Saturday News:

February 11, 2012 at 9:58 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Today's Game: Harvard (21-2 / 7-0) vs. Princeton (12-10 / 3-3)
Location: Jadwin Gym - Princeton, NJ
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: ESPNU
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 127-39.
Last meeting: Princeton 63 Harvard 62 - 3/12/11

MCCC vs. Del Tech Stanton - 2:00 pm ET
George Washington vs. Richmond - 5:00 pm ET - ESPNU
Denver vs. FIU - 7:30 pm ET

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

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's win over Dartmouth on goprincetontigers.com, in the Trenton Times, in the Trentonian and on dartmouthsports.com.

Ivy Hoops Online and the Trenton Times preview tonight's game against Harvard.

The Daily Princetonian asked several Tigers about their memories from last year's Ivy League playoff.

Jonathan Tannenwald's piece on Ivy League television rights is essential reading.

Roy Hibbert being selected to the All-Star Game brought a big smile to the face of John Thompson III.

Bill Carmody feels unselfishness is the key to success at Northwestern.

Is there a leadership void at Oregon State?

Princeton recruit Steven Cook scored 11 points in New Trier's overtime loss to Evanston.

Richmond hosts GW on ESPNU prior to the Harvard and Princeton tip.

Florida International welcomes Denver.

I'll post about this tomorrow in greater detail, but PANE had come into ~50 additional tickets for Princeton's trip to Harvard in less than two weeks. If you are interested in going, don't hesitate to contact Bob Ruxin as the Crimson box office remains sold out.

Around the Ivy League: Harvard (21-2 / 7-0) won their ninth straight, 56-50 at Penn (12-11 / 4-2). Johnathan Gray had a career high 29 as Cornell (9-12 / 4-3) upended Yale (15-6 / 5-2) by one in overtime. Columbia (14-9 / 3-4) made 16 three pointers and destroyed a Sean McGonagill-less Brown (1-6 / 7-17) squad, 86-60.

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Friday News:

February 10, 2012 at 10:18 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Today's Game: Dartmouth (4-18 / 0-6) vs. Princeton (11-10 / 2-3)
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 140-61.
Last meeting: Princeton 77 Dartmouth 55 - 3/4/11

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

Ivy Hoops Online and the Daily Princetonian preview tonight's game.

The Princeton student paper also has a piece on recent graduates playing in Europe.

Future Tiger Mike Washington, Jr. and Oak Harbor stunned Shorewood in the first round of their district tournament.

Fairfield (14-10) won their fourth in a row, 60-54 over Manhattan. A players only meeting may have turned the Stags' season around.

Freshman guard Dave Sobolewski dropped 23 and all five Wildcat starters hit double figures as Northwestern (15-8) cruised past Iowa, 83-64.

Mercer (4-18) lost at Morris, 67-53. Flip Seculic had 17 for the Vikings in the defeat.

As covered on the site last night, it was a second straight road heartbreak for Denver (17-8).

Despite 33 for Jared Cunningham, Oregon State (15-8) fell 83-73 versus Washington State.

I was glad to see former Georgetown center Roy Hibbert selected as a Eastern Conference All-Star reserve.

Big Apple Buckets ran another 10,000 Ivy League simulations.

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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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Super Bowl Sunday News:

February 5, 2012 at 10:38 am
Filed under Denver, Fairfield, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Richmond, Today's News, Video

Northwestern vs. Illinois - 3:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network
Siena vs. Fairfield - 3:30 pm ET - SNY

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's loss at Yale on goprincetontigers.com, in the New Haven Register and on yalebulldogs.com.

Chris Udofia scored a career high 27 as Denver (17-7) knocked off Middle Tennessee, 75-60.

It was Georgetown (18-4) by 30 over South Florida. The Hoyas forced nine straight turnovers during one stretch. Hoya Hoops has the postgame audio and Hoya Prospectus crunches the numbers.

Oregon State (15-8) won 76-58 at Utah.

Duquesne downed Richmond (12-12) by nine.

For your pre-Super Bowl entertainment, Northwestern plays at Illinois and Fairfield hosts Siena. Both games will be televised.

Around the Ivy League: Harvard (20-2 / 6-0) held on for a 57-52 win over Columbia (13-9 / 2-4). Penn (12-10 / 4-1) rolled by Brown (7-16 / 1-5) in a 65-48 final. Cornell (8-12 / 3-3) picked up their first road triumph of the season, leading wire to wire versus Dartmouth (4-18 / 0-6).

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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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Friday News:

February 3, 2012 at 8:28 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, Northwestern, Oregon State, Today's News

Today's Game: Princeton (10-9 / 1-2) vs. Brown (7-14 / 1-3)
Location: Pizzitola Sports Center - Providence, RI
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 94-26.
Last meeting: Brown 75 Princeton 65 - 2/19/11

Ivy Hoops Online previews tonight's game.

The New Haven Register looks at Yale's weekend.

With his team shorthanded, Dan Mavraides stepped up for Aris Thessaloniki, scoring 18 points as the Yellows grabbed a Eurocup win over ASVEL Basket. You can watch the full game here.

Princeton recruit Mike Washington, Jr. had 14 for Oak Harbor in their final outing of the regular season.

Here's the Princeton Packet story on Monday's game.

Northwestern (13-8) made 10 first half three pointers and defeated Nebraska, 84-74.

It was a heartbreaker on the road for Denver (16-7), falling by one in overtime at the buzzer to Louisiana-Lafayette on a controversial foul call.

Colorado blew out Oregon State (14-8) by 22.

Fairfield hosts Niagara this evening.

The Tigers are 10th in the latest Big Apple Buckets power poll. For the record, I had Princeton ranked 11th.

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Thursday News:

February 2, 2012 at 9:38 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Nebraska vs. Northwestern - 7:00 pm ET - ESPN2
Denver vs. Louisiana-Lafayette - 8:00 pm ET
Oregon State vs. Colorado - 9:00 pm ET

Hollis Thompson broke out of a short shooting slump with 18 points as Georgetown (17-4) locked down UConn, 58-44. Hoya Prospectus runs the numbers.

St. Joe's defeated Richmond (12-11) by 10.

The Town Topics reviews Princeton's loss at Penn.

A high-scoring senior point guard from New Jersey continues to list Princeton among the eight schools showing interest in him.

Northwestern hosts Nebraska tonight.

Louisiana-Lafayette is where Denver will travel.

Oregon State plays at Colorado.

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YouTube potpourri LVI.

January 30, 2012 at 2:28 pm
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, Oregon State, Princeton, Richmond, Video

While I'm killing time before driving to The Palestra, here's the latest collection of videos from various corners of the Princeton basketball family. Above, future Tiger Mike Washington, Jr. becomes Oak Harbor's all-time leading scorer.

Five additional clips after the jump.

Read the rest of this entry »

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Monday News:

January 30, 2012 at 9:38 am
Filed under Basketball, Fairfield, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Today's Game: Princeton (10-8 / 1-1) vs. Penn (10-9 / 2-0)
Location: The Palestra - Philadelphia, PA
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Penn leads 122-102.
Last meeting: Princeton 70 Penn 58 - 3/8/11

The Daily News, the Daily Pennsylvanian, and Ivy Hoops Online preview tonight's tilt.

Penn's student paper also writes about playing this game on a date other than a Tuesday for the first time in 16 years.

The 336th Civil War went to Oregon State (14-7) over Oregon in a wild 76-71 decision.

Fairfield (11-10) knocked down 12 three pointers and coasted to the 81-53 win against Marist.

Princeton recruit Hans Brase scored eight in The Hill School's loss to Kiski School.

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Sunday News:

January 29, 2012 at 9:48 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Marist vs. Fairfield - 1:00 pm ET
Oregon State vs. Oregon - 6:30 pm ET - FSN

Not a good day for the members of the "Carril Cradle."

Georgetown (16-4) trailed the entire way in a 72-60 loss at Pitt.

Robbie Hummel's leaning baseline jumper with eight seconds left gave Purdue the two point win over Northwestern (12-8).

Richmond (12-10) fell 62-47 at St. Bonaventure.

Arkansas-Little Rock knocked off Denver (16-6) by seven.

Mercer (4-16) lost a 61-60 heartbreaker to Salem.

Princeton recruit Hans Brase scored 11 in The Hill School's overtime defeat against Academy of the New Church.

Round one of the Civil War sees Oregon State play at Oregon.

Fairfield hosts Marist.

Look for the return of Know! Your! Foe! tonight.

Around the Ivy League: Harvard (18-2 / 4-0) won its sixth straight, 68-59 over Brown (7-14 / 1-3). Yale (13-5 / 3-1) defeated Dartmouth (4-16 / 0-4) in New Haven, 62-52. Cornell (7-11 / 2-2) split their season series with Columbia (12-8 / 1-3) by a 65-60 final.

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Sunday News:

January 22, 2012 at 9:08 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Richmond, Today's News

Northwestern vs. Minnesota - 4:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network

Freshman Otto Porter scored the game's final six points as Georgetown (16-3) survived 52-50 against Rutgers. Here's John Thompson III afterwards.

The Hoyas won despite just 12 field goals, tied for fewest in a game by a JTIII-coached Georgetown team.

UMass was too much for Richmond (11-9). The Spiders fell at home, 79-68.

A putback by Alzee Williams at the buzzer in overtime gave North Texas a one point win over Denver (15-5).

Oregon State (13-7) trounced USC, 78-59.

Today's Fairfield game at Marist has been postponed after two students died in an off-campus fire. It is unclear when this game will be rescheduled.

Minnesota hosts Northwestern.

Around the Ivy League: Greg Mangano scored 18 points and grabbed 11 rebounds as Yale (12-4 / 2-0) completed a season sweep of Brown (5-13 / 0-2) in Providence, 73-60. Harvard (16-2 / 2-0) also stayed perfect in conference by besting Dartmouth (4-14 / 0-2) on the road in front of a sold out crowd, 54-38. Columbia (12-7 / 1-2) got 18 points and a gym record 20 rebounds from Mark Cisco in their first Ivy victory of the campaign, winning 61-56 over Cornell (6-11 / 1-2). Penn (10-9 / 2-0) nearly let a 24 point second half lead get away from them, but at the horn the Quakers held a quality 84-80 win over St. Joe's.

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Saturday News:

January 21, 2012 at 8:58 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, MCCC, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Rutgers vs. Georgetown - 12:00 pm ET - ESPN3
UMass vs. Richmond - 5:00 pm ET - CBS Sports Network
Denver vs. North Texas - 8:00 pm ET
USC vs. Oregon State - 10:00 pm ET - Root Sports

Yale vs. Brown - 2:00 pm ET
St. Joe's vs. Penn - 7:00 pm ET
Harvard vs. Dartmouth - 7:00 pm ET
Cornell vs. Columbia - 7:00 pm ET

Princeton recruit Steven Cook had 14 points in New Trier's win over Niles West. I've been playing extended phone tag with Cook's high school coach, but a full profile should follow soon.

Yesterday's Mercer game at the Columbia JV was postponed.

Georgetown hosts Rutgers this afternoon.

UMass returns to Richmond. The Spiders have had success without utilizing transfers.

Denver stays on the road at North Texas.

Looking for their first home sweep of the Pac-12's LA teams in seven seasons, Oregon State welcomes USC to Gill Coliseum.

The other seven Ivy teams are in action today. Lots of basketball to monitor.

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