Thursday News:

July 14, 2011 at 10:28 am
Filed under Basketball, Craig Robinson, Fairfield, Kevin Mullin, Kit Mueller, MCCC, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

What teams from the past five seasons were most similar to the 2010-11 Princeton Tigers?

It shouldn't be a huge surprise that the 14-Game Tournament is already the first with an extensive draft preview of next season.

The Tigers opening with Rutgers at home and Drexel on the road? Not going to happen, but that's what the ScheduleMatic algorithm generated.

The Princeton Packet has more on Kareem Maddox's overseas signing.

A member of the 1952 EIBL champion Princeton team, Donald Marshall passed away Saturday at the age of 79.

Idriss Omboumbou, who played for Howie Levy at Mercer County Community College, died unexpectedly in his sleep a few days ago. A memorial service will be held this weekend. They're trying to raise money so Omboumbou can be buried in his native Gabon.

You can watch more of Douglas Davis and Kit Mueller in DelCo Pro-Am summer league action here and here.

Kevin "Moon" Mullin now has a blog.

A high school senior committed to Duquesne was "also recruited by Dartmouth and Princeton."

Sydney Johnson made a Yahoo! Sports list of Best Mid-Major Coaches. Richmond's Chris Mooney is also in this field of 16.

Elsewhere on Yahoo!, a contributor's Best NBA Players from Ivy League Colleges features four former Tigers in their top seven.

While I was on vacation the last week I updated the site's list of Princeton Tigers on Twitter, which now includes over 30 different current and former players to follow.

Finally, a Town Topics piece on Craig Robinson's son Avery, who is playing in the Princeton Summer League.

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Friday News:

March 4, 2011 at 8:58 am
Filed under Basketball, MCCC, Oregon State, Princeton, Will Venable

Today's Game: Princeton (22-5 / 10-1) vs. Dartmouth (5-21 / 1-11)
Location: Leede Arena - Hanover, NH
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 139-61.
Last meeting: Princeton 68 Dartmouth 53 - 2/5/11.

Brown vs. Cornell - 7:00 pm ET
Yale vs. Columbia - 7:00 pm ET
Penn vs. Harvard - 7:00 pm ET

For weekend previews, check in with the Daily Princetonian and the Trenton Times.

The New York Times and NESN get the Saturday night hype machine in motion.

The Mercer County Community College web site has a piece on the Vikings' run to the Region XIX tournament finals.

Will Venable is setting his swing like former teammate Adrian Gonzalez does.

Arizona defeated Oregon State (10-18) by a 70-59 final.

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Tuesday News:

March 1, 2011 at 9:28 am
Filed under Basketball, David Blatt, Georgetown, MCCC, Today's News

The return of Dave Blatt to Maccabi Tel Aviv is profiled in Haaretz.

10 things you (well, most) don't know about John Thompson III.

Here's a Flickr set of photos from Mercer's win over Lacawanna.

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Monday News:

February 28, 2011 at 8:58 am
Filed under Baseball, Basketball, MCCC, Northwestern, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

The Daily Princetonian, the Columbia Spectator and the Cornell Daily Sun summarize the weekend's action.

A second half Northwestern (16-12) rally came up short in Madison. The Wildcats fell to Wisconsin, 78-63.

Shooting 3-29 from three point range, Mercer (16-16) lost against Del Tech Stanton 76-68 in the Region XIX championship game.

Chris Young pitched two perfect innings in his first spring training outing.

Princeton recruit Brian Fabrizius and Kimball Union Academy won their third straight Class AA game over St Andrews School.

You can see some brief highlights of future Tiger Bobby Garbade on Your News Now.

SportsProf writes about how he came full circle.

Monmouth head coach Dave Calloway has "resigned." A member of the Princeton coaching family is on the Asbury Park Press' list of potential replacements.

Last night I learned there is a Fans of Marvin Bressler group on Facebook. I recommend you join!

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Saturday News:

February 26, 2011 at 10:02 am
Filed under Basketball, Craig Robinson, Denver, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News, Will Venable

Today's Game: Columbia (14-11 / 5-6) vs. Princeton (21-5 / 9-1)
Location: Jadwin Gym - Princeton, NJ
Time: 6:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 140-84.
Last meeting: Princeton 76 Columbia 46 - 2/11/11.

Princeton's 2011 senior class, pictured as freshmen.

Syracuse vs. Georgetown - 12:00 pm ET - CBS
Cal vs. Oregon State - 6:00 pm ET - FSN Northwest
Richmond vs. Charlotte - 7:00 pm ET
Denver vs. North Texas - 8:00 pm ET

Dartmouth vs. Brown - 6:00 pm ET
Harvard vs. Yale - 6:00 pm ET
Cornell vs. Penn - 7:00 pm ET

In addition to our recap, read about the Tigers' victory over Cornell on goprincetontigers.com in the Trenton Times, in the Trentonian, on New Jersey Newsroom, in the Ithaca Journal, courtesy of the Associated Press and on cornellbigred.com.

Jermaine Emanuel found Jon Jernigan for a layup at the buzzer as Mercer (16-15) upset top-seeded Lackawanna 83-81 in the Region XIX semifinals. For the second straight season the Vikings will play for the title, this Sunday versus Del Tech Stanton in Scranton.

Yahoo! Sports has updated their Princeton team report.

21 for future Tiger Denton Koon in Liberty's Class 5, District 15 final triumph.

Will Venable should be shifting into high gear on the basepaths this season.

Chris Wright will lead from the sideline in his final home game when Georgetown hosts Syracuse.

Kevin Anderson needs 11 points for 2,000 in his career as Richmond visits Charlotte.

Oregon State hosts Cal. Craig Robinson tells the Gazette-Times how he takes the stress of his job in stride.

North Texas is where Denver will conclude their regular season.

Around the Ivy League: Harvard (21-4 / 10-1) came from 15 down to stop Brown (10-15 / 3-8) in Providence. Zack Rosen scored 17 points and dished nine assists as Penn (12-12 / 6-4) bested Columbia (14-11 / 5-6) by a 64-54 count. Yale (13-12 / 6-5) knocked off Dartmouth (5-20 / 1-10) in overtime, 79-75.

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Friday News:

February 25, 2011 at 9:28 am
Filed under Basketball, Chris Young, Denver, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Today's Game: Cornell (7-17 / 3-7) vs. Princeton (20-5 / 8-1)
Location: Jadwin Gym - Princeton, NJ
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: Verizon FiOS 1 (tape delay)
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 135-78.
Last meeting: Princeton 57 Cornell 55 - 2/12/11.

MCCC vs. Lackawanna - 5:00 pm ET - Region XIX Tournament

Harvard vs. Brown - 7:00 pm ET
Dartmouth vs. Yale - 7:00 pm ET
Columbia vs. Penn - 7:00 pm ET - Comcast

The Trenton Times, the Daily Princetonian, the Ithaca Journal and the Columbia Spectator preview this weekend's games.

Dan Mavraides is profiled by Foster City Patch.

Here's a transcript of what will be read before a moment of silence this evening in memory of Christian "Crunch" Regulski.

Georgetown's Chris Wright had surgery on his left hand and is actually expected back for the NCAA tournament.

Former Hoya Jeff Green was traded from Oklahoma City to Boston.

The New York Daily News outs Chris Young as an intellectual.

Judson Wallace is the subject of a long piece on the ACB web site. I ran the article through Google Translate from the original Spanish for you.

This KC Metro Sports package includes a fairly vicious one-handed dunk by Princeton recruit Denton Koon.

Oregon State (10-16) rallied from down double digits to defeat Stanford, 87-80.

Another tough loss for Denver (13-15) this by six in overtime at Louisiana-Lafayette.

Falling behind 18-2 early, Northwestern (16-11) was able to close within one but never take the lead. Penn State defeated the Wildcats 66-52.

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Thursday News:

February 24, 2011 at 9:30 am
Filed under Baseball, Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Steve Goodrich, Today's News, Will Venable

Denver vs. Louisana-Lafayette - 8:00 pm ET
Penn State vs. Northwestern - 9:00 pm ET - ESPN2
Stanford vs. Oregon State - 9:00 pm ET - FSN Northwest

Steve Goodrich is quoted extensively in a Daily Orange story about the "Princeton Offense."

Georgetown (21-7) not only suffered through an awful 25% shooting night in a 58-46 loss to Cincinnati, but senior point guard Chris Wright broke his left hand early in the second half. Hoya Hoops was first with the postgame audio.

Princeton recruit Denton Koon scored 11 as Liberty opened postseason play with a 86-54 win over William Chrisman.

Here's another piece on the Mercer County Community College victory versus Morris.

JerShon Cobb and Northwestern host a team they've struggled to beat in recent years, Penn State.

Enter the Cajundome, Denver. You're visiting Louisiana-Lafayette.

Oregon State welcome Stanford to Corvallis.

All Chris Young is looking for is normalcy.

Will Venable is interviewed at Padres' spring training.

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Mercer 60 Morris 47.

February 21, 2011 at 10:25 pm
Filed under 10-11, Audio, Basketball, Howie Levy, MCCC

Postgame audio - Coach Howie Levy:

Perhaps it is because the pall of Saturday night in Providence still hangs heavy over my head, but walking away from tonight's Region XIX quarterfinal between County College of Morris and Mercer County Community College I felt like I had been at the most enjoyable basketball game I'd attended this season.

While the fourth-seeded Vikings (15-15) had just one field goal in the opening nine minutes and trailed by as many as 13 to the fifth-seeded Titans in front of a festive, opinionated and energetic home crowd, coach Howie Levy's team always seemed two possessions away from gaining control of the game.

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Monday News:

February 21, 2011 at 9:23 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, MCCC, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Morris vs. Mercer - 7:00 pm ET - Region XIX Playoffs

The Daily Princetonian and the Yale Daily News summarize this weekend's games. If there's a piece in the Brown student paper, I couldn't find it.

It was a happy Senior Day for for five Richmond (21-7) players in their final home game at the Robins Center. The Spiders bested St. Bonaventure by 15.

Denver (13-14) lost their first home game to a conference foe in two years in painful fashion. South Alabama rallied from 14 down at halftime and took their first lead with 1:25 to go. The loss hurts the postseason plans of the Pioneers.

Tonight Mercer County Community College hosts a Region XIX quarterfinal against Morris.

Some brief highlights of Princeton recruit Bobby Garbade in this YNN package from the STAC championship game.

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Saturday News:

February 19, 2011 at 9:00 am
Filed under Basketball, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Pete Carril, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Today's Game: Princeton (20-4 / 8-0) vs. Brown (9-14 / 2-7)
Location: Pizzitola Sports Center - Providence, RI
Time: 6:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 94-25.
Last meeting: Princeton 78 Brown 60 - 1/28/11.

Oregon State vs. Oregon - 4:00 pm ET - FSN
Northwestern vs. Indiana - 7:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network
Georgetown vs. USF - 7:00 pm ET - ESPN+

Dartmouth vs. Cornell - 7:00 pm ET
Penn vs. Yale - 7:00 pm ET
Harvard vs. Columbia - 7:00 pm ET

In addition to our recap, read about the Tigers' 10th straight victory on goprincetontigers.com, in the New Haven Register, courtesy of the Associated Press and on yalebulldogs.com.

Bill Cloutier of the New Haven Register has a "live blog" and some additional words here.

I missed two late previews yesterday. Here's what the Trenton Times and the Trentonian had to say.

Pete Carril stopped by the final practice of McClatchy High School women's basketball coach Harvey Tahara. After 40 seasons of coaching, Tahara's final game is today at Sacramento High.

Princeton recruit Denton Koon had 27, including a sweet left-handed dunk in the face of a Grandview defender, as the BlueJays won their final game of the regular season.

Georgetown travels to South Florida looking to avoid a letdown.

48 hours after hosting Iowa, Northwestern travels to Indiana. Bill Carmody is less than thrilled about this Big 10 scheduling quirk.

Round two of the Civil War sees Oregon State visit Oregon.

Mercer will host Morris in the first round of the Region XIX tournament on Monday night. The Vikings' Gary Carthan was named 2010-11 All Region Second Team.

Around the Ivy League: Harvard (19-4 / 8-1) defeated Cornell (6-17 / 2-7) by 13 in Ithaca. Penn (10-12 / 4-4) got 26 points from Tyler Bernardini in a 70-62 Quaker win at Brown (9-14 / 2-7). Columbia (14-9 / 5-4) knocked off Dartmouth (5-18 / 1-8) at home, 67-60.

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Friday News:

February 18, 2011 at 9:28 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, MCCC, Northwestern, Pete Carril, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News, Will Venable

Today's Game: Princeton (19-4 / 7-0) vs. Yale (12-10 / 5-3)
Location: John J. Lee Amphitheater - New Haven, CT
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: YES
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 142-81.
Last meeting: Princeton 67 Yale 63 - 1/29/11.

Penn vs. Brown - 7:00 pm ET
Harvard vs. Cornell - 7:00 pm ET
Dartmouth vs. Columbia - 7:00 pm ET

The Daily Princetonian, the New Haven Register and the Yale Daily News preview this weekend's games.

ESPN's Jay Bilas named Kareem Maddox one of the "most respected players" in college basketball.

The Harvard Crimson compares each Ivy League team to a 2011 Academy Awards nominee for Best Picture.

Bob Nuse of the Princeton Packet could get his long-called for "Pete Carril Classic" - in the NCAA Tournament.

Will Venable traveled to watch his younger brother play in the Las Vegas Bowl and filmed highlights of his trip.

Georgetown big man Henry Sims is running for vice president of the school's student body.

Temple shot 55.6% from the field and bested Richmond (20-7) by 20.

Northwestern (15-10) held on to defeat Iowa, 73-70.

With a 65-37 win over UL-M, Denver (13-13) returns to first place in the Sun Belt West. The Pioneer Post has more on the game.

Mercer (14-15) was outscored by 29 in the second half of a 85-55 loss to Lackawanna. The Vikings will play a Region XIX playoff game versus an as-yet-unknown opponent on Monday.

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Sunday News:

February 13, 2011 at 9:34 am
Filed under Basketball, Chris Young, Denver, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Marquette vs. Georgetown - 1:00 pm ET - ESPN
Northwestern vs. Penn State - 3:30 pm ET - Big Ten Network

In addition to our recap, read about the Tigers' thriller versus Cornell on goprincetontigers.com, in the Ithaca Journal, courtesy of the Associated Press and on cornellbigred.com.

The Columbia Spectator reports on Friday night's Princeton victory.

Richmond (20-6) reached 20 wins for the third straight season after a 64-52 win over St. Louis.

Mercer (14-14) won their fifth consecutive game, 74-69 over Del Tech Stanton. Anthony Obery led the Vikings with 22.

Troy tripped Denver (12-13) by a 64-55 count.

Oregon State (9-15) lost at UCLA by eight.

Julian Vaughn and Georgetown host Marquette.

Penn State welcomes Northwestern to State College.

Princeton recruit Clay Wilson had 36 as Lincoln Christian defeated Summit Christian Academy by 10.

The Trenton Times talked to Chris Young about signing with the Mets.

If you have Comcast On Demand, check under Sports:The Comcast Network to watch a rebroadcast of Tuesday's Penn/Princeton game.

Around the Ivy League: Harvard (18-4 / 7-1) came from 24 down and rallied past Brown (9-13 / 2-6) for an 85-78 win to stay a half game behind Princeton. Columbia (13-9 / 4-4) outscored Penn (9-12 / 3-4) by 40-27 in the second half of a 75-62 Lion victory. Greg Mangano had a career high 30 in a 69-60 Yale (12-10 / 5-3) decision at Dartmouth (5-17 / 1-7).

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