Sunday News:

February 12, 2012 at 10:28 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Pete Carril, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

St. John's vs. Georgetown - 1:00 pm ET - ESPN
Fairfield vs. Loyola (Md.) - 4:00 pm ET - ESPN3
Washington vs. Oregon State - 5:30 pm ET - FSN
Purdue vs. Northwestern - 6:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's victory versus Harvard on goprincetontigers.com, in the Daily Princetonian, in the Harvard Crimson, in the Trenton Times, in the Trentonian, in the Star Ledger, in the Boston Herald, in the Boston Globe, courtesy of the Associated Press and on gocrimson.com.

Game highlights can be found here and the full broadcast is archived here.

Pete Carril was the only person Paul Westphal knew who thought Jeremy Lin could play in the NBA.

Princeton recruit Mike Washington, Jr. scored 15 points in Oak Harbor's district tournament loss at Glacier Peak.

Mercer (4-19) dropped a 81-71 decision at Del Tech Stanton despite 19 from Filip Seculic.

George Washington caught and passed Richmond (13-13) in the final minute of a 69-67 final.

Denver (18-8) won 77-63 at Florida International.

Senior center Henry Sims and Georgetown are home for St. John's.

Fairfield visits MAAC leader Loyola.

Washington travels to Oregon State.

Northwestern plays at Purdue.

Around the Ivy League: Yale (16-6 / 6-2) came from 21 down with 11:30 to play, shocking Columbia (14-10 / 3-5) by one. Zach Rosen hit from roughly 27' out with three seconds remaining as Penn (13-11 / 5-2) finished Dartmouth (0-8 / 4-20) in a 58-55 final. Cornell (10-12 / 5-3) ran away from Brown (7-18 / 1-7) to sweep their homestanding weekend.

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Friday News:

February 10, 2012 at 10:18 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Today's Game: Dartmouth (4-18 / 0-6) vs. Princeton (11-10 / 2-3)
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 140-61.
Last meeting: Princeton 77 Dartmouth 55 - 3/4/11

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

Ivy Hoops Online and the Daily Princetonian preview tonight's game.

The Princeton student paper also has a piece on recent graduates playing in Europe.

Future Tiger Mike Washington, Jr. and Oak Harbor stunned Shorewood in the first round of their district tournament.

Fairfield (14-10) won their fourth in a row, 60-54 over Manhattan. A players only meeting may have turned the Stags' season around.

Freshman guard Dave Sobolewski dropped 23 and all five Wildcat starters hit double figures as Northwestern (15-8) cruised past Iowa, 83-64.

Mercer (4-18) lost at Morris, 67-53. Flip Seculic had 17 for the Vikings in the defeat.

As covered on the site last night, it was a second straight road heartbreak for Denver (17-8).

Despite 33 for Jared Cunningham, Oregon State (15-8) fell 83-73 versus Washington State.

I was glad to see former Georgetown center Roy Hibbert selected as a Eastern Conference All-Star reserve.

Big Apple Buckets ran another 10,000 Ivy League simulations.

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Thursday News:

February 9, 2012 at 9:28 am
Filed under Basketball, Bill Bradley, Denver, Fairfield, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Pete Carril, Richmond, Sean Gregory, Today's News

MCCC vs. Morris - 7:00 pm ET
Denver vs. Florida Atlantic - 7:00 pm ET
Manhattan vs. Fairfield - 7:30 pm ET
Iowa vs. Northwestern - 9:00 pm ET - ESPNU
Washington State vs. Oregon State - 10:00 pm ET

Derrick Williams had a putback with five seconds left to give Richmond (13-12) a 78-76 win over visiting La Salle.

Georgetown (18-5) fell in overtime at Syracuse, 64-61. Hoya Prospectus runs the numbers.

An early preview of this weekend's games can be found in the Harvard Crimson.

The Princeton/Penn series makes up one eighth of an ESPN piece on college basketball's best rivalries.

There are four new pictures of Pete Carril on the Trenton Times web site.

According to a press release, Bill Bradley was named to Activate Networks' board of directors.

A five game Fairfield homestand concludes with a visit from Manhattan.

Denver plays at Florida Atlantic.

Seeking their third straight victory, Northwestern hosts Iowa. Wildcats head coach Bill Carmody visited with WGN.

Oregon State returns to Gill Coliseum to face Washington State.

Time's Sean Gregory writes about the recent ascent of former Harvard guard Jeremy Lin.

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Tuesday News:

February 7, 2012 at 10:38 am
Filed under Fairfield, Georgetown, Princeton, Today's News

Burlington vs. MCCC - 7:00 pm ET

Ian Hummer, shown driving to 1,000 points in a photograph by Donald Clark above, made the honor roll of the latest Ivy League Men's Basketball Weekly Release.

The new polls came out yesterday. Georgetown is 12th in the AP rankings and 11th in the ESPN/USA Today table.

A new Sit Down With Sydney is available.

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Monday News:

February 6, 2012 at 9:48 am
Filed under Brian Earl, Fairfield, Northwestern, Princeton, Today's News

There is a new Brian Earl diary entry available. Kudos for the "Real Genius" reference!

Monday traditionally belongs to the student papers this time of year. The Daily Princetonian, the Brown Daily Herald and the Yale Daily News offer differing viewpoints on last weekend's games.

John Shurna had a great second half and it was Northwestern (14-8) with the last laugh in a 74-70 win at Illinois.

Behind 23 points from Rakim Sanders, an earlier road loss to Siena was avenged at home by Fairfield, 64-56. The Stags have won three straight.

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Super Bowl Sunday News:

February 5, 2012 at 10:38 am
Filed under Denver, Fairfield, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Richmond, Today's News, Video

Northwestern vs. Illinois - 3:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network
Siena vs. Fairfield - 3:30 pm ET - SNY

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's loss at Yale on goprincetontigers.com, in the New Haven Register and on yalebulldogs.com.

Chris Udofia scored a career high 27 as Denver (17-7) knocked off Middle Tennessee, 75-60.

It was Georgetown (18-4) by 30 over South Florida. The Hoyas forced nine straight turnovers during one stretch. Hoya Hoops has the postgame audio and Hoya Prospectus crunches the numbers.

Oregon State (15-8) won 76-58 at Utah.

Duquesne downed Richmond (12-12) by nine.

For your pre-Super Bowl entertainment, Northwestern plays at Illinois and Fairfield hosts Siena. Both games will be televised.

Around the Ivy League: Harvard (20-2 / 6-0) held on for a 57-52 win over Columbia (13-9 / 2-4). Penn (12-10 / 4-1) rolled by Brown (7-16 / 1-5) in a 65-48 final. Cornell (8-12 / 3-3) picked up their first road triumph of the season, leading wire to wire versus Dartmouth (4-18 / 0-6).

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Saturday News:

February 4, 2012 at 9:08 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, Georgetown, Oregon State, Pete Carril, Richmond, Today's News

Today's Game: Princeton (11-9 / 2-2) vs. Yale (14-5 / 4-1)
Location: John J. Lee Amphitheater - New Haven, CT
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 143-81.
Last meeting: Princeton 58 Yale 51 - 2/18/11

USF vs. Georgetown - 11:00 am ET - ESPNU
Middle Tennessee vs. Denver - 4:00 pm ET - ESPN2
Oregon State vs. Utah - 5:00 pm ET
Richmond vs. Duquesne - 7:00 pm ET - ESPNU

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

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's win at Brown on goprincetontigers.com, on GoLocalProv and on brownbears.com.

Behind a career high 32 points from Derek Needham, Fairfield (12-10) defeated Niagara, 77-69.

Pete Carril went to see Speedy Morris get his 900th career victory.

It is an early start for South Florida and Georgetown.

Denver hosts Middle Tennessee in a nationally televised Sun Belt tilt.

Utah welcomes Oregon State.

Richmond is on the road at Duquesne.

Around the Ivy League: Yale (14-5 / 4-1) scored the last 10 points of the game to give Penn (11-10 / 3-1) their first conference loss, 60-53. Harvard (19-2 / 5-0) stayed perfect at home with a 71-60 win over Cornell (7-12 / 2-3). Mark Cisco's jumper with three seconds left was the difference as Columbia (13-8 / 2-3) clipped Dartmouth (4-17 / 0-5) by a pair.

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Friday News:

February 3, 2012 at 8:28 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, Northwestern, Oregon State, Today's News

Today's Game: Princeton (10-9 / 1-2) vs. Brown (7-14 / 1-3)
Location: Pizzitola Sports Center - Providence, RI
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 94-26.
Last meeting: Brown 75 Princeton 65 - 2/19/11

Ivy Hoops Online previews tonight's game.

The New Haven Register looks at Yale's weekend.

With his team shorthanded, Dan Mavraides stepped up for Aris Thessaloniki, scoring 18 points as the Yellows grabbed a Eurocup win over ASVEL Basket. You can watch the full game here.

Princeton recruit Mike Washington, Jr. had 14 for Oak Harbor in their final outing of the regular season.

Here's the Princeton Packet story on Monday's game.

Northwestern (13-8) made 10 first half three pointers and defeated Nebraska, 84-74.

It was a heartbreaker on the road for Denver (16-7), falling by one in overtime at the buzzer to Louisiana-Lafayette on a controversial foul call.

Colorado blew out Oregon State (14-8) by 22.

Fairfield hosts Niagara this evening.

The Tigers are 10th in the latest Big Apple Buckets power poll. For the record, I had Princeton ranked 11th.

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Wednesday News:

February 1, 2012 at 9:28 am
Filed under Basketball, Fairfield, Georgetown, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

St. Joe's vs. Richmond - 7:00 pm ET
UConn vs. Georgetown - 7:00 pm ET - ESPN2

Princeton is behind the Ivy eightball.

A new Sit Down With Sydney is available.

Princeton recruit Hans Brase wrote online yesterday that his senior season is done due to a torn ankle ligament.

Georgetown hosts UConn tonight.

St. Joe's visits Richmond.

There are Brown and Yale editions of Know! Your! Foe! on deck. The Bulldogs preview will run tonight unless the responses about the Bears come in first.

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Tuesday News:

January 31, 2012 at 9:08 am
Filed under Basketball, Fairfield, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

MCCC vs. Raritan - 7:00 pm ET

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's first loss at Penn in four seasons on goprincetontigers.com, in the Daily Princetonian, in the Trentonian, in the Trenton Times, in the Philadelphia Inquirer, in the Daily News, in the Daily Pennsylvanian, on Comcast SportsNet and on pennathletics.com.

Princeton recruit Mike Washington, Jr. had 13 points in Oak Harbor's defeat at the hands of Glacier Peak.

Future Tiger Steven Cook is giving New Trier a boost.

Undefeated Murray State are drawing comparisons to Princeton's 1997-98 team.

Fairfield will be sent to Wisconsin-Milwaukee for a BracketBuster game on February 18th.

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YouTube potpourri LVI.

January 30, 2012 at 2:28 pm
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, Oregon State, Princeton, Richmond, Video

While I'm killing time before driving to The Palestra, here's the latest collection of videos from various corners of the Princeton basketball family. Above, future Tiger Mike Washington, Jr. becomes Oak Harbor's all-time leading scorer.

Five additional clips after the jump.

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Monday News:

January 30, 2012 at 9:38 am
Filed under Basketball, Fairfield, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Today's Game: Princeton (10-8 / 1-1) vs. Penn (10-9 / 2-0)
Location: The Palestra - Philadelphia, PA
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Penn leads 122-102.
Last meeting: Princeton 70 Penn 58 - 3/8/11

The Daily News, the Daily Pennsylvanian, and Ivy Hoops Online preview tonight's tilt.

Penn's student paper also writes about playing this game on a date other than a Tuesday for the first time in 16 years.

The 336th Civil War went to Oregon State (14-7) over Oregon in a wild 76-71 decision.

Fairfield (11-10) knocked down 12 three pointers and coasted to the 81-53 win against Marist.

Princeton recruit Hans Brase scored eight in The Hill School's loss to Kiski School.

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