Northwestern vs. St. Francis (NY) - 7:00 pm ET - MSG Holiday Festival - MSG
Bucknell vs. Cornell - 7:00 pm
Mercer (5-9) trailed 40-14 at the half and could not rally to catch CCBC-Essex in a 91-85 loss.
Undefeated Northwestern is excited about playing at Madison Square Garden for the first time in nine years. Look for coverage from MSG on the site later tonight.
Around the Ivy League: Dartmouth (3-7) lost 71-42 at Iowa State. Sacred Heart bested Yale (5-5) in New Haven, 71-62.
MCCC vs. CCBC-Essex - 12:00 pm ET
Dartmouth vs. Iowa State - 2:00 pm ET
Sacred Heart vs. Yale - 2:00 pm ET
Georgetown (10-1) shot 14-15 inside the arc in the first half, on their way to a 99-75 win over Loyola (MD).
In the Bahamas, Richmond (8-3) fell to Georgia Tech by 13. The Yellow Jackets clamped down on the Spiders in the second half.
Freshman Chris Udofia provided a needed spark as Denver (3-9) downed Northern Colorado, 71-68.
Frederick defeated Mercer (5-8) by a 74-59 count. Rodney Walters had 15 for the Vikings.
Oregon State (4-6) trailed for the final 36 minutes of a 87-79 loss to George Washington. Beavers head coach Craig Robinson was in an unforgiving mood after the game.
College Hoops Daily named Kareem Maddox their Player of the Day for Friday.
Princeton recruit Denton Koon had 22 points, six rebounds and three assists in Liberty's win over Shawnee Mission West. Afterwards Koon received the Hy-Vee/Coca-Cola Male Scholar/Athlete award.
Around the Ivy League: Cornell (2-7) lost their sixth straight, 69-68 at Binghamton.
American vs. Northwestern - 8:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network
Mercer (5-7) defeated Harford, 78-63. The Vikings had 21 assists on their 28 field goals.
Montana bested Oregon State (4-5) by a 71-66 final. Beyond the Beat has a piece about Craig Robinson's love and hate in Corvallis.
The Princeton Alumni Weekly blog offers up five things you need to know about the Tigers.
There's a preview of tomorrow's game at Wagner in the Daily Princetonian.
Will Venable and some Padres teammates took part in the 24th annual San Diego Armed Services YMCA SuperParent Shopping Day. Pictures of the event can be found here.
The recent Northwestern homestand concludes tonight against American.
Princeton recruiting target Desmond Hubert is the subject of a lengthy, well-written, front page profile in the Star Ledger. There's also a video component which is worth watching.
In this week's Schuylkill 16, Princeton dips slightly to the sixth slot despite winning both games since the last poll. Oh, voters.
Denver vs. Wyoming - 9:00 pm ET
Dartmouth vs. St. Francis (NY) - 7:00 pm ET
The Wall Street Journal has what won't be the last article this season about Princeton's increased tempo.
Brendan Connolly is still writer Jeff Pearlman's favorite college basketball player.
Princeton tops a New York Newsday ranking of the top college basketball teams in the Tri-State area.
One more article on Sunday's game ran on Inside Tulsa Sports.
John Shurna was 10-11 from the floor and Northwestern (6-0) returned to action with an 81-65 win over LIU.
Slam Magazine has a Q&A with Georgetown guard Austin Freeman, seen receiving a pass from Chris Wright above.
The College Voice provides analysis of Mercer County's season so far.
Denver heads to Wyoming.
Today's Game: Princeton (6-3 / 0-0) vs. Tulsa (4-4 / 0-0)
Location: Reynolds Center - Tulsa, OK
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 teams.
Last meeting: This is the first meeting between the two teams.
| Princeton | Tulsa | |
| 3-0 | Home Record | 2-2 |
| 2-2 | Away Record | 0-1 |
| 1-1 | Neutral Record | 2-1 |
| 80 | RPI | 136 |
| 122 | Sagarin | 90 |
| 131 | Pomeroy | 90 |
| 71.2 | Points / Game | 71.0 |
| 69.6 | Points Allowed / Game | 67.9 |
| .471 | FG% | .447 |
| .689 | FT% | .689 |
| .406 | 3PT FG% | .340 |
| 33.7 | Rebounds / Game | 35.1 |
| 9.3 | Off. Rebounds / Game | 11.0 |
| +1.6 | Rebounding Margin | +3.6 |
| 15.2 | Assists / Game | 10.9 |
| 14.3 | Turnovers / Game | 15.6 |
| 4.0 | Blocks / Game | 2.8 |
| Hummer: 15.3 | Points | Hurtt: 17.1 |
| Maddox: 6.8 | Rebounds | Richard: 6.1 |
| Maddox: 3.3 | Assists | Hurtt: 2.4 |
| Davis: 1.3 | Steals | Idlet: 0.9 |
| Maddox: 1.8 | Blocks | Idlet: 1.0 |
| Hummer: .624 | FG% (Min: 5 FGM) | Richard: .588 |
| Mavraides: .806 | FT% (Min: 5 FTM) | Hurtt: .884 |
| Davis: .459 | 3PT FG% (Min: 5 3FGM) | Hurtt .370 |
Appalachian State vs. Georgetown - 12:00 pm ET - ESPNU
Texas-Pan American vs. Oregon State - 4:30 pm ET
Richmond (8-2) led by as many as 30 in the first half and defeated VCU, 72-60.
Portland defeated Denver (2-8) by a 71-64 count.
Mercer (4-7) was up 17 on Burlington with 10 minutes to play, but the Vikings could not hold the lead and fell 69-68.
Georgetown returns home to face Appalachian State.
Texas-Pan American visits Oregon State.
Around the Ivy League: Ronnie Dixon scored 21 in a 71-68 Dartmouth (3-5) triumph against Army. Columbia (6-4) won its third straight, 76-72 over Bryant. Harvard (7-2) stayed perfect at home with a 87-71 win versus Boston U.
Georgetown (8-1) suffered their first loss of the season at Temple.
Mercer (4-6) defeated Essex, 77-66. Jonathan Jernigan had 24 points, seven rebounds and six assists for the Vikings.
The Daily Princetonian is ready to preview the Tigers' trip to Tulsa.
Richmond vs. Old Dominion - 7:00 pm ET
Utah State vs. Denver - 9:00 pm ET - FSN Rocky Mountain
Utah Valley vs. Oregon State - 10:00 pm ET
Fordham vs. Harvard - 7:00 pm ET
Columbia vs. Bucknell - 7:00 pm ET
Dartmouth vs. Vermont - 7:00 pm ET
In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's second straight victory on goprincetontigers.com, in the Morning Call, in the Express Times, in the Daily Princetonian, courtesy of the Associated Press and on goleopards.com.
WFMZ offers up some video highlights.
Tuesday was a prolific night of scoring for three of Pete Carril's disciples. Princeton scored 82 at Lafayette, Northwestern had 91 versus Georgia Tech and Georgetown went for 111 in their game against Missouri.
Shooting 12-19 from three point range and 64.6% from the floor, Northwestern (5-0) blew out Georgia Tech, 91-71.
Chris Wright hit a three point shot at the buzzer to force overtime as Georgetown (7-0) topped number nine Missouri. Jason Clark made three straight treys to open up a seven point lead for the Hoyas in the extra frame.
Mercer (3-4) fell 80-71 at Raritan. Gary Carthan had 10 points and 10 rebounds in defeat.
Princeton recruit Clay Wilson scored 47 points in his first game of the season. Wow.
The Princeton Packet writes about the Tigers win over Siena.
At the Times Union Tribune they're still discussing Mitch Buonaguro's decision not to foul in the final seconds of regulation on Sunday.
Chris Young says he is "not close to a deal with anyone at the present time."
A great matchup tonight when Richmond travels to ODU.
Denver welcomes Utah State.
Another school from the Beehive State, Utah Valley, visits Oregon State.
Around the Ivy League: Penn (3-3) defeated UMBC, 71-59. Cornell (2-5) fell 78-58 at Syracuse. Yale (3-3) held off Hartford, 81-76.
MCCC vs. Harcum - 7:00 pm ET
Harvard vs. Mercer - 3:00 pm ET
Drexel vs. Penn - 7:00 pm ET
Columbia vs. Longwood - 7:00 pm ET
Sacred Heart vs. Brown - 7:00 pm ET
Another Georgetown (4-0) victory in the Charleston Classic, another double-double for a Hoya. This time out Julian Vaughn had 12 points, 10 rebounds and four blocks inside as Georgetown advanced to the tournament finals with a 74-59 win over Wofford. The Hoyas play NC State for the title on Sunday evening.
Northwestern (3-0) actually played some defense and cruised to a 71-45 decision over Arkansas-Pine Bluff.
Teddy Greenstein of the Chicago Tribune thinks former Northwestern forward Kevin Coble would have been better off keeping quiet and adds some previously unpublished details that dispute Coble's claims.
Rush The Court checks in on the Ivy League.
Around the Ivy League: Cornell (2-2) saw their 11 game home winning streak end at the hands of St. Bonaventure, 56-54. Dartmouth (1-2) entered the win column with a 71-57 win at Hartford.
Coastal Carolina vs. Georgetown - Charleston Classic - 12:00 pm ET - ESPN+
Richmond vs. Iona - 7:30 pm ET
Colorado State vs. Denver - 9:00 pm ET - FSN Rocky Mountain
Yale vs. Boston College - 7:30 pm ET
The Town Topics discusses Princeton's first two games of the 2010-11 season.
The Trenton Times feels Princeton should benefit from their loss to Duke.
Northwestern (2-0) survived a scare from UT-Pan American, 77-71.
Yes, that really is Bill Carmody on Twitter.
Despite being up double figures midway through the second half, Oregon State (1-1) was still edged by Seattle, 83-80.
Mercer (2-2) picked up a 58-47 victory over Gloucester. Anthony Obery's 18 led the Vikings.
Georgetown kicks off the Charleston Classic this afternoon in South Carolina.
Iona hosts Richmond. The Spiders hit the road for the first time with a target on their back.
The Denver home opener is against Colorado State.
Princeton sits in the six hole of this week's Schuylkill 16.
Around the Ivy League: Manhattan scored the last 17 points of the game to shock Penn (1-1) by a 59-54 score. Columbia (1-2) lost a 79-66 decision to St. John's. Harvard (1-1) won their home opener decisively over Holy Cross, 72-49. They raised the Ivy League championship banner at Newman Arena for the third straight year and Cornell (2-1) bested Delaware 75-61.
Today's Game: Princeton (1-0 / 0-0) vs. Duke (0-0 / 0-0)
Location: Cameron Indoor - Durham, NC
Time: 5:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: ESPNU
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Duke leads 17-1.
Last meeting: Duke 83 Princeton 51 - 11/19/07.
| Princeton | Duke | |
| 1-0 | Home Record | 0-0 |
| 0-0 | Away Record | 0-0 |
| 0-0 | Neutral Record | 0-0 |
| 37 | RPI | 146 |
| 181 | Sagarin | 1 |
| 132 | Pomeroy | 1 |
| 78.0 | Points / Game | 77.0 |
| 73.0 | Points Allowed / Game | 61.0 |
| .491 | FG% | .440 |
| .739 | FT% | .759 |
| .409 | 3PT FG% | .385 |
| 36.0 | Rebounds / Game | 39.0 |
| 12.0 | Off. Rebounds / Game | 14.6 |
| +8.0 | Rebounding Margin | +6.2 |
| 17.0 | Assists / Game | 13.7 |
| 16.0 | Turnovers / Game | 11.1 |
| 1.0 | Blocks / Game | 4.1 |
| Mavraides: 26.0 | Points | Singler: 17.7 |
| Connolly: 11.0 | Rebounds | Singler: 7.0 |
| Connolly: 5.0 | Assists | Smith: 3.0 |
| Mavraides: 2.0 | Steals | Smith: 1.2 |
| Hummer: 1.0 | Blocks | Ma. Plumlee: 0.9 |
| Hummer: .800 | FG% (Min: 5 FGM) | Mi. Plumlee: .561 |
| Davis: 1.000 | FT% (Min: 5 FTM) | Singler: .798 |
| Mavraides: .600 | 3PT FG% (Min: 5 3PTM) | Singler: .399 |
Duke team stats are from last season and include returning players only.
UT-Arlington vs. Oregon State - 4:30 pm ET
North Dakota State vs. Denver - 5:30 pm ET - BTI Invitational
Cornell vs. Seton Hall - 12:00 pm ET - SNY / espn3.com
The Trentonian and the Devil's Den preview today's game.
Paul Busse, a Princeton player in 1940 when the Tigers first visited Cameron Indoor, talked with the Trenton Times about his reminiscences.
One Rutgers recap I didn't post yesterday comes via On The Banks.
There were a slew of Princeton prospects at Jadwin on Friday night. NJ Hoops has a list. I believe there are also a few others missing from this rundown.
Mercer (1-2) lost 77-62 at Cecil. Gary Carthan had 18 in the loss.
Oregon outscored Denver (0-2) by a 18-5 margin in the final eight minutes of a 68-56 Ducks victory.
Oregon State hosts UT-Arlington today.
Yale's second-leading scorer from last season, Michael Sands is no longer with the team and has withdrawn from school.
Around the Ivy League: Sans Sands, Yale (0-1) fell 84-75 to Quinnipiac at the Mohegan Sun Arena. Despite 22 points and 16 rebounds from Keith Wright, Harvard (0-1) lost by 13 at George Mason. Penn (1-0) topped Davidson at the Palestra, 69-64. Dartmouth (0-1) was no match for Providence, falling 87-52.
Bleacher Report previews the Ivy League in slideshow form.
There was a special guest at Princeton practice over the weekend, former Tiger center Chris Young.
Chicago Sports Guru says this is the year Northwestern makes the NCAA tournament. Seriously.
Mercer (1-1) defeated Suffolk 75-64 for their first win of the season.
"Hard Work!"
Supplemental photos from today's Mercer game courtesy of Stephen Goldsmith.
