Friday News:

December 2, 2011 at 8:28 am
Filed under Basketball, Fairfield, Georgetown, John Rogers, MCCC, Northwestern, Princeton, Today's News, Video

Fairfield vs. Niagara - 7:00 pm ET
Mississippi Valley State vs. Northwestern - 8:00 pm ET

Columbia vs. Loyola Marymount - 10:00 pm ET - Centennial Classic

Hollis Thompson knocked down a three point shot with :01.8 remaining as Georgetown (6-1) ended #12 Alabama's 24 game home winning streak with the 57-55 win.

Mercer (1-7) lost to Ocean, 50-48.

The Princeton Packet chimes in on the Tigers' win over Lafayette.

A prior panic button pusher now looks at progress for Princeton.

Northwestern hosts Mississippi Valley State.

The start of conference play comes on the second day of December for Fairfield.

Would you like some top stock picks from John Rogers?

Around the Ivy League: Harvard (7-0) stayed perfect with a 55-48 win at Vermont.

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Wednesday News:

November 30, 2011 at 9:48 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, MCCC, Northwestern, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

Today's Game: Lafayette (3-3 / 0-0) vs. Princeton (2-5 / 0-0)
Location: Jadwin Gym - Princeton, NJ
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: FiOS1 (tape delay)
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 45-18.
Last meeting: Princeton 82 Lafayette 64 - 11/30/10

Richmond vs. William & Mary - 7:30 pm ET
Denver vs. Utah State - 9:00 pm ET - ESPN3

Dartmouth vs. New Hampshire - 7:00 pm ET
Rhode Island vs. Brown - 7:30 pm ET

Senior forward John Shurna scored 25 points as Northwestern (6-0) defeated Georgia Tech, 76-60.

Raritan topped Mercer (1-6) by a 65-52 final.

Denver travels to Utah State.

William & Mary host Richmond.

The latest Sit Down With Sydney has been posted.

John Gasaway examines if Harvard could be the best Ivy team ever.

Around the Ivy League: Penn (4-4) halted a three game losing streak with a 75-72 win over Manhattan. Yale (4-2) came from behind to win at Hartford, 74-69.

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Wednesday News:

November 23, 2011 at 9:48 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

Rutgers vs. Richmond - 7:00 pm ET - Cancun Challenge - CBS Sports Network
Memphis vs. Georgetown - 5:00 pm ET - Maui Invitational - ESPN2
St. Mary's vs. Denver - 7:00 pm ET - Root Sports

San Francisco vs. Dartmouth - 12:30 AM - Great Alaska Shootout

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's tough loss to Elon on goprincetontigers.com, in the Trentonian, in the Trenton Times, in the Daily Princetonian and on elonphoenix.com.

The Princeton student paper also has a long interview with Tiger sophomore Chris Clement.

If you're going to any of the Legends Classic games at Bucknell this weekend, the host school is offering a two-for-one deal on walk-up tickets. Take advantage!

Senior Jason Clark had a career high 28 and Georgetown (3-1) disposed of Chaminade, 88-61. The Hoyas face Memphis this afternoon to conclude their participation in the Maui Invitational.

Richmond (3-2) fell to Illinois 70-61 in the Cancun Challenge semifinals.

Lackawanna beat Mercer (1-5), 81-57. Brandin Youngblood and Demetrius Tilley each had 11 for the Vikings.

A different Bill Carmody in the locker room at halftime when facing Seton Hall was a reason why Northwestern was able to claim the Charleston Classic championship.

Undefeated Denver hosts St. Mary's before breaking for Thanksgiving.

Around the Ivy League: It was a very poor day for the conference. Brown (3-3) was the lone victor, defeating winless Monmouth, 79-71. The sane Wagner team that won at Jadwin went into the Palestra and came away with a 71-65 win over Penn (3-2). Seton Hall bested Yale (2-2) by a 73-62 final. Columbia (0-4) remained winless, losing 67-53 at Stony Brook. A late 11-0 run allowed Delaware a 76-68 triumph over Cornell (2-3).

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Sunday News:

November 20, 2011 at 10:02 am
Filed under Basketball, Craig Robinson, Fairfield, Geoff Petrie, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Pete Carril, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

Holy Cross vs. Fairfield - 1:00 pm ET
Northwestern vs. Seton Hall - 8:30 pm ET - Charleston Classic - ESPNU

Boston U. vs. Cornell - 2:00 pm ET

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's first win of the season on goprincetontigers.com, in the Trentonian, in the Trenton Times, on UB Bull Run and on buffalobulls.com.

Here's a great picture of Pete Carril and Geoff Petrie from the Lapchick Character Award luncheon.

In one of the biggest wins of Craig Robinson's tenure, Oregon State (4-0) rallied late to topple Texas in overtime. Jared Cunningham scored a career high 37 as the Beavers took advantage of their opportunity and advanced to face Vanderbilt in the Legends Classic finals.

Richmond (3-1) opened on a 24-3 run and cruised past Sacred Heart. Darien Brothers got the Spiders moving on offense and on defense.

Harcum took care of Mercer (1-4) by a 83-42 final.

Fairfield hosts Holy Cross this afternoon.

Tonight's Charleston Classic final pits Northwestern and Seton Hall.

Around the Ivy League: Overall it was a good day for the conference. Brown (2-2) rallied for a seven point win over Hartford. Penn (3-1) dug out of an early 10-0 hole to beat Robert Morris, 66-60. The only team in the league to fall on Saturday was Columbia (0-3), who dropped a 66-58 decision at home to American. R.J. Griffin had a career high 29 as Dartmouth (1-2) entered the win column via a 66-62 victory against Bryant. Out west Harvard (3-0) stayed perfect by a 77-67 count at Loyola Marymount.

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Monday News:

November 14, 2011 at 9:38 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Pete Carril, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

Brown vs. Albany - 4:00 pm ET - NIT - ESPN3
Furman vs. Columbia - 7:00 pm ET
Binghamton vs. Cornell - 7:00 pm ET
Temple vs. Penn - 7:00 pm ET

UNC Greensboro vs. Georgetown - 7:00 pm ET
Providence vs. Fairfield - 7:30 pm ET
Denver vs. Texas A&M Corpus Christi - 8:00 pm ET
Richmond vs. Davidson - 8:15 pm ET
Oregon State vs. West Alabama - 10:00 pm ET

John Templon penned a piece about chasing the ghost of Pete Carril.

Watch some video highlights of the Wagner/Princeton game here. These clips are a decent mix of both the good and the bad out of Saturday night.

Princeton's season opener was written about on the Mid-Majority.

Northwestern (1-0) turned in a quality defensive effort in their season opener, defeating Texas-Pan American by 24.

Mercer (1-3) fell 61-47 to the Suffolk County Sharks.

Through five games in the Netherlands, Kareem Maddox is averaging 10.2 points and 4.7 rebounds off the bench for Landstede Basketbal.

In a move that could effect local sports coverage, the Princeton Packet and its associated publications are for sale.

Richmond should be tested at Davidson.

Sydney Johnson and Fairfield make their home debut tonight versus Providence.

Denver visits Texas A&M Corpus Christi.

Future Princeton opponent West Alabama plays at Oregon State.

Georgetown also hosts UNC Greensboro in the odd mainland portion of the Maui Invitational.

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Sunday News:

November 13, 2011 at 9:28 am
Filed under Basketball, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Today's News

Suffolk (NY) vs. MCCC - 1:00 pm ET
Texas-Pan American vs. Northwestern - 7:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's disappointing season opener on goprincetontigers.com, in the Trentonian, in the Trenton Times, in the Daily Princetonian, in the Staten Island Advance and on wagnerathletics.com.

Big Apple Buckets was also in the building and filed their thoughts.

Senior Henry Sims scored a career high 19 as Georgetown (1-0) opened with a 83-54 win over Savannah State.

It was also a positive outcome for Oregon State (1-0) their first time on the floor. The Beavers won easily over CSU Bakersfield, 86-62.

Mercer County Community College (1-2) lost to Cecil by 16. The Vikings play their fourth straight at home this afternoon.

Northwestern gets going tonight versus Texas-Pan American.

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Mercer 58 BMCC 49.

November 6, 2011 at 9:20 pm
Filed under 11-12, Audio, Basketball, Howie Levy, MCCC

Postgame audio - Coach Howie Levy:

Howie Levy had a right to be pessimistic preceding Mercer County Community College's second basketball game of the season. Not the Pete Carril version of over-exagerated for effect pessimism, either.

His legitimate pessimism was grounded in what had transpired the previous afternoon. The Vikings (1-1) had opened 2011-12 with a horrific first half and a beastly initial showing, held to six points in the nascent 20 minutes of what would end as a 61-25 loss to CCRI.

"Guys weren't ready to play. Some guys showed up late for the game," Levy said of a Saturday to forget. "Just a real horrible performance."

Sunday was a completely different story, the sort of tough half court victory that can get a ramshackle lineup to buy in to the type of basketball their coach believes in.

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Sunday News:

November 6, 2011 at 9:28 am
Filed under Basketball, Georgetown, MCCC, Oregon State, Princeton, Today's News

Borough of Manhattan CC vs. MCCC - 2:00 pm ET - Mercer/Burlington Classic

This is the photo. You know the one. Brendan Prunty has a great feature on new Princeton head coach Mitch Henderson.

At Georgetown, it is Jason Clark's turn in the spotlight.

Oregon State's Jared Cunningham is interviewed by Yahoo! Sports.

It wasn't the start to the season Howie Levy was looking for as Mercer (0-1) scored six first half points and lost 61-25 to CCRI.

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Saturday News:

November 5, 2011 at 9:52 am
Filed under Basketball, Brian Earl, Fairfield, Kit Mueller, MCCC, Oregon State, Pete Carril, Princeton, Today's News

CCRI vs. MCCC - 2:00 pm ET - Mercer/Burlington Classic

Princeton assistant coach Brian Earl shares a diary entry on the differences between Mitch Henderson and Sydney Johnson.

Pete Carril is part of an article about the 25th anniversary of the three point shot in college basketball.

The 14-Game Tournament unloads an epic 2011-12 Ivy League preview.

NYC Buckets asks three questions about Princeton's first foe of the season, Wagner. The NEC's preseason coaches' poll projects the Seahawks to finish fourth in their conference.

Oregon State won yesterday's exhibition versus Pacific by 31.

The Sydney Johnson era began at Fairfield with a 97-70 win over the University of Bridgeport. Johnson was mostly pleased with his team's effort.

Howie Levy's Mercer County Community College team kicks off their season this afternoon.

Someone (again not me! stop pointing fingers!) has created a Wikipedia page for Kit Mueller.

Finally, don't forget to set your clocks back one hour tonight everybody.

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Eight teams, eight games to watch before Thanksgiving.

October 29, 2011 at 10:54 pm
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Richmond

Impressed by NYC Buckets' "Five Nights" series, finished with this year's epic data entry of schedules for the eight "Carril Cradle" teams and suffering from an mild early bout of snow madness, I opted to write a piece highlighting one non-conference game in the first three weeks of the season for each of the teams we cover.

My only rule was not picking match-ups that share the same date. Read on for sequential suggestions of contests to pay close(r) attention to as 2011-12 gets underway.

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2011-12 schedules.

October 27, 2011 at 8:44 pm
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Richmond

The annual ordeal of tedious data entry finally behind me, I've completed color coded 2011-12 electronic calendars for each of the "Carril Cradle" teams. 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 changes or new TV information is revealed. 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.

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Sunday News:

October 23, 2011 at 9:48 am
Filed under Basketball, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Pete Carril, Princeton, Today's News

Pawel Buczak had a team high 16 points and five rebounds in Slask Wroclaw's most recent game.

Rush The Court's Ivy League preview is the first I've seen picking Princeton to finish in fourth place.

The Big East Preseason Coaches' Poll is out with Georgetown seen as the conference's 10th place team this season.

Pete Carril, who was inducted into the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame on Saturday night, makes Bleacher Report's list of the 100 Greatest Coaches in College Basketball History.

As practice gets underway at Northwestern so does "life after Juice."

Here's the 2011-12 Mercer Vikings schedule, including games against both the Columbia and Princeton JV teams.

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