As first confirmed by Jonathan Tannenwald of Philly.com, should Princeton win tomorrow night at Penn a one game playoff between the Tigers and the Harvard Crimson to decide the Ivy League's NCAA Tournament bid would be held at Yale's Payne Whitney Gym on Saturday, March 12th at 4:00 pm ET.
If this game is necessary, it will be broadcast on ESPN3.
Expect ticket details on Wednesday.
This would explain why Tuesday's television broadcast was listed as "TBA" on the Penn athletics web site earlier this morning...
Like they did on Saturday, ESPN3 (formerly ESPN360.com) will stream tomorrow evening's Princeton game at Penn for free. Tipoff is at 7:00 pm ET.
ESPN3 is available gratis via most cable providers, including Comcast, Verizon and Time Warner. It is free on all college campuses and military bases.
You can also access ESPN3 on Xbox Live in the USA. It will work on all browsers and with all operating systems.
A full list of providers can be found here.
When his three point shot deep on the right wing 2:40 in to Saturday night's game at Harvard slipped through the netting, senior guard Dan Mavraides became the 28th Princeton player to join the Tigers' list of 1,000 point career scorers.
Mavraides also has 160 career three point shots, good for sixth in program history.
Here's the updated list of 1K Tigers and the top ten at Princeton for three point field goals made.
Here's your lineup for the week ahead. I'll update this schedule daily.
Tuesday, March 8th
Princeton vs. Penn - 7:00 pm ET
Wednesday, March 9th
(9) UConn / (16) DePaul winner 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
This morning's articles about the weekend's games include pieces from the Dartmouth, the Boston Herald and the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Will Venable (video) talks about the progress he's made this spring.
The latest collection of videos from various corners of the Princeton basketball family. Above, ESPN's postgame package at Lavietes Pavilion. More clips, interviews and footage after the jump.
In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's defeat at the hands of Harvard on goprincetontigers.com, in the Trentonian, in the Star Ledger, in the Daily Princetonian, in the New York Times, in the Boston Globe, in the Crimson, on ESPN Boston and on gocrimson.com.
Bob Ryan of the Boston Globe also has a column on the game.
Former Tiger Mike Brennan is listed as among those "throwing their names into the mix" for the open Monmouth position.
Sophomore Ian Hummer is profiled by Vienna Patch.
Andy Rimol is quoted in a long Bergen Record piece on New Jersey high school basketball legend Les Cason.
Princeton recruit Denton Koon and Liberty fell in the Missouri Class 5 quarterfinals.
Will Venable is benefitting from ramped-up workouts.
Unlike when he pitched last September, Chris Young feels completely healthy.
Richmond (24-7) earned a first round bye in the Atlantic 10 Tournament with a 68-56 win over Duquesne.
Can Georgetown (21-9) win without Chris Wright? The Hoyas trailed by four at Cincinnati with 8:42 to go, but were outscored 26-8 the rest of the way.
Denver (13-17) saw their season end with a 53-49 loss to FIU in the first round of the Sun Belt Tournament.
With all but six players suspended for a violation of team rules, Oregon State (10-19) was dropped 80-66 at Arizona State.
Around the Ivy League: Rallying from down 13 at the half, Penn (13-14 / 7-6) came back on Dartmouth (5-23 / 1-13) in Hanover, 70-58. Cornell (10-18 / 6-8) finished the season with a 68-55 victory over Yale (15-13 / 8-6). Noruwa Agho had a career high 31 as Columbia (15-13 / 6-8) closed their campaign by besting Brown (11-17 / 4-10) to the tune of 91-74.
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.
Today's Game: Princeton (23-5 / 11-1) vs. Harvard (22-5 / 11-2)
Location: Lavietes Pavilion - Cambridge, MA
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: ESPN3.com
Series History: Princeton leads 126-38.
Last meeting: Princeton 65 Harvard 61 - 2/4/11.
| Princeton | Harvard | |
| 12-0 | Home Record | 13-0 |
| 9-4 | Away Record | 9-5 |
| 2-1 | Neutral Record | 0-0 |
| 53 | RPI | 42 |
| 76 | Sagarin | 63 |
| 92 | Pomeroy | 77 |
| 69.9 | Points / Game | 72.2 |
| 62.8 | Points Allowed / Game | 64.1 |
| .467 | FG% | .473 |
| .724 | FT% | .813 |
| .366 | 3PT FG% | .375 |
| 34.9 | Rebounds / Game | 33.1 |
| 9.7 | Off. Rebounds / Game | 9.5 |
| +3.6 | Rebounding Margin | +3.4 |
| 13.8 | Assists / Game | 14.5 |
| 12.4 | Turnovers / Game | 13.7 |
| 4.4 | Blocks / Game | 4.4 |
| Hummer: 14.0 | Points | Wright: 15.0 |
| Maddox: 7.0 | Rebounds | Wright: 8.7 |
| Mavraides: 2.9 | Assists | Curry: 5.8 |
| Davis: 1.2 | Steals | Curry: 1.4 |
| Maddox: 1.8 | Blocks | Wright: 1.6 |
| Maddox: .581 | FG% (Min: 10 FGM) | Wright: .583 |
| Darrow: .794 | FT% (Min: 10 FTM) | McNally: .916 |
| Davis: .396 | 3PT FG% (Min: 10 3FGM) | McNally .436 |
Duquesne vs. Richmond - 12:00 pm ET - CBS College Sports
Georgetown vs. Cincinnati - 2:00 pm ET - ESPN+
FIU vs. Denver - 9:45 pm ET - Sun Belt Tournament
Oregon State vs. Arizona State - 4:00 pm ET
Penn vs. Dartmouth - 7:00 pm ET
Brown vs. Columbia - 7:00 pm ET
Yale vs. Cornell - 7:00 pm ET
In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's victory at Dartmouth on goprincetontigers.com, courtesy of the Associated Press and on dartmouthsports.com.
While 15 of a possible 20 title scenarios were crossed off after Princeton beat the Big Green and Harvard topped Penn on Friday, the overall percentages remain the same - but there is now a 42% chance of a playoff.
Ivy League executive director Robin Harris tells the USA Today that "the team that doesn't win the league deserves [NCAA Tournament] consideration."
The Princeton Packet previews the Tigers' weekend.
Princeton recruit Denton Koon, who the Kansas City Star calls "a revelation this season," had a huge stat line as Liberty defeated Grandview in the Patterson Division tournament final.
Future Tiger Bobby Garbade and Seton CC won the Section 4 Class B championship over Oneonta.
A Southern California center says Princeton is one of the schools keeping an eye on him as he heads abroad for a year.
The Princeton Alumni Weekly writes about the first Harvard game.
Chris Young had a second straight solid outing in Grapefruit League action.
Richmond looks for win number 24 at home against Duquesne.
After a week off to refocus, Georgetown closes their regular season at Cincinnati.
Denver and Florida International do battle at the Sun Belt Tournament.
Arizona state hosts Oregon State.
Around the Ivy League: Harvard (22-5 / 11-2) opened up a big lead early and defeated Penn (12-14 / 6-6) by 15. Yale (15-12 / 8-5) never trailed, yet had to survive Columbia (14-13 / 5-8) in double overtime, 87-81. Cornell (9-18 / 5-8) scored the final 13 points of a 75-66 win over Brown (11-16 / 4-9).
Postgame audio - Coach Sydney Johnson, Kareem Maddox & Douglas Davis:
Finally, we can talk about Saturday.
With Harvard out to a comfortable 22 point lead over Penn and Princeton trailing by one in Hanover, a 16-0 run sparked by the play of Will Barrett and T.J. Bray off the bench turned that Dartmouth lead midway through the first half into a 33-18 Princeton advantage and the Tigers held a double digit buffer the rest of the night.
Douglas Davis was one of four Princeton players in double figures, nine of his 14 coming in the first half. Ian Hummer and Kareem Maddox each contributed 12 and Patrick Saunders hit three times from behind the arc in the second half despite a broken left thumb on his way to 11.
A three point play from Brendan Connolly and a lefty Hummer jump hook made it a 40-20 game to open the second stanza. The margin extended to as wide as 25 and the Big Green would get no closer than 14.
Princeton, which shot 50.8% from the floor versus Dartmouth, heads to Harvard tomorrow. A win would advance the Tigers to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2004. A loss presents a far more difficult path. Princeton would need to beat Penn on Tuesday and then defeat Harvard on a neutral floor later that week to decide the Ivy League's NCAA bid.
Today's Game: Princeton (22-5 / 10-1) vs. Dartmouth (5-21 / 1-11)
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 139-61.
Last meeting: Princeton 68 Dartmouth 53 - 2/5/11.
| Princeton | Dartmouth | |
| 12-0 | Home Record | 3-6 |
| 8-4 | Away Record | 2-15 |
| 2-1 | Neutral Record | 0-0 |
| 49 | RPI | 311 |
| 78 | Sagarin | 313 |
| 94 | Pomeroy | 319 |
| 69.7 | Points / Game | 59.8 |
| 63.1 | Points Allowed / Game | 70.8 |
| .465 | FG% | .394 |
| .725 | FT% | .690 |
| .364 | 3PT FG% | .331 |
| 34.8 | Rebounds / Game | 31.0 |
| 9.6 | Off. Rebounds / Game | 9.7 |
| +3.4 | Rebounding Margin | -7.2 |
| 13.6 | Assists / Game | 9.3 |
| 12.6 | Turnovers / Game | 13.7 |
| 4.5 | Blocks / Game | 2.5 |
| Hummer: 14.0 | Points | Griffin: 9.4 |
| Maddox: 7.2 | Rebounds | Rufful: 4.8 |
| Mavraides: 3.0 | Assists | Dixon: 2.8 |
| Davis: 1.2 | Steals | Rufful: 1.3 |
| Maddox: 1.9 | Blocks | Weeden: 0.8 |
| Maddox: .576 | FG% (Min: 10 FGM) | Crecco: .455 |
| Darrow: .794 | FT% (Min: 10 FTM) | Meville: .806 |
| Mavraides: .402 | 3PT FG% (Min: 10 3FGM) | Trotter .435 |
Brown vs. Cornell - 7:00 pm ET
Yale vs. Columbia - 7:00 pm ET
Penn vs. Harvard - 7:00 pm ET
For weekend previews, check in with the Daily Princetonian and the Trenton Times.
The New York Times and NESN get the Saturday night hype machine in motion.
The Mercer County Community College web site has a piece on the Vikings' run to the Region XIX tournament finals.
Will Venable is setting his swing like former teammate Adrian Gonzalez does.
Arizona defeated Oregon State (10-18) by a 70-59 final.
