Brown 80 Princeton 67.

March 9, 2013 at 8:46 pm
Filed under 12-13, Audio, Basketball, Princeton

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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.

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Saturday News:

March 9, 2013 at 9:47 am
Filed under Basketball, Bill Bradley, Denver, Fairfield, Georgetown, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

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.

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

There is an open thread for site members in the forum to talk about tonight's game, whether you're in the stands or listening at home. You must be subscribed and logged in to participate.

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton going down at Yale on goprincetontigers.com, in the Trentonian, in the New Haven Register and on yalebulldogs.com.

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).

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Yale pictures.

March 8, 2013 at 10:56 pm
Filed under Basketball, Photos, Princeton, Robert Solomon

Photos from today's game courtesy Robert Solomon.

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Yale 71 Princeton 66.

March 8, 2013 at 9:21 pm
Filed under 12-13, Audio, Basketball, Princeton

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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.

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Friday News:

March 8, 2013 at 9:50 am
Filed under Baseball, Basketball, Chris Young, Denver, Fairfield, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

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.

(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

There is an open thread for site members in the forum to talk about tonight's game, 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 Yale Daily News preview this evening's matchup.

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.

Oregon State (13-17) lost 72-61 at Utah.

On the first day of MAAC Tournament action, Fairfield faces St. Peter's.

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Harvard/Princeton highlights.

March 7, 2013 at 11:21 pm
Filed under Basketball, Princeton, Video

Before I call it an evening, nearly four minutes of clips from Princeton's win over Harvard.

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Coach Mitch Henderson - 3/6/13.

March 7, 2013 at 12:55 pm
Filed under Basketball, Coach Henderson Interview, Princeton

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.

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Thursday News:

March 7, 2013 at 9:25 am
Filed under Armond Hill, Audio, Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Penn State vs. Northwestern - 7:00 pm ET - ESPNU
Texas-Arlington vs. Denver - 9:00 pm ET
Oregon State vs. Utah - 9:00 pm ET - ESPNU

The majority of Princeton's 2013 recruiting class was in action last night.

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).

A new "Sit Down With Sydney" is embedded below.

Tonight Northwestern hosts Penn State, Denver welcomes UT-A and Oregon State heads to Utah.

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Know! Your! Foe! - Yale & Brown updates.

March 6, 2013 at 12:04 pm
Filed under Basketball, Know Your Foe, Princeton, Video

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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Tuesday News:

March 5, 2013 at 9:18 am
Filed under Basketball, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Averaging an 18 point and 10 rebound double-double on the weekend, Ian Hummer retained Ivy League Player of the Week status.

One writer's take on Harvard's five most painful losses to Princeton.

Future Tiger Amir Bell battled through foul trouble as East Brunswick topped Trenton for the NJSIAA Central Jersey, Group 4 championship. The Bears advance to the state semis tomorrow vs. Atlantic City.

More on Princeton recruit Henry Caruso and Serra falling to Mitty in the Central Coast Section Open Division title game.

Chris Young is playing catch-up in the Washington Nationals' camp.

I don't believe I'd ever seen this picture of Princeton's bench celebrating after beating UCLA in the 1996 NCAA Tournament before.

Speaking of photos, the Associated Press has 10 of them in a collection from last Friday's game.

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YouTube potpourri XCIII.

March 4, 2013 at 9:17 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. While I haven't found any videos posted from last weekend's games, here are select plays from the Tigers' wins at Columbia and Cornell.

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

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Never tell me the odds!

March 4, 2013 at 11:58 am
Filed under Basketball, Princeton

The possibility of successfully navigating the Ivy League is greater than the possibility of successfully navigating an asteroid field, Captain Solo.

A friend sent me a spreadsheet this morning including all 42 possible outcomes (22 decided in the regular season, 20 decided with a playoff) for Princeton and Harvard's remaining games.

Using Ken Pomeroy's predictive model, Princeton is at 50% to win the league outright.

The chance of a one game playoff for the NCAA bid is 36%.

See a full table of games and scenarios after the jump.

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