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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Black Friday News:

November 23, 2012 at 9:18 am
Filed under Basketball, Fairfield, Northwestern, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News, Video

Fairfield vs. Providence - 7:00 pm ET
Northwestern vs. TCU - 8:30 pm ET - South Padre Island Invt.

Cornell vs. Presbyterian - 4:30 pm ET - Last Vegas Invitational
Columbia vs. Wayland Baptist - 9:00 pm ET - San Francisco Hilltop Classic

Good morning. I hope you and yours had a happy Thanksgiving.

Action picks back up tonight with Fairfield visiting Providence and Northwestern playing TCU at the South Padre Island Invitational.

Princeton recruit Steven Cook scored nine points for the Trevians against Loyola at the 2012 New Trier Thanksgiving Tournament.

A sweet pass by future Tiger Spencer Weisz made a Hoop Group video of the Top 10 Plays from Summer 2012.

Is it possible the Georgetown vs. Florida game might be resumed indoors?

Wrapping up coverage of Princeton at Syracuse, the Post-Standard looks at the sunny side of a Orangemen victory while the Auburn Citizen offers some postgame video and the Syracuse Sports Examiner runs a recap.

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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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Tuesday News:

November 20, 2012 at 9:28 am
Filed under Basketball, Fairfield, Georgetown, Northwestern, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News, Will Venable

Fairfield vs. Fordham - Preseason NIT consolation round - 6:00 pm ET
Lackawanna vs. MCCC - 7:00 pm ET
Wofford vs. Richmond - 7:00 pm ET - Nation of Coaches Classic
Delaware St. vs. Northwestern - 8:00 pm ET - South Padre Island Invit. - BTN.com
Georgetown vs. Indiana - Legends Classic - 10:00 pm ET - ESPN2

Columbia vs. Villanova - 7:00 pm ET - ESPN3
Harvard vs. St. Joe's - 8:00 pm ET - NBCSN
Penn vs. Lehigh - Preseason NIT consolation round - 8:30 pm ET
Cornell vs. Arizona State - Las Vegas Invitational - 9:30 pm ET - Pac-12 Network

Otto Porter returned and a 12-0 run to open the second half propelled Georgetown (3-0) to the victory over #11 UCLA. The Hoyas face top-ranked Indiana in the Legends Classic championship game late tonight.

The sensational senior guard C.J. McCollum scored 35 for Lehigh, victors versus Fairfield (2-2) by an 82-67 final. The Stags stay in Bethlehem to meet Fordham this evening on the last day of the preseason NIT consolation round.

Here's more on Amir Bell committing to Princeton. Some interesting quotes. I expect to speak with Bell's high school coach later this morning.

Tiger recruit Steven Cook is the player you want taking a last second shot for New Trier this year.

Ian Hummer made the Ivy League's honor roll for this week.

A preview of tomorrow's matchup is posted on the Juice Online.

The Daily Princetonian reports on the Tigers' loss to Rutgers.

One writer's "cult favorite" on the San Diego Padres is Will Venable.

Richmond hosts Wofford and Northwestern welcomes Delaware State tonight.

Around the Ivy League: Penn (1-4) dropped their fourth straight, losing a late lead versus Fordham.

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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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Sunday News:

November 18, 2012 at 9:08 am
Filed under Basketball, Craig Robinson, Northwestern, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

FDU vs. Northwestern - 2:00 pm ET - South Padre Island Invitational - BTN.com
Richmond vs. Minnesota - 7:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network

Yale vs. Western Illinois - 3:00 pm ET - Coaches vs. Cancer Classic
Cornell vs. Wisconsin - 6:00 pm ET - Las Vegas Invitational - ESPN3.com

The view from the stands differs from the press row perspective at Jadwin Gym.

There are some additional Rutgers/Princeton notes care of the Tip In.

Gerry Matthews passed Pete Carril to become New Jersey's winningest college coach.

Did Craig Robinson come close to attending Purdue?

Today Northwestern hosts Farleigh Dickinson and Richmond visits Minnesota.

Around the Ivy League: Penn (1-3) was tipped by Drexel, 61-59. Yale (1-3) became the second conference team to beat Buffalo, defeating the Bulls 63-59 at the Coaches vs. Cancer Classic subregional in Evansville, IN. Marist handed Columbia (2-1) their first loss of the season. Brown (2-1) won 70-68 at Maine.

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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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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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Tuesday News:

November 13, 2012 at 9:18 am
Filed under Basketball, Fairfield, Northwestern, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

Today's Game: Northeastern (1-0 / 0-0) vs. Princeton (1-0 / 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: Tied 2-2.
Last meeting: Princeton 71 Northeastern 62 - 12/18/11.

Fairfield vs. Penn - 4:30 pm ET - Preseason NIT
UNCW vs. Richmond - 7:00 pm ET
Frederick (Md.) vs. MCCC - 7:00 pm ET
Texas Southern vs. Northwestern - 7:00 pm ET

Harvard vs. UMass - 10:00 am ET - ESPN
New Hampshire vs. Dartmouth - 7:00 pm ET
Haverford vs. Columbia - 7:00 pm ET

There's an open thread for the Northeastern game in the forum if you want to discuss the home opener before/during/after.

Junior forward Will Barrett talked to the Daily Princetonian about his return against Buffalo.

Fairfield (1-1) was outscored 10-2 over the final seven minutes of a nine point loss at Virginia. This sets up a preseason NIT consolation bracket meeting between the Stags and Penn later today.

The season opener for Northwestern tips evening against Texas Southern.

Richmond hosts UNCW.

Around the Ivy League: Yale (0-2) fell victim to an 18-0 second half run at St. Joe's. The decision went 61-35 to the Hawks. Penn (1-1) was behind by at least nine the entire second stanza in their 84-69 loss to Delaware.

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