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Here's the latest collection of videos from various corners of the Princeton basketball family. Above, highlights from Fordham's win over the Tigers.
Seven additional videos follow after the jump.
Monday News:
Texas State vs. Northwestern - 7:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network
Cornell vs. Vanderbilt - 9:00 pm ET - ESPNU
Fairfield (7-5) did what Princeton could not, beating Drexel at home by 11.
Roberto Nelson matched his career high with 34 as Oregon State (7-2) took care of Chicago State, 87-77.
Future Tiger Henry Caruso had 17 for Serra in a recent victory.
For the second consecutive time Ian Hummer is the Ivy League Player of the Week.
The loss to Fordham was the second time this season Princeton has been defeated despite a Win Probability that exceeded 99%.
Northwestern returns from exams, hosting Texas State.
Sunday News:
Drexel vs. Fairfield - 4:00 pm ET - SNY
Chicago State vs. Oregon State - 7:00 pm ET - Pac-12 Network
In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's stunning loss to Fordham on goprincetontigers.com, in the Trentonian, on Big Apple Buckets, in the New York Post, on the Ram, courtesy the Associated Press and on fordhamsports.com.
Future Tiger Spencer Weisz had a double-double in Seton Hall Prep's season opener. Weisz followed that up with 23 points and seven steals last night against Columbia High School.
If you want to watch Amir Bell and East Brunswick defeat St. Joseph the entire game is archived here.
Mercer (8-3) won their annual early morning game at the Verizon Center, 71-66 over CCBC. Mustafa El-Amin had 22 once again for the Vikings.
A few hours later on the same floor Georgetown (9-1) bested Western Carolina, 81-68. Greg Whittington had a career high 25 for the Hoyas.
With a 76-57 win over Stetson, Richmond (9-2) is off to the school's best start in 25 years.
Denver (3-5) used a 25-0 run to rout Nebraska-Omaha, 82-47.
Today sees Fairfield host Drexel and Oregon State welcome Chicago State.
Around the Ivy League: Dartmouth (2-7) lost 61-42 at Arizona State.
Thursday News:
The 100th career victory for Craig Robinson came in the form of a 79-74 win by Oregon State (6-2) at Portland State.
Fairfield (6-5) broke open a two point game at halftime with an 18-5 run and were on their way against Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
The Town Topics reviews Princeton's loss against Drexel.
There are some quotes from future Tiger Amir Bell in a preview of the East Brunswick Bears' season.
Around the Ivy League: Dartmouth (2-6) missed a pair of three pointers in the final three seconds and fell 52-50 at Vermont.
Wednesday News:
UW-Milwaukee vs. Fairfield - 7:00 pm ET
Oregon State vs. Portland State - 10:30 pm ET - Comcast SportsNet NW
Dartmouth vs. Vermont - 7:00 pm ET
Fairfield hosts Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Oregon State travels to Portland State.
We already covered the Mercer victory over Princeton's J.V. last night. Filip Sekulic had 24 and Mustafa El-Amin 18 for the Vikings.
Around the Ivy League: A jumper by Siyani Chambers with four seconds left gave Harvard (5-4) a 65-64 victory over Boston University.
Monday News:
Longwood vs. Georgetown - 7:00 pm ET - ESPN+
The Daily Princetonian and the Full-Court Press contribute additional perspective on Drexel's defeat of the Tigers.
There's a Mid-Majority piece built around Princeton's trip to Wagner as well.
As already discussed on the site, Fairfield (5-5) defeated Rider yesterday, 65-52. The Trenton Times and the Trentonian offer more.
Kareem Maddox dropped 24 and 11 in Newcastle's victory over the Plymouth Raiders.
Tonight Georgetown hosts Longwood.
Around the Ivy League: Brian Barbour reached 1,000 points for his career as Columbia (5-4) won 54-42 at American.
Fairfield 65 Rider 52.
Box Score : HD Box Score
If you were to just glance past the final score of Fairfield's 65-52 victory at Rider, you would have no idea what a ridiculous basketball game this was, full of impossible to comprehend statistical oddities.
Read on for a series of bullet point observations on the Stags as well as a few details about the Broncs, who Princeton shall face at Jadwin Gym in 11 days.
Postgame audio from Sydney Johnson can also be found after the jump.
Sunday News:
Fairfield vs. Rider - 2:00 pm ET
Columbia vs. American - 2:00 pm ET
In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's home loss to Drexel on goprincetontigers.com, in the Trentonian, in the Philadelphia Inquirer, on City Of Basketball Love, on Comcast SportsNet, on Drexel Dragons Basketball and on drexeldragons.com.
Rush The Court checks in on the Ivy League.
It was a second straight less than attractive game for Georgetown (7-1) at home, but the Hoyas held Towson scoreless the final 4:37 to record a 46-40 victory.
Oregon State (5-2) made 15 of 21 threes on their way to an 85-54 win over Grambling State.
It is the second-best start to a season for Richmond (8-2) over the past 78 years. The Spiders escaped James Madison 83-82 in overtime.
In a physical contest Northwestern (7-3) fell 74-65 at home against Butler.
Sydney Johnson returns to Mercer County as Fairfield visits Rider this afternoon.
Around the Ivy League: It was a winless day for the conference as Yale (3-7) lost at New Hampshire by eight, Dartmouth (2-5) fell 67-56 at Holy Cross, Brown (3-5) dropped an 84-57 decision in South Bend to Notre Dame and Penn (2-7) never completely recovered from an opening 14-2 deficit against Villanova.
Saturday News:
Today's Game: Drexel (2-6 / 0-0) vs. Princeton (3-4 / 0-0)
Location: Jadwin Gym - Princeton, NJ
Time: 2:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 8-2.
Last meeting: Drexel 64 Princeton 60 - 12/10/12.
| Drexel | Princeton | |
| 0-2 | Home Record | 0-2 |
| 1-2 | Away Record | 3-2 |
| 1-2 | Neutral Record | 0-0 |
| 261 | RPI | 156 |
| 131 | Sagarin | 97 |
| 110 | Pomeroy | 87 |
| 65.4 | Points / Game | 57.7 |
| 69.2 | Points Allowed / Game | 57.4 |
| .434 | FG% | .424 |
| .755 | FT% | .673 |
| .356 | 3PT FG% | .346 |
| 33.4 | Rebounds / Game | 30.9 |
| 10.9 | Off. Rebounds / Game | 8.9 |
| +3.0 | Rebounding Margin | -0.8 |
| 12.0 | Assists / Game | 14.4 |
| 14.8 | Turnovers / Game | 15.3 |
| 1.6 | Blocks / Game | 2.4 |
| Lee: 17.5 | Points | Hummer: 14.4 |
| McCoy: 7.8 | Rebounds | Hummer: 6.0 |
| Massenat: 5.0 | Assists | Hummer: 4.9 |
| Ruffin: 0.9 | Steals | Bray: 2.6 |
| Ruffin: 0.9 | Blocks | Hummer: 1.0 |
| Ruffin: .519 | FG% (Min: 10 FGA) | Connolly: .500 |
| Allen: .938 | FT% (Min: 10 FTA) | Koon: .900 |
| Allen: .529 | 3PT FG% (Min: 10 3PTA) | Barrett: .500 |
Towson vs. Georgetown - 12:00 pm ET
Grambling State vs. Oregon State - 4:00 pm ET - Pac-12 Network
James Madison vs. Richmond - 7:00 pm ET
Butler vs. Northwestern - 8:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network
Yale vs. New Hampshire - 1:00 pm ET
Dartmouth vs. Holy Cross - 4:00 pm ET
Brown vs. Notre Dame - 7:00 pm ET - ESPN3
Villanova vs. Penn - 8:00 pm ET - NBCSN
Talk about the Tigers' return to Jadwin in the forum.
The Trentonian previews today's game and the Full-Court Press adds additional quotes from the same conversation with Mitch Henderson.
I ran an article welcoming Dan Mavraides to his new team through Google Translate.
Fairfield (4-5) fell in their conference opener to Canisius, 67-55.
Howie Levy's Mercer (5-3) team went into the Palestra and shut down the Penn J.V., 56-41. Mustafa el Amin had 18 for the victorious Vikings.
Georgetown hosts Towson, Oregon State welcomes Grambling State, Richmond visits James Madison and then to cap the day Butler meets Northwestern in Evanston.
Around the Ivy League: It was UConn by eight over Harvard (4-4).
Friday News:
Canisius vs. Fairfield - 7:00 pm ET
MCCC vs. Penn J.V. - 8:00 pm ET
Harvard vs. UConn - 7:00 pm ET - SNY/ESPN3
Brian Earl has penned his first College Chalktalk essay of the season. Below you'll find the YouTube video Earl references in his piece.
Mercer (4-3) dropped a two point decision to high-powered Essex.
The official Fairfield press release and Big Apple Buckets have quotes from Sydney Johnson about his contract extension.
The Stags play their first home contest of the season tonight.
There's a preview of tomorrow's game in the Daily Princetonian.
I enjoyed listening to this interview with Pong aficionado Craig Robinson.
Congratulations to Sean Gregory, who wrote the cover story of this week's Time Magazine.
Thursday News:
Essex vs. MCCC - 7:00 pm ET
It seems like Dan Mavraides may be on the move from Avellino to Caserta.
Princeton's shooting guards are profiled.
Sydney Johnson signed an extension at Fairfield through the 2018-19 season.
Hun is off to a 2-0 start, due in part to the play of future Tiger Hashim Moore.
An interview with Bill Carmody can be streamed here.
Denver (2-5) declawed Mercer, 69-40.
The Dagger called Princeton's next opponent the biggest disappointment so far this season.
Around the Ivy League: A putback from Justin Sears at the horn gave Yale (3-6) a 64-62 victory at Bryant.
Sunday News:
Denver vs. Stanford - 6:00 pm ET - Pac-12 Network
In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's very pleasant surprise at Kent State on goprincetontigers.com, in the Plain Dealer, in the Beacon Journal and on kentstatesports.com.
It is behind a paywall but there's an interview with Tiger recruit Steven Cook here. Cook scored 16 in New Trier's loss to Warren.
How about a second Mid-Majority write-up of Princeton's win at Lafayette?
Just 10-20 at the free throw line, Northwestern (6-2) was surprised 50-44 by UIC as the Flames scored the game's final six points.
Richmond (6-2) won their third straight over Wake Forest.
Eight games away from home to start the season concluded for Fairfield (4-4) with a 74-55 victory at Austin Peay.
Mercer (3-2) was topped by Del Tech Stanton, 53-46.
Sunday's only game of note sees Denver visiting Stanford.
Around the Ivy League: Brown (3-4) fell 63-50 at New Hampshire. It was Harvard (3-3) by nine over Fordham. Dartmouth (2-3) rallied past Longwood, 61-53. Penn State knocked off Penn (2-6) by a 58-47 final. Cornell (4-5) bested Colgate in 70-63 Ithaca. Mike Muscala had 29 points and 19 rebounds as Bucknell got past Columbia (4-4) in the final five minutes.
