Bad news out of Evanston - Northwestern's leading returning scorer, senior forward Kevin Coble, suffered a foot injury at practice on Tuesday. The severity of this injury is not yet known, but preliminary reports have Coble out for a minimum of 4-6 weeks.
The Town Topics and the Trenton Times both preview Princeton in advance of Saturday's season opener at Central Michigan.
Princeton Alumni Weekly has a short blurb about the Tiger freshmen.
The early signing period began yesterday. Oregon State officially picked up a commitment from highly touted Chicago point guard Ahmad Starks and Denver retained the services of Dallas forward Chris Udofia.
The Washington Post looks at two keys for Georgetown this season.
Richmond hopes to make a run at the NCAA tournament.
Princeton has participated in two closed scrimmages this preseason, hosting one versus Siena and the other last weekend at Towson. Since the NCAA does not permit the public or the media from viewing these scrimmages, word out of each has been minimal, but the Twitter feed for I-95 Ballerz does have a teaser about Tiger freshman Ian Hummer (above). The SienaHoops message board has a thread wherein members try and piece together details from their trip to Jadwin.
Douglas Davis was named to the NYC Metro Preseason Fourth Team by College Hoops Net. The site also lists keys to Princeton's season.
The Hoya has published their comprehensive Georgetown season preview, with seven different articles about the team.
The Daily Northwestern has a cover story about the Wildcats' prospects this season. There are three additional articles about Northwestern basketball in today's issue as well.
Chris Young has been given a clean bill of health and will start throwing at Petco Park on Friday.
Central Michigan junior guard Jalin Thomas is adjusting to his new starting role for the Chippewas.
Here's a preview of the Mercer County CC Vikings I did not see until last night. You can catch the second game of the MCCC Men's Classic this afternoon.
Central Michigan won their final tuneup before they face Princeton on Saturday, 70-42 over University of Indiana-South Bend.
CCRI vs. Mercer - 2:30 pm ET - MCCC Men's Classic
Western Oregon vs. Oregon State - 4:00 pm ET
Howie Levy's second season as head coach at Mercer begins this afternoon. I'll be heading to the game and hope to see a few familiar faces in the stands. If you can't make it, expect updates on our Twitter feed.
Oregon State plays an exhibition versus Western Oregon today.
Is Princeton the ninth best team in the New York metropolitan area?
Bleacher Report has posted the first in a series of pieces for Philadelphia 76ers fans called "The Princeton Report: The Xs and Os of the Princeton Offense."
Former Georgetown guard Jonathan Wallace was selected by the Rio Grande Valley Vipers in the second round of the NBDL draft. Yale alum Travis Pinick was picked in the eighth round.
Denver is hosting a meet and greet this evening at the Daniel L. Ritchie Center.
Northwestern's Kevin Coble spent his summer scrimmaging against NBA opponents.
The Division I Committee On Infractions has penalized Richmond for "impermissible recruiting text messages and telephone calls to prospective student-athletes."
Southern Oregon vs. Oregon State - 5:00 pm ET - osubeavers.com
Oregon State plays an exhibition versus Southern Oregon today.
Denver basketball has launched a web site that asks "are you a Pioneer?" I couldn't get the phone call from Joe Scott portion to work, otherwise I'd be sharing the audio with you.
Georgetown is ranked 20th in the initial Associated Press poll of the season.
The NCAA has approved new rules on basketball recruiting.
princetonbasketball.com was founded on April 28th, 1998 in an attempt to provide fans of the Princeton Tigers and Ivy League basketball with the best on-line source for up-to-date news and information. We have since expanded to launch a companion site, Georgetown Basketball News.
As these sites have continued to grow we have increased our coverage to include additional teams with Princeton connections - the Richmond Spiders, Denver Pioneers, Oregon State Beavers, Fairfield Stags and Mercer County Community College Vikings - plus former Tigers playing professional baseball and basketball all over the world. This site is not directly affiliated with the Friends of Princeton Basketball, Princeton University or the Princeton athletic department.
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
