Northwestern/Indiana highlights.
For the first time in my lifetime, the Wildcats win in Bloomington!
Wednesday News:
Northwestern vs. Indiana - 6:30 pm ET - Big Ten Network
Richmond vs. Fordham - 7:00 pm ET
ESPN's Dana O'Neil wrote a great piece on Pete Carril. It includes the best descriptions of Saturday night's events that I've read.
Princeton recruit Will Barrett scored 29 as Central Bucks South lost to defending state champion Chester in the consolation game of the PIAA District One Class AAAA tournament.
Richmond visits Fordham this evening.
Looking to end a four decade losing streak in Bloomington, Northwestern faces off against Indiana.
The Denver Daily News notes the strides Joe Scott's Pioneers are making.
The new Schuylkill 16 has been posted.
Monday News:
Louisville vs. Georgetown - 7:00 pm ET - ESPN
Articles about last weekend's games can be found in the Daily Princetonian, the Harvard Crimson and the Dartmouth.
Ice cold Northwestern (14-11) lost at Minnesota by 27.
Time is running out for Georgetown, who hosts #7 Louisville tonight.
Chris Young has put last May's injury behind him.
Sunday News:
Northwestern vs. Minnesota - 7:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network
In addition to our recap, there are pieces concerning last night's loss to Dartmouth on goprincetontigers.com, in the Trentonian and the Trenton Times and on dartmouthsports.com.
SportsProf shares some of his favorite Pete Carril tales.
In addition to their game story, the Trentonian has a separate story about the naming of Carril Court.
A day late, but the Trenton Times piece about the Harvard game has shown up on-line.
Marquette pulled away late from Georgetown (14-11). The Hoyas need to win their final four regular season games to finish at .500 in Big East play.
Strong guard play helped Richmond (14-13) win its third straight, 65-58 over Charlotte.
The nightmare is over! For the first time in 44 tries, Denver (13-14) tasted victory on the road. The Pioneers beat Arkansas State by 20.
Oregon State (13-13) shot an unreal 70.8% from the floor in the second half, defeating Cal, 65-54. Oregon Live thinks Craig Robinson has sewn up the Pac-10 Coach of the Year award.
Northwestern visits Minnesota tonight.
Princeton recruit Mack Darrow had 14 points and nine boards, but Barrington lost for the 21st time this season.
Around the Ivy League: Cornell (18-8 / 8-2) demolished Brown (7-17 / 1-9), 85-45. Yale (11-13 / 6-4) came back from nine down with 14 minutes to play, picking up a 57-49 win over Columbia (11-13 / 6-4). Harvard (11-13 / 3-7) won at Penn (8-15 / 4-5) for the first time since 1991, defeating the Quakers 66-60.
Saturday News:
Today's Game: Dartmouth (7-16 / 5-4) vs. Princeton (10-11 / 5-3)
Location: Jadwin Gym - Princeton, NJ
Time: 6:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 136-60.
Last meeting: Princeton 59 Dartmouth 54 - 1/30/09.
| Dartmouth | Princeton | |
| 5-8 | Home Record | 6-5 |
| 2-7 | Away Record | 4-6 |
| 0-1 | Neutral Record | 0-0 |
| 321 | RPI | 286 |
| 327 | Sagarin | 268 |
| 309 | Pomeroy | 248 |
| 62.6 | Points / Game | 58.4 |
| 68.0 | Points Allowed / Game | 57.3 |
| .413 | FG% | .424 |
| .635 | FT% | .734 |
| .343 | 3PT FG% | .373 |
| 33.3 | Rebounds / Game | 31.7 |
| 10.6 | Off. Rebounds / Game | 8.3 |
| 10.4 | Assists / Game | 11.2 |
| 14.1 | Turnovers / Game | 13.6 |
| 4.5 | Blocks / Game | 3.1 |
| Barnett: 19.5 | Points | Davis: 12.0 |
| Barnett: 5.7 | Rebounds | Finley: 4.6 |
| Barnett: 2.0 | Assists | Schroeder: 2.7 |
| Barnett: 1.3 | Steals | Davis: 1.0 |
| Barnett: 1.3 | Blocks | Saunders: 0.9 |
| Pride: .463 | FG% (Min: 10 FGM) | Buczak: .539 |
| Fitzgerald: .824 | FT% (Min: 10 FTM) | Maddox: .830 |
| Barnett: .417 | 3PT FG% (Min: 10 3PTM) | Schroeder: .583 |
Manor vs. Mercer - 1:00 pm ET - Region XIX Playoffs
Marquette vs. Georgetown - 2:00 pm ET - ESPN
Cal vs. Oregon State - 5:00 pm ET - FSN NW
Charlotte vs. Richmond - 6:00 pm ET - CBS College Sports
Denver vs. Arkansas State - 8:00 pm ET
Harvard vs. Penn - 6:00 pm ET - CN8
Cornell vs. Brown - 7:00 pm ET
Columbia vs. Yale - 7:00 pm ET - YES
In addition to our recap, read about last night's squeaker on goprincetontigers.com in the Trentonian and on gocrimson.com.
TigerBlog honors tonight's celebrant, Pete Carril.
The Trentonian also talked with Coach Carril and Coach Johnson.
Saturday's festivities are a sad reminder of the death of Lorin Maurer nine days ago. Maurer was in charge of organizing the naming of Carril Court.
Mercer hosts Manor in a Region XIX playoff game this afternoon. Anyone besides me doing the Mercer/Princeton doubleheader?
On the same day they honor the 1984 National Champion Hoyas, this year's Georgetown squad hosts #10 Marquette.
Oregon State welcomes Cal to Corvallis for Senior Day.
A home date with Charlotte awaits Richmond.
Looking for that elusive road win, Denver visits Arkansas State.
The new Northwestern Athletic Director says Bill Carmody's job is safe, but that a lot of work still remains.
Princeton recruit Will Barrett was 3-15 from the field as Central Bucks South fell to Pennsbury in the District One Class AAAA quarterfinals.
Around the Ivy League: Yale (10-13 / 5-4) knocked off first place Cornell (17-8 / 7-2), 72-60. Columbia (11-12 / 6-3) won its third straight, a 70-57 win at Brown (7-16 / 1-8). Dartmouth (7-16 / 5-4) swept their season series with Penn (8-14 / 4-4) for the first time in 50 years, victorious at the Palestra by 10.
Thursday News:
Louisiana-Lafayette vs. Denver - 9:00 pm ET - FSN Rocky Mountain
Stanford vs. Oregon State - 10:00 pm ET
John Shurna's three point shot with three seconds to go gave Northwestern (14-10) a much-needed 72-69 win over Ohio State. Shurna was on an IV before the game, recovering from the flu. Highlights are above.
Princeton Alumni Weekly writes about the naming of Carril Court. Did you know there are 10 Princeton alums who played for Carril that currently coach professional or D-I college teams? Name them all in the comments and I'll send you a prize. (No peaking at the link first.)
Princeton recruit Brendan Connolly is on a tear, following up his 30 point night with 38 as Father Ryan stunned host Ensworth by two in the DII East/Middle championship game.
Richmond (13-13) bested La Salle by nine. The Explorers were baffled by the Spiders' smothering defense.
Georgetown (14-10) blew out South Florida, 65-40. It was the Hoyas' first road victory in Big East play since the conference opener at UConn.
Denver hosts Louisiana-Lafayette.
Oregon State welcomes Stanford to Corvallis.
Wednesday News:
Richmond vs. LaSalle - 7:00 pm ET
Georgetown vs. South Florida - 7:00 pm ET - MASN
Ohio State vs. Northwestern - 9:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network
In addition to our recap, there are pieces about Princeton's overtime battle versus Penn on goprincetontigers.com in the Daily Princetonian, the Trentonian, the Trenton Times, the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Daily News, the Philadelphia Bulletin, the Daily Pennsylvanian and on pennathletics.com.
A footnote to last night's game that I did not include in my notes: Zach Finley's 15 rebounds were the most by a Princeton player since Mason Rocca grabbed 18 in the 1999 NIT game against Georgetown.
Soft Pretzel Logic provides their perspective on last night's Penn/Princeton tilt and has an excellent photo essay from all corners of Jadwin Gym.
In addition to their game story, the Daily Princetonian also ran a profile on Douglas Davis.
Significant news on and off the court for two Princeton recruits - Brendan Connolly scored 30 points and grabbed 10 rebounds as Father Ryan advanced to the DII Region finals. Connolly was named MVP of the DII Middle/East Region and was also announced as one of three finalists for Tennessee Division II-AA Mr. Basketball.
Will Barrett had 20 for Central Bucks South, who advanced to the PA State Tournament with a 51-44 win over Glen Mills. Perhaps most significantly, Barrett acknowledged that he has been accepted to Princeton.
Georgetown hopes to just "relax and play" at South Florida tonight.
Richmond visits LaSalle. So will princetonbasketball.com, and we'll have coverage of the game on the site later this evening.
Northwestern welcomes Ohio State to Evanston.
Monday News:
MCCC vs. Princeton JV - 7:30 pm ET
The Daily Princetonian talks to Dan Mavraides about last weekend's losses at Yale and Brown.
There's a report on Friday's game in the Yale Daily News.
Another close loss for Northwestern (13-10). The Wildcats fell in overtime to Michigan, 70-67.
Sunday News:
Michigan vs. Northwestern - 3:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network
In addition to our recap, there are pieces on Princeton's unexpected loss to Brown on goprincetontigers.com in the Providence Journal and on brownbears.com.
Georgetown (13-10) made an incredible comeback to force overtime, but could not finish off Syracuse.
Richmond (12-13) also had an impressive rally, but lost by six at Dayton.
Oregon State (11-13) surprised Washington State, 54-52. The Beavers used a 16-0 run to turn around a 12 point second half deficit.
Denver (11-14) knocked off New Orleans, 59-49.
Mercer (12-13) was crushed at Del Tech, 60-32.
Northwestern hosts Michigan.
Around the Ivy League: Cornell (17-7 / 7-1) escaped Dartmouth (6-16 / 4-4) in double overtime. Matt Bulger's basket with four seconds remaining gave Columbia (10-12 / 5-3) the one point win over Harvard (10-12 / 2-6). Penn (7-13 / 3-3) won over Yale (9-13 / 4-4) in New Haven, 68-63.
Friday News:
Today's Game: Princeton (9-8 / 4-0) vs. Yale (8-12 / 3-3)
Location: Lee Amphitheater - New Haven, CT
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: YES
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 138-80.
Last meeting: Yale 67 Princeton 59 - 3/1/08.
| Princeton | Yale | |
| 5-4 | Home Record | 4-1 |
| 4-4 | Away Record | 4-11 |
| 0-0 | Neutral Record | 0-0 |
| 246 | RPI | 241 |
| 230 | Sagarin | 265 |
| 179 | Pomeroy | 261 |
| 60.1 | Points / Game | 62.3 |
| 56.8 | Points Allowed / Game | 64.3 |
| .433 | FG% | .436 |
| .735 | FT% | .657 |
| .366 | 3PT FG% | .285 |
| 32.6 | Rebounds / Game | 33.7 |
| 8.5 | Off. Rebounds / Game | 10.0 |
| 11.3 | Assists / Game | 13.3 |
| 13.2 | Turnovers / Game | 16.3 |
| 2.9 | Blocks / Game | 3.0 |
| Davis: 12.5 | Points | Morin: 13.4 |
| Buczak: 4.8 | Rebounds | Morin: 5.9 |
| Buczak: 2.1 | Assists | Pinick: 3.1 |
| Davis: 1.2 | Steals | Zampier: 1.7 |
| Maddox: 0.8 | Blocks | Mangano: 0.9 |
| Schroeder: .613 | FG% (Min: 10 FGM) | Fiddler: .525 |
| Mavraides: .800 | FT% (Min: 10 FTM) | Zampier: .839 |
| Schroeder: .611 | 3PT FG% (Min: 10 3PTM) | Morin: .333 |
Dartmouth vs. Columbia - 7:00 pm ET
Harvard vs. Cornell - 7:00 pm ET
Penn vs. Brown - 7:00 pm ET
Today's must-read is M.A. Mehta's piece in the Star Ledger about Princeton's recent revival. The quotes he was given by former Tiger coach Joe Scott are particularly eye-opening.
Two game previews - See the Daily Princetonian and the Trentonian.
Last night's loss by Northwestern (13-9) still smarts. The Wildcats led for all but the final two seconds and had a nine point lead with just over two minutes left, but collapsed under Illinois' pressure.
Oregon State (10-13) trailed by just one at #24 Washington halfway through yesterday's game, but the Huskies came on strong for the 79-60 win.
Denver (10-14) fell by six at Florida Atlantic.
Thursday News:
Denver vs. Florida Atlantic - 7:00 pm ET
Mercer vs. Morris - 7:00 pm ET
Illinois vs. Northwestern - 9:00 pm ET - ESPN2
Oregon State vs. Washington - 11:00 pm ET - FSN NW
The Town Topics story on last weekend's Princeton games is up.
Today's Jadwin Gym at 40 story comes from the Daily Princetonian.
Princeton recruit Jimmy Sherburne scored 24 points as Whitefish Bay defeated Germantown 67-57.
Richmond (12-12) got back in the win column, 71-67 over Duquesne. The Spiders rallied from a 15 point first half deficit.
Northwestern hosts in-state rival Illinois. It is the only regular season meeting between the two schools.
#24 Washington is the latest destination for Oregon State. The Beavers are earning respect in the Pac-10.
Denver tries to end their 42 game road losing streak at Florida Atlantic.
The Ivy League has named Robin Harris the Executive Director of the Council of Ivy Group Presidents, effective July 1. Harris replaces the retiring Jeff Orleans.
Sunday News:
St. Louis vs. Richmond - 2:00 pm ET
In addition to our recap, there are pieces on Princeton's victory over Columbia on goprincetontigers.com and on gocolumbialions.com. Stories from the local newspapers are not on-line. A link to the Trentonian story can be found in the comments below.
Congratulations to Princeton recruit Will Barrett (above), who is one of 1,500 national nominees for McDonald’s All-American status.
Pete Carril and Gary Walters will both be inducted into the Berks Basketball Hall of Fame on Tuesday night.
Georgetown (13-9) fell to Cincinnati in overtime. The Hoyas had one field goal in the final 12 minutes of play.
Northwestern (13-8) was up one with a minute to go at Iowa, but Devan Bawinkel hit a three pointer to give the Hawkeyes their final lead. To make the Wildcats' loss slightly more painful, Jeff Peterson scored 16 to pace the home team.
Oregon State (10-11) lost a low-scoring game to perhaps their toughest conference matchup, #23 Arizona State.
Beavers head coach Craig Robinson is a presenter at tonight's 57th annual Oregon Sports Awards.
Mercer (12-11) lost 74-64 at Harcum.
Denver (10-13) dropped a nine point decision at UALR, 66-57.
Richmond goes for the season sweep against St. Louis this afternoon.
Around the Ivy League: Jeremy Lin made a free throw with no time left, as Harvard (10-10 / 2-4) rallied to defeat Brown (6-14 / 0-6) by one. Cornell (15-7 / 5-1) got back on track with an 88-73 win over Penn (5-13 / 1-3). Don't look now, but Dartmouth (6-14 / 4-2) has won three straight. The Big Green bested Yale (8-13 / 2-3) in Hanover, 57-54.
