Sunday News:

January 13, 2013 at 9:48 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News, Video

Niagara vs. Fairfield - 1:00 pm ET
Iowa vs. Northwestern - 5:30 pm ET - ESPNU

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's fourth straight home win over Penn on goprincetontigers.com, in the Trentonian, in the Trenton Times, in the Daily Pennsylvanian, in the Philadelphia Inquirer, on City of Basketball Love and on pennathletics.com.

Kareem Maddox is shooting for the White House.

Future Tiger Steven Cook was 10-10 at the line in New Trier's victory over Buffalo Grove.

Georgetown (11-3) bounced back with a commanding win over St. John's.

La Salle stopped Richmond (11-6) in Philadelphia, 71-59.

Denver (9-7) has won five straight, the Pioneers' latest victory a 64-51 decision at Seattle.

Arizona defeated Oregon State (10-6) by 10 in Corvallis.

Fairfield hosts Niagara and Northwestern welcomes Iowa to Evanston.

Around the Ivy League: Harvard (9-5 / 1-0) closed on a 17-2 run spanning the last 8:20 to stop Dartmouth (3-11 / 0-1) in Hanover, 75-65. Yale (6-11) demolished the Yeomen of Oberlin, 104-39. Brown (6-8) overpowered Daniel Webster, 71-34 and a 22-1 second half run aided Cornell (8-9) in the Big Red's 103-84 decision over Old Westbury.

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Saturday News:

January 12, 2013 at 9:28 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Today's Game: Penn (2-12 / 0-0) vs. Princeton (6-7 / 0-0)
Location: Jadwin Gym - Princeton, NJ
Time: 6:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: NBCSN
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Penn leads 123-103.
Last meeting: Princeton 62 Penn 52 - 3/6/12.

Georgetown vs. St. John's - 11:00 am ET - ESPN2
Richmond vs. La Salle - 2:00 pm ET
Denver vs. Seattle - 6:30 pm ET - ROOT Sports
Arizona vs. Oregon State - 8:00 pm ET - ESPNU

Oberlin vs. Yale - 2:00 pm ET
Daniel Webster vs. Brown - 2:00 pm ET
Old Westbury vs. Cornell - 2:00 pm ET
Harvard vs. Dartmouth - 4:00 pm ET

There were 52 comments in the forum for the Elon game. I'm very glad to see so many of you using this new site feature. Keep the momentum going here today, whether you're in the stands or on the couch watching on TV. You must be subscribed and logged in to participate.

CBS Philly previews Penn/Princeton and the Full-Court Press has a brief capsule on the game.

If the Ivy League doesn't go 5-2 today, something is horribly wrong.

Future Tiger Steven Cook and New Trier lost versus Maine South.

Princeton recruit Henry Caruso helped lead Serra to victory over Bellarmine-San Jose.

Going scoreless for the final 4:47 of regulation, Fairfield (10-7) fell 63-58 in overtime at Loyola (Md.).

Georgetown starts the day off at St. John's, Richmond visits La Salle, Denver travels to Seattle and Oregon State hosts #4 Arizona.

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Friday News:

January 11, 2013 at 8:38 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Fairfield vs. Loyola (Md.) - 7:00 pm ET - ESPNU

Denton Koon and Princeton are set for tomorrow's conference opener.

The Daily Pennsylvanian and Daily Princetonian both offer articles in advance of Saturday's game.

There's also a profile of Ian Hummer in the Trenton Times.

Our friends at Big Apple Buckets ran 10,000 simulations of the upcoming Ivy League schedule.

Future Tiger Spencer Weisz had a triple-double in yesterday's Seton Hall Prep victory.

Princeton recruit Peter Miller is playing his first games of the season after returning from an injury. See his stats to-date here.

Mercer (13-4) topped Burlington last night, 71-62.

Leading by as many as 23 in the second half, Northwestern (10-6) won 70-54 at Penn State.

Denver (8-7) recorded their fourth straight victory, 55-49 over Idaho on the road.

Arizona topped Oregon State (10-5) by 10.

Just one game on the docket for this evening as Fairfield visits Loyola (Md.).

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Thursday News:

January 10, 2013 at 9:38 am
Filed under Basketball, Geoff Petrie, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Burlington vs. MCCC - 7:00 pm ET
Northwestern vs. Penn State - 8:00 pm ET - ESPNU
Denver vs. Idaho - 10:00 pm ET
Arizona State vs. Oregon State - 11:30 pm ET - Pac-12 Network

Freshman Hans Brase earns a brief profile in the Daily Princetonian.

The Trentonian gets to their preview of this weekend's Ivy opener early.

Ivy Hoops Online has posted a Midseason Power Poll.

Princeton recruit Spencer Weisz is in the Top 10 of several different statistical categories for Essex County. The Star Ledger recently called Weisz "one of the state's most complete players."

According to a report Geoff Petrie is unlikely to return as General Manager of the Sacramento Kings. Then again, separate reports have the Sacramento Kings unlikely to return to Sacramento!

Richmond (11-5) defeated Rhode Island 64-61 in the Spiders' A-10 opener.

Tonight Northwestern visits Penn State, Denver travels to Idaho and Oregon State hosts Arizona State.

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Wednesday News:

January 9, 2013 at 9:08 am
Filed under Basketball, Georgetown, MCCC, Princeton, Today's News

Rhode Island vs. Richmond - 7:00 pm ET

Mercer (12-4) beat Ocean 82-52 behind 29 points for Mustafa El Amin.

Big East play has been a struggle for Georgetown (10-3). The Hoyas have failed to break 50 points in both of their conference games and last night John Thompson III's team was embarrassed by Pitt, 73-45.

Around the Ivy League: Columbia (8-6) lost 78-69 at Holy Cross. Brown (5-8) recorded a 75-74 overtime triumph over Niagara. Dartmouth (3-10) concluded a seven game losing streak with their 75-58 home win against Army. Penn (2-12) will visit Jadwin on Saturday as losers of seven straight. The Quakers came from 15 down in the second half against Lafayette to tie but Steve Rennard's wide open three pointer in the final seconds sailed right and the Leopards held on for the 85-83 final.

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Tuesday News:

January 8, 2013 at 9:08 am
Filed under Audio, Basketball, Fairfield, Georgetown, Princeton, Today's News

Ocean vs. MCCC - 7:00 pm ET
Pitt vs. Georgetown - 9:00 pm ET - ESPNU

Columbia vs. Holy Cross - 7:00 pm ET
Niagara vs. Brown - 7:00 pm ET
Army vs. Dartmouth - 7:00 pm ET
Lafayette vs. Penn - 7:30 pm ET

Ian Hummer is your Ivy League Player of the Week for the fourth time in the last five conference dispatches. It seems someone (not me!) also created a Wikipedia page for the senior forward a couple of hours ago.

For their Big East home opener, Georgetown hosts Pitt.

Kareem Maddox scored 19 in a tune-up for Newcastle prior to the Eagles' appearance in the BBL Cup final.

A new "Sit Down With Sydney" is embedded below.

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Monday News:

January 7, 2013 at 9:18 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Today's News

The Daily Princetonian rapidly reviews the Tigers games during the school's holiday break.

Denver (7-7) raced past UT-San Antonio, 75-50. The Pioneers are 3-1 in WAC play.

Bill Carmody had Northwestern (9-6) utilize almost all of every possession at #9 Minnesota. It worked for a while, as the Wildcats trailed 19-18 early into the second half. A 23-5 run over the next seven minutes gave the Golden Gophers comfort the rest of the way.

Leading by six at the break, Oregon State (10-4) was outscored 51-32 in the second half of their conference-opening loss to Oregon.

Around the Ivy League: Cornell (7-9) won 68-60 at American. Florida visited Yale (5-11) and came away with a 79-58 decision.

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Sunday News:

January 6, 2013 at 6:08 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News, Video

UT-San Antonio vs. Denver - 4:00 pm ET
Northwestern vs. Minnesota - 7:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network
Oregon vs. Oregon State - 10:00 pm ET - FSN

Cornell vs. American - 2:00 pm ET
Florida vs. Yale - 5:30 pm ET - NBCSN

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's rather nice win at Elon on goprincetontigers.com, in the Elon Pendulum, in the Times-News and on elonphoenix.com.

Future Tiger Amir Bell and East Brunswick moved to 7-0 on the season with a win over Roselle.

Georgetown (10-2) fell 49-48 in their Big East opener at Marquette.

A six game Fairfield (10-6) winning streak concluded with a 71-67 loss at Niagara. Greg Whittington made two of three free throws with the Hoyas behind by three and :02.3 remaining.

Returning to action after the holidays, Mercer (11-4) went down 79-62 at CCRI. Mustafa El Amin scored 25 for the Vikings in defeat.

I had no idea that occasional Princeton J.V. player and pitcher Stephen Elmore was using the NCAA's grad student exemption to play a season of basketball at The Citadel.

Denver hosts UT-SA, Northwestern travels to #9 Minnesota and Oregon State hosts Oregon in a Pac-12 opening "Civil War."

Around the Ivy League: Penn (2-11) committed 21 turnovers in their 74-57 loss at La Salle. Columbia (8-5) won 64-52 at Army. Harvard (8-5) destroyed Rice by 30. Colgate made 10-13 three pointers in a 78-62 win at Dartmouth (2-10).

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Saturday News:

January 5, 2013 at 9:28 am
Filed under Basketball, Fairfield, Georgetown, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Today's Game: Princeton (5-7 / 0-0) vs. Elon (8-5 / 1-1)
Location: Alumni Gym - Elon, NC
Time: 12:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Elon leads 1-0.
Last meeting: Elon 56 Princeton 55 - 11/22/11.

MCCC vs. CCRI - 1:00 pm ET
Georgetown vs. Marquette - 2:00 pm ET - ESPN+
Fairfield vs. Niagara - 3:00 pm ET

Penn vs. La Salle - 2:00 pm ET
Columbia vs. Army - 3:00 pm ET
Rice vs. Harvard - 4:00 pm ET
Colgate vs. Dartmouth - 7:00 pm ET

There were 59 comments in the forum for the Akron game. Things are starting to take off as people get used to using it. That's excellent. Keep the momentum going here for today's contest at Akron. You must be subscribed and logged in to participate.

You should be able to simultaneously stream video of this afternoon's tilt for free here.

The Times-News offers the lone preview I could find.

Rush The Court checks in on the Ivy League.

Here's a quick clip of Princeton recruit Steven Cook knocking down a three.

Future Tiger Henry Caruso put up a double-double last night.

Georgetown opens Big East play at Marquette and Fairfield completes their Buffalo swing with a game at Niagara.

Around the Ivy League: Yale (5-10) had a nice 61-54 win at Holy Cross. Brown (4-8) struggled shooting the ball in the Bears' 59-47 loss at Rhode Island.

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Friday News:

January 4, 2013 at 8:48 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, Howie Levy, Northwestern, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Brown vs. Rhode Island - 7:00 pm ET - OSN
Yale vs. Holy Cross - 7:00 pm ET

Princeton recruit Steven Cook was named to the All-Tournament Team after the conclusion of the mammoth Proviso West Holiday Tournament. Cook's New Trier squad finished sixth out of 32 teams. You can watch the complete sixth place game here.

Fairfield (10-5) won their sixth straight, an impressive 66-45 decision at conference leader Canisius.

Shooting 9-18 from three point range, Denver (6-7) bested Texas State by 11.

#2 Michigan opened on a 20-4 run and had no issues with shorthanded Northwestern (9-5). The Wildcats were without the services of leading scorer Reggie Hearn in the 94-66 loss.

Howie Levy's son Lior had 16 points for Princeton High School, who won at Trenton for the first time in nearly two decades on a three pointer at the buzzer.

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Thursday News:

January 3, 2013 at 9:58 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Northwestern, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

Michigan vs. Northwestern - 7:00 pm ET - ESPN2
Fairfield vs. Canisius - 7:00 pm ET
Texas State vs. Denver - 9:00 pm ET

The Town Topics recaps Princeton's win over Bucknell.

UCLA big man Josh Smith will transfer to Georgetown.

Future Tiger Henry Caruso and Serra were tripped up in their first WCAL game of the season.

Richmond (10-5) made 16 three pointers in a 91-68 victory over Air Force.

A great week in Northwestern sports history could become an incredible one if the Wildcats can beat #2 Michigan tonight in the Big Ten opener for both teams.

Fairfield visits conference leader Canisius and Denver hosts Texas State.

Around the Ivy League: Penn (2-10) kept it close at #17 Butler before falling 70-57. Columbia (7-5) held off Colgate, 66-59. Bucknell bested Cornell (6-9) by 16 in Ithaca.

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Wednesday News:

January 2, 2013 at 9:38 am
Filed under Basketball, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Air Force vs. Richmond - 7:00 pm ET

Penn vs. Butler - 7:00 pm ET - TCN
Colgate vs. Columbia - 7:00 pm ET
Bucknell vs. Cornell - 7:00 pm ET

Princeton recruit Henry Caruso was named MVP of the American High School tournament.

Ken Pomeroy ran 10,000 simulations of the Ivy League based on offensive and defensive data through December 31 of last year.

Going 9-9 from the floor with 15 rebounds easily places Kareem Maddox on the BBL Team of the Week.

Richmond hosts Air Force tonight.

Around the Ivy League: Yale (4-10) was within one possession in the final five minutes at Iowa State, but the Bulldogs eventually fell 80-70.

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