There are lots of reasons to go to Shabbat dinner at my parents' house. Have you tried my mom's challah, for example? Besides spending time eating and laughing (and eating) with family and loved ones, there's also slowly but surely bringing classic Seniors on a Stick home, taking photos of them and putting those snapshots on-line.
On the eve of the start of Ivy League play, with a month of Friday nights spent at basketball gyms instead of around the dining room table forthcoming, enjoy these posters from the final home game of the 1997-98 season.
Steve Goodrich.
James Mastaglio.
Darren Hite.
Sean Gregory.
Mitch Henderson.
All Seniors on a Stick printed and distributed by The 14 Club.
Lackawanna vs. MCCC - 7:00 pm ET
South Alabama vs. Denver - 9:00 pm ET - FSN Rocky Mountain
There is a great article in the Oregonian (accompanied by the above video) about Princeton's appearance in the 1983 NCAA Tournament, Craig Robinson's last two collegiate games.
The Town Topics ran their story on the Princeton/Concordia game.
Check out a piece on where the Tigers stood heading into the exam break in the latest Princeton Alumni Weekly.
Craig Moore made two free throws with six seconds to play, as Northwestern (11-7) held off Indiana, 77-75.
Georgetown (12-7) lost their fourth straight, 65-57 at Cincinnati. The Hoyas are mired in their longest losing streak since 2004-05.
Atlantic 10 leader St. Joe's was too much for Richmond (12-7) to handle.
Craig Robinson talks about "the tallest point guard in the Pac-10," Roeland Schaftenaar, who has gone from wanting to leave the Beavers to a critical part of their surprising recent success.
Princeton head coach Sydney Johnson and princetonbasketball.com editor Jon Solomon sat down at Jadwin Gym this afternoon to talk about the Concordia game, to discuss activity during the just-concluded exam break and to preview the start of Ivy League play this weekend at Dartmouth and Harvard. This interview is 13:00+ in length.
Interviews with Coach Johnson appear on this site every week during the season.
Georgetown (12-6) was on the losing end of an ugly 65-60 game against Seton Hall. Coach John Thompson III says the Hoyas' decision making in certain circumstances has to change.
Richmond (11-8) won at St. Louis, 70-62. The Spiders are now 3-1 in the Atlantic 10. Chris Mooney says his team wants to be a squad that thrives on the road.
Mercer (9-9) lost 74-60 at CCRI. Josh Caver scored 16 for the Vikings.
Postgame audio - Coach Sydney Johnson, Marcus Schroeder & Patrick Saunders:
Returning to play after their traditional 17 day January break for final exams, Princeton methodically pulled away from Concordia in the final tune-up before the start of Ivy League play. Douglas Davis scored a team high 11 points, all in the first half, as the Tigers won their third straight, 64-44.
Samuel Batista had 15 for the Clippers.
"I think it was obvious from the start that we were just trying to get used to a game environment," said Princeton head coach Sydney Johnson. "I think that's important for us to do that before we go into an obviously pivotal weekend [at Dartmouth and Harvard]"
Concordia scored the game's first five points, but the Tigers countered with a 10-0 run and never trailed the rest of the day.
Today's Game:Concordia (5-13 / 3-5) vs. Princeton (4-8 / 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: This is the first meeting between the two teams. Last meeting: This is the first meeting between the two teams.
Concordia
Princeton
0-3
Home Record
2-4
3-6
Away Record
2-4
2-4
Neutral Record
0-0
N/A
RPI
310
N/A
Sagarin
297
N/A
Pomeroy
267
65.2
Points / Game
58.2
71.8
Points Allowed / Game
60.0
.419
FG%
.413
.655
FT%
.721
.329
3PT FG%
.350
39.6
Rebounds / Game
33.7
12.4
Off. Rebounds / Game
9.7
13.9
Assists / Game
10.8
18.3
Turnovers / Game
14.8
3.8
Blocks / Game
3.1
Batista: 15.5
Points
Davis: 13.8
Batista: 8.6
Rebounds
Buczak: 4.8
Gaskins: 4.6
Assists
Maddox: 1.9
Gaskins: 2.0
Steals
Davis: 1.4
Eason: 1.6
Blocks
Maddox: 1.0
Cunningham: .563
FG% (Min: 10 FGM)
Buczak: .530
Cunningham: .806
FT% (Min: 10 FTM)
Maddox: .826
Batista: .380
3PT FG% (Min: 10 3PTM)
Mavriades: .400
Georgetown vs. Seton Hall - 2:00 pm ET - SNY/MASN
MCCC vs. CCRI - 3:00 pm ET
Richmond vs. St. Louis - 3:00 pm ET
Oregon State (8-10) led wire to wire, winning 72-60 at Stanford. The Beavers swept the Cal/Stanford weekend for the first time in sixteen years.
Denver (8-11) also had an impressive conference win, beating Western Kentucky 78-74. The backdoor layup that iced the game with 13 seconds to go was a thing of beauty.
Mercer (9-8) had six players in double figures and defeated Dean 93-84. We hear that Armond Hill was at the game.
Georgetown plays at the Prudential Center for the first time this afternoon, facing Seton Hall. Coach John Thompson III calls the Hoyas' loss to West Virginia on Thursday "a blip." Today will go a long way to proving if he was right or not.
Princeton recruit Mack Darrow had 19 points in Barrington's loss to Fremd.
Around the Ivy League: Dartmouth (3-13 / 1-1) ended their eight game losing streak, getting past Harvard (9-7 / 1-1) in overtime, 75-66. Cornell (12-6 / 2-0) bested Columbia (5-11 / 0-2) for the second time in as many meetings, 83-72. St. Joe's pulled away from Penn (4-10 / 0-0) down the stretch, 80-68.
After enjoying an incredible late lunch at Blue Sage Grille on Saturday afternoon, I drove seven minutes up the road to Council Rock South High School so I could see Princeton recruit Will Barrett and Central Bucks South play.
This was my first chance to see Barrett in person. Detailed notes about this future Tiger follow after the jump. For features on all six members of Princeton's 2009 recruiting class, including interviews with their high school and AAU coaches, click here.
MCCC vs. Dean - 3:00 pm ET
Northwestern vs. Michigan - 8:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network
Western Kentucky vs. Denver - 9:00 pm ET - FSN Rocky Mountain
Oregon State vs. Stanford - 10:00 pm ET - FSN NW/Bay Area
Columbia vs. Cornell - 4:00 pm ET
St. Joseph's vs. Penn - 7:00 pm ET - CN8
Dartmouth vs. Harvard - 7:00 pm ET
Northwestern plays at Michigan tonight. Bill Carmody was a guest on yesterday's edition of the ESPNU College Basketball podcast.
Oregon State visits Stanford. Andy Katz spoke with Beavers head coach Craig Robinson about his emotional week. While in the Bay Area, Robinson was also profiled by KGO-TV.
princetonbasketball.com was founded on April 28th, 1998 in an attempt to provide fans of the Princeton Tigers and Ivy League basketball with the best on-line source for up-to-date news and information. We have since expanded to launch a companion site, Georgetown Basketball News.
As these sites have continued to grow we have increased our coverage to include additional teams with Princeton connections - the Richmond Spiders, Denver Pioneers, Oregon State Beavers, Fairfield Stags and Mercer County Community College Vikings - plus former Tigers playing professional baseball and basketball all over the world. This site is not directly affiliated with the Friends of Princeton Basketball, Princeton University or the Princeton athletic department.
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
2,503 - B. Bradley, 1962-65
1,625 - I. Hummer, 2009-13
1,550 - D. Davis, 2008-12
1,546 - K. Mueller, 1987-91
1,451 - P. Campbell, 1959-62
1,441 - C. Robinson, 1979-83
1,428 - B. Earl, 1995-99
1,365 - B. Scrabis, 1985-89
1,321 - G. Petrie, 1967-70
1,292 - H. Haabestad, 1952-55
1,277 - G. Lewullis, 1995-99
1,239 - B. Taylor, 1970-72
1,207 - S. Goodrich 1994-98
1,133 - F. Sowinski, 1975-78
1,130 - R. Hielscher, 1991-95
1,122 - C. Thomforde, 1966-69
1,099 - T. Manakas, 1970-73
1,090 - J. Wallace, 2001-05
1,088 - C. Belz, 1956-59
1,079 - B. Hauptfuhrer, 1973-76
1,076 - B. Roma, 1976-79
1,071 - C. Mooney, 1990-94
1,064 - A. Hyland, Jr., 1960-63
1,062 - L. Brangan, 1957-60
1,057 - A. Hill, 1973-76
1,054 - D. Mavraides, 2007-11
1,044 - S. Johnson, 1993-1997
1,031 - J. Hummer, 1967-70
1,010 - W. Venable, 2001-05
