Recaps of the first two Harvard/Princeton games.

March 10, 2011 at 10:34 pm
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Princeton/Harvard III: The Greatest Challenge opens this Saturday afternoon exclusively in New Haven. For the ease of new site members and to put all the information you require on the teams' first two meetings in a central location, here are links to our exclusive game articles, interviews, HD box scores and photo essays for each contest.

February 4, 2011
Jadwin Gym - Princeton, NJ
Ful recap: Princeton 65 Harvard 61

HD Box Score : Photos

Postgame audio - Coach Sydney Johnson, Dan Mavraides, Kareem Maddox & Ian Hummer:

"Since I've been here, all I've ever wanted for these guys is to have the type of experience that I had [as a player] and we're getting close." - Princeton head coach Sydney Johnson

Playing in front of a high volume (both definitions) undergraduate throng decked out in orange and black, Princeton took a significant step closer to how things were when Johnson roamed the hardwood instead of the sidelines, defeating Harvard 65-61 in a meeting between two of the Ivy League’s three unbeatens.

Ian Hummer’s two free throws with :04.8 left in the second half gave the Tigers a two possession lead and snuffed the final embers of a Crimson rally.

A frustrated Hummer was forced to sit the last 14:03 of the opening stanza, picking up his second personal foul after connecting with Christian Webster attempting a three pointer on the perimeter. Three free throws sent the Tigers in their first double digit hole since behind 24-13 in November against Bucknell.

Princeton battled from down 11. When Laurent Rivard foolishly fouled Douglas Davis on a running three point try in transition with less than a second before halftime, Davis canned all three tries and the Tigers were within one.

It was the first leg of a 19-2 Princeton push that saw the home team score the initial nine of the second half to take their first lead and open up as large as an 11 point advantage.

Hummer scored 15 of his 17 in the second half, one of three Tigers in double digits. Kareem Maddox was also strong inside, scoring 14 and blocking a career best five shots. Dan Mavraides struggled with his shot, 1-9 inside the arc but 7-8 at the free throw line for 15. Mavraides’ six assists set a career high.

Keith Wright’s 16 points and 11 rebounds paced the Crimson.

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March 5, 2011
Lavietes Pavilion - Cambridge, MA
Full recap: Harvard 79 Princeton 67

HD Box Score : Photos

Postgame audio - Coach Sydney Johnson, Kareem Maddox & Dan Mavraides:

Security moved the fancy black chairs with red school crests on the back away from in front of the Harvard student section in the final minute on Saturday night, then at the horn the Crimson fans raced to center court leaping up and down.

400 strong, hopping and jumping and cheering following the home team's 79-67 victory over Princeton.

The Tigers shook hands with their counterparts from Harvard, frustrated they were unable to clinch the 2010-11 Ivy League title outright and fully aware that to advance to the NCAA Tournament they would now have to win on Tuesday at the Palestra versus Penn and again on a neutral site in a third match with the Crimson.

Instead of walking away with their backs to the jubilation up the narrow staircase leading to the visiting locker room, Tiger head coach Sydney Johnson had his team remain on the bench as spectators filed out of Lavietes Pavilion past them.

There they sat in silence.

Watching Harvard. Watching their fans.

Nearly five minutes passed.

"I think it is important to understand what's at stake," Johnson said. "I think it is important to see other people celebrate. You want to be that team."

Eventually the Princeton players and staff stood as one and traipsed away from the festivities they had hoped to be a part of.

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Looking for extra playoff tickets.

March 10, 2011 at 9:30 am
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When Princeton traveled to Harvard last weekend, ticket brokers were listing the scant unsold seats in Lavietes Pavilion for around $250 each! Despite the limited availabilities for a sold out game in a tiny gym, I was able to find tickets for each and every site subscriber who contacted me back-channel.

Now I'm asking you to return the favor.

I've already received emails from some great people and stellar Tiger fans who got shut out for Saturday afternoon's playoff.

If you have extra tickets, please contact me ASAP and I'll make sure they get matched up with a deserving recipient.

Jon Solomon
princetonbasketball.com

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Thursday News:

March 10, 2011 at 9:19 am
Filed under Audio, Basketball, Brian Earl, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting

Thursday, March 10th
(9) Minnesota vs. (8) Northwestern - 2:30 pm ET - ESPN2
Big 10 Tournament

(9) Oregon State vs. (1) Arizona - 5:40 pm ET - FSN
Pac-10 Tournament

Friday, March 11th
(6) Rhode Island / (11) St. Louis winner vs. (3) Richmond - 9:00 pm ET - CSN+
Atlantic 10 Tournament

Saturday, March 12th
Princeton vs. Harvard - 4:00 pm ET - ESPN3.com

The Associated Press starts the inevitable parade of articles about Princeton and Harvard.

William Rhoden has a piece on the Tigers and the Crimson in the New York Times.

The Dagger writes about how a "modernized" Princeton reached this one game playoff.

The Crimson and the Boston Globe discuss Saturday's rematch.

"On to New Haven" declare both TigerBlog and Princeton Alumni Weekly.

Bullet points on Tuesday's game are in the Daily Pennsylvanian.

The Mid-Majority collects their in-game Twitter posts in a central location.

The Liberty Tribune writes about the end of the season for Princeton recruit Denton Koon and the Blue Jays.

Your first on the record, official Princeton/Harvard prediction comes from congressman Rush Holt.

Looks like there will be a viewing party on Saturday at the Frist Campus Center.

Georgetown (21-10) dropped their fourth straight, 79-62 versus UConn. The Hoyas have yet to win with Chris Wright out of the lineup.

Postgame audio - Coach John Thompson III, Austin Freeman & Jason Clark:

Postgame audio - Coach John Thompson III:

Thanks to Jonathan Tannenwald of Soft Pretzel Logic for these recordings.

Oregon State (11-19) held on for a 69-67 win versus Stanford and advances to play top seed Arizona in the Pac-10 Tournament.

A game Brian Earl played in is one of the Star Ledger's Top 10 in New Jersey high school basketball history.

Northwestern and Minnesota tussle in the Big 10 Tournament. The Wildcats will likely be without a couple key players this afternoon.

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2010-11 All-Ivy Men's Basketball.

March 9, 2011 at 6:28 pm
Filed under All-Ivy, Basketball, Princeton

The Ivy League announced its 2010-11 All-Ivy team moments ago. Princeton's Kareem Maddox (above) was named Defensive Player of the Year and unanimous First Team All-Ivy. Maddox is the Tigers' first All-Ivy first team selection since Scott Greenman's senior year of 2006.

Dan Mavraides and Ian Hummer were named Second Team All-Ivy.

Keith Wright of Harvard is the Player of the Year. Brown's Sean McGonagill is Rookie of the Year.

2010-11 All-Ivy Men's Basketball

First Team
Noruwa Agho, Columbia (Jr., G, New City, N.Y.)
*Keith Wright, Harvard (Jr., F, Suffolk, Va.)
Zack Rosen, Penn (Jr., G, Colonia, N.J.)
*Kareem Maddox, Princeton (Sr., F, Oak Park, Calif.)
*Greg Mangano, Yale (Jr., C, Orange, Conn.)

* unanimous selection

Second Team
Chris Wroblewski, Cornell (Jr., G, Highland Park, Ill.)
Kyle Casey, Harvard (So., F, Medway, Mass.)
Brandyn Curry, Harvard (So., G, Huntersville, N.C.)
Ian Hummer, Princeton (So., F, Vienna, Va.)
Dan Mavraides, Princeton (Sr., G, San Mateo, Calif.)

Honorable Mention
Tucker Halpern, Brown (So., F, Brookline, Mass.)
Brian Barbour, Columbia (So., G, Alamo, Calif.)
Christian Webster, Harvard (So., G, Washington, D.C.)
Jack Eggleston, Penn (Sr., F, Noblesville, Ind.)

Player of the Year
Keith Wright, Harvard (Jr., F, Suffolk, Va.)

Rookie of the Year
*Sean McGonagill, Brown (Fr., G, Brookfield, Ill.)

Defensive Player of the Year
Kareem Maddox, Princeton (Sr., F, Oak Park, Calif.)

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Playoff sold out!

March 9, 2011 at 1:58 pm
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That didn't take long. Both Harvard and Princeton have already sold their full allotments of tickets for Saturday's playoff game in New Haven.

Each school does have a small number of spots still obtainable for students with ID.

No tickets will be available at/via Yale.

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Hummer and Maddox recognized by the NABC.

March 9, 2011 at 8:39 am
Filed under Basketball, Princeton

The National Association of Basketball Coaches has announced their 2011 Division I All-District Teams.

Princeton sophomore forward Ian Hummer was named First Team District 13 and teammate Kareem Maddox is Second Team District 13.

Both are now eligible for the State Farm Coaches’ Division I All- America team.

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Wednesday News:

March 9, 2011 at 8:38 am
Filed under Basketball, Georgetown, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Wednesday, March 9th
(9) UConn vs. (8) Georgetown - 12:00 pm ET - ESPN
Big East Tournament

(9) Oregon State vs. (8) Stanford - 9:00 pm ET - FSN
Pac-10 Tournament

Thursday, March 10th
(9) Minnesota vs. (8) Northwestern - 2:30 pm ET - ESPN2
Big 10 Tournament

Friday, March 11th
(6) Rhode Island / (11) St. Louis winner vs. (3) Richmond - 9:00 pm ET - CSN+
Atlantic 10 Tournament

Saturday, March 12th
Princeton vs. Harvard - 4:00 pm ET - ESPN3.com

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's fifth straight win over Penn on goprincetontigers.com, in the Trenton Times, in the Daily Princetonian, in the Star Ledger, in the Philadelphia Inquirer, in the Daily News, on CSN Philly and on pennathletics.com.

ESPN's Dana O'Neil talked to Kareem Maddox (video) after the victory.

You can watch a full rebroadcast of the game here.

Princeton recruit Denton Koon was named First Team 2010-2011 Suburban Big 6 All-Conference.

The Princeton Packet has an article on the Tigers' loss at Harvard.

Chris Wright will return, but not for the Big East Tournament. Georgetown plays UConn at noon.

Oregon State faces Stanford in the Pac-10 Tournament.

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Penn pictures.

March 9, 2011 at 1:34 am
Filed under Basketball, Photos, Princeton, Stephen Goldsmith

Photos from today's game courtesy Stephen Goldsmith.

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Two videos: Final seconds & postgame celebration.

March 9, 2011 at 12:25 am
Filed under Basketball, Princeton, Video

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To give those who couldn't make it tonight a better feel of what happened at the Palestra as time ran out, here's a video shot on the baseline of the final seconds. A second video of Princeton's celebration with the Tiger fans in the stands can be found after the jump.

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Princeton 70 Penn 58.

March 8, 2011 at 10:30 pm
Filed under 10-11, Audio, Basketball, Princeton

Box Score : HD Box Score

Postgame audio - Coach Sydney Johnson, Kareem Maddox & Dan Mavraides:

Postgame audio - Ian Hummer:

Postgame audio - Dan Mavraides:

Every day from the time he was hired on April 23rd, 2007 Princeton head coach Sydney Johnson has shown up for work and seen it.

It hangs high above the floor of center court at Jadwin Gym, furthest to the right of the five identical orange and black banners.

The other four rectangles are bloated with 24 different white-stitched years.

It is stark by comparison.

To the right of those numbers, there has remained a void of empty black space longing to be filled.

With the Tigers' 70-58 win at Penn to close the 2010-11 regular season, the gonfalone will finally be altered. Princeton erased an early eight point second half deficit and outscored Penn 36-15 over a 13 minute stretch to secure a share of the Ivy League title.

Now the Tigers will play Harvard on Saturday afternoon at Yale to decide which school represents the conference in the NCAA Tournament.

"I've dreamed about this moment for a long time, since the day I arrived at Princeton," Johnson said from the cramped Palestra media room. "That was my goal for our players. I wanted them to have the experience I had."

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YouTube potpourri XXVIII.

March 8, 2011 at 9:08 am
Filed under Basketball, Craig Robinson, Oregon State, Princeton, Richmond, Video

The latest collection of videos from various corners of the Princeton basketball family. Above, Tony Kornheiser and Michael Wilbon discuss the end of Princeton/Harvard on Pardon The Interruption. More clips, interviews and footage after the jump.

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Tuesday News:

March 8, 2011 at 8:38 am
Filed under Basketball, Princeton

Today's Game: Princeton (23-6 / 11-2) vs. Penn (13-14 / 7-6)
Location: The Palestra - Philadelphia, PA
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: ESPN3.com
Series History: Penn leads 122-101.
Last meeting: Princeton 62 Penn 59 (OT) - 3/8/11.

If there are previews of today's game anywhere, I couldn't find'm.

Princeton Alumni Weekly reports on the Tigers' loss at Harvard.

25 points at Lavietes Pavilion propelled Dan Mavraides to the Honor Roll of the penultimate Ivy League Men's Basketball Weekly Release.

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