Rider 65 Fairfield 62 - recap and photos.

February 26, 2012 at 11:24 pm
Filed under 11-12, Audio, Basketball, Fairfield, Pete Carril, Photos, Robert Solomon

Box Score

Postgame audio - Coach Sydney Johnson & Maurice Barrow:

Battling back from down 13 points with 14:17 to go, Fairfield (17-13) was able to pull even at 55 against Rider (13-18) on a pair of Maurice Barrow free throws, but could not convert three prime chances in the last minute to either win the game or send the afternoon to overtime.

Barrow missed a pair of free throws – one long, one short - after being fouled on a drop step with :46 remaining and the Stags behind 63-62.

Then, out of a time out nine seconds later the Broncs went immediately inside to Novar Gadson for a quick righty flip and a three point game.

Unlike Princeton at Harvard on Friday, Fairfield opted against the quick two and subsequent foul. Rakim Sanders, who scored 13 of his team best 17 in the second half on a series of strong drives, got a good look on the left wing yet the tying try went in and out.

Rider’s Junior Fortunat was fouled but left both his attempts off the front rim and the Stags got one final opportunities at drawing even. As the clock ticked down from nine Sanders pulled up for a three that sailed long.

The ball bounded into the Fairfield bench while time expired.

Photos from today’s game courtesy Robert Solomon.

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Sunday News:

February 26, 2012 at 8:36 am
Filed under Denver, Fairfield, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

North Texas vs. Denver - 3:00 pm ET
Fairfield vs. Rider - 3:30 pm ET - ESPN3
Oregon vs. Oregon State - 7:30 pm ET - FSN

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

I enjoyed this Mid-Majority piece about Friday's game called "The Last Stand Of The Tigers."

Phew. John Shurna made two free throws with :02.6 remaining as Northwestern (17-11) ended a decade drought at Penn State with a 67-66 win.

Georgetown (21-6) clamped down on Villanova, never trailing in the 67-46 victory. Hoya Hoops has the postgame press conference and Hoya Prospectus crunches the numbers.

It was Xavier by eight over Richmond (15-15) in Cincinnati.

Sydney Johnson and staff return to Mercer County as Fairfield visits Rider.

Denver concludes their regular season with a home game versus North Texas.

Round two of the Civil War sees Oregon State host Oregon.

Congratulations to the Princeton women on their third straight conference title!

Around the Ivy League: Penn (17-11 / 9-2) stunned Harvard (24-4 / 10-2) by one to move half a game back of the first place Crimson. Brown (8-21 / 2-10) exploded for 14 three pointers in a 94-78 rout over Columbia (14-14 / 3-9). On senior night Yale (19-7 / 9-3) decimated Cornell (11-15 / 6-6), 71-40.

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Saturday News:

February 25, 2012 at 9:36 am
Filed under Basketball, Craig Robinson, Fairfield, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Pete Carril, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

Today's Game: Princeton (15-11 / 6-4) vs. Dartmouth (5-22 / 1-10)
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 141-61.
Last meeting: Princeton 59 Dartmouth 47 - 2/10/12

Villanova vs. Georgetown - 2:00 pm ET - CBS
Richmond vs. Xavier - 8:00 pm ET - ESPN2
Northwestern vs. Penn State - 9:00 pm ET - ESPNU

Columbia vs. Brown - 6:00 pm ET
Penn vs. Harvard - 7:00 pm ET - ESPN3
Cornell vs. Yale - 7:00 pm ET

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's loss at Harvard on goprincetontigers.com, on Ivy Hoops Online, in the Harvard Crimson, in the Boston Herald, in the New York Times, on WEEI and on gocrimson.com.

Fairfield (17-12) lost a close decision at MAAC regular season champion Iona and saw guard Derek Needham go down with a left foot injury. The severity is as yet unknown.

This afternoon Georgetown hosts Villanova. The Hoyas are playing for stronger postseason seeding.

All Star center Roy Hibbert has undergone a journey from "project to masterpiece."

Xavier hosts Richmond.

The voice of Pete Carril still matters to Chris Mooney.

Northwestern plays at Penn State.

Oregon State head coach Craig Robinson joined 750 AM The Game.

Around the Ivy League: Zack Rosen scored his team's last 16 points as Penn (16-11 / 8-2) held off Dartmouth (5-22 / 1-10) by three. Cornell (11-14 / 6-4) won 69-63 at Brown (7-21 / 1-10). Yale (18-7 / 8-3) knocked off Columbia (14-13 / 3-8), 75-67.

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Friday News:

February 24, 2012 at 8:58 am
Filed under Fairfield, Princeton, Today's News

Today's Game: Princeton (15-10 / 6-3) vs. Harvard (23-3 / 9-1)
Location: Lavietes Pavilion - Alston, MA
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 128-39.
Last meeting: Princeton 70 Harvard 62 - 2/11/12

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

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

Made it to Boston. Today's news has been updated with the promised articles. I've also heard from a few people with extra tickets for this evening's tilt if anyone is interested. - JS

Ivy Hoops Online, the Daily Princetonian, the Harvard Crimson, WEEI and the Boston Globe preview tonight's game.

The Crimson also did a Q&A with Kevin from the Princetonian.

Here is a Princeton Alumni Weekly opinion piece on Princeton's offense.

The Tigers placed 11th in the final Big Apple Buckets power poll of the regular season. I had the orange and black seventh on my ballot, behind Yale and ahead of Rutgers.

A game behind the Gaels in the conference standings, Fairfield plays at Iona tonight.

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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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YouTube potpourri LX.

February 17, 2012 at 12:08 pm
Filed under Denver, Fairfield, Georgetown, Judson Wallace, Princeton, Recruiting, Video

Here's the latest collection of videos from various corners of the Princeton basketball family. Above, John Thompson III meets the press in advance of Georgetown's game at Providence.

Six additional clips after the jump.

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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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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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