Fairfield (19-15) led Manhattan 16-5 over 11 minutes into the first half of yesterday's MAAC semifinal but could not hold that lead until halftime and were outscored 37-20 by the Jaspers in the back stanza of a 60-42 loss.
Michigan State and valiant Northwestern (13-18) were even with 5:44 left in East Lansing before a 10-0 Spartans run did the Wildcats in.
It was a wonderful Saturday for all other branches of the Carril coaching tree. Georgetown (24-5) took the regular season Big East title with a rivalry-concluding 61-39 triumph over Syracuse. Hoya Prospectus looks at the numbers.
By coming out ahead 64-58 at Colorado, Oregon State (14-17) gets to play the Buffaloes again on Wednesday in the first round of the Pac-12 Tournament.
Richmond (18-13) decimated Duquesne in the home regular season finale for the Spiders, 79-55.
You know Denver (21-8) has won 17 of 18 since New Year's Eve, right? The Pioneers routed Louisiana Tech at home 78-54, giving Joe Scott's team a share of the WAC regular season title. There are some great photos of the game here.
It hasn't been pretty but it doesn't need to be. Fairfield (19-14) advanced to the MAAC semifinals with a 43-42 win over second seed Rider.
The regular season ends for Northwestern at Michigan State.
Around the Ivy League: Harvard (18-9 / 10-3) took the conference title with a 65-56 decision over Cornell (13-18 / 5-9). Yale (14-17 / 8-6) earned third place in the Ancient Eight, topping Penn (9-21 / 6-7) by 14. The Dartmouth (9-19 / 5-9) campaign concluded with a 64-58 victory over last place Columbia (12-16 / 4-10).
Watching Brown disintegrate Princeton's hope at capturing even a share of the 2012-13 Ivy League title, my thoughts turned to another group of New Jersey stalwarts who have been making music since the three point line was first introduced to college basketball - Yo La Tengo.
Their 13th and most recent album "Fade" opens as follows:
Sometimes the bad guys come out on top
Sometimes the good guys lose
We try not to lose our hearts
Not to lose our minds
Seven days ago there was an audible roar emanating from the home locker room at Jadwin Gym. I heard it, as did everyone else walking out of the media room. The Tigers had moved past Harvard by half a game in the conference standings. All that separated Princeton from the NCAA Tournament was a path of three straight difficult yet manageable road games.
A week later there was little more than silence as morose Princeton assistant coaches filed out of a locker room in Providence filled equally with tears and disbelief.
From the joy of first place to eliminated with one contest left to play.
A loss at Yale. A loss at Brown.
Just like that.
All weekend the Tigers played from behind, searching for a single play or moment of significance that could turn their fortunes around. Princeton only led briefly throughout these 80 minutes in New Haven and Providence, scoring the first four points tonight (a Denton Koon hook and a Hans Brase face up jumper) before the Bears answered with 10 straight. From that point the home team had some degree of control over the ballgame that Princeton could never recapture.
Postgame audio from Coach Mitch Henderson plus the rest of this recap can be found after the jump.
Today's Game:Princeton (16-10 / 9-3) vs. Brown (12-15 / 6-7) 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 97-26. Last meeting:Princeton 63 Brown 46 - 2/8/13.
Princeton
Brown
9-4
Home Record
7-5
7-5
Away Record
5-10
0-1
Neutral Record
0-0
127
RPI
252
98
Sagarin
249
90
Pomeroy
236
64.0
Points / Game
61.8
57.6
Points Allowed / Game
64.2
.467
FG%
.407
.728
FT%
.633
.400
3PT FG%
.341
31.1
Rebounds / Game
35.5
9.0
Off. Rebounds / Game
11.0
+3.0
Rebounding Margin
+2.1
14.5
Assists / Game
12.4
12.5
Turnovers / Game
14.1
3.1
Blocks / Game
3.7
Hummer: 16.0
Points
Sullivan: 14.1
Hummer: 6.5
Rebounds
Maia: 7.5
Hummer: 4.2
Assists
McGonagill: 3.9
Bray: 1.7
Steals
Sullivan: 1.7
Hummer: 0.8
Blocks
Kuakumensah: 2.4
Koon: .545
FG% (Min: 10 FGM)
Ponticelli: .519
Koon: .814
FT% (Min: 10 FTM)
Halpern: .852
Barrett: .517
3PT FG% (Min: 10 3PTM)
Halpern: .361
Syracuse vs. Georgetown - 12:00 pm ET - ESPN
Oregon State vs. Colorado - 4:30 pm ET - Pac-12 Network
Duquesne vs. Richmond - 6:00 pm ET
Louisiana Tech vs. Denver - 7:00 pm ET - ROOT Sports
(7) Fairfield vs. (2) Rider - MAAC Tournament - 7:30 pm ET - ESPN3
Cornell vs. Harvard - 5:30 pm ET - NBCSN
Penn vs. Yale - 7:00 pm ET
Columbia vs. Dartmouth - 7:00 pm ET
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Is Jadwin Gym the best home court advantage you've never heard about?
Tiger assistant Dan Geriot is an 11 seed in this year's Runway To The Fashionable 4.
Bill Bradley (who attended the Princeton women's victory last night) is part of Sport Illustrated's "best of the NCAA tournament by decade." There's also a great picture of Bradley I hadn't seen before in the new SI.
Princeton recruit Steven Cook went nuts (in a good way) for New Trier in the Class 4A Glenbrook North Sectional final.
Central Catholic came from behind to top Jesuit in the OSAA 6A boys semis despite 18 from future Tiger Khyan Rayner.
Serra never recovered from the foul trouble of Henry Caruso in their Northern California Open Division playoff loss to Sheldon.
Fairfield (18-14) got by St. Peter's in the MACC Tournament. Next up for the Stags is second seed Rider tonight.
A win in their regular season finale against Syracuse gives Georgetown the Big East regular season title. Elsewhere Oregon State plays at Colorado, Richmond hosts Duquesne on Senior Night and Denver goes for a share of the WAC crown when they host Louisiana Tech (blizzard permitting).
Around the Ivy League: An 8-0 run in the final minute propelled Harvard (17-9 / 10-3) to a 56-51 home win over Columbia (12-15 / 4-9). Miles Cartwright scored the final eight Penn (9-20 / 6-6) points, including a pair of free throws with less than a second remaining to top Brown (12-15 / 6-7) by two. Dartmouth (8-19 / 4-9) got a career high 28 from Gabas Maldunas in their 76-62 victory versus Cornell (13-17 / 5-8).
Yale couldn’t miss and now to make the NCAA Tournament, Princeton can’t lose again.
When the Tigers and Bulldogs met down at Jadwin Gym a month ago, Yale had an incredible effective field goal percentage of 77.5% in the first half as they took an eight point lead at the break and eventually ended Princeton’s 22 game home winning streak.
It didn't seem like James Jones' team could do much better than that but on Friday night the sweep-minded Bulldogs remarkably topped that original number handily, going 14-20 from the floor and 6-8 from three in the opening 20 minutes (85.0 EFG%), building as large as a 14 point lead on an Austin Morgan three with 4:03 left before intermission.
“Not much changed from the first game to the second game. Yale was the better team,” Tigers head coach Mitch Henderson admitted. “They had a step on us the whole night.”
Down 12 at the break, Princeton turned in a fairly spectacular second half of their own shooting the ball - 63.6% from the floor and 8-16 from outside the arc - but never slowed Yale down enough and never reached the point where they had possession and a chance to take their first lead.
On five occasions however the Tigers had a shot to pull even, the last coming when T.J. Bray drove the length of the floor and stopped to fire from three, only to have his attempt blocked soundly by Armani Cotton.
Cotton added two free throws with under a second left for the final margin.
Bray scored all 17 of his points in the second half. Will Barrett was 4-6 from three point range on his way to 16 and Denton Koon had 13. Ian Hummer added nine points and seven assists without a turnover.
While the Tigers had 12 miscues versus Bulldog pressure, only five came in the second frame.
Michael Grace and Greg Kelly each totaled 13 for Yale. The Elis shot 60.5% for the ballgame, 60% from three point range and 16-20 from the free throw line.
As Yale was holding off Princeton, Harvard was rallying past Columbia as the Tigers and Crimson flip-flopped a half game lead in the Ivy League for the second time in as many contests.
Postgame audio from Coach Mitch Henderson, T.J. Bray & Will Barrett plus the rest of this recap can all found after the jump.
Today's Game:Princeton (16-9 / 9-2) vs. Yale (12-17 / 6-6) Location: Lee Amphitheater - New Haven, CT Time: 7:00 pm ET Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB TV: N/A Internet: goprincetontigers.com Series History: Princeton leads 144-83. Last meeting:Yale 69 Princeton 65 - 2/9/13.
Princeton
Yale
9-4
Home Record
6-4
7-4
Away Record
5-11
0-1
Neutral Record
1-2
112
RPI
209
92
Sagarin
214
82
Pomeroy
200
64.0
Points / Game
66.5
57.0
Points Allowed / Game
66.4
.465
FG%
.425
.730
FT%
.720
.396
3PT FG%
.345
31.6
Rebounds / Game
35.0
9.2
Off. Rebounds / Game
12.2
+3.2
Rebounding Margin
+3.7
14.3
Assists / Game
12.9
12.6
Turnovers / Game
14.4
3.2
Blocks / Game
3.0
Hummer: 16.3
Points
Morgan: 11.1
Hummer: 6.6
Rebounds
Sears: 5.6
Hummer: 4.0
Assists
Duren, Grace: 2.4
Bray: 1.8
Steals
Duren, Morgan: 1.1
Hummer: 0.8
Blocks
Sherrod: 1.1
Koon: .554
FG% (Min: 10 FGM)
Townsend: .522
Koon: .800
FT% (Min: 10 FTM)
Morgan: .908
Barrett: .506
3PT FG% (Min: 10 3PTM)
Martin: .465
(10) St. Peter's vs. (7) Fairfield - MAAC Tournament - 9:30 pm ET
Penn vs. Brown - 7:00 pm ET
Columbia vs. Harvard - 7:00 pm ET
Cornell vs. Dartmouth - 7:00 pm ET
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Behind 21 from Princeton recruit Steven Cook, New Trier advanced to the Class 4A Glenbrook North Sectional final.
It was a smooth start for Chris Young in Spring Training.
Northwestern (13-17) fell behind 12-0 versus Penn State in Evanston, ultimately going down 66-59.
It was the 100th win at Denver (20-8) for Joe Scott. The Pioneers' 84-55 rout of UT-Arlington combined with New Mexico State ending Louisiana Tech's winning streak means that Saturday's UD/LT tilt is now for a share of the WAC regular season title.
Princeton head coach Mitch Henderson and princetonbasketball.com editor Jon Solomon sat down courtside at Jadwin Gym this morning to tape the final regular season installment of their year-long weekly interview series.
Henderson and Solomon reviewed Princeton's home sweep of Harvard and Dartmouth in great detail before focusing on the critical final three Ivy games at Yale, Brown and Penn.
This exclusive Q&A streaming after the jump is a longer-than-usual 19:00+ in length. You can catch up on all of the season's discussions here.
Peter Miller and Northfield Mount Hermon took home the National Prep Championship with a win over Brewster Academy.
Khyan Rayner led Jesuit to the Class 6A boys’ basketball tournament semifinals.
Atlantic City ended East Brunswick's season by two in the NJSIAA Group 4 semis. Amir Bell had seven points and six rebounds in the loss.
The high school career of Spencer Weisz concluded as Seton Hall Prep fell to St. Peter's Prep 63-57 in the NJSIAA North Jersey, Non-Public A final. Weisz scored 19 before fouling out.
The Town Topics has pieces on the Tigers' victories over Harvard and Dartmouth.
Jeff Green's game winner for the Celtics came off a play suggested by Armond Hill.
An 11 game Georgetown (23-5) winning streak ended 67-57 at Villanova.
Tied with 3:19 to go, #19 VCU went on a 9-0 run to top Richmond (17-13).
Down the stretch we come. It is already the final weekend of Ivy play and to get you prepped for a huge road swing, Know! Your! Foe! updates about the Bulldogs and the Bears are ready to go.
Ian Halpern of Ivy Hoops Online and David "Bruno" Wise check in to let us know how the past three weeks have treated the respective squads they're experts on.
If you want to read their original takes on these teams, please check out these Yale and Brown K!Y!F! posts from last month.
Additionally, if you cover a team the Tigers will face down the line, let us know. It would be great to talk with you.
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As these sites have continued to grow we have increased our coverage to include additional teams with Princeton connections - the Richmond Spiders, Denver Pioneers, Oregon State Beavers, Fairfield Stags and Mercer County Community College Vikings - plus former Tigers playing professional baseball and basketball all over the world. This site is not directly affiliated with the Friends of Princeton Basketball, Princeton University or the Princeton athletic department.
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
2,503 - B. Bradley, 1962-65
1,625 - I. Hummer, 2009-13
1,550 - D. Davis, 2008-12
1,546 - K. Mueller, 1987-91
1,451 - P. Campbell, 1959-62
1,441 - C. Robinson, 1979-83
1,428 - B. Earl, 1995-99
1,365 - B. Scrabis, 1985-89
1,321 - G. Petrie, 1967-70
1,292 - H. Haabestad, 1952-55
1,277 - G. Lewullis, 1995-99
1,239 - B. Taylor, 1970-72
1,207 - S. Goodrich 1994-98
1,133 - F. Sowinski, 1975-78
1,130 - R. Hielscher, 1991-95
1,122 - C. Thomforde, 1966-69
1,099 - T. Manakas, 1970-73
1,090 - J. Wallace, 2001-05
1,088 - C. Belz, 1956-59
1,079 - B. Hauptfuhrer, 1973-76
1,076 - B. Roma, 1976-79
1,071 - C. Mooney, 1990-94
1,064 - A. Hyland, Jr., 1960-63
1,062 - L. Brangan, 1957-60
1,057 - A. Hill, 1973-76
1,054 - D. Mavraides, 2007-11
1,044 - S. Johnson, 1993-1997
1,031 - J. Hummer, 1967-70
1,010 - W. Venable, 2001-05
