As discussed previously in this corner of the Internet, last night I had a chance to take in Northwestern's first game at Madison Square Garden since 2001.
It was a lot of fun to see what the Wildcats do in person and I've assembled some additional thoughts after the jump to go with the above highlight package.
Salem vs. MCCC - 7:00 pm ET
Arkansas-Pine Bluff vs. Denver - 9:00 pm ET
Northwestern vs. St. John's - 9:30 pm ET - MSG Holiday Festival - MSG
Army vs. Brown - 7:00 pm ET
Dartmouth vs. Drake - 7:00 pm ET
Sparked by Drew Crawford and a defense that improved as the game went on, Northwestern (8-0) drubbed St. Francis by 31. The Wildcats play St. John's tonight for the Holiday Festival crown.
There's a short assessment of Princeton recruit Denton Koon from the Hy-Vee Shootout on the Rivals web site.
The Sports Network writes about the staying power of "upset darlings" Richmond.
Denver hosts Arkansas-Pine Bluff.
princetonbasketball.com editor Jon Solomon was a guest on national morning show The Takeaway yesterday, talking Christmas hip hop records.
Around the Ivy League: Cornell (2-8) lost its seventh straight, 75-64 at home to Bucknell.
Postgame audio - Coach Bill Carmody, Michael Thompson & Drew Crawford:
Northwestern's 1-3-1 defense befuddled St. Francis into 21 turnovers and after a slow start the Terriers could not contain the Wildcat's explosive troika of Drew Crawford, John Shurna and Michael "Juice" Thompson.
Trailing 15-13, ailing from what head coach Bill Carmody called "Garden jitters," the Wildcats settled into their funky zone, with JerShon Cobb at the top of the D and Shurna's long arms cutting off the passing lane to the right corner as he straddled the arc.
Northwestern vs. St. Francis (NY) - 7:00 pm ET - MSG Holiday Festival - MSG
Bucknell vs. Cornell - 7:00 pm
Mercer (5-9) trailed 40-14 at the half and could not rally to catch CCBC-Essex in a 91-85 loss.
Undefeated Northwestern is excited about playing at Madison Square Garden for the first time in nine years. Look for coverage from MSG on the site later tonight.
Around the Ivy League: Dartmouth (3-7) lost 71-42 at Iowa State. Sacred Heart bested Yale (5-5) in New Haven, 71-62.
The latest collection of videos from various corners of the Princeton basketball family. Above, clips of Northwestern's recent victory over American. When John Shurna hits three pointer to beat the shot clock in the second half launched from the Baha'i Temple it brings a smile to my face.
Today's Game: Princeton (7-3 / 0-0) vs. Wagner (4-5 / 1-0)
Location: Spiro Sports Center - Staten Island, NY
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: Time Warner Cable
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 2-0.
Last meeting: Princeton 45 Wagner 42 - 12/30/09.
| Princeton | Wagner | |
| 3-0 | Home Record | 1-1 |
| 3-2 | Away Record | 3-4 |
| 1-1 | Neutral Record | 2-1 |
| 59 | RPI | 194 |
| 93 | Sagarin | 194 |
| 124 | Pomeroy | 256 |
| 72.3 | Points / Game | 63.7 |
| 70.4 | Points Allowed / Game | 65.6 |
| .466 | FG% | .415 |
| .704 | FT% | .787 |
| .393 | 3PT FG% | .412 |
| 33.9 | Rebounds / Game | 30.3 |
| 9.2 | Off. Rebounds / Game | 7.0 |
| +0.4 | Rebounding Margin | -6.0 |
| 14.4 | Assists / Game | 11.8 |
| 13.8 | Turnovers / Game | 15.9 |
| 3.8 | Blocks / Game | 3.6 |
| Hummer: 15.5 | Points | Murray: 17.8 |
| Maddox, Hummer: 6.7 | Rebounds | Murray: 5.4 |
| Maddox: 3.2 | Assists | Murray: 3.3 |
| Davis: 1.3 | Steals | Murray: 1.3 |
| Maddox: 1.7 | Blocks | Folahan: 1.4 |
| Hummer: .615 | FG% (Min: 10 FGM) | Parker: .567 |
| Mavraides: .825 | FT% (Min: 10 FTM) | Rivers: .953 |
| Davis: .439 | 3PT FG% (Min: 10 3FGM) | Murray .463 |
In the Staten Island Advance you can find a preview of tonight's game.
The Princeton Alumni Weekly blog offers up five more things you need to know about the Tigers.
John Shurna scored 28 - cracking the 1,000 point mark in the process - as Northwestern (7-0) defeated American, 78-62.
Denver is introducing a program called "Pioneer Professors" modeled on Princeton's Faculty Fellows program.
American vs. Northwestern - 8:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network
Mercer (5-7) defeated Harford, 78-63. The Vikings had 21 assists on their 28 field goals.
Montana bested Oregon State (4-5) by a 71-66 final. Beyond the Beat has a piece about Craig Robinson's love and hate in Corvallis.
The Princeton Alumni Weekly blog offers up five things you need to know about the Tigers.
There's a preview of tomorrow's game at Wagner in the Daily Princetonian.
Will Venable and some Padres teammates took part in the 24th annual San Diego Armed Services YMCA SuperParent Shopping Day. Pictures of the event can be found here.
The recent Northwestern homestand concludes tonight against American.
Princeton recruiting target Desmond Hubert is the subject of a lengthy, well-written, front page profile in the Star Ledger. There's also a video component which is worth watching.
In this week's Schuylkill 16, Princeton dips slightly to the sixth slot despite winning both games since the last poll. Oh, voters.
Hartford (MD) vs. MCCC - 6:00 pm ET
Oregon State vs. Montana - 9:00 pm ET
A day after Princeton was written up in the Wall Street Journal, Northwestern is the subject of an article about the Wildcats' hopes to reach the NCAA Tournament for the first time this season.
Dick Vitale calls Richmond coach Chris Mooney one of five "Coaches on the Rise."
Princeton recruit Denton Koon scored 18 in Liberty's home loss to Lee's Summit.
A preview of the New Egypt Warriors has some quotes from Tiger target Desmond Hubert about his recruiting.
There's a video package of Princeton's win over St. Joe's up on the WZBN site. With no direct way to access the highlights, you'll need to click on the left menu and choose the first listing in the Basketball folder.
Denver (2-9) fell 61-48 at Wyoming. Pioneer Pulse has more.
This evening Oregon State heads to Montana.
Around the Ivy League: Dartmouth (3-6) lost at St. Francis (NY) 69-61 in a game that featured 55 fouls.
Denver vs. Wyoming - 9:00 pm ET
Dartmouth vs. St. Francis (NY) - 7:00 pm ET
The Wall Street Journal has what won't be the last article this season about Princeton's increased tempo.
Brendan Connolly is still writer Jeff Pearlman's favorite college basketball player.
Princeton tops a New York Newsday ranking of the top college basketball teams in the Tri-State area.
One more article on Sunday's game ran on Inside Tulsa Sports.
John Shurna was 10-11 from the floor and Northwestern (6-0) returned to action with an 81-65 win over LIU.
Slam Magazine has a Q&A with Georgetown guard Austin Freeman, seen receiving a pass from Chris Wright above.
The College Voice provides analysis of Mercer County's season so far.
Denver heads to Wyoming.
LIU vs. Northwestern - 8:00 pm ET - bigtennetwork.com
In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's wild double overtime win on goprincetontigers.com, on TulsaWorld, on the KRMG web site, in the Daily Princetonian, courtesy of the Associated Press and on tulsahurricane.com.
TulsaWorld also has sidebars on the injuries sustained by Golden Hurricane players and the one-two punch of Kareem Maddox and Ian Hummer.
Georgetown (9-1) spent two days working on defense, then blitzed Appalachian State in the second half of a 89-60 win.
It was finally a blowout win for Oregon State (4-4), defeating UT-Pan American by 20.
Northwestern returns from a 13 day layoff versus LIU.
The latest collection of videos from various corners of the Princeton basketball family. You wanted to start your day with the Princeton mascot battling in the MMA Octagon, right?
The latest collection of videos from various corners of the Princeton basketball family focuses primarily on footage from recently played games, starting with Northwestern's 20 point triumph over Georgia Tech above.
