Northwestern/Penn State highlights.
While I write up today's Fairfield loss at Rider and simultaneously get ready for the Academy Awards (multitasking!), enjoy this package about last night's Northwestern victory in State College.
Sunday News:
North Texas vs. Denver - 3:00 pm ET
Fairfield vs. Rider - 3:30 pm ET - ESPN3
Oregon vs. Oregon State - 7:30 pm ET - FSN
In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's win over Dartmouth on goprincetontigers.com and on dartmouthsports.com.
I enjoyed this Mid-Majority piece about Friday's game called "The Last Stand Of The Tigers."
Phew. John Shurna made two free throws with :02.6 remaining as Northwestern (17-11) ended a decade drought at Penn State with a 67-66 win.
Georgetown (21-6) clamped down on Villanova, never trailing in the 67-46 victory. Hoya Hoops has the postgame press conference and Hoya Prospectus crunches the numbers.
It was Xavier by eight over Richmond (15-15) in Cincinnati.
Sydney Johnson and staff return to Mercer County as Fairfield visits Rider.
Denver concludes their regular season with a home game versus North Texas.
Round two of the Civil War sees Oregon State host Oregon.
Congratulations to the Princeton women on their third straight conference title!
Around the Ivy League: Penn (17-11 / 9-2) stunned Harvard (24-4 / 10-2) by one to move half a game back of the first place Crimson. Brown (8-21 / 2-10) exploded for 14 three pointers in a 94-78 rout over Columbia (14-14 / 3-9). On senior night Yale (19-7 / 9-3) decimated Cornell (11-15 / 6-6), 71-40.
Princeton 85 Dartmouth 61.
Postgame audio - Coach Mitch Henderson, Denton Koon, John Comfort & Ian Hummer:
One night after a tough loss at Harvard, there were no slumped shoulders. There was no letdown.
Instead there was no letting up.
Princeton made 12 of 17 three point shots, converted 65.4% of their chances and got a complete team effort in a dominant tip-to-buzzer 24 point victory over Dartmouth in Hanover.
Leading by one 10:30 into the game, the Tigers scored 19 of the next 21 to take control going up 19 on a feed from Ian Hummer to senior John Comfort.
“It was import for us to come out with a lot of energy and stay focused on today’s game, Comfort said. “I think we did that well.”
Their advantage never dipped lower than 14 and three consecutive second half three point shots, the first by Patrick Saunders and the last two from Mack Darrow extended the already sizable margin to 60-31.
Saunders, likely playing in his home state for the final time, was a perfect 4-4 from three point range and had a team best 14. Support came inside from Hummer (11 points, four assists), Brendan Connolly (11 points, five assists) and Denton Koon with 10 off the bench.
Princeton unselfishly dished out 25 assists via 11 different sets of hands.
“We were really trying to emphasize that. I thought across the board everybody shared the ball nicely,” said Tiger head man Mitch Henderson.
All 14 players in uniform saw the court as Clay Wilson and Brian Fabrizius both recorded their first collegiate baskets.
Freshman John Golden has 21 for the Big Green including a series of impressive throw downs.
YouTube potpourri LXII.
Here's the latest collection of videos from various corners of the Princeton basketball family. Above, Harvard's highlight package out of last night.
Five additional clips after the jump.
Saturday News:
Today's Game: Princeton (15-11 / 6-4) vs. Dartmouth (5-22 / 1-10)
Location: Leede Arena - Hanover, NH
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 141-61.
Last meeting: Princeton 59 Dartmouth 47 - 2/10/12
| Princeton | Dartmouth | |
| 7-2 | Home Record | 4-8 |
| 7-8 | Away Record | 1-12 |
| 1-1 | Neutral Record | 0-2 |
| 93 | RPI | 324 |
| 124 | Sagarin | 296 |
| 108 | Pomeroy | 292 |
| 65.2 | Points / Game | 57.6 |
| 62.1 | Points Allowed / Game | 62.5 |
| .443 | FG% | .396 |
| .664 | FT% | .699 |
| .358 | 3PT FG% | .344 |
| 33.4 | Rebounds / Game | 32.6 |
| 9.1 | Off. Rebounds / Game | 8.9 |
| +0.0 | Rebounding Margin | -0.3 |
| 14.0 | Assists / Game | 9.9 |
| 12.5 | Turnovers / Game | 14.0 |
| 3.7 | Blocks / Game | 2.4 |
| Hummer: 16.4 | Points | Brooks: 9.1 |
| Hummer: 7.3 | Rebounds | Maldunas: 7.3 |
| Bray: 3.8 | Assists | Trotter: 1.8 |
| Bray: 1.6 | Steals | Rufful: 1.0 |
| Hummer: 1.1 | Blocks | Maldunas: 1.3 |
| Koon: .556 | FG% (Min: 10 FGM) | Brooks: .465 |
| Saunders: .826 | FT% (Min: 10 FTM) | Melville: .842 |
| Bray: .443 | 3PT FG% (Min: 10 3PTM) | Griffin: .402 |
Villanova vs. Georgetown - 2:00 pm ET - CBS
Richmond vs. Xavier - 8:00 pm ET - ESPN2
Northwestern vs. Penn State - 9:00 pm ET - ESPNU
Columbia vs. Brown - 6:00 pm ET
Penn vs. Harvard - 7:00 pm ET - ESPN3
Cornell vs. Yale - 7:00 pm ET
In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's loss at Harvard on goprincetontigers.com, on Ivy Hoops Online, in the Harvard Crimson, in the Boston Herald, in the New York Times, on WEEI and on gocrimson.com.
Fairfield (17-12) lost a close decision at MAAC regular season champion Iona and saw guard Derek Needham go down with a left foot injury. The severity is as yet unknown.
This afternoon Georgetown hosts Villanova. The Hoyas are playing for stronger postseason seeding.
All Star center Roy Hibbert has undergone a journey from "project to masterpiece."
Xavier hosts Richmond.
The voice of Pete Carril still matters to Chris Mooney.
Northwestern plays at Penn State.
Oregon State head coach Craig Robinson joined 750 AM The Game.
Around the Ivy League: Zack Rosen scored his team's last 16 points as Penn (16-11 / 8-2) held off Dartmouth (5-22 / 1-10) by three. Cornell (11-14 / 6-4) won 69-63 at Brown (7-21 / 1-10). Yale (18-7 / 8-3) knocked off Columbia (14-13 / 3-8), 75-67.
Harvard 67 Princeton 64.
Postgame audio - Coach Mitch Henderson:
Postgame audio - Patrick Saunders & Ian Hummer:
The nation’s second-longest home winning streak lives on, but barely.
After desperately chasing Princeton since nearly the midway point of the first half, Harvard turned up the pressure and finally passed the Tigers for good during a 6:15 stretch well into the back stanza wherein the orange and black went scoreless.
The Crimson were only able to extend their slim lead to 59-55 on a Brandyn Curry shot that lipped in and were able to hold off every last Princeton push for their 28th consecutive victory in Lavietes Pavilion.
“I was really proud of our guys,” said head coach Mitch Henderson after a defeat that all-but-officially snuffs the Tigers’ hope for a portion of the Ivy title. “I thought the game could have gone a number of different ways.”
A pair of Kyle Casey free throws provided his team with a three point advantage as :34 remained. Princeton went for a quick two but Ian Hummer could not convert over Casey inside and Oliver McNally’s four free throws were enough to offset a T.J. Bray three pointer.
Hummer and Douglas Davis led the way for Princeton with 14 apiece but three of Davis’ total came on a harmless 35′ jumper to halve the Tigers’ deficit at the buzzer. Patrick Saunders scored all 12 of his tallies in the first half on three straight three point shots and a three point play as Princeton turned a 9-1 hole into as wide as a 10 point lead before Harvard closed the half on a 9-0 run.
Casey’s 20 championed Harvard, one of three Crimson starters in double digits.
Friday News:
Today's Game: Princeton (15-10 / 6-3) vs. Harvard (23-3 / 9-1)
Location: Lavietes Pavilion - Alston, MA
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 128-39.
Last meeting: Princeton 70 Harvard 62 - 2/11/12
| Princeton | Harvard | |
| 7-2 | Home Record | 10-0 |
| 7-7 | Away Record | 10-3 |
| 1-1 | Neutral Record | 3-0 |
| 98 | RPI | 38 |
| 127 | Sagarin | 40 |
| 115 | Pomeroy | 33 |
| 65.2 | Points / Game | 65.3 |
| 61.9 | Points Allowed / Game | 53.6 |
| .443 | FG% | .463 |
| .666 | FT% | .743 |
| .355 | 3PT FG% | .388 |
| 33.5 | Rebounds / Game | 33.2 |
| 9.2 | Off. Rebounds / Game | 8.8 |
| -0.1 | Rebounding Margin | +4.7 |
| 14.0 | Assists / Game | 12.6 |
| 12.4 | Turnovers / Game | 12.1 |
| 3.7 | Blocks / Game | 4.8 |
| Hummer: 16.5 | Points | Casey: 10.7 |
| Hummer: 7.5 | Rebounds | Wright: 8.2 |
| Bray: 3.8 | Assists | Curry: 5.0 |
| Bray: 1.6 | Steals | Curry: 1.5 |
| Hummer: 1.1 | Blocks | Wright: 1.6 |
| Koon: .552 | FG% (Min: 10 FGM) | Wright: .598 |
| Saunders: .818 | FT% (Min: 10 FTM) | McNally: .887 |
| Bray: .447 | 3PT FG% (Min: 10 3PTM) | Miller: .481 |
Fairfield vs. Iona - 9:00 pm ET - ESPNU
Cornell vs. Brown - 7:00 pm ET
Columbia vs. Yale - 7:00 pm ET - YES
Penn vs. Dartmouth - 7:00 pm ET
Made it to Boston. Today's news has been updated with the promised articles. I've also heard from a few people with extra tickets for this evening's tilt if anyone is interested. - JS
Ivy Hoops Online, the Daily Princetonian, the Harvard Crimson, WEEI and the Boston Globe preview tonight's game.
The Crimson also did a Q&A with Kevin from the Princetonian.
Here is a Princeton Alumni Weekly opinion piece on Princeton's offense.
The Tigers placed 11th in the final Big Apple Buckets power poll of the regular season. I had the orange and black seventh on my ballot, behind Yale and ahead of Rutgers.
A game behind the Gaels in the conference standings, Fairfield plays at Iona tonight.
Reviewing 11 years of Princeton at Harvard.
If you're new to the site, you might have missed an epic 11,000+ word piece from nearly a year ago entitled Lavietes Pavilion: Where anything could happen, will happen and probably already has happened.
This chronological game-by-game review of 10 consecutive trips by the Tigers to Allston includes detailed recaps, photos and videos from a frequently bonkers road series.
Add on top of that a writeup and photos from last year's 79-67 Princeton loss and you have a decade+ of historical information to read/watch/listen to between now and Friday's game.
It is one of the biggest (and best) things we've ever assembled and worthy of renewed attention on the eve of another Princeton/Harvard tilt.
Know! Your! Foe! - Harvard & Dartmouth updates.
Hot on the heels of last week's Columbia and Cornell updates in our Know! Your! Foe! series we're back with Q&As about this weekend's opponents.
After the jump you'll find wise words from Michael James of 14-Game Tournament and Bruce Wood from Big Green Alert.
Both do a superb job updating the play of opposition Princeton initially faced less than two weeks ago.
If you want to read their original takes on these teams, please check out these Harvard and Dartmouth K!Y!F! posts.
Additionally, if you cover a team the Tigers will face down the line, let us know. It would be great to talk with you.
Thursday News:
With Pete Carril watching, Richmond (15-14) won at St. Joe's, 52-49.
Current Princeton players talk about the NBA success of Jeremy Lin.
Steve Goodrich to Gabe Lewullis versus UCLA is one of three moments involving Tiger teams that shows up on a list of the 100 Greatest Plays in College Basketball History.
Friday and Saturday make up the final home weekend of the season for Harvard.
