Saturday News:

December 15, 2012 at 8:48 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Northwestern, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Today's Game: Princeton (3-5 / 0-0) vs. Fordham (1-8 / 0-0)
Location: Barclays Center - Brooklyn, NY (Brooklyn Hoops Winter Festival)
Time: 2:30 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: YES Network
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 17-11.
Last meeting: Princeton 73 Fordham 61 - 11/26/08.

MCCC vs. CCBC - 8:00 am ET
Western Carolina vs. Georgetown - 12:00 pm ET - ESPN+
Stetson vs. Richmond - 6:00 pm ET
Nebraska-Omaha vs. Denver - 6:00 pm ET

Dartmouth vs. Arizona State - 3:00 pm ET - Pac-12 Network

Talk about this afternoon's matchup with Fordham before/during/after the action in the forum, perhaps?

I helped preview today's game over at Big Apple Buckets.

It sounds like Chris Gaston will be available for the Rams.

Princeton recruit Amir Bell scored 18 points as East Brunswick beat the state's top-ranked team.

Lousy news for Northwestern as Drew Crawford will undergo season-ending shoulder surgery. The silver lining is that Crawford is one game under the cutoff for a medical hardship waiver and should hopefully return for 2013-14.

Action picks back up today as Georgetown hosts Western Carolina, Richmond welcomes Stetson and Nebraska-Omaha visits Denver.

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Sunday News:

December 9, 2012 at 9:08 am
Filed under Basketball, Fairfield, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

Fairfield vs. Rider - 2:00 pm ET

Columbia vs. American - 2:00 pm ET

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's home loss to Drexel on goprincetontigers.com, in the Trentonian, in the Philadelphia Inquirer, on City Of Basketball Love, on Comcast SportsNet, on Drexel Dragons Basketball and on drexeldragons.com.

Rush The Court checks in on the Ivy League.

It was a second straight less than attractive game for Georgetown (7-1) at home, but the Hoyas held Towson scoreless the final 4:37 to record a 46-40 victory.

Oregon State (5-2) made 15 of 21 threes on their way to an 85-54 win over Grambling State.

It is the second-best start to a season for Richmond (8-2) over the past 78 years. The Spiders escaped James Madison 83-82 in overtime.

In a physical contest Northwestern (7-3) fell 74-65 at home against Butler.

Sydney Johnson returns to Mercer County as Fairfield visits Rider this afternoon.

Around the Ivy League: It was a winless day for the conference as Yale (3-7) lost at New Hampshire by eight, Dartmouth (2-5) fell 67-56 at Holy Cross, Brown (3-5) dropped an 84-57 decision in South Bend to Notre Dame and Penn (2-7) never completely recovered from an opening 14-2 deficit against Villanova.

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Saturday News:

December 8, 2012 at 10:08 am
Filed under Basketball, Fairfield, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

Today's Game: Drexel (2-6 / 0-0) vs. Princeton (3-4 / 0-0)
Location: Jadwin Gym - Princeton, NJ
Time: 2:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 8-2.
Last meeting: Drexel 64 Princeton 60 - 12/10/12.

Towson vs. Georgetown - 12:00 pm ET
Grambling State vs. Oregon State - 4:00 pm ET - Pac-12 Network
James Madison vs. Richmond - 7:00 pm ET
Butler vs. Northwestern - 8:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network

Yale vs. New Hampshire - 1:00 pm ET
Dartmouth vs. Holy Cross - 4:00 pm ET
Brown vs. Notre Dame - 7:00 pm ET - ESPN3
Villanova vs. Penn - 8:00 pm ET - NBCSN

Talk about the Tigers' return to Jadwin in the forum.

The Trentonian previews today's game and the Full-Court Press adds additional quotes from the same conversation with Mitch Henderson.

I ran an article welcoming Dan Mavraides to his new team through Google Translate.

Fairfield (4-5) fell in their conference opener to Canisius, 67-55.

Howie Levy's Mercer (5-3) team went into the Palestra and shut down the Penn J.V., 56-41. Mustafa el Amin had 18 for the victorious Vikings.

Georgetown hosts Towson, Oregon State welcomes Grambling State, Richmond visits James Madison and then to cap the day Butler meets Northwestern in Evanston.

Around the Ivy League: It was UConn by eight over Harvard (4-4).

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Tuesday News:

December 4, 2012 at 9:28 am
Filed under Basketball, Georgetown, Northwestern, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

Georgetown vs. Texas - 7:00 pm ET - Jimmy V Classic - ESPN
Richmond vs. Old Dominion - 7:00 pm ET - NBCSN
MCCC vs. Morris - 7:00 pm ET
Northwestern vs. Baylor - 9:00 pm ET - ESPN2

Harvard vs. Boston College - 7:00 pm ET - ESPN3
Dartmouth vs. Elon - 7:30 pm ET

T.J. Bray represents Princeton in the latest Ivy League Men's Basketball Weekly Release.

Michael Goldberg writes about broadcasting Saturday's game after 20 years away from play by play.

There's some compelling action tonight as Georgetown plays Texas at Madison Square Garden, Richmond visits ODU and Northwestern travels to Baylor.

The Hoyas' Otto Porter has traveled an uncommon path.

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Sunday News:

December 2, 2012 at 8:48 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, MCCC, Northwestern, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Denver vs. Stanford - 6:00 pm ET - Pac-12 Network

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's very pleasant surprise at Kent State on goprincetontigers.com, in the Plain Dealer, in the Beacon Journal and on kentstatesports.com.

It is behind a paywall but there's an interview with Tiger recruit Steven Cook here. Cook scored 16 in New Trier's loss to Warren.

How about a second Mid-Majority write-up of Princeton's win at Lafayette?

Just 10-20 at the free throw line, Northwestern (6-2) was surprised 50-44 by UIC as the Flames scored the game's final six points.

Richmond (6-2) won their third straight over Wake Forest.

Eight games away from home to start the season concluded for Fairfield (4-4) with a 74-55 victory at Austin Peay.

Mercer (3-2) was topped by Del Tech Stanton, 53-46.

Sunday's only game of note sees Denver visiting Stanford.

Around the Ivy League: Brown (3-4) fell 63-50 at New Hampshire. It was Harvard (3-3) by nine over Fordham. Dartmouth (2-3) rallied past Longwood, 61-53. Penn State knocked off Penn (2-6) by a 58-47 final. Cornell (4-5) bested Colgate in 70-63 Ithaca. Mike Muscala had 29 points and 19 rebounds as Bucknell got past Columbia (4-4) in the final five minutes.

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Saturday News:

December 1, 2012 at 9:28 am
Filed under Basketball, Fairfield, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

Today's Game: Princeton (2-4 / 0-0) vs. Kent State (5-2 / 0-0)
Location: M.A.C. Center - Kent, OH
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: This is the first meeting between the two schools.
Last meeting: This is the first meeting between the two schools.

UIC vs. Northwestern - 2:00 pm ET - BTN.com
MCCC vs. Del Tech Stanton - 3:00 pm ET
Wake Forest vs. Richmond - 6:00 pm ET
Fairfield vs. Austin Peay - 8:30 pm ET

Brown vs. New Hampshire - 1:00 pm ET - Fox College Sports
Fordham vs. Harvard - 1:00 pm ET
Dartmouth vs. Longwood - 2:00 pm ET
Penn vs. Penn State - 2:00 pm ET - ESPN3
Colgate vs. Cornell - 7:00 pm ET
Bucknell vs. Columbia - 7:00 pm ET

In lieu of a Know! Your! Foe! (several reporters contacted, none responded): Kent State is the anti-Wagner in many ways. They're rather solid offensively yet weaker defensively. The Golden Flashes hold onto the basketball very nicely and are dominant on the offensive glass but seem to have their troubles defending inside the arc and forcing turnovers.

Chris Evans is their Ian Hummer, a 6'8" senior forward who leads his team in almost all available statistical categories but Evans gets serious support from classmate Randal Holt out of the backcourt. You'll see them both on the floor for most of the night and they're good for 34.1 combined points.

KSU has defeated Drexel at home and won in Nebraska's gym. Both their losses were versus KenPom Top 100 teams, Temple by 14 and Valpo in OT.

Start your own conversation about the game in the forum.

Ian Hummer is keeping his family's legacy alive at Princeton.

The Full-Court Press previews tonight's game.

Georgetown (5-1) defeated Tennessee 37-36 in a game that saw neither team score during the final 4:10.

Kansas held off Oregon State (4-2) by six.

Northwestern hosts UIC, Richmond welcomes Wake Forest and Fairfield hits up Austin Peay today.

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Thursday News:

November 29, 2012 at 9:18 am
Filed under Basketball, Georgetown, Pete Carril, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News, Video

Hartford vs. Yale - 7:00 pm ET
Sacred Heart vs. Brown - 7:00 pm ET

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's bitter loss at Wagner on goprincetontigers.com, in the Trentonian, in the Staten Island Advance, in the Daily Princetonian and on wagnerathletics.com.

Needless to say the Seahawks have been winning ugly.

A guard from western Pennsylvania will attend Princeton...as a quarterback.

Here's a letter to the editor about Pete Carril attending last Saturday's game in Easton.

That Georgetown/Florida game which was called at halftime? It will not be resumed after all.

Overtime was kinder to Richmond (5-2), who needed two extra frames to defeat William & Mary.

Around the Ivy League: Columbia (4-3) lost a cross-county matchup versus LIU, 70-61. Stony Brook trumped Cornell (3-5) by a 76-53 count in Ithaca. Penn (2-5) ended a five game losing streak at the expense of Binghamton.

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Wednesday News:

November 28, 2012 at 9:18 am
Filed under Basketball, Bill Bradley, Denver, Fairfield, MCCC, Northwestern, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

Today's Game: Princeton (2-3 / 0-0) vs. Wagner (1-3 / 0-0)
Location: Spiro Sports Center - Staten Island, NY
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 3-1.
Last meeting: Wagner 73 Princeton 57 - 11/12/11.

William & Mary vs. Richmond - 7:00 pm ET

Columbia vs. LIU - 7:00 pm ET
Stony Brook vs. Cornell - 7:00 pm ET
Binghamton vs. Penn - 7:00 pm ET

There's an open thread for the Wagner game in the forum if you want to discuss this contest before/during/after. Fire up the forums!

Kudos to the Full-Court Press, who continues to regularly turn out the only other game previews this season.

Growing pains have hurt Wagner through four games.

The story of how UConn stole victory from Bill Bradley and Princeton in the 1964 NCAA Tournament.

Sean Gregory discusses the idea of allowing college athletes to major in sports.

How do you lose a basketball game by 20 while committing only four turnovers? Ask Northwestern (6-1) who lost 77-57 to Maryland in part because they were outrebounded 47-19.

Despite 29 from Derek Needham, Fairfield (3-4) dropped an 85-78 decision on the road at DePaul.

Denver (1-4) fell 61-50 at Southern Miss.

The Mercer game scheduled for yesterday evening was postponed.

Tonight Richmond hosts William & Mary.

Around the Ivy League: Harvard (2-3) lost 85-78 at home to Vermont. Dartmouth (1-3) connected on 11 three pointers but it wasn't enough versus Bucknell.

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YouTube potpourri LXXXIII.

November 26, 2012 at 12:08 pm
Filed under Basketball, Craig Robinson, Georgetown, Oregon State, Princeton, Richmond, Video

Here's the latest collection of videos from various corners of the Princeton basketball family. Above, a snippet of courtside video at the Carrier Dome.

Seven additional videos follow after the jump.

Read the rest of this entry »

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Sunday News:

November 25, 2012 at 9:08 am
Filed under Basketball, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

Montana State vs. Oregon State - 6:00 pm ET - Pac-12 Network

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's success at Lafayette on goprincetontigers.com, in the Trentonian, in the Express-Times, on City of Basketball Love and on goleopards.com.

Georgetown (4-1) was somnambulant versus Mount St. Mary’s but pulled away in the second half for a 72-50 victory.

An incredible shooting performance from Tyler Brown's Illinois State was overcome by Northwestern (6-0) in overtime. The Wildcats took the South Padre Island Invitational title 72-69 and have won 21 consecutive November games.

Richmond (4-2) was winning by three at halftime but the last 20 minutes were all Ohio. The Spiders ultimately fell 73-48.

The Tigers' next opponent picked up their first win of the season yesterday but it sounds like it was anything but pretty.

Tonight Oregon State hosts Montana State.

Around the Ivy League: Dartmouth (1-2) lost 70-66 versus IPFW. Brown (2-3) was tripped in OT by St. Francis (NY.), 76-72. Yale (2-5) needed a pair of extra frames to finally get past Army by three. Cornell (3-4) won their second straight in Las Vegas, 84-78 over Longwood. Things did not go well for Columbia (4-2) out west as the Lions lost by 20 to San Francisco in the Hilltop Challenge's title game.

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Saturday News:

November 24, 2012 at 9:18 am
Filed under Basketball, Fairfield, Georgetown, Northwestern, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

Today's Game: Princeton (1-3 / 0-0) vs. Lafayette (1-4 / 0-0)
Location: Kirby Sports Center - Easton, PA
Time: 2:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A (Though you never know with the Lafayette Sports Network)
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 46-18.
Last meeting: Princeton 69 Lafayette 54 - 11/30/11.

Mount St. Mary's vs. Georgetown - 12:00 pm ET - ESPN3
Richmond vs. Ohio - 2:00 pm ET - Nation Of Coaches Classic
Northwestern vs. Illinois State - 8:00 pm ET - South Padre Island Invt. - CBS College Sports

IPFW vs. Dartmouth - 2:00 pm ET
St. Francis (NY.) vs. Brown - 2:00 pm ET
Army vs. Yale - 2:00 pm ET
Cornell vs. Longwood - 5:30 pm ET - Las Vegas Invitational
Columbia vs. San Francisco - 10:00 pm ET - San Francisco Hilltop Classic

The Full-Court Press offers the lone preview of today's game I could find.

A Know! Your! Foe! about Lafayette was scheduled to run last night but the person who agreed to answer my questions went MIA after receiving these queries. Instead I offer three things to look at as the game unfolds:

1. Leopards sophomore center Dan Trist was averaging 23.0 ppg before getting injured prior to Lafayette's game at Kentucky eight days ago. What is his status?

2. Are Lafayette's poor defensive numbers this season (332nd overall, 334th in EFG%, 337th in 2PT%) due more to the quality of the opponents they've faced (all in the Top 200 including the aforementioned Wildcats and Maryland) or a result of the Leopards' personnel?

3. Princeton is 343rd in the NCAA guarding the perimeter. Opponents are making 49.0% of their threes versus the Tigers. Lafayette is converting 40.9% of their outside attempts and jacking on average 25.4 times from deep. Is this where the game will be won or lost?

Fairfield (3-3) fell 66-47 at Providence.

Holding TCU to just 31 points, Northwestern (5-0) advanced to the championship of the South Padre Island Invitational. The Wildcats will play fellow unbeaten Illinois State.

Georgetown returns home to host Mount St. Mary's and Richmond visits Ohio today.

Around the Ivy League: Cornell (2-4) destroyed winless Presbyterian, 89-55. At the Hilltop Classic, Columbia (4-1) recorded a victory over NAIA program Wayland Baptist, 75-63.

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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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