This is something I look forward to every year. If you're going to attend this game, get your tickets from Bob and enjoy an excellent reception afterwards. - JS
Princeton Men's Hoops at Harvard
Friday, February 22, 2008 - 7:00pm
Reserve your tickets for the game and traditional post-game celebration now. Light buffet catered by Nellios of Lexington and refreshments will be served. Coach Sydney Johnson and the Princeton team will attend the gathering.
Game time is 7:00pm. Party immediately afterwards at Dillon Field House (next to gym).
Tickets purchased in advance for the game and party are as follows:
$18 for members of princetonbasketball.com, PANE, PVC or Friends of Princeton Basketball.
$15 for Young Alum PANE members and their guests ('03-'07)
$7 for children under 16
$25 for non-members
Tickets for the party only are $10 with a reduced rate of $5 for children.
Please send a check payable to PANE to Bob Ruxin '76 at 8 Larchmont Lane, Lexington, MA 02420 with a self-addressed, stamped envelope by February 1st to secure your seats.
For more information prior to Feb. 15, please email Bob Ruxin.
John Thompson III describes Georgetown's final possession:
We wanted to bring Roy up and then bring him back down, to tell you the truth. While (the play) was evolving he had options to set a couple of on-ball screens, we did know that their big guy would be sitting in the middle of the lane, so we wanted to set a couple of on-balls and have him roll off and get a shot, but then he just made a basketball decision. The clock was running down, but he knows he can make that shot. That's not a fluke, that's not a shocker, that's not a once-in-a-lifetime thing that Roy makes that shot. If you leave him open he has shown every day in practice and this year that he can make that shot."
Update: Video now synched with Rich Chvotkin's radio call.
The Trenton Times' Mark Eckel has a column on Princeton's struggles this season.
For the past three years Princeton has shared an NCAA record they wish they didn't hold - fewest total points in a game in the shot clock era. Last night Saint Louis scored 20 points in a loss to George Washington, making the Billikens the current record holder in a season where new lows in offensive productivity appear to be happening every week.
How about Alex Wolff's Vermont Frost Heaves, who improved to 17-3 with a 107-99 win over Halifax. The Frost Heaves made 15 of their 30 three point attempts.
Around the Ivy League: Cornell (7-5) had no trouble with Division III Alvernia, 91-46.
The Town Topics catches up on the Tigers' game at Lehigh.
A piece on the recruitment of future Hoya Greg Monore (who you can see on ESPN2 tonight) is full of fascinating little details about Coach Thompson's approach to recruiting compared to other "big time" college basketball coaches.
If Princeton's loss to Manhattan last month was a shot to the gut, this evening's overtime defeat at the hands of Lafayette was even harder to take.
The visiting Leopards rallied from an 17 point halftime deficit, sending the Tigers to their 12th consecutive defeat, 76-71.
Ted Detmer scored a team-best 15 points off the bench to lead Lafayette. Bilal Abdullah had 14, including a perfect 4-4 touch behind the three point line.
Kyle Koncz topped three Princeton players in double figures with 15 points on 3-10 shooting. Zach Finley contributed 12 along with eight rebounds.
Former Princeton great Bill Bradley has announced his presidential endorsement.
Princeton recruit Zane Ma scored six points in his first game back since a knee injury. Ignore what the author says about Ma's collegiate destination. I've confirmed with the writer that this was a mistake on their part and that Ma is still coming to Princeton.
Georgetown travels to DePaul this evening. Rebounding continues to be an area of concern for the Hoyas.
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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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