Tuesday News:

November 27, 2012 at 8:58 am
Filed under Audio, Basketball, Bill Bradley, Denver, Fairfield, Northwestern, Princeton, Today's News

MCCC vs. Raritan - 7:00 pm ET
Denver vs. Southern Miss. - 8:00 pm ET
Fairfield vs. DePaul - 8:30 pm ET - ESPN3
Maryland vs. Northwestern - 9:15 pm ET - ACC/Big Ten Challenge - ESPN2

Vermont vs. Harvard - 7:00 pm ET - NBCSN
Dartmouth vs. Bucknell - 7:00 pm ET

Bill Bradley is the keynote speaker at the Basketball and American Culture Symposium in Austin, Texas on Thursday.

Not much of a surprise to see Ian Hummer representing Princeton on the Honor Roll of the Ivy League's weekly basketball release.

In a move with significant repercussions for Joe Scott's Pioneers, Denver is fleeing the WAC after just one season for a spot in the Summit League.

Tonight Denver visits Southern Miss, Northwestern hosts future fellow conference member Maryland and Fairfield travels to DePaul.

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

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Thanksgiving News:

November 22, 2012 at 7:28 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Princeton, Today's News

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's defeat at Syracuse on goprincetontigers.com, in the Daily Princetonian, in the Post-Standard, on the Full-Court Press, courtesy the Associated Press and on the Syracuse athletics site.

The Post-Standard also has blurbs on the Tigers' 24 turnovers and a second half block of Ian Hummer among others.

Playing catch-up, the Town Topics writes about the Tigers' loss to Rutgers.

Denver (1-3) was bested by Colorado State, 60-53.

Around the Ivy League: Brown (2-2) was dropped by Bryant, 68-61. Yale (1-5) fell 65-52 at Vermont.

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Wednesday News:

November 21, 2012 at 9:08 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Today's Game: Princeton (1-2 / 0-0) vs. Syracuse (2-0 / 0-0)
Location: Carrier Dome - Syracuse, NY
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: Time Warner (SNY rebroadcast on 11/22 at 2:00 pm ET)
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Syracuse leads 24-9.
Last meeting: Syracuse 56 Princeton 45 - 11/12/04.

Colorado State vs. Denver - 9:00 pm ET - Root Sports

Bryant vs. Brown - 7:00 pm ET
Yale vs. Vermont - 7:00 pm ET

There's an open thread for the Syracuse game in the forum if you want to discuss this contest before/during/after.

Junior guard T.J. Bray is trying to shoot himself out of a slump.

Ian Hummer is not your average Ivy Leaguer.

The Full-Court Press talked to Mitch Henderson.

The Trentonian, the Post-Standard, the Daily Princetonian and CBS Sports preview tonight's matchup.

Here's more on Amir Bell committing to Princeton.

Georgetown (2-1) took top-ranked Indiana into overtime where the Hoosiers prevailed, 82-72.

A late three pointer by Desmond Wade gave Fairfield (3-2) the 74-71 win over Fordham.

The Mercer (3-1) season is off to a decent start. Last night the Vikings beat Lackawanna 82-67 as Mustafa El-Amin totalled 25.

Richmond (4-1) tamed Wofford by six.

Drew Crawford had 18 for Northwestern (4-0) in a 69-50 decision versus Delaware State.

Briefly a member of the Tiger coaching staff before heading to play overseas, Craig Moore is the Wildcats' new Volunteer Special Assistant.

Denver hosts Colorado State tonight.

Around the Ivy League: Columbia (3-1) raised eyebrows as they disposed of Villanova with relative ease, 73-57. The Lions converted 18 straight free throws over the final 2:39. Trailing by as many as 40 in the second half, Harvard (2-2) lost 75-56 at St. Joe's. Penn (1-5) dropped their fifth straight, 73-66 at Lehigh. Guilty of 23 turnovers, Cornell (1-4) lost 64-53 at Arizona State.

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Monday News:

November 19, 2012 at 9:58 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

Georgetown vs. UCLA - Legends Classic - 8:00 pm ET - ESPN2
Fairfield vs. Lehigh - Preseason NIT consolation round - 8:30 pm ET

Fordham vs. Penn - Preseason NIT consolation round - 6:00 pm ET

With the caveat that it is exceptionally early in the season, Ian Hummer leads all of college basketball in Assist Rate.

Rutgers' guards carried the scoring load against Princeton.

Northwestern (3-0) had no issues with FDU, building a 27 point halftime lead and coasting from there.

A seven point advantage with 10 minutes remaining could not hold and Richmond (3-1) fell 72-57 at Minnesota.

Georgetown plays #13 UCLA in Brooklyn tonight. It is the second semifinal of the Legends Classic. The Hoyas expect to have Otto Porter back for this game.

Lehigh hosts Fairfield in a preseason NIT consolation pool.

It is confirmed that Oregon State center Angus Brandt is lost for the season due to a knee injury.

Around the Ivy League: Two teams were in action and neither could reach 50 points. Yale (1-3) lost 59-47 to Western Illinois on the final day of the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic and Wisconsin demolished Cornell (1-3) by 33.

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Saturday News:

November 17, 2012 at 9:48 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Oregon State, Princeton, Today's News

Drexel vs. Penn - 4:00 pm ET
Yale vs. Buffalo - 6:00 pm ET - Coaches vs. Cancer Classic
Brown vs. Maine - 7:00 pm ET
Marist vs. Columbia - 7:00 pm ET

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's loss to Rutgers on goprincetontigers.com, in the Trentonian, in the Star Ledger, courtesy the Associated Press, on NJ Hoops Haven, on SNY Rutgers and on scarletknights.com.

Ian Hummer is re-defining the way the Tiger coaches look at players.

Behind 27 points and 14 rebounds from Devon Collier, Oregon State (3-1) took third place in the 2K Sports Classic. Unfortunately, Beavers starting center Angus Brandt could be lost for a substantial period of time due to a knee injury.

Cal won 72-61 at Denver (1-2).

Georgetown will play in the 2013 Puerto Rico Tip-Off.

Around the Ivy League: Harvard (2-1) dusted Manhattan, 79-45. St. Peter's trumped Cornell (1-2) by four and despite no Colt Ryan, Evansville had enough weapons to keep Yale (0-3) winless.

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Friday News:

November 16, 2012 at 9:18 am
Filed under Basketball, Craig Robinson, Denver, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

Today's Game: Rutgers (1-1 / 0-0) vs. Princeton (1-1 / 0-0)
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 74-44.
Last meeting: Princeton 59 Rutgers 57 - 12/7/11.

Cal vs. Denver - 8:00 pm ET - Root Sports
Oregon State vs. Purdue - 5:00 pm ET - 2K Sports Classic - ESPNU

St. Peter's vs. Cornell - 7:00 pm ET
Manhattan vs. Harvard - 7:30 pm ET
Yale vs. Evansville - 8:30 pm ET - Coaches vs. Cancer Classic

There's an open thread for the Rutgers game in the forum if you want to discuss this contest before/during/after.

Ian Hummer is a focus for the Scarlet Knights this evening.

Rutgers hopes to benefit from their experience.

On The Banks and SNY also offer game previews.

Alexander Wolff's sweeping piece on changes in college basketball the past 30 years uses the 1997-98 Princeton Tigers as one of his touchstones.

Richmond (3-0) stayed unbeaten with a 68-58 victory over Hampton.

While they were able to erase a 15 point second half deficit late in regulation, Oregon State (2-1) fell to Alabama on a three point shot by Rodney Cooper with 13 seconds remaining. The jumper kept a shaky possession by the Crimson Tide from completely unraveling. Craig Robinson blamed himself for his team's slow start.

The Beavers play Purdue at MSG in this evening's 2K Sports Classic consolation pairing.

With the game tied at 58, Northwestern (2-0) went on a 17-3 run to dispose of Mississippi Valley State.

Mercer (2-1) bested Montgomery (Pa.) behind 22 points and seven rebounds from Mustafa El Amin.

In addition to the OSU game, Denver hosts Cal.

Around the Ivy League: The conference's eighth straight loss was a 86-71 Brown (1-1) defeat at CCSU.

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YouTube potpourri LXXXII.

November 15, 2012 at 12:08 pm
Filed under Basketball, Craig Robinson, Denver, Georgetown, MCCC, Oregon State, Princeton, Video

Here's the latest collection of videos from various corners of the Princeton basketball family. Above, the deciding play against Northeastern.

Nine additional videos follow after the jump.

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Thursday News:

November 15, 2012 at 9:08 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Pete Carril, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

Hampton vs. Richmond - 7:00 pm ET - Nation Of Coaches Classic
Oregon State vs. Alabama - 7:00 pm ET - 2K Sports Classic - ESPN2
Montgomery (Pa) vs. MCCC - 7:00 pm ET
Mississippi Valley St. vs. Northwestern - 8:00 pm ET - BTN.com

Brown vs. Central Connecticut - 7:30 pm ET

Brendan Connolly talked to the Town Topics about Princeton's trip to Spain.

The Full-Court Press looks at the good, bad and ugly from the Northeastern game.

Fairfield has added preseason NIT consolation round games versus Lehigh and Fordham. Both contests will be played at Stabler Arena in Bethlehem. You can see the full bracket here.

Richard Stockton coach Gerry Matthews will soon pass Pete Carril to become the the winningest coach in the history of New Jersey college basketball.

With four players in double figures, Georgetown (2-0) beat Liberty by nine.

Denver (1-1) made 11 threes in the Pioneers' 68-51 victory over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.

This evening Richmond hosts Hampton, Northwestern welcomes the Delta Devils of Mississippi Valley State and Oregon State plays Alabama at Madison Square Garden.

Next week the Beavers will have a private Thanksgiving lunch at the White House.

Around the Ivy League: Cornell (1-1) lost at home to St. Bonaventure, 72-68.

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Wednesday News:

November 14, 2012 at 9:38 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

Liberty vs. Georgetown - 7:00 pm ET - ESPN+
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi vs. Denver - 9:00 pm ET

St. Bonaventure vs. Cornell - 7:00 pm ET - NBCSN

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's bitter defeat to Northeastern on goprincetontigers.com, in the Daily Princetonian, in the Trentonian, on New Jersey Hoops Haven, courtesy the Associated Press and on gonu.com.

The win probability graph from last night's game is depressing.

A piece on the sounds of Princeton includes rare audio from the school's first postseason appearance.

Fairfield (2-1) defeated Penn (1-2) by nine despite 31 points from the Quakers' Fran Dougherty.

The Northwestern (1-0) season began with a 79-49 victory over Texas Southern. Drew Crawford had 20 for the Wildcats.

Richmond (2-0) cracked the century mark versus UNCW.

Frederick (Md.) topped MCCC, 57-51.

Tonight you can see Georgetown host Liberty and Denver open at home against Texas A&M-CC.

Around the Ivy League: Harvard (1-1) fell in the final seconds at UMass. New Hampshire dropped Dartmouth (1-1), 72-58 and Columbia (2-0) throttled Haverford, 74-40.

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Saturday News:

November 10, 2012 at 8:58 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, Georgetown, Oregon State, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

Today's Game: Princeton (0-0 / 0-0) vs. Buffalo (0-0 / 0-0)
Location: Alumni Arena - Buffalo, NY
Time: 12:00 pm ET
Radio: N/A
TV: N/A
Internet: N/A
Series History: Tied 1-1.
Last meeting: Princeton 61 Buffalo 53 - 11/19/11.

Team stats are from last season.

Player stats include returning players only.

MCCC vs. Rockland (NY) - 2:00 pm ET
Fairfield vs. CCSU - 8:00 pm ET - Connecticut Six - SNY (tape delay)

Western Michigan vs. Cornell - 12:00 pm ET
Yale vs. Sacred Heart - 5:30 pm ET - Connecticut Six - SNY
Columbia vs. Furman - 7:00 pm ET
Maine vs. Dartmouth - 7:00 pm ET

There's an open thread for the Buffalo game in the forum if you want to discuss the 2012-13 opener before/during/after.

Ian Hummer is making his own name at Princeton. ESPN writes that while Hummer did not find himself on the the Wooden Award preseason top 50, he could end up there by season's end.

The Tigers ran into a Yankees pitcher at the airport on their way up to Buffalo.

Basketball games just really shouldn't be played on top of boats. Georgetown (0-0) got in 20 minutes versus Florida before their matchup was halted at halftime due to condensation. The result was a no contest.

Last night Richmond (1-0) crushed Liberty, 84-42. It was the school's 13th straight season-opening victory.

Denver (0-1) could not get entirely out of a 25 point deficit at Iona, falling 65-58.

There were no issues for Oregon State (1-0). The Beavers ripped Niagara, 102-83.

Fairfield begins their year this evening versus Central Connecticut. SNY has the game on tape delay at 10:00 pm ET.

Scoring 17 points and grabbing nine rebounds, Kareem Maddox played what he felt was his best display of the season in a Newcastle victory over Manchester.

Around the Ivy League: Harvard (1-0) started off their season down 10-0 to MIT, but regrouped for the 69-54 victory. Penn (1-0) dug themselves an even deeper hole against UMBC, trailing by as many as 22 in the first half. A 48-15 run turned the scoreboard around and sent the Quakers to an 80-75 decision.

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Friday News:

November 9, 2012 at 8:58 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

Liberty vs. Richmond - 7:00 pm ET
Georgetown vs. Florida - 9:00 pm ET - USS Bataan - NBCSN
Denver vs. Iona - 9:00 pm ET - ESPN3.com
Niagara vs. Oregon State - 9:00 pm ET - Pac-12 Network

MIT vs. Harvard - 7:00 pm ET
UMBC vs. Penn - 7:00 pm ET

The Trentonian and the Princeton Packet preview the Tigers.

One of the highlights on today's first day of the 2012-13 season is Georgetown playing Florida aboard the deck of a Navy warship.

Denver visits Iona and Richmond hosts Liberty.

It will be Niagara visiting Oregon State in a 2K Sports Classic "regional round."

Louisville transfer Jared Swopshire brings experience to Northwestern.

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Friday News:

November 2, 2012 at 8:48 am
Filed under Craig Robinson, David Blatt, Denver, Fairfield, Georgetown, Mason Rocca, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Mack Darrow and Ian Hummer make this list of the Ivy League's top 10 players.

So many conference previews to get caught up on, including Rush The Court, College Basketball Talk, Sports Network and ESPN.

Basketball Prospectus and Ken Pomeroy both have the Tigers in their preseason Top 100s. ESPN The Magazine's complete rankings don't appear to be available on-line but Princeton is 95th overall.

Henry Caruso gave his word to the Tigers.

Find out who Princeton will host in this weekend's "secret scrimmage."

Joe Scott's childhood home was flooded by Hurricane Sandy. I sincerely hope that everyone reading the site today is fairing OK in the aftermath of the storm.

Dave Blatt has stepped down as head coach of the Russian national team. Could the NBA be next for Blatt?

Chris Mooney purposefully scheduled a road game in a small, hostile gym for Richmond's exhibition this weekend.

Fairfield is still scheduled to host University of Bridgeport in an exhibition tonight.

Northwestern's Bill Carmody previews his team's season.

Georgetown will be both young and mature this year.

Here's a transcript of Oregon State head coach Craig Robinson and senior center Angus Brandt's Q&A at Pac-12 Media Day. The Beavers were picked to finish eighth in their conference.

Dan Mavraides' contract with Sidigas Avellino has been extended for the full 2012-13 campaign. Last weekend Mavraides put up a great stat line as his squad defeated Mason Rocca and Bologna.

A memorial for Bill Sword will be held on Saturday morning at 11:00 am ET at Nassau Presbyterian Church (61 Nassau Street) in Princeton. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Princeton First Aid and Rescue Squad, Centurion Ministries and/or the Princeton Community Foundation.

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