Saturday News:

January 8, 2011 at 10:17 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Ed Persia, Georgetown, MCCC, Oregon State, Richmond, Today's News

West Virginia vs. Georgetown - 11:00 am ET - ESPN2
MCCC vs. CCRI - 2:00 pm ET
Denver vs. Louisiana-Monroe - 2:00 pm ET - Sun Belt Network
Richmond vs. LaSalle - 4:00 pm ET - CBS College Sports Regional
Oregon State vs. Washington - 6:30 pm ET - FSN Northwest

Stony Brook vs. Cornell - 2:00 pm ET
Baruch vs. Yale - 2:00 pm ET
Harvard vs. Dartmouth - 4:00 pm ET
Union (NY) vs. Columbia - 4:00 pm ET
Lyndon St. vs. Brown - 7:30 pm ET

Looking to find its rhythm after losing two out of three, Georgetown has an unusually early start versus West Virginia.

Here's audio of Hoyas coach John Thompson III on ESPN 980.

Richmond visits LaSalle in Philadelphia.

In the Sun Belt, Denver takes on Louisiana-Monroe.

#23 Washington hosts Oregon State.

Mercer County starts the second half of their season today. The Vikings have been off since December 21st.

I checked in briefly with Ed Persia yesterday. The Cherokee Braves have a 5-2 record this season with Persia as their coach after winning six total games a year ago.

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Friday News:

January 7, 2011 at 9:40 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Northwestern, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

The Daily Princetonian and the Princeton Packet now have stories on the Tigers' win over Marist.

Denver (7-9) came dangerously close to blowing their 18 point second half lead at Western Kentucky, but held on for a 62-59 decision. It was Joe Scott's fourth conference road win as coach of the Pioneers.

Illinois obliterated Northwestern (9-4) in a game that was barely as close as the 88-63 final. The Illini shot 18-22 from the field in the first half.

Oregon State (7-7) fell 84-70 at Washington State.

Princeton recruit Denton Koon and Liberty lost to Grandview in the finals of the Bank Midwest Holiday Basketball Classic.

More on future Tiger Bobby Garbade and Seton CC from the Press & Sun Bulletin.

Clay Wilson had 27 as Lincoln Christian took care of Dewey at the Oologah Basketball Tournament.

UNC head coach Roy Williams was in New Egypt yesterday to watch Desmond Hubert play.

Yesterday's piece by Andy Katz on Harvard and the state of the Ivy League is worth a read.

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Thursday News:

January 6, 2011 at 9:34 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Denver vs. Western Kentucky - 8:00 pm ET - Fox College Sports
Northwestern vs. Illinois - 9:00 pm ET - ESPN2
Oregon State vs. Washington State - 10:00 pm ET

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's win over Marist on goprincetontigers.com, in the Trentonian and on goredfoxes.com.

The Trenton Times web site's atrocious content management system means their article is not currently available on-line. Maybe in a few hours. Maybe in a few weeks. Maybe never.

Richmond (12-4) opened A-10 play with a 71-59 win over Charlotte.

Princeton recruit Denton Koon and Liberty defeated Park Hill South by 15.

Future Tiger Bobby Garbade had 14 in Seton Catholic Central's seventh straight victory.

The third member of the 2011 recruiting class, Clay Wilson, is averaging 27.7 points and 5.4 rebounds a game for Lincoln Christian.

Would you put John Berger on your all-time Ridge basketball team? In The Paint would.

Denver heads to Western Kentucky.

Illinois hosts the shaky ankle of John Shurna and the rest of Northwestern.

Oregon State looks for their fourth straight win at Washington State.

Fewer voters, same result. Fourth place for Princeton in this week's Schuylkill 16.

Around the Ivy League: Harvard (10-3) won at Boston College for the third straight season, 78-69. Austin Morgan's three point play with 6.2 seconds left salvaged a 77-76 Yale (6-7) victory in overtime at Holy Cross. Columbia (8-5) got past Lafayette 76-73 in Easton.

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Wednesday News:

January 5, 2011 at 10:06 am
Filed under Basketball, Chris Young, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Today's Game: Marist (3-11 / 2-1) vs. Princeton (10-4 / 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 1-0.
Last meeting: Princeton 77 Marist 58 - 1/6/10.

Charlotte vs. Richmond - 7:00 pm ET

Yale vs. Holy Cross - 7:00 pm ET
Harvard vs. Boston College - 7:00 pm ET
Columbia vs. Lafayette - 7:00 pm ET

The Daily Princetonian summarizes the Tigers' games over Winter Break.

Buster Olney reports that Chris Young has been offered a guaranteed package worth over $1,000,000 by the Mets. New York is denying any proposal.

KenPom ran 10,000 simulations for each DI conference. The nation's most improved league was also the sixth-most competitive.

Princeton recruit Denton Koon and Liberty defeated Blue Springs, 63-40.

Richmond hosts Charlotte in the Spiders' Atlantic 10 opener.

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Tuesday News:

January 4, 2011 at 10:07 am
Filed under Basketball, Georgetown, Northwestern, Princeton, Today's News

Dan Mavraides represents Princeton on the latest Ivy League Men's Basketball Weekly Release.

Please note: I've received word that the Tigers' tip time for their January 23rd game versus TCNJ has been moved up one hour to 2:00 pm ET.

Marist is Princeton's final opponent before the exam break. The Red Foxes suffered an 83-67 loss at Loyola (MD) last night.

Georgetown (12-3) struggled offensively and lost to St. John's in the final seconds.

A late 12-0 run could not get Northwestern (9-3) past Michigan State. The Wildcats were vanquished by three.

Around the Ivy League: Cornell (3-10) went down for the 9th time in 10 games, 78-66 versus Buffalo. Penn (5-6) fell 86-62 at Kentucky. Army and Dartmouth (4-9) met for the second time this season, with the Black Knights coming out on top 67-47 this time. American defeated Brown (5-7) by 10.

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Monday News:

January 3, 2011 at 8:21 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News, Video

Georgetown vs. St. John's - 7:00 pm ET - ESPN2
Michigan State vs. Northwestern - 7:30 pm ET - Big Ten Network

Buffalo vs. Cornell - 4:00 pm ET
Penn vs. Kentucky - 7:00 pm ET - ESPNU
Dartmouth vs. Army - 7:00 pm ET
Brown vs. American - 7:30 pm ET

Bucknell shocked Richmond (11-4) on a length of the court pass and turnaround jumper at the buzzer. Bad for the Spiders, good for Princeton's RPI.

Denver (6-9) edged UALR in overtime, 72-70.

A surprising weekend sweep by Oregon State (7-6) concluded with the Beavers' 76-75 win over Arizona. The Beavers are 2-0 in Pac-10 play for only the second time since the 92-93 season.

Once again Rush The Court to check in on the Ivy League.

Playing their third game in six days, Georgetown visits St. John's. Look for postgame coverage from MSG on the site later tonight.

Northwestern hosts #20 Michigan State.

Around the Ivy League: Elon tripped up Columbia (7-5) at the horn, 70-69.

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Sunday News:

January 2, 2011 at 9:04 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Oregon State, Richmond, Today's News

Bucknell vs. Richmond - 4:00 pm ET
UALR vs. Denver - 4:30 pm ET
Arizona vs. Oregon State - 10:00 pm ET - FSN

Elon vs. Columbia - 4:00 pm ET

Chris Wright scored all 17 of his points in the second half as Georgetown (12-2) defeated DePaul by 11.

Richmond hosts Bucknell.

Looking for their fourth straight win, Denver welcomes Arkansas-Little Rock to Magness Arena.

Oregon State and Arizona meet late tonight.

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New Year’s Day News:

January 1, 2011 at 9:15 am
Filed under Basketball, Georgetown, Northwestern, Princeton, Today's News

DePaul vs. Georgetown - 1:00 pm ET - ESPN+

Northwestern (9-2) put up a good fight, but could not stop Purdue's E'Twaun Moore and JaJuan Johnson. The Wildcats fell 82-69.

Two stories that slipped through the cracks: A Town Topics piece post-Towson, pre-UCF tournament and the Orlando Sentinel article on Thursday's game.

Georgetown hosts DePaul to kick off 2011.

Around the Ivy League: Brown (5-6) had 26 assists on 29 field goals in an 84-71 win over Bryant. Harvard (9-3) recorded their second victory against a DIII foe, 84-58 versus MIT. 20 turnovers doomed Yale (5-7) in a 62-57 loss at home to Lehigh.

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New Year's Eve News:

December 31, 2010 at 10:00 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Northwestern vs. Purdue - 12:00 pm ET - ESPN2

Bryant vs. Brown - 12:00 pm ET
Lehigh vs. Yale - 2:00 pm ET
MIT vs. Harvard - 2:00 pm ET

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's tough loss to #19 Central Florida on goprincetontigers.com, courtesy of the Associated Press, in Central Florida Future and on ucfathletics.com.

On a quest for their first NCAA tournament bid, Big 10 play starts for Northwestern at Purdue.

Princeton recruit Bobby Garbade and Seton CC won their fifth straight, 57-46 over previously unbeaten Union-Endicott. Garbade made the Regional Division 1 All-Tournament team.

Future Tiger Denton Koon made the all-tournament team, but Liberty dropped a 54-38 decision to Grandview in the William Jewell College tournament.

Three straight for Denver (5-9), who opened Sun Belt action with a 65-52 decision over Louisiana-Lafayette.

Oregon State (6-6) began their conference slate with an unexpected blowout of Arizona State.

Around the Ivy League: Cornell (3-9) was 15-21 from three point range in a 86-80 victory over Wofford. Columbia (7-4) won 74-71 at Maine. Bucknell recorded its third triumph against an Ivy foe, knocking off Dartmouth (4-8) by 17.

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Thursday News:

December 30, 2010 at 10:37 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News, Will Venable

Today's Game: Princeton (10-3 / 0-0) vs. Central Florida (12-0 / 0-0)
Location: UCF Arena - Orlando, FL - UCF Holiday Classic
Time: 7:30 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: This is the first meeting between the two schools.
Last meeting: This is the first meeting between the two schools.

Louisiana-Lafayette vs. Denver - 9:00 pm ET
Arizona State vs. Oregon State - 10:30 pm ET

Cornell vs. Wofford - 5:00 pm ET - Holidays on the Hardwood Classic
Columbia vs. Maine - 7:00 pm ET
Dartmouth vs. Bucknell - 7:00 pm ET

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's victory versus Northeastern on goprincetontigers.com and on gonu.com.

WRBB has a quality audio highlight package.

So much for their shooting touch. Ice cold Georgetown (11-2) hit 35.7% of their first half attempts and could not rally from down 16 in the second half at Notre Dame.

Richmond (11-3) dropped Wake Forest, 90-74.

SI's Andy Glockner has a piece on Harvard containing some choice quotes from Princeton coach Sydney Johnson.

Mid Atlantic Hoops considers Princeton recruit Bobby Garbade one of the region's Top 25 Senior Power Forwards.

Future Tiger Denton Koon had 17 points and 11 boards in Liberty's two point win over the Park Hill Trojans at the William Jewell Tournament.

Denver opens Sun Belt play at home versus Louisiana-Lafayette.

Arizona State visits Oregon State in the Pac-10 kickoff for both teams.

Could Will Venable lead off for San Diego next season?

Bishop John Barres is working on a DVD to promote the Knights of Columbus’ International Free Throw Championship.

Princeton's up to fourth place in this week's Schuylkill 16.

Around the Ivy League: A bad, near-dreadful day of action for Ancient 8 teams saw Cornell (2-9) drop their eighth straight, 68-66 to New Hampshire. Central Connecticut cruised to a 67-51 win over Brown (4-6) Penn (5-5) lost by nine at Marist, 66-57. Harvard (8-3) salvaged a 74-69 home win against Monmouth.

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Wednesday News:

December 29, 2010 at 10:00 am
Filed under Basketball, Georgetown, Northwestern, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Today's Game: Princeton (9-3 / 0-0) vs. Northeastern (4-6 / 0-1)
Location: UCF Arena - Orlando, FL - UCF Holiday Classic
Time: 9:30 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Northeastern leads 2-0.
Last meeting: Northeastern 55 Princeton 34 - 12/28/83.

Georgetown vs. Notre Dame - 7:00 pm ET - ESPN2
Wake Forest vs. Richmond - 7:00 pm ET

Cornell vs. New Hampshire - 5:00 pm ET - Holidays on the Hardwood Classic
Monmouth vs. Harvard - 7:00 pm ET
Brown vs. Central Connecticut St. - 7:00 pm ET
Penn vs. Marist - 7:30 pm ET

Hopefully flying to Florida just after sunrise. Today's news is scheduled to go live while we're in the air, so expect additional articles added to this post later today - JS

Ian Hummer is the focus of a piece from the Princeton Packet.

Georgetown travels to Notre Dame for the two teams' Big East opener. The Hoyas are making 52.8% of their shots, second-best in the nation.

Wake Forest plays at Richmond.

It is still uncertain if Northwestern leading scorer John Shurna will be able to play on Friday at Purdue.

Terrapin Times reports that Desmond Hubert will make his college decision in early January.

Around the Ivy League: Stanford surged past Yale (5-6) in the second half of a 60-44 game.

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Tuesday News:

December 28, 2010 at 9:40 am
Filed under Basketball, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Yale vs. Stanford - 10:00 pm ET - CSN Bay Area

Princeton recruit Denton Koon had 13 points in Liberty's victory over St. Pius X.

It was an adventure for Richmond to get home from their Boxing Day matchup at Seton Hall.

Patrick Saunders represents Princeton on Honor Roll of the latest Ivy League Men's Basketball Weekly Release.

Since people seemed to really enjoy listening to them before Christmas, here's one more news story on princetonbasketball.com editor Jon Solomon's marathon radio show, this from WHYY.

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