Here we go. The final game for Princeton before the school's exam break. A chance to get back to .500. The start of Ivy League play and on top of all that, the opponent is the Tigers' primary rival in Penn.
Princeton head coach Mitch Henderson and princetonbasketball.com editor Jon Solomon met at Jadwin Gym this afternoon to record the most recent installment of their season-long weekly interview series.
Henderson and Solomon reviewed Princeton’s victory at Elon in detail and previewed the Tigers' Ivy League opener against Penn extensively while touching upon a few additional topics along the way.
This exclusive Q&A available after the jump is 9:00+ in length. You can catch up on all of this season's discussions here.
Here's the latest collection of videos from various corners of the Princeton basketball family. Above, a brief hype video for tomorrow's game at Jadwin Gym.
Burlington vs. MCCC - 7:00 pm ET
Northwestern vs. Penn State - 8:00 pm ET - ESPNU
Denver vs. Idaho - 10:00 pm ET
Arizona State vs. Oregon State - 11:30 pm ET - Pac-12 Network
Freshman Hans Brase earns a brief profile in the Daily Princetonian.
The Trentonian gets to their preview of this weekend's Ivy opener early.
Princeton recruit Spencer Weisz is in the Top 10 of several different statistical categories for Essex County. The Star Ledger recently called Weisz "one of the state's most complete players."
According to a report Geoff Petrie is unlikely to return as General Manager of the Sacramento Kings. Then again, separate reports have the Sacramento Kings unlikely to return to Sacramento!
Richmond (11-5) defeated Rhode Island 64-61 in the Spiders' A-10 opener.
The Ivy League is holding its fourth-annual Men's Basketball Midseason Media Teleconference this morning, with all eight coaches answering questions from media.
The portion of today's Q&A with Princeton coach Mitch Henderson is available after the jump. A .mp3 of the full program has been archived.
Henderson's segment from last October's Ivy League Preseason Media Teleconference is archived here.
Mercer (12-4) beat Ocean 82-52 behind 29 points for Mustafa El Amin.
Big East play has been a struggle for Georgetown (10-3). The Hoyas have failed to break 50 points in both of their conference games and last night John Thompson III's team was embarrassed by Pitt, 73-45.
Around the Ivy League: Columbia (8-6) lost 78-69 at Holy Cross. Brown (5-8) recorded a 75-74 overtime triumph over Niagara. Dartmouth (3-10) concluded a seven game losing streak with their 75-58 home win against Army. Penn (2-12) will visit Jadwin on Saturday as losers of seven straight. The Quakers came from 15 down in the second half against Lafayette to tie but Steve Rennard's wide open three pointer in the final seconds sailed right and the Leopards held on for the 85-83 final.
Ocean vs. MCCC - 7:00 pm ET
Pitt vs. Georgetown - 9:00 pm ET - ESPNU
Columbia vs. Holy Cross - 7:00 pm ET
Niagara vs. Brown - 7:00 pm ET
Army vs. Dartmouth - 7:00 pm ET
Lafayette vs. Penn - 7:30 pm ET
Ian Hummer is your Ivy League Player of the Week for the fourth time in the last five conference dispatches. It seems someone (not me!) also created a Wikipedia page for the senior forward a couple of hours ago.
For their Big East home opener, Georgetown hosts Pitt.
Kareem Maddox scored 19 in a tune-up for Newcastle prior to the Eagles' appearance in the BBL Cup final.
Here's the latest collection of videos from various corners of the Princeton basketball family. Above, Elon's highlights from Saturday's loss to the Tigers.
Eight additional videos - including footage of three different Princeton recruits - follow after the jump.
The Daily Princetonian rapidly reviews the Tigers games during the school's holiday break.
Denver (7-7) raced past UT-San Antonio, 75-50. The Pioneers are 3-1 in WAC play.
Bill Carmody had Northwestern (9-6) utilize almost all of every possession at #9 Minnesota. It worked for a while, as the Wildcats trailed 19-18 early into the second half. A 23-5 run over the next seven minutes gave the Golden Gophers comfort the rest of the way.
Leading by six at the break, Oregon State (10-4) was outscored 51-32 in the second half of their conference-opening loss to Oregon.
Around the Ivy League: Cornell (7-9) won 68-60 at American. Florida visited Yale (5-11) and came away with a 79-58 decision.
Future Tiger Amir Bell and East Brunswick moved to 7-0 on the season with a win over Roselle.
Georgetown (10-2) fell 49-48 in their Big East opener at Marquette.
A six game Fairfield (10-6) winning streak concluded with a 71-67 loss at Niagara. Greg Whittington made two of three free throws with the Hoyas behind by three and :02.3 remaining.
Returning to action after the holidays, Mercer (11-4) went down 79-62 at CCRI. Mustafa El Amin scored 25 for the Vikings in defeat.
I had no idea that occasional Princeton J.V. player and pitcher Stephen Elmore was using the NCAA's grad student exemption to play a season of basketball at The Citadel.
Around the Ivy League: Penn (2-11) committed 21 turnovers in their 74-57 loss at La Salle. Columbia (8-5) won 64-52 at Army. Harvard (8-5) destroyed Rice by 30. Colgate made 10-13 three pointers in a 78-62 win at Dartmouth (2-10).
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Sun. 11/10 vs. Florida A&M
Sat. 11/16 at Butler
Wed. 11/20 vs. Lafayette
Sat. 11/23 at Rice
Tue. 11/26 vs. George Mason
Sat. 11/30 at Bucknell
Sat. 12/7 vs. FDU
Wed. 12/11 at Rutgers
Sat. 12/14 at Penn State
Fri. 12/20 vs. Portland*
Sat. 12/21 vs. Pacific*
Tue. 12/31 vs. Kent State
Sat. 1/4 at Liberty
Sat. 1/11 at Penn
Sun. 1/26 vs. Kean
Fri. 1/31 at Harvard
Sat. 2/1 at Dartmouth
Fri. 2/7 vs. Columbia
Sat. 2/8 vs. Cornell
Fri. 2/14 at Brown
Sat. 2/15 at Yale
Fri. 2/21 vs. Dartmouth
Sat. 2/22 vs. Harvard
Fri. 2/28 vs. Yale
Sat. 3/1 vs. Brown
Fri. 3/7 at Cornell
Sat. 3/8 at Columbia
Tue. 3/11 vs. Penn
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1,550 - D. Davis, 2008-12
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