Saturday News:

February 6, 2010 at 9:27 am
Filed under Basketball, Brian Earl, Denver, Georgetown, MCCC, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Today's Game: Princeton (12-5 / 3-0) vs. Dartmouth (4-15 / 0-5)
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 136-61.
Last meeting: Dartmouth 66 Princeton 63 - 2/21/09.

Villanova vs. Georgetown - 12:00 pm ET - ESPN
Temple vs. Richmond - 2:00 pm ET - ESPNU
Harcum vs. MCCC - 3:00 pm ET
Florida Atlantic vs. Denver - 6:00 pm ET
Oregon vs. Oregon State - 6:00 pm ET - FSN NW

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

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's triumph over Harvard on goprincetontigers.com, in the Boston Herald, in the Boston Globe, in the Crimson and on gocrimson.com.

Princeton assistant Brian Earl is interviewed by The Central Record.

College Hoops Net spoke with Sydney Johnson before yesterday's game.

Weather permitting, Georgetown looks to rebound against #2 Villanova. The Washington Post has more on this game.

Down the road, Richmond welcomes Temple to the Robins Center.

Oregon pays a visit to Oregon State.

Denver is back at home for a game against Florida Atlantic.

Princeton recruit T.J. Bray scored 23 as Catholic Memorial bested Waukesha West by six.

Here's a Princeton Packet article published prior to the Harvard/Dartmouth weekend.

Around the Ivy League: Cornell (19-3 / 5-0) stayed perfect in the conference, beating Yale (8-14 / 2-3) by a 90-71 score. Columbia (8-11 / 2-3) rallied for a 65-54 win over Brown (7-15 / 1-4). Penn (3-14 / 2-1) survived four shots by Dartmouth (3-15 / 0-5) in the final 15 seconds of a 53-51 Quaker win.

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Craig Robinson on Good Morning America.

February 4, 2010 at 1:10 pm
Filed under Basketball, Craig Robinson, Oregon State, Video

Robin Roberts profiles Oregon State's head coach.

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Sunday News:

January 31, 2010 at 10:48 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

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

Georgetown (16-4) shot 71.7% from the floor for the game and was 15-18 from inside the arc in the second half, beating Duke, 89-77. Hoya Hoops has the postgame audio.

John Shurna's career high 31 were not enough as Northwestern (14-7) fell by nine at Michigan State.

Richmond (16-6) shut down Saint Louis, 62-36.

Mercer (12-11) beat Salem yesterday. Uros Kovacevic scored 16 as the Vikings won their second straight.

Denver (13-9) dropped its eighth in a row on the road, 73-62 at Arkansas State.

Oregon State (9-12) fell 62-52 to UCLA.

Princeton recruit Tom Noonan went for 20 in Penn Charter's loss to Episcopal Academy.

Future Tiger Chris Clement had 22 as Stony Point fell to Cedar Park. There's a video package of highlights available at this link.

Around the Ivy League: Cornell (18-3 / 4-0) sent a message by thoroughly dominating their showdown with Harvard (14-4 / 3-1) by 36. Columbia (7-11 / 1-3) topped Dartmouth (3-14 / 0-4) for their first conference win of the season. Penn (2-14 / 1-1) won at the buzzer in controversial fashion as Dan Monckton's layup appears to have come well after time expired, giving the Quakers a 55-54 win over Brown (7-14 / 1-3).

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Saturday News:

January 30, 2010 at 9:08 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Today's Game: Princeton (10-5 / 1-0) vs. Yale (8-12 / 2-1)
Location: John J. Lee Amphitheater - New Haven, CT
Time: 6:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 139-81.
Last meeting: Princeton 62 Yale 54 - 2/28/09.

Duke vs. Georgetown - 1:00 pm ET - CBS
St. Louis vs. Richmond - 2:00 pm ET - The Comcast Network
Salem vs. Mercer - 3:00 pm ET
Northwestern vs. Michigan State - 6:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network
UCLA vs. Oregon State - 7:30 pm ET
Denver vs. Arkansas State - 9:00 pm ET

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

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's Ivy opener on goprincetontigers.com, in the Providence Journal and on brownbears.com.

Watch highlights of Princeton's win over Goucher on WZBN.

A busy Saturday kicks off with Greg Monroe and Georgetown hosting #7 Duke. The Washington Post has more on this marquee matchup.

Richmond welcomes St. Louis to the Robins Center.

Northwestern visits #5 Michigan State.

UCLA travels to Oregon State.

Denver looks to stop a recent slide at Arkansas State.

Princeton recruit Ben Hazel scored 21 as Good Counsel upended O'Connell, 63-59.

Future Tiger Tom Noonan had eight for Penn Charter, who defeated Haverford School by 10.

Around the Ivy League: Cornell (17-3 / 3-0) shut down Dartmouth (4-13 / 0-3) to a 71-37 count. Harvard (14-3 / 3-0) kept pace, pushing aside Columbia (6-11 / 0-3) by 29. Yale (8-12 / 2-1) scored the first 11 points of a 61-48 win over Penn (1-14 / 0-1).

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Friday News:

January 29, 2010 at 9:15 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, MCCC, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Today's Game: Princeton (9-5 / 0-0) vs. Brown (7-12 / 1-1)
Location: Pizzitola Center - Providence, RI
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 91-24.
Last meeting: Princeton 56 Brown 48 - 2/27/09.

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

It has been 23 days since Princeton played a Division I opponent. In those three+ weeks, the Tigers' rankings in the three primary rating systems heading into these games have changed, some more significantly than others. On the left, before Marist. On the right, before Brown.

 
            Then           Now
RPI         138            141
Sagarin     173            160
Pomeroy     184            157

The Providence Journal has a capsule preview of tonight's game. The Brown Daily Herald also discusses this weekend's match-ups.

Yale Bulldogs Examiner and the Yale Daily News talk about this weekend's visit by Penn and Princeton.

The New York Post ranks Princeton's chances of making the NCAA Tournament compared to other area teams.

If you're in Wisconsin and listening to the radio on Saturday morning, Princeton recruit T.J. Bray and Central Catholic coach Dean Bellanti will be on 1250 WSSP.

Yesterday's victory by Oregon State (9-11) over USC felt a lot like the Beavers of a season ago. Calvin Haynes scored 25 points in a 51-45 comeback win.

A bad loss on the road for Denver (13-8), falling 69-57 at UALR after starting the night with a 14-1 lead. The Pioneers, who were second in the nation in team field goal percentage, shot a season low 32.8%.

Mercer (11-11) beat Lackawanna for the first time in nine years, 63-60. Quentin Lofton had a career high 17 points and Uros Kovacevic's twisting layup with two seconds left gave the Vikings their final lead.

Kyle Whelliston from the Mid-Majority slept in The Palestra. That's certainly worth a link.

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Thursday News:

January 28, 2010 at 9:51 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Oregon State, Princeton

Lackawanna vs. Mercer - 7:00 pm ET
Denver vs. UALR - 8:00 pm ET
USC vs. Oregon State - 8:30 pm ET - FSN NW

The Town Topics has a story about the Goucher game.

The Daily Pennsylvanian previews Princeton.

Denver visits Arkansas-Little Rock.

A three game Oregon State home stand begins against USC.

Northfield Mount Herman has posted a short recap of the Princeton JV's win over the Hoggers.

Princeton slipped one spot in the new Schuylkill 16, due in part to one voter placing the Tigers in last place. Weak.

Sports Illustrated has a four page article on Jeremy Lin and Harvard.

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Sunday News:

January 24, 2010 at 10:02 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Today's Game: Goucher (5-11 / 3-3) vs. Princeton (8-5 / 0-0)
Location: Jadwin Gym - Princeton, NJ
Time: 3:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
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.

Greg Monroe had 21 points, 14 rebounds and six assists as Georgetown (15-3) obliterated Rutgers, 88-63. Head to Hoya Hoops and listen to postgame audio.

Richmond (15-6) won 62-57 at George Washington. Ryan Butler's three point shot with 26 ticks left put the Spiders in front to stay.

Oregon State (8-11) cut a 15 point second half Cal lead down to two in the final 11 seconds, but the Golden Bears held on 65-61.

An impressive result for Denver (13-7), beating South Alabama 71-48. The Pioneers shot 14-28 from three point range.

A career high 22 points from Jeremy Nash pushed Northwestern (14-5) past Illinois, 73-68. The Wildcats trailed by seven with 7:25 to go before going on a game-changing 17-3 run.

Mercer (10-10) picked up a 76-71 win over Dean on Saturday night. Uros Kovacevic led the Vikings with 28 points. Paco Boussougou pulled down 17 rebounds.

The Trenton Times has a brief preview of today's game built around the Tiger freshmen.

Princeton recruit T.J. Bray had 19 for Catholic Memorial in a Classic 8 Conference victory over Kettle Moraine.

Future Tiger Daniel Edwards scored 21 in Highland Park's 50-45 loss to Greenville. The Scots are 11-11 this season.

20 points by Ben Hazel weren't enough to get Good Counsel past St. Mary�s in double overtime.

Tom Noonan scored 19 of his 21 points in the second half of Penn Charter's win over Philadelphia Electrical.

Samford coach Jimmy Tillette, who has picked the brains and playbooks of many a Princeton coach and assistant to perfect his team's offense, suffered a seizure and collapsed on the sidelines yesterday during his team's win over UNC-Greensboro. Here's hoping he's feeling better soon.

Cornell (16-3 / 2-0) completed a season sweep of Columbia (6-10 / 0-2) with a 77-51 blowout of the Lions. Harvard (13-3 / 2-0) went up to Dartmouth (3-12 / 0-2) and pulled out the 62-58 decision.

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Saturday News:

January 23, 2010 at 10:29 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

Rutgers vs. Georgetown - 12:00 pm ET - ESPN+
Richmond vs. George Washington - 2:00 pm ET
Oregon State vs. Cal - 2:00 pm ET - CBS
South Alabama vs. Denver - 6:00 pm ET
Dean vs. MCCC - 6:00 pm ET
Illinois vs. Northwestern - 8:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network

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

Did you know that the sister of Princeton senior center Zach Finley is engaged to marry a player on the Drake Bulldogs roster in April? I certainly did not. Good excuse to run the above picture, though.

Want to see how you did on the PAW Princeton basketball quiz? The results have been posted.

Lots of games today, starting with Georgetown welcoming Rutgers to DC at noon. The Associated Press discusses the Hoyas' lack of production from their bench.

The Hoya Paranoia breaks down a Georgetown inbounds play that takes advantage of Chris Wright's speed. Can any former Tigers comment on the similarity between this design and anything Coach Thompson was running at Princeton?

Richmond travels to George Washington.

Oregon State will be at Cal.

South Alabama visits Denver.

Northwestern hosts Illinois at Welsh-Ryan Arena.

Bloomberg reports that the Ivy League wants to "negotiate national television agreements to show football, basketball and possibly lacrosse and soccer games."

Around the Ivy League: Alex Zampier scored 22 points as Yale (7-12 / 1-1) defeated Brown (7-12 / 1-1) in Providence, 71-63.

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Friday News:

January 22, 2010 at 10:09 am
Filed under Basketball, Craig Robinson, Denver, Oregon State, Today's News

Yale vs. Brown - 7:00 pm ET

Oregon State (8-10) was outscored 31-13 in the second half, falling 59-35 at Stanford. Craig Robinson was stunned by his team's lack of effort.

The Denver coaching staff will be wearing trainers on the sidelines against South Alabama as part of the Coaches vs. Cancer Suits and Sneakers awareness weekend.

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Thursday News:

January 21, 2010 at 10:14 am
Filed under Basketball, Georgetown, Oregon State, Pete Carril, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

Oregon State vs. Stanford - 10:00 pm ET

Chris Wright scored 27 as Georgetown (14-3) pulled away late for a 74-66 win at Pitt.

Charlotte ended the Richmond (14-6) home winning streak at nine games, stopping the Spiders, 71-59.

Oregon State visits Stanford tonight.

There's an outstanding feature in the Sacramento News & Review on Pete Carril and his relationship with Kings players six decades his junior.

Looking for something to do early Sunday morning? It appears the Princeton JV will host prep powerhouse Northfield Mount Hermon at 11:00 am ET.

Princeton sits in seventh place in this week's Schuylkill 16.

A strange month in Hanover got weirder yesterday with the news that a current and a former Dartmouth basketball player were charged with possession with the intent to distribute after being found with 12 bags of marijuana.

Around the Ivy League: Penn (1-12) lost to La Salle, 76-57.

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Craig Robinson press conference.

January 20, 2010 at 10:09 am
Filed under Basketball, Craig Robinson, Oregon State, Video

The Oregon State coach talks about his team's upcoming trip to the Bay Area.

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Sunday News:

January 17, 2010 at 8:47 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Richmond, Today's News

Georgetown vs. Villanova - 12:00 pm ET - ESPN+

Michael "Juice" Thompson scored 20 points as Northwestern (13-4) outrebounded #6 Purdue 42-23 and defeated the Boilermakers 72-64.

Richmond (14-5) stayed perfect at home with a 67-64 win over La Salle.

Denver (12-7) was downed by Louisiana-Monroe, 64-53.

Oregon State (8-9) fell at home to Arizona State, 66-57.

Mercer (9-9) evened their record with a 73-65 win over Middlesex. The Vikings got 22 points, 10 assists and seven rebounds from Uros Kovacevic.

Georgetown will be tested at #4 Villanova this afternoon.

Around the Ivy League: Cornell (15-3 / 1-0) kicked off their quest for their a straight conference title with a 74-53 thumping of Columbia (6-9 / 0-1) in Ithaca.

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