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Tuesday News:

Manor vs. MCCC - 7:00 pm ET

Holy Cross vs. Yale - 7:00 pm ET
Harvard vs. Fordham - 7:00 pm ET
Bucknell vs. Dartmouth - 7:00 pm ET
Cornell vs. Maryland - 8:00 pm ET - ESPN3

Georgetown moved up to #9 in both the ESPN/USA Today and AP polls. Harvard is now #21 in former and #22 in the latter.

Despite the best efforts of Princeton recruit Mike Washington, Jr., Oak Harbor went winless at the Bellevue Holiday Tournament.

A new Sit Down With Sydney is available.

Around the Ivy League: Brown (5-10) lost 70-61 to American in Providence. Behind a career high 24 from Meiko Lyles, Columbia (9-5) built as large as a 24 point lead in their 67-52 win over Fairleigh Dickinson.



Monday News:


American vs. Brown - 1:00 pm ET
Fairleigh Dickinson vs. Columbia - 7:00 pm ET

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's second straight victory on goprincetontigers.com, in the Tallahassee Democrat, courtesy of the Associated Press and on famuathletics.com.

A strong second half following a lackluster first drove Northwestern (11-3) to a 68-56 win over Penn State.

Playing perhaps their best game of the season to stay unblemished in MAAC play, Fairfield (8-6) defeated Canisius by 18.

Around the Ivy League: Penn (6-8) was dominated inside by Duke, 85-55.



New Year's Day News:

Today's Game: Princeton (7-7 / 0-0) vs. Florida A&M (2-11 / 0-1)
Location: Alfred Lawson Jr. Multipurpose Center - Tallahassee, FL
Time: 3:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 1-0.
Last meeting: Princeton 51 Florida A&M 43 - 12/11/92

Princeton Florida A&M
2-2 Home Record 2-2
4-4 Away Record 0-7
1-1 Neutral Record 0-2
130 RPI 344
152 Sagarin 341
134 Pomeroy 338
62.4 Points / Game 65.0
61.3 Points Allowed / Game 77.0
.419 FG% .393
.640 FT% .582
.339 3PT FG% .301
34.0 Rebounds / Game 34.2
9.6 Off. Rebounds / Game         13.7
-0.6 Rebounding Margin -8.9
14.1 Assists / Game 9.9
14.2 Turnovers / Game 17.0
3.6 Blocks / Game 3.6
Hummer: 18.4 Points Stevens: 24.0
Hummer: 8.4 Rebounds Crowder: 6.8
Bray: 3.9 Assists Moore: 1.5
Hummer: 1.9 Steals Moore: 1.3
Hummer: 0.9 Blocks Crowder: 2.2
Koon: .609 FG% (Min: 10 FGM) Crowder: .486
Saunders: .833 FT% (Min: 10 FTM) Moore .786
Davis: .402 3PT FG% (Min: 10 3PTM)    Bullard: .526

Canisius vs. Fairfield - 1:00 pm ET
Penn State vs. Northwestern - 7:00 pm ET - ESPNU

Penn vs. Duke - 5:00 pm ET - ESPNU

Happy New Year!

One Rattler went to scout Princeton in person on Friday night.

It was not pretty, but Georgetown (12-1) scored the final eight points of a 49-40 win over Providence.

Denver (11-3) was upended by UALR at home, 66-59.

Washington State held off a late Oregon State (10-4) rally, keeping the Beavers winless in the Pac-12.

Fairfield starts the new year with Canisius at home.

Penn State visits Northwestern tonight.

Around the Ivy League: Dartmouth (3-11) lost their fourth straight, 65-61 versus Holy Cross. Despite shooting 11-21 from three point range, Yale (8-4) fell by 20 at #10 Florida. Missing two shots to tie in the final 12 seconds, Cornell (4-8) stayed winless on the road after a 63-60 defeat at Bucknell. Harvard (12-1) came from 10 down at the break to record a very nice 74-69 win over St. Joe's.



New Year's Eve News:

tallahassee.com

Providence vs. Georgetown - 2:00 pm ET - ESPN2
UALR vs. Denver - 6:00 pm ET
Oregon State vs. Washington State - 6:00 pm ET - Root Sports

Holy Cross vs. Dartmouth - 2:00 pm ET
Yale vs. Florida - 2:00 pm ET - ESPNU
Cornell vs. Bucknell - 2:00 pm ET
St. Joe's vs. Harvard - 4:00 pm ET

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's triple overtime thriller on goprincetontigers.com, in the Tallahassee Democrat, in the Daily Princetonian, courtesy of the Associated Press, on Tomahawk Nation and on seminoles.com.

You can watch a rebroadcast of the full game here.

Princeton recruit Mike Washington, Jr scored 19 of his team's 32 in an Oak Harbor loss at the Bellevue Holiday Tournament.

Washington was recently named an ESPNHS Player of the Week.

Vote for the Tigers making the NCAA Tournament as one of New Jersey's 2011 sports stories of the year.

Darrius Garrett set the school record for blocked shots in a 78-58 Richmond (9-6) win over UNC Greensboro.

Georgetown hosts Providence this afternoon.

UALR is next to visit Denver in Magness Arena.

Oregon State plays at Washington State.

Have a happy, healthy and safe New Year's Eve!

Around the Ivy League: Columbia (8-5) came from down 11 at halftime to beat Lafayette 77-67.



Friday News:

Today's Game: Princeton (6-7 / 0-0) vs. Florida State (8-4 / 0-0)
Location: Tucker Center - Tallahassee, FL
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: ESPN3
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 2-0.
Last meeting: Princeton 50 Florida State 46 - 12/28/98

Princeton Florida State
2-2 Home Record 7-0
3-4 Away Record 0-2
1-1 Neutral Record 1-2
181 RPI 49
175 Sagarin 36
139 Pomeroy 35
61.5 Points / Game 70.2
60.4 Points Allowed / Game 59.8
.419 FG% .451
.633 FT% .688
.338 3PT FG% .316
33.2 Rebounds / Game 40.2
9.5 Off. Rebounds / Game         13.3
-0.6 Rebounding Margin +5.6
14.2 Assists / Game 12.3
13.8 Turnovers / Game 18.8
3.4 Blocks / Game 6.7
Hummer: 17.8 Points Snaer: 12.4
Hummer: 7.8 Rebounds James: 8.9
Bray: 3.7 Assists Loucks: 3.6
Hummer: 1.8 Steals Dulkys: 2.0
Hummer: 0.8 Blocks James: 2.5
Koon: .641 FG% (Min: 10 FGM) James: .578
Davis: .867 FT% (Min: 10 FTM) Snaer .889
Davis: .414 3PT FG% (Min: 10 3PTM)    Dulkys: .356

UNC Greensboro vs. Richmond - 4:00 pm ET

Lafayette vs. Columbia - 7:00 pm ET

Florida State is ready to get back to action. The Tallahassee Democrat previews tonight's game. These two articles may open in front of a paywall. I had mixed results.

Princeton recruit Mike Washington, Jr. scored 13 in a loss for Oak Harbor at the Bellevue Holiday Tournament.

Denver (11-2) matched its best ever Division I start as they opened conference play with a 79-62 win over Troy.

Unable to completely dig out of a 20 point hole, Oregon State (10-3) fell 95-80 at Washington.

Richmond hosts UNC Greensboro today. The Spiders will raise a banner honoring Kevin Anderson before the game.

Around the Ivy League: Harvard (11-1) defeated Boston College for the fourth straight time, 67-46. Brown (5-9) lost 66-49 at St. Francis (NY). Down 19 midway through the second half, Yale (8-3) got as close as two with a minute to go but could not finish the comeback at Wake Forest. Penn (6-7) suffered a similar fate in the same state, dropping at 75-70 decision at Davidson.



Thursday News:

Troy vs. Denver - 9:00 pm ET
Oregon State vs. Washington - 9:00 pm ET - Root Sports

Brown vs. St. Francis (NY) - 2:00 pm ET
Yale vs. Wake Forest - 7:00 pm ET
Harvard vs. Boston College - 7:00 pm ET - ESPN3
Penn vs. Davidson - 7:00 pm ET

Louisville is undefeated no more. Markel Starks scored a career high 20 as Georgetown (11-1) went to to the Yum! Center and opened Big East action with a 71-68 win. Hoya Hoops has the postgame audio.

With five players in double figures, Richmond (8-6) defeated Liberty, 77-61.

Northwestern (10-3) was thoroughly outclassed at Ohio State, 87-54.

Drexel defeated Fairfield (7-5) by eight. Stags head coach Sydney Johnson has a book to recommend.

Not to be outdone by Ken Pomeroy, Big Apple Buckets also ran 10,000 simulations of the Ivy League.

Princeton recruit Mike Washington, Jr. is part of a story about siblings on Oak Harbor teams.

Oregon State kicks off Pac-12 play at Washington.

Troy visits Denver as both schools begin the Sun Belt conference slate.

Around the Ivy League: A seven game Columbia (7-5) winning streak ended at Marist, 79-59. Cornell (4-7) fell in overtime by nine at Stony Brook.



Wednesday News:

Northwestern vs. Ohio State - 5:30 pm ET - Big Ten Network
Georgetown vs. Louisville - 7:00 pm ET - ESPN2
Liberty vs. Richmond - 7:00 pm ET
Fairfield vs. Drexel - 7:30 pm ET

Columbia vs. Marist - 7:00 pm ET
Cornell vs. Stony Brook - 7:00 pm ET

Georgetown begins Big East play on the road at #4 Louisville. Hoya freshman Otto Porter has gone from a small town player to a big time talent.

It is also the conference opener for Northwestern, who visits #2 Ohio State. Guard Alex Marcotullio will play through injury in this hostile environment.

Richmond hosts Liberty.

Drexel welcomes Fairfield to West Philly.

Why not vote for Douglas Davis' shot against Harvard as college basketball play of the year?



Tuesday News:

If the article on financial aid changes in the Ivy League wasn't a conversation starter, this piece on the Academic Index should be.

Ken Pomeroy ran 10,000 simulations of the 2011-12 Ivy League.

For the first time this season, a player who is not Ian Hummer represented Princeton in the Ivy League's weekly awards.

Fox Sports has updated their team reports for the Tigers and the other seven teams in the Ancient Eight.

Joe Scott is building a better basketball program at Denver.

Harvard has returned to the Associated Press (24) and ESPN/USA Today (23) polls.



Christmas Eve News:

Princeton coach Mitch Henderson is profiled in a Wall Street Journal feature that talks to Pete Carril, Darren Hite, Jesse Rosenfeld and yours truly about the first year head man.

Lineup changes are likely when Florida State hosts Princeton next week.

This New York Times article on financial aid changes in the Ivy League should be the jumping off point for an interesting discussion.

Richmond (7-6) fell 71-63 at UCLA.

Site editor Jon Solomon hosts his annual 24-Hour Holiday Radio Show on 103.3 fm WPRB starting tonight at 6:00 pm ET. You can listen here. I hope you all have a safe, happy, healthy and restful holiday season.

Around the Ivy League: Brown (5-8) lost at home to Maine, 71-58. Albany handed Dartmouth (3-10) their third straight defeat, 82-74. Behind a career high 30 from Tyler Bernardini, Penn (6-6) bested Marist by 13.



Friday News:

Richmond vs. UCLA - 10:30 pm ET - Prime Ticket

Maine vs. Brown - 2:00 pm ET
Dartmouth vs. Albany - 2:00 pm ET
Marist vs. Penn - 7:00 pm ET

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's loss in Albany on goprincetontigers.com, in the Daily Princetonian, in the Times Union, in the Daily Gazette, in the Saratogian and on sienasaints.com.

The game also showed up as part of the Mid-Majority's 800 Games Project.

Princeton assistant and "driver" Brian Earl has a new diary up.

Future Tiger Mike Washington Jr. had 18 points in Oak Harbor's loss to undefeated Mountlake Terrace.

Leading by as many as 27 in the second half, Denver (10-2) took care of The Citadel.

Fairfield (7-5) trailed UConn by 20 at the half but was within one possession in the final 2:30. The Stags would eventually drop a 79-71 final.

Despite 34 from Drew Crawford on 13-17 shooting, Northwestern (10-2) fell 87-79 at #23 Creighton.

Georgetown (10-1) was buoyed by a sizable run to open the second half as the Hoyas defeated Memphis for the second time this season.

Richmond plays at UCLA tonight.

Around the Ivy League: Harvard (10-1) won their 20th straight at home, 63-51 over FAU.



Thursday News:

Today's Game: Princeton (6-6 / 0-0) vs. Siena (3-7 / 0-2)
Location: Times Union Center - Albany, NY
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: Time Warner
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 1-0.
Last meeting: Princeton 86 Siena 77 (OT) - 11/28/10

Princeton Siena
2-2 Home Record 2-3
3-3 Away Record 1-3
1-1 Neutral Record 0-1
181 RPI 300
176 Sagarin 283
138 Pomeroy 247
61.7 Points / Game 59.8
60.2 Points Allowed / Game 64.2
.423 FG% .403
.632 FT% .657
.328 3PT FG% .280
33.2 Rebounds / Game 34.7
9.8 Off. Rebounds / Game         12.2
-0.5 Rebounding Margin -0.9
14.3 Assists / Game 10.8
14.2 Turnovers / Game 13.7
3.4 Blocks / Game 3.7
Hummer: 18.0 Points Hymes: 14.3
Hummer: 7.9 Rebounds Anosike: 12.1
Hummer: 3.5 Assists Hymes: 3.2
Hummer: 2.0 Steals Downey: 1.3
Hummer: 0.8 Blocks Anosike: 1.4
Koon: .658 FG% (Min: 10 FGM) Anosike: .477
Davis: .867 FT% (Min: 10 FTM) Downey .833
Davis: .397 3PT FG% (Min: 10 3PTM)    Hymes: .333

Memphis vs. Georgetown - 7:00 pm ET - ESPN2
Fairfield vs. UConn - 7:00 pm ET - SNY
Northwestern vs. Creighton - 8:05 pm ET - ESPN3
The Citadel vs. Denver - 9:00 pm ET

Florida Atlantic vs. Harvard - 7:00 pm ET

A second article comparing T.J. Bray to Kyle Wente? This piece goes a step further with the photo caption!

The Times Union previews tonight's game.

More on the most recent effort by future Tiger Mike Washington Jr.

Despite playing their best basketball of the season, Princeton dropped four spots to 10th in the new NYC Power Poll. I had the Tigers slotted sixth, behind Yale and ahead of Rutgers.

With an 92-66 win at Chicago State, Oregon State (10-2) is off to their best start in 22 seasons.

For a second time this season Georgetown plays Memphis.

Sydney Johnson got his wish and Fairfield will play at UConn.

To conclude their non-conference run, Northwestern plays at #23 Creighton.

Denver welcomes The Citadel to Magness Arena.

Around the Ivy League: Outscored 15-6 down the stretch, Dartmouth (3-9) lost by three at Army. Cornell (4-6) stayed winless on the road, falling 74-67 at Penn State.



Wednesday News:

Oregon State vs. Chicago State - 8:00 pm ET

Dartmouth vs. Army - 7:00 pm ET
Cornell vs. Penn State - 7:30 pm ET - Big Ten Network

Darien Brothers scored 38 points as Richmond (7-5) topped Old Dominion in overtime, 90-82.

Salem defeated Mercer (2-12) by three. Brandin Youngblood had 15 in defeat for the Vikings.

Injured forward Trenity Burdine will not return for Siena's game tomorrow against Princeton.

sienasaintsblog.com posted a reciprocal Q&A to complement yesterday's Know! Your! Foe!.

Watch a video on the Saints' preparations for the Tigers.

Princeton recruit Mike Washington, Jr. had 19 for Oak Harbor in a win over Meadowdale.

Oregon State plays their final non-conference game of the season at winless Chicago State.

Non-basketball related, but always of interest to some this time of year: Site editor Jon Solomon was a guest on WNYC's national morning show The Takeaway yesterday. You can listen to the interview by clicking through.



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