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Tuesday News:

Illinois Chicago vs. Oregon State - 10:00 pm ET - Root Sports

Dartmouth vs. IPFW - 7:00 pm ET

Princeton has released a statement on Will Barrett's injury. He'll be out six to eight weeks.

Make it a perfect five out of five for Ian Hummer on the Ivy League's weekly Honor Roll.

Georgetown moves up to 16th in the AP poll and 17th in the coaches' poll. Harvard is the top "others receiving votes" school in both.

Trying to refocus after a loss to Idaho, Oregon State hosts UIC.



Saturday News:

Today's Game: Princeton (4-5 / 0-0) vs. Drexel (2-4 / 0-1)
Location: The DAC - Philadelphia, PA
Time: 4:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: DUTV
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 8-1.
Last meeting: Drexel 54 Princeton 41 - 11/14/05

Princeton Drexel
2-2 Home Record 0-0
1-2 Away Record 1-2
1-1 Neutral Record 1-2
191 RPI 197
197 Sagarin 172
145 Pomeroy 104
59.7 Points / Game 58.0
58.3 Points Allowed / Game 58.3
.401 FG% .382
.613 FT% .670
.317 3PT FG% .295
34.0 Rebounds / Game 36.8
10.6 Off. Rebounds / Game         12.0
-0.2 Rebounding Margin +3.0
13.9 Assists / Game 10.3
14.1 Turnovers / Game 12.7
3.6 Blocks / Game 2.3
Hummer: 17.4 Points Massenat: 14.7
Hummer: 8.2 Rebounds Givens: 6.8
Bray: 3.6 Assists Massenat: 3.3
Hummer, Bray: 1.4 Steals Thomas: 1.0
Hummer: 0.9 Blocks Givens: 0.7
Koon: .621 FG% (Min: 10 FGM) Givens: .460
Davis: .846 FT% (Min: 10 FTM) Givens .667
Davis: .407 3PT FG% (Min: 10 3PTM)    Massenat: .435

Georgetown vs. Howard - 12:00 pm ET - MASN
MCCC vs. Burlington - 2:00 pm ET

Central Connecticut State vs. Brown - 2:00 pm ET
Long Island vs. Columbia - 2:00 pm ET
Harvard vs. Boston University - 4:00 pm ET - NESN
Penn vs. UCLA - 7:00 pm ET - Fox Sports West
Dartmouth vs. Notre Dame - 7:30 pm ET - ESPN3

The relationship between Ian Hummer and his father Ed is the subject of this lengthy profile. I love how the senior Hummer's wish for his son is that he "sort of be considered Butch's last player."

Despite going without a field goal for the game's final 12 minutes, Fairfield (6-4) held off Old Dominion, 59-51.

It was a three point game midway through the second half, but VCU finished on a 25-6 run to easily vanquish Richmond (6-3).

Oregon State (6-2) saw their home vandalized by Idaho, 74-60.

Returning to action after a week off, Georgetown hosts Howard.



Friday News:

Richmond vs. VCU - 8:00 pm ET - ESPN2
Fairfield vs. Old Dominion - 9:00 pm ET - Basketball Hall Of Fame - SNY
Idaho vs. Oregon State - 10:00 pm ET - Root Sports

The Princeton Packet, the Star Ledger and New Jersey Newsroom add more about the Rutgers game.

On the other hand the Daily Princetonian and CBS Philly are already looking ahead at tomorrow's trip to Drexel.

Princeton sits in 10th place in the latest Big Apple Buckets power poll. I had the Tigers slotted eighth on my ballot, ahead of Rutgers and behind St. John's.

A few super photos from the Tigers' win over Lafayette for you to review.

Mercer (1-10) dropped a 72-60 decision at Essex.

Three branches of the Carril Cradle are in action tonight, and all their games are on TV. Be prepared to flip channels frequently.

Richmond plays their annual Black & Blue Classic game at VCU. Chris Mooney passed on multiple opportunities to stay with the Spiders.

As part of a Hall of Fame Holiday Showcase quadrupleheader, Fairfield meets ODU.

Oregon State hosts Idaho.

Around the Ivy League: Harvard (8-1) fell at #9 UConn, 67-53.



Sunday News:

Today's Game: Princeton (1-5 / 0-0) vs. West Alabama (1-5 / 0-0)
Location: Sojka Pavilion - Lewisburg, PA
Time: 2:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: This is the first meeting between the two schools.
Last meeting: This is the first meeting between the two schools.

Princeton West Alabama
1-2 Home Record 0-1
0-2 Away Record 0-2
0-1 Neutral Record 1-2
264 RPI N/A
209 Sagarin N/A
136 Pomeroy N/A
57.2 Points / Game 61.3
62.0 Points Allowed / Game 76.7
.381 FG% .408
.603 FT% .704
.322 3PT FG% .284
33.3 Rebounds / Game 34.3
9.8 Off. Rebounds / Game         12.3
-2.2 Rebounding Margin -0.7
11.8 Assists / Game 8.8
15.0 Turnovers / Game 18.5
3.5 Blocks / Game 1.8
Hummer: 15.8 Points Fitch: 13.0
Hummer: 8.5 Rebounds Booker: 5.3
Hummer: 3.2 Assists Morris, McGaha: 2.3
Hummer: 1.6 Steals Woolfolk: 1.3
Connolly: 0.8 Blocks Fitch: 0.8
Darrow: .429 FG% (Min: 10 FGM) Heidelberg: .643
Davis: .889 FT% (Min: 5 FTA) Morris .917
Davis: .419 3PT FG% (Min: 8 3PTM)    Woolfolk: .263

Indiana State vs. Fairfield - 4:30 pm ET - ESPN2 - Old Spice Classic

Brown vs. Sacred Heart - 2:00 pm ET
American vs. Cornell - 3:00 pm ET

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's defeat at the hands of Morehead State on goprincetontigers.com and on msueagles.com.

Denver (4-1) fell 80-59 at Cal.

An 66-46 win over Towson sent Oregon State (5-1) off to their best start since the 1980-81 season.

Fairfield and Indiana State meet in the third place game of the Old Spice Classic.

Around the Ivy League: The Battle 4 Atlantis went to Harvard (6-0) with a 59-49 win over Central Florida. Dartmouth (2-4) lost 65-48 to Central Michigan in the fourth place game of the Great Alaska Shootout. Leading wire to wire at Manhattan, Columbia (1-4) picked up their first victory of the season. Yale (3-2) defeated Army, 84-75. Mike Howlett's tying try was blocked at the buzzer as James Madison topped Penn (3-4) by a 60-58 final.



YouTube potpourri L.

Here's the latest collection of videos from various corners of the Princeton basketball family. Above, highlights from Elon's win over Princeton edited to show only Phoenix highlights. You have been warned.

Five additional clips after the jump.

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Tuesday News:

Today's Game: Elon (2-1 / 0-0) vs. Princeton (1-2 / 0-0)
Location: Jadwin Gym - Princeton, NJ
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: FiOS1 (tape delay)
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: This is the first meeting between the two teams.
Last meeting: This is the first meeting between the two teams.

Elon Princeton
2-0 Home Record 1-1
0-1 Away Record 0-1
0-0 Neutral Record 0-0
71 RPI 101
207 Sagarin 167
210 Pomeroy 127
70.7 Points / Game 58.7
63.7 Points Allowed / Game 62.0
.408 FG% .407
.667 FT% .614
.349 3PT FG% .411
42.3 Rebounds / Game 33.7
13.0 Off. Rebounds / Game         7.3
+5.0 Rebounding Margin -4.6
15.0 Assists / Game 12.3
18.0 Turnovers / Game 18.3
2.3 Blocks / Game 4.0
Troutman: 14.3 Points Hummer: 17.3
Spradlin: 6.3 Rebounds Hummer: 8.0
Isenbarger: 3.0 Assists Bray: 3.3
Bonney, Spradlin: 1.3 Steals Hummer: 1.7
Troutman: 0.7 Blocks Hummer, Saunders: 1.0
Troutman: .652 FG% (Min: 10 FGM) Hummer, Davis: .500
Troutman: .929 FT% (Min: 5 FTM) Davis: .875
Spradlin: .438 3PT FG% (Min: 10 3PTA)    Davis: .526

Chaminade vs. Georgetown - 4:30 pm ET - Maui Invitational - ESPN2
MCCC vs. Lackawanna - 7:00 pm ET
Richmond vs. Illinois - 9:30 pm ET - Cancun Challenge - CBS Sports Network

Monmouth vs. Brown - 5:00 pm ET - NIT
Wagner vs. Penn - 7:00 pm ET
Yale vs. Seton Hall - 7:00 pm ET
Columbia vs. Stony Brook - 7:00 pm ET
Cornell vs. Delaware - 7:00 pm ET

Your lone preview of tonight's game comes from the Burlington Times News.

The Ivy League's weekly Honor Roll includes Ian Hummer for the second straight time.

Georgetown (2-1) fell short against #14 Kansas in the Maui Invitational, falling 67-62. Hoya Prospectus looks at the numbers. John Thompson III's team next plays host Chaminade this afternoon.

A Brad Tinsley basket with :04.5 remaining gave #18 Vanderbilt the Legends Classic title, 64-62 over Oregon State (4-1).

In Cancun, Richmond will face Illinois tonight.

Fairfield is headed to the Old Spice Classic, which kicks off Thanksgiving night. The newest "Sit Down With Sydney" can be heard here.

Around the Ivy League: George Mason blasted Brown (2-3) in the NIT, 74-48.



Sunday News:

Holy Cross vs. Fairfield - 1:00 pm ET
Northwestern vs. Seton Hall - 8:30 pm ET - Charleston Classic - ESPNU

Boston U. vs. Cornell - 2:00 pm ET

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's first win of the season on goprincetontigers.com, in the Trentonian, in the Trenton Times, on UB Bull Run and on buffalobulls.com.

Here's a great picture of Pete Carril and Geoff Petrie from the Lapchick Character Award luncheon.

In one of the biggest wins of Craig Robinson's tenure, Oregon State (4-0) rallied late to topple Texas in overtime. Jared Cunningham scored a career high 37 as the Beavers took advantage of their opportunity and advanced to face Vanderbilt in the Legends Classic finals.

Richmond (3-1) opened on a 24-3 run and cruised past Sacred Heart. Darien Brothers got the Spiders moving on offense and on defense.

Harcum took care of Mercer (1-4) by a 83-42 final.

Fairfield hosts Holy Cross this afternoon.

Tonight's Charleston Classic final pits Northwestern and Seton Hall.

Around the Ivy League: Overall it was a good day for the conference. Brown (2-2) rallied for a seven point win over Hartford. Penn (3-1) dug out of an early 10-0 hole to beat Robert Morris, 66-60. The only team in the league to fall on Saturday was Columbia (0-3), who dropped a 66-58 decision at home to American. R.J. Griffin had a career high 29 as Dartmouth (1-2) entered the win column via a 66-62 victory against Bryant. Out west Harvard (3-0) stayed perfect by a 77-67 count at Loyola Marymount.



Saturday News:

Today's Game: Buffalo (2-0 / 0-0) vs. Princeton (0-2 / 0-0)
Location: Jadwin Gym - Princeton, NJ
Time: 12:30 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: FiOS1 (tape delay)
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Buffalo leads 1-0.
Last meeting: Buffalo 25 Princeton 23 - 1/4/26.

Buffalo Princeton
2-0 Home Record 0-1
0-0 Away Record 0-1
0-0 Neutral Record 0-0
139 RPI 216
140 Sagarin 196
108 Pomeroy 129
70.0 Points / Game 57.5
62.0 Points Allowed / Game 66.5
.442 FG% .427
.709 FT% .548
.265 3PT FG% .500
39.5 Rebounds / Game 30.5
12.5 Off. Rebounds / Game         7.0
+4.0 Rebounding Margin -7.0
16.0 Assists / Game 13.0
13.0 Turnovers / Game 19.5
6.5 Blocks / Game 5.0
McCrea: 18.5 Points Hummer: 17.0
McCrea: 8.0 Rebounds Hummer: 6.0
Oldham: 7.5 Assists Bray: 3.0
Barnett: 2.5 Steals Hummer, Bray: 1.5
Watt: 3.5 Blocks Saunders: 1.5
McCrea: .609 FG% (Min: 5 FGM) Hummer, Davis: .500
McCrea: .900 FT% (Min: 5 FTA) Darrow: .625
Filzen: .333 3PT FG% (Min: 10 3PTA)    Davis: .636

Harcum vs. MCCC - 2:00 pm ET
Sacred Heart vs. Richmond - 5:00 pm ET - Cancun Challenge
Oregon State vs. Texas - 9:00 pm ET - Legends Classic - ESPN3

Hartford vs. Brown - 5:00 pm ET
Robert Morris vs. Penn - 7:00 pm ET
American vs. Columbia - 7:00 pm ET
Bryant vs. Dartmouth - 7:00 pm ET
Harvard vs. Loyola Marymount - 9:30 pm ET

UB Bull Run has a preview of today's game. In exchange for the latest Know! Your! Foe! I also answered six questions about Princeton for their site.

Seeing his first significant professional minutes, Dan Mavraides scored 14 points in Aris' Eurocup loss to CEZ Nymburk.

Drew Crawford scored 28 points as Northwestern (3-0) got past Tulsa to advance into the Charleston Classic's championship game versus Seton Hall.

Oregon State is in New Jersey this weekend for the final two rounds of the Legends Classic.

In a football/basketball doubleheader, Richmond hosts Sacred Heart.



Thursday News:

LSU vs. Northwestern - 3:00 pm ET - Charleston Classic - ESPNU
Hampton vs. Richmond - 7:00 pm ET - Cancun Challenge
Fairfield vs. Minnesota - 7:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network
Southern Mississippi vs. Denver - 9:00 pm ET

Lyndon State vs. Yale - 7:00 pm ET
Penn vs. Rider - 7:00 pm ET

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's last second loss to NC State on goprincetontigers.com, in the Charlotte Observer, in the Daily Princetonian, on Fox Sports South, courtesy the Associated Press and on gopack.com.

You can watch a rebroadcast of the game here.

Konrad Wysocki is blogging for the Eurocup site.

Behind a career high 35 from Jared Cunningham, Oregon State (3-0) trumped Hofstra 82-72.

The Town Topics files their story on the Wagner game.

A Princeton recruiting target will wait until the spring to chose his college.

This afternoon Northwestern plays LSU in the first round of the Charleston Classic.

Fairfield visits Minnesota.

Chris Mooney and Richmond host Hampton. If I had planned my trip better I'd stop off for this game on the drive back from Raleigh!

Southern Miss heads to undefeated Denver.

Ivy Hoops Online reports that Brown freshman Rafael Maia has been ruled ineligible for the 2011-12 season.

Around the Ivy League: Princeton's next opponent, Buffalo, won at Cornell (1-2) by nine. In their home opener Dartmouth (0-2) could not hold a seven point halftime lead and fell 65-53 to Vermont.



Wednesday News:

Today's Game: Princeton (0-1 / 0-0) vs. NC State (2-0 / 0-0)
Location: RBC Center - Raleigh, NC
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: ESPNU
Internet: ESPN3
Series History: Princeton leads 5-1.
Last meeting: Princeton 61 NC State 58 - 3/15/99.

Princeton NC State
0-1 Home Record 2-0
0-0 Away Record 0-0
0-0 Neutral Record 0-0
285 RPI 84
189 Sagarin 56
136 Pomeroy 59
57.0 Points / Game 87.5
73.0 Points Allowed / Game 68.0
.465 FG% .517
.556 FT% .740
.538 3PT FG% .333
37.0 Rebounds / Game 42.0
8.0 Off. Rebounds / Game         14.5
+2.0 Rebounding Margin +12.5
13.0 Assists / Game 23.5
28.0 Turnovers / Game 13.0
6.0 Blocks / Game 6.5
Hummer: 19.0 Points Howell: 19.5
Hummer: 9.0 Rebounds Howell: 11.5
Six players: 2.0 Assists Brown: 7.5
Davis: 2.0 Steals Brown: 4.5
Saunders: 3.0 Blocks Howell, Painter: 2.0
Davis: .714 FG% (Min: 5 FGM) Painter: .833
Darrow: .625 FT% (Min: 5 FTA) Howell: .818
Davis: .667 3PT FG% (Min: 3 3PTA)    Wood: .583

Cornell vs. Buffalo - 7:00 pm ET
Vermont vs. Dartmouth - 7:00 pm ET

Oregon State vs. Hofstra - 10:00 pm ET

Couldn't find much in the way of game previews before I jumped in the car to Raleigh, save for this capsule in the News & Observer and something on Backing The Pack. I'll add additional links if they appear later this morning.

The leader of the Big 10 champion Northwestern soccer team mentions Princeton and Michigan State showed interest in having him walk on to play basketball.

A forward headed to FDU was apparently also being recruited by the Tigers among others.

Oregon State hosts Hofstra tonight.

Around the Ivy League: Brown (1-2) dropped a two point decision to Manhattan. Pulling away in the second half, Harvard (2-0) defeated Holy Cross 73-64. Quinnipiac outmuscled Yale (1-1) by an 68-62 count.



Tuesday News:

Brown vs. Manhattan - 4:00 pm ET - NIT
Harvard vs. Holy Cross - 7:00 pm ET
Yale vs. Quinnipiac - 7:00 pm ET - SNY

Ian Hummer made the Ivy League's Week 2 Honor Roll.

Is it time to panic in Princeton?

In their last game before heading to Maui, Georgetown (2-0) blew away UNC Greensboro by 41. Our friends at Hoya Prospectus crunch the numbers.

An 11-0 run midway through the second half did in Fairfield (1-1) in their home opener against Providence. Sydney Johnson said after the game that he let the school and the community down.

Denver (2-0) won on the road at Texas A&M Corpus Christi, 65-58.

Davidson dropped Richmond (1-1) by 13 in North Carolina. The Spiders went a halftime-spanning 13:20 without a field goal.

Oregon State (2-0) overpowered West Alabama, 93-60. Head coach Craig Robinson was pleased with how his team handled the game.

A new Know! Your! Foe! is coming later today.

Around the Ivy League: Despite 26 points from Matt Sullivan, Brown (1-1) lost 77-68 to Albany. Furman rallied to knock off Columbia (0-2). Lions senior Noruwa Agho suffered what appeared to be a serious left knee injury in the second half. His status is unknown. Freshman Shonn Miller had 19 as Cornell (1-1) defeated Binghamton, 76-61. Penn (1-1) fell in a wild OT affair to Temple.



Monday News:

Brown vs. Albany - 4:00 pm ET - NIT - ESPN3
Furman vs. Columbia - 7:00 pm ET
Binghamton vs. Cornell - 7:00 pm ET
Temple vs. Penn - 7:00 pm ET

UNC Greensboro vs. Georgetown - 7:00 pm ET
Providence vs. Fairfield - 7:30 pm ET
Denver vs. Texas A&M Corpus Christi - 8:00 pm ET
Richmond vs. Davidson - 8:15 pm ET
Oregon State vs. West Alabama - 10:00 pm ET

John Templon penned a piece about chasing the ghost of Pete Carril.

Watch some video highlights of the Wagner/Princeton game here. These clips are a decent mix of both the good and the bad out of Saturday night.

Princeton's season opener was written about on the Mid-Majority.

Northwestern (1-0) turned in a quality defensive effort in their season opener, defeating Texas-Pan American by 24.

Mercer (1-3) fell 61-47 to the Suffolk County Sharks.

Through five games in the Netherlands, Kareem Maddox is averaging 10.2 points and 4.7 rebounds off the bench for Landstede Basketbal.

In a move that could effect local sports coverage, the Princeton Packet and its associated publications are for sale.

Richmond should be tested at Davidson.

Sydney Johnson and Fairfield make their home debut tonight versus Providence.

Denver visits Texas A&M Corpus Christi.

Future Princeton opponent West Alabama plays at Oregon State.

Georgetown also hosts UNC Greensboro in the odd mainland portion of the Maui Invitational.



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