Tuesday News:

November 18, 2008 at 9:19 am
Filed under Basketball, Georgetown, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Richmond vs. Syracuse - 6:00 pm ET - ESPN

Penn vs. Drexel - 10:00 am ET - ESPN
Cornell vs. Loyola (Md.) - 4:30 pm ET - NIT Preseason Tip-Off
Yale vs. Vermont - 7:00 pm ET
Dartmouth vs. Providence - 7:30 pm ET

Princeton freshman Doug Davis was named the season's first Ivy League Rookie of the Week. Penn's Tyler Bernardini took home Player of the Week honors. TigerBlog puts Davis' first game in historical context.

The Princeton Packet writes up the Tigers' season-opener.

Georgetown (1-0) had four players in double figures, besting Jacksonville 71-62. The Washington Post and the Washington Times have more on the game.

Richmond plays at Syracuse tonight in the O'Reilly Auto Parts CBE Classic.

Two top-150 recruits made it official and signed with Oregon State.

Princeton is 14th in this week's Schuylkill 16.

Around the Ivy League: Cornell (1-1) lost 86-75 to St. John's. Brown (0-2) was blown out by George Mason, 89-52.

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Saturday News:

November 15, 2008 at 9:21 am
Filed under Basketball, Craig Robinson, Denver, Oregon State, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

Denver vs. Northern Iowa - 1:00 pm ET
CCRI vs. MCCC - 2:00 pm ET
Randolph-Macon vs. Richmond - 8:00 pm ET

Dartmouth vs. Army - 4:00 pm ET
Penn vs. North Carolina - 4:00 pm ET

Reports on last night's Central Michigan game are available on goprincetontigers.com, in the Trentonian, in the Trenton Times, from the Associated Press and on cmuchippewas.com.

SportsProf was impressed by Doug Davis' Princeton debut.

Denver begins their season today at Northern Iowa. The Pioneers signed three new recruits earlier this week.

Chris Mooney and Richmond start their slate tonight against the visiting Randolph-Macon.

Oregon State (0-1) lost their season-opener at Howard 47-45. The Oregonian has a good piece on both the on-court action and the atmosphere in the gym. There is a longer story on Beavers coach Craig Robinson's visit to DC in today's Washington Post.

Around the Ivy League: Brown (0-1) lost by two at Rhode Island. Columbia (1-0) won on Fordham's floor, 65-62. Cornell (1-0) opened at home with a 79-69 win over South Dakota, Ryan Wittman leading the way with 25 points. Stanford slowly pulled away from Yale (0-1) at a sold out John J. Lee Amphitheater, 75-67.

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Friday News:

November 14, 2008 at 9:47 am
Filed under Basketball, Craig Robinson, Oregon State, Princeton, Today's News

Today's Game: Central Michigan (0-0 / 0-0) vs. Princeton (0-0 / 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: This is the first meeting between the two teams.
Last meeting: This is the first meeting between the two teams.

Team stats are from last season.

Player stats include returning players only.

Van is suspended for tonight's game. Bitzer is ineligible for tonight's game.

Oregon State vs. Howard - 7:00 pm ET

Brown vs. Rhode Island - 7:00 pm ET
Stanford vs. Yale - 7:00 pm ET
Columbia vs. Fordham - 8:00 pm ET
South Dakota vs. Cornell - 8:30 pm ET

Previews of tonight's game from the Trentonian, the Princeton Packet, CM Life and the Morning Sun.

There's a short season preview of the Tigers in today's Star Ledger.

The Craig Robinson era begins at Oregon State tonight, as the Beavers play Howard University. Robinson took his team on a tour of President-elect Obama's senate office yesterday.

Harvard freshman Andrew Van Nest is out for the season with a shoulder injury.

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Thursday News:

November 13, 2008 at 10:02 am
Filed under Basketball, Craig Robinson, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

The Town Topics reports on Princeton Media Day.

In preparation for their season-opening Friday game at Howard University, Oregon State practiced at Georgetown's McDonough Memorial Gymnasium. The Oregonian was on the scene.

More early signing period news - Two official commitments for Northwestern and two for Richmond.

The Washington Times previews this year's Georgetown campaign.

Finally, I am excited to announce that I am voter in philly.com's Schuylkill 16 a weekly ranking of Philadelphia-area teams. Should be fun. The first poll is out, just in time for the respective teams' first games.

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Craig Robinson press conference video.

November 12, 2008 at 6:18 pm
Filed under Basketball, Craig Robinson, Oregon State, Today's News

I believe this clip is from the press conference after Oregon State's second exhibition game. Interesting to hear Robinson talk about how long it took him to feel comfortable with the offense when he was at Princeton.

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Wednesday News:

November 12, 2008 at 9:52 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

The Daily Princetonian previews the upcoming basketball season, speaking with Coach Johnson, Zach Finley and Marcus Schroeder.

How will this year's rule changes effect the spread-out game of Richmond? The Richmond Times Dispatch asks Spiders coach Chris Mooney.

Excerpts from Joe Scott's remarks at Denver Pioneers Media Day.

As we enter into the November early signing period, two players have verbally committed to Denver.

Oregon State will pick up the services of a 6'8" center/forward from San Jacinto.

Princeton's first opponent, Central Michigan, defeated Marygrove 75-55 in an exhibition on Saturday.

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Sunday News:

November 9, 2008 at 9:59 am
Filed under Craig Robinson, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Today's News

MCCC vs. CCBC-Essex - 4:00 pm ET - Harford Classic

The New York Times blog The Quad conducted a long Q&A with Craig Robinson. That interview provides the majority of the quotes in an article about Robinson from today's paper.

Robinson is also the subject of lengthy post-election day pieces in the New York Daily News and the Chicago Tribune. The latter link has quotes from Northwestern head coach Bill Carmody.

On the court, Oregon State defeated Concordia (Ore.) in the Beavers' second exhibition of the season.

Mercer (0-1) dropped Howie Levy's first game as head coach, 81-62 to Erie at the Hartford Invitational.

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Saturday News:

November 8, 2008 at 10:09 am
Filed under Basketball, MCCC, Oregon State, Princeton, Today's News

MCCC vs. Erie - 4:00 pm ET - Harford Classic

Oregon State has an exhibition against Concordia (Ore.) tonight.

On this slow news day, take some time to learn up on Princeton's first opponent, Central Michigan. The Chippewas were picked to finish third in the Mid-American Conference West Division by the MAC News Media Association. Here's a practice report from last week. CMU will play Marygrove in an exhibition later today.

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Wednesday News:

November 5, 2008 at 9:24 am
Filed under Bill Bradley, Bob Scrabis, Craig Robinson, Georgetown, Judson Wallace, Oregon State, Princeton, Today's News

Scott Soshnick at Bloomberg writes that Barack Obama's election is a boon for Oregon State.

According to The Oregonian, Craig Robinson is having recruiting successes by working a certain part of his body off.

The Beavers defeated Saint Martin's 80-76 in an exhibition on Sunday night, a game that The Oregonian called "nothing pretty."

Interview Basketball spoke to former Princeton star Bob Scrabis.

The Sports Network has released their Ivy League preview.

Penn grad Steve Danley writes for the New York Times about playing alongside a former Princeton JV point guard at Oxford.

The Georgetown Media Guide is available on-line.

What's happening with Tiger alums in Europe? Noah Savage scored 17 points as SAM Massagno Basket lost 89-80 to the Lugano Tigers. Judson Wallace with 10 points and five rebounds for Benetton Treviso in a 84-65 victory against Eldo Caserta.

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Tuesday News:

October 28, 2008 at 2:30 pm
Filed under Basketball, Bill Bradley, Craig Robinson, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Today's News

The official Athletic Department report on Friday night's retirement reception for Bill Bradley and Dick Kazmaier is on-line.

This year's Blue Ribbon report on Princeton is available for those with an ESPN Insider subscription.

An Andy Katz piece on espn.com about Craig Robinson that accompanies yesterday's video from Outside The Lines.

If you're in Seattle tonight and looking for something to do you can go see Robinson headline the Warren G. Magnuson Dinner and Awards Ceremony.

Northwestern coach Bill Carmody speaks surprisingly highly of his freshman class, part of a recent movement by the Wildcats to look closer to home for recruits.

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Craig Robinson on Outside The Lines.

October 27, 2008 at 11:40 am
Filed under Basketball, Craig Robinson, Oregon State, Video

Craig Robinson and Oregon State were featured on ESPN over the weekend in an Outside The Lines piece called "Obama's Bench Strength."

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Thursday News:

October 23, 2008 at 3:30 pm
Filed under Basketball, Bill Bradley, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

Greetings from San Francisco! I'm out here for a long weekend with my family, which means I will miss the ceremonies tomorrow and Saturday where #42 will be officially retired at Princeton University. If you're going to either event, I'd love to share your reports!

Town Topics and the Trenton Times both have stories about the numerically connected Bill Bradley and Dick Kazmaier.

Much to my shock, amazement and shocked amazement THERE ARE NOW CHAMPIONSHIP BANNERS HANGING IN JADWIN GYM. See the long-overdue additions to the rafters here.

USA Today previews the 2008-09 Princeton Tigers.

Yesterday was Big East Media Day. Georgetown was picked seventh in the pre-season coaches' poll. The Star Ledger spoke with the adaptable Hoyas head coach, John Thompson III.

Richmond has reached a tentative agreement with the NCAA in relation to their recruiting violations.

Expectations are higher at Northwestern this season.

One more Oregon State practice recap, this from The Oregonian.

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