Dartmouth 45 Princeton 44.
box score : audio - coach joe scott & noah savage
Harvard pictures.
Pictures courtesy of Stephen Goldsmith.
Marcus Schroeder.
Lincoln Gunn: 50 minutes, 22 points, 5 assists, 4 rebounds, 0 turnovers.
Justin Conway seals the game with a breakaway layup.
Coach Joe Scott - 2/8/07.
Princeton head coach Joe Scott and princetonbasketball.com editor Jon Solomon taped their weekly interview today at Jadwin Gym. In the latest discussion the two reviewed the Tigers' losses at Yale and Brown and looked ahead to Princeton's return home facing Harvard and Dartmouth.
Some of the topics discussed include:
-The effort, the execution and the missed opportunities on Friday against Yale.
-The discipline that is required to take Kyle Koncz out and give him rest after he makes three consecutive three pointers.
-The 63-48 loss to Brown and why Saturday nights have been different than Friday nights for Princeton.
-What has been “unmasked” with Kyle Koncz out hurt.
-Justin Conway’s recent offensive struggles and what he needs to do to get back on track.
-The fact that Princeton has recently shown an inability to put the ball in the basket. How does the coaching staff try and solve a problem like this one?
-How the psyche of the Princeton coaching staff has been effected by recent results.
-Preparing for Harvard and Dartmouth, who are both different teams than they were earlier this season.
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Georgetown 72 St. John's 48.
box score : audio - coach john thompson, jonathan wallace & jeff green
Took the elevator into Madison Square Garden with Lou Carnesecca. I was surprised by how exciting I found this to be, but I was equally sorry I did not get a chance to ask him about the time he faced off against Coach Bressler in a postseason all-star game.
Coach Joe Scott - 2/1/07.
After a week off over Princeton's exam break, head coach Joe Scott and princetonbasketball.com editor Jon Solomon resumed their interview series. In the latest conversation the two look at Princeton's loss to Seton Hall following a sixteen day hiatus and preview this weekend's important matchups at Yale and at Brown.
Some of the topics discussed include:
-Coach Scott’s view of the Seton Hall game.
-Replacing Kyle Koncz’s personality on the floor.
-If in retrospect the players had grown to rely on Koncz more than Coach Scott realized.
-Whether Coach Scott is concerned about his team’s psyche following the Cornell and Seton Hall games.
-Attempting to explain why Princeton fell apart so suddenly the last two times they’ve played.
-Noah Savage’s performance versus Seton Hall and if Coach Scott got the “good four minutes” he had been looking for from Savage.
-If Kyle Koncz will play this weekend.
-The importance of the Yale game as a linchpin that could define the rest of this season.
-Craig Robinson’s job at Brown and how what he is running is similar and is different from what Princeton is doing.
-The type of defense Princeton expects to see this weekend.
-The final step the Tigers need to take to deal with backcourt pressure.
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Seton Hall pictures.
Pictures courtesy Bill Allen '79 - NJ Sport/Action.
Tigers win the tip.
Marcus Schroeder scoop shot.
Noah Savage.
Justin Conway tied up.
Georgetown 74 Seton Hall 58.
box score : audio - coach john thompson
audio - jonathan wallace
Thirteen observations from The Meadowlands:
1. Coach Carril wearing a Georgetown baseball cap is something that takes getting used to. Tried to sneak a picture of this, took a photo of my lap instead.
2. I don't think I've ever seen one Big East team outrebound another 39-11. DaJuan Summers had one fewer board than the entire Seton Hall team.
3. Jeff Green's one-handed fast break alley-oop dunk was so sick most of northern New Jersey should be under quarantine.
4. Is there another Division I basketball coach who makes their entrance to the floor slapping hands with eager undergraduates before running directly into the center of the student section, screaming? I'm thinking Seton Hall coach Bobby Gonzalez is alone in this regard. Thankfully.
5. Should officials review a shot at the halftime buzzer and confirm that the ball was still in the shooter's hand after time ran out, it does not give you the luxury to keep yelling "THAT WAS A BAD CALL!!," especially if you're sitting across the aisle from me.
6. If every halftime is going to feature a karate demonstration *and* a basketball scrimmage between PAL squads from Trenton and Newark, the length of this break needs to be doubled, perhaps tripled.
7. At one point Trenton PAL has all ten of their players on the court, while Newark had but five. Somewhere, David Klatsky just got a chill.
8. Wondering what it would have been like for the Ivy League had Jonathan Wallace gone to Princeton like he originally planned is something I probably shouldn't do any more of.
9. When Wallace tugs on his jersey and motions to the bench midway through the second half to say "take me out, I'm tired" he also means "I will rest for fifty seconds then score 12 points in the last ten minutes of play."
10. If your student section is being out-cheered by a busload of Georgetown fans at the top of the arena, silence and two middle fingers in their direction is not the appropriate response, especially when it is the option simultaneously chosen by a good number of people.
11. The theme from Star Wars mixed with "jock jam" techno is not the best player introduction music a team could have, yet I'm strangely curious about trying to remember the name of the second song in this ersatz mash-up.
12. Georgetown spent Tuesday night having pizza at Conte's in Princeton. This = awesome.
13. I hope on the 29th I park on the right side of the arena. Brrrrrrrrrrrr.
Coach Joe Scott - 1/18/07.
princetonbasketball.com editor Jon Solomon and men's basketball coach Joe Scott recorded a candid and revealing interview this week at Jadwin Gym, reviewing Princeton's 0-2 trip to New York State and discussing the exam break plans for the Tigers as they prepare for Seton Hall and the rest of the Ivy schedule.
Some of the topics discussed include:
-The Ivy League opener versus Columbia and the difference between the first ten minutes and the last thirty minutes.
-The area where Princeton is now looking to make their greatest improvement.
-How Coach Scott could have prepared the team differently before last weekend and what he thinks he should have done in retrospect.
-The loss to Cornell and the “indecision” several Princeton players showed for the first time in this game.
-What the loss of Kyle Koncz means to this team.
-What the Cornell game showed the coaches about Zach Finley.
-Why Finley is positioned where he is on defense.
-A passing reference to a player that the coaches may find some minutes for this year.
-What specifically about Cornell’s zone caused Princeton problems.
-If Coach Scott has any memories of the 1983-84 season, the last time Princeton started 0-2 in Ivy play, and if he uses any of this for inspiration.
-The schedule over the exam break, both individually and as a team.
-If Princeton looks beyond Seton Hall as they prepare to play at Yale and Brown.
-What is expected of Noah Savage with Koncz out.
-Updates on the health of both Koncz and Savage.
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