Saturday News:

February 25, 2012 at 9:36 am
Filed under Basketball, Craig Robinson, Fairfield, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Pete Carril, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

Today's Game: Princeton (15-11 / 6-4) vs. Dartmouth (5-22 / 1-10)
Location: Leede Arena - Hanover, NH
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 141-61.
Last meeting: Princeton 59 Dartmouth 47 - 2/10/12

Villanova vs. Georgetown - 2:00 pm ET - CBS
Richmond vs. Xavier - 8:00 pm ET - ESPN2
Northwestern vs. Penn State - 9:00 pm ET - ESPNU

Columbia vs. Brown - 6:00 pm ET
Penn vs. Harvard - 7:00 pm ET - ESPN3
Cornell vs. Yale - 7:00 pm ET

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's loss at Harvard on goprincetontigers.com, on Ivy Hoops Online, in the Harvard Crimson, in the Boston Herald, in the New York Times, on WEEI and on gocrimson.com.

Fairfield (17-12) lost a close decision at MAAC regular season champion Iona and saw guard Derek Needham go down with a left foot injury. The severity is as yet unknown.

This afternoon Georgetown hosts Villanova. The Hoyas are playing for stronger postseason seeding.

All Star center Roy Hibbert has undergone a journey from "project to masterpiece."

Xavier hosts Richmond.

The voice of Pete Carril still matters to Chris Mooney.

Northwestern plays at Penn State.

Oregon State head coach Craig Robinson joined 750 AM The Game.

Around the Ivy League: Zack Rosen scored his team's last 16 points as Penn (16-11 / 8-2) held off Dartmouth (5-22 / 1-10) by three. Cornell (11-14 / 6-4) won 69-63 at Brown (7-21 / 1-10). Yale (18-7 / 8-3) knocked off Columbia (14-13 / 3-8), 75-67.

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Thursday News:

February 23, 2012 at 9:58 am
Filed under Basketball, Brian Earl, Pete Carril, Princeton, Richmond, Steve Goodrich, Today's News

With Pete Carril watching, Richmond (15-14) won at St. Joe's, 52-49.

Current Princeton players talk about the NBA success of Jeremy Lin.

Steve Goodrich to Gabe Lewullis versus UCLA is one of three moments involving Tiger teams that shows up on a list of the 100 Greatest Plays in College Basketball History.

Friday and Saturday make up the final home weekend of the season for Harvard.

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More classic Princeton photos.

February 20, 2012 at 8:55 pm
Filed under Armond Hill, Basketball, Bill Bradley, Craig Robinson, David Zeft, Gabe Lewullis, Jamie Mastaglio, Mike Brennan, Pete Carril, Photos, Princeton, Rich Simkus, Sean Gregory, Steve Goodrich

I'm delighted to share with you 11 additional photographs from the collection of David Zeft, the majority of which are from mid-1990s games at The Palestra. Some in this set do also date from the early 1980s.

Click any and all to enlarge. Above, a driving Jamie Mastaglio with Pete Carril, Bill Carmody, Armond Hill and Joe Scott watching from behind the referee on the bench.

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Monday News:

February 20, 2012 at 10:28 am
Filed under Basketball, Fairfield, Pete Carril, Princeton, Today's News

Fairfield vs. Marist - 7:00 pm ET

Pete Carril is profiled in the Trenton Times.

The Daily Princetonian, the Columbia Spectator and the Cornell Daily Sun review last weekend's action.

There's also a photo essay dedicated to Ian Hummer's dunk in the Princeton student paper.

Fairfield makes up their postponed trip to Marist tonight.

Another Jeremy Lin article looking at how he has made the Ivy League proud talked with Sydney Johnson.

SportsProf took a spur of the moment to visit Jadwin Gym on Saturday night.

It seems that the coaching career of Fletcher Arritt will end with games versus the Princeton J.V.

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Sunday News:

February 19, 2012 at 10:28 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Pete Carril, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

In addition to our recap, read about the Tigers' win versus Cornell on goprincetontigers.com, in the Trentonian and on cornellbigred.com.

The Trentonian also finally published their story from the Columbia game on-line.

Watch an ESPNU piece on Friday's win here.

Pete Carril is quoted extensively in an article on Jeremy Lin.

The late 1960s and early 1970s were a golden age for Ivy League basketball.

Princeton recruit Steven Cook scored 10 points in New Trier's victory over #14 St. Rita at the City-Suburban Showdown.

Listen to Sydney Johnson talk about the retirement of Fork Union Military Academy coach Fletcher Arritt.

Fairfield (16-11) turned an 18 point second half deficit into a one point lead with just over two minutes to go but Wisconsin-Milwaukee scored the game's final five points.

In front of a sell out crowd, Richmond (14-14) held off Charlotte, 53-52.

Denver (20-8) made 16 three pointers in a 76-57 rout of Louisiana-Monroe.

Leading wire to wire, Georgetown (20-5) clamped down on Providence, 63-53. Hoya Prospectus crunches the numbers.

John Shurna set the Northwestern (16-10) scoring record but more importantly the Wildcats defeated Minnesota by 11.

Cal beat Oregon State (15-12) in Berkeley, 77-63.

Around the Ivy League: A well-designed lob play by Miles Cartwright to Fran Dougherty with less than a second left in overtime gave Penn (15-11 / 7-2) a 61-59 victory over Columbia (14-12 / 3-7) at The Palestra. Dartmouth (5-21 / 1-9) closed on a 15-3 run for their first conference victory over Brown (7-20 / 1-9) by five. Harvard (23-3 / 9-1) won their 27th straight at home with a 66-51 decision against Yale (17-7 / 7-3).

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A second archive of classic Princeton photos.

February 13, 2012 at 4:13 pm
Filed under Basketball, Bill Bradley, Bob Scrabis, David Zeft, Kit Mueller, Matt Henshon, Pete Carril, Photos, Princeton

David Zeft, whose photographs were first shared on the site at the start of the month, came up to me on Saturday night at Jadwin Gym carrying a yellow plastic bag filled with a stack of historic shots from the past 30 years of Princeton basketball.

I've scanned an initial octet of images this afternoon, the majority of which follow after the jump. Some serious treats here with more of equal quality to come down the line. I can't thank him enough.

Above, the overflow Selection Sunday crowd for the 1990-91 made-for-CBS regular season finale against Loyola Marymount. Shot taken by climbing a camera stanchion!

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Sunday News:

February 12, 2012 at 10:28 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Pete Carril, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

St. John's vs. Georgetown - 1:00 pm ET - ESPN
Fairfield vs. Loyola (Md.) - 4:00 pm ET - ESPN3
Washington vs. Oregon State - 5:30 pm ET - FSN
Purdue vs. Northwestern - 6:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's victory versus Harvard on goprincetontigers.com, in the Daily Princetonian, in the Harvard Crimson, in the Trenton Times, in the Trentonian, in the Star Ledger, in the Boston Herald, in the Boston Globe, courtesy of the Associated Press and on gocrimson.com.

Game highlights can be found here and the full broadcast is archived here.

Pete Carril was the only person Paul Westphal knew who thought Jeremy Lin could play in the NBA.

Princeton recruit Mike Washington, Jr. scored 15 points in Oak Harbor's district tournament loss at Glacier Peak.

Mercer (4-19) dropped a 81-71 decision at Del Tech Stanton despite 19 from Filip Seculic.

George Washington caught and passed Richmond (13-13) in the final minute of a 69-67 final.

Denver (18-8) won 77-63 at Florida International.

Senior center Henry Sims and Georgetown are home for St. John's.

Fairfield visits MAAC leader Loyola.

Washington travels to Oregon State.

Northwestern plays at Purdue.

Around the Ivy League: Yale (16-6 / 6-2) came from 21 down with 11:30 to play, shocking Columbia (14-10 / 3-5) by one. Zach Rosen hit from roughly 27' out with three seconds remaining as Penn (13-11 / 5-2) finished Dartmouth (0-8 / 4-20) in a 58-55 final. Cornell (10-12 / 5-3) ran away from Brown (7-18 / 1-7) to sweep their homestanding weekend.

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Thursday News:

February 9, 2012 at 9:28 am
Filed under Basketball, Bill Bradley, Denver, Fairfield, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Pete Carril, Richmond, Sean Gregory, Today's News

MCCC vs. Morris - 7:00 pm ET
Denver vs. Florida Atlantic - 7:00 pm ET
Manhattan vs. Fairfield - 7:30 pm ET
Iowa vs. Northwestern - 9:00 pm ET - ESPNU
Washington State vs. Oregon State - 10:00 pm ET

Derrick Williams had a putback with five seconds left to give Richmond (13-12) a 78-76 win over visiting La Salle.

Georgetown (18-5) fell in overtime at Syracuse, 64-61. Hoya Prospectus runs the numbers.

An early preview of this weekend's games can be found in the Harvard Crimson.

The Princeton/Penn series makes up one eighth of an ESPN piece on college basketball's best rivalries.

There are four new pictures of Pete Carril on the Trenton Times web site.

According to a press release, Bill Bradley was named to Activate Networks' board of directors.

A five game Fairfield homestand concludes with a visit from Manhattan.

Denver plays at Florida Atlantic.

Seeking their third straight victory, Northwestern hosts Iowa. Wildcats head coach Bill Carmody visited with WGN.

Oregon State returns to Gill Coliseum to face Washington State.

Time's Sean Gregory writes about the recent ascent of former Harvard guard Jeremy Lin.

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Saturday News:

February 4, 2012 at 9:08 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, Georgetown, Oregon State, Pete Carril, Richmond, Today's News

Today's Game: Princeton (11-9 / 2-2) vs. Yale (14-5 / 4-1)
Location: John J. Lee Amphitheater - New Haven, CT
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 143-81.
Last meeting: Princeton 58 Yale 51 - 2/18/11

USF vs. Georgetown - 11:00 am ET - ESPNU
Middle Tennessee vs. Denver - 4:00 pm ET - ESPN2
Oregon State vs. Utah - 5:00 pm ET
Richmond vs. Duquesne - 7:00 pm ET - ESPNU

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

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's win at Brown on goprincetontigers.com, on GoLocalProv and on brownbears.com.

Behind a career high 32 points from Derek Needham, Fairfield (12-10) defeated Niagara, 77-69.

Pete Carril went to see Speedy Morris get his 900th career victory.

It is an early start for South Florida and Georgetown.

Denver hosts Middle Tennessee in a nationally televised Sun Belt tilt.

Utah welcomes Oregon State.

Richmond is on the road at Duquesne.

Around the Ivy League: Yale (14-5 / 4-1) scored the last 10 points of the game to give Penn (11-10 / 3-1) their first conference loss, 60-53. Harvard (19-2 / 5-0) stayed perfect at home with a 71-60 win over Cornell (7-12 / 2-3). Mark Cisco's jumper with three seconds left was the difference as Columbia (13-8 / 2-3) clipped Dartmouth (4-17 / 0-5) by a pair.

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An incredible archive of Princeton photos.

February 1, 2012 at 12:23 am
Filed under Basketball, Craig Robinson, David Zeft, Kevin Mullin, Pete Carril, Photos, Princeton

While yesterday's tussle at The Palestra did not go as hoped, there was one great thing that came out of a Monday night trip to Philadelphia. Through sheer happenstance, my mom found herself seated next to David Zeft, who used to shoot photographs at Princeton games.

Zeft was kind enough to send me some selections from his collection today and I'm delighted to present this first batch of images to you.

Above Craig Robinson is going in for a layup above with a young Jay Wright (#14) watching under the basket. This was likely in the 1982-83 season opener.

Six more photos follow after the jump.

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Scans from a 1983 program.

January 26, 2012 at 1:08 pm
Filed under Craig Robinson, Howie Levy, Kevin Mullin, Pete Carril, Princeton, Programs, Rich Simkus

As I mentioned previously, a subscriber recently handed me a stack of late 1970s and early 1980s Princeton basketball programs, which I'll be scanning portions of as time allows - hopefully one a week.

I already posted images from the 1981-82 media guide I was gifted but here's the first in this series to share.

This pair of games were significant for completely unrelated reasons, which I discuss after the jump. It is also neat to see images of players in action I've only heard tale of and some of the archival designs are a treat.

Click on any picture to enlarge. Check out the site's extensive Programs category for past scans.

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Wednesday News:

January 25, 2012 at 9:58 am
Filed under Basketball, Georgetown, Mason Rocca, Northwestern, Pete Carril, Princeton, Today's News

Fordham vs. Richmond - 7:00 pm ET

Mercer (4-15) fell to Manor at home, 59-57. Flip Seculic had 16 for the Vikings.

Bill Carmody is no fan of the RPI, especially how it treated a couple of his Princeton teams.

Georgetown's John Thompson III flew to Georgia to watch a high school game the same day his Hoyas beat Rutgers.

Sticking with news of former Tiger head coaches, Pete Carril went to a game at St. Joseph's Prep over the weekend.

Let's move on to results from The Old World. In the first week of the Euroleague's Top 16, Mason Rocca scored eight points for EA7 Emporio Armani in a loss to the Greek squad Panathinaikos.

The second round of Eurobasket saw Aris drop an 81-74 decision to BC Donetsk. Dan Mavraides added seven points off the bench for the Yellows.

Landstede Basketbal lost a high-scoring game despite 17 from Kareem Maddox.

Richmond hosts Fordham tonight.

If you missed our piece on Will Barrett withdrawing from Princeton, it can be found here.

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