Last night at Jadwin Gym, the most popular question people asked me that I had no direct control over was "why isn't there a scorecard in the program?"
As someone who always uses the program scorecard to assist with my note-taking during Princeton games, I was unprepared for this change.
Chris Mooney and Richmond start their slate tonight against the visiting Randolph-Macon.
Oregon State (0-1) lost their season-opener at Howard 47-45. The Oregonian has a good piece on both the on-court action and the atmosphere in the gym. There is a longer story on Beavers coach Craig Robinson's visit to DC in today's Washington Post.
Around the Ivy League: Brown (0-1) lost by two at Rhode Island. Columbia (1-0) won on Fordham's floor, 65-62. Cornell (1-0) opened at home with a 79-69 win over South Dakota, Ryan Wittman leading the way with 25 points. Stanford slowly pulled away from Yale (0-1) at a sold out John J. Lee Amphitheater, 75-67.
Caption: Maggie Solomon-Scheller, 5 mos., takes in her first basketball game Friday at Princeton University's home opener at Jadwin Gyn against Central Michigan. Solomon-Scheller's dad writes for princetonbasketball.com
Postgame audio - Coach Sydney Johnson & Doug Davis:
The 40th season of basketball at Jadwin Gym got off to an exciting start on Friday night, as Princeton dropped a 55-53 decision to Central Michigan at the wire.
Like many first games of a campaign across college basketball, the energy level and eagerness was high on both sides, the play heavy on mistakes throughout and the questions moving forward numerous.
What no-one could have expected was Tiger newcomer Doug Davis scoring the most points by a freshman making their debut in Princeton basketball history. The diminutive Davis dropped 25 on 10-21 shooting, connecting four times from the new three point distance and blazing by defenders into the paint. This new benchmark was accompanied by four steals, two assists and six turnovers as Davis played all 40 minutes.
You have to rewind to Bill Bradley's first game in 1962 to find an initial Tiger total that was higher than Davis' dynamic performance. Bradley scored 28 points versus Lafayette during the curtain-raiser of his sophomore season.
Today's Game:Central Michigan (0-0 / 0-0) vs. Princeton (0-0 / 0-0) Location: Jadwin Gym - Princeton, NJ Time: 7:00 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.
CMU
Princeton
8-3
Home Record
6-7
5-12
Away Record
0-13
188
RPI
251
193
Sagarin
284
14
Pomeroy
14
71.2
Points / Game
57.7
72.4
Points Allowed / Game
64.2
.437
FG%
.425
.677
FT%
.709
.344
3PT FG%
.329
33.2
Rebounds / Game
28.1
12.8
Off. Rebounds / Game
8.4
10.2
Assists / Game
11.9
15.8
Turnovers / Game
12.2
2.9
Blocks / Game
2.4
Allen: 7.2
Points
Finley: 10.4
Van: 5.3
Rebounds
Finley: 4.4
Bitzer: 1.4
Assists
Schroeder: 1.9
Bitzer: 1.6
Steals
Schroeder: 1.3
Van: 1.1
Blocks
Finley: 1.0
Van: .522
FG% (Min: 10 FGM)
Briggs: .560
Bitzer: .830
FT% (Min: 10 FTM)
Maddox: .833
Harman: .446
3PT FG% (Min: 10 3PTM)
Lake: .389
Team stats are from last season.
Player stats include returning players only.
Van is suspended for tonight's game. Bitzer is ineligible for tonight's game.
Oregon State vs. Howard - 7:00 pm ET
Brown vs. Rhode Island - 7:00 pm ET
Stanford vs. Yale - 7:00 pm ET
Columbia vs. Fordham - 8:00 pm ET
South Dakota vs. Cornell - 8:30 pm ET
Back in February we posted about the time Princeton grad John Rogers beat Michael Jordan in a game of one-on-one at Jordan's "Flight School" camp in Las Vegas.
I think you'll enjoy watching the video of their game, which finally showed up on-line today.
Good enough to earn Mr. Rogers his own category on the site, and a fine diversion on the eve of the start of Princeton's season!
In preparation for their season-opening Friday game at Howard University, Oregon State practiced at Georgetown's McDonough Memorial Gymnasium. The Oregonian was on the scene.
More early signing period news - Two official commitments for Northwestern and two for Richmond.
The Washington Times previews this year's Georgetown campaign.
Finally, I am excited to announce that I am voter in philly.com's Schuylkill 16 a weekly ranking of Philadelphia-area teams. Should be fun. The first poll is out, just in time for the respective teams' first games.
I believe this clip is from the press conference after Oregon State's second exhibition game. Interesting to hear Robinson talk about how long it took him to feel comfortable with the offense when he was at Princeton.
WNUR talks to Northwestern head coach Bill Carmody.
Area coaches, including Coach Johnson and Coach Levy, are interviewed about the extended three point line their teams will be adjusting to this season.
The Hoya has released their comprehensive Georgetown basketball preview.
Today's "First Coach" article about Craig Robinson is in the Washington Times.
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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
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
