Sunday News:

February 17, 2008 at 11:32 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Northwestern, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Reports about the Brown / Princeton game can be found on goprincetontigers.com, in the Trentonian, courtesy of the Associated Press and at brownbears.com.

Soft Pretzel Logic interviews Brown coach Craig Robinson at The Palestra.

Princeton recruit John Comfort scored 15 points in a Fenwick victory over Bishop McNamara.

Georgetown (20-4) dug a big hole they could not climb out of, falling 77-70 at Syracuse. After the game Hoya head coach John Thompson III questioned his team's toughness on the road.

Northwestern (7-16) was up by two with less than ten minutes to go, but Purdue pulled away for a 71-56 victory.

Denver (11-14) dropped a 53-48 decision at Louisiana-Monroe.

Richmond (13-10) moved into a tie for third place in the Atlantic 10, winning by three at Duquesne.

Around the Ivy League: Cornell (16-5 / 8-0) stayed perfect in league play, defeating Dartmouth (8-14 / 1-7). Penn (9-15 / 4-2) rallied in the second half to surprise Yale (10-12 / 4-4), 78-65. Columbia (12-11 / 5-3) swept its second straight conference weekend with a 73-64 decision over Harvard (6-18 / 1-7).

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Brown pictures.

February 16, 2008 at 11:44 pm
Filed under Basketball, Photos, Princeton

Pictures courtesy of Stephen Goldsmith.

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Brown 65 Princeton 63 (OT).

February 16, 2008 at 11:23 pm
Filed under 07-08, Audio, Basketball, Princeton

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audio - coach sydney johnson & noah savage

A crestfallen Marcus Schroeder put his head in his hands, then pulled his black jersey over his face, turning away from the court and leaning against press row.

An open three point shot by the Princeton sophomore guard to win the game at the end of overtime had skipped off the rim as Brown completed a ten point comeback that began with less than eight minutes to play.

The Bears survived 65-63 on Saturday night to stay two games behind Cornell in the race for the Ivy League title with six games left on the schedule.

"This was a very gusty win for our team," stated Brown head coach and former Princeton star Craig Robinson after the game. "Good teams can win on the road when they don't play well and that's what happened tonight."

It was the same painful story for the Tigers, who lost their fifth in a row as they again could not close out an opponent.

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Saturday News:

February 16, 2008 at 11:32 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Northwestern, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

Today's Game: Brown (13-8 / 5-2) vs. Princeton (5-16 / 2-4)
Location: Jadwin Gym - Princeton, NJ
Time: 7:30 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: wprb.com, goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 91-21.
Last meeting: Brown 64 Princeton 55 - 3/2/07.

Georgetown vs. Syracuse - 12:00 pm ET - ESPN
Purdue vs. Northwestern - 4:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network
Richmond vs. Duquesne - 7:00 pm ET
Denver vs. Louisiana-Monroe - 8:30 pm ET

Yale vs. Penn - 6:00 pm ET - ESPN Classic
Cornell vs. Dartmouth - 7:00 pm ET
Columbia vs. Harvard - 7:00 pm ET

Articles on last night's game between Yale and Princeton can be found on goprincetontigers.com, in the Trentonian, courtesy of the Associated Press and at goyalebulldogs.com.

Georgetown visits Syracuse this afternoon. The Hoyas are 15-3 in games decided by three points or less since John Thompson III became their head coach.

Northwestern hosts Big Ten leader Purdue.

Denver travels to Louisiana-Monroe.

Richmond is in Pittsburgh to face Duquesne.

The New York Times has reporter Pete Thamel embedded with the Cornell men's basketball team this weekend on their road trip to Harvard and Dartmouth. Thamel's frequent blog posts give you a view of life away from home for an Ivy League basketball team that many of us have not seen before.

Princeton alum Sean Gregory wrote a piece in this week's Time Magazine about the Boston Celtics.

Around the Ivy League: Cornell (15-5 / 7-0) scored three times in the final 25 seconds for an amazing 72-71 comeback victory against Harvard (6-17 / 1-6). Brown (13-8 / 5-2) ended the 24 game home conference winning streak that Penn (8-15 / 3-3) had built up, defeating the Quakers 66-61. Columbia (11-11 / 4-3) beat Dartmouth (8-13 / 1-6) in Hanover, 59-50.

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Yale pictures.

February 16, 2008 at 12:12 am
Filed under Basketball, Photos, Princeton

Pictures courtesy of Stephen Goldsmith.

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Yale 67 Princeton 56.

February 15, 2008 at 10:55 pm
Filed under 07-08, Audio, Basketball, Princeton

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audio - coach sydney johnson & kyle koncz

Princeton continues to look for the elusive 40 minute game.

"We've had some games where we're right in the mix and whether it is execution on the defensive end and the offensive end" said Tiger head coach Sydney Johnson following Princeton's 67-56 loss to Yale. "We just haven't seized the moment."

Trailing by five points with seven minutes to go, Yale went on a 12-0 run and the Bulldogs finished Friday night's game with a 22-6 rally. "I don't think it is lack of desire" Johnson observed, trying to explain how his team had let the lead slip away. "We just have fallen short consistently."

"We have lapses" bemused senior co-captain Kyle Koncz stated after the game. "We're making the same mistakes over and over again. We're losing guys in the zone. We're not talking."

Koncz scored 12 points and added a career-best 11 rebounds for Princeton. Center Zach Finley also had 12 of his own in defeat.

Yale's Nick Holmes paced four Bulldogs in double figures with 18 points. Travis Pinick scored 11 and grabbed 11 boards while Ross Morin and Caleb Holmes each had 10.

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Villanova / Georgetown finish.

February 15, 2008 at 11:30 am
Filed under Basketball, Georgetown, Video

Here's split screen video of Rich Chvotkin calling the controversial finish of Monday's game between Georgetown and Villanova.

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Friday News:

February 15, 2008 at 11:24 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Today's Game: Yale (9-11 / 3-3) vs. Princeton (5-15 / 2-3)
Location: Jadwin Gym - Princeton, NJ
Time: 7:30 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: Comcast Sports
Internet: wprb.com, goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 137-78.
Last meeting: Yale 52 Princeton 51 - 3/3/07.

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

Two weekend previews - one in the Daily Princetonian and the other from the Yale Daily News.

The Princeton Packet reviews Princeton's trip to the Palestra.

A guard Princeton showed interest in has verballed to play basketball out west.

Denver (11-13) dropped a 62-48 decision to North Texas at The Super Pit.

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Coach Sydney Johnson - 2/14/08.

February 14, 2008 at 8:16 pm
Filed under Basketball, Coach Johnson Interview, Princeton

Princeton head coach Sydney Johnson and princetonbasketball.com editor Jon Solomon met at Jadwin Gym right before practice on Thursday to review Princeton's trip to New York State and Tuesday's game at Penn. This interview is 11:00+ in length.

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Thursday News:

February 14, 2008 at 10:43 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Northwestern, Princeton, Today's News

Denver vs. North Texas - 8:00 pm ET

There's a very nice article in the Town Topics about the gentleman pictured above and the 100+ consecutive Ivy League contests he's covered.

The Daily Princetonian talks to Craig Robinson in advance of his second visit to Jadwin Gym as head coach of Brown.

Denver travels to North Texas.

Northwestern (7-15) dropped a 65-47 decision to Ohio State.

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Wednesday News:

February 13, 2008 at 10:20 am
Filed under Basketball, Mason Rocca, Northwestern, Princeton, Today's News

Ohio State vs. Northwestern - 9:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network

There's no shortage of Princeton / Penn articles. Let's start with the local links - goprincetontigers.com, the Trenton Times, the Trentonian, the Trentonian Basketball Blog, the Associated Press and the Daily Princetonian.

From parts south - pennathletics.com, the Inquirer, the Daily News and the Chester Local.

The Daily Pennsylvanian has three stories - focusing on the Princeton / Penn rivalry, the Quakers' success at the free throw line and the game's many whistles.

Mason Rocca has turned down an offer from Lottomatica and will stay in Naples.

Northwestern hosts Ohio State in Evanston.

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Penn 70 Princeton 65.

February 12, 2008 at 9:53 pm
Filed under 07-08, Audio, Basketball, Princeton

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audio - coach sydney johnson & zach finley

Five times in the second half of the 217th meeting between Princeton and Penn the Tigers had possession with a shot to take the lead.

Five times the Quakers held on.

The last of these chances came with just nine seconds on the clock and Princeton down 64-63, as an open three point shot by senior co-captain Noah Savage on the left wing was long off the mark.

Following offsetting technical fouls assessed to Zach Finley and Brian Grandieri after the rebound, Remy Cofield made two free throws to boost the Penn advantage to three. As Princeton looked to inbound and pull even for the first time since midway through the first half, Savage was whistled for an intentional technical foul as he elbowed Jack Eggleston beyond midcourt before the ball ever came into play. Savage, now disqualified, headed to the bench with his head down, aware he had cost his team a chance at overtime.

It was one of 52 whistles in a foul-plagued 70-65 struggle between two teams that haven't had much fortune this season.

Kevin Egee's 15 points led four Quakers in double figures. Also breaking out of single digits were Aron Cohen with 14 and the freshman duo of Eggleston and Remy Cofield who both tallied 11.

Zach Finley was one of four Tigers in double figures, scoring 15 points. Kevin Steuerer added 13 while Savage and Lincoln Gunn each contributed 12.

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