Temple 68 Georgetown 65.

December 10, 2010 at 1:32 am
Filed under 10-11, Audio, Basketball, Georgetown

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Postgame audio - Coach John Thompson III, Jason Clark & Chris Wright:

Watching Georgetown endeavor to catch Temple at the Liacouras Center on Thursday night, unable to pull in front of the Owls for the duration of the game, I was reminded of a moment shared with then-Princeton assistant Mike Brennan after the Tigers defeated Columbia 49-48 on the road to earn a share of the 2001-02 Ivy League title.

In that contest, Princeton trailed for the entire evening before a wheel play to Mike Bechtold set the Tiger guard up for a deep three point shot from the top of the key that placed Princeton in front for the first and final time with 33 to go.

Seeing a relieved Brennan after the game, I said "well, if you've only going to lead for 33 seconds, might as well make it the last 33 seconds."

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Thursday News:

December 9, 2010 at 10:14 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Princeton, Today's News

Essex vs. MCCC - 7:00 pm ET
Georgetown vs. Temple - 9:00 pm ET - ESPN

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's fourth straight victory on goprincetontigers.com, in the Trentonian, in the Daily Princetonian, in the Asbury Park Press and on gomuhawks.com.

The Town Topics covers the Tigers' win over St. Joe's.

Denver (2-7) fell by 30 at St. Mary's.

This evening in Philadelphia, Georgetown faces Temple. The Washington Post has a preview. Full coverage of the game will follow on the site late tonight.

Princeton leaps up to fifth place in the latest Schuylkill 16.

Happy 21st birthday, Kareem Maddox.

Around the Ivy League: Yale (5-4) routed Bryant, 75-53. Penn (4-4) lost 65-53 to Villanova at the Palestra.

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Monmouth pictures.

December 8, 2010 at 11:32 pm
Filed under Basketball, Photos, Princeton, Stephen Goldsmith

Photos from today's game courtesy of Stephen Goldsmith.

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Princeton 64 Monmouth 61.

December 8, 2010 at 9:35 pm
Filed under 10-11, Audio, Basketball, Princeton

Box Score : HD Box Score

Postgame audio - Coach Sydney Johnson, Kareem Maddox & Douglas Davis:

Princeton did not trail for the final 37:25 of Wednesday night's game at Monmouth, but the last three minutes of the second half saw the Tigers barely hold off a frantic Hawks comeback that nearly rallied the home team into the win column from down 15.

The long arms of Kareem Maddox forced Monmouth's James Hett into a less-than-ideal double clutch three point attempt with three seconds left and this tying try came up harmlessly short and wide of the rim over the baseline.

In the box score it went down as the Tigers' 11th block of the game, equaling a school record, but possession was given to the Tigers, implying the shot was altered but not deflected.

Princeton escaped their trip to West Long Branch with a 64-61 victory.

The Tigers were 1-5 from the free throw line in the final 31 seconds of the second half, similar to their ugly 1-4 performance at the stripe in the final four seconds of the first half.

Douglas Davis was set up six times on the perimeter for three point shots, leading to a game-high 18. Maddox added 13 with nine rebounds, five assists and three blocks. A two-handed offensive board by Maddox with the lead down to two allowed Princeton to run 17 seconds off the clock before Dan Mavraides split a pair of late free throws.

Eight of Mavraides' 12 came in the game's first four minutes. Ian Hummer contributed 10 on 5-10 shooting. These five were the only five Princeton players to score.

"You see so many kids on our team making plays that helped us," said Tiger head coach Sydney Johnson. "I was glad to see that because it really was a team effort."

7'0" center Phil Wait had 12 points off the bench for Monmouth and Hett also went for 12.

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Wednesday News:

December 8, 2010 at 10:20 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Today's Game: Princeton (5-3 / 0-0) vs. Monmouth (3-4 / 0-1)
Location: The MAC - West Long Branch, NJ
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 10-4.
Last meeting: Princeton 46 Monmouth 42 - 12/29/10

Denver vs. St. Mary's - 10:00 pm ET

Yale vs. Bryant - 7:00 pm ET
Villanova vs. Penn - 7:30 pm ET - Comcast

The Hawks Nest previews tonight's game.

Princeton's win over St. Joe's is recapped by the Princeton Packet.

Tiger recruit Denton Koon scored 16 points as Liberty knocked off Lee's Summit North.

Princeton target Desmond Hubert tells Busting The Bracket that Adjehi Baru's decision to attend Charleston does not affect his decision.

For the first time, Gus Gabel talks about his decision to leave Princeton early into his freshman year.

Mercer (3-6) fell at Morris. Jermaine Emmanuel scored 20 in the defeat.

Denver travels to St. Mary's.

Around the Ivy League: Columbia (5-4) won their fourth straight at home, 77-71 over Wagner. Harvard (6-2) handled WPI by 15.

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Know! Your! Foe! - Monmouth.

December 7, 2010 at 4:00 pm
Filed under Basketball, Know Your Foe, Princeton

The next Know! Your! Foe! for 2010-11 is up, previewing a future Princeton opponent with someone who knows the team well. This time out I exchanged emails with Monmouth beat reporter Tony Graham, who covers the Hawks for the Hawks Nest. My questions and his answers follow in advance of Wednesday night's intrastate matchup at the shore.

The Hawks appear to have had some difficulty putting the ball in the basket through seven games. How much of that is pace-related and how much of that is an inability to shoot well?

This team does not have a "pure shooter.'' Frankly it just is not a good shooting team. MU shoots 40.2% from the floor and a miserable 28.1% from three point range.

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Tuesday News:

December 7, 2010 at 8:26 am
Filed under Basketball, Judson Wallace, Oregon State, Princeton

MCCC vs. Morris - 7:00 pm ET

WPI vs. Harvard - 7:00 pm ET
Wagner vs. Columbia - 7:00 pm ET

Judson Wallace is blogging again for the Eurocup web site. Wallace suffered a muscle contusion over the weekend and his status going forward is in doubt.

We're far enough into the 2010-11 season that KenPom is able to add individual player stats. With 345 DI basketball teams that each start five players and each receive various levels of contribution from bench players, it is impressive that Ian Hummer is in the Top 500 for 11 of the 15 solo stats Pomeroy tracks.

The Dagger writes about Oregon State's inability to curtail embarrassing non-conference losses the last three seasons.

Around the Ivy League: Providence hit Brown (4-4) with a 23-5 run to open the second half of a previously close game and defeated the Bears, 91-64. Yale (4-4) had a similarly big 26-2 burst a few minutes after intermission versus Albany on their way to the 74-53 victory.

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Ian Hummer - Ivy League Player of the Week.

December 6, 2010 at 11:37 am
Filed under Basketball, Princeton

Princeton sophomore forward Ian Hummer was named the Ivy League's Player of the Week today. Hummer's stat lines in the past seven days:

Min Pts    FG  FT 3FG  Rebs A S B TO PF
 31  22 10-12 2-2 0-0 2-4-6 4 0 2  4  0 82-64 W at Lafayette 
 35  17  8-12 1-3 0-0 3-5-8 3 1 0  1  2 74-65 W vs St. Joe's

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Monday News:

December 6, 2010 at 9:34 am
Filed under Basketball, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Brown vs. Providence - 7:00 pm ET
Albany vs. Yale - 7:30 pm ET

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's third consecutive win on goprincetontigers.com, in the Trenton Times, in the Trentonian, in the Daily Princetonian, in the Philadelphia Inquirer, in the Philadelphia Daily News, on the Press Box and on sjuhawks.com.

SportsProf was at Sunday's game and shares his thoughts.

Some details about Princeton recruit Denton Koon's first three games of his senior season at the Kickapoo Classic can be found on the Liberty men's basketball site.

Richmond (7-2) won 67-61 at Arizona State.

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St. Joseph's pictures.

December 5, 2010 at 9:17 pm
Filed under Basketball, Photos, Princeton, Stephen Goldsmith

Photos from today's game courtesy of Stephen Goldsmith.

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Princeton 74 St. Joe's 65.

December 5, 2010 at 7:42 pm
Filed under 10-11, Audio, Basketball, Princeton

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Postgame audio - Coach Sydney Johnson, Douglas Davis & Ian Hummer:

14 days ago at James Madison, Princeton impressively assembled a 20 point first half lead, only to see the Dukes make a run right before intermission, lock down the Tigers in the second half and pull out a one point victory.

Against Saint Joseph's on Sunday afternoon the Tigers built a 44-19 opening half advantage, but with the awareness of what had transpired in Harrisonburg still in their minds, held off several charges by the Hawks for a nine point victory.

"I think they were calling on that memory," acknowledged Princeton head Sydney Johnson about his team. "There was a little bit of a sense of urgency there that we didn't have down in Virginia."

Leading by 18 at the break, the Tigers saw the Hawks cut their deficit to 10 on two occasions midway through the second half, but unlike at JMU, Princeton was able to take care of the ball against the St. Joe's pressure and made enough plays on offense for their third straight win.

Once the lead was down to 52-42, the Tigers had just two turnovers - both late offensive fouls - in the final 11 minutes against the Hawks' 1-2-2 press.

A free throw by St. Joe's Ronald Roberts with :00.4 remaining drew the visitors from Philadelphia within double digits for the first time since it was 19-12 seven minutes in.

Ian Hummer led five Tigers in double figures, joined by Patrick Saunders with 14 (including three shots behind the arc in the game's first five minutes), Douglas Davis' 12 and 10 each for Dan Mavraides and Kareem Maddox.

Carl Jones scored 15 of his 24 in the second half for the Hawks.

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Sunday News:

December 5, 2010 at 9:49 am
Filed under Basketball, Chris Young, Denver, Georgetown, Mason Rocca, Oregon State, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News, Will Venable

Today's Game: St. Joe's (3-4 / 0-0) vs. Princeton (4-3 / 0-0)
Location: Jadwin Gym - Princeton, NJ
Time: 5:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 7-6.
Last meeting: Princeton 70 St. Joe's 62 - 1/2/10

Richmond vs. Arizona State - 2:00 pm ET - FSN Arizona

The Trenton Times previews today's game.

Kareem Maddox is the subject of a piece in the Ventura County Star.

Georgetown (8-0) found a different way to win on Saturday against Utah State. HoyaHoops has postgame audio from John Thompson III, Chris Wright and Henry Sims.

Mercer (3-5) dropped a tough 68-62 decision to Delaware Tech Stanton.

A 66-63 win over Cal State Northridge returned Denver (2-6) to the win column.

Oregon State (3-4) was outclassed by Colorado, 83-57.

Richmond heads west to face Arizona State.

Rush The Court checks in on the Ivy League.

Chris Young and Will Venable comment on San Diego's decision to trade Adrian Gonzalez.

Mason Rocca scored six points and had nine rebounds in AJ Milano's 82-75 Euroleague loss to Union Olimpija.

Around the Ivy League: Penn (4-3) pulled away from Army in the second half for a 68-52 victory. Yale (3-4) lost by four at Vermont. A 19-1 second half run helped Michigan achieve a 65-62 win over Harvard (5-2). Brown (4-3) scored the last eight points of a 62-54 decision versus Maine. A John Daniels free throw broke a tie with 2.7 seconds left as Columbia (4-4) rallied to beat Stony Brook, 73-72. Cornell (2-6) fell 71-66 at Minnesota.

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