YouTube potpourri LXXXII.
Here's the latest collection of videos from various corners of the Princeton basketball family. Above, the deciding play against Northeastern.
Nine additional videos follow after the jump.
Thursday News:
Hampton vs. Richmond - 7:00 pm ET - Nation Of Coaches Classic
Oregon State vs. Alabama - 7:00 pm ET - 2K Sports Classic - ESPN2
Montgomery (Pa) vs. MCCC - 7:00 pm ET
Mississippi Valley St. vs. Northwestern - 8:00 pm ET - BTN.com
Brown vs. Central Connecticut - 7:30 pm ET
Brendan Connolly talked to the Town Topics about Princeton's trip to Spain.
The Full-Court Press looks at the good, bad and ugly from the Northeastern game.
Fairfield has added preseason NIT consolation round games versus Lehigh and Fordham. Both contests will be played at Stabler Arena in Bethlehem. You can see the full bracket here.
Richard Stockton coach Gerry Matthews will soon pass Pete Carril to become the the winningest coach in the history of New Jersey college basketball.
With four players in double figures, Georgetown (2-0) beat Liberty by nine.
Denver (1-1) made 11 threes in the Pioneers' 68-51 victory over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.
This evening Richmond hosts Hampton, Northwestern welcomes the Delta Devils of Mississippi Valley State and Oregon State plays Alabama at Madison Square Garden.
Next week the Beavers will have a private Thanksgiving lunch at the White House.
Around the Ivy League: Cornell (1-1) lost at home to St. Bonaventure, 72-68.
Monday News:
Fairfield vs. Virginia - 7:00 pm ET - Preseason NIT - ESPN3
Yale vs. St. Joe's - 7:00 pm ET
Penn vs. Delaware - 9:30 pm ET - Preseason NIT
The HD box score for Saturday's game against Buffalo has been added to our recap.
Buffalo's student paper also has belated coverage of the season opener.
Despite losing Otto Porter early due to a glancing blow, Georgetown (1-0) still defeated Duquesne, 61-55.
A career high 33 from Ahmad Starks led the way in a 71-62 Oregon State (1-0) victory over New Mexico State.
Fairfield plays host school UVA in the preseason NIT. Should Sydney Johnson's team and Penn both win or both lose in their subregional tonight it will be the Stags and the Quakers facing off tomorrow.
Around the Ivy League: Brown (1-0) made it a 7-1 opening weekend for the league, besting Binghamton 58-49.
Sunday News:
Duquesne vs. Georgetown - 6:30 pm ET - Legends Classic Regional Round - ESPNU
New Mexico St. vs. Oregon State - 9:30 pm ET - 2K Sports Classic Regional Round - ESPNU
Brown vs. Binghamton - 2:00 pm ET
In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's season-opening victory on goprincetontigers.com in the Buffalo News, in the Niagara Gazette, courtesy the Associated Press and on buffalobulls.com.
Yesterday's result earned FanMatch most appealing game status.
A Keith Mathews free throw late in overtime gave Fairfield (1-0) a one point decision over Central Connecticut.
Mercer (1-0) started their season on the right note with an 81-72 triumph versus Rockland (NY). Mustafa El Amin scored 31 points and added seven rebounds for good measure.
Take two! Georgetown heads indoors to face Duquesne at home in a game that hopefully won't be called off at halftime.
Oregon State hosts New Mexico State.
Around the Ivy League: Cornell (1-0) blocked 13 shots and clamped down Western Michigan, 63-55. The only member of the Ancient Eight to lose so far this season is Yale (0-1), who did so in spectacular fashion. The Bulldogs led Sacred Heart 61-37 with under 14 minutes to go but the Pioneers would somehow force overtime and subsequently earn an 85-82 decision. Brian Barbour scored 19 as Columbia (1-0) drubbed Liberty, 68-47. Behind a career high 25 for Gabas Maldunas, Dartmouth (1-0) opened their year with a 67-54 decision over Maine.
Saturday News:
Today's Game: Princeton (0-0 / 0-0) vs. Buffalo (0-0 / 0-0)
Location: Alumni Arena - Buffalo, NY
Time: 12:00 pm ET
Radio: N/A
TV: N/A
Internet: N/A
Series History: Tied 1-1.
Last meeting: Princeton 61 Buffalo 53 - 11/19/11.
| Princeton | Buffalo | |
| 0-0 | Home Record | 0-0 |
| 0-0 | Away Record | 0-0 |
| 0-0 | Neutral Record | 0-0 |
| 93 | RPI | 93 |
| 82 | Sagarin | 171 |
| 73 | Pomeroy | 127 |
| 66.9 | Points / Game | 73.0 |
| 62.5 | Points Allowed / Game | 67.4 |
| .462 | FG% | .465 |
| .679 | FT% | .659 |
| .376 | 3PT FG% | .353 |
| 32.8 | Rebounds / Game | 40.2 |
| 8.3 | Off. Rebounds / Game | 12.1 |
| +0.0 | Rebounding Margin | +6.9 |
| 14.5 | Assists / Game | 16.5 |
| 12.3 | Turnovers / Game | 15.0 |
| 3.9 | Blocks / Game | 5.1 |
| Hummer: 16.1 | Points | McCrea: 14.7 |
| Hummer: 7.3 | Rebounds | McCrea: 6.9 |
| Bray: 3.7 | Assists | Oldham: 5.9 |
| Bray: 1.6 | Steals | Oldham: 1.5 |
| Hummer: 1.2 | Blocks | McCrea: 1.2 |
| Connolly: .565 | FG% (Min: 10 FGM) | McCrea: .572 |
| Darrow: .770 | FT% (Min: 10 FTM) | Watson: .919 |
| Bray: .402 | 3PT FG% (Min: 10 3PTM) | Watson: .374 |
Team stats are from last season.
Player stats include returning players only.
MCCC vs. Rockland (NY) - 2:00 pm ET
Fairfield vs. CCSU - 8:00 pm ET - Connecticut Six - SNY (tape delay)
Western Michigan vs. Cornell - 12:00 pm ET
Yale vs. Sacred Heart - 5:30 pm ET - Connecticut Six - SNY
Columbia vs. Furman - 7:00 pm ET
Maine vs. Dartmouth - 7:00 pm ET
There's an open thread for the Buffalo game in the forum if you want to discuss the 2012-13 opener before/during/after.
Ian Hummer is making his own name at Princeton. ESPN writes that while Hummer did not find himself on the the Wooden Award preseason top 50, he could end up there by season's end.
The Tigers ran into a Yankees pitcher at the airport on their way up to Buffalo.
Basketball games just really shouldn't be played on top of boats. Georgetown (0-0) got in 20 minutes versus Florida before their matchup was halted at halftime due to condensation. The result was a no contest.
Last night Richmond (1-0) crushed Liberty, 84-42. It was the school's 13th straight season-opening victory.
Denver (0-1) could not get entirely out of a 25 point deficit at Iona, falling 65-58.
There were no issues for Oregon State (1-0). The Beavers ripped Niagara, 102-83.
Fairfield begins their year this evening versus Central Connecticut. SNY has the game on tape delay at 10:00 pm ET.
Scoring 17 points and grabbing nine rebounds, Kareem Maddox played what he felt was his best display of the season in a Newcastle victory over Manchester.
Around the Ivy League: Harvard (1-0) started off their season down 10-0 to MIT, but regrouped for the 69-54 victory. Penn (1-0) dug themselves an even deeper hole against UMBC, trailing by as many as 22 in the first half. A 48-15 run turned the scoreboard around and sent the Quakers to an 80-75 decision.
Friday News:
Liberty vs. Richmond - 7:00 pm ET
Georgetown vs. Florida - 9:00 pm ET - USS Bataan - NBCSN
Denver vs. Iona - 9:00 pm ET - ESPN3.com
Niagara vs. Oregon State - 9:00 pm ET - Pac-12 Network
MIT vs. Harvard - 7:00 pm ET
UMBC vs. Penn - 7:00 pm ET
The Trentonian and the Princeton Packet preview the Tigers.
One of the highlights on today's first day of the 2012-13 season is Georgetown playing Florida aboard the deck of a Navy warship.
Denver visits Iona and Richmond hosts Liberty.
It will be Niagara visiting Oregon State in a 2K Sports Classic "regional round."
Louisville transfer Jared Swopshire brings experience to Northwestern.
Monday News:
A different strain of Simsanity: Running 10,000 Ivy League simulations just wasn't enough for Big Apple Buckets.
Somehow I missed what Jay Billas remarked about Princeton until now.
I'm sure readers will have plenty to say about this excellent essay on Princeton basketball, Joe Scott and "the pressures of family."
Oregon State got their season underway with an exhibition victory over both Lewis & Clark.
Friday News:
Mack Darrow and Ian Hummer make this list of the Ivy League's top 10 players.
So many conference previews to get caught up on, including Rush The Court, College Basketball Talk, Sports Network and ESPN.
Basketball Prospectus and Ken Pomeroy both have the Tigers in their preseason Top 100s. ESPN The Magazine's complete rankings don't appear to be available on-line but Princeton is 95th overall.
Henry Caruso gave his word to the Tigers.
Find out who Princeton will host in this weekend's "secret scrimmage."
Joe Scott's childhood home was flooded by Hurricane Sandy. I sincerely hope that everyone reading the site today is fairing OK in the aftermath of the storm.
Dave Blatt has stepped down as head coach of the Russian national team. Could the NBA be next for Blatt?
Chris Mooney purposefully scheduled a road game in a small, hostile gym for Richmond's exhibition this weekend.
Fairfield is still scheduled to host University of Bridgeport in an exhibition tonight.
Northwestern's Bill Carmody previews his team's season.
Georgetown will be both young and mature this year.
Here's a transcript of Oregon State head coach Craig Robinson and senior center Angus Brandt's Q&A at Pac-12 Media Day. The Beavers were picked to finish eighth in their conference.
Dan Mavraides' contract with Sidigas Avellino has been extended for the full 2012-13 campaign. Last weekend Mavraides put up a great stat line as his squad defeated Mason Rocca and Bologna.
A memorial for Bill Sword will be held on Saturday morning at 11:00 am ET at Nassau Presbyterian Church (61 Nassau Street) in Princeton. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Princeton First Aid and Rescue Squad, Centurion Ministries and/or the Princeton Community Foundation.
Wednesday News:
Doc Rivers stayed in the locker room at halftime of Boston's exhibition versus Brooklyn last night and allowed Armond Hill to coach the team.
ESPN has the Blue Ribbon preview of Georgetown up today.
The Hoyas' versatility may be the best way to counteract their youth.
A senior guard from Arizona who had Princeton in his final four will instead play for Rice.
Craig Robinson is looking to turn the page in his fifth season at Oregon State.
Penn picked up a pair of recruits, including Dave Winfield's son.
2012-13 schedules.
The annual ordeal of tedious data entry is complete and I'm happy to report that color coded 2012-13 electronic calendars for each of the "Carril Cradle" teams are available after the jump! You can download any or all of the following to sync with your computer/PDA.
Each basketball schedule will be updated whenever a tip time is adjusted or new TV information is unveiled. If past performance is any indication, I expect multiple revisions between now and November 9. These links will work best with iCal but are importable into Google Calendar.
If you notice any errors with games/dates/times/locations, please let me know.
Tuesday News:
Princeton is back on campus, and as you can see from the above video, very thankful to those who made their Spain trip possible.
Georgetown expects to be quite good this season.
Northwestern's John Shurna signed a one year deal with the Knicks.
A guard from New Jersey has selected Oregon State.
Will Venable drove in three for San Diego in yesterday's victory over St. Louis. The Padres have won 14 of their last 18 games.
The landscape of both the 2012-13 and 2013-14 Ivy League men's basketball seasons have potentially changed significantly with the news that Harvard co-captain and top returning scorer Kyle Casey will withdraw from school for a year after being embroiled in an academic cheating scandal. Fellow co-captain Brandyn Curry has also been implicated but has yet to make a decision on his future.
YouTube potpourri LXXVI.
Here's the latest collection of videos from various corners of the Princeton basketball family. Above, Craig Robinson speaks at the 2012 Democratic National Convention.
Seven additional videos follow after the jump.
