Monday News:

March 4, 2013 at 9:28 am
Filed under Basketball, Fairfield, Princeton, Today's News

The Daily Princetonian, the Crimson and the Dartmouth have pieces on the weekend's games, as does Princeton Alumni Weekly.

A key for the Tigers the rest of the way is offensive adaptability.

There's a Mid-Majority piece on Harvard/Princeton.

Fairfield (17-14) fell 73-60 at Marist to close their regular season. The Stags will play St. Peter's in the first round of the MAAC Tournament on Friday. A full bracket can be viewed here.

I'll be back later today with a look at the odds of every possible Ivy League scenario.

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Sunday News:

March 3, 2013 at 10:28 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, Georgetown, MCCC, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Seniors On A Stick, Today's News

Fairfield vs. Marist - 2:00 pm ET - ESPN3

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

The Daily Princetonian has more on the Tigers victory over Harvard. You can stream the entire game on demand by clicking here.

Seton Hall Prep rode a career high from Princeton recruit Spencer Weisz into the NJSIAA Non-Public, North A tournament final. The championship will be played Wednesday night at Rutgers.

Future Tiger Henry Caruso and Serra went down to Mitty in the Central Coast Section Open Division title game.

Richmond (17-12) fell 78-74 at Dayton.

Tied with 2:55 left in the Region XIX tournament final, Mercer (21-10) was outscored 10-4 the rest of the way by Essex. Mustafa El-Amin had 24 for the Vikings as their season came to a close.

An eighth straight Denver (19-8) victory gave the Pioneers second place in the WAC to themselves, topping New Mexico State by six.

Otto Porter had 28 points as Georgetown (23-4) took down Rutgers, 64-51.

Today Fairfield closes MAAC regular season play at Marist.

Oh! If you're interested in Seniors on a Stick for any of the five Tigers honored yesterday, please let me know. Demand exceeded supply and I'd be happy to run off a few more on request.

Around the Ivy League: Penn (8-20 / 5-6) led the entire way versus Harvard (17-9 / 9-3) but a landscape-altering result was not secure until Christian Webster's three point shot came up short of the rim at the horn with the Crimson trailing by three. Yale (12-17 / 6-6) won 79-70 at beguiling Cornell (13-16 / 5-7). A Tucker Halpern three point shot at the buzzer gave Brown (12-14 / 6-6) the 61-58 decision against Columbia (11-14 / 3-8).

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Dartmouth pictures.

March 2, 2013 at 10:49 pm
Filed under Basketball, Photos, Princeton, Robert Solomon

Photos from today's game courtesy Robert Solomon.

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Princeton 68 Dartmouth 63.

March 2, 2013 at 8:49 pm
Filed under 12-13, Audio, Basketball, Princeton, Seniors On A Stick

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If it wasn't for a foot injury endured during Princeton's non-conference slate last season, tonight would have been Will Barrett's Senior Night.

The re-junior with an extra year of eligibility remaining lifted his former 2013 classmates in their final contest at Jadwin Gym, scoring a career high 23 on 5-11 three point shooting to rally an initially clumsy and careless band of Tigers past Dartmouth.

Barrett made three consecutive shots from behind the arc with Princeton up five, helping extend a late advantage to 57-47 with 3:26 remaining.

The Tigers converted their final 10 free throws to hold off the Big Green before five points against the far bench reserves in the last seven seconds made the final closer than it seemed.

“I’m really happy for the senior class to get a home sweep,” said Princeton head coach Mitch Henderson. “It wasn’t a pretty game for us but I think this kind of happens in the [Ivy] League.”

In addition to Barrett's outside shooting, T.J. Bray hit four of five times from deep on his way to 21 points and Ian Hummer totaled 13 in his ultimate game at home.

A night after going 1-10 from three, the Tigers returned to form connecting on 10-19 outside attempts including an 8-13 second half.

Randy Melville's son Tyler was superb for Dartmouth, scoring a personal best 23 on 9-11 attempts. He was joined by Gabas Maldunas (17) in double figures.

Princeton trailed 19-11 with 6:35 left in the first half and 21-20 at the intermission before returning on an 11-3 run.

Postgame audio from Coach Mitch Henderson, Will Barrett & Brendan Connolly plus the rest of this recap can all found after the jump.

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Saturday News:

March 2, 2013 at 10:19 am
Filed under Audio, Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, Georgetown, MCCC, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Today's Game: Dartmouth (7-18 / 3-8) vs. Princeton (15-9 / 8-2)
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 143-61.
Last meeting: Princeton 73 Dartmouth 55 - 2/15/13.

Richmond vs. Dayton - 4:00 pm ET
Mercer vs. Essex - 5:00 pm ET - Region XIX final
New Mexico State vs. Denver - 6:00 pm ET - ESPN3
Rutgers vs. Georgetown - 9:00 pm ET - ESPNU

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

Join fellow site members in the forum before/during/after tonight's game, whether you're in the stands for Senior Night or listening at home. You must be subscribed and logged in to participate.

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's win over Harvard on goprincetontigers.com, in the Star Ledger, in the Trentonian, in the Trenton Times, in the Boston Globe, in the Crimson, on CBS Sports, on Ivy Hoops Online and on gocrimson.com.

The Trentonian also has a piece on Ian Hummer passing Doug Davis for second all-time in scoring at Princeton.

There's a story about future Tiger Steven Cook in Wilmette Life. Cook's New Trier squad were victorious in Illinois' Class 4A regional final.

Cook also received All-Area honorable mention honors.

Princeton recruit Amir Bell and East Brunswick advanced to the Central Jersey, Group 4 tournament finals, where they will host Trenton.

Khyan Rayner and Jesuit made it out of the OSAA Class 6A state playoff's second round unscathed.

Another double-double for Kareem Maddox at Newcastle.

In the lowest-scoring game in MAAC history, Manhattan topped Fairfield (17-13) by a 34-31 final.

Richmond plays at Dayton, Mercer's in the Region XIX finals (which you can stream live video of here for free), Denver hosts New Mexico State and Georgetown welcomes Rutgers late.

Below, Rich Chvotkin has the call for the conclusion of the Hoyas' double OT win at UConn.

Around the Ivy League: Brown (11-14 / 5-6) made 13 three pointers in a 84-65 win at Shonn Miller-less Cornell (13-15 / 5-6). Maodo Lo had a career high 20 as Columbia (12-13 / 4-7) stopped Yale (11-17 / 5-6) by 13. Dartmouth (7-18 / 3-8) heads to Jadwin Gym on the heels of just their sixth win at The Palestra, 69-64 over Penn (7-20 / 4-6).

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Harvard pictures.

March 2, 2013 at 12:46 am
Filed under Basketball, Photos, Princeton, Robert Solomon

Photos from today's game courtesy Robert Solomon.

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Princeton 58 Harvard 53.

March 1, 2013 at 10:07 pm
Filed under 12-13, Audio, Basketball, Princeton

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What coaches refer to as "winning plays" are sometimes simply small moments, magnified.

On a dominant evening where he scored 23 points and grabbed 14 rebounds, the biggest play Ian Hummer made was a slap in the air.

That five fingered chop caught Mack Darrow's missed front end free throw bounding high off the back rim with :07.6 remaining and the Tigers desperately holding on to a 54-53 lead.

Hummer's decision to use a curved palm instead of going for a difficult offensive rebound versus Steve Moundou-Missi directed the ball towards the Tigers' bench.

On an evening where he scored 14 points and grabbed six rebounds, the biggest play T.J. Bray made was a sprint to the sidelines.

Bray raced to the ball and with a curl of his hand as he sailed out of bounds with a crash, sent possession down the floor to Denton Koon in the backcourt.

Koon was fouled with :02.7 showing and converted both his one-and-one attempts, making it a three point game.

A three quarter court pass by Harvard's Jonah Travis was knocked away by Hummer to Bray and Bray secured a game wherein Princeton had just one field goal in the final 9:58 of the second half - which just happened to be a Hummer tip follow of a posting Bray's miss that moved the Tigers back up one after the Crimson had taken their first lead of the contest.

Beyond Hummer and Bray, no other Princeton player scored more than six.

Moundou-Missi was Harvard high man, totaling 15 including a perfect 7-7 from the line. Wesley Saunders added 11 and freshman point Siyani Chambers 10, both on 4-10 shooting.

Two of the top 10 three point shooting teams in the country combined to go 1-18 on the night with the only make coming from Mack Darrow with 9:58 left that boosted the Tigers up 46-36.

Harvard would answer with a 10-0 run.

Postgame audio from Coach Mitch Henderson, Ian Hummer & T.J. Bray plus the rest of this recap can be found after the jump.

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Friday News:

March 1, 2013 at 9:40 am
Filed under Basketball, Fairfield, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Today's News

Today's Game: Harvard (17-7 / 9-1) vs. Princeton (14-9 / 7-2)
Location: Jadwin Gym - Princeton, NJ
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: ESPNU
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 128-41.
Last meeting: Harvard 69 Princeton 57 - 2/16/13.

Fairfield vs. Manhattan - 9:00 pm ET - ESPNU

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

Try to relax by joining fellow site members in the forum during the game, whether you're in the stands or watching at home. You must be subscribed and logged in to participate.

Start your morning with profiles of Denton Koon, Chris Clement and Ian Hummer.

Is Princeton the nation's best unlucky team?

The Daily Princetonian previews tonight's contest and the goes deeper inside tonight's numbers.

There are additional previews in the Trentonian and the Crimson.

Mercer (21-9) advanced to their third Region XIX championship game in the past four years with a 91-55 win over Lackawanna. Filip Sekulic had 26 in the victory. The Vikings will play Essex for the title on Saturday at 5:00 pm ET. Bookmark this link to stream the game live.

In a rather similar script to their meeting in Columbus, Northwestern (13-16) led Ohio State by one with less than four minutes remaining before the Buckeyes closed on a 15-4 spurt.

Oregon rallied past Oregon State (13-16) in the second half, 85-75.

After Harvard/Princeton wraps, Fairfield at Manhattan will be broadcast on ESPNU.

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Coach Mitch Henderson - 2/27/13.

February 28, 2013 at 5:28 pm
Filed under Basketball, Coach Henderson Interview, Princeton

Princeton head coach Mitch Henderson and princetonbasketball.com editor Jon Solomon met prior to practice at Jadwin Gym late this afternoon to tape the 14th installment of their season-long weekly interview series.

Henderson and Solomon reviewed Princeton's impressive sweep at Columbia and Cornell in decent detail before diving into this weekend's final home contests of the season versus Harvard and Dartmouth.

This exclusive Q&A streaming after the jump is 13:00+ in length. You can catch up on all of the season's discussions here.

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Thursday News:

February 28, 2013 at 8:58 am
Filed under Basketball, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News, Video

Lackawanna vs. MCCC - 5:30 pm ET - Region XIX playoffs
Ohio State vs. Northwestern - 7:00 pm ET - ESPN2
Oregon State vs. Oregon - 11:00 pm ET - ESPNU

First Georgetown (22-4) gave up a five point lead with :11 left in regulation, then the Hoyas came from down seven in a second overtime with two minutes remaining and won their 10th straight 79-78 via an Otto Porter drive. Hoya Prospectus crunches the numbers.

Richmond (17-11) topped GW on Senior Night in less dramatic fashion, 73-64.

The Spiders and Fairfield will both take part in the 2013 Tip-Off Tournament and it is possible Chris Mooney and Sydney Johnson will coach against one another in the Naismith Bracket.

A reverse dunk by Princeton recruit Steven Cook triggered a New Trier victory in the St. Patrick Regional semifinals.

Future Tiger Henry Caruso went 14-15 at the free throw line in Serra's Central Coast Section Open Division semis win over Sacred Heart Cathedral. This sets up a fourth game between the Padres and Archbishop Mitty.

Northwestern hosts Ohio State and Oregon State visits Oregon.

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Know! Your! Foe! - Harvard & Dartmouth updates.

February 27, 2013 at 10:55 pm
Filed under Basketball, Know Your Foe, Princeton

You should hopefully know the drill by now. The middle of the week between Ivy contests at this time of year means Know! Your! Foe! updates about opponents Princeton has faced rather recently.

With Harvard and Dartmouth heading to Jadwin this weekend for the final regular season home games of the campaign, Michael James of the @ivybball Twitter account and Bruce Wood from Big Green Alert join us again to provide insight on how a pair of Tiger opponents' last two weeks have treated them.

If you want to read their original takes on these teams, please check out these Harvard and Dartmouth K!Y!F! posts from the middle of the 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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Wednesday News:

February 27, 2013 at 9:58 am
Filed under Audio, Chris Young, Fairfield, Georgetown, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Georgetown vs. UConn - 7:00 pm ET - ESPN2
George Washington vs. Richmond - 7:00 pm ET

Princeton recruit Khyan Rayner was named 2012-13 Metro League Player of the Year.

There's a March 24 opt out in Chris Young's deal with the Nationals.

Kareem Maddox is happy to put his team first.

A trap game if there ever was one awaits Georgetown when they travel to UConn tonight. No matter what happens, John Thompson III held the Hoyas together when things could have fallen apart.

Richmond hosts GW.

The latest "Sit Down With Sydney" is embedded below.

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