Thursday News:

February 21, 2013 at 10:18 am
Filed under Basketball, Fairfield, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Stanford vs. Oregon State - 11:00 pm ET - ESPNU

33 points from D’Vauntes Smith-Rivera was the highest scoring output by a Hoya freshman under John Thompson III as Georgetown (20-4) won their eighth straight 90-66 over DePaul. DSR shot 10-12 from the field, 5-6 behind the arc and 8-10 at the line.

Scoring remained an issue for Northwestern (13-14), who went down 69-41 against #19 Wisconsin.

Princeton recruit Amir Bell and East Brunswick advanced to the Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament final.

Tomorrow night Columbia must account for the versatility of Ian Hummer.

Sydney Johnson wanted Malcolm Gilbert to play for him at Princeton and will get that chance at Fairfield now that Gilbert has transferred in from Pitt.

For the first time since their four overtime affair, Oregon State plays Stanford.

Looking for something to do on Monday night? Two seed Mercer will host Burlington at 6:00 pm ET in the first round of the Region XIX playoffs.

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Wednesday News:

February 20, 2013 at 10:08 am
Filed under Basketball, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Princeton, Today's News

DePaul vs. Georgetown - 7:00 pm ET - ESPN+
Wisconsin vs. Northwestern - 9:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network

The Daily Princetonian looks at how Harvard beat Princeton.

With four Vikings in double figures, Mercer (19-9) won its rescheduled contest versus Delaware Tech-Stanton 56-53.

Tonight #11 Georgetown hosts DePaul and Northwestern welcomes #19 Wisconsin.

Also, happy birthday to our site photographer Robert Solomon!

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Tuesday News:

February 19, 2013 at 9:38 am
Filed under Basketball, Bill Bradley, Denver, Fairfield, Georgetown, Princeton, Recruiting

Ian Hummer represents Princeton on the honor roll of the latest Ivy League Men's Basketball Weekly Release.

ESPN ranked Bill Bradley 13th on their list of "the 75 best players in NCAA tournament history based on overall achievement as well as singular excellence."

Princeton recruit Amir Bell was named First Team All-GMC.

Derek Needham's three point shot with five seconds remaining lifted Fairfield (17-11) to a 66-64 comeback victory over Iona.

John Thompson III joined Andy Katz on the ESPNU College Basketball podcast. The interview starts roughly 14:00 into the program.

13-1 in their last 14 games, Denver is playing their best basketball of the season at the right time.

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YouTube potpourri XCI.

February 18, 2013 at 2:12 pm
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Video

Here's the latest collection of videos from various corners of the Princeton basketball family. Above, the Harvard video package from Saturday's game.

Seven additional clips of varying lengths and sources can be found after the jump.

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Saturday News:

February 16, 2013 at 9:26 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Today's Game: Princeton (12-8 / 5-1) vs. Harvard (14-7 / 6-1)
Location: Lavietes Pavilion - Allston, MA
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: NBCSN
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 128-40.
Last meeting: Harvard 67 Princeton 64 - 2/24/12.

St. Bonaventure vs. Richmond - 6:00 pm ET
Denver vs. San Jose State - 10:00 pm ET
Oregon State vs. Washington - 11:00 pm ET - FSN

Cornell vs. Brown - 6:00 pm ET
Columbia vs. Yale - 7:00 pm ET
Penn vs. Dartmouth - 7:00 pm ET

With first place on the line, talk about tonight's game with fellow site members in the forum. You must be logged in and subscribed to contribute.

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's win at Dartmouth on goprincetontigers.com, in the Trentonian and on dartmouthsports.com.

Egads. I nearly missed Rush The Court checking in on the Ivy League.

Princeton recruit Spencer Weisz had 14 points and seven steals in Seton Hall Prep's victory over the Fighting Schulers of Columbia High.

Future Tiger Steven Cook and New Trier fell in a battle for the CSL South conference title versus Maine South.

Well, well, well. Georgetown (19-4) now sits alone atop the Big East table after gutting out a 62-55 win at Cincinnati.

Games on the docket include Richmond hosting St. Bonaventure, Denver traveling to San Jose State and Oregon State visiting Washington.

Around the Ivy League: Harvard (14-7 / 6-1) blocked a program record 15 shots, Kenyatta Smith came one rebound away from a triple double and the Crimson topped Penn (5-18 / 2-4) by a 73-54 final. Cornell (12-12 / 4-3) got even overall with a 68-61 win at Yale (9-15 / 3-4). Behind a career high 27 from Matt Sullivan, Brown (9-12 / 3-4) defeated a Brian Barbour-less Columbia (10-11 / 2-5) side, 58-55.

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Friday News:

February 15, 2013 at 8:39 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Princeton, Today's News

Today's Game: Princeton (11-8 / 4-1) vs. Dartmouth (6-14 / 2-4)
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 142-61.
Last meeting: Princeton 85 Dartmouth 61 - 2/25/12.

Georgetown vs. Cincinnati - 9:00 pm ET - ESPN

Cornell vs. Yale - 7:00 pm ET
Penn vs. Harvard - 7:00 pm ET
Columbia vs. Brown - 7:00 pm ET - MyRITV

Join fellow site members in the forum during the action from Hanover, whether you're in the stands or listening at home. You must be subscribed and logged in to participate.

The Trentonian, the Daily Princetonian and the Crimson all have previews of this weekend's games to share.

Depleted Northwestern (13-12) played valiantly at Ohio State but a late 17-5 Buckeyes run with the Wildcats up two entering the game's final five minutes was the difference.

Derek Needham knocked down eight three pointers as Fairfield (16-11) topped Siena, 74-52.

Mercer (18-9) fell 74-59 to undefeated Brookdale.

A wild overtime affair went 63-60 to Denver (16-8) over Utah State on Brett Olson's three point shot at the buzzer. The final play is available as an animated .gif below.

Georgetown visits Cincinnati this evening.

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Tuesday News:

February 12, 2013 at 8:48 am
Filed under Basketball, Fairfield, Georgetown, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Morris vs. Mercer - 7:00 pm ET
Manhattan vs. Fairfield - 7:00 pm ET

Denton Koon represents Princeton on the honor roll of the latest Ivy League Weekly Release. Koon averaged 16.5 points in last weekend's games, shooting 12-18 from the field.

Behind 21 points from the versatile Otto Porter, Georgetown (18-4) topped #18 Marquette by eight. Hoya Prospectus crunches the numbers from this game.

The New Haven Register recaps Yale's sweep of Penn and Princeton.

Fairfield's game scheduled for last night was pushed back a second time due to a remarkable amount of snow. The Stags will finally host Manhattan on campus this evening.

Future Tiger Hashim Moore tallied 11 in Hun's MAPL Tournament championship game victory over The Lawrenceville School.

Terrible news as former Penn center Matthew White, who played on the Quakers' 1979 Final Four team, was found stabbed to death.

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YouTube potpourri XC.

February 11, 2013 at 2:08 pm
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, Georgetown, Princeton, Recruiting, Video

Here's the latest collection of videos from various corners of the Princeton basketball family. Above, Tiger recruit Henry Caruso in action as Serra takes on Bellarmine.

12 additional clips of varying lengths and sources can be found after the jump.

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Monday News:

February 11, 2013 at 10:08 am
Filed under Basketball, Brian Earl, Fairfield, Georgetown, Judson Wallace, Oregon State, Princeton, Today's News

Marquette vs. Georgetown - 7:00 pm ET - ESPN
Manhattan vs. Fairfield - 7:00 pm ET

The Daily Princetonian, the Brown Daily Herald and the Yale Daily News offer some different perspectives on last weekend's games.

The San Diego Padres need Will Venable to break out in 2013.

Go seventy minutes in to this podcast for an interview with Tiger assistant Brian Earl.

Judson Wallace scored six points off the bench as Barcelona won the Copa Del Rey over Valencia.

Colorado closed on a 23-12 run and the result was yet another close loss for Oregon State (12-12).

This just in: Limited tickets may still be available for Saturday's game. Call Harvard's (617-495-2211) or Princeton's (609-258-9220) ticket offices today or email Bob Ruxin.

Georgetown hosts Marquette on Big Monday and Fairfield plays their snow-delayed contest against Manhattan at home.

Around the Ivy League: After playing with fire in their first five conference games, Harvard (13-7 / 5-1) could not extinguish a Columbia (10-10 / 2-4) conflagration. The Lions led by as many as 20 down the stretch in a 78-63 victory. Cornell (11-12 / 3-3) dispatched Dartmouth (6-14 / 2-4) in Ithaca, 79-56.

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Sunday News:

February 10, 2013 at 8:41 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Dartmouth vs. Cornell - 12:00 pm ET
Harvard vs. Columbia - 2:00 pm ET

Colorado vs. Oregon State - 9:00 pm ET - Pac-12 Network

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's first loss of 2013 on goprincetontigers.com, in the Star Ledger, in the Trenton Times, in the Trentonian and on yalebulldogs.com.

SportsProf was impressed by Yale's gameplan.

Despite 21 from Kareem Maddox, the Newcastle Eagles were surprised by Worcester Wolves in the competition for the BBL Trophy.

Princeton recruit Hashim Moore had a buzzer-beater as Hun topped The Hill School 37-35 in the MAPL playoffs.

Scoring 10 straight during the final six minutes, Otto Porter helped lead Georgetown (17-4) to a 69-63 win at Rutgers.

Losing two starters due to injury in the second half, Northwestern (13-11) fell 71-57 at Iowa.

Richmond (14-10) shot 23.3% from the field in a 56-46 home defeat versus St. Louis.

Magness Arena remains very welcoming to Denver (15-8). The Pioneers won their ninth straight at home and fourth overall, 74-58 versus Idaho.

The Mercer game scheduled for yesterday was postponed.

Oregon State hosts Colorado tonight.

Around the Ivy League: Behind a career high 28 from Miles Cartwright, Penn (5-17 / 2-3) shut down Brown (8-12 / 2-4) at The Palestra, 71-48.

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Saturday News:

February 9, 2013 at 9:38 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, Georgetown, Northwestern, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

Today's Game: Yale (8-14 / 2-3) vs. Princeton (11-7 / 4-0)
Location: Jadwin Gym - Princeton, NJ
Time: 6:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 144-82.
Last meeting: Princeton 64 Yale 57 - 3/2/12.

Georgetown vs. Rutgers - 12:00 pm ET - ESPN+
MCCC vs. Del Tech Stanton - 2:00 pm ET
Northwestern vs. Iowa - 4:30 pm ET - Big Ten Network
St. Louis vs. Richmond - 6:00 pm ET
Idaho vs. Denver - 6:00 pm ET - ROOT Sports

Brown vs. Penn - 7:00 pm ET

Dartmouth at Cornell and Harvard at Columbia have both been rescheduled for Sunday afternoon.

Join fellow site members in the forum during the action, whether you're in the stands or watching on TV at home. Check out the conversation from the Brown game. You must be subscribed and logged in to participate.

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's victory over Brown on goprincetontigers.com, in the Trenton Times, in the Trentonian and on brownbears.com.

The assertiveness of Ian Hummer rejuvenated the Tigers against Cornell.

Princeton recruit Steven Cook had 20 in New Trier's win over Evanston.

Future Tiger Khyan Rayner went for 23 as Jesuit topped Beaverton.

Judson Wallace contributed 11 points off the bench in Barcelona's Copa Del Rey victory over Real Madrid.

At Fairfield, Sydney Johnson is advancing the Stag's brand.

Despite the weather, Georgetown tips at noon versus Rutgers. Northwestern travels to Iowa, Richmond hosts St. Louis and Denver welcomes Idaho.

Around the Ivy League: Errick Peck's three at the buzzer was off the mark and Harvard (13-6 / 5-0) escaped yet again, 67-65 over Cornell (10-12 / 2-3). Yale (8-14 / 2-3) grabbed 21 offensive rebounds in an 68-59 win at Penn (4-17 / 1-3). Dartmouth (6-13 / 2-3) surprised Columbia (9-10 / 1-4) in New York by three.

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Super Bowl Sunday News:

February 3, 2013 at 9:38 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Oregon State vs. Stanford - 3:00 pm ET - Pac-12 Network

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's win over Cornell on goprincetontigers.com, on Big Apple Buckets, in the Trenton Times, in the Trentonian, in the Columbia Spectator and on gocolumbialions.com.

Future Tiger Steven Cook had 15 for New Trier yesterday versus St. Viator.

Elsewhere, a double-double for Henry Caruso propelled Serra.

Northwestern (13-10) scored the initial 12 points and led Purdue wire to wire in a 75-60 decision. Reggie Hearn made his first nine field goals for the Wildcats.

The back half of a Lone Star State sweep for Denver (13-8) was a 79-64 win at Texas State.

Nate Lubick had 16 points and 10 rebounds in a 68-56 Georgetown victory over St. John's. The triumph was #200 for John Thompson III as the Hoyas' head man.

Richmond (14-9) fended off Xavier at home, 73-71.

Before you settle in to watch the Big Game there's always Oregon State at Stanford.

Around the Ivy League: Is Harvard (12-6 / 4-0) a "team of destiny" or reaching Johnny Storm levels of fire-play? Brown (8-10 / 2-2) came from 22 down with 11:27 minutes to go, got to overtime courtesy a Sean McGonagill shot at the horn but could not take the lead in either of the two overtimes that followed as the Crimson survived 89-82. Errick Peck was 8-8 from the floor and Galal Cancer scored with 10 seconds to go as Cornell (10-11 / 2-2) won 71-69 over Penn (4-16 / 1-2) at The Palestra. Dartmouth (5-13 / 1-3) reached the win column in conference, 71-62 versus Yale (7-14 / 1-3). The Big Green connected on 22-24 free throws.

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