Georgetown vs. St. John's - 7:00 pm ET - ESPN+
Richmond vs. Rhode Island - 7:00 pm ET - COX
UTPA vs. Northwestern - 8:00 pm ET - bigtennetwork.com
Georgetown travels to Madison Square Garden tonight to face the Red Storm. We'll be courtside and will have postgame audio up later this evening.
In advance of the St. John's game, the New York Times profiles Hoya Jonathan Wallace and the Washington Post turns its attention to teammate Patrick Ewing Jr.
WZBN has a video package of nearly every interesting play from Princeton's win over Dominican. Can't figure out how to embed this footage on the site, so a link will have to do.
Richmond looks to hand Rhode Island its first home loss of the season.
In Evanston, Northwestern hosts Texas-Pan American in their final non-conference game on the season.
If you missed it on Saturday night, here is video of the final two plays from Georgetown's 58-57 win over West Virginia matched up with Rich Chvotkin's radio call. The Washington Post has more from Chvotkin on what it is like to call a game-winning shot.
73 days passed since the last time Princeton was on the winning end of a basketball game.
The Tigers' longest losing streak in program history came to a close on Sunday afternoon against Division II Dominican College. Princeton finished its annual exam break with a 60-46 victory over the Chargers.
Sophomore guard Lincoln Gunn was the game's high scorer, recording 13 points. Gunn connected from outside the arc three times.
Zach Finley filled up the box score from inside the paint with 12 points, eight rebounds, four blocked shots, four assists and seven turnovers.
Dominican's only player in double figures was Will Carty, who tallied 12.
Today's Game:Dominican (10-8) vs. Princeton (2-12) Location: Jadwin Gym - Princeton, NJ Time: 2:00 pm ET Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB TV: Comcast Internet: wprb.com, goprincetontigers.com Series History: This is the first meeting between the two teams. Last meeting: This is the first meeting between the two teams.
Princeton returns from their exam break this afternoon.
AP Photo/Jeff Gentner
Denver vs. South Alabama - 4:00 pm ET
Northwestern vs. Illinois - 8:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network
The Trenton Times writes about the Tigers' return to the hardwood.
Jessie Sapp's three point shot with six seconds to play gave Georgetown (16-2) a one point lead and Patrick Ewing Jr's blocked shot at the buzzer preserved a 58-57 Hoyas victory.
Richmond (10-8) picked up its first home win over a ranked team since 1990, blowing out #16 Dayton 80-63.
Around the Ivy League: First place Cornell (10-5 / 2-0) swept their season series with Columbia (7-10 / 0-2). The Big Red defeated the Lions 72-64 in New York City. Brown (9-7 / 1-1) evened the score with Yale (7-9 / 1-1), 77-68.
Georgetown vs. West Virginia - 7:00 pm ET - ESPN
Dayton vs. Richmond - 7:00 pm ET
Yale vs. Brown - 3:00 pm ET
Cornell vs. Columbia - 7:00 pm ET - YES
Georgetown and Mid-Season Naismith Award candidate Roy Hibbert have a tough task tonight - winning at West Virginia.
It isn't any easier for Richmond, who hosts #16 Dayton.
Here's more on a California big man that has made an official visit to Princeton. I've had this name on my radar for a few months now. Good to hear the Tigers are still in the mix.
Princeton recruit John Comfort scored 19 for Fenwick in a 65-40 win over St. Laurence.
When I first pitched the idea of a Thursday evening trip to Drew University to see the Vermont Frost Heaves play, my wife’s response was “I was just thinking we don’t go see enough basketball.” So off to northern New Jersey we went after work.
The Jersey Express, who have relocated to Madison this season after two years at Essex County College in Newark, were already down 11-0 by the time we found Baldwin Gymnasium. While I was told in advance to expect a crowd in the single digits, a couple hundred fans were at the game, most to watch the sizable teen dance troupe that performed at halftime.
The prior minor league basketball game Nicole and I had attended was a Brooklyn Kings game a few years previous at LIU. The Kings play in the USBL and the level of quality in that game was pretty low. Lots of bored former St. John’s players trying to beat each other one-on-one.
My expectations for this ABA game were easily exceeded. The Frost Heaves are a well-assembled group of slashing guards, big men with soft hands and players who share the ball effortlessly. Many have interesting background stories about how they ended up in Vermont. There were two names on the roster I recognized from their collegiate days at St. Joe’s - John Bryant and Dwayne Lee. Watching the visitors play for a few minutes, it is easy to understand why they’re 20-3. The Express couldn’t slow Vermont down and while Jersey was able to get the lead down from 25 to 11 in the second quarter, they didn’t have the energy to sustain similar effort for all 48 minutes. The Frost Heaves can go deep into their bench and don't run just for the sake of running. If I was a coach, I would steal a certain diagonal cut into a baseline screen that they used in the first half for my playbook.
Project: Merch.
Dance Innovations did three different numbers as the halftime entertainment, complete with two costume changes and several props. The entire performance ran long. The countdown to the second half stayed frozen on 10:00 until the show was over.
We chose seats behind the only three obvious Frost Heaves fans we could see. According to team president Alex Wolff, these fans have been to every game this season, from Manchester to Halifax.
The 14 Club of the ABA brought their cowbells down from Vermont, ringing them every chance they had. Imagine 800 more cowbells and that’s part of the Frost Heaves’ significant home court advantage.
The officials and the die-hard Frost Heaves fans appeared to know each other, joking during media time outs.
As soon as the final buzzer sounded, the Frost Heaves met at center court to have a brief conversation with their coaching staff. They then headed directly for the three die-hard fans that had made the trip to New Jersey. Signs were handed out to every player, friends were gathered together and a team photo was taken. I ended up being recruited to take pictures for the group, but couldn’t resist snapping one of my own for the site.
Your final. Still looking for a box score, but I’d guess the two teams combined for 25+ made three point shots. Nicole's only request for our trip was that we get to see a four pointer. There was one recorded by the Frost Heaves under the league's unique "3D" rules in the first half, but the buzzer-beating half court jumper by Terrance Green at the end of the third quarter was judged by the officials as having been released with Green's foot on the division line. Too bad.
Two free throws with five seconds left in overtime did in Denver (8-10) at Florida Atlantic, 70-68.
It was a successful trip to New Jersey for Alex Wolff's Vermont Frost Heaves. The 21-3 defending ABA champions raced past the Jersey Express 127-104. More on this game later today.
Chris Young will host a groundbreaking ceremony for a Boys & Girls Club in Carlsbad.
Denver is searching for that elusive road win at Florida Atlantic.
Craig Robinson's success at Brown is profiled in the New York Times.
Around the Ivy League: Dartmouth (8-8) concluded non-conference play with a decisive 86-62 win over Maryland-Eastern Shore. Fran Dunphy picked up his first win over his former team as Temple dusted off Penn (5-12) 80-64 in Big Five play.
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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
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