Monday News:

December 28, 2009 at 10:23 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, John Rogers, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

UNCW vs. Richmond - 7:00 pm ET
Denver vs. Northern Colorado - 9:00 pm ET

MIT vs. Harvard - 4:00 pm ET
Kean vs. Brown - 7:00 pm ET
Penn vs. Davidson - 7:00 pm ET

Richmond welcomes UNC-Wilmington to the Robins Center. It is the first of three non conference games remaining for the Spiders before the start of Atlantic 10 play.

Northern Colorado hosts Denver.

Oregon State is preparing to start their Pac-10 slate at Washington on New Year's Eve.

Princeton recruit Tom Noonan scored 20 for Penn Charter in a 73-59 loss to Atlantic Christian at the Eastern States Invitational.

A recent Trenton Times article on Lawrenceville School center Mat Piotrowski mentions that he is being recruited by Princeton and Harvard in addition to several major D-I programs.

Former Tiger captain John Rogers is part of a New York Times piece about several Chicagoans connected by a random shooting.

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Christmas Eve News:

December 24, 2009 at 10:42 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

No games today and tomorrow. May you and yours have a happy and healthy holiday season. We'll be back on Monday, if not sooner.

Chris Wright cut up Harvard for a career best 34 points as Georgetown (9-1) defeated the Crimson, 86-70.

Oregon State (6-5) recorded the program's 1600th victory, a 73-65 decision over Fresno State.

Princeton recruit Tom Noonan scored 21 in Penn Charter's 71-44 win against FitzSimons.

The Denver Post shares a memorable story about Pioneer guard Nate Rohnert.

princetonbasketball.com editor Jon Solomon hosts his annual 24-Hour Hoiday Radio Show on WPRB starting tonight at 6:00 pm ET. If you missed it, here's audio of his appearance on NPR's The Takeaway earlier in the week.

Around the Ivy League: Quinnipiac outscored Columbia (5-5) by 16 in the second half of a 63-51 Bobcats victory.

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Wednesday News:

December 23, 2009 at 10:42 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News, Will Venable

Harvard vs. Georgetown - 12:00 pm ET
Fresno State vs. Oregon State - 8:30 pm ET - FSN NW

Columbia vs. Quinnipiac - 7:00 pm ET

The Princeton athletic department has named Will Venable the school's #5 male athlete of the decade.

Richmond (9-3) beat UNC Greensboro by 26.

John Shurna scored a career best 29 as Northwestern (10-1) defeated Central Connecticut State, 74-54.

An incredible late second half Denver (9-3) comeback concluded with Andrew Hooper's final second three point shot, a basket that gave the Pioneers an 84-83 win over Seattle.

Georgetown and Harvard meet at noon today. Hoya forward Nikita Mescheriakov won't be suiting up, as he has announced he will transfer at the end of the semester.

Oregon State looks to move above .500 versus Fresno State.

There's a piece on Princeton's win over Monmouth in the latest Town Topics.

Tiger recruit Daniel Edwards has led Highland Park in scoring each of the last six games. Yesterday Edwards had 12 as the Scots lost to Everman, 53-42.

Princeton remains in ninth place in the latest Schuylkill 16.

Around the Ivy League: Colgate won its first game of the season, a 19 point triumph at Dartmouth (2-9).

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Tuesday News:

December 22, 2009 at 9:52 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

UNC Greensboro vs. Richmond - 12:00 pm ET
Central Connecticut State vs. Northwestern - 8:00 pm ET - bigtennetwork.com
Seattle vs. Denver - 9:30 pm ET - FSN Rocky Mountain

Colgate vs. Dartmouth - 7:00 pm ET

Douglas Davis represents Princeton yet again in the most recent Ivy League Weekly Basketball Report.

An afternoon tilt is in store for Richmond and UNC Greensboro.

Northwestern hosts Central Connecticut State tonight.

Seattle visits Denver.

It has been a roller coaster ride this season for Oregon State.

Around the Ivy League: Cornell (9-2) won the Holiday Festival, defeating St. John's by five. It was the Big Red's first win over a Big East foe since the conference was formed. Providence pulled away from Yale (4-7) in the last nine minutes, beating the Bulldogs 87-78.

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Sunday News:

December 20, 2009 at 10:37 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Cornell vs. Davidson - 12:00 pm ET - Holiday Festival - MSG
Dartmouth vs. New Hampshire - 3:30 pm ET

Today's Princeton/Maine game has been postponed.

John Shurna scored 22 points and Michael "Juice" Thompson hit a big three point shot with 1:23 left as Northwestern (9-1) defeated Stanford, 70-62.

Georgetown (8-1) was upset by Old Dominion, 61-57.

Richmond (8-3) beat a Top 25 team for the third straight season, beating Florida in the Orange Bowl Classic, 56-53.

Shooting 70.5% from the field, Denver (8-3) blew out Louisiana-Monroe by 22.

Oregon State (5-5) picked up a 76-62 win over Mississippi Valley State.

Princeton recruit T.J. Bray had 12 points in Catholic Memorial's Classic 8 Conference victory over Waukesha North.

Future Tiger Chris Clement scored 16 for Round Rock Stony Point in a nine point loss to Cedar Park Vista Ridge.

Here's a WZBN highlight package from the Monmouth/Princeton game.

Today, the archive has pulled up a game recap from Princeton's two point victory over Drexel in the 1997 Chase ECAC Holiday Festival.

Rush The Court checks in on the Ivy League.

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Saturday News:

December 19, 2009 at 9:25 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, MCCC, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Stanford vs. Northwestern - 2:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network
Louisiana-Monroe vs. Denver - 6:00 pm ET
Richmond vs. Florida - 6:30 pm ET - Orange Bowl Classic - Sun Sports
Old Dominion vs. Georgetown - 7:00 pm ET - MASN
Mississippi Valley State vs. Oregon State - 10:00 pm ET

FIT gave Mercer (5-8) fits on Thursday. The Vikings fell 83-75 despite 19 points and 14 rebounds from Paco Boussougou.

Northwestern hosts Stanford at Welsh-Ryan Arena.

Looking for the best start of the John Thompson III era, #11 Georgetown welcomes Old Dominion.

Richmond and #13 Florida square off in the Orange Bowl Classic.

Mississippi Valley State visits Oregon State.

Denver is home for UL-M.

Princeton recruit Tom Noonan scored 19 in Penn Charter's 55-43 loss to The Hill School.

USA Today has a mid-December team-by-team update on the Ivy League.

The archive has pulled up a 1996 New York Times piece about Bill Carmody written before the start of his first season as a head coach.

If there are any weather updates for tomorrow's Princeton/Maine game, we'll be sure to post them on our Twitter feed.

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Thursday News:

December 17, 2009 at 10:00 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

Florida International vs. Denver - 9:00 pm ET - FSN Rocky Mountain

Dartmouth vs. Lehigh - 7:00 pm ET

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's modest victory versus Monmouth on goprincetontigers.com, in the Daily Princetonian, in the Trentonian, in the Asbury Park Press and on gomuhawks.com.

Pawel Buczak is also profiled in today's Daily Princetonian.

Here's a TigerBlog piece about nine memorable days in March 1996.

Jake Miller of the Dispatch enjoyed watching Princeton play at UNC Greensboro.

Northwestern (8-1) romped over North Florida, 84-54. It was the Wildcats' seventh straight victory.

A late 15-0 run by South Carolina got the Gamecocks past Richmond (7-3), 76-58.

Oregon State (4-5) turned the ball over three times in the last 22 seconds and fell in the final moments at UIC.

Isiah Thomas and Florida International visit Denver tonight.

Pioneer coach Joe Scott was a recent guest on 1510 AM The Score.

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Wednesday News:

December 16, 2009 at 10:00 am
Filed under Basketball, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

Today's Game: Monmouth (3-7 / 0-1) vs. Princeton (4-4 / 0-0)
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 9-4.
Last meeting: Monmouth 59 Princeton 50 - 12/30/07.

Richmond vs. South Carolina - 7:00 pm ET - SportSouth
Oregon State vs. UIC - 8:00 pm ET
North Florida vs. Northwestern - 9:00 pm ET - ESPNU

The Asbury Park Press previews tonight's matchup.

Northwestern looks for their seventh straight win tonight against North Florida.

Oregon State is also in Chicagoland, playing at UIC.

Richmond travels to South Carolina.

Hey, it's the latest Schuylkill 16. I had Princeton in ninth place on my ballot and it appears a number of others did so as well.

Dana O'Neil at espn.com has an excellent piece about the firing of Glen Miller.

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Monday News:

December 14, 2009 at 9:52 am
Filed under Basketball, Craig Robinson, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Today's News

MCCC vs. Princeton JV - 7:30 pm ET

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's second straight win on goprincetontigers.com, in the Daily Princetonian, in the Greensboro News & Record and on ungcspartans.com.

Northwestern (7-1) hit a school record 20 three pointers in a 90-65 victory over North Carolina A&T.

Oregon State's Craig Robinson is getting back to his roots.

Around the Ivy League: Dartmouth (2-6) defeated Division III Lyndon State, 83-54.

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Sunday News:

December 13, 2009 at 10:11 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Today's Game: Princeton (3-4 / 0-0) vs. UNC Greensboro (2-5 / 1-1)
Location: Greensboro Coliseum - Greensboro, NC
Time: 1:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 1-0.
Last meeting: Princeton 65 UNC Greensboro 55 - 1/3/09.

North Carolina A&T vs. Northwestern - 5:00 pm ET - bigtennetwork.com

Lyndon State vs. Dartmouth - 7:00 pm ET

UNCG Basketball Fan previews this afternoon's game.

An impressive win for Georgetown (8-0), starting the second half on a 21-2 run and dispatching #17 Washington with surprising ease. The Hoyas swept their back-to-back games against Top 25 foes, growing up in the process.

Bragging rights in Virginia's capitol went to VCU, who defeated Richmond (7-2) at the Farm Bureau Insurance Black & Blue Classic, 65-57.

Denver (6-3) lost by 10 at Portland.

Mental mistakes plagued Oregon State (4-4) in a 50-44 defeat at Nebraska.

Mercer (5-7) beat Burlington 66-65 in overtime. Quincy Hendryx had the game-winner with sixteen seconds left in the extra frame.

Princeton recruit Tom Noonan scored 19 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in Penn Charter's victory over Del-Val Charter.

Enthusiastic announcer Gus Johnson writes about the Princeton/UCLA game in the book "Being There: 100 Sports Pros Talk About the Best Sporting Events They Ever Witnessed Firsthand."

Northwestern returns to action after their exam break, taking on North Carolina A&T.

Around the Ivy League: Penn (0-7) continued to struggle, losing by five at Monmouth. Columbia (5-4) defeated a different winless squad, besting Bryant, 69-57. Army picked up its fourth win over its fourth Ivy opponent this season, defeating Dartmouth (1-6) in Hanover, 59-46.

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Saturday News:

December 12, 2009 at 10:04 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Georgetown vs. Washington - 2:00 pm ET - Wooden Classic - FSN
MCCC vs. Burlington - 3:00 pm ET
Denver vs. Portland - 4:00 pm ET
Richmond vs. VCU - 7:30 pm ET - Black & Blue Classic
Oregon State vs. Nebraska - 8:00 pm ET - FSN Midwest

Columbia vs. Bryant - 1:00 pm ET
Army vs. Dartmouth - 7:00 pm ET
Penn vs. Monmouth - 7:00 pm ET

#15 Georgetown and #17 Washington play in the opening game of this afternoon's Wooden Classic.

The annual city rivalry game between Richmond and VCU is tonight.

Oregon State plays at Nebraska.

A tough road test awaits Denver when they visit Portland.

Princeton recruit Tom Noonan had 12 of Penn Charter's 29 points in a 15 point loss to St. Joseph's Prep.

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Monday News:

December 7, 2009 at 10:02 am
Filed under Basketball, Oregon State, Princeton, Today's News

Brown vs. Providence - 7:00 pm ET
Vermont vs. Yale - 7:00 pm ET

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's victory over Lafayette on goprincetontigers.com, in the Trentonian, in the Daily Princetonian and on goleopards.com. The Trenton Times' story is not currently on-line.

Oregon State (4-3) blew out Cal State Bakersfield, 74-39.

Around the Ivy League: Jeremy Lin matched his career high with 30 points, but Harvard (6-2) came up just short at UConn. The Huskies held on, 79-73. Cornell (7-2) won its fifth straight, 78-66 over St. Joe's.

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