Sunday News:

February 14, 2010 at 10:09 am
Filed under Basketball, Craig Robinson, Denver, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Pete Carril, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Georgetown vs. Rutgers - 4:00 pm ET - ESPN+
Minnesota vs. Northwestern - 5:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's battle versus Cornell on goprincetontigers.com, in the Star Ledger, in the Trentonian, in the Cornell Daily Sun, in the Press & Sun-Bulletin and on cornellbigred.com.

A Bleacher Report writer calls last night "a game for the ages."

Richmond (20-6) outscored St. Bonaventure by 20 in the second half of a 68-49 decision.

Uros Kovacevic had 21 points and four assists as Mercer (16-11) won their sixth in a row, 73-62 over Del Tech Stanton.

Oregon State (11-13) was victorious at Arizona for the first time in 27 years.

Despite a New York Times report to the contrary, Beaver coach Craig Robinson denies that a representative of his has approached DePaul about their head coaching position.

Denver (14-11) played well on the road but fell 64-59 at North Texas.

Princeton recruit T.J. Bray had 25 points as Catholic Memorial clipped Milwaukee Pius, 60-48.

Newman Smith won versus Highland Park, 46-39. Future Tiger Daniel Edwards had 18 points and eight rebounds in defeat.

The Reading Eagle has named Pete Carril one of Berks County's four most famous sports figures.

Georgetown visits a Rutgers team that has won three of four. Look for full coverage on the site after this game.

Minnesota plays at Northwestern.

Around the Ivy League: Harvard (17-5 / 6-2) tied the school record for road wins in a season, winning 81-67 at Brown (8-17 / 2-6). Niko Scott scored a career high 29 as Columbia (9-13 / 3-5) won at Penn (4-16 / 3-3). Yale (10-15 / 4-4) held Dartmouth (4-18 / 0-8) to 18.8% shooting in the second half, rallying for the 69-56 triumph.

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Thursday News:

February 11, 2010 at 9:10 am
Filed under Basketball, Chris Young, Denver, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News, Will Venable

MCCC vs. Morris - 7:00 pm ET
Denver vs. Middle Tennessee - 8:00 pm ET
Oregon State vs. Arizona State - 9:30 pm ET

Richmond (19-6) moved into a tie for first in the Atlantic 10 with a 69-67 win at Rhode Island.

Pop. You might have heard the sound of the Northwestern (16-8) bubble bursting late Wednesday night, when the Wildcats lost 78-65 at Iowa.

Denver visits Middle Tennessee.

Arizona State hosts Oregon State.

Will Venable and Chris Young talk to the North County Times from offseason workouts at San Diego State.

Catholic News Agency has a piece on former JV Princeton player turned bishop John Barres.

Princeton sits in fifth place after this week's Schuylkill 16 votes were tabulated.

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Wednesday News:

February 10, 2010 at 9:42 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Richmond vs. Rhode Island - 7:00 pm ET
Northwestern vs. Iowa - 8:30 pm ET - Big Ten Network

Julian Vaughn scored a career high 19 as Georgetown (18-5) pulled away from Providence, 79-70.

Five straight for Mercer (15-11), winners over Burlington, 57-48. Derek Williams led the way with 14 points, five rebounds and four assists.

Northwestern travels to Iowa.

A challenging finish to Atlantic 10 play continues as Richmond visits Rhode Island.

Winning on the road has not come easy for Denver.

Princeton recruit Ben Hazel was named one of the 10 best players in the WCAC by dcsportsfan.com.

Future Tiger Tom Noonan shot 3-12 from the floor in Penn Charter's loss to Chestnut Hill Academy.

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Indiana/Northwestern highlights.

February 8, 2010 at 8:29 am
Filed under Basketball, Northwestern, Video

All five starters in double figures as the Wildcats win their fifth Big Ten game.

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Monday News:

February 8, 2010 at 8:27 am
Filed under Basketball, Luke Owings, Northwestern, Princeton, Today's News

Northwestern (16-7) beat Indiana for the third straight time, 78-61.

Former Princeton player Luke Owings was at the Harvard game and has posted his observations.

Bruce Wood wrote the Basketball-U Gamecenter for Princeton/Dartmouth.

In addition to the Daily Princetonian review of the weekend's games, Ashley Wolf guests with a piece on how the only way she could get into Lavietes Pavilion was by sitting on press row.

The Dartmouth provides the Big Green's side of Saturday's game.

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Super Bowl Sunday News:

February 7, 2010 at 7:29 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Indiana vs. Northwestern - 2:30 pm ET - Big Ten Network

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's fourth straight Ivy win on goprincetontigers.com and on dartmouthsports.com.

Former high school teammates Patrick Saunders and Dartmouth reserve Kirk Crecco are the subject of a piece in the Concord Monitor.

Jason Clark was 6-7 from three point range on his way to a career high 24 and Georgetown (17-5) beat #2 Villanova, 103-90.

Richmond (18-6) made a statement with a 71-54 win over #17 Temple.

The game between Harcum and Mercer was snowed out and will be played on February 18th.

Denver (14-9) got back on track, besting Florida Atlantic by 10. The Pioneers have won 13 straight at home.

Oregon State (10-12) made it a perfect Saturday for the "Carril Cradle," sweeping the Civil War from Oregon by 20.

Luka Mirkovic and Northwestern host Indiana.

Around the Ivy League: Cornell (20-3 / 6-0) needed to close on a 16-4 run to stop Brown (7-16 / 1-5), 74-60. Yale (9-14 / 3-3) took a 19 point halftime lead and coasted past Columbia (8-12 / 2-4). Harvard (15-5 / 4-2) mixed up their starting lineup and raced by Penn (3-15 / 2-2), 80-66.

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Wednesday News:

February 3, 2010 at 8:17 am
Filed under Basketball, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Richmond, Today's News

Richmond vs. St. Joe's - 7:00 pm ET
USF vs. Georgetown - 7:00 pm ET - ESPN+

Northwestern (15-7) went about their business, shutting down Michigan in the second half of a 67-52 win. The Wildcats had 21 assists on their 25 baskets.

Five players in double figures as Mercer (13-11) beat Salem, 93-78.

Greg Monroe and Georgetown try to avoid a trap game versus South Florida.

Richmond travels to St. Joseph's tonight.

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Michigan/Northwestern highlights.

February 2, 2010 at 11:39 pm
Filed under Basketball, Northwestern, Video

The Wildcats sweep the Wolverines for the first time since the 1966-67 season.

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Tuesday News:

February 2, 2010 at 9:56 am
Filed under Basketball, Chris Young, MCCC, Northwestern, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Michigan vs. Northwestern - 7:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network
MCCC vs. Raritan - 7:00 pm ET

February is far less brutal schedule-wise for Northwestern than last month was. The Wildcats host Michigan tonight and play four of their next five at home.

News 8 Austin has a video feature on Princeton recruit Chris Clement.

Future Tiger T.J. Bray has been nominated for Wisconsin Sports Network's Boys Basketball Player of the Month. Click on the link to vote for him.

Bray, Daniel Edwards and Ben Hazel are three of the 1,260 high school basketball players nominated for 2010 McDonald's All-American high School Basketball Boys Team.

Chris Young has "graduated" from his rehab program.

Cornell is ranked 25th in the latest ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll. If the Big Red win this weekend's games against Yale and Brown, they will become the first Top 25 team to visit Jadwin Gym since #4 Kansas played Princeton in 2001.

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Sunday News:

January 31, 2010 at 10:48 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

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

Georgetown (16-4) shot 71.7% from the floor for the game and was 15-18 from inside the arc in the second half, beating Duke, 89-77. Hoya Hoops has the postgame audio.

John Shurna's career high 31 were not enough as Northwestern (14-7) fell by nine at Michigan State.

Richmond (16-6) shut down Saint Louis, 62-36.

Mercer (12-11) beat Salem yesterday. Uros Kovacevic scored 16 as the Vikings won their second straight.

Denver (13-9) dropped its eighth in a row on the road, 73-62 at Arkansas State.

Oregon State (9-12) fell 62-52 to UCLA.

Princeton recruit Tom Noonan went for 20 in Penn Charter's loss to Episcopal Academy.

Future Tiger Chris Clement had 22 as Stony Point fell to Cedar Park. There's a video package of highlights available at this link.

Around the Ivy League: Cornell (18-3 / 4-0) sent a message by thoroughly dominating their showdown with Harvard (14-4 / 3-1) by 36. Columbia (7-11 / 1-3) topped Dartmouth (3-14 / 0-4) for their first conference win of the season. Penn (2-14 / 1-1) won at the buzzer in controversial fashion as Dan Monckton's layup appears to have come well after time expired, giving the Quakers a 55-54 win over Brown (7-14 / 1-3).

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Saturday News:

January 30, 2010 at 9:08 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Today's Game: Princeton (10-5 / 1-0) vs. Yale (8-12 / 2-1)
Location: John J. Lee Amphitheater - New Haven, CT
Time: 6:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 139-81.
Last meeting: Princeton 62 Yale 54 - 2/28/09.

Duke vs. Georgetown - 1:00 pm ET - CBS
St. Louis vs. Richmond - 2:00 pm ET - The Comcast Network
Salem vs. Mercer - 3:00 pm ET
Northwestern vs. Michigan State - 6:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network
UCLA vs. Oregon State - 7:30 pm ET
Denver vs. Arkansas State - 9:00 pm ET

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

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's Ivy opener on goprincetontigers.com, in the Providence Journal and on brownbears.com.

Watch highlights of Princeton's win over Goucher on WZBN.

A busy Saturday kicks off with Greg Monroe and Georgetown hosting #7 Duke. The Washington Post has more on this marquee matchup.

Richmond welcomes St. Louis to the Robins Center.

Northwestern visits #5 Michigan State.

UCLA travels to Oregon State.

Denver looks to stop a recent slide at Arkansas State.

Princeton recruit Ben Hazel scored 21 as Good Counsel upended O'Connell, 63-59.

Future Tiger Tom Noonan had eight for Penn Charter, who defeated Haverford School by 10.

Around the Ivy League: Cornell (17-3 / 3-0) shut down Dartmouth (4-13 / 0-3) to a 71-37 count. Harvard (14-3 / 3-0) kept pace, pushing aside Columbia (6-11 / 0-3) by 29. Yale (8-12 / 2-1) scored the first 11 points of a 61-48 win over Penn (1-14 / 0-1).

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Wednesday News:

January 27, 2010 at 10:05 am
Filed under Basketball, Judson Wallace, MCCC, Northwestern, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Benetton lost to undefeated Bizkaia Bilbao in the opener of Group K Eurocup play yesterday. Judson Wallace scored four points, handed out four assists and was held without a rebound.

Northwestern (14-6) rallied to go up one at Minnesota with under five minutes to play, before Blake Hoffarber's back-to-back three pointers helped the Gophers to the 65-61 final.

Mercer (10-11) lost 68-52 at Manor. Paco Boussougou had 16 points and 11 rebounds for the Vikings.

Princeton recruit Daniel Edwards scored 16 points as Highland Park beat Rockwall, 50-20.

In advance of this weekend's Harvard/Cornell game, the Wall Street Journal asks "how did the Ivy League get so good?"

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