Denver opens "The Joe Scott Era" at home against Wyoming on Tuesday night.
Around the Ivy League: Brown (1-1) fell by 15 at Michigan. Penn (0-2) was blown out at Loyola (Md.) 89-68 and Harvard (1-2) picked up a win at the Basketball Travelers Classic, defeating Northwestern State 90-60.
Princeton was able to overcome a horrendous first half shooting performance, carried to victory on the broad shoulders of sophomore center Zach Finley. Finley scored 18 of his career-high 22 points in the game's final twenty minutes as the Tigers held off visiting Central Connecticut State 59-57. Joe Seymore tallied 14 points on four three point shots for the Blue Devils.
Today's Game:Central Connecticut State (0-0) vs. Princeton (0-0) Location: Jadwin Gym - Princeton, NJ Time: 2:00 pm ET Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB TV: N/A Internet: wprb.com, goprincetontigers.com Series History: This is the first meeting between the two teams. Last meeting: This is the first meeting between the two teams.
The season opens for the Tigers this afternoon and many of the questions surrounding this new iteration of Princeton basketball will begin to be answered. We'll have postgame audio and an assortment of photographs available after the game.
Brown vs. Michigan - 12:00 pm ET
Penn vs. Loyola (Md.) - 12:00 pm ET - Philly Classic
Harvard vs. Northwestern State - 3:30 pm ET - Basketball Travelers Classic
Georgetown (1-0) began its campaign with a methodical 68-53 victory over William & Mary. Roy Hibbert led all scorers with 23 points on 9-11 shooting. The Washington Post has more on the game.
Richmond (1-1) was squashed at the buzzer on a three point shot by Norfolk State's Tony Murphy. The Spiders gave up an 11 point lead with just over four minutes left to play, falling 72-69.
Around the Ivy League: Yale (1-0) opened their season on a good note, recording a 82-71 victory at home over Sacred Heart yesterday afternoon. Cornell (1-0) topped Lehigh 87-83. Dartmouth (1-1) was able to out-score VMI 98-87. In the last game of the night Harvard (0-2) dropped a 79-61 contest against UCSB.
William & Mary vs. Georgetown - 12:00 pm ET
Norfolk State vs. Richmond - 7:00 pm ET
Sacred Heart vs. Yale - 1:00 pm ET
Lehigh vs. Cornell - 7:00 pm ET
Dartmouth vs. VMI - 7:30 pm ET - Air Force Classic
Harvard vs. UCSB - 7:30 pm ET - Basketball Travelers Classic
Around the Ivy League: Brown (1-0) represented the league well with a 74-55 victory at Eastern Michigan yesterday afternoon. Columbia (0-1) fell by 18 to Fordham at home. Penn (0-1) dropped a 67-59 overtime decision to Drexel at the Palestra. Out west, Dartmouth (0-1) was demolished by Air Force 67-38 and Harvard (0-1) was nearly doubled up by Stanford 111-56.
Denver vs. Oklahoma - 8:00 pm ET - 2K Sports College Hoops Classic
Brown vs. Eastern Michigan - 12:00 pm ET
Fordham vs. Columbia - 7:00 pm ET - YES
Drexel vs. Penn - 7:00 pm ET
Dartmouth vs. Air Force - 8:00 pm ET
Harvard vs. Stanford - 10:00 pm ET
Joe Scott's Denver debut was a wild ride. Denver (1-0) had a twenty point lead with under twelve minutes to play, but the Pioneers needed a free throw with two seconds left in regulation and two free throws with nine seconds to go in overtime to come away with a 76-75 victory over Division II East Central.
The Georgetown Hoya's basketball preview is out today. Two of their best features are on Coach John Thompson III's connection to Pete Carril and his relationship with former Princeton recruit Jon Wallace.
Princeton head coach Sydney Johnson and Duke assistant coach Steve Wojciechowski spoke to the media this afternoon via teleconference in advance of their respective teams' first round matchup at the 2007 Maui Invitational. Audio from this conversation is above.
Chicago vs. Northwestern - 8:00 pm ET (Exhibition) - nusports.com
Harvey Yavener was at Princeton's Media Day, and writes about the similarities between the Tigers' two new head basketball coaches.
Richmond (1-1) was within one possession of Memphis with under seven minutes to go, before the Tigers pulled away for the 80-64 win. Memphis finished the game on an 18-4 run.
Princeton held its 2007 Media Day on Tuesday afternoon. Coach Sydney Johnson and a broad cross-section of Tigers spoke to princetonbasketball.com about the upcoming season. These interviews are exclusive to our site. If you're interested in inside access like this all season long, please consider becoming a donor.
Photos from media day, including snapshots of many new Tigers are below.
In their first interview of the year, Princeton head coach Sydney Johnson and princetonbasketball.com editor Jon Solomon sat down at Jadwin Gym to discuss the current state of Princeton basketball leading up to the Tigers' first two games of the season. This interview is 13:00+ in length. New interviews with Coach Johnson will be available every week during the 2007-08 basketball season.
Look for full coverage of Princeton's 2007 Media Day tomorrow on the site.
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Sun. 11/10 vs. Florida A&M
Sat. 11/16 at Butler
Wed. 11/20 vs. Lafayette
Sat. 11/23 at Rice
Tue. 11/26 vs. George Mason
Sat. 11/30 at Bucknell
Sat. 12/7 vs. FDU
Wed. 12/11 at Rutgers
Sat. 12/14 at Penn State
Fri. 12/20 vs. Portland*
Sat. 12/21 vs. Pacific*
Tue. 12/31 vs. Kent State
Sat. 1/4 at Liberty
Sat. 1/11 at Penn
Sun. 1/26 vs. Kean
Fri. 1/31 at Harvard
Sat. 2/1 at Dartmouth
Fri. 2/7 vs. Columbia
Sat. 2/8 vs. Cornell
Fri. 2/14 at Brown
Sat. 2/15 at Yale
Fri. 2/21 vs. Dartmouth
Sat. 2/22 vs. Harvard
Fri. 2/28 vs. Yale
Sat. 3/1 vs. Brown
Fri. 3/7 at Cornell
Sat. 3/8 at Columbia
Tue. 3/11 vs. Penn
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