November 27, 2008 at 10:15 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News
Wichita State vs. Georgetown - 2:30 pm ET - Old Spice Classic - ESPN2
In addition to our recap, just two official game stories from last night: goprincetontigers.com and fordhamsports.com
Richmond (3-2) lost to Bradley 80-66 in the final day of the O'Reilly Auto Parts CBE Classic.
Northwestern (3-1) was trumped by four at Butler,
Denver (0-3) dropped their home opener in overtime to Northern Colorado, 71-66.
Oregon State (0-4) saw a 15 point second half lead disappear in a 82-79 loss to Montana State in overtime.
Georgetown kicks off Old Spice Classic action this afternoon against Wichita State.
Around the Ivy League: Brown (2-3) powered past Army, 80-73.
Have a happy Thanksgiving! It was so nice to see/meet many of you at Fordham last night.
November 26, 2008 at 9:34 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News
Today's Game: Princeton (1-2 / 0-0) vs. Fordham (0-3 / 0-0)
Location: Rose Hill Gym - Bronx, NY
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 16-11.
Last meeting: Princeton 57 Fordham 53 (OT) - 1/7/89.
|
| Princeton |
|
Fordham |
| 0-2 |
Home Record |
0-2 |
| 1-0 |
Away Record |
0-1 |
| 0-0 |
Neutral Record |
0-0 |
| 292 |
RPI |
211 |
| 297 |
Sagarin |
247 |
| 223 |
Pomeroy |
234 |
| 54.3 |
Points / Game |
65.7 |
| 52.0 |
Points Allowed / Game |
84.3 |
| .420 |
FG% |
.397 |
| .767 |
FT% |
.569 |
| .339 |
3PT FG% |
.377 |
| 34.7 |
Rebounds / Game |
27.7 |
| 10.0 |
Off. Rebounds / Game |
9.0 |
| 10.3 |
Assists / Game |
11.7 |
| 18.3 |
Turnovers / Game |
13.0 |
| 4.7 |
Blocks / Game |
3.3 |
|
|
|
| Davis: 19.3 |
Points |
Bethel: 16.3 |
| Maddox, Finley: 5.7 |
Rebounds |
Bethel: 9.3 |
| Maddox: 3.3 |
Assists |
Fontan: 5.0 |
| Davis: 2.0 |
Steals |
Bethel: 1.3 |
| Maddox: 1.7 |
Blocks |
Bethel: 1.7 |
| Davis: .545 |
FG% (Min: 5 FGM) |
Bethel: .513 |
| Maddox: .875 |
FT% (Min: 5 FTM) |
Blue: 1.000 |
| Davis: .444 |
3PT FG% (Min: 5 3PTM) |
Blue: .526 |
Richmond vs. Bradley - 5:00 pm ET - O'Reilly Auto Parts CBE Classic
Northwestern vs. Butler - 7:00 pm ET - horizonleaguenetwork.tv
Northern Colorado vs. Denver - 9:00 pm ET - FSN Rocky Mountain
Montana State vs. Oregon State - 11:00 pm ET
Army vs. Brown - 7:00 pm ET
The Daily Princetonian and the Trentonian preview tonight's game.
I neglected to mention that Doug Davis made the Honor Roll of the latest Ivy Weekly Basketball Awards.
Princeton recruit Jimmy Sherburne was named to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's "Terrific 25."
In their second of three consecutive games, Richmond (3-1) defeated UMKC, 85-74.
Undefeated Northwestern plays at undefeated Butler tonight.
Denver opens at home versus Northern Colorado.
Oregon State looks for their first win of the season against Montana State.
Around the Ivy League: Cornell (4-2) defeated Eastern Michigan, 67-54. It was Coach Steve Donahue's 100th career victory. Columbia (2-3) fell at home to Albany, 66-49. Behind 30 points from Jeremy Lin, Harvard (2-1) triumphed over Holy Cross, 69-59. Dartmouth (1-3) picked up their first win of the season, 68-63 over Furman. Penn (1-3) could not overcome a game-opening 22-4 run and lost 85-73 to Penn State.
November 25, 2008 at 9:58 am
Filed under Basketball, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News
Richmond vs. UMKC - 5:00 pm ET - O'Reilly Auto Parts CBE Classic
MCCC vs. Lackawanna - 7:00 pm ET
Cornell vs. Eastern Michigan - 5:45 pm ET - NIT Preseason Tip-Off
Albany vs. Columbia - 7:00 pm ET
Furman vs. Dartmouth - 7:00 pm ET
Holy Cross vs. Harvard - 7:00 pm ET
Penn State vs. Penn - 7:00 pm ET
The Daily Princetonian talks to Nick Lake about the Army game.
TigerBlog puts Doug Davis' 58 points after his first three collegiate game in historical context.
Rivals has a piece on Northwestern's 70 year struggle to advance to the NCAA tournament.
Richmond (2-1) pulled away late from Florida Gulf Coast.
Oregon State (0-3) shot 9-19 from the free throw line and missed two free throws with four seconds left in a 53-52 loss to Yale (1-3).
Princeton remains in 14th place in the latest Schuylkill Sixteen.
Around the Ivy League: Cornell (3-2) got a career-high 26 from Geoff Reeves in a 78-53 victory over Loyola (Il).
November 23, 2008 at 9:27 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Today's News
Today's Game: Princeton (0-2 / 0-0) vs. Army (1-2 / 0-0)
Location: Christl Arena - West Point, NY
Time: 2:30 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 22-12.
Last meeting: Army 53 Princeton 52 - 12/29/79 - Rainbow Classic.
|
| Princeton |
|
Army |
| 0-2 |
Home Record |
1-0 |
| 0-0 |
Away Record |
0-2 |
| 0-0 |
Neutral Record |
0-0 |
| 293 |
RPI |
317 |
| 306 |
Sagarin |
295 |
| 254 |
Pomeroy |
228 |
| 54.0 |
Points / Game |
65.0 |
| 56.5 |
Points Allowed / Game |
64.0 |
| .406 |
FG% |
.427 |
| .765 |
FT% |
.600 |
| .317 |
3PT FG% |
.423 |
| 36.5 |
Rebounds / Game |
33.0 |
| 10.5 |
Off. Rebounds / Game |
12.7 |
| 10.0 |
Assists / Game |
16.0 |
| 20.0 |
Turnovers / Game |
14.3 |
| 5.0 |
Blocks / Game |
4.0 |
|
|
|
| Davis: 19.5 |
Points |
Richard: 12.7 |
| Finley: 8.0 |
Rebounds |
Nelson: 6.0 |
| Maddox: 3.0 |
Assists |
Richard, Miller: 3.7 |
| Davis: 2.0 |
Steals |
Richard: 1.3 |
| Maddox: 1.5 |
Blocks |
Nelson: 2.0 |
| Finley: .600 |
FG% (Min: 5 FGM) |
Walker: .750 |
| Finley: .833 |
FT% (Min: 5 FTM) |
Thompson: 1.000 |
| Davis: .429 |
3PT FG% (Min: 5 3PTM) |
Miller: .500 |
Craig Moore hit eight of his school record nine three pointers in the first half as Northwestern (3-0) beat Brown (1-3) in Providence, 73-64.
Georgetown (2-0) defeated Drexel 81-53 behind 20 points from freshman Greg Monroe.
Lamar got the best of Denver (0-2) by the score of 61-48.
Nevada pulled away from Oregon State (0-2) in the final three minutes, topping the Beavers 79-71.
While Princeton already has a 2009 recruiting class that is large in size and high on height, one that is only going to get greater in number (more on that tease soon), here's the story of a 6'10" Canadian who has received interest from Gonzaga and the Tigers.
Comcast has announced that they will shut down CN8 by the end of the year. No word on what this means for the broadcast of Princeton's season finale at Penn.
Around the Ivy League: Colorado rallied past Harvard (1-1) in the second half, 70-59. A shorthanded Cornell (2-2) fell 74-56 at Siena. Dartmouth (0-3) dropped their home opener to Colgate, 65-60. Penn (1-2) picked up their first win of the season, 83-62 over Monmouth. Columbia (2-2) lost the championship game of the Columbia Classic, 66-52 to UMBC.
November 22, 2008 at 9:49 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Today's News
Drexel vs. Georgetown - 1:00 pm ET
MCCC vs. Harcum - 3:00 pm ET
Northwestern vs. Brown - 7:00 pm ET
Denver vs. Lamar - 8:00 pm ET
Oregon State vs. Nevada - 10:00 pm ET
Harvard vs. Colorado - 4:00 pm ET
Colgate vs. Dartmouth - 7:00 pm ET
Monmouth vs. Penn - 7:00 pm ET
Cornell vs. Siena - 7:00 pm ET
UMBC vs. Columbia - 8:00 pm ET - Columbia Classic
Georgetown kicks off today's action, hosting Drexel this afternoon.
Northwestern is in Rhode Island, paying a return visit to Brown. The Wildcats are looking to start their season 3-0 for the first time in 15 years.
A second straight road game to open the year for Denver. The Pioneers travel to Lamar.
Oregon State plays at Nevada, starting a stretch of four games in eight days.
On Sunday, Konrad Wysocki and the Deutsche Bank Skyliners play Wysocki's brother's team, the New York Phantoms Braunschweig.
Around the Ivy League: Columbia (2-1) advanced to the finals of the Columbia Classic with a 70-54 win over Bryant. Yale (0-3) dropped their first game in Oregon, 77-58 at Portland.
November 20, 2008 at 9:46 am
Filed under Basketball, Northwestern, Princeton, Today's News
Reports on last night's Maine game are available on goprincetontigers.com, in the Trentonian, the Trenton Times, the Daily Princetonian and on goblackbears.com.
Shakespearean actor, a capella singing group member and Princeton basketball co-captain? Nick Lake is all of the above.
Three links from Princeton Alumni Weekly: Their coverage of the 42 retirement ceremony, an audio excerpt (.mp3) of Bill Bradley's speech from that evening and finally a short preview of the 2008-09 Princeton Tigers.
Northwestern (2-0) won their second straight, 66-48 over Texas A&M - Corpus Christi. In the game, Wildcat Craig Moore set the school record for most career three pointers.
Around the Ivy League: An impressive 62-57 win for Brown (1-2) at Holy Cross. Harvard (1-0) started their season in fine form, collecting an 80-69 victory at New Hampshire.
November 19, 2008 at 10:06 am
Filed under Basketball, Northwestern, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News
Today's Game: Maine (2-0 / 0-0) vs. Princeton (0-1 / 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: This is the first meeting between the two teams.
Last meeting: This is the first meeting between the two teams.
|
| Maine |
|
Princeton |
| 0-0 |
Home Record |
0-1 |
| 1-0 |
Away Record |
0-0 |
| 1-0 |
Neutral Record |
0-0 |
| 5 |
RPI |
327 |
| 287 |
Sagarin |
295 |
| 32 |
Pomeroy |
215 |
| 68.5 |
Points / Game |
53.0 |
| 55.5 |
Points Allowed / Game |
55.0 |
| .538 |
FG% |
.373 |
| .758 |
FT% |
.889 |
| .353 |
3PT FG% |
.333 |
| 34.0 |
Rebounds / Game |
34.0 |
| 8.0 |
Off. Rebounds / Game |
7.0 |
| 14.0 |
Assists / Game |
9.0 |
| 21.0 |
Turnovers / Game |
21.0 |
| 1.5 |
Blocks / Game |
7.0 |
|
|
|
| Socoby: 16.0 |
Points |
Davis: 25.0 |
| Socoby: 6.5 |
Rebounds |
Finley: 8.0 |
| Bernal: 5.5 |
Assists |
Finley: 3.0 |
| Bitzer: 1.6 |
Steals |
Davis: 4.0 |
| Socoby, McLemore: 1.5 |
Blocks |
Finley, Saunders, Maddox: 2.0 |
| Rogers: 1.000 |
FG% |
Finley: .750 |
| Barnes, McLemore: 1.000 |
FT% |
Maddox, Saunders: 1.000 |
| McLemore: .438 |
3PT FG% |
Lake: 1.000 |
Texas A&M-CC vs. Northwestern - 8:00 pm ET - bigtennetwork.com
Brown vs. Holy Cross - 7:00 pm ET
Harvard vs. New Hampshire - 7:00 pm ET
Only one preview of tonight's game - it is in the Trentonian.
Town Topics has their story about the Central Michigan game live.
Richmond (1-1) lost to Syracuse 76-71 at the Carrier Dome.
Northwestern hosts Texas A&M - Corpus Christi tonight in Evanston. Wildcat head coach Bill Carmody has more confidence in his bench this season.
Around the Ivy League: In NIT action, Cornell (2-1) rebounded with a 82-72 victory over Loyola (Md.). Penn (0-2) played at Drexel's gym for the first time, walking home with a 66-64 loss. Despite a career-high 28 points by Alex Barnett, Dartmouth (0-2) fell 100-82 to Providence. Yale (0-2) was walloped by Vermont, 89-58.
November 17, 2008 at 9:38 am
Filed under Basketball, Georgetown, Northwestern, Princeton, Today's News
Jacksonville vs. Georgetown - 7:30 pm ET - MASN
Brown vs. George Mason - 7:00 pm ET
Cornell vs. St. John's - 9:30 pm ET - NIT Preseason Tip-Off
Georgetown starts their season at home against Jacksonville tonight. The Washington Post previews "the next generation" of Hoya basketball.
Northwestern (1-0) shut down Central Arkansas, 81-39, the school's largest margin of victory in 15 years. The Wildcats shot 60.9% from the field.
The Daily Princetonian files their report on the Tigers' loss to Central Michigan.
The Maine Black Bears, Princeton's next opponent, are 2-0 after winning the 100 Club Classic Championship.
Around the Ivy League: Columbia (1-1) lost 71-50 at Seton Hall.
November 16, 2008 at 9:48 am
Filed under Basketball, Chris Young, Denver, Northwestern, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News
Central Arkansas vs. Northwestern - 2:00 pm ET - bigtennetwork.com
FIT vs. MCCC - 2:00 pm ET
Columbia vs. Seton Hall - 1:00 pm ET
Richmond (1-0) defeated Randolph Macon 81-57.
Denver (0-1) lost their 32nd straight road game. The Pioneers were up on Northern Iowa by one with 4:22 left, eventually falling 61-56 in Cedar Falls.
Northwestern tips off their season against Central Arkansas this afternoon. The Wildcats are in position to increase their win total this year, according to the Daily Herald.
Sports Illustrated's Luke Winn has conducted a fascinating "Hoops Ideology Report", polling 301 of the 341 Division I college basketball programs. 5.3% of respondents say they are running some version of "the Princeton offense." Can you name them all before you click on the above link? No peaking.
Chris Young can't believe Trevor Hoffman will most likely not be a Padres next year. Young was one of several San Diego players who participated in the Adrian Gonzalez-Jim Stone Extravaganza golf tournament, raising money for the South Bay Family YMCA.
Around the Ivy League: Penn (0-1) lost by 15 at top-ranked North Carolina. Darmouth (0-1) was dropped by Army, 63-48.
November 13, 2008 at 10:02 am
Filed under Basketball, Craig Robinson, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News
The Town Topics reports on Princeton Media Day.
In preparation for their season-opening Friday game at Howard University, Oregon State practiced at Georgetown's McDonough Memorial Gymnasium. The Oregonian was on the scene.
More early signing period news - Two official commitments for Northwestern and two for Richmond.
The Washington Times previews this year's Georgetown campaign.
Finally, I am excited to announce that I am voter in philly.com's Schuylkill 16 a weekly ranking of Philadelphia-area teams. Should be fun. The first poll is out, just in time for the respective teams' first games.
November 11, 2008 at 9:19 am
Filed under Basketball, Craig Robinson, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Princeton, Today's News
WNUR talks to Northwestern head coach Bill Carmody.
Area coaches, including Coach Johnson and Coach Levy, are interviewed about the extended three point line their teams will be adjusting to this season.
The Hoya has released their comprehensive Georgetown basketball preview.
Today's "First Coach" article about Craig Robinson is in the Washington Times.
November 10, 2008 at 12:15 pm
Filed under MCCC, Northwestern, Today's News
Congratulations to Coach Levy for picking up his first win as head coach at Mercer. The Vikings (1-1) defeated CCBC-Essex 83-71 in the consolation game of the Harford Invitational.
An article about Northwestern freshman guard Nick Fruendt, with quotes from assistant coach Mitch Henderson.
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