Georgetown fell to Syracuse in overtime at the Big East Tournament.
Princeton recruit Steven Cook was named Illinois Class 4A Honorable Mention All-State.
Did Kareem Maddox being named BBL Player of the Month for a second time possibly get lost in the shuffle?
If Bill Carmody is fired at Northwestern, it is unlikely he'd have to wait long for a new job. A list of theoretical replacements includes just about everyone you know.
Syracuse/Georgetown III wasn't pretty. In fact at times it approached the antithesis of beautiful, but it certainly was memorable.
The Hoyas came from down 12 in the second half to reach overtime on a pair of Otto Porter free throws but never once regained a lead they lost midway through the opening frame.
Trailing by three with :14.4 left, Georgetown (25-6) was unable to get a tying shot off. John Thompson III drew up a play that would run Porter off a screen but Porter became trapped on the far wing as Syracuse (25-8) chewed up on the arc defensively and threw an off-kilter pass away to the Orange's C.J. Fair.
"[The Orange] played it well," Thompson III acknowledged.
Fair missed a pair of potentially game-sealing free throws with three ticks on the clock but Jabril Trawick's running 35' shot at the buzzer was off target.
Syracuse had survived to attain their final Big East title game despite 1-6 shooting from the line in overtime. The Hoyas' offense stagnated with 3:36 to go in overtime as their point guard Markel Starks fouled out via a bump on a drive.
Postgame audio from Coach John Thompson III, Otto Porter and Markel Starks plus the rest of this recap can be found after the jump.
Brendan Connolly, Mack Darrow and Ian Hummer have played their final games wearing orange and black.
I had begun to suspect as such when I noticed multiple Princeton players saying via social networking that they were going home for Spring Break but it was still somewhat surprising to receive confirmation earlier today that the Tigers' season is officially over and they will not be participating in a postseason tournament.
This ends a run of three straight seasons with a game in either the NCAA or CBI for the Tigers.
Princeton concludes 2012-13 with a 17-11 record, 10-4 in the Ivy League.
Friday, March 15
(5) Syracuse vs. (1) Georgetown
Big East Tournament - 7:00 pm ET - ESPN
Georgetown (25-5) used a balanced attack to defeat Cincinnati in the Big East Tournament, meaning the Hoyas and Syracuse will play yet again tonight with a trip to the finals on the line.
John Thompson III is a finalist for the Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year Award.
There's a very good piece on Otto Porter in Sports Illustrated.
Richmond (18-14) was leading by three over Charlotte at the Atlantic 10 Tournament with :04.7 seconds left. I'd try and describe what happened next but the video of the bizarre finish embedded below shows it all.
Both top-seeded Louisiana Tech and second seed Denver (21-9) were shocked in the WAC Tournament quarterfinals. The Pioneers never led in their 72-68 loss to Texas State.
The end also came for Reggie Hearn and Northwestern (13-19). The Wildcats fell behind 11-0 and were unable to catch Iowa.
Georgetown was steady for both the opening 15 minutes and the closing 15 minutes of the Big East Tournament quarterfinals' opening game. It was more than enough to sandwich a shakier middle section.
"In the first half we were letting them get open shots that they're going to make," said Hoya head coach John Thompson III. "In the second half we were much more attentive and then our guys did a very decent job of guarding their penetration."
Thompson's squad outscored Cincinnati 24-8 to start the contest and closed on a 31-10 run after the Bearcats had taken their first lead since the extremely early-going.
Postgame audio from Coach John Thompson III, Otto Porter, D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera and Markel Starks plus the rest of this recap can be found after the jump.
Thursday, March 14
(9) Cincinnati vs. (1) Georgetown
Big East Tournament - 12:00 pm ET - ESPN
(9) Charlotte vs. (8) Richmond
Atlantic 10 Tournament - 12:00 pm ET - NBCSN
(7) Texas State vs. (2) Denver
WAC Tournament - 5:30 pm ET
(11) Northwestern vs. (6) Iowa
Big 10 Tournament - 9:00 pm ET - ESPN2
This is one of the better Thursdays of the year, basketball-wise. Georgetown looks for a springboard to NCAA Tournament success in the Big East quarterfinals.
At the same time Richmond and Charlotte are tipping at the A-10 Tournament one borough over.
21 win Denver opens WAC Tourney play versus Texas State. Joe Scott is a finalist for the 2013 Hugh Durham National Coach of the Year Award
Northwestern goes up against Iowa at the Big 10 Tournament. The Wildcats could lose their top recruit if Bill Carmody is fired after the season.
The CIT has invited Fairfield to participate and the Stags have accepted this bid.
The Trenton Times has more on Ian Hummer being named Ivy League player of the year and also writes about the lost weekend that cost the Tigers the Ivy title.
As of today Will Barrett still leads the nation in three point percentage.
What allowed Steven Cook and New Trier to hang with Simeon in their Class 4A supersectional?
Oregon State (14-18) was knocked out of the Pac-12 Tournament by Colorado, 74-68.
The Ivy League announced its 2012-13 All-Ivy team earlier today. Princeton's Ian Hummer was unanimously named First Team All-Ivy and honored as the conference's Player of the Year.
Junior Tiger guard T.J. Bray was rewarded as Second Team All-Ivy while Denton Koon earned Honorable Mention.
Harvard's Siyani Chambers is unanimously the Rookie of the Year and Brown's Cedric Kuakamensah takes home Defensive Player of the Year.
2012-13 All-Ivy Men's Basketball
Ivy League Player of the Year:
Ian Hummer, Princeton (Sr., F - Vienna, Va.)
Ivy League Rookie of the Year:
*Siyani Chambers, Harvard (Fr., G - Golden Valley, Minn.)
Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year:
Cedric Kuakamensah, Brown (Fr., F - Worcester, Mass.)
First Team All-Ivy:
Sean McGonagill, Brown (Jr., G - Brookfield, Ill.)
Shonn Miller, Cornell (So., F - Euclid, Ohio)
Siyani Chambers, Harvard (Fr., G - Golden Valley, Minn.)
*Wesley Saunders, Harvard (So., G/F - Los Angeles, Calif.)
*Ian Hummer, Princeton (Sr., F - Vienna, Va.)
Second Team All-Ivy^:
Matthew Sullivan, Brown (Sr., G - Wilmette, Ill.)
Brian Barbour, Columbia (Sr., G - Alamo, Calif.)
Gabas Maldunas, Dartmouth (So., F - Panevezys, Lithuania)
Miles Cartwright, Penn (Jr., G - Van Nuys, Calif.)
T.J. Bray, Princeton (Jr., G - New Berlin, Wis.)
Austin Morgan, Yale (Sr., G - Reno, Nev.)
Honorable Mention All-Ivy:
Errick Peck, Cornell (Sr., F - Indianapolis)
Steve Moundou-Missi, Harvard (So., F - Yaounde, Cameroon)
Laurent Rivard, Harvard (Jr., G - Saint-Bruno, Quebec, Canada)
Tony Hicks, Penn (Fr., G - South Holland, Ill.)
Denton Koon, Princeton (So., G - Liberty, Mo.)
* Unanimous selection
^ Expanded to six players due to tie in voting
Wednesday, March 13
(12) Oregon State vs. (5) Colorado
Pac-12 Tournament - 5:30 pm ET - Pac-12 Network
Thursday, March 14
(9) Cincinnati / (8) Providence vs. (1) Georgetown
Big East Tournament - 12:00 pm ET - ESPN
(9) Charlotte vs. (8) Richmond
Atlantic 10 Tournament - 12:00 pm ET - NBCSN
(10) Seattle / (7) Texas State vs. (2) Denver
WAC Tournament - 5:30 pm ET
(11) Northwestern vs. (6) Iowa
Big 10 Tournament - 9:00 pm ET - ESPN2
In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's regular season finale on goprincetontigers.com, in the Trentonian, in the Daily Princetonian, in the Daily Pennsylvanian, on City Of Basketball Love, on Comcast SportsNet and on pennathletics.com.
Ian Hummer was honored by the USBWA as All-District II. Georgetown's Otto Porter was District II Player of the Year and John Thompson III was District II Coach of the Year.
In addition, Porter and Thompson III took home the Big East honors for conference player and coach of the year.
Princeton recruit Steven Cook is the Chicago Sun Times' Athlete of the Week. Cook and New Trier lost to Simeon in a tight Class 4A supersectional.
Are any coaches in the Ivy League on the hot seat?
Oregon State opens Pac-12 Tournament play versus Colorado.
Yesterday I learned former Dartmouth guard Flinder Boyd is a writer for The Classical. The piece of his I've linked is recommended.
If this was in fact the end - and it felt more finite afterwards than expected - then at least Princeton' senior class went out on the high note of their seventh win over Penn in eight tries.
In perhaps his final collegiate contest, Ian Hummer scored 10 of his 18 points down the last 9:20 as the Tigers were able to eventually break open a bittersweet regular season finale at The Palestra. A game that saw neither team in front by more than five across the opening 35 minutes fell apart for the Quakers at the close.
T.J. Bray curled behind a Hummer screen for a wing three to make it 56-51 Princeton with 5:04 left and following Tony Hicks' miss of a left baseline jumper guarded well by Chris Clement, Hummer took a Bray feed and glided to his left for a basket as Patrick Lucas-Perry fouled him, the Tiger senior punching the padding surrounding the basket support as he let loose with a scream.
While Lucas-Perry responded with a right side three over Clement, Bray found Hummer again cutting inside. Subsequent to a Miles Cartwright turnover Clement fought off Lucas-Perry on a drive for a nine point margin.
Once Penn fell down by three possessions they made repeated bad decisions with the ball and took ill-advised jumpers.
In addition to Hummer's 18, Bray added 13 plus three assists without a turnover while Will Barrett and Mack Darrow each contributed 11. Darrow (who hit double figures for just the second time this year) and fellow senior Brendan Connolly made the start for Princeton in what could have been the final contest of their respective careers.
It was the first time Darrow, Connolly and Hummer began a game on the floor together.
“We’re happy to send those guys out the right way,” head coach Mitch Henderson said of the senior-fueled victory.
Hicks led Penn with 22 but petered out after a stellar 17 point first half. Shooting 7-9 in the opening 20 minutes, Hicks was 2-10 in the back frame and did not score the final 14:56.
Postgame audio from Coach Mitch Henderson, Ian Hummer & T.J. Bray plus the rest of this recap can be found after the jump.
Today's Game: Princeton (16-11 / 9-4) vs. Penn (9-21 / 6-7)
Location: The Palestra - Philadelphia, PA
Time: 7:30 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Penn leads 123-104.
Last meeting: Princeton 65 Penn 53 - 1/12/13.
| Princeton | Penn | |
| 9-4 | Home Record | 5-6 |
| 7-6 | Away Record | 4-12 |
| 0-1 | Neutral Record | 0-3 |
| 134 | RPI | 271 |
| 107 | Sagarin | 249 |
| 102 | Pomeroy | 238 |
| 64.1 | Points / Game | 68.4 |
| 58.4 | Points Allowed / Game | 68.3 |
| .462 | FG% | .425 |
| .724 | FT% | .715 |
| .394 | 3PT FG% | .347 |
| 31.0 | Rebounds / Game | 31.5 |
| 9.0 | Off. Rebounds / Game | 8.8 |
| +2.4 | Rebounding Margin | -3.9 |
| 14.4 | Assists / Game | 13.5 |
| 12.4 | Turnovers / Game | 15.9 |
| 3.1 | Blocks / Game | 2.6 |
| Hummer: 16.2 | Points | Cartwright: 13.8 |
| Hummer: 6.4 | Rebounds | Nelson-Henry: 3.9 |
| Hummer: 4.1 | Assists | Cartwright: 3.8 |
| Bray: 1.8 | Steals | Lewis: 1.3 |
| Hummer: 0.8 | Blocks | Nelson-Henry: 0.9 |
| Koon: .538 | FG% (Min: 10 FGM) | Nelson-Henry: .534 |
| Koon: .814 | FT% (Min: 10 FTM) | Lucas-Perry: .867 |
| Barrett: .511 | 3PT FG% (Min: 10 3PTM) | Lucas-Perry: .446 |
The injured Fran Dougherty's numbers were omitted from the individual statistics.
Wednesday, March 13
(12) Oregon State vs. (5) Colorado
Pac-12 Tournament - 5:30 pm ET - Pac-12 Network
Thursday, March 14
(9) Cincinnati / (8) Providence vs. (1) Georgetown
Big East Tournament - 12:00 pm ET - ESPN
(9) Charlotte vs. (8) Richmond
Atlantic 10 Tournament - 12:00 pm ET - NBCSN
(10) Seattle / (7) Texas State vs. (2) Denver
WAC Tournament - 5:30 pm ET
(11) Northwestern vs. (6) Iowa
Big 10 Tournament - 9:00 pm ET - ESPN2
There is an open thread for site members in the forum to talk about tonight's rivalry game, whether you're in the stands or listening at home. You must be subscribed and logged in to participate.
Ian Hummer made the Honor Roll of the most recent Ivy League Weekly Release.
The Daily Pennsylvanian previews this evening's tilt and also has a Q&A with Mitch Henderson.
Why Otto Porter of Georgetown should win the Wooden Award.
Watch Princeton recruit Steven Cook score inside. New Trier takes on Simeon in the Class 4A Chicago State Supersectional tonight.
One final Know! Your! Foe! update before the end of the regular season courtesy philly.com's Jonathan Tannenwald.
If you want to read his original take on the Quakers, please check out this post from January.
Additionally, if you cover a team the Tigers will face down the line, let us know. It would be great to talk with you.
