In their last game before heading to Maui, Georgetown (2-0) blew away UNC Greensboro by 41. Our friends at Hoya Prospectus crunch the numbers.
An 11-0 run midway through the second half did in Fairfield (1-1) in their home opener against Providence. Sydney Johnson said after the game that he let the school and the community down.
Denver (2-0) won on the road at Texas A&M Corpus Christi, 65-58.
Around the Ivy League: Despite 26 points from Matt Sullivan, Brown (1-1) lost 77-68 to Albany. Furman rallied to knock off Columbia (0-2). Lions senior Noruwa Agho suffered what appeared to be a serious left knee injury in the second half. His status is unknown. Freshman Shonn Miller had 19 as Cornell (1-1) defeated Binghamton, 76-61. Penn (1-1) fell in a wild OT affair to Temple.
Former Princeton center Steve Goodrich is interviewed by the magazine connected to the camp he attended as a boy.
Oregon State expects a breakthrough season in 2011-12. Here's video of Craig Robinson at Pac-12 media day. The Beavers were picked eighth in the conference's preseason media poll.
CBS' Matt Norlander says Fairfield is loaded and ready for a huge year.
Georgetown has relaunched their DC Is Our Playground web site for the upcoming season. Hoyas head coach John Thompson III spoke yesterday as part of a panel series called "Think About It: An Afternoon of Ideas."
There's a full page piece on Harvard basketball's recruiting efforts in the new ESPN The Magazine. While the complete article is only available for those with ESPN Insider, I did find the following excerpt about the Crimson's recruiting strategy compared to other schools worth sharing:
"Historically, Ivy coaches have waited to make contact with a prospect until the summer before his senior year, when they have a clear read on his ability to qualify in the academically rigorous conference. But by that point in the cycle, most four- and five-star players have already decided or have chopped down their list of finalists. Amaker, on the other hand, has started identifying smart kids with big-time talent as early as the summer after their sophomore years and has gotten their attention."
Here's the latest collection of videos from various corners of the Princeton basketball family. Above, Chris Mooney answers questions at Richmond's media day.
There was a slew of content on espn.com yesterday, as Dana O'Neil wrote a piece about Mitch Henderson and another about how balance is back in the Ivy League. Elsewhere on the same site Dave Blatt, who has led a Russian team to an undefeated record at Eurobasket 2011, is profiled.
While the addition of a home game versus Buffalo was a welcome sight on the 2011-12 non-conference schedule, one team that I was told would be making a return trip does not have Princeton on their schedule. Alas.
Georgetown coach John Thompson III is excited about his freshman class.
Is it possible the Hoyas' brawl in China was a good thing for the team?
Craig Robinson is hopeful that Oregon State can take the next step this year.
I don't think I posted previously that the Brown schedule was released.
It is official that Princeton's game at Rider this season will be the Tigers' first-ever visit to Alumni Gymnasium.
The Dyckman team with Cornell alum Jeff Foote in the middle (matched up versus Georgetown's Roy Hibbert) and Pawel Buczak coming off the bench won the Nike Pro City crown over defending champs The Franchise, 110-88.
Buczak, called "The European One" and "The Malnourished One" by the public address announcer, scored seven points on 3-4 shooting, including a big three point shot from the right wing in the fourth quarter as The Franchise attempted to rally.
Extended highlights from the game are embedded after the jump.
Sydney Johnson says Fairfield's trip to Italy is about more than just basketball.
Oregon State head coach Craig Robinson was a guest on 750 The Game.
Video of Alex Wolff receiving the Curt Gowdy Award at the Basketball Hall of Fame last night.
The NCAA approved raising the Academic Progress Rate threshold for postseason eligibility. 10 teams in last year's NCAA Tournament, including National Champion UConn, would have been ineligible under these new rules. Big Apple Buckets has more on this story.
Pete Carril visited Georgetown practice this week in advance of the Hoyas' Chinese tour.
John Thompson III announced sophomore center Moses Ayegba suffered a torn ACL during the Kenner League.
Set your DVR for ESPNU next Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Bill Carmody, Mitch Henderson, Sydney Johnson and John Thompson III will each be sitting down with Andy Katz. These panels were taped last month at the big AAU event in Orlando.
Former Tiger Konrad Wysocki officially re-signed with Polish squad PGE Turowem Zgorzelec.
It shouldn't be a huge surprise that the 14-Game Tournament is already the first with an extensive draft preview of next season.
The Tigers opening with Rutgers at home and Drexel on the road? Not going to happen, but that's what the ScheduleMatic algorithm generated.
The Princeton Packet has more on Kareem Maddox's overseas signing.
A member of the 1952 EIBL champion Princeton team, Donald Marshall passed away Saturday at the age of 79.
Idriss Omboumbou, who played for Howie Levy at Mercer County Community College, died unexpectedly in his sleep a few days ago. A memorial service will be held this weekend. They're trying to raise money so Omboumbou can be buried in his native Gabon.
You can watch more of Douglas Davis and Kit Mueller in DelCo Pro-Am summer league action here and here.
While I was on vacation the last week I updated the site's list of Princeton Tigers on Twitter, which now includes over 30 different current and former players to follow.
Finally, a Town Topics piece on Craig Robinson's son Avery, who is playing in the Princeton Summer League.
In addition to this site's weekly in-season interviews with John Thompson III, Joe Scott and Sydney Johnson, princetonbasketball.com has produced numerous pieces with former Princeton players over the past decade+.
The summer struck me as a good time to collect the archived links to all of the Q&As, transcripts, email correspondence and audio files into one post for newer members who might have missed some of these when they originally ran.
I believe this is a complete list, but if I'm missing anyone let me know!
The Princeton Athletic Department has been posting interviews Paul Franklin conducted with returning Tiger players working at the recent Elite Camp. Here are his conversations with sophomore Ben Hazel and classmate T.J. Bray.
The latest collection of videos from various corners of the Princeton basketball family is a long and varied one. Above, inside the huddle with David Blatt and Zeljko Obradovic at the 2011 Euroleague Final.
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Sun. 11/10 vs. Florida A&M
Sat. 11/16 at Butler
Wed. 11/20 vs. Lafayette
Sat. 11/23 at Rice
Tue. 11/26 vs. George Mason
Sat. 11/30 at Bucknell
Sat. 12/7 vs. FDU
Wed. 12/11 at Rutgers
Sat. 12/14 at Penn State
Fri. 12/20 vs. Portland*
Sat. 12/21 vs. Pacific*
Tue. 12/31 vs. Kent State
Sat. 1/4 at Liberty
Sat. 1/11 at Penn
Sun. 1/26 vs. Kean
Fri. 1/31 at Harvard
Sat. 2/1 at Dartmouth
Fri. 2/7 vs. Columbia
Sat. 2/8 vs. Cornell
Fri. 2/14 at Brown
Sat. 2/15 at Yale
Fri. 2/21 vs. Dartmouth
Sat. 2/22 vs. Harvard
Fri. 2/28 vs. Yale
Sat. 3/1 vs. Brown
Fri. 3/7 at Cornell
Sat. 3/8 at Columbia
Tue. 3/11 vs. Penn
2,503 - B. Bradley, 1962-65
1,625 - I. Hummer, 2009-13
1,550 - D. Davis, 2008-12
1,546 - K. Mueller, 1987-91
1,451 - P. Campbell, 1959-62
1,441 - C. Robinson, 1979-83
1,428 - B. Earl, 1995-99
1,365 - B. Scrabis, 1985-89
1,321 - G. Petrie, 1967-70
1,292 - H. Haabestad, 1952-55
1,277 - G. Lewullis, 1995-99
1,239 - B. Taylor, 1970-72
1,207 - S. Goodrich 1994-98
1,133 - F. Sowinski, 1975-78
1,130 - R. Hielscher, 1991-95
1,122 - C. Thomforde, 1966-69
1,099 - T. Manakas, 1970-73
1,090 - J. Wallace, 2001-05
1,088 - C. Belz, 1956-59
1,079 - B. Hauptfuhrer, 1973-76
1,076 - B. Roma, 1976-79
1,071 - C. Mooney, 1990-94
1,064 - A. Hyland, Jr., 1960-63
1,062 - L. Brangan, 1957-60
1,057 - A. Hill, 1973-76
1,054 - D. Mavraides, 2007-11
1,044 - S. Johnson, 1993-1997
1,031 - J. Hummer, 1967-70
1,010 - W. Venable, 2001-05
