Monday News:

February 6, 2012 at 9:48 am
Filed under Brian Earl, Fairfield, Northwestern, Princeton, Today's News

There is a new Brian Earl diary entry available. Kudos for the "Real Genius" reference!

Monday traditionally belongs to the student papers this time of year. The Daily Princetonian, the Brown Daily Herald and the Yale Daily News offer differing viewpoints on last weekend's games.

John Shurna had a great second half and it was Northwestern (14-8) with the last laugh in a 74-70 win at Illinois.

Behind 23 points from Rakim Sanders, an earlier road loss to Siena was avenged at home by Fairfield, 64-56. The Stags have won three straight.

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Super Bowl Sunday News:

February 5, 2012 at 10:38 am
Filed under Denver, Fairfield, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Richmond, Today's News, Video

Northwestern vs. Illinois - 3:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network
Siena vs. Fairfield - 3:30 pm ET - SNY

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's loss at Yale on goprincetontigers.com, in the New Haven Register and on yalebulldogs.com.

Chris Udofia scored a career high 27 as Denver (17-7) knocked off Middle Tennessee, 75-60.

It was Georgetown (18-4) by 30 over South Florida. The Hoyas forced nine straight turnovers during one stretch. Hoya Hoops has the postgame audio and Hoya Prospectus crunches the numbers.

Oregon State (15-8) won 76-58 at Utah.

Duquesne downed Richmond (12-12) by nine.

For your pre-Super Bowl entertainment, Northwestern plays at Illinois and Fairfield hosts Siena. Both games will be televised.

Around the Ivy League: Harvard (20-2 / 6-0) held on for a 57-52 win over Columbia (13-9 / 2-4). Penn (12-10 / 4-1) rolled by Brown (7-16 / 1-5) in a 65-48 final. Cornell (8-12 / 3-3) picked up their first road triumph of the season, leading wire to wire versus Dartmouth (4-18 / 0-6).

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Friday News:

February 3, 2012 at 8:28 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, Northwestern, Oregon State, Today's News

Today's Game: Princeton (10-9 / 1-2) vs. Brown (7-14 / 1-3)
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 94-26.
Last meeting: Brown 75 Princeton 65 - 2/19/11

Ivy Hoops Online previews tonight's game.

The New Haven Register looks at Yale's weekend.

With his team shorthanded, Dan Mavraides stepped up for Aris Thessaloniki, scoring 18 points as the Yellows grabbed a Eurocup win over ASVEL Basket. You can watch the full game here.

Princeton recruit Mike Washington, Jr. had 14 for Oak Harbor in their final outing of the regular season.

Here's the Princeton Packet story on Monday's game.

Northwestern (13-8) made 10 first half three pointers and defeated Nebraska, 84-74.

It was a heartbreaker on the road for Denver (16-7), falling by one in overtime at the buzzer to Louisiana-Lafayette on a controversial foul call.

Colorado blew out Oregon State (14-8) by 22.

Fairfield hosts Niagara this evening.

The Tigers are 10th in the latest Big Apple Buckets power poll. For the record, I had Princeton ranked 11th.

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Thursday News:

February 2, 2012 at 9:38 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Nebraska vs. Northwestern - 7:00 pm ET - ESPN2
Denver vs. Louisiana-Lafayette - 8:00 pm ET
Oregon State vs. Colorado - 9:00 pm ET

Hollis Thompson broke out of a short shooting slump with 18 points as Georgetown (17-4) locked down UConn, 58-44. Hoya Prospectus runs the numbers.

St. Joe's defeated Richmond (12-11) by 10.

The Town Topics reviews Princeton's loss at Penn.

A high-scoring senior point guard from New Jersey continues to list Princeton among the eight schools showing interest in him.

Northwestern hosts Nebraska tonight.

Louisiana-Lafayette is where Denver will travel.

Oregon State plays at Colorado.

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Sunday News:

January 29, 2012 at 9:48 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Marist vs. Fairfield - 1:00 pm ET
Oregon State vs. Oregon - 6:30 pm ET - FSN

Not a good day for the members of the "Carril Cradle."

Georgetown (16-4) trailed the entire way in a 72-60 loss at Pitt.

Robbie Hummel's leaning baseline jumper with eight seconds left gave Purdue the two point win over Northwestern (12-8).

Richmond (12-10) fell 62-47 at St. Bonaventure.

Arkansas-Little Rock knocked off Denver (16-6) by seven.

Mercer (4-16) lost a 61-60 heartbreaker to Salem.

Princeton recruit Hans Brase scored 11 in The Hill School's overtime defeat against Academy of the New Church.

Round one of the Civil War sees Oregon State play at Oregon.

Fairfield hosts Marist.

Look for the return of Know! Your! Foe! tonight.

Around the Ivy League: Harvard (18-2 / 4-0) won its sixth straight, 68-59 over Brown (7-14 / 1-3). Yale (13-5 / 3-1) defeated Dartmouth (4-16 / 0-4) in New Haven, 62-52. Cornell (7-11 / 2-2) split their season series with Columbia (12-8 / 1-3) by a 65-60 final.

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Saturday News:

January 28, 2012 at 9:58 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, Georgetown, Northwestern, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Salem vs. MCCC - 2:00 pm ET
Georgetown vs. Pitt - 4:00 pm ET - ESPN
Purdue vs. Northwestern - 4:00 pm ET - ESPN2
Richmond vs. St. Bonaventure - 7:00 pm ET
Denver vs. UALR - 8:00 pm ET

Harvard vs. Brown - 6:00 pm ET
Dartmouth vs. Yale - 7:00 pm ET
Columbia vs. Cornell - 7:00 pm ET

Princeton recruit Steven Cook scored 15 in New Trier's victory versus Glenbrook South. Cook talked with the Winnetka Current about his decision to commit early.

Future Tiger Mike Washington, Jr. had the game-winning bucket with six seconds to play as Oak Harbor eked one out over Meadowdale.

Fairfield (10-10) could not completely climb out of a 19 point hole versus Iona, falling 71-62. Head coach Sydney Johnson doesn't see much separation between the two teams, except one makes plays down the stretch.

Georgetown hits the road at Pitt.

Purdue visits Northwestern. It was then-Wildcats assistant Mitch Henderson who left the door open for junior Reggie Hearn to walk on with the Wildcats.

Richmond heads to St. Bonaventure.

Arkansas-Litte Rock is a destination for Denver.

Around the Ivy League: Harvard (17-2 / 3-0) sent a statement with a 65-35 win over Yale (12-5 / 2-1). It was the largest margin of victory in the 183 game history of this series. Brown (7-13 / 1-2) caught Dartmouth (4-15 / 0-3) in the final four minutes of a 66-59 triumph for the Bears.

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Wednesday News:

January 25, 2012 at 9:58 am
Filed under Basketball, Georgetown, Mason Rocca, Northwestern, Pete Carril, Princeton, Today's News

Fordham vs. Richmond - 7:00 pm ET

Mercer (4-15) fell to Manor at home, 59-57. Flip Seculic had 16 for the Vikings.

Bill Carmody is no fan of the RPI, especially how it treated a couple of his Princeton teams.

Georgetown's John Thompson III flew to Georgia to watch a high school game the same day his Hoyas beat Rutgers.

Sticking with news of former Tiger head coaches, Pete Carril went to a game at St. Joseph's Prep over the weekend.

Let's move on to results from The Old World. In the first week of the Euroleague's Top 16, Mason Rocca scored eight points for EA7 Emporio Armani in a loss to the Greek squad Panathinaikos.

The second round of Eurobasket saw Aris drop an 81-74 decision to BC Donetsk. Dan Mavraides added seven points off the bench for the Yellows.

Landstede Basketbal lost a high-scoring game despite 17 from Kareem Maddox.

Richmond hosts Fordham tonight.

If you missed our piece on Will Barrett withdrawing from Princeton, it can be found here.

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Monday News:

January 23, 2012 at 9:48 am
Filed under Basketball, Northwestern, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Brown vs. Bryant - 7:00 pm ET

Princeton recruit Mike Washington, Jr. had 15 points in Oak Harbor's win over Lynnwood. Washington is the lone member of Princeton's 2012 recruiting class to be nominated for the 2012 McDonald's All American Games.

It took almost eight minutes for Northwestern (12-7) to score and the Wildcats never cut a Minnesota lead into single digits the rest of the way, falling 75-52.

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Sunday News:

January 22, 2012 at 9:08 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Richmond, Today's News

Northwestern vs. Minnesota - 4:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network

Freshman Otto Porter scored the game's final six points as Georgetown (16-3) survived 52-50 against Rutgers. Here's John Thompson III afterwards.

The Hoyas won despite just 12 field goals, tied for fewest in a game by a JTIII-coached Georgetown team.

UMass was too much for Richmond (11-9). The Spiders fell at home, 79-68.

A putback by Alzee Williams at the buzzer in overtime gave North Texas a one point win over Denver (15-5).

Oregon State (13-7) trounced USC, 78-59.

Today's Fairfield game at Marist has been postponed after two students died in an off-campus fire. It is unclear when this game will be rescheduled.

Minnesota hosts Northwestern.

Around the Ivy League: Greg Mangano scored 18 points and grabbed 11 rebounds as Yale (12-4 / 2-0) completed a season sweep of Brown (5-13 / 0-2) in Providence, 73-60. Harvard (16-2 / 2-0) also stayed perfect in conference by besting Dartmouth (4-14 / 0-2) on the road in front of a sold out crowd, 54-38. Columbia (12-7 / 1-2) got 18 points and a gym record 20 rebounds from Mark Cisco in their first Ivy victory of the campaign, winning 61-56 over Cornell (6-11 / 1-2). Penn (10-9 / 2-0) nearly let a 24 point second half lead get away from them, but at the horn the Quakers held a quality 84-80 win over St. Joe's.

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Thursday News:

January 19, 2012 at 9:18 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, Geoff Petrie, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Fairfield vs. St. Peter's - 7:00 pm ET
Denver vs. Louisiana-Monroe - 8:30 pm ET
UCLA vs. Oregon State - 10:30 pm ET - FSN

Princeton recruit Hans Brase is profiled by The Mercury.

Unfortunately the Tigers have to settle for runner-up status in another key recruiting battle. A point guard from DC who was deciding between Princeton and George Washington has pledged to the Colonials.

GW was cruel to Richmond (11-8) as well, besting the shorthanded Spiders by 18.

Trailing by two at halftime, Northwestern (12-6) was blown away by Wisconsin after intermission. The Badgers made six of seven three point attempts once play resumed on their way to a 77-57 final.

It is time for Geoff Petrie to regain his touch as GM of the Sacramento Kings.

Fairfield plays at St. Peter's tonight.

Louisiana-Monroe hosts Denver.

At Gill Colliseum, Oregon State welcomes UCLA.

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Wednesday News:

January 18, 2012 at 9:48 am
Filed under Basketball, Fairfield, Georgetown, Judson Wallace, MCCC, Northwestern, Richmond, Today's News, Will Venable

Richmond vs. George Washington - 7:00 pm ET
Northwestern vs. Wisconsin - 9:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network

The San Diego Padres agreed to terms with nine arbitration-eligible players, including Will Venable.

Judson Wallace has a new Euroleague blog post up.

Behind 31 points from Jason Clark, Georgetown defeated DePaul by eight. Hoya Prospectus runs the numbers.

Mercer (4-14) fell 61-47 against Essex. Before their game at the Verizon Center in December, the Vikings toured the Capitol and met with Congressman Rush Holt.

A new Sit Down With Sydney has been posted.

In our nation's capital, Richmond plays at George Washington.

The "opportunity of a lifetime" talk is starting to build again as Northwestern visits Wisconsin.

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Tuesday News:

January 17, 2012 at 9:48 am
Filed under Basketball, Fairfield, Georgetown, Northwestern, Princeton, Today's News

Georgetown vs. DePaul - 7:00 pm ET - ESPN2
Essex vs. MCCC - 7:00 pm ET

Sophomore T.J. Bray represents Princeton in the season's 11th Ivy League Men's Basketball Weekly Release.

Fairfield (9-9) ended a three game losing streak with a wire to wire 61-52 win over Rider.

The health of two Northwestern players is up in the air.

Sticking in Chicagoland, Georgetown plays at DePaul tonight. The Hoyas are now ranked 10th in the AP poll and 12th in the ESPN/USA Today poll.

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