Scoreless versus Villanova, Chris Wright dropped a game-high, season-high 24 as Georgetown (17-5) fended off #13 Louisville. Hoya Hoops has the postgame audio.
Xavier pulled away from Richmond (16-6) in the second half of a 85-62 decision. The Musketeer zone surprised the Spiders.
Mercer (9-14) led Salem by eight with 12 minutes to go. The Vikings' Gary Carthan popped out a shoulder and the Oaks eventually came away with a 65-62 win.
An inspired Northwestern (13-8) showing came up a point short of number one Ohio State. Playing without their leading scorer, the Wildcats shortened the game to 49 possessions.
Denver (11-10) knocked off the defending Sun Belt champions from North Texas, 80-67. The Pioneer Pulse has more on Denver's first win in the last six tries versus the Mean Green.
Stanford defeated Oregon State (8-12) in Palo Alto, 70-56.
Princeton recruit Denton Koon had 20 in Liberty's 58-43 triumph at Lee's Summit.
Seton CC and future Tiger Bobby Garbade cruised to their 13th straight.
A Florida forward says Dartmouth and Princeton are showing interest in him.
Around the Ivy League: Penn (8-8 / 2-0) never led in the second half yet survived a stern test from a Peter Sullivan-less Brown (7-11 / 0-4) squad, 80-78 in overtime. Harvard (14-3 / 4-0) stayed perfect at home, 78-57 over Cornell (4-14 / 0-4). Columbia (12-6 / 3-1) broke open a game tied at 25 and outscored Dartmouth (5-13 / 1-3) by 21 in the last 20 minutes of a 66-45 final.
Today's Game:Yale (9-8 / 2-1) vs. Princeton (13-4 / 1-0) 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 141-81. Last meeting:Princeton 82 Yale 58 - 2/19/10.
Yale
Princeton
5-2
Home Record
6-0
4-5
Away Record
5-3
0-1
Neutral Record
2-1
165
RPI
60
175
Sagarin
84
171
Pomeroy
109
68.1
Points / Game
71.4
66.6
Points Allowed / Game
65.5
.439
FG%
.472
.730
FT%
.709
.343
3PT FG%
.365
34.5
Rebounds / Game
34.6
8.8
Off. Rebounds / Game
9.5
-0.1
Rebounding Margin
+2.8
12.8
Assists / Game
13.9
13.8
Turnovers / Game
13.1
4.2
Blocks / Game
3.9
Mangano: 15.1
Points
Hummer: 13.8
Mangano: 10.2
Rebounds
Maddox: 6.9
Morgan: 2.9
Assists
Mavraides: 2.7
Willhite: 1.1
Steals
Mavraides: 1.2
Mangano: 2.7
Blocks
Maddox: 1.6
Grace: .500
FG% (Min: 10 FGM)
Maddox: .591
Braswell: .836
FT% (Min: 10 FTM)
Mavraides: .789
Morgan: .434
3PT FG% (Min: 10 3FGM)
Davis .415
Georgetown vs. Villanova - 12:00 pm ET - ESPN
Xavier vs. Richmond - 12:00 pm ET - ESPN2
MCCC vs. Salem - 2:00 pm ET
Ohio State vs. Northwestern - 6:00 pm ET - ESPN2
North Texas vs. Denver - 6:00 pm ET
Oregon State vs. Stanford - 10:00 pm ET
Cornell vs. Harvard - 6:00 pm ET
Brown vs. Penn - 7:00 pm ET
Columbia vs. Dartmouth - 7:00 pm ET
More on the 34 point game for Princeton recruit Denton Koon.
Around the Ivy League: Penn (7-8 / 1-0) raced to a 24-6 lead and held off Yale (9-8 / 2-1) at the Palestra. Dartmouth (5-12 / 1-2) led by as many as 28 in the second half of a 64-57 win over Cornell (4-13 / 0-3). Harvard (13-3 / 3-0) stayed perfect in conference with a 77-66 decision versus Columbia (11-6 / 2-1).
Ian Hummer is number 23 on Bleacher Report's 30 Mid-Major Underclassmen You Need To Know About.
Northwestern's John Shurna may have suffered a concussion versus Minnesota.
Here is Will Venable modeling the Padres' new road uniform.
The 14-Game Tournament has a fascinating piece about (among other things) Ken Pomeroy's projections and how Joe Scott's three Ivy seasons at Princeton each deviated from the confidence intervals.
Georgetown freshman Aaron Bowen will miss the rest of the season after surgery on his right shoulder.
The coach of a junior guard from northern New Jersey says he is "being recruited by Princeton and Columbia as he is also one of the top students in his class."
The Reading Eagle writes it is time for Reading High School to honor their basketball history, including Pete Carril and Gary Walters.
This week's Schuylkill 16 is out and Princeton holds on to fifth place therein.
I will be a guest on premiere Internet-only college basketball radio station Hoops Talk Live tonight at 6:20 pm ET talking about the Ivy League and Princeton with Raphielle Johnson of CollegeHoops.net. Follow the link to listen!
Princeton recruit Denton Koon scored 15 as Liberty High School won at the buzzer. There's video of Koon in a KMBC piece that aired last week.
A running back from the Lehigh Valley has verbally committed to Princeton. Worth considering: He's averaging 21 ppg as a basketball player at Nazareth Area High School.
He's done the work. [Coaches] put a lot of pressure on him to be a certain type of player and early in his career it just wasn't there. He's done the work in terms of weight room, on the court and in terms of focus. He's put himself in a position where now we're relying on him. - Sydney Johnson on Kareem Maddox
After rallying from down 17 to take the lead, Oregon State (8-10) didn't have enough left to withstand a final Oregon push. Tied at 48 the Ducks went on an 11-4 run.
Mercer (8-13) won their second straight, 70-54 over Devry. Rodney Walters' 22 led the way for the Vikings.
On the road, Denver (10-10) fell to Middle Tennessee. The Pioneers had 20 turnovers in the 59-49 defeat.
In a matchup between teams from Wisconsin and Chicagoland that's drawing a touch less attention than the one at Solider Field, Northwestern hosts the UW Badgers. The start time for this game was moved up in deference to the NFC Championship.
Some video of Princeton recruit Bobby Garbade from Seton CC's triumph over Norwich.
Keep your eye on a Michigan center who says he is hearing from Princeton.
Around the Ivy League: Masked man Tyler Bernardini scored as career high 27 as Penn (6-8 / 0-0) won their first Big 5 game in four years, 73-61 over St. Joe's. Harvard (13-3 / 2-0) dug themselves out of a 12 point second half hole against Dartmouth (4-12 / 0-2). A 23-2 run did the trick for the Crimson. Yale (9-7 / 2-0) completed their season sweep of Brown (7-9 / 0-2) with a 59-51 victory. Columbia (11-5 / 2-0) caught Cornell (4-12 / 0-2) with 14 minutes to go and held on for their fourth straight overall, 70-66 in Ithaca.
Richmond vs. UMass - 12:00 pm ET - Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic
Devry vs. Mercer - 2:00 pm ET
Oregon vs. Oregon State - 6:00 pm ET - FSN
Denver vs. Middle Tennessee State - 8:00 pm ET
Brown vs. Yale - 2:00 pm ET
Dartmouth vs. Harvard - 2:00 pm ET
Columbia vs. Cornell - 4:30 pm ET - Time Warner Sports Central NY
St. Joe's vs. Penn - 7:00 pm ET - Comcast
A new career high for Princeton recruit Denton Koon at the C.W. Stessman Invitational.
Seton CC won their 11th straight. Future Tiger Bobby Garbade had 23 points in the victory.
Princeton baseball coach Scott Bradley thinks Young will help New York.
Northwestern (13-5) rested John Shurna and still was able to decimate SIU Edwardsville, 98-55.
Eight straight for Denver (10-9) after a resounding 74-36 win over Arkansas State. The Pioneers now have the longest DI winning streak in program history. The victory was also the largest margin of victory for the school since returning to Division I in 1998-99.
The 14-Game Tournament writes about how the Ivy League's non-conference performance this season was the strongest showing since the 2001-02 season.
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Sun. 11/10 vs. Florida A&M
Sat. 11/16 at Butler
Wed. 11/20 vs. Lafayette
Sat. 11/23 at Rice
Tue. 11/26 vs. George Mason
Sat. 11/30 at Bucknell
Sat. 12/7 vs. FDU
Wed. 12/11 at Rutgers
Sat. 12/14 at Penn State
Fri. 12/20 vs. Portland*
Sat. 12/21 vs. Pacific*
Tue. 12/31 vs. Kent State
Sat. 1/4 at Liberty
Sat. 1/11 at Penn
Sun. 1/26 vs. Kean
Fri. 1/31 at Harvard
Sat. 2/1 at Dartmouth
Fri. 2/7 vs. Columbia
Sat. 2/8 vs. Cornell
Fri. 2/14 at Brown
Sat. 2/15 at Yale
Fri. 2/21 vs. Dartmouth
Sat. 2/22 vs. Harvard
Fri. 2/28 vs. Yale
Sat. 3/1 vs. Brown
Fri. 3/7 at Cornell
Sat. 3/8 at Columbia
Tue. 3/11 vs. Penn
2,503 - B. Bradley, 1962-65
1,625 - I. Hummer, 2009-13
1,550 - D. Davis, 2008-12
1,546 - K. Mueller, 1987-91
1,451 - P. Campbell, 1959-62
1,441 - C. Robinson, 1979-83
1,428 - B. Earl, 1995-99
1,365 - B. Scrabis, 1985-89
1,321 - G. Petrie, 1967-70
1,292 - H. Haabestad, 1952-55
1,277 - G. Lewullis, 1995-99
1,239 - B. Taylor, 1970-72
1,207 - S. Goodrich 1994-98
1,133 - F. Sowinski, 1975-78
1,130 - R. Hielscher, 1991-95
1,122 - C. Thomforde, 1966-69
1,099 - T. Manakas, 1970-73
1,090 - J. Wallace, 2001-05
1,088 - C. Belz, 1956-59
1,079 - B. Hauptfuhrer, 1973-76
1,076 - B. Roma, 1976-79
1,071 - C. Mooney, 1990-94
1,064 - A. Hyland, Jr., 1960-63
1,062 - L. Brangan, 1957-60
1,057 - A. Hill, 1973-76
1,054 - D. Mavraides, 2007-11
1,044 - S. Johnson, 1993-1997
1,031 - J. Hummer, 1967-70
1,010 - W. Venable, 2001-05
