Monday News:

January 16, 2012 at 9:48 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, Georgetown, Northwestern, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Rider vs. Fairfield - 7:30 pm ET

Big Apple Buckets writes more on Columbia's struggles versus the Tigers.

After Florida State beat North Carolina by 33, Tarheels head coach Roy Williams had a funny quip that referenced Princeton.

Kareem Maddox scored 10 points while adding eight rebounds and four assists in Landstede Basketbal's win over Rotterdam. Look for a major update on Princeton players in Europe on the site later this week.

The Princeton coaches see potential in new recruit Steven Cook.

Did you miss Northwestern's home win over Michigan State? Extended highlights can be found here. Use the password "Evanston" to view.

A big second half from Hollis Thompson propelled Georgetown (14-3) to a 69-49 win over St. John's. Hoya Prospectus runs the numbers.

Denver (14-4) dominated Western Kentucky, 78-65.

Looking to end a three game losing streak, Fairfield hosts Rider tonight.

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Sunday News:

January 15, 2012 at 9:28 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Georgetown vs. St. John's - 12:00 pm ET - ESPN3
Western Kentucky vs. Denver - 3:00 pm ET

In addition to our recap, read about the Tigers' rally past Columbia on goprincetontigers.com, in the Daily Princetonian, in the Columbia Spectator and on gocolumbialions.com.

Highlights of Friday's game in Ithaca can be found here.

Princeton recruit Hans Brase scored 14 in The Hill School's win at Hun.

In Evanston Northwestern (12-5) got the signature win they were looking for, knocking off #6 Michigan State, 81-74.

Richmond (11-7) rolled to a 19 point halftime lead and beat Temple for the third straight time at home, 76-65.

Arizona State handed Oregon State (11-7) a disappointing setback in Tempe by 10.

Georgetown visits St. John's. Hopefully I'm on a train to MSG when this post goes live.

Both Joe Scott and his staff will be wearing sneakers on the sidelines when Denver hosts Western Kentucky today.

Around the Ivy League: Yale (11-4 / 1-0) finished on a 13-3 run in the final 3:10 to pass Brown (5-12 / 0-1) in the final minute. Penn (9-9 / 2-0) swept their first conference road trip with a 64-52 decision over Cornell (6-10 / 1-1), 64-52. Dartmouth (4-13 / 0-1) ended a six game losing streak by beating Longwood, 83-67. Harvard (14-2 / 1-0) concluded non-conference play with their 23rd straight home win, a 21 point victory over George Washington.

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Saturday News:

January 14, 2012 at 9:08 am
Filed under Fairfield, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

Today's Game: Princeton (9-8 / 0-1) vs. Columbia (11-6 / 0-1)
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 141-84.
Last meeting: Princeton 66 Columbia 61 - 2/26/11

Michigan State vs. Northwestern - 3:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network
Oregon State vs. Arizona State - 6:00 pm ET - Root Sports
Temple vs. Richmond - 7:00 pm ET - CBS Sports Network

Brown vs. Yale - 2:00 pm ET
George Washington vs. Harvard - 2:00 pm ET
Longwood vs. Dartmouth - 2:00 pm ET
Penn vs. Cornell - 7:00 pm ET

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's loss to Cornell on goprincetontigers.com, in the Ithaca Journal and on cornellbigred.com.

I answered some questions about the Tigers for Big Apple Buckets, who have named tonight's matchup their Saturday Game of the Week.

There's also a preview in the Columbia Spectator.

Snakebit Fairfield (8-9) suffered a bitter 66-63 defeat to Loyola (Md.). The Stags surrendered an 11-1 run in the final 1:42.

John Thompson III met with a Chinese high school team at Georgetown.

Another Top 10 foe awaits as Northwestern hosts Michigan State.

Oregon State visits Arizona State.

In A-10 action Richmond welcomes Temple to the Robins Center.

Around the Ivy League: Brian Barbour's potential game winner went long at the buzzer as Penn (8-9 / 1-0) topped Columbia (11-6 / 0-1) by two.

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Friday News:

January 13, 2012 at 9:08 am
Filed under Basketball, Fairfield, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Today's Game: Princeton (9-7 / 0-0) vs. Cornell (5-9 / 0-0)
Location: Newman Arena - Ithaca, NY
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 134-78.
Last meeting: Princeton 84 Cornell 66 - 2/25/11

Loyola (Md.) vs. Fairfield - 9:00 pm ET - ESPNU

Penn vs. Columbia - 7:00 pm ET

The Trenton Times previews Princeton's latest road trip while the Trentonian sizes up the Ivy League as a whole.

There's also a look at tonight's matchup in the Ithaca Journal.

I'll be on ESPN Radio 1160 today at 4:30 pm ET to talk about Princeton vs. Cornell and the rest of the Ivy League.

Denton Koon and his brother both had a pretty good week.

Steven Cook, who committed to Princeton yesterday, does a lot of things that surprise people.

In a close loss to second place Shorecrest, Princeton recruit Mike Washington, Jr. had a big game.

Coming off a four OT defeat versus Stanford, Oregon State (11-4) dropped an 81-73 decision at Arizona in a single overtime.

The Gazette Times seems downright amazed that what the Beavers are running still qualifies as the "Princeton Offense."

Fairfield hosts Loyola (Md.) tonight in a contest that has had its start time pushed back two hours to accommodate TV.

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Thursday News:

January 12, 2012 at 9:28 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Oregon State vs. Arizona - 8:30 pm ET - Root Sports

Princeton recruit Hans Brase scored 15 points in The Hill School's win at Lawrenceville. Anyone attend?

Here is a video preview of this weekend's games in Ithaca.

Northwestern (11-5) lost a heartbreaker at Michigan in overtime, 66-64.

Colorado State held off Denver (13-4) by four in Fort Collins.

The Pioneers' February 4th home game versus Middle Tennessee has been picked up nationally by ESPN.

Oregon State visits Arizona tonight.

Princeton has played nine road games this season, winning five. Did you know 19% of all DI teams have yet to emerge victorious from an opponents' gym?

Around the Ivy League: Brown (5-11) fell to Longwood in the final two seconds.

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Wednesday News:

January 11, 2012 at 9:48 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Northwestern, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Northwestern vs. Michigan - 6:30 pm ET - Big Ten Network
Denver vs. Colorado State - 9:00 pm ET - The Mountain Network

Longwood vs. Brown - 7:00 pm ET

The Princeton Packet and the Town Topics look back at the TCNJ game while the Daily Princetonian is ready to focus forward at the Tigers' trip to Cornell and Columbia.

An article on how early action has changed recruiting at Princeton talks to Hans Brase. If you want to go see Brase in action The Hill School plays at The Lawrenceville School today and Hun on Saturday.

Mercer (4-13) defeated Union, 59-53. Ryan Hanley scored 16 in the Viking victory.

Northwestern needs to steal some wins and a chance comes tonight when they travel to Michigan.

Colorado State hosts Denver.

Around the Ivy League: Harvard (14-2) won 70-61 at Monmouth. Penn (7-9) fell to La Salle by 11 at The Palestra.

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Tuesday News:

January 10, 2012 at 9:48 am
Filed under Basketball, Georgetown, Northwestern, Princeton, Today's News

Union vs. MCCC - 7:00 pm ET

La Salle vs. Penn - 7:00 pm ET
Harvard vs. Monmouth - 7:00 pm ET

Cincinnati caught Georgetown (13-3) late and defeated the Hoyas 68-64. John Thompson III's team was done in by 17 turnovers. For postgame audio check Hoya Hoops and Hoya Prospectus crunches the numbers.

Brendan Connolly represents Princeton on the latest Ivy League Men's Basketball weekly release.

With the football team possessing the longest bowl losing streak (it pains me to type those words), Northwestern looks to end another streak by making the NCAA Tournament for the first time.

I had not seen this photo from the Princeton/Florida State game before.

Congratulations to John Sadak on being named 2011 Delaware Sportscaster of the Year .

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Monday News:

January 9, 2012 at 9:58 am
Filed under Basketball, Fairfield, Georgetown, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Cincinnati vs. Georgetown - 9:00 pm ET - ESPNU

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's home win over TCNJ to close the non-conference schedule on goprincetontigers.com, in the Trentonian, in the Trenton Times, in the Daily Princetonian and on tcnjathletics.com.

Princeton recruit Mike Washington, Jr. and Oak Harbor bettered their playoff chances with a win over Marysville Getchell.

There was improved intensity but Fairfield (8-8) still fell 53-51 at Manhattan.

Struggling with their outside shooting, Georgetown hosts Cincinnati tonight.

Around the Ivy League: Columbia (11-5) won their fourth straight, 65-60 at Elon. Greg Mangano had 35 points and grabbed 22 rebounds in an 101-86 Yale (10-4) victory over St. Joseph's (L.I.).

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Saturday News:

January 7, 2012 at 10:48 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, Georgetown, MCCC, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Georgetown vs. West Virginia - 12:00 pm ET - ESPN3
MCCC vs. CCRI - 2:00 pm ET
Denver vs. South Alabama - 4:30 pm ET - ESPN3
Richmond vs. Rhode Island - 7:00 pm ET - CBS Sports Network
Stanford vs. Oregon State - 10:00 pm ET - Root Sports

Albright vs. Cornell - 2:00 pm ET
Dartmouth vs. Harvard - 2:00 pm ET

After Harvard's loss to Fordham, Big Apple Buckets re-ran 10,000 simulations of the race for the 2011-12 Ivy League title.

Rush The Court checks in on the eight Ivy teams, two of which open conference play today.

Still looking for more on Princeton recruit Edo Lawrence, I came across this Flickr series from a recent Canterbury game against Kent. Lawrence is wearing #33 in these pictures.

Siena surprised Fairfield (8-7) in Albany, 73-60. “I don’t know if they can play better given the situation they’re in," said Stags head coach Sydney Johnson of the Saints' performance.

Top-ranked Monroe beat Mercer (3-13) by an 81-47 final. Brandin Youngblood was one of three Vikings in double figures.

Having already won in several hostile settings this season, Georgetown travels to West Virginia.

Denver remains on the road at South Alabama.

Rhode Island pays host to Richmond.

Looking for a home sweep of the Bay Area's Pac-12 teams, Oregon State hosts Stanford.

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Friday News:

January 6, 2012 at 9:08 am
Filed under Basketball, Chris Young, Denver, Fairfield, Georgetown, Oregon State, Princeton, Today's News

MCCC vs. Monroe - 5:00 pm ET
Fairfield vs. Siena - 7:00 pm ET - SNY

Mets GM Sandy Alderson spoke with Chris Young over the holidays. Young could re-sign with New York under the right circumstances.

Grantland has a long piece on Georgetown up. It's got nothing on this transcript of an interview with former Hoya Roy Hibbert, though.

There have been plenty of updates on 2012 Princeton recruits Hans Brase and Michael Washington, Jr. but little on 7'2" center Edo Lawrence. I did some digging yesterday and the best I could find was this report on a game from mid-December.

Denver (12-3) prevailed 53-50 at Arkansas State.

Cracking 90 points for the seventh time this season, Oregon State (11-4) defeated Cal in Corvallis.

Fairfield visits Siena tonight.

Big Apple Buckets' first power poll of 2012 is out. Princeton moves up one spot in the rankings. For the record, I had Wagner in first and the Tigers sixth overall.

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Thursday News:

January 5, 2012 at 9:48 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Pete Carril, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Denver vs. Arkansas State - 8:00 pm ET
Cal vs. Oregon State - 10:00 pm ET

Down by 17 with 13:13 left to play, Georgetown (13-1) staged an improbable rally that was capped off by a Hollis Thompson three pointer in the final 30 seconds. Hoya Hoops has the postgame audio and Hoya Prospectus crunches the numbers from a 73-70 victory.

Drew Crawford's potential game-winning layup was blocked at the buzzer as Northwestern (11-4) fell at home to Illinois, 57-56.

Richmond (9-7) lost their conference opener by five to Charlotte.

Is Princeton finding its stride?

A book on the children of immigrants includes the story of Pete Carril. You can order a copy here.

Princeton recruit Mike Washington, Jr. scored 19 in Oak Harbor's win over Meadowdale.

Playing in front of several of his future teammates, Hans Brase and The Hill School faced the Princeton JV at Jadwin Gym. Anyone go? It sounds like Clay Wilson had a big game for the Tigers.

Denver visits Arkansas State tonight.

Cal heads to Corvallis to face Oregon State.

Around the Ivy League: Columbia (10-5) beat Colgate on the road, 66-59. Penn (7-8) edged Lafayette by five.

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Wednesday News:

January 4, 2012 at 9:58 am
Filed under Basketball, Chris Thomforde, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Pete Carril, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

Marquette vs. Georgetown - 7:00 pm ET - ESPNU
Illinois vs. Northwestern - 7:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network
Richmond vs. Charlotte - 7:30 pm ET

Columbia vs. Colgate - 7:00 pm ET
Penn vs. Lafayette - 7:00 pm ET - LSN

Mercer (3-12) returned from an extended holiday break with a 79-65 win over Manor. The Vikings were led by Andre Wilburn and Brandin Youngblood, who each scored 25 points.

Pete Carril attended the Starters Moravian Winter Classic with Chris Thomforde.

Princeton's return to the NCAA Tournament is fourth on the Princeton Packet list of 2011's special sports moments.

There is a faculty and staff free ticket option for Sunday's game versus TCNJ. Take advantage if you're eligible!

Some Princeton/Siena highlights can be found here.

Georgetown hosts Marquette tonight.

Illinois visits Northwestern.

Richmond opens Atlantic 10 play at Charlotte.

Around the Ivy League: Yale (9-4) controlled the interior in an 82-67 win over Holy Cross. Harvard (12-2) was surprised on the road at Fordham, 60-54. Bucknell remained undefeated versus the Ancient Eight, defeating Dartmouth (3-12) by a 67-59 count. Cornell (4-9) fell on the road to Maryland by eight.

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