Sunday News:

January 9, 2011 at 9:45 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

MCCC vs. Borough of Manhattan - 1:00 pm ET
Indiana vs. Northwestern - 7:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network

Princeton recruit Bobby Garbade had a big game in Seton CC's win over Owego.

Are you curious why the Tigers' Daniel Edwards wasn't suited up on Wednesday night at Jadwin?

Trailing by two points on the road in the final minute, Denver (8-9) closed out a 66-57 decision over Louisiana-Monroe with a three point shot, a steal and a breakaway layup, a steal and two free throws then a third steal and two more free throws. Thus concluded the Pioneers' first road sweep in conference play since January 2003.

Georgetown (12-4) had four straight turnovers in the last two minutes of a 64-59 loss to West Virginia.

CCRI beat Mercer (6-10) by 12 in the Vikings' return from the holiday break.

A 26-2 second half run helped Richmond (13-4) to a 87-68 victory at LaSalle.

Northwestern hosts Indiana tonight.

Around the Ivy League: Harvard (11-3 / 1-0) kicked off conference play with a 68-53 win at Dartmouth (4-10 / 0-1). Chris Wroblewski's career high 29 points carried Cornell (4-10) beyond Stony Brook. Yale (7-7) was one of three Ancient Eight schools to defeat a non-DI foe on Saturday. The Bulldogs bested Baruch, 85-57. Columbia (9-5) stopped a persistent Union squad, 64-59. An afternoon that began with a bus accident didn't get any better once Lyndon State arrived at Brown (6-7). The Bears led by 36 at the half and cruised to the 88-55 final.

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Friday News:

January 7, 2011 at 9:40 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Northwestern, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

The Daily Princetonian and the Princeton Packet now have stories on the Tigers' win over Marist.

Denver (7-9) came dangerously close to blowing their 18 point second half lead at Western Kentucky, but held on for a 62-59 decision. It was Joe Scott's fourth conference road win as coach of the Pioneers.

Illinois obliterated Northwestern (9-4) in a game that was barely as close as the 88-63 final. The Illini shot 18-22 from the field in the first half.

Oregon State (7-7) fell 84-70 at Washington State.

Princeton recruit Denton Koon and Liberty lost to Grandview in the finals of the Bank Midwest Holiday Basketball Classic.

More on future Tiger Bobby Garbade and Seton CC from the Press & Sun Bulletin.

Clay Wilson had 27 as Lincoln Christian took care of Dewey at the Oologah Basketball Tournament.

UNC head coach Roy Williams was in New Egypt yesterday to watch Desmond Hubert play.

Yesterday's piece by Andy Katz on Harvard and the state of the Ivy League is worth a read.

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Thursday News:

January 6, 2011 at 9:34 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Denver vs. Western Kentucky - 8:00 pm ET - Fox College Sports
Northwestern vs. Illinois - 9:00 pm ET - ESPN2
Oregon State vs. Washington State - 10:00 pm ET

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's win over Marist on goprincetontigers.com, in the Trentonian and on goredfoxes.com.

The Trenton Times web site's atrocious content management system means their article is not currently available on-line. Maybe in a few hours. Maybe in a few weeks. Maybe never.

Richmond (12-4) opened A-10 play with a 71-59 win over Charlotte.

Princeton recruit Denton Koon and Liberty defeated Park Hill South by 15.

Future Tiger Bobby Garbade had 14 in Seton Catholic Central's seventh straight victory.

The third member of the 2011 recruiting class, Clay Wilson, is averaging 27.7 points and 5.4 rebounds a game for Lincoln Christian.

Would you put John Berger on your all-time Ridge basketball team? In The Paint would.

Denver heads to Western Kentucky.

Illinois hosts the shaky ankle of John Shurna and the rest of Northwestern.

Oregon State looks for their fourth straight win at Washington State.

Fewer voters, same result. Fourth place for Princeton in this week's Schuylkill 16.

Around the Ivy League: Harvard (10-3) won at Boston College for the third straight season, 78-69. Austin Morgan's three point play with 6.2 seconds left salvaged a 77-76 Yale (6-7) victory in overtime at Holy Cross. Columbia (8-5) got past Lafayette 76-73 in Easton.

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Tuesday News:

January 4, 2011 at 10:07 am
Filed under Basketball, Georgetown, Northwestern, Princeton, Today's News

Dan Mavraides represents Princeton on the latest Ivy League Men's Basketball Weekly Release.

Please note: I've received word that the Tigers' tip time for their January 23rd game versus TCNJ has been moved up one hour to 2:00 pm ET.

Marist is Princeton's final opponent before the exam break. The Red Foxes suffered an 83-67 loss at Loyola (MD) last night.

Georgetown (12-3) struggled offensively and lost to St. John's in the final seconds.

A late 12-0 run could not get Northwestern (9-3) past Michigan State. The Wildcats were vanquished by three.

Around the Ivy League: Cornell (3-10) went down for the 9th time in 10 games, 78-66 versus Buffalo. Penn (5-6) fell 86-62 at Kentucky. Army and Dartmouth (4-9) met for the second time this season, with the Black Knights coming out on top 67-47 this time. American defeated Brown (5-7) by 10.

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YouTube potpourri XVI.

January 4, 2011 at 8:00 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Richmond, Video

The latest collection of videos from various corners of the Princeton basketball family. Above, Jared Cunningham's crazy tip dunk down the stretch of Oregon State's win over 12-2 Arizona.

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Monday News:

January 3, 2011 at 8:21 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News, Video

Georgetown vs. St. John's - 7:00 pm ET - ESPN2
Michigan State vs. Northwestern - 7:30 pm ET - Big Ten Network

Buffalo vs. Cornell - 4:00 pm ET
Penn vs. Kentucky - 7:00 pm ET - ESPNU
Dartmouth vs. Army - 7:00 pm ET
Brown vs. American - 7:30 pm ET

Bucknell shocked Richmond (11-4) on a length of the court pass and turnaround jumper at the buzzer. Bad for the Spiders, good for Princeton's RPI.

Denver (6-9) edged UALR in overtime, 72-70.

A surprising weekend sweep by Oregon State (7-6) concluded with the Beavers' 76-75 win over Arizona. The Beavers are 2-0 in Pac-10 play for only the second time since the 92-93 season.

Once again Rush The Court to check in on the Ivy League.

Playing their third game in six days, Georgetown visits St. John's. Look for postgame coverage from MSG on the site later tonight.

Northwestern hosts #20 Michigan State.

Around the Ivy League: Elon tripped up Columbia (7-5) at the horn, 70-69.

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New Year’s Day News:

January 1, 2011 at 9:15 am
Filed under Basketball, Georgetown, Northwestern, Princeton, Today's News

DePaul vs. Georgetown - 1:00 pm ET - ESPN+

Northwestern (9-2) put up a good fight, but could not stop Purdue's E'Twaun Moore and JaJuan Johnson. The Wildcats fell 82-69.

Two stories that slipped through the cracks: A Town Topics piece post-Towson, pre-UCF tournament and the Orlando Sentinel article on Thursday's game.

Georgetown hosts DePaul to kick off 2011.

Around the Ivy League: Brown (5-6) had 26 assists on 29 field goals in an 84-71 win over Bryant. Harvard (9-3) recorded their second victory against a DIII foe, 84-58 versus MIT. 20 turnovers doomed Yale (5-7) in a 62-57 loss at home to Lehigh.

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New Year's Eve News:

December 31, 2010 at 10:00 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Northwestern vs. Purdue - 12:00 pm ET - ESPN2

Bryant vs. Brown - 12:00 pm ET
Lehigh vs. Yale - 2:00 pm ET
MIT vs. Harvard - 2:00 pm ET

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's tough loss to #19 Central Florida on goprincetontigers.com, courtesy of the Associated Press, in Central Florida Future and on ucfathletics.com.

On a quest for their first NCAA tournament bid, Big 10 play starts for Northwestern at Purdue.

Princeton recruit Bobby Garbade and Seton CC won their fifth straight, 57-46 over previously unbeaten Union-Endicott. Garbade made the Regional Division 1 All-Tournament team.

Future Tiger Denton Koon made the all-tournament team, but Liberty dropped a 54-38 decision to Grandview in the William Jewell College tournament.

Three straight for Denver (5-9), who opened Sun Belt action with a 65-52 decision over Louisiana-Lafayette.

Oregon State (6-6) began their conference slate with an unexpected blowout of Arizona State.

Around the Ivy League: Cornell (3-9) was 15-21 from three point range in a 86-80 victory over Wofford. Columbia (7-4) won 74-71 at Maine. Bucknell recorded its third triumph against an Ivy foe, knocking off Dartmouth (4-8) by 17.

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Wednesday News:

December 29, 2010 at 10:00 am
Filed under Basketball, Georgetown, Northwestern, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Today's Game: Princeton (9-3 / 0-0) vs. Northeastern (4-6 / 0-1)
Location: UCF Arena - Orlando, FL - UCF Holiday Classic
Time: 9:30 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Northeastern leads 2-0.
Last meeting: Northeastern 55 Princeton 34 - 12/28/83.

Georgetown vs. Notre Dame - 7:00 pm ET - ESPN2
Wake Forest vs. Richmond - 7:00 pm ET

Cornell vs. New Hampshire - 5:00 pm ET - Holidays on the Hardwood Classic
Monmouth vs. Harvard - 7:00 pm ET
Brown vs. Central Connecticut St. - 7:00 pm ET
Penn vs. Marist - 7:30 pm ET

Hopefully flying to Florida just after sunrise. Today's news is scheduled to go live while we're in the air, so expect additional articles added to this post later today - JS

Ian Hummer is the focus of a piece from the Princeton Packet.

Georgetown travels to Notre Dame for the two teams' Big East opener. The Hoyas are making 52.8% of their shots, second-best in the nation.

Wake Forest plays at Richmond.

It is still uncertain if Northwestern leading scorer John Shurna will be able to play on Friday at Purdue.

Terrapin Times reports that Desmond Hubert will make his college decision in early January.

Around the Ivy League: Stanford surged past Yale (5-6) in the second half of a 60-44 game.

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Christmas Eve News:

December 24, 2010 at 10:43 am
Filed under Basketball, Georgetown, Northwestern, Princeton, Today's News

Georgetown (11-1) methodically dispatched Memphis by 17 on the road, outscoring the Tigers 46-33 in the second half.

In Evanston Northwestern (9-1) scored the game's first 20 points and rolled past Mount St. Mary's, 70-47. John Shurna, the Wildcats' leading scorer, sprained his left ankle in the second half.

Former Maryland Governor Bob Ehrlich was courtside for Princeton's win at Towson.

princetonbasketball.com editor Jon Solomon was a guest on PRI afternoon show Here & Now yesterday. For the 22nd year, Solomon can be heard on 103.3 fm WPRB / wprb.com from 6:00 pm ET on Christmas Eve until 6:00 pm ET on Christmas day playing holiday music you won't find anywhere else.

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Thursday News:

December 23, 2010 at 10:42 am
Filed under Basketball, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Mount St. Mary's vs. Northwestern - 3:00 pm ET - bigtennetwork.com
Georgetown vs. Memphis - 8:00 pm ET - ESPN2

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's win at Towson on goprincetontigers.com, on TowsonPatch and on towsontigers.com.

Richmond (9-3) kept UNC Greensboro winless, 63-53.

It was a surprisingly easy 20 point victory for Oregon State (5-6) over UIC.

ESPN's Andy Katz writes about the work Northwestern has to do following their loss to St. John's. The Wildcats host Mt. Saint Mary's and former Princeton assistant Robert Burke on Thursday afternoon.

Henry Sims and Georgetown visit #16 Memphis.

Tiger recruit Denton Koon had 16 in Liberty's loss to Blue Springs South.

Princeton reclaims fifth place in this week's Schuylkill 16.

Around the Ivy League: Harvard (7-3) was no match for UConn, 81-52. Penn (5-4) picked up a nice 78-68 road win at Delaware.

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Wednesday News:

December 22, 2010 at 10:00 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News, Will Venable

Today's Game: Princeton (8-3 / 0-0) vs. Towson (3-6 / 0-1)
Location: Towson Center - Towson, MD
Time: 4:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: This is the first meeting between the two schools.
Last meeting: This is the first meeting between the two schools.

Richmond vs. UNC Greensboro - 12:00 pm ET
UIC vs. Oregon State - 10:00 pm ET

Harvard vs. UConn - 7:00 pm ET - SNY
Penn vs. Delaware - 8:30 pm ET

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St. John's shot 80% from the floor in the second half and handed Northwestern (8-1) their first loss of the season, 85-69.

Mercer (6-9) got 19 points and 10 rebounds from David Melton in a 95-86 win over Salem.

Travis Hallam scored a career high 18 in a 73-55 Denver (4-9) rout of Arkansas-Pine Bluff.

Princeton recruit Bobby Garbade had 21 in Seton's win over Chenango Valley.

Richmond visits UNC Greensboro.

UIC travels out to Oregon State for the Beavers' final non-conference game of the season.

Around the Ivy League: Brown (4-5) fell late at home versus Army, 88-86. Dartmouth (4-7) picked up a 67-59 victory on Drake's home floor.

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