Monday 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.
Sunday News:
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.
Yale 67 Princeton 59.
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.
Saturday News:
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.
| Yale | Princeton | |
| 7-5 | Home Record | 5-5 |
| 3-10 | Away Record | 0-12 |
| 179 | RPI | 330 |
| 238 | Sagarin | 206 |
| 245 | Pomeroy | 303 |
| 68.8 | Points / Game | 57.1 |
| 70.7 | Points Allowed / Game | 64.0 |
| .452 | FG% | .425 |
| .684 | FT% | .699 |
| .348 | 3PT FG% | .330 |
| 31.5 | Rebounds / Game | 28.0 |
| 9.7 | Off. Rebounds / Game | 8.5 |
| 14.1 | Assists / Game | 12.2 |
| 14.4 | Turnovers / Game | 14.4 |
| 3.6 | Blocks / Game | 2.0 |
| Flato: 12.2 | Points | Finley: 10.3 |
| Morin: 5.6 | Rebounds | Koncz: 4.7 |
| Flato: 2.8 | Assists | Gunn: 3.1 |
| Zampier: 1.8 | Steals | Schroeder: 1.5 |
| Kyle: 1.0 | Blocks | Finley: 1.0 |
| Kyle: .629 | FG% (Min: 10 FGM) | Briggs: .625 |
| C. Holmes: .842 | FT% (Min: 10 FTM) | Koncz: .868 |
| C. Holmes: .396 | 3PT FG% (Min: 10 3PTM) | Savage: .375 |
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.
2008 Recruiting Class.
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.
Brown 64 Princeton 57.
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audio - coach sydney johnson
audio - nick lake
Damon Huffman's three point shot began a 14-0 Brown run that decided the Bears' 64-57 victory over Princeton on Friday night. Trailing 43-38 with 11:57 to play in regulation, Brown scored on four straight possessions to pull away from the Tigers.
Huffman finished with a game-high 18 points, one of four Brown players in double figures.
Senior Noah Savage and sophomore Nick Lake each recorded 16 for Princeton, who lost for the 20th consecutive time away from home.
Friday News:
Today's Game: Princeton (5-19 / 2-7) vs. Brown (15-9 / 7-3)
Location: Pizzitola Sports Center - Providence, RI
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: N/A
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 91-22.
Last meeting: Brown 65 Princeton 63 (OT) - 2/16/08.
| Brown | Princeton | |
| 7-3 | Home Record | 5-5 |
| 8-6 | Away Record | 0-11 |
| 112 | RPI | 330 |
| 144 | Sagarin | 309 |
| 158 | Pomeroy | 303 |
| 68.0 | Points / Game | 57.1 |
| 65.3 | Points Allowed / Game | 64.0 |
| .458 | FG% | .426 |
| .745 | FT% | .697 |
| .395 | 3PT FG% | .332 |
| 30.5 | Rebounds / Game | 27.7 |
| 7.4 | Off. Rebounds / Game | 8.5 |
| 13.7 | Assists / Game | 12.3 |
| 13.5 | Turnovers / Game | 14.3 |
| 2.6 | Blocks / Game | 2.0 |
| McAndrew: 16.9 | Points | Finley: 10.4 |
| Skrelja: 6.5 | Rebounds | Finley: 4.7 |
| Skrelja: 4.1 | Assists | Gunn: 3.0 |
| McAndrew: 1.2 | Steals | Schroeder: 1.5 |
| Mullery: 1.4 | Blocks | Finley: 1.0 |
| Skrelja: .516 | FG% (Min: 10 FGM) | Briggs: .550 |
| McAndrew: .812 | FT% (Min: 10 FTM) | Koncz: .868 |
| Sullivan: .469 | 3PT FG% (Min: 10 3PTM) | Gunn: .365 |
Harvard vs. Columbia - 7:00 pm ET
Dartmouth vs. Cornell - 7:00 pm ET
Penn vs. Yale - 7:00 pm ET - YES
A preview of this weekend's games can be found in the Daily Princetonian.
Bill Carmody's job at Northwestern appears to be secure.
Denver (11-17) dropped its 5th straight, falling 65-55 at UALR. The Pioneers will be the 9th seed in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament.
Coach Sydney Johnson - 2/28/08.
Princeton head coach Sydney Johnson and princetonbasketball.com editor Jon Solomon met at Jadwin Gym on Thursday morning to review Princeton's weekend at Harvard and Dartmouth and to discuss the Tigers' final road trip of the season. This interview is 13:00+ in length.
Thursday News:
Denver vs. UALR - 8:30 pm ET
Will Venable hit a three run home run in the sixth inning of the Padres' intrasquad game.
The story of Princeton alum John Rogers and the time he beat Michael Jordan one-on-one.
Today's Craig Robinson profile comes to you courtesy of the Hartford Courant.
Georgetown (23-4) defeated St. John's 64-52.
Behind Dan Geriot and his career-best 35 points, Richmond (15-11) won 82-71 at St. Bonaventure. The 15 wins are the most for a Spiders team since 2003-04.
Denver visits UALR in Sun Belt play.
Wednesday News:
Richmond vs. St. Bonaventure - 7:00 pm ET
St. John's vs. Georgetown - 9:00 pm ET - ESPNU
Craig Moore hit eight three point shots and Northwestern (8-18) finally grabbed its first Big Ten victory of the season, 62-60 at Michigan.
Austin Freeman and Georgetown host St. John's this evening.
Richmond travels to St. Bonaventure.
6'9" Justin Coughlin has committed to Denver.
The New York Times has a piece on Jeff Orleans' retirement.
Tuesday News:
Northwestern vs. Michigan - 9:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network
Despite playing in just one game last weekend, Kyle Koncz is Princeton's representative in the Ivy Weekly Men's Basketball Awards.
Searching for something completely unrelated, I stumbled upon the New York Daily News article on Princeton's 1996 victory over UCLA in the NCAA tournament.
Northwestern plays in Ann Arbor tonight.
The San Diego Padres have the makings of a pretty good basketball team.
