Friday News:

November 18, 2011 at 9:58 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, Northwestern, Pete Carril, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

Tulsa vs. Northwestern - 3:30 pm ET - Charleston Classic - ESPNU

John Shurna scored a career high 37 points and Northwestern (2-0) needed every one to beat LSU 88-82 in the first round of the Charleston Classic. The Wildcats move to the winner's side of the bracket along with today's opponent Tulsa, Seton Hall and St. Joe's.

Richmond (2-1) opened the stateside portion of the Cancun Challenge with a 21 point win over Hampton. Spiders head coach Chris Mooney felt this was the best of the three games his team has played so far this season.

Minnesota pulled away from Fairfield (1-2) in the second half, defeating the Stags 67-57.

Denver (3-0) were rude hosts to Conference USA's Southern Mississippi. Chris Udofia tied his career high with 21 and the Pioneers prevailed 59-52.

At a luncheon in New York City on Thursday, Pete Carril was one of three coaches to receive the Joe Lapchick Character Award.

The Daily Princetonian and the Spectrum offer previews of Saturday's game.

Meanwhile, the Princeton Packet previews the Tigers' season.

Around the Ivy League: Penn (2-1) kept Rider winless by busting the Broncs in overtime, 78-72. Miles Cartwright scored 27 for the Quakers. In their home opener Yale (2-1) demolished Lyndon State 101-37.

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Thursday News:

November 17, 2011 at 8:38 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

LSU vs. Northwestern - 3:00 pm ET - Charleston Classic - ESPNU
Hampton vs. Richmond - 7:00 pm ET - Cancun Challenge
Fairfield vs. Minnesota - 7:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network
Southern Mississippi vs. Denver - 9:00 pm ET

Lyndon State vs. Yale - 7:00 pm ET
Penn vs. Rider - 7:00 pm ET

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's last second loss to NC State on goprincetontigers.com, in the Charlotte Observer, in the Daily Princetonian, on Fox Sports South, courtesy the Associated Press and on gopack.com.

You can watch a rebroadcast of the game here.

Konrad Wysocki is blogging for the Eurocup site.

Behind a career high 35 from Jared Cunningham, Oregon State (3-0) trumped Hofstra 82-72.

The Town Topics files their story on the Wagner game.

A Princeton recruiting target will wait until the spring to chose his college.

This afternoon Northwestern plays LSU in the first round of the Charleston Classic.

Fairfield visits Minnesota.

Chris Mooney and Richmond host Hampton. If I had planned my trip better I'd stop off for this game on the drive back from Raleigh!

Southern Miss heads to undefeated Denver.

Ivy Hoops Online reports that Brown freshman Rafael Maia has been ruled ineligible for the 2011-12 season.

Around the Ivy League: Princeton's next opponent, Buffalo, won at Cornell (1-2) by nine. In their home opener Dartmouth (0-2) could not hold a seven point halftime lead and fell 65-53 to Vermont.

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Monday News:

November 14, 2011 at 9:38 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Pete Carril, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

Brown vs. Albany - 4:00 pm ET - NIT - ESPN3
Furman vs. Columbia - 7:00 pm ET
Binghamton vs. Cornell - 7:00 pm ET
Temple vs. Penn - 7:00 pm ET

UNC Greensboro vs. Georgetown - 7:00 pm ET
Providence vs. Fairfield - 7:30 pm ET
Denver vs. Texas A&M Corpus Christi - 8:00 pm ET
Richmond vs. Davidson - 8:15 pm ET
Oregon State vs. West Alabama - 10:00 pm ET

John Templon penned a piece about chasing the ghost of Pete Carril.

Watch some video highlights of the Wagner/Princeton game here. These clips are a decent mix of both the good and the bad out of Saturday night.

Princeton's season opener was written about on the Mid-Majority.

Northwestern (1-0) turned in a quality defensive effort in their season opener, defeating Texas-Pan American by 24.

Mercer (1-3) fell 61-47 to the Suffolk County Sharks.

Through five games in the Netherlands, Kareem Maddox is averaging 10.2 points and 4.7 rebounds off the bench for Landstede Basketbal.

In a move that could effect local sports coverage, the Princeton Packet and its associated publications are for sale.

Richmond should be tested at Davidson.

Sydney Johnson and Fairfield make their home debut tonight versus Providence.

Denver visits Texas A&M Corpus Christi.

Future Princeton opponent West Alabama plays at Oregon State.

Georgetown also hosts UNC Greensboro in the odd mainland portion of the Maui Invitational.

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YouTube potpourri XLVIII.

November 13, 2011 at 8:13 pm
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Richmond, Video

Here's the latest collection of videos from various corners of the Princeton basketball family. Above, the 2011 Ivy League championship banner is revealed in the rafters of Jadwin Gym.

Six additional clips after the jump.

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Sunday News:

November 13, 2011 at 9:28 am
Filed under Basketball, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Today's News

Suffolk (NY) vs. MCCC - 1:00 pm ET
Texas-Pan American vs. Northwestern - 7:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's disappointing season opener on goprincetontigers.com, in the Trentonian, in the Trenton Times, in the Daily Princetonian, in the Staten Island Advance and on wagnerathletics.com.

Big Apple Buckets was also in the building and filed their thoughts.

Senior Henry Sims scored a career high 19 as Georgetown (1-0) opened with a 83-54 win over Savannah State.

It was also a positive outcome for Oregon State (1-0) their first time on the floor. The Beavers won easily over CSU Bakersfield, 86-62.

Mercer County Community College (1-2) lost to Cecil by 16. The Vikings play their fourth straight at home this afternoon.

Northwestern gets going tonight versus Texas-Pan American.

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Saturday News:

November 12, 2011 at 9:53 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Pete Carril, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

Today's Game: Wagner (0-0 / 0-0) vs. Princeton (0-0 / 0-0)
Location: Jadwin Gym - Princeton, NJ
Time: 5:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: FiOS1 (tape delay)
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 3-0.
Last meeting: Princeton 69 Wagner 57 - 12/17/10.

Team stats are from last season.

Player stats include returning players only.

Savannah State vs. Georgetown - 12:00 pm ET
Cecil (Md.) vs. MCCC - 12:00 pm ET
CSU Bakersfield vs. Oregon State - 4:30 pm ET

Ivy Hoops Online and the Staten Island Advance preview today's game. If the latter's projected starting lineup for Princeton comes true I'll be stupefied.

Closing on a 15-3 run, Fairfield (1-0) defeated Quinnipiac 72-60.

Richmond (1-0) rallied for a 66-56 win against American.

Senior guard Brian Stafford scored a career high 32 points in a 69-61 Denver (1-0) triumph over Portland State.

Jason Clark and Georgetown host Savannah State today. A pair of scrimmages helped shape the Hoyas' preseason.

CSU Bakersfield visits Oregon State in the Beavers' season opener.

If you're planning on going to the Lafayette game at Jadwin Gym on November 30th you can get four dollars off the price of a ticket with the donation of a nonperishable food item.

Longtime haunt of both Pete Carril and Marvin Bressler, The Carousel will close right before Thanksgiving.

NC State's C.J. Leslie will miss the Wolfpack's first three games, including Wednesday's visit from Princeton.

Around the Ivy League: Brown (1-0) started the day with a 20 point win over Johnson & Wales. Going cold in the second half, Cornell (0-1) fell 79-58 at St. Bonaventure. Columbia (0-1) gave UConn a decent run in Storrs before dropping a 70-57 decision. The conference's leading returning scorer Noruwa Agho was 6-25 from the field for the Lions. Zack Rosen scored 26 points as Penn (1-0) won at UMBC by 14. Harvard (1-0) handled MIT with ease, 76-49. It was a one possession game with under a minute to go, but Dartmouth (0-1) lost at Rutgers by six. Behind 23 points and 13 rebounds from Greg Mangano, Yale (1-0) knocked off Central Connecticut, 73-69.

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YouTube potpourri XLVII.

November 11, 2011 at 2:08 pm
Filed under Craig Robinson, Fairfield, Georgetown, Mason Rocca, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Video

Here's the latest collection of videos from various corners of the Princeton basketball family. Above, video game enthusiast Bill Carmody.

Five additional clips after the jump.

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Thursday News:

November 10, 2011 at 9:28 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, Georgetown, Northwestern, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond

An ancient rallying cry now appears above the doors to the court at Jadwin Gym.

The Town Topics reports from Princeton's Media Day.

Because yesterday began the November Signing Period, one recruiting site posted a piece about future Tiger Hans Brase.

A trio of prospects were expected to sign with Northwestern yesterday and a pair pledged to Richmond.

14 Fairfield games will be televised in 2011-12. I've added this information to our electronic team calendars.

The Stags have plenty of offensive options.

ESPN ranks the Ivy League as the 15th-best conference this season. They also look briefly at what to expect in the Ancient Eight.

Princeton shows up in the SB Nation Preseason Mid-Major Top 25.

Georgetown's Markel Starks is aware he's a question mark heading into the start of play for the Hoyas.

A long, well-constructed preview of the Denver Pioneers.

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Wednesday News:

November 9, 2011 at 9:38 am
Filed under Basketball, Fairfield, Northwestern, Princeton, Today's News

Douglas Davis shows up in a statistical review of New Jersey's Division I players.

There's no looking back as Mitch Henderson takes charge.

The Ivy League has published their first weekly release heading into the start of the season on Friday.

You can download audio for this week's Sit Down With Sydney.

ESPN provides five early thoughts on Northwestern.

An excellent Groupon is available for select Georgetown games.

Very excited that the counter on the right side of the site showing how many members have joined princetonbasketball.com is so close to 200. Thanks to all who have subscribed so far! If you want to read more about who we are and what we do, head here. Current students are always eligible for 50% off site subscriptions. Contact us directly for a discount code.

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Tuesday News:

November 8, 2011 at 9:48 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Northwestern, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Princeton Association of New England is putting on a post-game reception when the Tigers visit Northeastern in December. If you don't have your tickets for this event or the tilt at Harvard yet, they are still available through Bob Ruxin and PANE.

Despite missing three likely starters, Northwestern had no trouble with Robert Morris. Six Wildcats hit double figures on their way to the 99-48 victory.

Princeton basketball recruit Mike Washington, Jr. grabbed six receptions and a touchdown in Oak Harbor's season-ending state tournament loss to Eastlake Catholic.

Bull Run is already previewing Buffalo's trip to Jadwin Gym.

There's a documentary about Georgetown's trip to China airing tonight on MASN.

The Hoya has published their in-depth basketball preview edition.

Denver coach Joe Scott likes what he sees out of his freshman class.

I've added Basketball Times' Ivy League predictions to the site's 2011-12 conference projections.

In the latest ESPN The Magazine, the Tigers are ranked 104th out of all 344 Division I programs. There are also some great photographs in the issue of two gyms Princeton will visit this season - The Palestra and Payne Whitney Gym.

Thanks to Ballin' Is A Habit for including this site in their Social Media Must-Follow Database.

Finally, look for the first Know! Your! Foe! of the season up later today!

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Monday News:

November 7, 2011 at 9:38 am
Filed under Basketball, Mason Rocca, Northwestern, Princeton

Northwestern hosts Robert Morris in an exhibition tonight.

Both Harvard/Princeton contests make one man's list of favorite conference games this season.

Kareem Maddox had six points and four rebounds in Landstede Basketbal's win at Rotterdam. Maddox is currently third in the DBL in blocked shots.

Coming off the bench Mason Rocca also totaled six points as EA7 Emporio Armani Milano passed Novipiù Casale Monferrato in the fourth quarter.

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Eight teams, eight games to watch before Thanksgiving.

October 29, 2011 at 10:54 pm
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Richmond

Impressed by NYC Buckets' "Five Nights" series, finished with this year's epic data entry of schedules for the eight "Carril Cradle" teams and suffering from an mild early bout of snow madness, I opted to write a piece highlighting one non-conference game in the first three weeks of the season for each of the teams we cover.

My only rule was not picking match-ups that share the same date. Read on for sequential suggestions of contests to pay close(r) attention to as 2011-12 gets underway.

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