Wednesday News:

February 22, 2012 at 8:58 am
Filed under Fairfield, Georgetown, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News, Video

Richmond vs. St. Joe's - 7:00 pm ET

Northwestern (16-11) fell in overtime to #11 Michigan for the second straight time. Highlights from the (agonizing) game are above.

These clips are fueled by the site's new video player, a smaller version of which can be found to your right in the sidebar. I've loaded it with clips of NU and Oregon State games, with more footage to be added as available.

As we wrote about last night, Georgetown (20-6) was trampled by Seton Hall, 73-55. Hoya Prospectus crunches the numbers.

An excerpt of the John Thompson III profile in The Washingtonian.

Princeton recruit Steven Cook had a double-double in New Trier's overtime win versus Niles North.

The Princeton Packet article on Saturday's game against Cornell has been published.

Down to an eight man rotation, Richmond plays at St. Joe's.

A new Sit Down With Sydney is available.

For those who asked, Princeton's J.V. will play Fork Union Military Academy at 7:00 pm ET on March 1st and at 3:00 pm ET on March 2nd.

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Tuesday News:

February 21, 2012 at 9:08 am
Filed under Basketball, Fairfield, Georgetown, Northwestern, Pete Hegseth, Princeton, Today's News

Georgetown vs. Seton Hall - 7:00 pm ET - ESPN3
Michigan vs. Northwestern - 8:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network

Douglas Davis (left) reps Princeton in the 16th Ivy League Men's Basketball Weekly Release of the season.

Glad to see Ian Hummer's dunk made Ballin' Is A Habit's POSTERIZED: Weekend Recap.

Fairfield (17-11) built a 28-12 halftime lead and shut down Marist, 60-49.

Straddling the bubble once more, Northwestern hosts #11 Michigan. Like many Wildcat alums, Michael Wilbon is too nervous to watch.

Closer to home, Hollis Thompson and Georgetown play at Seton Hall. Given that the Pirates are adjacent to NU in Bracketology's "Last Four In," it would be kind of the Hoyas to win this game.

Former Tiger Pete Hegseth is close to challenging Amy Klobuchar for her Senate seat in Minnesota.

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Monday News:

February 20, 2012 at 10:28 am
Filed under Basketball, Fairfield, Pete Carril, Princeton, Today's News

Fairfield vs. Marist - 7:00 pm ET

Pete Carril is profiled in the Trenton Times.

The Daily Princetonian, the Columbia Spectator and the Cornell Daily Sun review last weekend's action.

There's also a photo essay dedicated to Ian Hummer's dunk in the Princeton student paper.

Fairfield makes up their postponed trip to Marist tonight.

Another Jeremy Lin article looking at how he has made the Ivy League proud talked with Sydney Johnson.

SportsProf took a spur of the moment to visit Jadwin Gym on Saturday night.

It seems that the coaching career of Fletcher Arritt will end with games versus the Princeton J.V.

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Sunday News:

February 19, 2012 at 10:28 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Pete Carril, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

In addition to our recap, read about the Tigers' win versus Cornell on goprincetontigers.com, in the Trentonian and on cornellbigred.com.

The Trentonian also finally published their story from the Columbia game on-line.

Watch an ESPNU piece on Friday's win here.

Pete Carril is quoted extensively in an article on Jeremy Lin.

The late 1960s and early 1970s were a golden age for Ivy League basketball.

Princeton recruit Steven Cook scored 10 points in New Trier's victory over #14 St. Rita at the City-Suburban Showdown.

Listen to Sydney Johnson talk about the retirement of Fork Union Military Academy coach Fletcher Arritt.

Fairfield (16-11) turned an 18 point second half deficit into a one point lead with just over two minutes to go but Wisconsin-Milwaukee scored the game's final five points.

In front of a sell out crowd, Richmond (14-14) held off Charlotte, 53-52.

Denver (20-8) made 16 three pointers in a 76-57 rout of Louisiana-Monroe.

Leading wire to wire, Georgetown (20-5) clamped down on Providence, 63-53. Hoya Prospectus crunches the numbers.

John Shurna set the Northwestern (16-10) scoring record but more importantly the Wildcats defeated Minnesota by 11.

Cal beat Oregon State (15-12) in Berkeley, 77-63.

Around the Ivy League: A well-designed lob play by Miles Cartwright to Fran Dougherty with less than a second left in overtime gave Penn (15-11 / 7-2) a 61-59 victory over Columbia (14-12 / 3-7) at The Palestra. Dartmouth (5-21 / 1-9) closed on a 15-3 run for their first conference victory over Brown (7-20 / 1-9) by five. Harvard (23-3 / 9-1) won their 27th straight at home with a 66-51 decision against Yale (17-7 / 7-3).

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Saturday News:

February 18, 2012 at 10:08 am
Filed under Denver, Fairfield, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Richmond, Sean Gregory, Today's News

Today's Game: Cornell (10-13 / 5-4) vs. Princeton (14-10 / 5-3)
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 136-79.
Last meeting: Cornell 67 Princeton 59 - 1/13/12

Fairfield vs. Wisconsin-Milwaukee - 4:00 pm ET
Charlotte vs. Richmond - 6:00 pm ET
Louisiana-Monroe vs. Denver - 6:00 pm ET
Georgetown vs. Providence - 7:00 pm ET - ESPN3
Minnesota vs. Northwestern - 7:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network
Oregon State vs. Cal - 10:00 pm ET

Columbia vs. Penn - 7:00 pm ET
Brown vs. Dartmouth - 7:00 pm ET
Yale vs. Harvard - 7:00 pm ET

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's third consecutive conference victory on goprincetontigers.com, in the Daily Princetonian and on gocolumbialions.com. The area's two daily newspaper's appear to not have covered the game.

Here is a lone preview of tonight's contest.

Fairfield visits Wisconsin-Milwaukee as part of Bracketbuster Saturday.

Charlotte heads to Richmond.

Denver hosts Louisiana-Monroe. The Pioneers are potentially pushing towards the NCAA Tournament.

Working towards a double bye in the Big East Tournament, Georgetown plays at Providence.

In something close to a must win game, Northwestern welcomes Minnesota to Welsh-Ryan Arena. John Shurna is on the brink of becoming the Wildcats' all time scoring leader.

Oregon State looks for a season sweep of Cal.

Aris Thessaloniki (via Google Translate) writes of the success Dan Mavraides had versus Jeremy Lin. Sean Gregory adds a few more words on Lin for Time.

Around the Ivy League: Zack Rosen willed Penn (14-11 / 6-2) to a 73-66 victory over Cornell (10-13 / 5-4) at The Palestra. On the strength of a 20-0 first half run, Harvard (22-3 / 8-1) defeated Brown (7-19 / 1-8) by 27. Yale (17-6 / 7-2) won 70-61 at Dartmouth (4-21 / 0-9).

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Friday News:

February 17, 2012 at 8:58 am
Filed under Denver, Georgetown, MCCC, Oregon State, Princeton, Today's News

Today's Game: Columbia (14-10 / 3-5) vs. Princeton (13-10 / 4-3)
Location: Jadwin Gym - Princeton, NJ
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: ESPNU
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 142-84.
Last meeting: Princeton 62 Columbia 58 - 1/14/12

MCCC vs. Princeton J.V. - 3:00 pm ET

Cornell vs. Penn - 7:00 pm ET
Brown vs. Harvard - 7:00 pm ET
Yale vs. Dartmouth - 7:00 pm ET

The Daily Princetonian, the Columbia Spectator and the Cornell Daily Sun look at this weekend's games.

Ian Hummer poses a threat to the Lions' interior tonight.

Princeton is confident they're turning things around.

Georgetown coach John Thompson III is having fun working with his unselfish Hoyas.

Former Tiger Noah Savage is one of several players referenced in a piece about guarding Jeremy Lin in college.

With a 77-52 victory over Louisiana-Lafayette, Denver (19-8) matched a school record for DI victories.

Stanford stopped Oregon State (15-11), 87-82.

Mercer (4-20) fell 72-58 at Brookdale. Filip Seculic was one of three Vikings in double figures with 15. I'm looking forward to seeing Howie Levy's team go up against the Princeton J.V. this afternoon.

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Thursday News:

February 16, 2012 at 9:58 am
Filed under Denver, Georgetown, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

MCCC vs. Brookdale - 5:00 pm ET
Louisiana-Lafayette vs. Denver - 7:00 pm ET - Root Sports
Oregon State vs. Stanford - 10:00 pm ET

Former Princeton and Georgetown assistant Robert Burke was placed on "paid administrative leave" yesterday and is no longer the head coach at Mount St. Mary's. Burke requested this decision for as-yet-unknown reasons.

A look back at Princeton's signature victory.

The Daily Princetonian writes about how the Tigers faired versus Jeremy Lin, which complements this piece from the site nicely.

Princeton recruit Hans Brase must have received a second opinion. While Brase originally wrote his season was done due to a torn ankle ligament, he was on the floor for The Hill School in their PAISAA Tournament quarterfinal loss to Friends' Central.

Another future Tiger saw their high school career conclude with a defeat. Mike Washington, Jr. had 14 points as Oak Harbor was knocked out of the Class 3A Northwest District Tournament.

At 19-5, Georgetown is surprising everyone but themselves.

Senior Night was a huge success for Fairfield (16-10). The Stags built a 33-13 halftime lead and easily won their sixth straight.

John Shurna scored 29 but Northwestern (15-10) came up a couple plays short at #18 Indiana.

Richmond dropped a 64-50 decision on the road against St. Louis.

Looking to exact a modicum of revenge, Denver hosts Louisiana-Lafayette.

What will Oregon State and Stanford do as an encore to their four overtime game earlier this season? The answer comes tonight in Palo Alto.

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Wednesday News:

February 15, 2012 at 10:28 am
Filed under Craig Robinson, Denver, Fairfield, Northwestern, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Northwestern vs. Indiana - 6:30 pm ET - Big Ten Network
Richmond vs. St. Louis - 7:00 pm ET
St. Peter's vs. Fairfield - 7:30 pm ET

The Princeton Packet has their story on Saturday's game up. Town Topics too.

Bob Ryan looks at the best Ivy League players in NBA history.

Chris Udofia is a perfect fit for Denver.

While is heart is clearly set on Stanford, a guard from southern California has apparently also looked at Princeton.

Former walk on Reggie Hearn and Northwestern play at Indiana.

Richmond visits St. Louis.

It is already Senior Night at Fairfield. The Stags host St. Peter's this evening. A new Sit Down With Sydney is available, including the coach's thoughts on Princeton defeating Harvard.

Craig Robinson and family welcomed Aaron Lamar Robinson into the world Monday night, Robinson's fourth child. Congratulations!

Look, I've purchased my fair share of Princeton basketball items via eBay, but here is one auction I think I'll pass on.

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Tuesday News:

February 14, 2012 at 9:18 am
Filed under Princeton, Today's News

Ian Hummer's great Saturday night overshadowed his forgettable Friday evening and earned him a spot on the 15th Ivy League Men's Basketball Weekly Release of the season.

Princeton Alumni Weekly has more on the Tigers' win over Harvard.

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Monday News:

February 13, 2012 at 9:08 am
Filed under Fairfield, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

There's an Internet-only ESPNU postgame package entitled "Harvard Fails Princeton Exam" you can view here.

The Daily Princetonian reports on last weekend's games and comes out in defense of Saturday's court storming.

Their slideshow out of Saturday night has some gems in it.

You can also view articles in the Harvard Crimson and the Dartmouth.

John Ezekowitz wrote the contest up for the Mid-Majority's 800 Games Project.

A junior guard from North Carolina says Princeton is one of the schools showing interest in him.

Georgetown (19-5) never trailed against St. John's, but was unable to take their lead to double digits until the final three seconds. Hoya Hoops provides postgame audio from a 71-61 final and Hoya Prospectus runs the numbers.

It was a very impressive fifth straight win for Fairfield (15-10), who went to league leader Loyola (Md.) and returned north with a 17 point triumph.

Every time Northwestern (15-9) took the lead in the second half, it seemed like Purdue answered with a three pointer. The Boilermakers hit back to back treys with six minutes left to break the game's eighth tie and defeated the Wildcats 87-77.

Oregon State (15-10) fell 75-72 to Washington.

There is another archival treat coming later this afternoon for you all.

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Sunday News:

February 12, 2012 at 10:28 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Pete Carril, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

St. John's vs. Georgetown - 1:00 pm ET - ESPN
Fairfield vs. Loyola (Md.) - 4:00 pm ET - ESPN3
Washington vs. Oregon State - 5:30 pm ET - FSN
Purdue vs. Northwestern - 6:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's victory versus Harvard on goprincetontigers.com, in the Daily Princetonian, in the Harvard Crimson, in the Trenton Times, in the Trentonian, in the Star Ledger, in the Boston Herald, in the Boston Globe, courtesy of the Associated Press and on gocrimson.com.

Game highlights can be found here and the full broadcast is archived here.

Pete Carril was the only person Paul Westphal knew who thought Jeremy Lin could play in the NBA.

Princeton recruit Mike Washington, Jr. scored 15 points in Oak Harbor's district tournament loss at Glacier Peak.

Mercer (4-19) dropped a 81-71 decision at Del Tech Stanton despite 19 from Filip Seculic.

George Washington caught and passed Richmond (13-13) in the final minute of a 69-67 final.

Denver (18-8) won 77-63 at Florida International.

Senior center Henry Sims and Georgetown are home for St. John's.

Fairfield visits MAAC leader Loyola.

Washington travels to Oregon State.

Northwestern plays at Purdue.

Around the Ivy League: Yale (16-6 / 6-2) came from 21 down with 11:30 to play, shocking Columbia (14-10 / 3-5) by one. Zach Rosen hit from roughly 27' out with three seconds remaining as Penn (13-11 / 5-2) finished Dartmouth (0-8 / 4-20) in a 58-55 final. Cornell (10-12 / 5-3) ran away from Brown (7-18 / 1-7) to sweep their homestanding weekend.

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Saturday News:

February 11, 2012 at 9:58 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Today's Game: Harvard (21-2 / 7-0) vs. Princeton (12-10 / 3-3)
Location: Jadwin Gym - Princeton, NJ
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: ESPNU
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 127-39.
Last meeting: Princeton 63 Harvard 62 - 3/12/11

MCCC vs. Del Tech Stanton - 2:00 pm ET
George Washington vs. Richmond - 5:00 pm ET - ESPNU
Denver vs. FIU - 7:30 pm ET

Yale vs. Columbia - 7:00 pm ET
Brown vs. Cornell - 7:00 pm ET
Dartmouth vs. Penn - 7:00 pm ET

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's win over Dartmouth on goprincetontigers.com, in the Trenton Times, in the Trentonian and on dartmouthsports.com.

Ivy Hoops Online and the Trenton Times preview tonight's game against Harvard.

The Daily Princetonian asked several Tigers about their memories from last year's Ivy League playoff.

Jonathan Tannenwald's piece on Ivy League television rights is essential reading.

Roy Hibbert being selected to the All-Star Game brought a big smile to the face of John Thompson III.

Bill Carmody feels unselfishness is the key to success at Northwestern.

Is there a leadership void at Oregon State?

Princeton recruit Steven Cook scored 11 points in New Trier's overtime loss to Evanston.

Richmond hosts GW on ESPNU prior to the Harvard and Princeton tip.

Florida International welcomes Denver.

I'll post about this tomorrow in greater detail, but PANE had come into ~50 additional tickets for Princeton's trip to Harvard in less than two weeks. If you are interested in going, don't hesitate to contact Bob Ruxin as the Crimson box office remains sold out.

Around the Ivy League: Harvard (21-2 / 7-0) won their ninth straight, 56-50 at Penn (12-11 / 4-2). Johnathan Gray had a career high 29 as Cornell (9-12 / 4-3) upended Yale (15-6 / 5-2) by one in overtime. Columbia (14-9 / 3-4) made 16 three pointers and destroyed a Sean McGonagill-less Brown (1-6 / 7-17) squad, 86-60.

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