Sunday News:

November 18, 2012 at 9:08 am
Filed under Basketball, Craig Robinson, Northwestern, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

FDU vs. Northwestern - 2:00 pm ET - South Padre Island Invitational - BTN.com
Richmond vs. Minnesota - 7:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network

Yale vs. Western Illinois - 3:00 pm ET - Coaches vs. Cancer Classic
Cornell vs. Wisconsin - 6:00 pm ET - Las Vegas Invitational - ESPN3.com

The view from the stands differs from the press row perspective at Jadwin Gym.

There are some additional Rutgers/Princeton notes care of the Tip In.

Gerry Matthews passed Pete Carril to become New Jersey's winningest college coach.

Did Craig Robinson come close to attending Purdue?

Today Northwestern hosts Farleigh Dickinson and Richmond visits Minnesota.

Around the Ivy League: Penn (1-3) was tipped by Drexel, 61-59. Yale (1-3) became the second conference team to beat Buffalo, defeating the Bulls 63-59 at the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic subregional in Evansville, IN. Marist handed Columbia (2-1) their first loss of the season. Brown (2-1) won 70-68 at Maine.

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Friday News:

November 16, 2012 at 9:18 am
Filed under Basketball, Craig Robinson, Denver, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

Today's Game: Rutgers (1-1 / 0-0) vs. Princeton (1-1 / 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: Princeton leads 74-44.
Last meeting: Princeton 59 Rutgers 57 - 12/7/11.

Cal vs. Denver - 8:00 pm ET - Root Sports
Oregon State vs. Purdue - 5:00 pm ET - 2K Sports Classic - ESPNU

St. Peter's vs. Cornell - 7:00 pm ET
Manhattan vs. Harvard - 7:30 pm ET
Yale vs. Evansville - 8:30 pm ET - Coaches vs. Cancer Classic

There's an open thread for the Rutgers game in the forum if you want to discuss this contest before/during/after.

Ian Hummer is a focus for the Scarlet Knights this evening.

Rutgers hopes to benefit from their experience.

On The Banks and SNY also offer game previews.

Alexander Wolff's sweeping piece on changes in college basketball the past 30 years uses the 1997-98 Princeton Tigers as one of his touchstones.

Richmond (3-0) stayed unbeaten with a 68-58 victory over Hampton.

While they were able to erase a 15 point second half deficit late in regulation, Oregon State (2-1) fell to Alabama on a three point shot by Rodney Cooper with 13 seconds remaining. The jumper kept a shaky possession by the Crimson Tide from completely unraveling. Craig Robinson blamed himself for his team's slow start.

The Beavers play Purdue at MSG in this evening's 2K Sports Classic consolation pairing.

With the game tied at 58, Northwestern (2-0) went on a 17-3 run to dispose of Mississippi Valley State.

Mercer (2-1) bested Montgomery (Pa.) behind 22 points and seven rebounds from Mustafa El Amin.

In addition to the OSU game, Denver hosts Cal.

Around the Ivy League: The conference's eighth straight loss was a 86-71 Brown (1-1) defeat at CCSU.

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Thursday News:

November 15, 2012 at 9:08 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Pete Carril, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

Hampton vs. Richmond - 7:00 pm ET - Nation Of Coaches Classic
Oregon State vs. Alabama - 7:00 pm ET - 2K Sports Classic - ESPN2
Montgomery (Pa) vs. MCCC - 7:00 pm ET
Mississippi Valley St. vs. Northwestern - 8:00 pm ET - BTN.com

Brown vs. Central Connecticut - 7:30 pm ET

Brendan Connolly talked to the Town Topics about Princeton's trip to Spain.

The Full-Court Press looks at the good, bad and ugly from the Northeastern game.

Fairfield has added preseason NIT consolation round games versus Lehigh and Fordham. Both contests will be played at Stabler Arena in Bethlehem. You can see the full bracket here.

Richard Stockton coach Gerry Matthews will soon pass Pete Carril to become the the winningest coach in the history of New Jersey college basketball.

With four players in double figures, Georgetown (2-0) beat Liberty by nine.

Denver (1-1) made 11 threes in the Pioneers' 68-51 victory over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.

This evening Richmond hosts Hampton, Northwestern welcomes the Delta Devils of Mississippi Valley State and Oregon State plays Alabama at Madison Square Garden.

Next week the Beavers will have a private Thanksgiving lunch at the White House.

Around the Ivy League: Cornell (1-1) lost at home to St. Bonaventure, 72-68.

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Wednesday News:

November 14, 2012 at 9:38 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

Liberty vs. Georgetown - 7:00 pm ET - ESPN+
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi vs. Denver - 9:00 pm ET

St. Bonaventure vs. Cornell - 7:00 pm ET - NBCSN

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's bitter defeat to Northeastern on goprincetontigers.com, in the Daily Princetonian, in the Trentonian, on New Jersey Hoops Haven, courtesy the Associated Press and on gonu.com.

The win probability graph from last night's game is depressing.

A piece on the sounds of Princeton includes rare audio from the school's first postseason appearance.

Fairfield (2-1) defeated Penn (1-2) by nine despite 31 points from the Quakers' Fran Dougherty.

The Northwestern (1-0) season began with a 79-49 victory over Texas Southern. Drew Crawford had 20 for the Wildcats.

Richmond (2-0) cracked the century mark versus UNCW.

Frederick (Md.) topped MCCC, 57-51.

Tonight you can see Georgetown host Liberty and Denver open at home against Texas A&M-CC.

Around the Ivy League: Harvard (1-1) fell in the final seconds at UMass. New Hampshire dropped Dartmouth (1-1), 72-58 and Columbia (2-0) throttled Haverford, 74-40.

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Tuesday News:

November 13, 2012 at 9:18 am
Filed under Basketball, Fairfield, Northwestern, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

Today's Game: Northeastern (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: Tied 2-2.
Last meeting: Princeton 71 Northeastern 62 - 12/18/11.

Fairfield vs. Penn - 4:30 pm ET - Preseason NIT
UNCW vs. Richmond - 7:00 pm ET
Frederick (Md.) vs. MCCC - 7:00 pm ET
Texas Southern vs. Northwestern - 7:00 pm ET

Harvard vs. UMass - 10:00 am ET - ESPN
New Hampshire vs. Dartmouth - 7:00 pm ET
Haverford vs. Columbia - 7:00 pm ET

There's an open thread for the Northeastern game in the forum if you want to discuss the home opener before/during/after.

Junior forward Will Barrett talked to the Daily Princetonian about his return against Buffalo.

Fairfield (1-1) was outscored 10-2 over the final seven minutes of a nine point loss at Virginia. This sets up a preseason NIT consolation bracket meeting between the Stags and Penn later today.

The season opener for Northwestern tips evening against Texas Southern.

Richmond hosts UNCW.

Around the Ivy League: Yale (0-2) fell victim to an 18-0 second half run at St. Joe's. The decision went 61-35 to the Hawks. Penn (1-1) was behind by at least nine the entire second stanza in their 84-69 loss to Delaware.

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Friday News:

November 9, 2012 at 8:58 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

Liberty vs. Richmond - 7:00 pm ET
Georgetown vs. Florida - 9:00 pm ET - USS Bataan - NBCSN
Denver vs. Iona - 9:00 pm ET - ESPN3.com
Niagara vs. Oregon State - 9:00 pm ET - Pac-12 Network

MIT vs. Harvard - 7:00 pm ET
UMBC vs. Penn - 7:00 pm ET

The Trentonian and the Princeton Packet preview the Tigers.

One of the highlights on today's first day of the 2012-13 season is Georgetown playing Florida aboard the deck of a Navy warship.

Denver visits Iona and Richmond hosts Liberty.

It will be Niagara visiting Oregon State in a 2K Sports Classic "regional round."

Louisville transfer Jared Swopshire brings experience to Northwestern.

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Friday News:

November 2, 2012 at 8:48 am
Filed under Craig Robinson, David Blatt, Denver, Fairfield, Georgetown, Mason Rocca, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Mack Darrow and Ian Hummer make this list of the Ivy League's top 10 players.

So many conference previews to get caught up on, including Rush The Court, College Basketball Talk, Sports Network and ESPN.

Basketball Prospectus and Ken Pomeroy both have the Tigers in their preseason Top 100s. ESPN The Magazine's complete rankings don't appear to be available on-line but Princeton is 95th overall.

Henry Caruso gave his word to the Tigers.

Find out who Princeton will host in this weekend's "secret scrimmage."

Joe Scott's childhood home was flooded by Hurricane Sandy. I sincerely hope that everyone reading the site today is fairing OK in the aftermath of the storm.

Dave Blatt has stepped down as head coach of the Russian national team. Could the NBA be next for Blatt?

Chris Mooney purposefully scheduled a road game in a small, hostile gym for Richmond's exhibition this weekend.

Fairfield is still scheduled to host University of Bridgeport in an exhibition tonight.

Northwestern's Bill Carmody previews his team's season.

Georgetown will be both young and mature this year.

Here's a transcript of Oregon State head coach Craig Robinson and senior center Angus Brandt's Q&A at Pac-12 Media Day. The Beavers were picked to finish eighth in their conference.

Dan Mavraides' contract with Sidigas Avellino has been extended for the full 2012-13 campaign. Last weekend Mavraides put up a great stat line as his squad defeated Mason Rocca and Bologna.

A memorial for Bill Sword will be held on Saturday morning at 11:00 am ET at Nassau Presbyterian Church (61 Nassau Street) in Princeton. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Princeton First Aid and Rescue Squad, Centurion Ministries and/or the Princeton Community Foundation.

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Saturday News:

October 27, 2012 at 9:28 am
Filed under Craig Robinson, Denver, Georgetown, Northwestern, Princeton, Today's News

Ian Hummer made a list of college basketball's "hidden heroes."

There are four schools whose men's and women's basketball teams had a perfect NCAA Graduation Success Rate as both won at least 20 games each of the last two seasons. You can explore the latest GSR data here.

The top of the Ivy League might not be what you think this season.

You'll be hearing a new primary voice of Princeton basketball on radio broadcasts this season.

A four year series between Georgetown and Kansas begins next season in Lawrence.

Here are Bill Carmody's quotes from Big 10 Media Day. The Wildcats are on the cusp once again.

Denver is CBS Sports' "sneaky pick" in the Pioneers' first season in the WAC.

Like many of us this election, Craig Robinson voted early.

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Wednesday News:

October 24, 2012 at 9:28 am
Filed under Basketball, Fairfield, Georgetown, Northwestern, Princeton, Today's News

I've added the CBS Sports projections to this season's collection of prognostications.

Which Princeton squad made Alexander Wolff's list of the most influential college basketball teams of all time?

The Tigers are purported to have a closed scrimmage this weekend.

Big Apple Buckets talked with Sydney Johnson about preparing for year two at Fairfield.

Jon Rothstein visited Georgetown recently. The Hoyas will have sharp new uniforms this season.

Bill Carmody previews the nine new members of Northwestern's roster.

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2012-13 schedules.

October 16, 2012 at 9:58 pm
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Richmond

The annual ordeal of tedious data entry is complete and I'm happy to report that color coded 2012-13 electronic calendars for each of the "Carril Cradle" teams are available after the jump! You can download any or all of the following to sync with your computer/PDA.

Each basketball schedule will be updated whenever a tip time is adjusted or new TV information is unveiled. If past performance is any indication, I expect multiple revisions between now and November 9. These links will work best with iCal but are importable into Google Calendar.

If you notice any errors with games/dates/times/locations, please let me know.

Read the rest of this entry »

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Monday News:

October 15, 2012 at 9:28 am
Filed under Denver, Georgetown, Northwestern, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Kareem Maddox has earned the backing of his head coach at Newcastle and was named to the BBL's Team of the Week.

With Midnight Madness over, Georgetown begins to focus on a tough early schedule.

The Chicago Tribune asks: Can Northwestern players make star turns off campus?

More detail has been revealed on the suspension of the Wildcats' JerShon Cobb.

Denver begins their sixth season with Joe Scott at the helm.

He was once Sydney Johnson's first recruit at Princeton and hasn't played a game since the 2010-11 season but hard luck Chris O'Brien is a senior at Cal Poly.

Did you know college basketball coaches can't use Instagram to recruit? #nofilter

The Boston Globe has more on plans for a new basketball arena at Harvard. I was surprised that the new gym's capacity would only be ~600 seats larger than Lavietes Pavilion.

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Thursday News:

September 27, 2012 at 10:08 am
Filed under Basketball, Craig Robinson, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

A January 27 home game versus The College of New Jersey completes Princeton's 2012-13 schedule. The Tigers and Lions will be facing off for the third straight season.

The tip time for the Tigers' matchup at Syracuse has been announced.

Is Rutgers' trip to Jadwin one of the five toughest true non-conference road contest for Big East teams? One writer thinks so.

Northwestern has revealed start times and television information for the Wildcats' schedule.

New Jersey's Reggie Cameron, one of the top shooters in the class of 2013 has committed to Georgetown.

ESPNU will visit McDonough Arena once again for the Hoyas' Midnight Madness on October 12.

Here's more on Craig Robinson surprising Obama campaign volunteers in Philadelphia over the weekend.

Alan Adler, who played basketball at Princeton in the 1960s, is behind a significant financial gift to the Princeton University Art Museum.

A guard from Minnesota who claims an offer from the Tigers has added an overture from Penn State.

They named the court at Mercer County Community College for former coach Howie Landa.

The full Penn basketball schedule for the upcoming season has been released.

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