Saturday News:

February 23, 2013 at 9:08 am
Filed under Basketball, Bill Bradley, Denver, Fairfield, Georgetown, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Today's Game: Princeton (13-9 / 5-3) vs. Cornell (13-13 / 5-4)
Location: Newman Arena - Ithaca, NY
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 138-79.
Last meeting: Princeton 76 Cornell 59 - 2/1/13.

Albany vs. Fairfield - 1:00 pm ET
Richmond vs. Fordham - 1:00 pm ET
Georgetown vs. Syracuse - 4:00 pm ET - CBS
Oregon State vs. Cal - 6:00 pm ET - Pac-12 Network
Denver vs. Northern Iowa - 8:00 pm ET - ESPN3

Dartmouth vs. Brown - 6:00 pm ET
Penn vs. Columbia - 7:00 pm ET
Harvard vs. Yale - 8:00 pm ET - CBS Sports Network

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In addition to our recap read about Princeton's return to the win column on goprincetontigers.com in the Star Ledger, in the Trentonian, in the Columbia Spectator and on gocolumbialions.com.

Bill Bradley, Princeton/Georgetown and Princeton/UCLA all made ESPN's list of the top 75 moments in NCAA Tournament history.

While the Tigers were handling the Lions, Princeton recruit Amir Bell and East Brunswick were playing an apparent classic. St. Joseph topped the Bears in double overtime to claim the Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament title.

Future Tiger Henry Caruso had a big night for Serra in the Central Coast Section Open Division quarterfinals.

Lots of games to choose from on this action packed Saturday! Fairfield hosts Albany and Denver plays at Northern Iowa to bookend the day with BrackBuster contests. In-between Richmond visits Fordham, Georgetown has a huge one at #8 Syracuse and Oregon State holds a Senior Night tilt versus Cal.

Around the Ivy League: Harvard (16-7 / 8-1) topped Brown (9-14 / 3-6) in Providence, 65-47. Behind a career high 29 from freshman guard Tony Hicks, Penn (7-18 / 4-4) trumped Cornell (13-13 / 5-4) with a 79-71 final. Yale (11-15 / 5-4) won 78-67 over Dartmouth (6-17 / 2-7).

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Columbia pictures.

February 23, 2013 at 12:03 am
Filed under Basketball, Photos, Princeton, Richmond, Robert Solomon

Photos from today's game courtesy Robert Solomon.

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Princeton 65 Columbia 40.

February 22, 2013 at 9:16 pm
Filed under 12-13, Audio, Basketball, Princeton

Box Score : HD Box Score

If you have little choice but to win your final seven conference games in order to have a chance at the Ivy League title, the first victory is likely the hardest.

Someone forgot to tell Princeton that.

Bolstered by stellar defense off the bench from Chris Clement and holding the Lions scoreless for the final 4:27 of the first half and then nearly three minutes into the vesper frame while recording 15 consecutive points in the process, the Tigers led by as many as 31 down the stretch at Levien Gym.

“We were sort of alive on defense,” said Princeton head coach Mitch Henderson. “I thought all of the things that bothered us in the first game [a tense 72-66 Tiger victory at Jadwin Gym] we corrected.”

Denton Koon paced the way with a career high 23 on 9-13 shooting including eight straight to make it 61-32 Princeton.

Ian Hummer added 17 and five assists while Clement contributed a personal best six in addition to a block, a steal and his active hands creating multiple loose balls.

Maodo Lo totaled 15 for Columbia, 10 of which came in the opening 12 minutes. Beyond that no Lion recorded more than six.

Princeton's senior class will graduate a perfect 8-0 versus Columbia. The only real obstacle in the Tigers' way on the day was some serious tunnel traffic that caused the visiting team to arrive just 50 minutes prior to tipoff.

The rest of this recap plus postgame audio from Coach Mitch Henderson, Denton Koon, Ian Hummer & Chris Clement can be found after the jump.

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Friday News:

February 22, 2013 at 9:28 am
Filed under Basketball, Oregon State, Princeton, Today's News

Today's Game: Princeton (12-9 / 5-2) vs. Columbia (10-12 / 2-6)
Location: Levien Gym - New York City, NY
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 144-84.
Last meeting: Princeton 72 Columbia 66 - 2/2/13.

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

Join fellow site members in the forum during the action from Morningside Heights, whether you're in the stands or listening at home. You must be subscribed and logged in to participate.

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

Oregon State (13-14) fell by 10 to Stanford. After the game Craig Robinson questioned his team's desire.

Robinson's daughter Leslie is a basketball standout and she lists Princeton among the Division I programs recruiting her.

Can you guess what postseason victory came in 46th on College Hoopedia's 75 Greatest Games and Players countdown?

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Know! Your! Foe! - Columbia & Cornell updates.

February 22, 2013 at 8:21 am
Filed under Basketball, Know Your Foe, Princeton

In the opening half of Ivy League play we published seven different Know! Your! Foe! interviews with seven different experts on each Princeton opponent.

What to do for the home stretch of the conference schedule? Each able interview subject has been asked back on board to provide a refresher on how the team they initially talked about has been performed since we last conversed.

After the jump you'll find insight from John Templon of Big Apple Buckets and Brian Delaney in Ithaca.

Both do excellent work updating the play of this weekend's foes.

If you want to read their original takes on these teams, please check out these Columbia and Cornell K!Y!F! posts from January.

Additionally, if you cover a team the Tigers will face down the line, let us know. It would be great to talk with you.

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Chris Young signs with Washington.

February 21, 2013 at 7:11 pm
Filed under Baseball, Chris Young

On the eve of the start of spring training action, Chris Young signed a minor league deal with the Washington Nationals.

Young was 4-9 in 20 starts with a 4.15 ERA for the New York Mets in 2012, throwing 115 innings. Those 20 starts were the most made by the injury-addled Young since his 2007 All-Star season.

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Thursday News:

February 21, 2013 at 10:18 am
Filed under Basketball, Fairfield, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Stanford vs. Oregon State - 11:00 pm ET - ESPNU

33 points from D’Vauntes Smith-Rivera was the highest scoring output by a Hoya freshman under John Thompson III as Georgetown (20-4) won their eighth straight 90-66 over DePaul. DSR shot 10-12 from the field, 5-6 behind the arc and 8-10 at the line.

Scoring remained an issue for Northwestern (13-14), who went down 69-41 against #19 Wisconsin.

Princeton recruit Amir Bell and East Brunswick advanced to the Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament final.

Tomorrow night Columbia must account for the versatility of Ian Hummer.

Sydney Johnson wanted Malcolm Gilbert to play for him at Princeton and will get that chance at Fairfield now that Gilbert has transferred in from Pitt.

For the first time since their four overtime affair, Oregon State plays Stanford.

Looking for something to do on Monday night? Two seed Mercer will host Burlington at 6:00 pm ET in the first round of the Region XIX playoffs.

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Coach Mitch Henderson - 2/20/13.

February 20, 2013 at 4:58 pm
Filed under Basketball, Coach Henderson Interview, Princeton

Princeton head coach Mitch Henderson and princetonbasketball.com editor Jon Solomon met before practice at Jadwin Gym today to tape the 13th installment of their season-long weekly interview series.

Henderson and Solomon reviewed Princeton's split at Dartmouth and Harvard in great detail before delving into the specifics of this weekend's Empire State trip to Columbia and Cornell.

This exclusive Q&A streaming after the jump is 11:00+ in length. You can catch up on all of the season's discussions here.

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Wednesday News:

February 20, 2013 at 10:08 am
Filed under Basketball, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Princeton, Today's News

DePaul vs. Georgetown - 7:00 pm ET - ESPN+
Wisconsin vs. Northwestern - 9:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network

The Daily Princetonian looks at how Harvard beat Princeton.

With four Vikings in double figures, Mercer (19-9) won its rescheduled contest versus Delaware Tech-Stanton 56-53.

Tonight #11 Georgetown hosts DePaul and Northwestern welcomes #19 Wisconsin.

Also, happy birthday to our site photographer Robert Solomon!

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Offensive/Defensive efficiency.

February 19, 2013 at 12:08 pm
Filed under Basketball, Princeton

5-2 through the front half of Ivy League play, this is a fine stoppage point to look at half-by-half offensive and defensive numbers for these seven conference contests.

A spreadsheet plus some thoughts on this data can be found after the jump.

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Tuesday News:

February 19, 2013 at 9:38 am
Filed under Basketball, Bill Bradley, Denver, Fairfield, Georgetown, Princeton, Recruiting

Ian Hummer represents Princeton on the honor roll of the latest Ivy League Men's Basketball Weekly Release.

ESPN ranked Bill Bradley 13th on their list of "the 75 best players in NCAA tournament history based on overall achievement as well as singular excellence."

Princeton recruit Amir Bell was named First Team All-GMC.

Derek Needham's three point shot with five seconds remaining lifted Fairfield (17-11) to a 66-64 comeback victory over Iona.

John Thompson III joined Andy Katz on the ESPNU College Basketball podcast. The interview starts roughly 14:00 into the program.

13-1 in their last 14 games, Denver is playing their best basketball of the season at the right time.

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YouTube potpourri XCI.

February 18, 2013 at 2:12 pm
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Video

Here's the latest collection of videos from various corners of the Princeton basketball family. Above, the Harvard video package from Saturday's game.

Seven additional clips of varying lengths and sources can be found after the jump.

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