Monday News:

January 14, 2013 at 10:08 am
Filed under Basketball, Fairfield, Northwestern, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

The Daily Princetonian reviews the Tigers' victory over Penn and also discusses how in the past five games Mitch Henderson has finally found the right rotation.

Kareem Maddox and the Newcastle Eagles lost in the BBL Cup finals to Leicester Riders. I got to watch some of the first half, including a play where Maddox was dunked on with some conviction.

A rival coach had some very nice words about Princeton recruit Steven Cook.

Fairfield (10-8) was nipped by Niagara, 67-64.

Shooting under 30% from the floor for the game, Northwestern (10-7) struggled their way to a 70-50 loss versus Iowa.

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Sunday News:

January 13, 2013 at 9:48 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News, Video

Niagara vs. Fairfield - 1:00 pm ET
Iowa vs. Northwestern - 5:30 pm ET - ESPNU

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's fourth straight home win over Penn on goprincetontigers.com, in the Trentonian, in the Trenton Times, in the Daily Pennsylvanian, in the Philadelphia Inquirer, on City of Basketball Love and on pennathletics.com.

Kareem Maddox is shooting for the White House.

Future Tiger Steven Cook was 10-10 at the line in New Trier's victory over Buffalo Grove.

Georgetown (11-3) bounced back with a commanding win over St. John's.

La Salle stopped Richmond (11-6) in Philadelphia, 71-59.

Denver (9-7) has won five straight, the Pioneers' latest victory a 64-51 decision at Seattle.

Arizona defeated Oregon State (10-6) by 10 in Corvallis.

Fairfield hosts Niagara and Northwestern welcomes Iowa to Evanston.

Around the Ivy League: Harvard (9-5 / 1-0) closed on a 17-2 run spanning the last 8:20 to stop Dartmouth (3-11 / 0-1) in Hanover, 75-65. Yale (6-11) demolished the Yeomen of Oberlin, 104-39. Brown (6-8) overpowered Daniel Webster, 71-34 and a 22-1 second half run aided Cornell (8-9) in the Big Red's 103-84 decision over Old Westbury.

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Friday News:

January 11, 2013 at 8:38 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Fairfield vs. Loyola (Md.) - 7:00 pm ET - ESPNU

Denton Koon and Princeton are set for tomorrow's conference opener.

The Daily Pennsylvanian and Daily Princetonian both offer articles in advance of Saturday's game.

There's also a profile of Ian Hummer in the Trenton Times.

Our friends at Big Apple Buckets ran 10,000 simulations of the upcoming Ivy League schedule.

Future Tiger Spencer Weisz had a triple-double in yesterday's Seton Hall Prep victory.

Princeton recruit Peter Miller is playing his first games of the season after returning from an injury. See his stats to-date here.

Mercer (13-4) topped Burlington last night, 71-62.

Leading by as many as 23 in the second half, Northwestern (10-6) won 70-54 at Penn State.

Denver (8-7) recorded their fourth straight victory, 55-49 over Idaho on the road.

Arizona topped Oregon State (10-5) by 10.

Just one game on the docket for this evening as Fairfield visits Loyola (Md.).

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Tuesday News:

January 8, 2013 at 9:08 am
Filed under Audio, Basketball, Fairfield, Georgetown, Princeton, Today's News

Ocean vs. MCCC - 7:00 pm ET
Pitt vs. Georgetown - 9:00 pm ET - ESPNU

Columbia vs. Holy Cross - 7:00 pm ET
Niagara vs. Brown - 7:00 pm ET
Army vs. Dartmouth - 7:00 pm ET
Lafayette vs. Penn - 7:30 pm ET

Ian Hummer is your Ivy League Player of the Week for the fourth time in the last five conference dispatches. It seems someone (not me!) also created a Wikipedia page for the senior forward a couple of hours ago.

For their Big East home opener, Georgetown hosts Pitt.

Kareem Maddox scored 19 in a tune-up for Newcastle prior to the Eagles' appearance in the BBL Cup final.

A new "Sit Down With Sydney" is embedded below.

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Sunday News:

January 6, 2013 at 6:08 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News, Video

UT-San Antonio vs. Denver - 4:00 pm ET
Northwestern vs. Minnesota - 7:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network
Oregon vs. Oregon State - 10:00 pm ET - FSN

Cornell vs. American - 2:00 pm ET
Florida vs. Yale - 5:30 pm ET - NBCSN

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's rather nice win at Elon on goprincetontigers.com, in the Elon Pendulum, in the Times-News and on elonphoenix.com.

Future Tiger Amir Bell and East Brunswick moved to 7-0 on the season with a win over Roselle.

Georgetown (10-2) fell 49-48 in their Big East opener at Marquette.

A six game Fairfield (10-6) winning streak concluded with a 71-67 loss at Niagara. Greg Whittington made two of three free throws with the Hoyas behind by three and :02.3 remaining.

Returning to action after the holidays, Mercer (11-4) went down 79-62 at CCRI. Mustafa El Amin scored 25 for the Vikings in defeat.

I had no idea that occasional Princeton J.V. player and pitcher Stephen Elmore was using the NCAA's grad student exemption to play a season of basketball at The Citadel.

Denver hosts UT-SA, Northwestern travels to #9 Minnesota and Oregon State hosts Oregon in a Pac-12 opening "Civil War."

Around the Ivy League: Penn (2-11) committed 21 turnovers in their 74-57 loss at La Salle. Columbia (8-5) won 64-52 at Army. Harvard (8-5) destroyed Rice by 30. Colgate made 10-13 three pointers in a 78-62 win at Dartmouth (2-10).

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Saturday News:

January 5, 2013 at 9:28 am
Filed under Basketball, Fairfield, Georgetown, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Today's Game: Princeton (5-7 / 0-0) vs. Elon (8-5 / 1-1)
Location: Alumni Gym - Elon, NC
Time: 12:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Elon leads 1-0.
Last meeting: Elon 56 Princeton 55 - 11/22/11.

MCCC vs. CCRI - 1:00 pm ET
Georgetown vs. Marquette - 2:00 pm ET - ESPN+
Fairfield vs. Niagara - 3:00 pm ET

Penn vs. La Salle - 2:00 pm ET
Columbia vs. Army - 3:00 pm ET
Rice vs. Harvard - 4:00 pm ET
Colgate vs. Dartmouth - 7:00 pm ET

There were 59 comments in the forum for the Akron game. Things are starting to take off as people get used to using it. That's excellent. Keep the momentum going here for today's contest at Akron. You must be subscribed and logged in to participate.

You should be able to simultaneously stream video of this afternoon's tilt for free here.

The Times-News offers the lone preview I could find.

Rush The Court checks in on the Ivy League.

Here's a quick clip of Princeton recruit Steven Cook knocking down a three.

Future Tiger Henry Caruso put up a double-double last night.

Georgetown opens Big East play at Marquette and Fairfield completes their Buffalo swing with a game at Niagara.

Around the Ivy League: Yale (5-10) had a nice 61-54 win at Holy Cross. Brown (4-8) struggled shooting the ball in the Bears' 59-47 loss at Rhode Island.

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Friday News:

January 4, 2013 at 8:48 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, Howie Levy, Northwestern, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Brown vs. Rhode Island - 7:00 pm ET - OSN
Yale vs. Holy Cross - 7:00 pm ET

Princeton recruit Steven Cook was named to the All-Tournament Team after the conclusion of the mammoth Proviso West Holiday Tournament. Cook's New Trier squad finished sixth out of 32 teams. You can watch the complete sixth place game here.

Fairfield (10-5) won their sixth straight, an impressive 66-45 decision at conference leader Canisius.

Shooting 9-18 from three point range, Denver (6-7) bested Texas State by 11.

#2 Michigan opened on a 20-4 run and had no issues with shorthanded Northwestern (9-5). The Wildcats were without the services of leading scorer Reggie Hearn in the 94-66 loss.

Howie Levy's son Lior had 16 points for Princeton High School, who won at Trenton for the first time in nearly two decades on a three pointer at the buzzer.

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Sunday News:

December 30, 2012 at 9:18 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Today's Game: Princeton (5-6 / 0-0) vs. Akron (7-4 / 0-0)
Location: James A. Rhodes Arena - Akron, OH
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: This is the first meeting between the two schools.
Last meeting: This is the first meeting between the two schools.

Cornell vs. Binghamton - 2:00 pm ET - Time Warner Sports
Yale vs. St. Mary's - 5:30 pm ET

There was good conversation in the forum for the Rider game (21 comments) and great conversation for the Bucknell game (36 posts). I'll be providing live updates and commentary here for tonight's contest at Akron. You must be subscribed and logged in to participate. See you there!

You should be able to simultaneously stream video of tonight's tilt for free here.

A few things you should know about the Zips in advance of the opening tip:

1. They're an impressive 109-17 at home the previous nine seasons, including a perfect 5-0 mark this year.

2. In addition to a Top 100 defense, Akron also has the 26th most efficient offense. They shoot the ball very well inside the arc (53.4%) and grab 38.0% of all available offensive rebounds.

3. A lot of that has to do with two players - 7'0" senior center Zeke Marshall and junior forward Demetrius "Tree" Treadwell. Marshall - who averages 13.0 points, 6.6 rebounds and 4.0 blocks - is in the Top 10 nationally in three categories: Block Percentage (15.8 - 8th), Fouls Drawn (7.7 - 7th) and FT Rate (122.7 - 2nd). In Treadwell's last two games he had 15/8 in 23 minutes versus Cleveland State and 18/10 in 22 minutes versus Texas Southern.

4. Akron's best win is over #40 Middle Tennessee in OT at home. Three of their four losses are against Top 100 teams - #96 Detroit, #15 Creighton and to #17 Oklahoma State in OT, a game they let get away at the end of regulation.

5. This game poses a significantly more difficult challenge than Princeton's visits to fellow MAC East foes Buffalo (#166) and Kent State (#137).

I don't believe I've run this piece on Princeton recruit Henry Caruso before.

Future Tiger Steven Cook had another double-double at the Proviso West Holiday Tournament.

A jumper by Towson's Marcus Damas with less than a second remaining in overtime gave the Tigers a one point victory at Oregon State (9-3). The Beavers' apparent game-winning layup at the buzzer was waved off due to an offensive foul.

Down 23 at halftime, Richmond (9-5) rallied to even their game with Davidson but were outscored 9-3 in the contest's final two minutes.

Trailing by 10 with eight minutes left, Fairfield (9-5) closed on a 15-4 run to win their fifth straight. The final was 55-54 Stags at Old Dominion.

Denver (4-7) lost 68-60 in the WAC opener at Louisiana Tech.

Around the Ivy League: Columbia (6-5) made 12 threes in a 69-58 win over Manhattan. Penn (2-9) dropped a 68-63 overtime decision at Wagner. Harvard (7-4) pulled off a 67-62 victory at Cal behind 19 points from Laurent Rivard.

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Saturday News:

December 29, 2012 at 10:08 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Towson vs. Oregon State - 4:00 pm ET - Pac-12 Network
Davidson vs. Richmond - 6:00 pm ET
Fairfield vs. Old Dominion - 7:00 pm ET
Denver vs. Louisiana Tech - 8:00 pm ET - Altitude

Manhattan vs. Columbia - 4:00 pm ET
Penn vs. Wagner - 4:00 pm ET
Harvard vs. Cal - 8:00 pm ET - Pac-12 Network

Princeton recruit Steven Cook had 26 for New Trier at the Proviso West Holiday Tournament. Watch Cook with a backdoor dunk here.

It appears Pitt sophomore center Malcolm Gilbert will be joining his brother Marcus at Fairfield.

Today Oregon State hosts Towson, Richmond welcomes Davidson, Fairfield visits ODU and Denver opens conference play at Louisiana Tech.

Now we know why five Penn players were suspended for the Quakers' prior contest.

Around the Ivy League: Brown (4-6) beat Providence at the Pizzitola Sports Center by one. Trailing 67-60 with :55 to go, the Bears hit three straight three pointers, including a shot from Tucker Halpern with just over seven ticks remaining to give his team the lead to stay. Cornell (5-8) discarded winless St. Francis (Pa.), 79-67. Yale (4-8) lost 85-75 at Nevada.

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Sunday News:

December 23, 2012 at 10:18 am
Filed under Basketball, Fairfield, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Brown vs. Northwestern - 1:30 pm ET - BTN.com

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's second straight win on goprincetontigers.com, in the Trentonian, in the Trenton Times, in the Patriot-News and on bucknellbison.com.

Otto Porter had a double-double as Georgetown (10-1) beat American, 65-48.

A fourth consecutive Fairfield (8-5) victory was an impressive one. The Stags pulled off a 60-57 win at St. Joe's. Derek Needham hit a late three pointer to put Sydney Johnson's team in front to stay with :16 left.

Mercer (11-3) kept rolling with an 81-58 win over Bronx. Mustafa El-Amin scored 19 for the Vikings, who won their sixth straight.

Sherrod Wright hit a three pointer as time expired to give George Mason a 67-64 victory over Richmond (9-4). The Spiders held a lead until the game's final 1:33.

Oregon State (9-2) won their fifth straight, topping San Diego in Las Vegas by seven.

Before action pauses across the board for Christmas, Northwestern still has to host Brown.

Not even vomiting at halftime could slow Princeton recruit Steven Cook.

Future Tiger Amir Bell was named the GMC Hoops Player of the Week.

A junior from upstate New York says he has interest from the Tigers among other programs.

Around the Ivy League: Dartmouth (2-8) lost 79-66 at Bryant. A late 11-0 run got Boston University past Cornell (4-8). Harvard (6-4) defeated Holy Cross, 72-65. A late three pointer provided Elon a two point margin of victory at Columbia (5-5).

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Saturday News:

December 22, 2012 at 9:28 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

Today's Game: Bucknell (11-1 / 0-0) vs. Princeton (4-6 / 0-0)
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 10-4.
Last meeting: Bucknell 62 Princeton 56 - 11/25/11.

American vs. Georgetown - 12:00 pm ET - ESPN+
Fairfield vs. St. Joe's - 2:00 pm ET
MCCC vs. Bronx - 3:00 pm ET
George Mason vs. Richmond - 3:00 pm ET - Governor's Holiday Hoops Classic
San Diego vs. Oregon State - 9:00 pm ET - Pac-12 Network

Dartmouth vs. Bryant - 1:00 pm ET
Cornell vs. Boston University - 1:00 pm ET
Holy Cross vs. Harvard - 2:00 pm ET
Elon vs. Columbia - 4:00 pm ET

There was some great conversation in the forum for the Rider game. Keep it going tonight when the Tigers face Bucknell!

Four notes on the Bison in lieu of a proper preview:

1. 6'11" senior center Mike Muscala is a special player who shoots the ball well both inside and out, plus draws 6.8 fouls/40 minutes. He's going to be a difficult assignment for all three (four?) Princeton big men who might check him defensively.

2. Bucknell may be the worst team in the nation in forcing turnovers and second-worst in creating steals but teams are shooting a very poor 41.5% from the floor against them. The Bison also protect the offensive glass exceptionally well. Their opponents' possessions usually end with a miss more than any other outcome.

3. As a team, Bucknell rarely turns the ball over and is very good at the line (76.6%). Too much attention to Muscala then opens the floor for a squad shooting 37.0% from deep. There's a reason the Bison are 11-1.

4. Notable victories include triumphs over #65 Purdue on the road, #91 George Mason at home, #103 New Mexico State on a neutral floor and #66 La Salle at home. I still don't understand how Bucknell lost to #192 Penn State in State College after the Nittany Lions lost guard Tim Frazier for the season.

The Hans Brase gamble paid off for Princeton in the Tigers' last contest.

There's a piece on the Rider game on the Mid-Majority.

Rush The Court checks in on the Ivy League.

Stanford edged Northwestern (8-4) by two in Evanston. After falling down 18 the Wildcats rallied on more than one occasion but both times they pulled even in the second half the Cardinal hit a three. A potentially tying runner and tip follow in the waning seconds did not drop for Bill Carmody's team.

Denver (4-6) easily handled Southern Utah, 72-47.

Games throughout the day begin with Georgetown hosting American, Fairfield visiting St. Joe's, Richmond and George Mason meeting at the Richmond Coliseum and finally Oregon State testing out the new home of the Pac-12 Tournament in Las Vegas by playing San Diego.

Around the Ivy League: Playing without three starters and five players total who were all suspended for a violation of team rules, Penn (2-8) lost for a second time this season to Delaware. On this occasion the final was 83-60.

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Wednesday News:

December 19, 2012 at 8:31 am
Filed under Audio, Basketball, Denver, Fairfield, MCCC, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

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

Cornell vs. Duke - 7:00 pm ET - ESPNU

With three Vikings in double figures, Mercer (9-3) defeated Salem 71-64.

Undefeated Wyoming was too much for Denver (3-6).

Richmond (9-3) lost 87-59 at Kansas. To Chris Mooney the Jayhawks were every bit as good as advertised.

The Chicago Tribune has a piece about Princeton recruit Steven Cook and the versatile New Trier Trevians.

The latest Sit Down With Sydney is embedded below.

Oregon State hosts Howard this evening.

Around the Ivy League: Yale (4-7) destroyed Albertus Magnus, 112-63.

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