The latest collection of videos from various corners of the Princeton basketball family. Eventually there are going to be enough videos of Douglas Davis' shot that a 360 degree panorama will be possible.
Additional clips, interviews and footage after the jump - including a Princeton-centric reworking of Wiz Khalifa's "Black & Yellow," Dove commercials starring John Thompson III and more!
Tuesday, March 15th
(6) Harvard vs. (3) Oklahoma State – 7:30 pm ET – ESPN
NIT
Wednesday, March 16th
(5) UW Milwaukee vs. (4) Northwestern – 8:00 pm ET – ESPN3
NIT
Thursday, March 17th
East region – Tampa, FL
(13) Princeton vs. (4) Kentucky – 2:45 pm ET – CBS
NCAA Tournament
Southwest region – Denver, CO
(12) Richmond vs. (5) Vanderbilt – 4:10 pm ET – TBS
NCAA Tournament
Friday, March 18th
Southwest region – Chicago, IL
(11) USC/VCU vs. (6) Georgetown – 9:50 pm ET – TBS
NCAA Tournament
Jeff Pearlman of Sports Illustrated has a very touching piece about how Brendan Connolly is making his family proud.
The Daily Princetonian talked to everyone from Gabe Lewullis to Marcus Schroeder about where they were when Doug Davis' shot sailed through the net, a play that even left TigerBlog without a point of comparison.
Here's how the call sounded on Harvard radio.
There's a quality slideshow of Crimson/Tigers photos on the Business Insider web site.
Princeton will take part in a free public practice in Tampa on Wednesday afternoon. See you there?
Jay Greenberg of the New York Post talks about Princeton's Selection Sunday experience.
Douglas Davis is profiled by the Philadelphia Tribune.
SB Nation and ESPN prep previews of Thursday's matchup.
The Lexington Herald-Leader writes about how Kentucky's opponent is Princeton in name, not style. The Courier Journal mines similar territory.
Bleacher Report explains why Kentucky needs to watch out for Princeton.
Forward Kareem Maddox is part of Yahoo! Sports' recipe for an upset.
Princeton recruit Denton Koon will suit up for Missouri in the 2011 Dr. Pepper Midwest All-Star Classic.
A forward from Maryland in the class of 2011 has committed to Georgetown.
Look for Gabe Lewullis on CBS during the Final Four as part of the Buick Human Highlight Reel. There's a video preview here.
Will Venable understands he needs to turn a corner this season.
Craig Robinson sees significant improvement for Oregon State in 2011-12. You can catch the Beavers' head coach on FSN's State Farm Coaches Tournament Show this evening.
Here's your lineup for the week ahead. I'll update this schedule daily.
Tuesday, March 8th
Princeton vs. Penn - 7:00 pm ET
Wednesday, March 9th
(9) UConn / (16) DePaul winner vs. (8) Georgetown - 12:00 pm ET - ESPN
Big East Tournament
(9) Oregon State vs. (8) Stanford - 9:00 pm ET - FSN
Pac-10 Tournament
Thursday, March 10th
(9) Minnesota vs. (8) Northwestern - 2:30 pm ET - ESPN2
Big 10 Tournament
Friday, March 11th
(6) Rhode Island / (11) St. Louis winner vs. (3) Richmond - 9:00 pm ET - CSN+
Atlantic 10 Tournament
This morning's articles about the weekend's games include pieces from the Dartmouth, the Boston Herald and the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Will Venable (video) talks about the progress he's made this spring.
In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's defeat at the hands of Harvard on goprincetontigers.com, in the Trentonian, in the Star Ledger, in the Daily Princetonian, in the New York Times, in the Boston Globe, in the Crimson, on ESPN Boston and on gocrimson.com.
Bob Ryan of the Boston Globe also has a column on the game.
Former Tiger Mike Brennan is listed as among those "throwing their names into the mix" for the open Monmouth position.
Sophomore Ian Hummer is profiled by Vienna Patch.
Andy Rimol is quoted in a long Bergen Record piece on New Jersey high school basketball legend Les Cason.
Princeton recruit Denton Koon and Liberty fell in the Missouri Class 5 quarterfinals.
Will Venable is benefitting from ramped-up workouts.
Unlike when he pitched last September, Chris Young feels completely healthy.
Richmond (24-7) earned a first round bye in the Atlantic 10 Tournament with a 68-56 win over Duquesne.
Can Georgetown (21-9) win without Chris Wright? The Hoyas trailed by four at Cincinnati with 8:42 to go, but were outscored 26-8 the rest of the way.
Denver (13-17) saw their season end with a 53-49 loss to FIU in the first round of the Sun Belt Tournament.
With all but six players suspended for a violation of team rules, Oregon State (10-19) was dropped 80-66 at Arizona State.
Around the Ivy League: Rallying from down 13 at the half, Penn (13-14 / 7-6) came back on Dartmouth (5-23 / 1-13) in Hanover, 70-58. Cornell (10-18 / 6-8) finished the season with a 68-55 victory over Yale (15-13 / 8-6). Noruwa Agho had a career high 31 as Columbia (15-13 / 6-8) closed their campaign by besting Brown (11-17 / 4-10) to the tune of 91-74.
Today's Game: Princeton (22-5 / 10-1) vs. Dartmouth (5-21 / 1-11)
Location: Leede Arena - Hanover, NH
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 139-61.
Last meeting: Princeton 68 Dartmouth 53 - 2/5/11.
| Princeton | Dartmouth | |
| 12-0 | Home Record | 3-6 |
| 8-4 | Away Record | 2-15 |
| 2-1 | Neutral Record | 0-0 |
| 49 | RPI | 311 |
| 78 | Sagarin | 313 |
| 94 | Pomeroy | 319 |
| 69.7 | Points / Game | 59.8 |
| 63.1 | Points Allowed / Game | 70.8 |
| .465 | FG% | .394 |
| .725 | FT% | .690 |
| .364 | 3PT FG% | .331 |
| 34.8 | Rebounds / Game | 31.0 |
| 9.6 | Off. Rebounds / Game | 9.7 |
| +3.4 | Rebounding Margin | -7.2 |
| 13.6 | Assists / Game | 9.3 |
| 12.6 | Turnovers / Game | 13.7 |
| 4.5 | Blocks / Game | 2.5 |
| Hummer: 14.0 | Points | Griffin: 9.4 |
| Maddox: 7.2 | Rebounds | Rufful: 4.8 |
| Mavraides: 3.0 | Assists | Dixon: 2.8 |
| Davis: 1.2 | Steals | Rufful: 1.3 |
| Maddox: 1.9 | Blocks | Weeden: 0.8 |
| Maddox: .576 | FG% (Min: 10 FGM) | Crecco: .455 |
| Darrow: .794 | FT% (Min: 10 FTM) | Meville: .806 |
| Mavraides: .402 | 3PT FG% (Min: 10 3FGM) | Trotter .435 |
Brown vs. Cornell - 7:00 pm ET
Yale vs. Columbia - 7:00 pm ET
Penn vs. Harvard - 7:00 pm ET
For weekend previews, check in with the Daily Princetonian and the Trenton Times.
The New York Times and NESN get the Saturday night hype machine in motion.
The Mercer County Community College web site has a piece on the Vikings' run to the Region XIX tournament finals.
Will Venable is setting his swing like former teammate Adrian Gonzalez does.
Arizona defeated Oregon State (10-18) by a 70-59 final.
Oregon State vs. Arizona - 9:00 pm ET - FSN
Northwestern (17-12) ran nothing but "JV" for the final eight minutes as they rallied past Minnesota, 68-57. In a Senior Night script familiar to site readers this week, Michael "Juice Thompson" scored 12 of his 18 points in the last 3:39 - including a pair of three point shots.
Kevin Anderson totalled 22 as Richmond (22-7) pulled away from St. Joe's in the second half, 69-54.
The Acorn profiles Princeton senior forward Kareem Maddox.
The Town Topics has published their article on the Tigers' Senior Night victory over Columbia.
A preview of Saturday night's Princeton/Harvard matchup can be found in the Crimson.
Future Tiger Denton Koon tallied 21 in Liberty's Missouri Class 5 sectional victory over Park Hill South - a game with a 13-9 halftime score.
Will Venable hit a three run home run in Cactus League action.
Arizona hosts Oregon State.
The latest Schuylkill 16 includes Princeton in fifth place.
Over the past decade, Princeton's annual trips to Harvard have resulted in some of the wackiest basketball games you could design. Buzzer beaters. Titanic shifts in momentum. Improbable comebacks where each and every lead is painfully insecure until time runs out.
The stands on both sides of Lavietes Pavilion - thanks very much in part to the work of Bob Ruxin '76 and PANE - are almost always a crowded, spirited combination of Crimson and Tiger supporters. It doesn't matter how successful or how struggling either program is - This little gym is heavy on atmosphere and high on drama.
Saturday's game between Harvard and Princeton, regardless of how the former does versus Penn at home or how the latter performs against Dartmouth in Hanover on Friday night, will occur with the Ivy League's NCAA tournament participant yet to be decided.
I've been planning a chronological game-by-game review of the Tigers' last 10 trips to Allston since the fall and after the jump you'll find detailed write-ups on each (seven of which have not been published previously on the site) plus exclusive video of a pair of Princeton game-winners.
If you enjoy this 11,000+ word behemoth, you're bound to appreciate similar retrospectives on Princeton's last 11 season openers, a decade of dismay against Rutgers and the team's past four meetings with Duke.
Today's Game: Columbia (14-11 / 5-6) vs. Princeton (21-5 / 9-1)
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 140-84.
Last meeting: Princeton 76 Columbia 46 - 2/11/11.
| Columbia | Princeton | |
| 9-3 | Home Record | 11-0 |
| 5-8 | Away Record | 8-4 |
| 0-0 | Neutral Record | 2-1 |
| 177 | RPI | 59 |
| 199 | Sagarin | 79 |
| 232 | Pomeroy | 96 |
| 70.0 | Points / Game | 69.8 |
| 70.4 | Points Allowed / Game | 63.2 |
| .427 | FG% | .467 |
| .719 | FT% | .721 |
| .330 | 3PT FG% | .366 |
| 36.2 | Rebounds / Game | 34.9 |
| 12.8 | Off. Rebounds / Game | 9.7 |
| +3.8 | Rebounding Margin | +3.7 |
| 11.6 | Assists / Game | 13.7 |
| 12.7 | Turnovers / Game | 12.7 |
| 3.1 | Blocks / Game | 4.4 |
| Agho: 15.9 | Points | Hummer: 14.2 |
| Ampim: 6.2 | Rebounds | Maddox: 7.2 |
| Agho: 4.4 | Assists | Mavraides: 3.0 |
| Barbour: 1.5 | Steals | Davis: 1.3 |
| Cisco: 0.9 | Blocks | Maddox: 1.9 |
| Cisco: .598 | FG% (Min: 10 FGM) | Maddox: .579 |
| Barbour: .915 | FT% (Min: 10 FTM) | Darrow: .786 |
| Starks: .388 | 3PT FG% (Min: 10 3FGM) | Mavraides .405 |
Princeton's 2011 senior class, pictured as freshmen.
Syracuse vs. Georgetown - 12:00 pm ET - CBS
Cal vs. Oregon State - 6:00 pm ET - FSN Northwest
Richmond vs. Charlotte - 7:00 pm ET
Denver vs. North Texas - 8:00 pm ET
Dartmouth vs. Brown - 6:00 pm ET
Harvard vs. Yale - 6:00 pm ET
Cornell vs. Penn - 7:00 pm ET
In addition to our recap, read about the Tigers' victory over Cornell on goprincetontigers.com in the Trenton Times, in the Trentonian, on New Jersey Newsroom, in the Ithaca Journal, courtesy of the Associated Press and on cornellbigred.com.
Jermaine Emanuel found Jon Jernigan for a layup at the buzzer as Mercer (16-15) upset top-seeded Lackawanna 83-81 in the Region XIX semifinals. For the second straight season the Vikings will play for the title, this Sunday versus Del Tech Stanton in Scranton.
Yahoo! Sports has updated their Princeton team report.
21 for future Tiger Denton Koon in Liberty's Class 5, District 15 final triumph.
Will Venable should be shifting into high gear on the basepaths this season.
Chris Wright will lead from the sideline in his final home game when Georgetown hosts Syracuse.
Kevin Anderson needs 11 points for 2,000 in his career as Richmond visits Charlotte.
Oregon State hosts Cal. Craig Robinson tells the Gazette-Times how he takes the stress of his job in stride.
North Texas is where Denver will conclude their regular season.
Around the Ivy League: Harvard (21-4 / 10-1) came from 15 down to stop Brown (10-15 / 3-8) in Providence. Zack Rosen scored 17 points and dished nine assists as Penn (12-12 / 6-4) bested Columbia (14-11 / 5-6) by a 64-54 count. Yale (13-12 / 6-5) knocked off Dartmouth (5-20 / 1-10) in overtime, 79-75.
Denver vs. Louisana-Lafayette - 8:00 pm ET
Penn State vs. Northwestern - 9:00 pm ET - ESPN2
Stanford vs. Oregon State - 9:00 pm ET - FSN Northwest
Steve Goodrich is quoted extensively in a Daily Orange story about the "Princeton Offense."
Georgetown (21-7) not only suffered through an awful 25% shooting night in a 58-46 loss to Cincinnati, but senior point guard Chris Wright broke his left hand early in the second half. Hoya Hoops was first with the postgame audio.
Princeton recruit Denton Koon scored 11 as Liberty opened postseason play with a 86-54 win over William Chrisman.
Here's another piece on the Mercer County Community College victory versus Morris.
JerShon Cobb and Northwestern host a team they've struggled to beat in recent years, Penn State.
Enter the Cajundome, Denver. You're visiting Louisiana-Lafayette.
Oregon State welcome Stanford to Corvallis.
All Chris Young is looking for is normalcy.
Will Venable is interviewed at Padres' spring training.
St. Bonaventure vs. Richmond - 3:00 pm ET - CBS College Sports Regional
South Alabama vs. Denver - 3:00 pm ET - FSN Rocky Mountain
In addition to our recap, read about the Tigers' first Ivy League loss on goprincetontigers.com, in the Providence Journal, on Go Local Prov and on brownbears.com.
Chris Wright scored a season-high 26 as Georgetown (21-6) got past South Florida, 61-55.
Northwestern (16-10) won 70-64 at Indiana for the season sweep of the Hoosiers.
The second Civil War meeting again went to Oregon over Oregon State (9-16), this time 82-63.
Will Venable hopes a change in batting stance will boost his performance.
The Star Ledger talks to new Mets pitcher Chris Young.
Princeton recruit Bobby Garbade and Seton CC fell to Johnson City in the Southern Tier Athletic Conference championship game.
On Senior Day, Richmond hosts St. Bonaventure.
Denver and South Alabama round out the Pioneers' home slate.
Breaking news: Happy birthday, dad.
Around the Ivy League: Harvard (20-4 / 9-1) moved a half game ahead of Princeton with a 61-42 win at Columbia (14-10 / 5-5). Zack Rosen scored in the lane with :02.3 seconds left to give Penn (11-12 / 5-4) the 60-58 decision at Yale (12-12 / 5-5). Cornell (7-17 / 3-7) made 16 three pointers in their 96-76 victory over Dartmouth (5-19 / 1-9).
Today's Game: Princeton (19-4 / 7-0) vs. Yale (12-10 / 5-3)
Location: John J. Lee Amphitheater - New Haven, CT
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: YES
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 142-81.
Last meeting: Princeton 67 Yale 63 - 1/29/11.
| Princeton | Yale | |
| 10-0 | Home Record | 7-2 |
| 7-3 | Away Record | 5-7 |
| 2-1 | Neutral Record | 0-1 |
| 52 | RPI | 142 |
| 73 | Sagarin | 162 |
| 91 | Pomeroy | 168 |
| 69.9 | Points / Game | 68.5 |
| 69.3 | Points Allowed / Game | 67.0 |
| .472 | FG% | .445 |
| .717 | FT% | .737 |
| .376 | 3PT FG% | .355 |
| 35.0 | Rebounds / Game | 34.0 |
| 9.6 | Off. Rebounds / Game | 9.1 |
| +3.8 | Rebounding Margin | +0.2 |
| 13.6 | Assists / Game | 12.8 |
| 13.0 | Turnovers / Game | 14.0 |
| 4.5 | Blocks / Game | 4.5 |
| Hummer: 14.0 | Points | Mangano: 16.0 |
| Maddox: 7.2 | Rebounds | Mangano: 9.7 |
| Mavraides: 2.9 | Assists | Morgan: 3.3 |
| Davis: 1.4 | Steals | Willhite: 1.3 |
| Maddox: 2.0 | Blocks | Mangano: 2.9 |
| Maddox: .588 | FG% (Min: 10 FGM) | Grace: .541 |
| Mavraides: .786 | FT% (Min: 10 FTM) | Braswell: .821 |
| Mavraides: .415 | 3PT FG% (Min: 10 3FGM) | Morgan .459 |
Penn vs. Brown - 7:00 pm ET
Harvard vs. Cornell - 7:00 pm ET
Dartmouth vs. Columbia - 7:00 pm ET
The Daily Princetonian, the New Haven Register and the Yale Daily News preview this weekend's games.
ESPN's Jay Bilas named Kareem Maddox one of the "most respected players" in college basketball.
The Harvard Crimson compares each Ivy League team to a 2011 Academy Awards nominee for Best Picture.
Bob Nuse of the Princeton Packet could get his long-called for "Pete Carril Classic" - in the NCAA Tournament.
Will Venable traveled to watch his younger brother play in the Las Vegas Bowl and filmed highlights of his trip.
Georgetown big man Henry Sims is running for vice president of the school's student body.
Temple shot 55.6% from the field and bested Richmond (20-7) by 20.
Northwestern (15-10) held on to defeat Iowa, 73-70.
With a 65-37 win over UL-M, Denver (13-13) returns to first place in the Sun Belt West. The Pioneer Post has more on the game.
Mercer (14-15) was outscored by 29 in the second half of a 85-55 loss to Lackawanna. The Vikings will play a Region XIX playoff game versus an as-yet-unknown opponent on Monday.
Today's Game: Princeton (17-4 / 5-0) vs. Columbia (12-8 / 3-3)
Location: Levien Gymnasium - New York City, NY
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 139-84.
Last meeting: Princeton 67 Columbia 52 - 2/27/10.
| Princeton | Columbia | |
| 10-0 | Home Record | 7-1 |
| 5-3 | Away Record | 5-7 |
| 2-1 | Neutral Record | 0-0 |
| 52 | RPI | 173 |
| 83 | Sagarin | 177 |
| 106 | Pomeroy | 193 |
| 70.2 | Points / Game | 73.2 |
| 64.3 | Points Allowed / Game | 71.9 |
| .466 | FG% | .442 |
| .709 | FT% | .725 |
| .379 | 3PT FG% | .353 |
| 34.9 | Rebounds / Game | 37.0 |
| 9.8 | Off. Rebounds / Game | 12.7 |
| +3.4 | Rebounding Margin | +5.0 |
| 13.8 | Assists / Game | 11.8 |
| 12.9 | Turnovers / Game | 13.2 |
| 4.3 | Blocks / Game | 3.0 |
| Hummer: 13.8 | Points | Agho: 15.8 |
| Maddox: 7.3 | Rebounds | Asenso: 5.8 |
| Mavraides: 2.9 | Assists | Agho: 4.5 |
| Davis: 1.4 | Steals | Barbour: 1.3 |
| Maddox: 2.0 | Blocks | Cisco: 0.9 |
| Maddox: .573 | FG% (Min: 10 FGM) | Cisco: .632 |
| Mavraides: .777 | FT% (Min: 10 FTM) | Barbour: .915 |
| Mavraides: .422 | 3PT FG% (Min: 10 3FGM) | Starks .388 |
Penn vs. Cornell - 7:00 pm ET
Brown vs. Dartmouth - 7:00 pm ET
Yale vs. Harvard - 7:00 pm ET
The Daily Princetonian, the Trenton Times, the Columbia Spectator, the Ithaca Journal and the Cornell Daily Sun preview this weekend's games.
The Columbia student paper also has a piece focusing on Kareem Maddox.
Mercer (13-14) clinched a spot in the Region XIX playoffs with a 67-65 comeback victory over Morris. The Vikings survived a steal and three point shot attempt in the game's final two seconds. Phew.
A statement was sent in a 69-42 Denver (12-12) victory over SBC East-leading FAU.
Oregon State (9-14) fell 67-56 at USC.
Former Tiger Tim Neff is quoted in a piece about the retirement of Bruce Leib after 35 years as a head coach, 33 at Mullen Prep.
The Princeton Packet covers the Tigers' win over Penn and declares the rivalry with the Quakers to almost be meaningful again.
Princeton recruit Denton Koon has played well during Liberty's recent three game winning streak.
Will Venable (.mp3) joined XX Sports Radio San Diego in-studio.
