Sunday News:

November 22, 2009 at 9:29 am
Filed under Basketball, Craig Robinson, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

Chattanooga vs. Richmond - 5:00 pm ET - South Padre Island Invitational
Tennessee St. vs. Northwestern - 8:00 pm ET - Chicago Invitational Challenge - bigtennetwork.com

Maine vs. Brown - 2:00 pm ET

In addition to our recap you can read about the Tigers' tough loss to Army on goprincetontigers.com, in the Trentonian in the Trenton Times and on goarmysports.com.

Sportswriter Jeff Pearlman took in yesterday's game with Patrick Connolly, father of Princeton freshman center Brendan Connolly.

Oregon State (1-3) lost to Sacramento State by two. The Beavers trailed 44-22 at halftime, leading coach Craig Robinson to say "at this point in our development, to have an effort like that at home is just embarrassing."

Four player in double figures for #19 Georgetown (3-0), who dismissed Savannah State by 19.

Richmond and Chattanooga meet on South Padre Island.

Northwestern opens Chicago Invitational Challenge play at home versus Tennessee State.

Around the Ivy League: A shorthanded Penn (0-3) squad remained winless with a double overtime loss to Delaware. Dartmouth (0-3) is the other member of the Ancient Eight without a victory. The Big Green were pounded 83-60 at Furman. Yale (1-3) lost their home opener to Quinnipiac, 81-74.

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Friday News:

November 20, 2009 at 9:11 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Northwestern, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Brown vs. St. John's - 7:00 pm ET - Philly Hoop Group Classic
Longwood vs. Columbia - 7:00 pm ET
Seton Hall vs. Cornell - 7:00 pm ET - SNY
Bryant vs. Harvard - 7:00 pm ET

The Daily Princetonian previews this weekend's game against Army.

Richmond (2-1) was tripped up at William & Mary, 78-71.

A second straight victory for Denver (2-1), a physical 56-49 decision over Montana.

One of Rivals' Top 100 players in the country, guard JerShon Cobb, officially signed his National Letter of Intent with Northwestern.

Andy Katz writes about the tough non-conference schedule Georgetown is playing.

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Thursday News:

November 19, 2009 at 9:56 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Northwestern, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

MCCC vs. FIT - 7:00 pm ET
Richmond vs. William & Mary - 7:00 pm ET
Montana vs. Denver - 9:00 pm ET - FSN Rocky Mountain

In addition to our recap you can read about the Tigers' comeback last night against Manhattan on goprincetontigers.com, in the Trentonian, in the Trenton Times, in the Daily Princetonian and on gojaspers.com.

Undermanned Northwestern (1-1) was no match for Butler.

Princeton recruit T.J. Bray talks about his decision to become a Tiger.

Richmond travels to William & Mary for their first road game of the season.

Denver plays host to Montana tonight.

Around the Ivy League: Cornell (2-0) defeated UMass 74-61 in the first night of the Legends Classic. Rhode Island pulled away from Brown (1-2) in the second half, 78-57.

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Wednesday News:

November 18, 2009 at 9:36 am
Filed under Basketball, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Today's News

Today's Game: Manhattan (1-0 / 0-0) vs. Princeton (1-0 / 0-0)
Location: Jadwin Gym - Princeton, NJ
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 15-3.
Last meeting: Manhattan 70 Princeton 60 - 12/14/08.

Butler vs. Northwestern - 8:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network

Rhode Island vs. Brown - 7:00 pm ET
Cornell vs. UMass - 7:30 pm ET - Legends Classic

Douglas Davis is the centerpiece of a well-executed article about how Princeton is looking to show they learned lessons from certain losses last season.

It wasn't pretty but a Greg Monroe layup with six seconds left gave Georgetown (2-0) a 46-45 win over Temple - the first time in 69 games that the Owls lost when they held their opponent under 50 points.

Soft Pretzel Logic has postgame audio from John Thompson III, Chris Wright and Greg Monroe.

Northwestern hosts Butler in Evanston. Jon Greenberg from ESPNChicago.com talks to Bill Carmody, trying to figure out if the Wildcats are cursed.

Forward Devon Collier officially signed his National Letter of Intent with Oregon State.

Around the Ivy League: Yale (1-2) defeated Colgate 65-55 in the second day of the NIT Season Tip-Off. Columbia (0-1) missed a shot to tie in the final minute at DePaul, falling 59-53.

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Tuesday News:

November 17, 2009 at 9:48 am
Filed under Basketball, Georgetown, Northwestern, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

Temple vs. Georgetown - 4:00 pm ET

Yale vs. Colgate - 4:30 pm ET - NIT Season Tip-Off
Columbia vs. DePaul - 9:00 pm ET - SNY

Douglas Davis made the Honor Roll of the Ivy Weekly Men's Basketball Report.

The Daily Princetonian writes about Princeton's successful trip to Michigan.

Would you believe more bad news for Northwestern? Jeremy Nash, who led the Wildcats in scoring with 20 points in their season opener, is suffering from a heart ailment and was sidelined during practice on Monday.

Richmond (2-0) went on a 20-0 first half run and cracked the century mark for the first time since 1996, blitzing VMI 103-59.

Georgetown hosts Temple in a late afternoon start as part of the ESPN 24 Hour College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon.

Around the Ivy League: Penn (0-2) was on the wrong end of a 103-65 decision against Villanova. Yale (0-2) remained winless, falling by five to Hofstra.

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Monday News:

November 16, 2009 at 8:46 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

VMI vs. Richmond - 7:00 pm ET

Yale vs. Hofstra - 6:30 pm ET - NIT Season Tip-Off
Penn vs. Villanova - 7:00 pm ET

Central Michigan Life reports on the Chippewas' loss to the Tigers.

SportsProf has a couple nice words about Princeton's season opener (and this site).

The bad news continues for Northwestern. Andy Katz from espn.com reports leading scorer Kevin Coble is done for the year and fellow senior Jeff Ryan tore his ACL on Friday and will not play again this season.

Denver (1-1) entered the win column with a 75-66 victory over Arkansas-Pine Bluff.

Oregon State (1-2) fell in the final four minutes to Texas Tech, 64-60.

Richmond hosts fast-paced VMI this evening. Chris Mooney announced the signing of three recruits to National Letters of Intent.

Around the Ivy League: Harvard (2-0) won at the buzzer in triple OT over William & Mary. Jeremy Lin hit a three point shot (video) and was fouled as time expired on a wild 87-85 game. Brown (1-0) battled but came up short at Virginia Tech, 69-55. Dartmouth (0-2) lost on the road to George Mason, 60-44.

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Saturday News:

November 14, 2009 at 8:47 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

Today's Game: Princeton (0-0 / 0-0) vs. Central Michigan (0-0 / 0-0)
Location: Rose Center - Mt. Pleasant, MI
Time: 12:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Central Michigan leads 1-0.
Last meeting: Central Michigan 55 Princeton 53 - 11/14/08.

Team stats are from last season.

Player stats include returning players only.

MCCC vs. Harford - 4:00 pm ET
Oregon State vs. South Dakota - 9:00 pm ET - Duel In The Desert

Cornell vs. Alabama - 2:00 pm ET

The only preview of today's game I could find was in the Morning Sun.

There's a preliminary report about the Tigers in this week's Princeton Packet.

Basketball-U's Ivy coverage has returned after a one year hiatus! Start with their 2009-10 Princeton summary.

Greg Monroe had 18 points and 11 rebounds to lead Georgetown (1-0) over Tulane, 74-58.

Northwestern (1-0) began their year on the right foot, beating Northern Illinois by 22. There is a chance Wildcat senior forward Kevin Coble may have surgery and redshirt this season.

Richmond (1-0) pulled away from Lehigh down the stretch for a 65-53 win.

Northern Iowa got past Denver (0-1) at Magness Arena, 71-65.

At the Duel In The Desert, Oregon State (0-1) ran into a sandstorm named Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. The Beavers were 2-10 from the free throw line in the first half and committed 25 turnovers on the night as they fell in a 44-19 hole that was insurmountable.

Mercer (2-1) went on the road and defeated Chesapeake in double overtime, 77-69. Isiah Andrews and Quincy Hendryx each scored 15 for the Vikings.

Also returning this year is the Schuylkill 16, a weekly ranking of Delaware Valley teams that I vote in. Princeton placed 10th in the Opening Week edition.

Around the Ivy League: Harvard (1-0) began their campaign with an impressive victory at Holy Cross. Brown (1-0) also won on the road, 68-64 over St. Francis (NY). Alex Zampier scored 35, but Yale (0-1) came up short of the finish line, dropping a 92-86 track meet to Sacred Heart. Penn (0-1) was unable to stop Penn State junior guard Talor Battle, who scored 27 points and grabbed 10 boards. The Quakers lost 70-55. Boston College may have had three players suspended for their season opener, but they still had no problem with Dartmouth, 89-58.

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Friday News:

November 13, 2009 at 9:00 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Richmond, Today's News

Lehigh vs. Richmond - 7:00 pm ET
MCCC vs. Chesapeake - 7:00 pm ET
Northern Illinois vs. Northwestern - 8:00 pm ET - bigtennetwork.com
Tulane vs. Georgetown - 9:00 pm ET
Oregon State vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi - 9:00 pm ET - Duel In The Desert
Northern Iowa vs. Denver - 9:30 pm ET

Yale vs. Sacred Heart - 5:30 pm ET - Connecticut Six Classic
Brown vs. St. Francis (NY) - 7:00 pm ET
Dartmouth vs. Boston College - 7:00 pm ET
Harvard vs. Holy Cross - 7:00 pm ET
Penn vs. Penn State - 7:30 pm ET

College basketball really gets going today around the nation.

Richmond hosts Lehigh at the Robins Center.

Northwestern starts at home against Northern Illinois. The injury to the Wildcats' Kevin Coble presents both questions and opportunities.

Tulane welcomes Georgetown to Louisiana.

Oregon State will play three games in three days to open 2009-10.

Denver and Northern Iowa face off at Magness Arena, where the Pioneers went 12-3 last year.

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Thursday News:

November 12, 2009 at 9:50 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Bad news out of Evanston - Northwestern's leading returning scorer, senior forward Kevin Coble, suffered a foot injury at practice on Tuesday. The severity of this injury is not yet known, but preliminary reports have Coble out for a minimum of 4-6 weeks.

The Town Topics and the Trenton Times both preview Princeton in advance of Saturday's season opener at Central Michigan.

Princeton Alumni Weekly has a short blurb about the Tiger freshmen.

The early signing period began yesterday. Oregon State officially picked up a commitment from highly touted Chicago point guard Ahmad Starks and Denver retained the services of Dallas forward Chris Udofia.

The Washington Post looks at two keys for Georgetown this season.

Richmond hopes to make a run at the NCAA tournament.

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Wednesday News:

November 11, 2009 at 10:06 am
Filed under Baseball, Basketball, Chris Young, Georgetown, Northwestern, Princeton, Today's News

Princeton has participated in two closed scrimmages this preseason, hosting one versus Siena and the other last weekend at Towson. Since the NCAA does not permit the public or the media from viewing these scrimmages, word out of each has been minimal, but the Twitter feed for I-95 Ballerz does have a teaser about Tiger freshman Ian Hummer (above). The SienaHoops message board has a thread wherein members try and piece together details from their trip to Jadwin.

The Daily Princetonian previews the Tigers and breaks down the 2009-10 schedule.

Douglas Davis was named to the NYC Metro Preseason Fourth Team by College Hoops Net. The site also lists keys to Princeton's season.

The Hoya has published their comprehensive Georgetown season preview, with seven different articles about the team.

The Daily Northwestern has a cover story about the Wildcats' prospects this season. There are three additional articles about Northwestern basketball in today's issue as well.

Chris Young has been given a clean bill of health and will start throwing at Petco Park on Friday.

Central Michigan junior guard Jalin Thomas is adjusting to his new starting role for the Chippewas.

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Friday News:

November 6, 2009 at 10:11 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Northwestern, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

Former Georgetown guard Jonathan Wallace was selected by the Rio Grande Valley Vipers in the second round of the NBDL draft. Yale alum Travis Pinick was picked in the eighth round.

Denver is hosting a meet and greet this evening at the Daniel L. Ritchie Center.

Northwestern's Kevin Coble spent his summer scrimmaging against NBA opponents.

The Division I Committee On Infractions has penalized Richmond for "impermissible recruiting text messages and telephone calls to prospective student-athletes."

A 6'8" St. Anthony forward will play collegiately at Oregon State.

Central Michigan hosts their second exhibition on Saturday afternoon. Central Michigan Life has a preview of the Chippewas team.

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Thursday News:

November 5, 2009 at 10:08 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Northwestern, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Those of you who with ESPN Insider status can now read the Blue Ribbon Yearbook team preview for Princeton.

Northwestern defeated Robert Morris (Il) in exhibition play, 78-49.

Georgetown coach John Thompson III recently visited with the Georgetown University Wall Street Alliance.

Mile High Hoops previews the 2009-10 Denver Pioneers.

Harvard has picked up a third 2010 commitment, guard Laurent Rivard from Northfield Mount Hermon.

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