Wednesday News:

March 5, 2008 at 9:36 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Northwestern, Pete Carril, Richmond, Today's News

Fordham vs. Richmond - 7:00 pm ET
Denver vs. New Orleans - 8:00 pm ET

Here's audio of an interview the NCAA blog conducted with Georgetown senior guard Jonathan Wallace.

A Northwestern (8-20) rally fell just short in a 67-62 loss to Iowa.

Richmond welcomes Fordham in the Spiders' final home game of the season.

Denver travels to New Orleans in the first round of the Sun Belt Conference Tournament.

The New York Times reports that Harvard and the Ivy League will be looking into the possibility that Harvard committed recruiting violations. Pete Carril is quoted at the end of the piece.

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Princeton basketball - now on DVD!

March 4, 2008 at 10:28 pm
Filed under Basketball, Princeton

Amazon.com has released four Princeton NCAA basketball games on DVD.

Click above to order the 1989 classic matchup with Georgetown, the Tigers' 1996 backdoor victory over defending national champion UCLA, Princeton's win over UNLV from 1998 and Coach Carril's final game from 1996 against Mississippi State. These are complete broadcasts, available for the first time as official releases.

More games will be added as they are released.

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Tuesday News:

March 4, 2008 at 9:40 am
Filed under Basketball, Chris Young, Northwestern, Princeton, Today's News

Iowa vs. Northwestern - 9:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network

Nick Lake represents Princeton in the latest Ivy Weekly Men's Basketball Awards.

The Daily Princetonian talks to Noah Savage about the Tigers' weekend at Brown and Yale.

Today's Craig Robinson feature comes from the Chicago Tribune.

Northwestern hosts Iowa this evening.

Plenty of labor jokes as Chris Young pitched two innings the day before his wife was scheduled to give birth to the couple's first child.

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Monday News:

March 3, 2008 at 10:13 am
Filed under Basketball, Princeton, Today's News

The Trentonian talks to Sydney Johnson about Princeton's long season.

Write-ups of the Tigers' two games over the weekend are in the Brown Daily Herald and the Yale Daily News.

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Sunday News:

March 2, 2008 at 11:46 am
Filed under American, Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Mike Brennan, Northwestern, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News, Will Venable

Stories on yesterday's Princeton / Yale game can be found on goprincetontigers.com, courtesy of the Associated Press and on goyalebulldogs.com.

The article everyone will be discussing this week is the New York Times report about Harvard's questionable recruiting tactics. Add your thoughts in the comments.

Congratulations to former Princeton assistant Mike Brennan! In his first year at American University, the Eagles won the regular season Patriot League title and will have home court advantage in their conference tournament.

Will Venable scored the game-winning run in San Diego's 11-10 victory over Seattle.

Princeton recruit John Comfort hit four three point shots, but Fenwick fell 51-38 to OPRF in the Oak Park Boys Basketball Regional Championship.

Georgetown (24-4) stayed on top of the Big East, defeating Marquette in overtime, 70-68. The Hoyas are 8-0 in games decided by three points or less over the last two seasons.

Umass made 10 three point shots and Richmond (15-12) lost to the Minutemen, 78-74.

Denver (11-18) dropped its final game of the regular season, 58-51 at Louisiana-Lafayette.

Northwestern (8-19) was no match for Purdue, 68-43

Around the Ivy League: Congratulations to Cornell (20-5 / 12-0), who clinched the league title with an easy 86-53 win over Harvard (8-20 / 3-9). The Big Red ended 20 years of Penn / Princeton dominance and are the first team to advance to the NCAA tournament. Brown (17-9 / 9-3) matched a school record for victories and handed Penn (11-17 / 6-5) its worst-ever loss in Ivy play, 75-43. Dartmouth (10-16 / 3-9) surprised Columbia (14-13 / 7-5) on Senior Night, 63-48.

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Yale 67 Princeton 59.

March 1, 2008 at 10:35 pm
Filed under 07-08, Audio, Basketball, Princeton

box score
audio - coach sydney johnson

A second half rally by Princeton came up short against Yale, as the Bulldogs held off the visiting Tigers 67-59.

Princeton had sawed a 14 point Yale advantage down to three in the game's final minute on a steal and three point shot by Jason Briggs, but freshman Porter Braswell used a crossover dribble to get in the lane and score with 20 seconds remaining, giving the Bulldogs a 64-59 lead. The basket was Braswell's only field goal of the game.

Two free throws by Eric Flato sealed the Senior Night win.

Travis Pinick battled his way to 15 points and 10 rebounds for Yale. He was one of four Bulldogs in double figures.

Noah Savage tallied 15 on 4-8 shooting from behind the arc and Nick Lake came off the bench to contribute 14 points and grab four offensive rebounds in defeat.

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Saturday News:

March 1, 2008 at 9:57 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Northwestern, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News, Will Venable

Today's Game: Princeton (5-20 / 2-8) vs. Yale (10-15 / 4-7)
Location: Payne Whitney Gymnasium - New Haven, CT
Time: 8:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: wprb.com, goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 137-79.
Last meeting: Yale 67 Princeton 56 - 2/16/08.

Georgetown vs. Marquette - 2:00 pm ET - CBS
Northwestern vs. Purdue - 2:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network
UMass vs. Richmond - 7:00 pm ET
Denver vs. Louisiana-Lafayette - 8:00 pm ET

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

Stories about Princeton's loss to Brown can be found on goprincetontigers.com, in the Providence Journal, courtesy of the Associated Press and on brownbears.com.

Georgetown travels to Marquette, looking to stay at the top of the Big East.

Richmond hosts UMass. The Spiders are in a four-way tie for second place in the Atlantic 10.

Northwestern visits Big Ten leader Purdue.

Denver finishes their regular season slate at Louisiana-Lafayette.

Will Venable hit his second spring training home run. Venable is tentatively scheduled to travel with the Padres to Beijing for two exhibition games.

Around the Ivy League: Cornell (19-5 / 11-0) clinched a tie for the conference title, defeating Dartmouth (9-16 / 2-9), 75-59. Columbia (14-12 / 7-4) rebounded from an early 17-4 deficit, besting Harvard (8-19 / 3-8) by a 61-54 count. Penn (11-16 / 6-4) swept the season series with Yale (10-15 / 4-7), holding off the Bulldogs 70-63.

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2008 Recruiting Class.

March 1, 2008 at 9:02 am
Filed under Basketball, Princeton, Recruiting

Links to profiles and news on Coach Sydney Johnson's first recruiting class.

John Comfort - 6'6" - Fenwick

Doug Davis - 5'11" : 155 lbs - The Hun School

Max Huc - 6'2" : 185 lbs - Brewster Academy

Patrick Saunders - 6'7" : 195 lbs - The Hampton School

Zane Ma - 6'8" : 225 lbs - Harvard Westlake

Search our archives for more on each player.

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