Friday News:

January 20, 2012 at 9:28 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

MCCC vs. Columbia JV - 2:00 pm ET game postponed.

With a 63-48 win at Louisiana-Monroe, Denver (15-4) has their best DI record through 19 games in school history.

Fairfield (10-9) won its second straight, 75-63 over St. Peter's. After the game Sydney Johnson answered a trio of general questions.

Making 20 of 24 second half free throws, Oregon State (12-7) ended a 13 game losing streak versus UCLA.

A center from Arizona is a name to keep tabs on. This 2013 recruit says Princeton has made him their top target for his class.

The latest Big Apple Buckets Power Poll is out. In the interest of full disclosure, I voted Wagner first and Princeton eighth.

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Thursday News:

January 19, 2012 at 9:18 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, Geoff Petrie, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Fairfield vs. St. Peter's - 7:00 pm ET
Denver vs. Louisiana-Monroe - 8:30 pm ET
UCLA vs. Oregon State - 10:30 pm ET - FSN

Princeton recruit Hans Brase is profiled by The Mercury.

Unfortunately the Tigers have to settle for runner-up status in another key recruiting battle. A point guard from DC who was deciding between Princeton and George Washington has pledged to the Colonials.

GW was cruel to Richmond (11-8) as well, besting the shorthanded Spiders by 18.

Trailing by two at halftime, Northwestern (12-6) was blown away by Wisconsin after intermission. The Badgers made six of seven three point attempts once play resumed on their way to a 77-57 final.

It is time for Geoff Petrie to regain his touch as GM of the Sacramento Kings.

Fairfield plays at St. Peter's tonight.

Louisiana-Monroe hosts Denver.

At Gill Colliseum, Oregon State welcomes UCLA.

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YouTube potpourri LV.

January 15, 2012 at 12:08 pm
Filed under Denver, Georgetown, Kevin Mullin, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Video

Here's the latest collection of videos from various corners of the Princeton basketball family. Above, Basketball Talk 101 with Kevin "Moon" Mullin.

Six additional clips after the jump.

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Sunday News:

January 15, 2012 at 9:28 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Georgetown vs. St. John's - 12:00 pm ET - ESPN3
Western Kentucky vs. Denver - 3:00 pm ET

In addition to our recap, read about the Tigers' rally past Columbia on goprincetontigers.com, in the Daily Princetonian, in the Columbia Spectator and on gocolumbialions.com.

Highlights of Friday's game in Ithaca can be found here.

Princeton recruit Hans Brase scored 14 in The Hill School's win at Hun.

In Evanston Northwestern (12-5) got the signature win they were looking for, knocking off #6 Michigan State, 81-74.

Richmond (11-7) rolled to a 19 point halftime lead and beat Temple for the third straight time at home, 76-65.

Arizona State handed Oregon State (11-7) a disappointing setback in Tempe by 10.

Georgetown visits St. John's. Hopefully I'm on a train to MSG when this post goes live.

Both Joe Scott and his staff will be wearing sneakers on the sidelines when Denver hosts Western Kentucky today.

Around the Ivy League: Yale (11-4 / 1-0) finished on a 13-3 run in the final 3:10 to pass Brown (5-12 / 0-1) in the final minute. Penn (9-9 / 2-0) swept their first conference road trip with a 64-52 decision over Cornell (6-10 / 1-1), 64-52. Dartmouth (4-13 / 0-1) ended a six game losing streak by beating Longwood, 83-67. Harvard (14-2 / 1-0) concluded non-conference play with their 23rd straight home win, a 21 point victory over George Washington.

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Saturday News:

January 14, 2012 at 9:08 am
Filed under Fairfield, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

Today's Game: Princeton (9-8 / 0-1) vs. Columbia (11-6 / 0-1)
Location: Levien Gymnasium - New York City, NY
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 141-84.
Last meeting: Princeton 66 Columbia 61 - 2/26/11

Michigan State vs. Northwestern - 3:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network
Oregon State vs. Arizona State - 6:00 pm ET - Root Sports
Temple vs. Richmond - 7:00 pm ET - CBS Sports Network

Brown vs. Yale - 2:00 pm ET
George Washington vs. Harvard - 2:00 pm ET
Longwood vs. Dartmouth - 2:00 pm ET
Penn vs. Cornell - 7:00 pm ET

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's loss to Cornell on goprincetontigers.com, in the Ithaca Journal and on cornellbigred.com.

I answered some questions about the Tigers for Big Apple Buckets, who have named tonight's matchup their Saturday Game of the Week.

There's also a preview in the Columbia Spectator.

Snakebit Fairfield (8-9) suffered a bitter 66-63 defeat to Loyola (Md.). The Stags surrendered an 11-1 run in the final 1:42.

John Thompson III met with a Chinese high school team at Georgetown.

Another Top 10 foe awaits as Northwestern hosts Michigan State.

Oregon State visits Arizona State.

In A-10 action Richmond welcomes Temple to the Robins Center.

Around the Ivy League: Brian Barbour's potential game winner went long at the buzzer as Penn (8-9 / 1-0) topped Columbia (11-6 / 0-1) by two.

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Friday News:

January 13, 2012 at 9:08 am
Filed under Basketball, Fairfield, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Today's Game: Princeton (9-7 / 0-0) vs. Cornell (5-9 / 0-0)
Location: Newman Arena - Ithaca, NY
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 134-78.
Last meeting: Princeton 84 Cornell 66 - 2/25/11

Loyola (Md.) vs. Fairfield - 9:00 pm ET - ESPNU

Penn vs. Columbia - 7:00 pm ET

The Trenton Times previews Princeton's latest road trip while the Trentonian sizes up the Ivy League as a whole.

There's also a look at tonight's matchup in the Ithaca Journal.

I'll be on ESPN Radio 1160 today at 4:30 pm ET to talk about Princeton vs. Cornell and the rest of the Ivy League.

Denton Koon and his brother both had a pretty good week.

Steven Cook, who committed to Princeton yesterday, does a lot of things that surprise people.

In a close loss to second place Shorecrest, Princeton recruit Mike Washington, Jr. had a big game.

Coming off a four OT defeat versus Stanford, Oregon State (11-4) dropped an 81-73 decision at Arizona in a single overtime.

The Gazette Times seems downright amazed that what the Beavers are running still qualifies as the "Princeton Offense."

Fairfield hosts Loyola (Md.) tonight in a contest that has had its start time pushed back two hours to accommodate TV.

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Thursday News:

January 12, 2012 at 9:28 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Oregon State vs. Arizona - 8:30 pm ET - Root Sports

Princeton recruit Hans Brase scored 15 points in The Hill School's win at Lawrenceville. Anyone attend?

Here is a video preview of this weekend's games in Ithaca.

Northwestern (11-5) lost a heartbreaker at Michigan in overtime, 66-64.

Colorado State held off Denver (13-4) by four in Fort Collins.

The Pioneers' February 4th home game versus Middle Tennessee has been picked up nationally by ESPN.

Oregon State visits Arizona tonight.

Princeton has played nine road games this season, winning five. Did you know 19% of all DI teams have yet to emerge victorious from an opponents' gym?

Around the Ivy League: Brown (5-11) fell to Longwood in the final two seconds.

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Sunday News:

January 8, 2012 at 9:48 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, Georgetown, MCCC, Oregon State, Pete Carril, Princeton, Richmond

Today's Game: TCNJ (6-7 / 1-3) vs. Princeton (8-7 / 0-0)
Location: Jadwin Gym - Princeton, NJ
Time: 2:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 3-0.
Last meeting: Princeton 73 TCNJ 40 - 1/23/11

Fairfield vs. Manhattan - 2:00 pm ET

Columbia vs. Elon - 2:00 pm ET
St. Joseph's (L.I.) vs. Yale - 4:00 pm ET

Today's opponent The College of New Jersey lost by three versus Rutgers-Newark yesterday.

The current Reading High School coach had a chance to speak with Pete Carril recently.

An 11 game Georgetown (13-2) winning streak ended 74-62 at West Virginia.

With five Pioneers in double figures, Denver (13-3) won 67-50 against South Alabama.

Richmond (10-7) never trailed in a 70-53 win at Rhode Island.

Elsewhere in the Ocean State, Mercer (3-13) fell 56-40 at CCRI. Brandin Youngblood scored 11 for the Vikings.

Oregon State (11-5) lost to Stanford 103-101 in quadruple overtime.

Manhattan hosts Fairfield.

Around the Ivy League: Harvard (13-2 / 1-0) led Dartmouth (3-12 / 0-1) by one at halftime and trailed midway through the back frame, but the Crimson controlled the final 10 minutes on their way to a 63-47 victory. Cornell (5-9) defeated Division III Albright, 78-60.

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Saturday News:

January 7, 2012 at 10:48 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, Georgetown, MCCC, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Georgetown vs. West Virginia - 12:00 pm ET - ESPN3
MCCC vs. CCRI - 2:00 pm ET
Denver vs. South Alabama - 4:30 pm ET - ESPN3
Richmond vs. Rhode Island - 7:00 pm ET - CBS Sports Network
Stanford vs. Oregon State - 10:00 pm ET - Root Sports

Albright vs. Cornell - 2:00 pm ET
Dartmouth vs. Harvard - 2:00 pm ET

After Harvard's loss to Fordham, Big Apple Buckets re-ran 10,000 simulations of the race for the 2011-12 Ivy League title.

Rush The Court checks in on the eight Ivy teams, two of which open conference play today.

Still looking for more on Princeton recruit Edo Lawrence, I came across this Flickr series from a recent Canterbury game against Kent. Lawrence is wearing #33 in these pictures.

Siena surprised Fairfield (8-7) in Albany, 73-60. “I don’t know if they can play better given the situation they’re in," said Stags head coach Sydney Johnson of the Saints' performance.

Top-ranked Monroe beat Mercer (3-13) by an 81-47 final. Brandin Youngblood was one of three Vikings in double figures.

Having already won in several hostile settings this season, Georgetown travels to West Virginia.

Denver remains on the road at South Alabama.

Rhode Island pays host to Richmond.

Looking for a home sweep of the Bay Area's Pac-12 teams, Oregon State hosts Stanford.

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Friday News:

January 6, 2012 at 9:08 am
Filed under Basketball, Chris Young, Denver, Fairfield, Georgetown, Oregon State, Princeton, Today's News

MCCC vs. Monroe - 5:00 pm ET
Fairfield vs. Siena - 7:00 pm ET - SNY

Mets GM Sandy Alderson spoke with Chris Young over the holidays. Young could re-sign with New York under the right circumstances.

Grantland has a long piece on Georgetown up. It's got nothing on this transcript of an interview with former Hoya Roy Hibbert, though.

There have been plenty of updates on 2012 Princeton recruits Hans Brase and Michael Washington, Jr. but little on 7'2" center Edo Lawrence. I did some digging yesterday and the best I could find was this report on a game from mid-December.

Denver (12-3) prevailed 53-50 at Arkansas State.

Cracking 90 points for the seventh time this season, Oregon State (11-4) defeated Cal in Corvallis.

Fairfield visits Siena tonight.

Big Apple Buckets' first power poll of 2012 is out. Princeton moves up one spot in the rankings. For the record, I had Wagner in first and the Tigers sixth overall.

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Thursday News:

January 5, 2012 at 9:48 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Pete Carril, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Denver vs. Arkansas State - 8:00 pm ET
Cal vs. Oregon State - 10:00 pm ET

Down by 17 with 13:13 left to play, Georgetown (13-1) staged an improbable rally that was capped off by a Hollis Thompson three pointer in the final 30 seconds. Hoya Hoops has the postgame audio and Hoya Prospectus crunches the numbers from a 73-70 victory.

Drew Crawford's potential game-winning layup was blocked at the buzzer as Northwestern (11-4) fell at home to Illinois, 57-56.

Richmond (9-7) lost their conference opener by five to Charlotte.

Is Princeton finding its stride?

A book on the children of immigrants includes the story of Pete Carril. You can order a copy here.

Princeton recruit Mike Washington, Jr. scored 19 in Oak Harbor's win over Meadowdale.

Playing in front of several of his future teammates, Hans Brase and The Hill School faced the Princeton JV at Jadwin Gym. Anyone go? It sounds like Clay Wilson had a big game for the Tigers.

Denver visits Arkansas State tonight.

Cal heads to Corvallis to face Oregon State.

Around the Ivy League: Columbia (10-5) beat Colgate on the road, 66-59. Penn (7-8) edged Lafayette by five.

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New Year's Day News:

January 1, 2012 at 9:28 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Today's News

Today's Game: Princeton (7-7 / 0-0) vs. Florida A&M (2-11 / 0-1)
Location: Alfred Lawson Jr. Multipurpose Center - Tallahassee, FL
Time: 3:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 1-0.
Last meeting: Princeton 51 Florida A&M 43 - 12/11/92

Canisius vs. Fairfield - 1:00 pm ET
Penn State vs. Northwestern - 7:00 pm ET - ESPNU

Penn vs. Duke - 5:00 pm ET - ESPNU

Happy New Year!

One Rattler went to scout Princeton in person on Friday night.

It was not pretty, but Georgetown (12-1) scored the final eight points of a 49-40 win over Providence.

Denver (11-3) was upended by UALR at home, 66-59.

Washington State held off a late Oregon State (10-4) rally, keeping the Beavers winless in the Pac-12.

Fairfield starts the new year with Canisius at home.

Penn State visits Northwestern tonight.

Around the Ivy League: Dartmouth (3-11) lost their fourth straight, 65-61 versus Holy Cross. Despite shooting 11-21 from three point range, Yale (8-4) fell by 20 at #10 Florida. Missing two shots to tie in the final 12 seconds, Cornell (4-8) stayed winless on the road after a 63-60 defeat at Bucknell. Harvard (12-1) came from 10 down at the break to record a very nice 74-69 win over St. Joe's.

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