Wednesday News:

December 28, 2011 at 10:08 am
Filed under Basketball, Fairfield, Georgetown, Northwestern, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

Northwestern vs. Ohio State - 5:30 pm ET - Big Ten Network
Georgetown vs. Louisville - 7:00 pm ET - ESPN2
Liberty vs. Richmond - 7:00 pm ET
Fairfield vs. Drexel - 7:30 pm ET

Columbia vs. Marist - 7:00 pm ET
Cornell vs. Stony Brook - 7:00 pm ET

Georgetown begins Big East play on the road at #4 Louisville. Hoya freshman Otto Porter has gone from a small town player to a big time talent.

It is also the conference opener for Northwestern, who visits #2 Ohio State. Guard Alex Marcotullio will play through injury in this hostile environment.

Richmond hosts Liberty.

Drexel welcomes Fairfield to West Philly.

Why not vote for Douglas Davis' shot against Harvard as college basketball play of the year?

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YouTube potpourri LIV.

December 23, 2011 at 1:08 pm
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Northwestern, Princeton, Video

Here's the latest collection of videos from various corners of the Princeton basketball family. Above, a surprisingly even-handed highlight package of yesterday's game at Siena.

Six seven additional clips after the jump.

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Friday News:

December 23, 2011 at 10:28 am
Filed under Basketball, Brian Earl, Denver, Fairfield, Georgetown, Northwestern, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

Richmond vs. UCLA - 10:30 pm ET - Prime Ticket

Maine vs. Brown - 2:00 pm ET
Dartmouth vs. Albany - 2:00 pm ET
Marist vs. Penn - 7:00 pm ET

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's loss in Albany on goprincetontigers.com, in the Daily Princetonian, in the Times Union, in the Daily Gazette, in the Saratogian and on sienasaints.com.

The game also showed up as part of the Mid-Majority's 800 Games Project.

Princeton assistant and "driver" Brian Earl has a new diary up.

Future Tiger Mike Washington Jr. had 18 points in Oak Harbor's loss to undefeated Mountlake Terrace.

Leading by as many as 27 in the second half, Denver (10-2) took care of The Citadel.

Fairfield (7-5) trailed UConn by 20 at the half but was within one possession in the final 2:30. The Stags would eventually drop a 79-71 final.

Despite 34 from Drew Crawford on 13-17 shooting, Northwestern (10-2) fell 87-79 at #23 Creighton.

Georgetown (10-1) was buoyed by a sizable run to open the second half as the Hoyas defeated Memphis for the second time this season.

Richmond plays at UCLA tonight.

Around the Ivy League: Harvard (10-1) won their 20th straight at home, 63-51 over FAU.

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Thursday News:

December 22, 2011 at 9:38 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Today's Game: Princeton (6-6 / 0-0) vs. Siena (3-7 / 0-2)
Location: Times Union Center - Albany, NY
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: Time Warner
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 1-0.
Last meeting: Princeton 86 Siena 77 (OT) - 11/28/10

Memphis vs. Georgetown - 7:00 pm ET - ESPN2
Fairfield vs. UConn - 7:00 pm ET - SNY
Northwestern vs. Creighton - 8:05 pm ET - ESPN3
The Citadel vs. Denver - 9:00 pm ET

Florida Atlantic vs. Harvard - 7:00 pm ET

A second article comparing T.J. Bray to Kyle Wente? This piece goes a step further with the photo caption!

The Times Union previews tonight's game.

More on the most recent effort by future Tiger Mike Washington Jr.

Despite playing their best basketball of the season, Princeton dropped four spots to 10th in the new NYC Power Poll. I had the Tigers slotted sixth, behind Yale and ahead of Rutgers.

With an 92-66 win at Chicago State, Oregon State (10-2) is off to their best start in 22 seasons.

For a second time this season Georgetown plays Memphis.

Sydney Johnson got his wish and Fairfield will play at UConn.

To conclude their non-conference run, Northwestern plays at #23 Creighton.

Denver welcomes The Citadel to Magness Arena.

Around the Ivy League: Outscored 15-6 down the stretch, Dartmouth (3-9) lost by three at Army. Cornell (4-6) stayed winless on the road, falling 74-67 at Penn State.

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Monday News:

December 19, 2011 at 8:08 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Northwestern, Oregon State, Pete Hegseth, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Wyoming vs. Denver - 8:00 pm ET - Root Sports

Cornell vs. Illinois - 7:00 pm ET - ESPN3
Dartmouth vs. Colgate - 7:00 pm ET

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's fifth win in six games on goprincetontigers.com, in the Boston Herald and on gonu.com.

John Shurna hit nine three pointers on his way to a career high 32 points as Northwestern (10-1) won for the third time in three days, 87-72 over Eastern Illinois.

Also hot from outside, Oregon State (9-2) made 13 shots behind the arc in their 101-68 pasting of Portland State.

There's a grass roots campaign to get Pete Hegseth to run for the senate in Minnesota next year.

Hans Brase and the Hill School fell in the finals of the Mercer Invitational Tournament.

Denver takes on Wyoming at Magness Arena tonight.

Around the Ivy League: An extremely rare five point play in the final :18 boosted Yale (8-2) to a 68-65 win at Rhode Island.

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Sunday News:

December 18, 2011 at 9:08 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Today's Game: Princeton (5-6 / 0-0) vs. Northeastern (3-4 / 0-1)
Location: Matthews Arena - Boston, MA
Time: 1:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Northeastern leads 2-1.
Last meeting: Princeton 65 Northeastern 63 - 12/29/10

Eastern Illinois vs. Northwestern - 6:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network
Portland State vs. Oregon State - 10:00 pm ET - Root Sports

Yale vs. Rhode Island - 2:00 pm ET - Cox

You should be able to stream free video of today's game here.

Princeton recruit Mike Washington, Jr. had a giant scoring performance in a double OT win for Oak Harbor.

Fellow future Tiger Hans Brase turned in his second good performance in as many days. The Hill School plays in the Mercer Invitational Tournament finals today.

Henry Sims led a big second half push as Georgetown (9-1) pulled away from American, 81-55.

Former Hoya Jeff Green requires heart surgery and is out for the season.

Richmond (6-5) fell 79-65 at Bucknell.

Reggie Hearn's career high 17 helped Northwestern (9-1) past Central Connecticut by six.

Scoring the game's first 11 points and shooting 57% from the floor, Denver (8-2) beat Boise State, 79-62.

Mercer (2-11) lost to Frederick in DC, 66-36.

A five game Oregon State homestand ends tonight versus Portland State.

Around the Ivy League: Dartmouth (3-7) did what Princeton could not, beating Elon at home, 62-54. Chris Wroblewski's three point shot at the end of overtime gave Cornell (4-4) an 85-82 win over Albany.

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Saturday News:

December 17, 2011 at 10:28 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, MCCC, Northwestern, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Scott Greenman, Today's News

American vs. Georgetown - 12:00 pm ET - MASN/ESPN3
Central Connecticut vs. Northwestern - 2:00 pm ET
MCCC vs. Frederick (Md.) - 3:00 pm ET - Verizon Center
Boise State vs. Denver - 6:30 pm ET - Root Sports
Richmond vs. Bucknell - 7:00 pm ET

Elon vs. Dartmouth - 12:00 pm ET
Albany vs. Cornell - 2:00 pm ET

Princeton recruit Hans Brase had a big game on the opening day of the Dave Mercer Invitational Tournament.

Fellow future Tiger Mike Washington, Jr. went for 21 in Oak Harbor's loss to Shorewood.

If you spent any time around the Princeton program in the mid-2000s, one constant was Scott Greenman's kid brother Mikey dribbling a basketball everywhere he went. Now a sophomore in high school, the younger Greenman is the centerpiece of a story on the psychological pressure young athletes face.

Georgetown looks to continue an early season roll today versus American.

Going the Verizon Center? Stick around after the game to watch Howie Levy's Mercer County Community College Vikings against Frederick (Md.) on the same floor.

Central Connecticut State visits Northwestern.

Denver hosts Boise State.

It will be interesting to see how Richmond performs at Bucknell.

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Friday News:

December 16, 2011 at 9:48 am
Filed under Audio, Basketball, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Today's News

T.J. Bray is the focus of the Princeton Packet's piece on the Rider win. I'm agreeing more and more with Bob Nuse's Kyle Wente comparison after every game.

The Daily Princetonian talks to several players about the Tigers' trip to Northeastern.

The third person narrative-obsessed TigerBlog writes about an evening spent in Lawrenceville.

Kareem Maddox was a perfect 4-4 from the floor in Landstede Basketbal's rout of Rotterdam.

Don't believe I've posted these extended Elon/Princeton highlights previously.

Princeton recruit Mike Washington, Jr. scored 11 points in Oak Harbor's victory over Lynnwood.

Oregon State (8-2) throttled Howard, 93-72. The Beavers are off to their best start in 14 years.

Opening on a 23-3 run, Northwestern (8-1) had no trouble with Texas Southern.

Below you'll find John Sadak's call of Mack Darrow's shot to beat the Broncs:

Princeton at Rider is available via Xfinity's On Demand service until December 28th. You can find it under Sports ->The Comcast Network -> College Sports. Enjoy.

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Thursday News:

December 15, 2011 at 10:18 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Ed Persia, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

Texas Southern vs. Northwestern - 8:00 pm ET
Howard vs. Oregon State - 10:00 pm ET

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's win at the buzzer over Rider on goprincetontigers.com, in the Trentonian, in the Trenton Times, in the Daily Princetonian and on gobroncs.com.

There's a great shot of Mack Darrow's game winner mid-flight here.

The Town Topics files a report on last week's Rutgers game.

Richmond (6-4) fell short versus Iona, 88-79.

Shaking off a slow start, Denver (7-2) won by five at Northern Colorado.

Oregon State hosts Howard.

Playing three games in four days after 11 days off, Northwestern hosts Texas Southern. Wildcats head coach Bill Carmody (.mp3) recently visited with WGN.

Thinking a bit about Princeton and buzzer beaters as I dozed off last night, I could come up with four in the past decade: Darrow's shot, of course Doug Davis in the Ivy playoff less than a year ago, Ed Persia's 80' hurl at Monmouth and Kyle Wente's off-balance trey at Harvard. What are some other times the Tigers won or lost a game on a basket with no time on the clock?

Did one occur between Wente and Tim Legler's three at the horn for La Salle in 1987? If it did I'm drawing a blank.

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YouTube potpourri LI.

December 14, 2011 at 12:08 pm
Filed under Basketball, Fairfield, Georgetown, Northwestern, Princeton, Richmond, Video, Will Venable

Here's the latest collection of videos from various corners of the Princeton basketball family. Above, one-sided highlights from Northfield Mount Herman's win over the Princeton JV.

Nine additional clips after the jump.

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Wednesday News:

December 14, 2011 at 8:58 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

Today's Game: Princeton (4-6 / 0-0) vs. Rider (1-9 / 0-2)
Location: Alumni Gymnasium - Lawrenceville, NJ
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: The Comcast Network
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 8-3.
Last meeting: Rider 62 Princeton 59 - 12/18/02

Iona vs. Richmond - 3:00 pm ET
Denver vs. Northern Colorado - 9:00 pm ET - Altitude Sports and Entertainment

The Trenton Times and the Trentonian preview tonight's game.

Northwestern freshman guard Tre Demps requires season-ending shoulder surgery but is eligible for a medical redshirt.

Oregon State (7-2) routed UIC, 95-53.

In a marquee matinee matchup, Richmond hosts Iona.

Denver visits Northern Colorado.

Around the Ivy League: Dartmouth (2-7) lost its fourth straight, 56-51 at IPFW.

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Monday News:

December 5, 2011 at 9:48 am
Filed under Basketball, Fairfield, Northwestern, Today's News

Brown vs. Providence - 7:00 pm ET - ESPN3
Yale vs. Sacred Heart - 7:00 pm ET

Oregon State (6-1) continued their strong start with a 71-46 win over Montana.

Derek Needham and Rakim Sanders equally split 38 points as Fairfield (5-4) won their second conference game in as many tries, 68-59 versus Canisius.

In the words of Bill Carmody, his Northwestern (7-1) team got "smacked pretty good." #7 Baylor blitzed the Wildcats 69-41, holding them to 24% shooting for the game.

Around the Ivy League: Harvard (8-0) remained undefeated with an 80-70 win over Seattle. Making 14 more three pointers, Columbia (5-4) wrapped up a successful West Coast trip 78-56 over La Sierra.

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