New Year's Eve News:

December 31, 2011 at 8:48 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Providence vs. Georgetown - 2:00 pm ET - ESPN2
UALR vs. Denver - 6:00 pm ET
Oregon State vs. Washington State - 6:00 pm ET - Root Sports

Holy Cross vs. Dartmouth - 2:00 pm ET
Yale vs. Florida - 2:00 pm ET - ESPNU
Cornell vs. Bucknell - 2:00 pm ET
St. Joe's vs. Harvard - 4:00 pm ET

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's triple overtime thriller on goprincetontigers.com, in the Tallahassee Democrat, in the Daily Princetonian, courtesy of the Associated Press, on Tomahawk Nation and on seminoles.com.

You can watch a rebroadcast of the full game here.

Princeton recruit Mike Washington, Jr scored 19 of his team's 32 in an Oak Harbor loss at the Bellevue Holiday Tournament.

Washington was recently named an ESPNHS Player of the Week.

Vote for the Tigers making the NCAA Tournament as one of New Jersey's 2011 sports stories of the year.

Darrius Garrett set the school record for blocked shots in a 78-58 Richmond (9-6) win over UNC Greensboro.

Georgetown hosts Providence this afternoon.

UALR is next to visit Denver in Magness Arena.

Oregon State plays at Washington State.

Have a happy, healthy and safe New Year's Eve!

Around the Ivy League: Columbia (8-5) came from down 11 at halftime to beat Lafayette 77-67.

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Friday News:

December 30, 2011 at 9:28 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Today's Game: Princeton (6-7 / 0-0) vs. Florida State (8-4 / 0-0)
Location: Tucker Center - Tallahassee, FL
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: ESPN3
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 2-0.
Last meeting: Princeton 50 Florida State 46 - 12/28/98

UNC Greensboro vs. Richmond - 4:00 pm ET

Lafayette vs. Columbia - 7:00 pm ET

Florida State is ready to get back to action. The Tallahassee Democrat previews tonight's game. These two articles may open in front of a paywall. I had mixed results.

Princeton recruit Mike Washington, Jr. scored 13 in a loss for Oak Harbor at the Bellevue Holiday Tournament.

Denver (11-2) matched its best ever Division I start as they opened conference play with a 79-62 win over Troy.

Unable to completely dig out of a 20 point hole, Oregon State (10-3) fell 95-80 at Washington.

Richmond hosts UNC Greensboro today. The Spiders will raise a banner honoring Kevin Anderson before the game.

Around the Ivy League: Harvard (11-1) defeated Boston College for the fourth straight time, 67-46. Brown (5-9) lost 66-49 at St. Francis (NY). Down 19 midway through the second half, Yale (8-3) got as close as two with a minute to go but could not finish the comeback at Wake Forest. Penn (6-7) suffered a similar fate in the same state, dropping at 75-70 decision at Davidson.

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Thursday News:

December 29, 2011 at 8:58 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News, Video

Troy vs. Denver - 9:00 pm ET
Oregon State vs. Washington - 9:00 pm ET - Root Sports

Brown vs. St. Francis (NY) - 2:00 pm ET
Yale vs. Wake Forest - 7:00 pm ET
Harvard vs. Boston College - 7:00 pm ET - ESPN3
Penn vs. Davidson - 7:00 pm ET

Louisville is undefeated no more. Markel Starks scored a career high 20 as Georgetown (11-1) went to to the Yum! Center and opened Big East action with a 71-68 win. Hoya Hoops has the postgame audio.

With five players in double figures, Richmond (8-6) defeated Liberty, 77-61.

Northwestern (10-3) was thoroughly outclassed at Ohio State, 87-54.

Drexel defeated Fairfield (7-5) by eight. Stags head coach Sydney Johnson has a book to recommend.

Not to be outdone by Ken Pomeroy, Big Apple Buckets also ran 10,000 simulations of the Ivy League.

Princeton recruit Mike Washington, Jr. is part of a story about siblings on Oak Harbor teams.

Oregon State kicks off Pac-12 play at Washington.

Troy visits Denver as both schools begin the Sun Belt conference slate.

Around the Ivy League: A seven game Columbia (7-5) winning streak ended at Marist, 79-59. Cornell (4-7) fell in overtime by nine at Stony Brook.

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Thursday News:

December 22, 2011 at 9:38 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Today's Game: Princeton (6-6 / 0-0) vs. Siena (3-7 / 0-2)
Location: Times Union Center - Albany, NY
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: Time Warner
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 1-0.
Last meeting: Princeton 86 Siena 77 (OT) - 11/28/10

Memphis vs. Georgetown - 7:00 pm ET - ESPN2
Fairfield vs. UConn - 7:00 pm ET - SNY
Northwestern vs. Creighton - 8:05 pm ET - ESPN3
The Citadel vs. Denver - 9:00 pm ET

Florida Atlantic vs. Harvard - 7:00 pm ET

A second article comparing T.J. Bray to Kyle Wente? This piece goes a step further with the photo caption!

The Times Union previews tonight's game.

More on the most recent effort by future Tiger Mike Washington Jr.

Despite playing their best basketball of the season, Princeton dropped four spots to 10th in the new NYC Power Poll. I had the Tigers slotted sixth, behind Yale and ahead of Rutgers.

With an 92-66 win at Chicago State, Oregon State (10-2) is off to their best start in 22 seasons.

For a second time this season Georgetown plays Memphis.

Sydney Johnson got his wish and Fairfield will play at UConn.

To conclude their non-conference run, Northwestern plays at #23 Creighton.

Denver welcomes The Citadel to Magness Arena.

Around the Ivy League: Outscored 15-6 down the stretch, Dartmouth (3-9) lost by three at Army. Cornell (4-6) stayed winless on the road, falling 74-67 at Penn State.

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Wednesday News:

December 21, 2011 at 10:18 am
Filed under Baseball, MCCC, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Oregon State vs. Chicago State - 8:00 pm ET

Dartmouth vs. Army - 7:00 pm ET
Cornell vs. Penn State - 7:30 pm ET - Big Ten Network

Darien Brothers scored 38 points as Richmond (7-5) topped Old Dominion in overtime, 90-82.

Salem defeated Mercer (2-12) by three. Brandin Youngblood had 15 in defeat for the Vikings.

Injured forward Trenity Burdine will not return for Siena's game tomorrow against Princeton.

sienasaintsblog.com posted a reciprocal Q&A to complement yesterday's Know! Your! Foe!.

Watch a video on the Saints' preparations for the Tigers.

Princeton recruit Mike Washington, Jr. had 19 for Oak Harbor in a win over Meadowdale.

Oregon State plays their final non-conference game of the season at winless Chicago State.

Non-basketball related, but always of interest to some this time of year: Site editor Jon Solomon was a guest on WNYC's national morning show The Takeaway yesterday. You can listen to the interview by clicking through.

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YouTube potpourri LIII.

December 19, 2011 at 12:08 pm
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Video

Here's the latest collection of videos from various corners of the Princeton basketball family. Above, Northeastern head coach Bill Coen praises Ian Hummer after Sunday's game.

Four additional clips after the jump.

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Monday News:

December 19, 2011 at 8:08 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Northwestern, Oregon State, Pete Hegseth, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Wyoming vs. Denver - 8:00 pm ET - Root Sports

Cornell vs. Illinois - 7:00 pm ET - ESPN3
Dartmouth vs. Colgate - 7:00 pm ET

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's fifth win in six games on goprincetontigers.com, in the Boston Herald and on gonu.com.

John Shurna hit nine three pointers on his way to a career high 32 points as Northwestern (10-1) won for the third time in three days, 87-72 over Eastern Illinois.

Also hot from outside, Oregon State (9-2) made 13 shots behind the arc in their 101-68 pasting of Portland State.

There's a grass roots campaign to get Pete Hegseth to run for the senate in Minnesota next year.

Hans Brase and the Hill School fell in the finals of the Mercer Invitational Tournament.

Denver takes on Wyoming at Magness Arena tonight.

Around the Ivy League: An extremely rare five point play in the final :18 boosted Yale (8-2) to a 68-65 win at Rhode Island.

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Sunday News:

December 18, 2011 at 9:08 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Today's Game: Princeton (5-6 / 0-0) vs. Northeastern (3-4 / 0-1)
Location: Matthews Arena - Boston, MA
Time: 1:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Northeastern leads 2-1.
Last meeting: Princeton 65 Northeastern 63 - 12/29/10

Eastern Illinois vs. Northwestern - 6:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network
Portland State vs. Oregon State - 10:00 pm ET - Root Sports

Yale vs. Rhode Island - 2:00 pm ET - Cox

You should be able to stream free video of today's game here.

Princeton recruit Mike Washington, Jr. had a giant scoring performance in a double OT win for Oak Harbor.

Fellow future Tiger Hans Brase turned in his second good performance in as many days. The Hill School plays in the Mercer Invitational Tournament finals today.

Henry Sims led a big second half push as Georgetown (9-1) pulled away from American, 81-55.

Former Hoya Jeff Green requires heart surgery and is out for the season.

Richmond (6-5) fell 79-65 at Bucknell.

Reggie Hearn's career high 17 helped Northwestern (9-1) past Central Connecticut by six.

Scoring the game's first 11 points and shooting 57% from the floor, Denver (8-2) beat Boise State, 79-62.

Mercer (2-11) lost to Frederick in DC, 66-36.

A five game Oregon State homestand ends tonight versus Portland State.

Around the Ivy League: Dartmouth (3-7) did what Princeton could not, beating Elon at home, 62-54. Chris Wroblewski's three point shot at the end of overtime gave Cornell (4-4) an 85-82 win over Albany.

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Friday News:

December 16, 2011 at 9:48 am
Filed under Audio, Basketball, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Today's News

T.J. Bray is the focus of the Princeton Packet's piece on the Rider win. I'm agreeing more and more with Bob Nuse's Kyle Wente comparison after every game.

The Daily Princetonian talks to several players about the Tigers' trip to Northeastern.

The third person narrative-obsessed TigerBlog writes about an evening spent in Lawrenceville.

Kareem Maddox was a perfect 4-4 from the floor in Landstede Basketbal's rout of Rotterdam.

Don't believe I've posted these extended Elon/Princeton highlights previously.

Princeton recruit Mike Washington, Jr. scored 11 points in Oak Harbor's victory over Lynnwood.

Oregon State (8-2) throttled Howard, 93-72. The Beavers are off to their best start in 14 years.

Opening on a 23-3 run, Northwestern (8-1) had no trouble with Texas Southern.

Below you'll find John Sadak's call of Mack Darrow's shot to beat the Broncs:

Princeton at Rider is available via Xfinity's On Demand service until December 28th. You can find it under Sports ->The Comcast Network -> College Sports. Enjoy.

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YouTube potpourri LII.

December 15, 2011 at 12:08 pm
Filed under Basketball, Craig Robinson, Denver, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Video

Here's the latest collection of videos from various corners of the Princeton basketball family. Above, SportsKnight gives you a chance to finally watch Ian Hummer's winning shot at Rutgers (among other plays).

Five additional clips after the jump.

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Thursday News:

December 15, 2011 at 10:18 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Ed Persia, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

Texas Southern vs. Northwestern - 8:00 pm ET
Howard vs. Oregon State - 10:00 pm ET

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's win at the buzzer over Rider on goprincetontigers.com, in the Trentonian, in the Trenton Times, in the Daily Princetonian and on gobroncs.com.

There's a great shot of Mack Darrow's game winner mid-flight here.

The Town Topics files a report on last week's Rutgers game.

Richmond (6-4) fell short versus Iona, 88-79.

Shaking off a slow start, Denver (7-2) won by five at Northern Colorado.

Oregon State hosts Howard.

Playing three games in four days after 11 days off, Northwestern hosts Texas Southern. Wildcats head coach Bill Carmody (.mp3) recently visited with WGN.

Thinking a bit about Princeton and buzzer beaters as I dozed off last night, I could come up with four in the past decade: Darrow's shot, of course Doug Davis in the Ivy playoff less than a year ago, Ed Persia's 80' hurl at Monmouth and Kyle Wente's off-balance trey at Harvard. What are some other times the Tigers won or lost a game on a basket with no time on the clock?

Did one occur between Wente and Tim Legler's three at the horn for La Salle in 1987? If it did I'm drawing a blank.

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Wednesday News:

December 14, 2011 at 8:58 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

Today's Game: Princeton (4-6 / 0-0) vs. Rider (1-9 / 0-2)
Location: Alumni Gymnasium - Lawrenceville, NJ
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: The Comcast Network
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 8-3.
Last meeting: Rider 62 Princeton 59 - 12/18/02

Iona vs. Richmond - 3:00 pm ET
Denver vs. Northern Colorado - 9:00 pm ET - Altitude Sports and Entertainment

The Trenton Times and the Trentonian preview tonight's game.

Northwestern freshman guard Tre Demps requires season-ending shoulder surgery but is eligible for a medical redshirt.

Oregon State (7-2) routed UIC, 95-53.

In a marquee matinee matchup, Richmond hosts Iona.

Denver visits Northern Colorado.

Around the Ivy League: Dartmouth (2-7) lost its fourth straight, 56-51 at IPFW.

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