Tuesday News:

January 26, 2010 at 9:56 am
Filed under Basketball, Georgetown, Northwestern, Princeton, Today's News

MCCC vs. Manor - 7:00 pm ET
Northwestern vs. Minnesota - 9:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network

Georgetown (15-4) scored the first 14 points of their meeting with Syracuse, but the Orangemen caught the Hoyas before halftime and pulled away in the second stanza of a 73-56 decision.

The Goucher Athletics story on Sunday's Princeton game is finally up.

The Princeton Packet has published their Goucher report as well.

Northwestern travels to Minnesota this evening.

Another Ivy Weekly Men's Basketball Report Honor Roll nod for Douglas Davis.

St. Peter's College will honor the life of former Princeton assistant Bob Dukiet at halftime of this Sunday's game versus Manhattan.

Around the Ivy League: Penn (1-13) finished City 6 play winless for the second straight season, falling 85-64 versus St. Joseph's.

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Illinois/Northwestern highlights.

January 24, 2010 at 10:05 am
Filed under Basketball, Northwestern, Video

The Wildcats rally for their first win over the Illini since 2004.

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Sunday News:

January 24, 2010 at 10:02 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Today's Game: Goucher (5-11 / 3-3) vs. Princeton (8-5 / 0-0)
Location: Jadwin Gym - Princeton, NJ
Time: 3:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: This is the first meeting between the two teams.
Last meeting: This is the first meeting between the two teams.

Greg Monroe had 21 points, 14 rebounds and six assists as Georgetown (15-3) obliterated Rutgers, 88-63. Head to Hoya Hoops and listen to postgame audio.

Richmond (15-6) won 62-57 at George Washington. Ryan Butler's three point shot with 26 ticks left put the Spiders in front to stay.

Oregon State (8-11) cut a 15 point second half Cal lead down to two in the final 11 seconds, but the Golden Bears held on 65-61.

An impressive result for Denver (13-7), beating South Alabama 71-48. The Pioneers shot 14-28 from three point range.

A career high 22 points from Jeremy Nash pushed Northwestern (14-5) past Illinois, 73-68. The Wildcats trailed by seven with 7:25 to go before going on a game-changing 17-3 run.

Mercer (10-10) picked up a 76-71 win over Dean on Saturday night. Uros Kovacevic led the Vikings with 28 points. Paco Boussougou pulled down 17 rebounds.

The Trenton Times has a brief preview of today's game built around the Tiger freshmen.

Princeton recruit T.J. Bray had 19 for Catholic Memorial in a Classic 8 Conference victory over Kettle Moraine.

Future Tiger Daniel Edwards scored 21 in Highland Park's 50-45 loss to Greenville. The Scots are 11-11 this season.

20 points by Ben Hazel weren't enough to get Good Counsel past St. Mary�s in double overtime.

Tom Noonan scored 19 of his 21 points in the second half of Penn Charter's win over Philadelphia Electrical.

Samford coach Jimmy Tillette, who has picked the brains and playbooks of many a Princeton coach and assistant to perfect his team's offense, suffered a seizure and collapsed on the sidelines yesterday during his team's win over UNC-Greensboro. Here's hoping he's feeling better soon.

Cornell (16-3 / 2-0) completed a season sweep of Columbia (6-10 / 0-2) with a 77-51 blowout of the Lions. Harvard (13-3 / 2-0) went up to Dartmouth (3-12 / 0-2) and pulled out the 62-58 decision.

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Saturday News:

January 23, 2010 at 10:29 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

Rutgers vs. Georgetown - 12:00 pm ET - ESPN+
Richmond vs. George Washington - 2:00 pm ET
Oregon State vs. Cal - 2:00 pm ET - CBS
South Alabama vs. Denver - 6:00 pm ET
Dean vs. MCCC - 6:00 pm ET
Illinois vs. Northwestern - 8:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network

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

Did you know that the sister of Princeton senior center Zach Finley is engaged to marry a player on the Drake Bulldogs roster in April? I certainly did not. Good excuse to run the above picture, though.

Want to see how you did on the PAW Princeton basketball quiz? The results have been posted.

Lots of games today, starting with Georgetown welcoming Rutgers to DC at noon. The Associated Press discusses the Hoyas' lack of production from their bench.

The Hoya Paranoia breaks down a Georgetown inbounds play that takes advantage of Chris Wright's speed. Can any former Tigers comment on the similarity between this design and anything Coach Thompson was running at Princeton?

Richmond travels to George Washington.

Oregon State will be at Cal.

South Alabama visits Denver.

Northwestern hosts Illinois at Welsh-Ryan Arena.

Bloomberg reports that the Ivy League wants to "negotiate national television agreements to show football, basketball and possibly lacrosse and soccer games."

Around the Ivy League: Alex Zampier scored 22 points as Yale (7-12 / 1-1) defeated Brown (7-12 / 1-1) in Providence, 71-63.

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Kevin Coble trick shot.

January 22, 2010 at 10:11 am
Filed under Basketball, Northwestern, Video

Northwestern's Kevin Coble may be injured, but he can still put down his crutches and beat you at h.o.r.s.e.

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Wednesday News:

January 20, 2010 at 10:18 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Georgetown vs. Pitt - 7:00 pm ET - ESPNU
Charlotte vs. Richmond - 7:00 pm ET

La Salle vs. Penn - 7:00 pm ET

Northwestern (13-5) was no match for Ohio State, falling 76-56 in Columbus.

A three game Mercer (9-10) winning streak came to an end with a 65-58 loss at home to Essex. Paco Boussougou had 19 points and 15 boards for the Vikings.

Greg Monroe and Georgetown head to Pitt.

Richmond finishes their homestand against Charlotte.

Princeton recruit T.J. Bray is the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's Athlete of the Week.

Future Tiger Tom Noonan was held to nine points in Penn Charter's loss to Germantown Academy. For those who watch the video connected to this story, Noonan is #33 in blue.

Persistence fosters success for Denver head coach Joe Scott.

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Tuesday News:

January 19, 2010 at 9:46 am
Filed under Basketball, Georgetown, Judson Wallace, Northwestern, Today's News

Northwestern vs. Ohio State - 7:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network
Essex vs. MCCC - 7:00 pm ET

Northwestern travels to #21 Ohio State.

Here's the latest weekly teleconference audio from Wildcat head man Bill Carmody.

SNY writes about the Georgetown bench.

Judson Wallace now has his own YouTube channel.

Around the Ivy League: David Rufful's three point play with less than a second remaining gave Dartmouth (4-11 / 0-1) a 65-64 win over St. Francis (NY).

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Purdue/Northwestern highlights.

January 17, 2010 at 8:56 am
Filed under Basketball, Northwestern, Video

The last time the Wildcats beat a team ranked as highly at home was in 1979 versus Magic Johnson and Michigan State.

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Sunday News:

January 17, 2010 at 8:47 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Richmond, Today's News

Georgetown vs. Villanova - 12:00 pm ET - ESPN+

Michael "Juice" Thompson scored 20 points as Northwestern (13-4) outrebounded #6 Purdue 42-23 and defeated the Boilermakers 72-64.

Richmond (14-5) stayed perfect at home with a 67-64 win over La Salle.

Denver (12-7) was downed by Louisiana-Monroe, 64-53.

Oregon State (8-9) fell at home to Arizona State, 66-57.

Mercer (9-9) evened their record with a 73-65 win over Middlesex. The Vikings got 22 points, 10 assists and seven rebounds from Uros Kovacevic.

Georgetown will be tested at #4 Villanova this afternoon.

Around the Ivy League: Cornell (15-3 / 1-0) kicked off their quest for their a straight conference title with a 74-53 thumping of Columbia (6-9 / 0-1) in Ithaca.

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Saturday News:

January 16, 2010 at 9:33 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Denver vs. Louisiana-Monroe - 2:00 pm ET - FSN Rocky Mountain (tape delay)
MCCC vs. Middlesex - 2:00 pm ET
La Salle vs. Richmond - 4:00 pm ET - CSN
Purdue vs. Northwestern - 5:30 pm ET - Big Ten Network
Arizona State vs. Oregon State - 6:30 pm ET - FSN NW

Columbia vs. Cornell - 4:00 pm ET - Time Warner

Congratulations to the radio voice of Princeton basketball, John Sadak, who was named 2009 Delaware Sportscaster of the Year by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association.

Basketball U. stole a bit of my thunder from what I was planning to write next week with a "Trendspotting" piece on Princeton that looks at the 2009-10 Tigers from a few different statistical perspectives.

Denver travels to Louisiana-Monroe.

Richmond hosts La Salle.

#6 Purdue visits Northwestern.

Oregon State welcomes Arizona State to Corvallis.

Princeton recruit T.J. Bray scored 29, including a tie-breaking three with 80 seconds left as Catholic Memorial won 67-61 at Arrowhead.

Future Tiger Ben Hazel had 20, including five three pointers, in Good Counsel's WCAC victory over St. John's.

Rush The Court checks in on the Ivy League.

Around the Ivy League: Brown (7-11 / 1-0) opened conference play with a win over Yale (6-12 / 0-1) in New Haven, 75-66.

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Thursday News:

January 14, 2010 at 9:11 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Seton Hall vs. Georgetown - 7:00 pm ET - ESPN
Denver vs. Louisiana-Lafayette - 8:00 pm ET
Arizona vs. Oregon State - 10:00 pm ET

Richmond (13-5) got past UMass in overtime. Darrius Garrett set an Atlantic 10 record with 14 blocked shots for the Spiders!

Wisconsin closed on a 21-8 run to defeat Northwestern (12-4), 60-50. Back-to-back three point shots by Trevon Hughes, each off an offensive rebound, tipped the game in the Badgers' favor.

Looking to avoid a letdown following their stirring comeback over the weekend, Georgetown hosts Seton Hall tonight.

Denver visits Louisiana-Lafayette.

Oregon State welcomes Arizona.

Princeton recruit Ben Hazel scored 17 points as Good Counsel beat McNamara, 55-49

Around the Ivy League: Penn (1-11) gave Temple a decent run before falling 60-45.

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Wednesday News:

January 13, 2010 at 9:55 am
Filed under Basketball, MCCC, Northwestern, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

UMass vs. Richmond - 7:00 pm ET
Wisconsin vs. Northwestern - 8:30 pm ET - Big Ten Network

Temple vs. Penn - 7:00 pm ET

Mercer (8-9) won 82-70 at Salem. Paco Boussougou had 20 points and 13 boards. Derrick Williams added 11 points 10 assists.

Drew Crawford and Northwestern host #13 Wisconsin.

A three game Richmond homestand begins with a visit from UMass.

When Bill Bradley broke the Princeton record for points in a game, whose record did he break? TigerBlog knows.

Denver senior guard Nate Rohnert is the esteemed winner of Mid Majority Baller Of the Week.

Princeton recruit Tom Noonan scored 17 points before fouling out in overtime as Penn Charter lost at the horn to Episcopal Academy.

Craig Haley of Hamilton Space writes about the connection between Ivy League programs and Mercer County prep schools.

The archive kicked out this March 1998 George Vecsey column following Princeton's NCAA Tournament win over UNLV.

USA Today has published their new Ivy League conference report.

Seventh place is where the Tigers sit in this week's Schuylkill 16.

Penn freshman guard Carson Sullivan has left the program.

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