Saturday News:

January 7, 2012 at 10:48 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, Georgetown, MCCC, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Georgetown vs. West Virginia - 12:00 pm ET - ESPN3
MCCC vs. CCRI - 2:00 pm ET
Denver vs. South Alabama - 4:30 pm ET - ESPN3
Richmond vs. Rhode Island - 7:00 pm ET - CBS Sports Network
Stanford vs. Oregon State - 10:00 pm ET - Root Sports

Albright vs. Cornell - 2:00 pm ET
Dartmouth vs. Harvard - 2:00 pm ET

After Harvard's loss to Fordham, Big Apple Buckets re-ran 10,000 simulations of the race for the 2011-12 Ivy League title.

Rush The Court checks in on the eight Ivy teams, two of which open conference play today.

Still looking for more on Princeton recruit Edo Lawrence, I came across this Flickr series from a recent Canterbury game against Kent. Lawrence is wearing #33 in these pictures.

Siena surprised Fairfield (8-7) in Albany, 73-60. “I don’t know if they can play better given the situation they’re in," said Stags head coach Sydney Johnson of the Saints' performance.

Top-ranked Monroe beat Mercer (3-13) by an 81-47 final. Brandin Youngblood was one of three Vikings in double figures.

Having already won in several hostile settings this season, Georgetown travels to West Virginia.

Denver remains on the road at South Alabama.

Rhode Island pays host to Richmond.

Looking for a home sweep of the Bay Area's Pac-12 teams, Oregon State hosts Stanford.

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Coach Mitch Henderson - 1/6/12.

January 6, 2012 at 2:08 pm
Filed under Basketball, Coach Henderson Interview, Princeton

With the women's team practicing on the center court and the men prepping to do the same, Tigers head coach Mitch Henderson and princetonbasketball.com editor Jon Solomon met at Jadwin Gym this afternoon to tape their first conversation of 2012.

Henderson and Solomon reviewed Princeton's holiday season trips to Siena, Florida State and Florida A&M in detail and then previewed a brief return home against The College Of New Jersey to conclude non-conference play. Henderson also updated Will Barrett's status and assessed where his team stands at the halfway point of 2011-12.

This exclusive Q&A is 13:00+ in length.

If you have questions for future interviews, please feel free to send them here.

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Friday News:

January 6, 2012 at 9:08 am
Filed under Basketball, Chris Young, Denver, Fairfield, Georgetown, Oregon State, Princeton, Today's News

MCCC vs. Monroe - 5:00 pm ET
Fairfield vs. Siena - 7:00 pm ET - SNY

Mets GM Sandy Alderson spoke with Chris Young over the holidays. Young could re-sign with New York under the right circumstances.

Grantland has a long piece on Georgetown up. It's got nothing on this transcript of an interview with former Hoya Roy Hibbert, though.

There have been plenty of updates on 2012 Princeton recruits Hans Brase and Michael Washington, Jr. but little on 7'2" center Edo Lawrence. I did some digging yesterday and the best I could find was this report on a game from mid-December.

Denver (12-3) prevailed 53-50 at Arkansas State.

Cracking 90 points for the seventh time this season, Oregon State (11-4) defeated Cal in Corvallis.

Fairfield visits Siena tonight.

Big Apple Buckets' first power poll of 2012 is out. Princeton moves up one spot in the rankings. For the record, I had Wagner in first and the Tigers sixth overall.

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Halfway.

January 5, 2012 at 12:08 pm
Filed under Basketball, Princeton

With a 16 point win at Florida A&M, Princeton hit the halfway point of the 2011-12 schedule.

What do you make of the 8-7 Tigers so far?

Where do you think they're headed the final 15 games of the season?

Predictions? Observations? Surprises? Expectations?

Discuss in the comments below.

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Thursday News:

January 5, 2012 at 9:48 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Pete Carril, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Denver vs. Arkansas State - 8:00 pm ET
Cal vs. Oregon State - 10:00 pm ET

Down by 17 with 13:13 left to play, Georgetown (13-1) staged an improbable rally that was capped off by a Hollis Thompson three pointer in the final 30 seconds. Hoya Hoops has the postgame audio and Hoya Prospectus crunches the numbers from a 73-70 victory.

Drew Crawford's potential game-winning layup was blocked at the buzzer as Northwestern (11-4) fell at home to Illinois, 57-56.

Richmond (9-7) lost their conference opener by five to Charlotte.

Is Princeton finding its stride?

A book on the children of immigrants includes the story of Pete Carril. You can order a copy here.

Princeton recruit Mike Washington, Jr. scored 19 in Oak Harbor's win over Meadowdale.

Playing in front of several of his future teammates, Hans Brase and The Hill School faced the Princeton JV at Jadwin Gym. Anyone go? It sounds like Clay Wilson had a big game for the Tigers.

Denver visits Arkansas State tonight.

Cal heads to Corvallis to face Oregon State.

Around the Ivy League: Columbia (10-5) beat Colgate on the road, 66-59. Penn (7-8) edged Lafayette by five.

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(More) Princeton/FSU highlights.

January 4, 2012 at 12:08 pm
Filed under Basketball, Princeton, Video

A professional highlight package with a Florida State slant produced by the ACC.

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Wednesday News:

January 4, 2012 at 9:58 am
Filed under Basketball, Chris Thomforde, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Pete Carril, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

Marquette vs. Georgetown - 7:00 pm ET - ESPNU
Illinois vs. Northwestern - 7:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network
Richmond vs. Charlotte - 7:30 pm ET

Columbia vs. Colgate - 7:00 pm ET
Penn vs. Lafayette - 7:00 pm ET - LSN

Mercer (3-12) returned from an extended holiday break with a 79-65 win over Manor. The Vikings were led by Andre Wilburn and Brandin Youngblood, who each scored 25 points.

Pete Carril attended the Starters Moravian Winter Classic with Chris Thomforde.

Princeton's return to the NCAA Tournament is fourth on the Princeton Packet list of 2011's special sports moments.

There is a faculty and staff free ticket option for Sunday's game versus TCNJ. Take advantage if you're eligible!

Some Princeton/Siena highlights can be found here.

Georgetown hosts Marquette tonight.

Illinois visits Northwestern.

Richmond opens Atlantic 10 play at Charlotte.

Around the Ivy League: Yale (9-4) controlled the interior in an 82-67 win over Holy Cross. Harvard (12-2) was surprised on the road at Fordham, 60-54. Bucknell remained undefeated versus the Ancient Eight, defeating Dartmouth (3-12) by a 67-59 count. Cornell (4-9) fell on the road to Maryland by eight.

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Princeton blows out Columbia in 2009.

January 3, 2012 at 12:08 pm
Filed under Basketball, Princeton, Video

A handful of Princeton games have been uploaded to YouTube. The second of which I'm highlighting is a victory from three seasons ago over Columbia.

There was no letdown one day after a 61-41 win over Cornell. Princeton held Columbia without a field goal the opening 9:05 and dispatched the Lions 63-35.

The full game is broken down after the jump. If you missed last week's post of the aforementioned triumph over the Big Red, it can be found here.

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Tuesday News:

January 3, 2012 at 9:38 am
Filed under Basketball, Fairfield, Georgetown, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Manor vs. MCCC - 7:00 pm ET

Holy Cross vs. Yale - 7:00 pm ET
Harvard vs. Fordham - 7:00 pm ET
Bucknell vs. Dartmouth - 7:00 pm ET
Cornell vs. Maryland - 8:00 pm ET - ESPN3

Georgetown moved up to #9 in both the ESPN/USA Today and AP polls. Harvard is now #21 in former and #22 in the latter.

Despite the best efforts of Princeton recruit Mike Washington, Jr., Oak Harbor went winless at the Bellevue Holiday Tournament.

A new Sit Down With Sydney is available.

Around the Ivy League: Brown (5-10) lost 70-61 to American in Providence. Behind a career high 24 from Meiko Lyles, Columbia (9-5) built as large as a 24 point lead in their 67-52 win over Fairleigh Dickinson.

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Denton Koon - Ivy League Rookie of the Week.

January 2, 2012 at 1:41 pm
Filed under Basketball, Princeton

Coming off a pair of very nice performances down in Tallahassee, Denton Koon has been named Ivy League Rookie of the Week. Koon's stat lines from Princeton's two most recent games:

Min Pts    FG   FT 3FG   Rebs A S B TO PF
 30   7   3-7  1-3 0-0 3-7-10 0 0 0  1  2 75-73 W (3OT) FSU 
 24  13   5-7  3-4 0-0  1-3-4 2 0 1  0  1 76-61 W FAMU 

Koon was a remarkable +45 in the Sunshine State while his team was +17 overall for the trip. His 10 rebounds against Florida State set a career high and his 13 points at Florida A&M matched a career best from earlier in the season against Lafayette.

For the season Koon is shooting 62.3% from the floor.

Ian Hummer also made the latest Honor Roll, with Yale's Greg Mangano the Player of the Week.

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Monday News:

January 2, 2012 at 9:58 am
Filed under Basketball, Fairfield, Northwestern, Photos, Princeton, Today's News

American vs. Brown - 1:00 pm ET
Fairleigh Dickinson vs. Columbia - 7:00 pm ET

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's second straight victory on goprincetontigers.com, in the Tallahassee Democrat, courtesy of the Associated Press and on famuathletics.com.

A strong second half following a lackluster first drove Northwestern (11-3) to a 68-56 win over Penn State.

Playing perhaps their best game of the season to stay unblemished in MAAC play, Fairfield (8-6) defeated Canisius by 18.

Around the Ivy League: Penn (6-8) was dominated inside by Duke, 85-55.

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Princeton 76 Florida A&M 61.

January 1, 2012 at 4:59 pm
Filed under 11-12, Audio, Basketball, Princeton

Postgame audio - Coach Mitch Henderson:

Box Score : HD Box Score

With what had been a double digit lead cut to four after a three point play by Florida A&M’s Amin Stevens more than 12 minutes into the second half, Princeton scored 16 straight to regain control of their first game of 2012.

“Eventually our defense started to help us score and get a little more balance on the offensive end,” said head coach Mitch Henderson.

Winning for the second time in a New Year's Eve-spanning trip to Tallahassee, the Tigers (8-7) moved over .500 for the first time this season as they defeated the Rattlers 76-61.

Four Princeton players hit double figures with Douglas Davis’ 18 leading the way.
Ian Hummer added 15, T.J. Bray connected four times from three point distance on his way to 14 and freshman Denton Koon matched his career high with 13 – all from point blank range.

After falling behind 11-4 to start the day, Princeton pulled even on a Hummer three with 8:57 left and extended an advantage up to 35-23 on Patrick Saunders’ three point shot which hit the front rim and dropped.

Davis passed Sean Jackson for second place on Princeton’s career three point shooting list with his 236th trey, one quarter of a stretch that was a 12-0 run. Davis needs 43 additional triples to overtake assistant coach Brian Earl for most as a Tiger.

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