Sunday News:

March 3, 2013 at 10:28 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, Georgetown, MCCC, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Seniors On A Stick, Today's News

Fairfield vs. Marist - 2:00 pm ET - ESPN3

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

The Daily Princetonian has more on the Tigers victory over Harvard. You can stream the entire game on demand by clicking here.

Seton Hall Prep rode a career high from Princeton recruit Spencer Weisz into the NJSIAA Non-Public, North A tournament final. The championship will be played Wednesday night at Rutgers.

Future Tiger Henry Caruso and Serra went down to Mitty in the Central Coast Section Open Division title game.

Richmond (17-12) fell 78-74 at Dayton.

Tied with 2:55 left in the Region XIX tournament final, Mercer (21-10) was outscored 10-4 the rest of the way by Essex. Mustafa El-Amin had 24 for the Vikings as their season came to a close.

An eighth straight Denver (19-8) victory gave the Pioneers second place in the WAC to themselves, topping New Mexico State by six.

Otto Porter had 28 points as Georgetown (23-4) took down Rutgers, 64-51.

Today Fairfield closes MAAC regular season play at Marist.

Oh! If you're interested in Seniors on a Stick for any of the five Tigers honored yesterday, please let me know. Demand exceeded supply and I'd be happy to run off a few more on request.

Around the Ivy League: Penn (8-20 / 5-6) led the entire way versus Harvard (17-9 / 9-3) but a landscape-altering result was not secure until Christian Webster's three point shot came up short of the rim at the horn with the Crimson trailing by three. Yale (12-17 / 6-6) won 79-70 at beguiling Cornell (13-16 / 5-7). A Tucker Halpern three point shot at the buzzer gave Brown (12-14 / 6-6) the 61-58 decision against Columbia (11-14 / 3-8).

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Saturday News:

March 2, 2013 at 10:19 am
Filed under Audio, Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, Georgetown, MCCC, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Today's Game: Dartmouth (7-18 / 3-8) vs. Princeton (15-9 / 8-2)
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 143-61.
Last meeting: Princeton 73 Dartmouth 55 - 2/15/13.

Richmond vs. Dayton - 4:00 pm ET
Mercer vs. Essex - 5:00 pm ET - Region XIX final
New Mexico State vs. Denver - 6:00 pm ET - ESPN3
Rutgers vs. Georgetown - 9:00 pm ET - ESPNU

Harvard vs. Penn - 6:00 pm ET - NBCSN
Yale vs. Cornell - 7:00 pm ET
Brown vs. Columbia - 7:00 pm ET

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In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's win over Harvard on goprincetontigers.com, in the Star Ledger, in the Trentonian, in the Trenton Times, in the Boston Globe, in the Crimson, on CBS Sports, on Ivy Hoops Online and on gocrimson.com.

The Trentonian also has a piece on Ian Hummer passing Doug Davis for second all-time in scoring at Princeton.

There's a story about future Tiger Steven Cook in Wilmette Life. Cook's New Trier squad were victorious in Illinois' Class 4A regional final.

Cook also received All-Area honorable mention honors.

Princeton recruit Amir Bell and East Brunswick advanced to the Central Jersey, Group 4 tournament finals, where they will host Trenton.

Khyan Rayner and Jesuit made it out of the OSAA Class 6A state playoff's second round unscathed.

Another double-double for Kareem Maddox at Newcastle.

In the lowest-scoring game in MAAC history, Manhattan topped Fairfield (17-13) by a 34-31 final.

Richmond plays at Dayton, Mercer's in the Region XIX finals (which you can stream live video of here for free), Denver hosts New Mexico State and Georgetown welcomes Rutgers late.

Below, Rich Chvotkin has the call for the conclusion of the Hoyas' double OT win at UConn.

Around the Ivy League: Brown (11-14 / 5-6) made 13 three pointers in a 84-65 win at Shonn Miller-less Cornell (13-15 / 5-6). Maodo Lo had a career high 20 as Columbia (12-13 / 4-7) stopped Yale (11-17 / 5-6) by 13. Dartmouth (7-18 / 3-8) heads to Jadwin Gym on the heels of just their sixth win at The Palestra, 69-64 over Penn (7-20 / 4-6).

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Friday News:

March 1, 2013 at 9:40 am
Filed under Basketball, Fairfield, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Today's News

Today's Game: Harvard (17-7 / 9-1) vs. Princeton (14-9 / 7-2)
Location: Jadwin Gym - Princeton, NJ
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: ESPNU
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 128-41.
Last meeting: Harvard 69 Princeton 57 - 2/16/13.

Fairfield vs. Manhattan - 9:00 pm ET - ESPNU

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

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Start your morning with profiles of Denton Koon, Chris Clement and Ian Hummer.

Is Princeton the nation's best unlucky team?

The Daily Princetonian previews tonight's contest and the goes deeper inside tonight's numbers.

There are additional previews in the Trentonian and the Crimson.

Mercer (21-9) advanced to their third Region XIX championship game in the past four years with a 91-55 win over Lackawanna. Filip Sekulic had 26 in the victory. The Vikings will play Essex for the title on Saturday at 5:00 pm ET. Bookmark this link to stream the game live.

In a rather similar script to their meeting in Columbus, Northwestern (13-16) led Ohio State by one with less than four minutes remaining before the Buckeyes closed on a 15-4 spurt.

Oregon rallied past Oregon State (13-16) in the second half, 85-75.

After Harvard/Princeton wraps, Fairfield at Manhattan will be broadcast on ESPNU.

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Tuesday News:

February 26, 2013 at 9:58 am
Filed under Basketball, Georgetown, MCCC, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Ian Hummer shares Ivy League Player of the Week honors with Harvard's Wesley Saunders for the third time. It is the sixth occasion Hummer has claimed either all or half of the POW honor this season.

One of the top five biggest positive movers in KenPom rankings this week was Princeton.

Here's some more on Mercer's crazy comeback against Burlington.

Georgetown's Otto Porter and D'Vauntes Smith-Rivera are respectively your Big East Player of the Week and Rookie of the Week.

Princeton recruit Amir Bell and East Brunswick rolled past Monroe in the first round of the Central Jersey Group 3 state tournament.

Kareem Maddox is the BBL's Player of the Month for February.

Finally, there's one article I missed when compiling stories about last weekend's Empire State sweep.

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Monday News:

February 25, 2013 at 10:14 am
Filed under Basketball, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Burlington vs. MCCC - 6:00 pm ET - Region XIX Playoffs

The Daily Princetonian, the Columbia Spectator and the Cornell Daily Sun all offer pieces on the weekend's games.

There's a piece on Ian Hummer (with a great photo) in the new Princeton Alumni Weekly.

Do you know what player currently leads the nation in three point percentage?

Princeton recruit Steven Cook was named to the Central Suburban League All-Conference team. Cook's New Trier squad has won 24 games heading into the Illinois state playoffs.

Future Tiger Spencer Weisz is one of 10 New Jersey players worth the price of admission.

Was the Middlesex County/GMC final the best ever?

Kareem Maddox put up 26 points and 20 rebounds (!) in Newcastle's win over Surrey.

The case can be made for Georgetown as a #1 seed.

Scoring points was again an issue for Northwestern (13-15), who went down 74-43 at Purdue.

If you need a basketball fix tonight, Mercer hosts Burlington in the Region XIX playoffs. I'll be heading over as soon as my daughter's gymnastics class concludes.

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Thursday News:

February 21, 2013 at 10:18 am
Filed under Basketball, Fairfield, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Stanford vs. Oregon State - 11:00 pm ET - ESPNU

33 points from D’Vauntes Smith-Rivera was the highest scoring output by a Hoya freshman under John Thompson III as Georgetown (20-4) won their eighth straight 90-66 over DePaul. DSR shot 10-12 from the field, 5-6 behind the arc and 8-10 at the line.

Scoring remained an issue for Northwestern (13-14), who went down 69-41 against #19 Wisconsin.

Princeton recruit Amir Bell and East Brunswick advanced to the Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament final.

Tomorrow night Columbia must account for the versatility of Ian Hummer.

Sydney Johnson wanted Malcolm Gilbert to play for him at Princeton and will get that chance at Fairfield now that Gilbert has transferred in from Pitt.

For the first time since their four overtime affair, Oregon State plays Stanford.

Looking for something to do on Monday night? Two seed Mercer will host Burlington at 6:00 pm ET in the first round of the Region XIX playoffs.

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Wednesday News:

February 20, 2013 at 10:08 am
Filed under Basketball, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Princeton, Today's News

DePaul vs. Georgetown - 7:00 pm ET - ESPN+
Wisconsin vs. Northwestern - 9:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network

The Daily Princetonian looks at how Harvard beat Princeton.

With four Vikings in double figures, Mercer (19-9) won its rescheduled contest versus Delaware Tech-Stanton 56-53.

Tonight #11 Georgetown hosts DePaul and Northwestern welcomes #19 Wisconsin.

Also, happy birthday to our site photographer Robert Solomon!

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Friday News:

February 15, 2013 at 8:39 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Princeton, Today's News

Today's Game: Princeton (11-8 / 4-1) vs. Dartmouth (6-14 / 2-4)
Location: Leede Arena - Hanover, NH
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 142-61.
Last meeting: Princeton 85 Dartmouth 61 - 2/25/12.

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

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

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The Trentonian, the Daily Princetonian and the Crimson all have previews of this weekend's games to share.

Depleted Northwestern (13-12) played valiantly at Ohio State but a late 17-5 Buckeyes run with the Wildcats up two entering the game's final five minutes was the difference.

Derek Needham knocked down eight three pointers as Fairfield (16-11) topped Siena, 74-52.

Mercer (18-9) fell 74-59 to undefeated Brookdale.

A wild overtime affair went 63-60 to Denver (16-8) over Utah State on Brett Olson's three point shot at the buzzer. The final play is available as an animated .gif below.

Georgetown visits Cincinnati this evening.

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Sunday News:

February 10, 2013 at 8:41 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Dartmouth vs. Cornell - 12:00 pm ET
Harvard vs. Columbia - 2:00 pm ET

Colorado vs. Oregon State - 9:00 pm ET - Pac-12 Network

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's first loss of 2013 on goprincetontigers.com, in the Star Ledger, in the Trenton Times, in the Trentonian and on yalebulldogs.com.

SportsProf was impressed by Yale's gameplan.

Despite 21 from Kareem Maddox, the Newcastle Eagles were surprised by Worcester Wolves in the competition for the BBL Trophy.

Princeton recruit Hashim Moore had a buzzer-beater as Hun topped The Hill School 37-35 in the MAPL playoffs.

Scoring 10 straight during the final six minutes, Otto Porter helped lead Georgetown (17-4) to a 69-63 win at Rutgers.

Losing two starters due to injury in the second half, Northwestern (13-11) fell 71-57 at Iowa.

Richmond (14-10) shot 23.3% from the field in a 56-46 home defeat versus St. Louis.

Magness Arena remains very welcoming to Denver (15-8). The Pioneers won their ninth straight at home and fourth overall, 74-58 versus Idaho.

The Mercer game scheduled for yesterday was postponed.

Oregon State hosts Colorado tonight.

Around the Ivy League: Behind a career high 28 from Miles Cartwright, Penn (5-17 / 2-3) shut down Brown (8-12 / 2-4) at The Palestra, 71-48.

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Friday News:

February 8, 2013 at 9:38 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, MCCC, Princeton, Today's News

Today's Game: Brown (8-10 / 2-2) vs. Princeton (10-7 / 3-0)
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 92-26.
Last meeting: Princeton 81 Brown 47 - 3/3/12.

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

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I talked with former Tiger Matt Sargeant last October about his entrance into the coaching ranks. "If we won the league this year it would be shocking to other people. Not to me, but to other people in the Orange County girls basketball landscape," he said then. Well, Sargeant's Lady Griffins of Los Alamitos High School won their first ever Sunset League championship Tuesday night. They finished the regular season 9-1 in conference and 21-5 overall.

Mitch Henderson may not have remembered during this week's interview, but as a reader noticed, Henderson was part of a Princeton team that made seven straight three pointers in 1998.

The Trentonian and the Daily Princeton preview tonight's contest.

Fairfield (15-10) made it five straight with a 61-44 victory over St. Peter's. The Stags' game against Manhattan scheduled for Saturday afternoon has been postponed until Monday night.

Snatching a school record 22 steals, Denver (14-8) topped Seattle, 72-55.

Mercer (17-8) fell at Burlington, 58-53.

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Wednesday News:

February 6, 2013 at 10:28 am
Filed under Basketball, MCCC, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Utah vs. Oregon State - 10:00 pm ET - Pac-12 Network

Behind four Vikings in double figures, Mercer (17-7) topped Raritan, 70-65.

Princeton recruit Spencer Weisz surpassed 1,000 career points at Seton Hall Prep.

Is Harvard's season following a similar storyline to that of a recent Tiger campaign?

Oregon State welcomes Utah tonight.

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Mercer 62 Manor 58.

January 29, 2013 at 11:36 pm
Filed under 12-13, Audio, Basketball, Howie Levy, MCCC

Postgame audio - Coach Howie Levy:

Mercer County Community College pushed the start of Tuesday night's game against Manor back an hour so head coach Howie Levy could go see his son Lior suit up for Princeton High School versus Notre Dame. Levy then rushed across the county to suffer a different class of agony than the pain created by helplessly watching your child play a sport. Switching from the stands to the sidelines, Levy saw his MCCC squad fall behind early in the first half after taking an immediate 5-0 lead and struggle to catch the visiting Blue Jays.

Knowing that Mercer had raced past Manor on the road 99-80 a month previous, it was difficult to witness the Vikings struggle against a rangy, lateral zone. Center Filip Sekulic was unable to get many touches moving from block to block behind the defense and 5'4" guard Larry Webster's constant raining of three point shots off the bench from in front of the zone routinely landed short.

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