Sunday News:

February 27, 2011 at 9:56 am
Filed under Baseball, Basketball, Chris Young, Denver, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

MCCC vs. Del Tech Stanton - 3:00 pm ET - Region XIX Tournament
Northwestern vs. Wisconsin - 6:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's win over Columbia in the season's final home game on goprincetontigers.com, in the Trentonian, in the Trenton Times, in the Daily Princetonian and on gocolumbialions.com.

Princeton recruit Bobby Garbade had 13 Seton CC's Class B quarterfinal win over Trumansburg.

Georgetown (21-8) fell late versus Syracuse. A late 11-1 run was the difference in the 58-51 final.

In a season sweep by Richmond (22-7) of Charlotte, Kevin Anderson scored his 2,000th career point as a Spider.

Oregon State (10-17) lost 87-76 to Cal.

A late regular season Denver (13-16) slide concluded with a 63-41 loss at North Texas. The Pioneers slip to the Sun Belt West's number three seed.

Northwestern visits Wisconsin.

The Mets get their first look at Chris Young in spring training versus the Braves

Around the Ivy League: Brandyn Curry's layup attempt rolled off at the buzzer and Yale (14-12 / 7-5) knocked off Harvard (21-5 / 10-2) in New Haven, 70-69. Cornell (8-18 / 4-8) swept their season series with Penn (12-13 / 6-5), holding on for a 74-72 final at the Palestra. Tyler Bernardini's three at the buzzer caught the front rim. Brown (11-15 / 4-8) hit the century mark versus Dartmouth (5-21 / 1-11). Adrian Williams scored 26 in the 100-76 final.

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Saturday News:

February 26, 2011 at 10:02 am
Filed under Basketball, Craig Robinson, Denver, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News, Will Venable

Today's Game: Columbia (14-11 / 5-6) vs. Princeton (21-5 / 9-1)
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 140-84.
Last meeting: Princeton 76 Columbia 46 - 2/11/11.

Princeton's 2011 senior class, pictured as freshmen.

Syracuse vs. Georgetown - 12:00 pm ET - CBS
Cal vs. Oregon State - 6:00 pm ET - FSN Northwest
Richmond vs. Charlotte - 7:00 pm ET
Denver vs. North Texas - 8:00 pm ET

Dartmouth vs. Brown - 6:00 pm ET
Harvard vs. Yale - 6:00 pm ET
Cornell vs. Penn - 7:00 pm ET

In addition to our recap, read about the Tigers' victory over Cornell on goprincetontigers.com in the Trenton Times, in the Trentonian, on New Jersey Newsroom, in the Ithaca Journal, courtesy of the Associated Press and on cornellbigred.com.

Jermaine Emanuel found Jon Jernigan for a layup at the buzzer as Mercer (16-15) upset top-seeded Lackawanna 83-81 in the Region XIX semifinals. For the second straight season the Vikings will play for the title, this Sunday versus Del Tech Stanton in Scranton.

Yahoo! Sports has updated their Princeton team report.

21 for future Tiger Denton Koon in Liberty's Class 5, District 15 final triumph.

Will Venable should be shifting into high gear on the basepaths this season.

Chris Wright will lead from the sideline in his final home game when Georgetown hosts Syracuse.

Kevin Anderson needs 11 points for 2,000 in his career as Richmond visits Charlotte.

Oregon State hosts Cal. Craig Robinson tells the Gazette-Times how he takes the stress of his job in stride.

North Texas is where Denver will conclude their regular season.

Around the Ivy League: Harvard (21-4 / 10-1) came from 15 down to stop Brown (10-15 / 3-8) in Providence. Zack Rosen scored 17 points and dished nine assists as Penn (12-12 / 6-4) bested Columbia (14-11 / 5-6) by a 64-54 count. Yale (13-12 / 6-5) knocked off Dartmouth (5-20 / 1-10) in overtime, 79-75.

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Friday News:

February 25, 2011 at 9:28 am
Filed under Basketball, Chris Young, Denver, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Today's Game: Cornell (7-17 / 3-7) vs. Princeton (20-5 / 8-1)
Location: Jadwin Gym - Princeton, NJ
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: Verizon FiOS 1 (tape delay)
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 135-78.
Last meeting: Princeton 57 Cornell 55 - 2/12/11.

MCCC vs. Lackawanna - 5:00 pm ET - Region XIX Tournament

Harvard vs. Brown - 7:00 pm ET
Dartmouth vs. Yale - 7:00 pm ET
Columbia vs. Penn - 7:00 pm ET - Comcast

The Trenton Times, the Daily Princetonian, the Ithaca Journal and the Columbia Spectator preview this weekend's games.

Dan Mavraides is profiled by Foster City Patch.

Here's a transcript of what will be read before a moment of silence this evening in memory of Christian "Crunch" Regulski.

Georgetown's Chris Wright had surgery on his left hand and is actually expected back for the NCAA tournament.

Former Hoya Jeff Green was traded from Oklahoma City to Boston.

The New York Daily News outs Chris Young as an intellectual.

Judson Wallace is the subject of a long piece on the ACB web site. I ran the article through Google Translate from the original Spanish for you.

This KC Metro Sports package includes a fairly vicious one-handed dunk by Princeton recruit Denton Koon.

Oregon State (10-16) rallied from down double digits to defeat Stanford, 87-80.

Another tough loss for Denver (13-15) this by six in overtime at Louisiana-Lafayette.

Falling behind 18-2 early, Northwestern (16-11) was able to close within one but never take the lead. Penn State defeated the Wildcats 66-52.

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Thursday News:

February 24, 2011 at 9:30 am
Filed under Baseball, Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Steve Goodrich, Today's News, Will Venable

Denver vs. Louisana-Lafayette - 8:00 pm ET
Penn State vs. Northwestern - 9:00 pm ET - ESPN2
Stanford vs. Oregon State - 9:00 pm ET - FSN Northwest

Steve Goodrich is quoted extensively in a Daily Orange story about the "Princeton Offense."

Georgetown (21-7) not only suffered through an awful 25% shooting night in a 58-46 loss to Cincinnati, but senior point guard Chris Wright broke his left hand early in the second half. Hoya Hoops was first with the postgame audio.

Princeton recruit Denton Koon scored 11 as Liberty opened postseason play with a 86-54 win over William Chrisman.

Here's another piece on the Mercer County Community College victory versus Morris.

JerShon Cobb and Northwestern host a team they've struggled to beat in recent years, Penn State.

Enter the Cajundome, Denver. You're visiting Louisiana-Lafayette.

Oregon State welcome Stanford to Corvallis.

All Chris Young is looking for is normalcy.

Will Venable is interviewed at Padres' spring training.

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Monday News:

February 21, 2011 at 9:23 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, MCCC, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Morris vs. Mercer - 7:00 pm ET - Region XIX Playoffs

The Daily Princetonian and the Yale Daily News summarize this weekend's games. If there's a piece in the Brown student paper, I couldn't find it.

It was a happy Senior Day for for five Richmond (21-7) players in their final home game at the Robins Center. The Spiders bested St. Bonaventure by 15.

Denver (13-14) lost their first home game to a conference foe in two years in painful fashion. South Alabama rallied from 14 down at halftime and took their first lead with 1:25 to go. The loss hurts the postseason plans of the Pioneers.

Tonight Mercer County Community College hosts a Region XIX quarterfinal against Morris.

Some brief highlights of Princeton recruit Bobby Garbade in this YNN package from the STAC championship game.

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Sunday News:

February 20, 2011 at 8:05 am
Filed under Basketball, Chris Young, Denver, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News, Will Venable

St. Bonaventure vs. Richmond - 3:00 pm ET - CBS College Sports Regional
South Alabama vs. Denver - 3:00 pm ET - FSN Rocky Mountain

In addition to our recap, read about the Tigers' first Ivy League loss on goprincetontigers.com, in the Providence Journal, on Go Local Prov and on brownbears.com.

Chris Wright scored a season-high 26 as Georgetown (21-6) got past South Florida, 61-55.

Northwestern (16-10) won 70-64 at Indiana for the season sweep of the Hoosiers.

The second Civil War meeting again went to Oregon over Oregon State (9-16), this time 82-63.

Will Venable hopes a change in batting stance will boost his performance.

The Star Ledger talks to new Mets pitcher Chris Young.

Princeton recruit Bobby Garbade and Seton CC fell to Johnson City in the Southern Tier Athletic Conference championship game.

On Senior Day, Richmond hosts St. Bonaventure.

Denver and South Alabama round out the Pioneers' home slate.

Breaking news: Happy birthday, dad.

Around the Ivy League: Harvard (20-4 / 9-1) moved a half game ahead of Princeton with a 61-42 win at Columbia (14-10 / 5-5). Zack Rosen scored in the lane with :02.3 seconds left to give Penn (11-12 / 5-4) the 60-58 decision at Yale (12-12 / 5-5). Cornell (7-17 / 3-7) made 16 three pointers in their 96-76 victory over Dartmouth (5-19 / 1-9).

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Saturday News:

February 19, 2011 at 9:00 am
Filed under Basketball, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Pete Carril, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Today's Game: Princeton (20-4 / 8-0) vs. Brown (9-14 / 2-7)
Location: Pizzitola Sports Center - Providence, RI
Time: 6:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 94-25.
Last meeting: Princeton 78 Brown 60 - 1/28/11.

Oregon State vs. Oregon - 4:00 pm ET - FSN
Northwestern vs. Indiana - 7:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network
Georgetown vs. USF - 7:00 pm ET - ESPN+

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

In addition to our recap, read about the Tigers' 10th straight victory on goprincetontigers.com, in the New Haven Register, courtesy of the Associated Press and on yalebulldogs.com.

Bill Cloutier of the New Haven Register has a "live blog" and some additional words here.

I missed two late previews yesterday. Here's what the Trenton Times and the Trentonian had to say.

Pete Carril stopped by the final practice of McClatchy High School women's basketball coach Harvey Tahara. After 40 seasons of coaching, Tahara's final game is today at Sacramento High.

Princeton recruit Denton Koon had 27, including a sweet left-handed dunk in the face of a Grandview defender, as the BlueJays won their final game of the regular season.

Georgetown travels to South Florida looking to avoid a letdown.

48 hours after hosting Iowa, Northwestern travels to Indiana. Bill Carmody is less than thrilled about this Big 10 scheduling quirk.

Round two of the Civil War sees Oregon State visit Oregon.

Mercer will host Morris in the first round of the Region XIX tournament on Monday night. The Vikings' Gary Carthan was named 2010-11 All Region Second Team.

Around the Ivy League: Harvard (19-4 / 8-1) defeated Cornell (6-17 / 2-7) by 13 in Ithaca. Penn (10-12 / 4-4) got 26 points from Tyler Bernardini in a 70-62 Quaker win at Brown (9-14 / 2-7). Columbia (14-9 / 5-4) knocked off Dartmouth (5-18 / 1-8) at home, 67-60.

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Friday News:

February 18, 2011 at 9:28 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, MCCC, Northwestern, Pete Carril, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News, Will Venable

Today's Game: Princeton (19-4 / 7-0) vs. Yale (12-10 / 5-3)
Location: John J. Lee Amphitheater - New Haven, CT
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: YES
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 142-81.
Last meeting: Princeton 67 Yale 63 - 1/29/11.

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

The Daily Princetonian, the New Haven Register and the Yale Daily News preview this weekend's games.

ESPN's Jay Bilas named Kareem Maddox one of the "most respected players" in college basketball.

The Harvard Crimson compares each Ivy League team to a 2011 Academy Awards nominee for Best Picture.

Bob Nuse of the Princeton Packet could get his long-called for "Pete Carril Classic" - in the NCAA Tournament.

Will Venable traveled to watch his younger brother play in the Las Vegas Bowl and filmed highlights of his trip.

Georgetown big man Henry Sims is running for vice president of the school's student body.

Temple shot 55.6% from the field and bested Richmond (20-7) by 20.

Northwestern (15-10) held on to defeat Iowa, 73-70.

With a 65-37 win over UL-M, Denver (13-13) returns to first place in the Sun Belt West. The Pioneer Post has more on the game.

Mercer (14-15) was outscored by 29 in the second half of a 85-55 loss to Lackawanna. The Vikings will play a Region XIX playoff game versus an as-yet-unknown opponent on Monday.

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Thursday News:

February 17, 2011 at 9:37 am
Filed under Basketball, Chris Young, Denver, Georgetown, Judson Wallace, Northwestern, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Richmond vs. Temple - 7:00 pm ET - CBS College Sports
MCCC vs. Lackawanna - 7:00 pm ET
Iowa vs. Northwestern - 9:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network
Louisiana-Monroe vs. Denver - 9:00 pm ET

UConn scored the game's last nine points and defeated Georgetown (20-6) in Hartford, 78-70.

Princeton recruit Bobby Garbade and Seton CC advanced to the Southern Tier Athletic Conference title game versus Johnson City.

Future Tiger Denton Koon and Liberty defeated Ray-Pec on Tuesday night.

Judson Wallace is blogging again.

Here's video of Chris Young talking about his return to the mound on mets.com.

Richmond visits Temple this evening with an opportunity to enhance their at-large profile.

Seeking a season sweep, Northwestern hosts Iowa.

Denver welcomes Louisiana-Monroe to Magness Arena.

This week's Schuylkill 16 is out. Princeton rises to third overall.

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Wednesday News:

February 16, 2011 at 9:29 am
Filed under Basketball, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Today's News

Georgetown vs. UConn - 7:00 pm ET - ESPN+

Curses! The University Press Club beat me to one of my ideas (or a variation thereof), asking the Tigers' tri-captains the same 21 questions.

Yahoo! Sports has updated their Princeton team report.

The Washington Post previews tonight's back-court battle between Connecticut and Georgetown.

John Templon of Chicago College Hoops makes the argument that Bill Carmody should stay at Northwestern.

Crack of dawn "boot camp" practices are back at Oregon State.

Princeton/Harvard is officially sold out. Bob Ruxin informs me that he has roughly 30 tickets left for the game and the PANE reception. If you want to make sure you're in the gym on March 5th, contact him ASAP.

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Tuesday News:

February 15, 2011 at 9:28 am
Filed under Basketball, Chris Young, Northwestern, Pete Carril, Princeton, Today's News

Kareem Maddox represents Princeton on the latest Ivy League Men's Basketball Weekly Release.

Brian Delaney of the Ithaca Journal picks Maddox as his Ivy League Player of the Year midway though conference play.

The Cornell Daily Sun recaps Princeton's victory over the Big Red.

Pete Carril was a guest on the Grant Napear Show.

Is the heat building on Bill Carmody at Northwestern?

Princeton recruit Clay Wilson is averaging 27.7 ppg and 3.6 assists for Lincoln Christian.

The New York Post ranks the Tigers as the second-best team in the region.

New Met pitcher Chris Young arrived at training camp in Port St. Lucie. Young talked to Adam Rubin from ESPN New York.

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Monday News:

February 14, 2011 at 9:35 am
Filed under Basketball, Georgetown, Northwestern, Pete Hegseth, Princeton, Today's News

The Daily Princetonian reviews the Tigers' weekend.

SportsProf wonders if this could be Princeton's year.

Austin Freeman returned from an ankle injury and Georgetown (20-5) used a 25-10 second half run to defeat Marquette, 69-60.

A miserable Northwestern (14-10) effort resulted in a 65-41 loss at Penn State, leaving John Templon of Chicago College Basketball extremely frustrated.

Former Princeton guard Pete Hegseth was a guest on CNN's Parker|Spitzer.

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