logic provides their perspective on last night's Penn/Princeton tilt and has an excellent photo essay from all corners of Jadwin Gym.

In addition to their game story, the Daily Princetonian also ran a profile on Douglas Davis.

Significant news on and off the court for two Princeton recruits - Brendan Connolly scored 30 points and grabbed 10 rebounds as Father Ryan advanced to the DII Region finals. Connolly was named MVP of the DII Middle/East Region and was also announced as one of three finalists for Tennessee Division II-AA Mr. Basketball.

Will Barrett had 20 for Central Bucks South, who advanced to the PA State Tournament with a 51-44 win over Glen Mills. Perhaps most significantly, Barrett acknowledged that he has been accepted to Princeton.

Georgetown hopes to just "relax and play" at South Florida tonight.

Richmond visits LaSalle. So will princetonbasketball.com, and we'll have coverage of the game on the site later this evening.

Northwestern welcomes Ohio State to Evanston.

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Sunday News:

February 15, 2009 at 10:27 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

Michigan vs. Northwestern - 3:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network

In addition to our recap, there are pieces on Princeton's unexpected loss to Brown on goprincetontigers.com in the Providence Journal and on brownbears.com.

Georgetown (13-10) made an incredible comeback to force overtime, but could not finish off Syracuse.

Richmond (12-13) also had an impressive rally, but lost by six at Dayton.

Oregon State (11-13) surprised Washington State, 54-52. The Beavers used a 16-0 run to turn around a 12 point second half deficit.

Denver (11-14) knocked off New Orleans, 59-49.

Mercer (12-13) was crushed at Del Tech, 60-32.

Northwestern hosts Michigan.

Around the Ivy League: Cornell (17-7 / 7-1) escaped Dartmouth (6-16 / 4-4) in double overtime. Matt Bulger's basket with four seconds remaining gave Columbia (10-12 / 5-3) the one point win over Harvard (10-12 / 2-6). Penn (7-13 / 3-3) won over Yale (9-13 / 4-4) in New Haven, 68-63.

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Saturday News:

February 14, 2009 at 9:15 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Today's Game: Princeton (9-9 / 4-1) vs. Brown (6-15 / 0-7)
Location: Pizzitola Sports Center - Providence, RI
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 91-23.
Last meeting: Brown 64 Princeton 57 - 2/29/08.

Georgetown vs. Syracuse - 12:00 pm ET - ESPN
MCCC vs. Del Tech - 3:00 pm ET
New Orleans vs. Denver - 6:00 pm ET
Richmond vs. Dayton - 7:00 pm ET - MASN
Oregon State vs. Washington State - 7:00 pm ET - FSN NW

Dartmouth vs. Cornell - 7:00 pm ET
Harvard vs. Columbia - 7:00 pm ET
Penn vs. Yale - 7:00 pm ET

In addition to our recap, there are pieces about the Princeton loss to Yale on goprincetontigers.com in the New Haven Register and on yalebulldogs.com.

Still looking for the right chemistry after 22 games, Georgetown has a high noon showdown with Syracuse.

New Orleans visits Denver.

Oregon State heads to Washington State.

Dayton will be a tough road test for Richmond.

Princeton recruit Will Barrett had a huge individual performance as Central Bucks South won their school's first playoff game.

Ian Hummer was no slouch either, with 16 points and 15 rebounds as Gonzaga won over McNamara, 61-55.

Around the Ivy League: Cornell (16-7 / 6-1) set a school record with 31 assists in a 96-75 win over Harvard (10-11 / 2-5). Columbia (9-12 / 4-3) pulled away from Dartmouth (6-15 / 4-3) in the second half of a 65-52 victory. Penn (6-13 / 2-3) defeated Brown (6-15 / 0-7), 73-52.

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Thursday News:

February 12, 2009 at 11:13 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Denver vs. Florida Atlantic - 7:00 pm ET
Mercer vs. Morris - 7:00 pm ET
Illinois vs. Northwestern - 9:00 pm ET - ESPN2
Oregon State vs. Washington - 11:00 pm ET - FSN NW

The Town Topics story on last weekend's Princeton games is up.

Today's Jadwin Gym at 40 story comes from the Daily Princetonian.

Princeton recruit Jimmy Sherburne scored 24 points as Whitefish Bay defeated Germantown 67-57.

Richmond (12-12) got back in the win column, 71-67 over Duquesne. The Spiders rallied from a 15 point first half deficit.

Northwestern hosts in-state rival Illinois. It is the only regular season meeting between the two schools.

#24 Washington is the latest destination for Oregon State. The Beavers are earning respect in the Pac-10.

Denver tries to end their 42 game road losing streak at Florida Atlantic.

The Ivy League has named Robin Harris the Executive Director of the Council of Ivy Group Presidents, effective July 1. Harris replaces the retiring Jeff Orleans.

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Wednesday News:

February 11, 2009 at 9:48 am
Filed under Basketball, Chris Young, MCCC, Pete Carril, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News, Will Venable

Duquesne vs. Richmond - 7:00 pm ET

Princeton coach Sydney Johnson is interviewed by The Quad, the New York Times' college basketball blog.

Pete Carril wasn't at the ceremony last night to induct he and Gary Walters into the Berks Basketball Hall of Fame, but his presence was still felt.

The remarkably wonky Trenton Times web site finally spit out the article on Saturday night's Columbia/Princeton game.

In a surprise to no one, Will Venable and Chris Young are both on the San Diego Padres' spring training roster. Young reports to Arizona on Friday, Venable on Monday.

Mercer (12-12) fell by three at home to Burlington.

Losers of four straight in conference play, Richmond hosts Duquesne.

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Sunday News:

February 8, 2009 at 10:10 am
Filed under Basketball, Craig Robinson, Denver, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Pete Carril, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

St. Louis vs. Richmond - 2:00 pm ET

In addition to our recap, there are pieces on Princeton's victory over Columbia on goprincetontigers.com and on gocolumbialions.com. Stories from the local newspapers are not on-line. A link to the Trentonian story can be found in the comments below.

Congratulations to Princeton recruit Will Barrett (above), who is one of 1,500 national nominees for McDonald’s All-American status.

Pete Carril and Gary Walters will both be inducted into the Berks Basketball Hall of Fame on Tuesday night.

Georgetown (13-9) fell to Cincinnati in overtime. The Hoyas had one field goal in the final 12 minutes of play.

Northwestern (13-8) was up one with a minute to go at Iowa, but Devan Bawinkel hit a three pointer to give the Hawkeyes their final lead. To make the Wildcats' loss slightly more painful, Jeff Peterson scored 16 to pace the home team.

Oregon State (10-11) lost a low-scoring game to perhaps their toughest conference matchup, #23 Arizona State.

Beavers head coach Craig Robinson is a presenter at tonight's 57th annual Oregon Sports Awards.

Mercer (12-11) lost 74-64 at Harcum.

Denver (10-13) dropped a nine point decision at UALR, 66-57.

Richmond goes for the season sweep against St. Louis this afternoon.

Around the Ivy League: Jeremy Lin made a free throw with no time left, as Harvard (10-10 / 2-4) rallied to defeat Brown (6-14 / 0-6) by one. Cornell (15-7 / 5-1) got back on track with an 88-73 win over Penn (5-13 / 1-3). Don't look now, but Dartmouth (6-14 / 4-2) has won three straight. The Big Green bested Yale (8-13 / 2-3) in Hanover, 57-54.

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Thursday News:

February 5, 2009 at 9:09 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

MCCC vs. Brookdale - 6:00 pm ET
Arizona vs. Oregon State - 8:30 pm ET - FSN NW
Middle Tennessee vs. Denver - 9:00 pm ET

Northwestern (13-7) stepped out of conference for a 75-63 victory over Chicago State.

UMass held off Richmond (11-11) in Amherst, 80-71.

The Town Topics reviews Princeton's games at Dartmouth and Harvard.

Future Tiger Mack Darrow scored 13 in Barrington's loss to South Elgin.

Denver hosts Middle Tennessee.

Oregon State welcomes Arizona to Gill Coliseum.

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