Tuesday News:
Chris Young joined Steve Somers for 15 minutes on WFAN last night.
There's some good analysis of the Ivy League on Basketball Prospectus.
Beyond that, slow news day.
Mercer 60 Morris 47.
Postgame audio - Coach Howie Levy:
Perhaps it is because the pall of Saturday night in Providence still hangs heavy over my head, but walking away from tonight's Region XIX quarterfinal between County College of Morris and Mercer County Community College I felt like I had been at the most enjoyable basketball game I'd attended this season.
While the fourth-seeded Vikings (15-15) had just one field goal in the opening nine minutes and trailed by as many as 13 to the fifth-seeded Titans in front of a festive, opinionated and energetic home crowd, coach Howie Levy's team always seemed two possessions away from gaining control of the game.
Monday News:
Morris vs. Mercer - 7:00 pm ET - Region XIX Playoffs
The Daily Princetonian and the Yale Daily News summarize this weekend's games. If there's a piece in the Brown student paper, I couldn't find it.
It was a happy Senior Day for for five Richmond (21-7) players in their final home game at the Robins Center. The Spiders bested St. Bonaventure by 15.
Denver (13-14) lost their first home game to a conference foe in two years in painful fashion. South Alabama rallied from 14 down at halftime and took their first lead with 1:25 to go. The loss hurts the postseason plans of the Pioneers.
Tonight Mercer County Community College hosts a Region XIX quarterfinal against Morris.
Some brief highlights of Princeton recruit Bobby Garbade in this YNN package from the STAC championship game.
Northwestern/Indiana highlights.
The Wildcats win their second Big 10 game in 48 hours, 70-64 at Assembly Hall.
Sunday News:
St. Bonaventure vs. Richmond - 3:00 pm ET - CBS College Sports Regional
South Alabama vs. Denver - 3:00 pm ET - FSN Rocky Mountain
In addition to our recap, read about the Tigers' first Ivy League loss on goprincetontigers.com, in the Providence Journal, on Go Local Prov and on brownbears.com.
Chris Wright scored a season-high 26 as Georgetown (21-6) got past South Florida, 61-55.
Northwestern (16-10) won 70-64 at Indiana for the season sweep of the Hoosiers.
The second Civil War meeting again went to Oregon over Oregon State (9-16), this time 82-63.
Will Venable hopes a change in batting stance will boost his performance.
The Star Ledger talks to new Mets pitcher Chris Young.
Princeton recruit Bobby Garbade and Seton CC fell to Johnson City in the Southern Tier Athletic Conference championship game.
On Senior Day, Richmond hosts St. Bonaventure.
Denver and South Alabama round out the Pioneers' home slate.
Breaking news: Happy birthday, dad.
Around the Ivy League: Harvard (20-4 / 9-1) moved a half game ahead of Princeton with a 61-42 win at Columbia (14-10 / 5-5). Zack Rosen scored in the lane with :02.3 seconds left to give Penn (11-12 / 5-4) the 60-58 decision at Yale (12-12 / 5-5). Cornell (7-17 / 3-7) made 16 three pointers in their 96-76 victory over Dartmouth (5-19 / 1-9).
Brown 75 Princeton 65.
Postgame audio - Coach Sydney Johnson & Kareem Maddox:
Brown had the gameplan - clog the lane with five defenders planting at least one leg in the paint at all times and make Princeton's outside shooters beat the Bears. The strategy was not dissimilar from last season's second meeting at Jadwin where Brown dared Marcus Schroeder to beat them from behind the arc.
The approach was a successful one.
Douglas Davis went 0-7 from three point range. Dan Mavraides missed both his attempts. Patrick Saunders was 1-6, his conversion ending a stretch of 12 straight off-target triples to open Princeton's night. The Tigers hit 4 of 21 as a team, with two of the makes coming in the last minute.
Brown freshman guard Sean McGonagill was able to penetrate effectively and the Tigers' help defense was inadequate. The Bears opened up as large as an 11 point lead on Garrett Leffelman's left corner rainbow late in the first half, before Princeton scored six straight in the final 1:18 to close within five.
"We got a little bit scrappier and used our defense to get back into the game," said head coach Sydney Johnson about how his team ended the opening frame. "We converted well offensively on our last possession but we didn't really apply ourselves they way we needed defensively long enough to make it a win for us."
The Tigers' lone lead came at the 12:28 mark of the second half on a short Ian Hummer jumper. It didn't last long - one possession to be specific. Leffelman out of the left corner returned the edge to Brown, which they held to the horn.
Converting their first 23 free throws, the Bears were able to withstand each and every Princeton push.
With 5:28 to play, Dan Mavraides found Mack Darrow for a three on the right wing that drew Princeton within 58-55. A driving Tucker Halpern kicked to McGonagill open on the left side for three and the Bears' lead stayed at two possessions.
Senior Peter Sullivan completed his return from a shoulder injury at Jadwin with a game-best 26 points and 16-16 shooting at the line.
Kareem Maddox dropped 19 battling multiple defenders inside and Hummer added 18 points and 12 boards in defeat.
Saturday News:
Today's Game: Princeton (20-4 / 8-0) vs. Brown (9-14 / 2-7)
Location: Pizzitola Sports Center - Providence, RI
Time: 6:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 94-25.
Last meeting: Princeton 78 Brown 60 - 1/28/11.
| Princeton | Brown | |
| 10-0 | Home Record | 6-4 |
| 8-3 | Away Record | 3-10 |
| 2-1 | Neutral Record | 0-0 |
| 47 | RPI | 232 |
| 71 | Sagarin | 246 |
| 89 | Pomeroy | 249 |
| 69.4 | Points / Game | 70.4 |
| 62.6 | Points Allowed / Game | 72.7 |
| .465 | FG% | .438 |
| .719 | FT% | .735 |
| .366 | 3PT FG% | .336 |
| 35.2 | Rebounds / Game | 34.3 |
| 9.8 | Off. Rebounds / Game | 8.0 |
| +3.9 | Rebounding Margin | -1.7 |
| 13.4 | Assists / Game | 13.8 |
| 12.8 | Turnovers / Game | 12.9 |
| 4.5 | Blocks / Game | 2.8 |
| Hummer: 13.8 | Points | P. Sullivan: 13.3 |
| Maddox: 7.3 | Rebounds | P. Sullivan: 5.4 |
| Mavraides: 2.9 | Assists | McGonagill: 5.0 |
| Davis: 1.4 | Steals | Halpern: 1.0 |
| Maddox: 2.0 | Blocks | McCarthy: 0.8 |
| Maddox: .578 | FG% (Min: 10 FGM) | Walker: .581 |
| Mavraides: .783 | FT% (Min: 10 FTM) | Leffelman: .854 |
| Mavraides: .405 | 3PT FG% (Min: 10 3FGM) | Williams .389 |
Oregon State vs. Oregon - 4:00 pm ET - FSN
Northwestern vs. Indiana - 7:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network
Georgetown vs. USF - 7:00 pm ET - ESPN+
Dartmouth vs. Cornell - 7:00 pm ET
Penn vs. Yale - 7:00 pm ET
Harvard vs. Columbia - 7:00 pm ET
In addition to our recap, read about the Tigers' 10th straight victory on goprincetontigers.com, in the New Haven Register, courtesy of the Associated Press and on yalebulldogs.com.
Bill Cloutier of the New Haven Register has a "live blog" and some additional words here.
I missed two late previews yesterday. Here's what the Trenton Times and the Trentonian had to say.
Pete Carril stopped by the final practice of McClatchy High School women's basketball coach Harvey Tahara. After 40 seasons of coaching, Tahara's final game is today at Sacramento High.
Princeton recruit Denton Koon had 27, including a sweet left-handed dunk in the face of a Grandview defender, as the BlueJays won their final game of the regular season.
Georgetown travels to South Florida looking to avoid a letdown.
48 hours after hosting Iowa, Northwestern travels to Indiana. Bill Carmody is less than thrilled about this Big 10 scheduling quirk.
Round two of the Civil War sees Oregon State visit Oregon.
Mercer will host Morris in the first round of the Region XIX tournament on Monday night. The Vikings' Gary Carthan was named 2010-11 All Region Second Team.
Around the Ivy League: Harvard (19-4 / 8-1) defeated Cornell (6-17 / 2-7) by 13 in Ithaca. Penn (10-12 / 4-4) got 26 points from Tyler Bernardini in a 70-62 Quaker win at Brown (9-14 / 2-7). Columbia (14-9 / 5-4) knocked off Dartmouth (5-18 / 1-8) at home, 67-60.
Princeton 58 Yale 51.
Postgame audio - Coach Sydney Johnson, Dan Mavraides & Kareem Maddox:
Princeton did just about everything well but shoot and it was enough.
The Tigers led the entire way, fending off a pair of Yale second half rallies, holding the Bulldogs to 37.8% from the floor.
With their advantage cut to 52-49 in the final two minutes on Reggie Willhite's explosive left baseline dunk, Kareem Maddox posted up inside, spun into the lane and hung in the air as Greg Mangano fouled him on the elbow while the ball floated through the netting. Maddox's three point play doubled the Tiger lead - which stayed at two possessions through the final buzzer.
"This game was an absolute dogfight," said head coach Sydney Johnson. "I'm not saying we were going to win [after Yale drew within three], but we had been in those moments before."
"We weren't afraid of the moment."
Maddox finished with 16 points and nine rebounds on 5-12 shooting. Fellow senior Dan Mavraides put up 15 and a career best 10 boards despite going 4-14 on the evening.
Mangano ended Friday with his traditional double-double (15 and 12) but was bothered by an assortment of Princeton defenders (Maddox, Patrick Saunders, Brendan Connolly and Mack Darrow) so that when the ball went inside to the likely All Ivy center it could not come back to the perimeter. Mangano had six turnovers and no assists. The Tiger guards sagged but were still able to cover the arc - both of Yale's three pointers (2-9) belonged to Mangano - one a wild bank with the shot clock expiring.
The Tigers hit a season low 31.6% of their attempts (18-57) but stellar defensive possessions and a 19-25 clip at the line (76.0%) aided the cause.
Friday News:
Today's Game: Princeton (19-4 / 7-0) vs. Yale (12-10 / 5-3)
Location: John J. Lee Amphitheater - New Haven, CT
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: YES
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 142-81.
Last meeting: Princeton 67 Yale 63 - 1/29/11.
| Princeton | Yale | |
| 10-0 | Home Record | 7-2 |
| 7-3 | Away Record | 5-7 |
| 2-1 | Neutral Record | 0-1 |
| 52 | RPI | 142 |
| 73 | Sagarin | 162 |
| 91 | Pomeroy | 168 |
| 69.9 | Points / Game | 68.5 |
| 69.3 | Points Allowed / Game | 67.0 |
| .472 | FG% | .445 |
| .717 | FT% | .737 |
| .376 | 3PT FG% | .355 |
| 35.0 | Rebounds / Game | 34.0 |
| 9.6 | Off. Rebounds / Game | 9.1 |
| +3.8 | Rebounding Margin | +0.2 |
| 13.6 | Assists / Game | 12.8 |
| 13.0 | Turnovers / Game | 14.0 |
| 4.5 | Blocks / Game | 4.5 |
| Hummer: 14.0 | Points | Mangano: 16.0 |
| Maddox: 7.2 | Rebounds | Mangano: 9.7 |
| Mavraides: 2.9 | Assists | Morgan: 3.3 |
| Davis: 1.4 | Steals | Willhite: 1.3 |
| Maddox: 2.0 | Blocks | Mangano: 2.9 |
| Maddox: .588 | FG% (Min: 10 FGM) | Grace: .541 |
| Mavraides: .786 | FT% (Min: 10 FTM) | Braswell: .821 |
| Mavraides: .415 | 3PT FG% (Min: 10 3FGM) | Morgan .459 |
Penn vs. Brown - 7:00 pm ET
Harvard vs. Cornell - 7:00 pm ET
Dartmouth vs. Columbia - 7:00 pm ET
The Daily Princetonian, the New Haven Register and the Yale Daily News preview this weekend's games.
ESPN's Jay Bilas named Kareem Maddox one of the "most respected players" in college basketball.
The Harvard Crimson compares each Ivy League team to a 2011 Academy Awards nominee for Best Picture.
Bob Nuse of the Princeton Packet could get his long-called for "Pete Carril Classic" - in the NCAA Tournament.
Will Venable traveled to watch his younger brother play in the Las Vegas Bowl and filmed highlights of his trip.
Georgetown big man Henry Sims is running for vice president of the school's student body.
Temple shot 55.6% from the field and bested Richmond (20-7) by 20.
Northwestern (15-10) held on to defeat Iowa, 73-70.
With a 65-37 win over UL-M, Denver (13-13) returns to first place in the Sun Belt West. The Pioneer Post has more on the game.
Mercer (14-15) was outscored by 29 in the second half of a 85-55 loss to Lackawanna. The Vikings will play a Region XIX playoff game versus an as-yet-unknown opponent on Monday.
