Thursday News:

February 7, 2013 at 8:48 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

MCCC vs. Burlington - 7:00 pm ET
St. Peter's vs. Fairfield - 7:00 pm ET
Seattle vs. Denver - 9:00 pm ET - ROOT Sports

Princeton recruit Henry Caruso was named the Mercury News' Athlete of the Week.

Future Tiger Khyan Rayner had 18 as Jesuit improved to 17-2.

It was Oregon State (12-11) over Utah, 82-64.

Fairfield hosts St. Peter's and Denver welcomes Seattle.

A rough Penn season took two more hits with reports Fran Dougherty and Steve Rennard are both likely out for the remainder of the year.

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Tuesday News:

February 5, 2013 at 10:08 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, Princeton, Today's News, Will Venable

Raritan vs. MCCC - 7:00 pm ET

Ian Hummer shares the latest Ivy League Player of the Week honors. For those of you keeping score at home that's three solo awards and a pair of split awards this season for the Princeton senior. Both times Hummer has been Co-POW the other recipient has been Harvard's Wesley Saunders.

The Daily Princetonian summarizes the Tigers' victories over Cornell and Columbia.

Fairfield (14-10) won their fourth straight, 64-54 at Siena.

The Stags will host Albany in a BracketBuster game on February 23rd while Denver will travel to Northern Iowa the same day.

One reporter wishes more professional athletes were like Will Venable.

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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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Saturday News:

February 2, 2013 at 9:58 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, Georgetown, Northwestern, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Today's Game: Columbia (9-8 / 1-2) vs. Princeton (9-7 / 2-0)
Location: Jadwin Gym - Princeton, NJ
Time: 6:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: NBCSN
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 143-84.
Last meeting: Princeton 77 Columbia 66 - 2/17/12.

Purdue vs. Northwestern - 12:00 pm ET - ESPN2
Denver vs. Texas State - 3:00 pm ET
St. John's vs. Georgetown - 4:00 pm ET - CBS
Xavier vs. Richmond - 6:00 pm ET

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

Join fellow site members in the forum during the action, whether you're in the stands or watching on TV at home. You must be subscribed and logged in to participate. I'll try and be more active with the forum for this game.

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's win over Cornell on goprincetontigers.com, in the Trenton Times, in the Times Herald and on cornellbigred.com.

The Tigers are prepared for the challenges Columbia presents.

Princeton recruit Steven Cook has assumed a leadership role with New Trier this season.

Future Tiger Henry Caruso recorded a new career high.

Fairfield (13-10) made it three straight with a 69-59 home victory over Rider.

Today Northwestern hosts Purdue, Denver plays at Texas State, Georgetown goes for a "Gray Out" at home versus St. John's and Richmond welcomes Xavier.

Around the Ivy League: Harvard (11-6 / 3-0) stayed unbeaten in the league but continues to play with fire. Yale (7-13 / 1-2) could not get off a chance to tie in the final seconds at Lavietes Pavilion, falling 67-64. Even entering the last :45, Penn (4-15 / 1-1) outscored Columbia (9-8 / 1-2) by four to record a 62-58 decision. Rafael Maia had 21 on 10-11 shooting as Brown (8-9 / 2-1) topped Dartmouth (4-13 / 0-2) by 12.

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Friday News:

February 1, 2013 at 9:18 am
Filed under Basketball, Brian Taylor, Denver, Fairfield, Oregon State, Princeton, Today's News

Today's Game: Cornell (9-10 / 1-1) vs. Princeton (8-7 / 1-0)
Location: Jadwin Gym - Princeton, NJ
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 137-79.
Last meeting: Princeton 75 Cornell 57 - 2/18/12.

Fairfield vs. Rider - 7:00 pm ET - SNY

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

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I opened my address book, photo archive and audio repository to assist a lengthy Big Apple Buckets piece about Sydney Johnson's road to 100 victories. Wonder who those "couple of buddies of mine from Princeton" were...

The Trentonian previews tonight's game, as does the Cornell Daily Sun.

Denton Koon is coming into his own at guard.

Princeton Alumni Weekly writes about Brian Taylor and his work as headmaster of Teleos Preparatory Academy, digs up a 1984 article about Taylor's return to campus and also offers a perspective on the simple elegance of the "14-Game Tournament."

I was delighted to read that Mack Darrow's brother will follow his sibling to Princeton next season, and likely play football for the Tigers.

Lackawanna outscored Mercer (16-7) by an 88-82 count. Mustafa El-Amin had 24 for the Vikings in defeat.

Denver (12-8) recorded a 71-57 victory at UT-San Antonio.

Cal dropped Oregon State (11-10) by three.

Fairfield hosts Rider this evening.

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Thursday News:

January 31, 2013 at 10:08 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

MCCC vs. Lackawanna - 7:00 pm ET
Denver vs. UT-San Antonio - 8:00 pm ET
Oregon State vs. Cal - 10:00 pm ET - ESPNU

T.J. Bray is profiled by a Wisconsin newspaper.

There's also a piece today on Noah Savage, standup comic.

The Town Topics recaps Princeton's win over TCNJ.

Future Tiger Henry Caruso had 22 points and nine rebounds last night.

Georgetown (15-4) won for the fifth time in six games, 74-52 over Seton Hall.

Number one Michigan was too much for Northwestern (12-10), 68-46.

Richmond (13-9) fell 71-64 at Temple.

Tonight Denver plays at UT-SA and Oregon State visits Cal.

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Thursday News:

January 24, 2013 at 10:38 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News, Video

VCU vs. Richmond - 7:00 pm ET - CBS Sports Network
Marist vs. Fairfield - 7:00 pm ET - ESPN3

Since their dismal performance against Iowa, Northwestern (12-8) has been playing some inspired basketball. Facing a third straight ranked team, the Wildcats befuddled Minnesota, taking control with an 18-4 second half run on their way to a 55-48 triumph.

Denver (11-7) did not fair well at New Mexico State, shooting 3-18 from three point range in a hard-to-watch 53-42 loss.

A 74-66 decision over Washington gave Oregon State (11-8) their first Pac-12 victory of the campaign.

Ian Hummer cracked the Top 100 in StatSheet's national player rankings.

There's a feature on Kareem Maddox in advance of Newcastle's trip to Birmingham.

Tonight it is the Black & Blue classic wherein Richmond and VCU will face off. Fairfield will also host Marist.

Around the Ivy League: Penn (3-15) led as late as the 5:25 mark of the second half versus Temple until an 11-0 Owls run sealed the Quakers' fate.

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Wednesday News:

January 23, 2013 at 9:08 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting

Minnesota vs. Northwestern - 9:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network
Denver vs. New Mexico State - 11:00 pm ET - ESPNU
Washington vs. Oregon State - 11:30 pm ET - Pac-12 Network

Penn vs. Temple - 7:00 pm ET

Princeton recruit Hashim Moore and Hun lost on a last second layup at The Lawrenceville School.

Mercer (14-6) fell 74-58 at Essex.

Been a bit since I checked on Dan Mavraides. Since joining Juve Caserta, Mavraides has been averaging eight points per game in these six contests, including a first start for his new squad their last time out.

Tonight Northwestern matches up against Minnesota, their third straight ranked opponent. Denver plays at New Mexico State and Oregon State hosts Washington. All three games are televised nationally if you're looking for some late evening viewing.

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YouTube potpourri LXXXVIII.

January 21, 2013 at 10:08 pm
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Northwestern, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Sean Gregory, Video

Here's the latest collection of videos from various corners of the Princeton basketball family. Above, The Bucks County Bungee Jumpers doing their thing at Jadwin Gym.

15 (!!!) additional videos, including four separate Tiger recruits in action, after the jump.

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Sunday News:

January 20, 2013 at 10:18 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Indiana vs. Northwestern - 1:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network

Princeton recruit Spencer Weisz had 15 points and 12 assists for Seton Hall Prep at the Coaches vs. Cancer Challenge.

Darien Brothers scored a career high 39 as Richmond (12-7) recorded the victory of the day among Carril Cradle teams, 81-61 over previously 15-2 Charlotte.

Denver (11-7) continues to find their lone season in the WAC to their liking. The Pioneers won their seventh straight, 68-57 over Utah State.

Georgetown (12-4) fell short at South Florida, 61-58.

USC topped Oregon State (10-8) by one. The Beavers had the ball in the lane as time expired but could not get off a legitimate look at the basket.

Mercer (14-5) lost 66-53 to Harcum.

Before the football gets underway, Northwestern hosts #2 Indiana. Listen to an excerpt of Bill Carmody on Sirius XM College Sports Nation.

Any thoughts on the steps the NCAA is taking to simplify their rulebook?

Around the Ivy League: Harvard (9-6 / 1-0) was able to overcome a 20 point deficit at Memphis but once the Crimson took the lead the Tigers closed on a 16-4 run across the final 6:40. Columbia (9-6 / 1-0) used a 13-0 second half run to create enough space between themselves and Cornell (8-10 / 0-1) in Ithaca. Penn (3-14 / 0-1) returned to their losing ways, falling 79-59 to St. Joe's at the Palestra. In a bit of a surprise, Brown (7-8 / 1-0) built as large as a 49-29 second half lead in their conference opening victory over Yale (6-12 / 0-1).

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Saturday News:

January 19, 2013 at 9:58 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, Georgetown, Oregon State, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

MCCC vs. Harcum - 1:00 pm ET
Georgetown vs. USF - 6:00 pm ET - SNY/ESPN+
Charlotte vs. Richmond - 6:00 pm ET
Utah State vs. Denver - 6:30 pm ET - ROOT Sports
Oregon State vs. USC - 8:00 pm ET - Pac-12 Network

Harvard vs. Memphis - 12:30 pm ET - FSN
Columbia vs. Cornell - 3:00 pm ET - NBCSN
St. Joe's vs. Penn - 5:00 pm ET - ESPNU
Yale vs. Brown - 7:00 pm ET

Try to contain yourself as Rush The Court checks in on Ian Hummer and the rest of the Ivy League.

Lamont "Momo" Jones had 27 and Sean Armond totalled 23 as Iona outscored Fairfield (10-9) in New Rochelle, 84-73. Big Apple Buckets has more on the game.

An active Saturday includes Georgetown visiting South Florida, Richmond hosting Charlotte, Denver welcoming Utah State and Oregon State looking for its first conference win at USC.

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Friday News:

January 18, 2013 at 9:58 am
Filed under Denver, Fairfield, Judson Wallace, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News, Video

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

Northwestern (11-7) led from wire to wire in an unexpected victory at #23 Illinois, 68-54.

Make it six straight for Denver (10-7), who beat San Jose State by 36.

UCLA kept Oregon State (10-7) winless in Pac-12 play, 74-64.

Princeton recruit Spencer Weisz is a nominee for the 2013 McDonald's All American Game.

Future Tiger Amir Bell and East Brunswick improved to 11-0 with a second victory over St. Joseph.

It sounds like Hashim Moore had another strong defensive performance for the Hun School.

The Town Topics reviews Princeton's win over Penn.

Eight points, eight rebounds and six assists from Judson Wallace in FC Barcelona Regal's latest Euroleague triumph, including a pair of fourth quarter three pointers to put the result away.

Fairfield visits Iona tonight.

Around the Ivy League: Despite 26 turnovers, Penn (3-13) ended their eight game losing streak by surviving 54-53 at NJIT. Dartmouth (4-11) bested Colby-Sawyer, 80-42.

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