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Sunday News:

Duquesne vs. Georgetown - 6:30 pm ET - Legends Classic Regional Round - ESPNU
New Mexico St. vs. Oregon State - 9:30 pm ET - 2K Sports Classic Regional Round - ESPNU

Brown vs. Binghamton - 2:00 pm ET

In addition to our recap, read about Princeton's season-opening victory on goprincetontigers.com in the Buffalo News, in the Niagara Gazette, courtesy the Associated Press and on buffalobulls.com.

Yesterday's result earned FanMatch most appealing game status.

A Keith Mathews free throw late in overtime gave Fairfield (1-0) a one point decision over Central Connecticut.

Mercer (1-0) started their season on the right note with an 81-72 triumph versus Rockland (NY). Mustafa El Amin scored 31 points and added seven rebounds for good measure.

Take two! Georgetown heads indoors to face Duquesne at home in a game that hopefully won't be called off at halftime.

Oregon State hosts New Mexico State.

Around the Ivy League: Cornell (1-0) blocked 13 shots and clamped down Western Michigan, 63-55. The only member of the Ancient Eight to lose so far this season is Yale (0-1), who did so in spectacular fashion. The Bulldogs led Sacred Heart 61-37 with under 14 minutes to go but the Pioneers would somehow force overtime and subsequently earn an 85-82 decision. Brian Barbour scored 19 as Columbia (1-0) drubbed Liberty, 68-47. Behind a career high 25 for Gabas Maldunas, Dartmouth (1-0) opened their year with a 67-54 decision over Maine.



Saturday News:

Today's Game: Princeton (0-0 / 0-0) vs. Buffalo (0-0 / 0-0)
Location: Alumni Arena - Buffalo, NY
Time: 12:00 pm ET
Radio: N/A
TV: N/A
Internet: N/A
Series History: Tied 1-1.
Last meeting: Princeton 61 Buffalo 53 - 11/19/11.

Princeton Buffalo
0-0 Home Record 0-0
0-0 Away Record 0-0
0-0 Neutral Record 0-0
93 RPI 93
82 Sagarin 171
73 Pomeroy 127
66.9 Points / Game 73.0
62.5 Points Allowed / Game 67.4
.462 FG% .465
.679 FT% .659
.376 3PT FG% .353
32.8 Rebounds / Game 40.2
8.3 Off. Rebounds / Game         12.1
+0.0 Rebounding Margin +6.9
14.5 Assists / Game 16.5
12.3 Turnovers / Game 15.0
3.9 Blocks / Game 5.1
Hummer: 16.1 Points McCrea: 14.7
Hummer: 7.3 Rebounds McCrea: 6.9
Bray: 3.7 Assists Oldham: 5.9
Bray: 1.6 Steals Oldham: 1.5
Hummer: 1.2 Blocks McCrea: 1.2
Connolly: .565 FG% (Min: 10 FGM) McCrea: .572
Darrow: .770 FT% (Min: 10 FTM) Watson: .919
Bray: .402 3PT FG% (Min: 10 3PTM)    Watson: .374

Team stats are from last season.

Player stats include returning players only.

MCCC vs. Rockland (NY) - 2:00 pm ET
Fairfield vs. CCSU - 8:00 pm ET - Connecticut Six - SNY (tape delay)

Western Michigan vs. Cornell - 12:00 pm ET
Yale vs. Sacred Heart - 5:30 pm ET - Connecticut Six - SNY
Columbia vs. Furman - 7:00 pm ET
Maine vs. Dartmouth - 7:00 pm ET

There's an open thread for the Buffalo game in the forum if you want to discuss the 2012-13 opener before/during/after.

Ian Hummer is making his own name at Princeton. ESPN writes that while Hummer did not find himself on the the Wooden Award preseason top 50, he could end up there by season's end.

The Tigers ran into a Yankees pitcher at the airport on their way up to Buffalo.

Basketball games just really shouldn't be played on top of boats. Georgetown (0-0) got in 20 minutes versus Florida before their matchup was halted at halftime due to condensation. The result was a no contest.

Last night Richmond (1-0) crushed Liberty, 84-42. It was the school's 13th straight season-opening victory.

Denver (0-1) could not get entirely out of a 25 point deficit at Iona, falling 65-58.

There were no issues for Oregon State (1-0). The Beavers ripped Niagara, 102-83.

Fairfield begins their year this evening versus Central Connecticut. SNY has the game on tape delay at 10:00 pm ET.

Scoring 17 points and grabbing nine rebounds, Kareem Maddox played what he felt was his best display of the season in a Newcastle victory over Manchester.

Around the Ivy League: Harvard (1-0) started off their season down 10-0 to MIT, but regrouped for the 69-54 victory. Penn (1-0) dug themselves an even deeper hole against UMBC, trailing by as many as 22 in the first half. A 48-15 run turned the scoreboard around and sent the Quakers to an 80-75 decision.



Thursday News:

The Trenton Times also has coverage of Princeton's Media Day and the Town Topics previews the 2012-13 Tigers.

Northwestern won last night's exhibition over the University of Chicago's "Maroon 5" by 24.

John Rogers and Craig Robinson both played in President Obama's traditional Election Day pickup game.

A preview of Georgetown is built around Otto Porter, much like how the Hoyas could be this season.

Are Fairfield flying under the radar? Perhaps the first Sit Down With Sydney (.mp3) of the campaign will help answer that question.

Bill Sword was remembered at a memorial service over the weekend.

Yesterday the site hit one of my preseason goals - 200 members subscribed before the season opener! Help us get to our goal of 275 subscribers this year by renewing or joining princetonbasketball.com today.



Sunday News:

Kareem Maddox had 19 points, 10 rebounds and five steals for Newcastle in a victory over Worcester.

I'm trying to find out exactly what happened (Google Translate only gets you so far), but it appears Douglas Davis was cut/released by the Walter Tigers.

A late three pointer gave Fairfield a two point exhibition win over Bridgeport.

Richmond's pressure was too much for Randolph-Macon.

Several Ivy names show up on this comprehensive injury report.

Here's a "Love Letter" to Will Venable.

Chris Young becomes a free agent today.



Friday News:

Mack Darrow and Ian Hummer make this list of the Ivy League's top 10 players.

So many conference previews to get caught up on, including Rush The Court, College Basketball Talk, Sports Network and ESPN.

Basketball Prospectus and Ken Pomeroy both have the Tigers in their preseason Top 100s. ESPN The Magazine's complete rankings don't appear to be available on-line but Princeton is 95th overall.

Henry Caruso gave his word to the Tigers.

Find out who Princeton will host in this weekend's "secret scrimmage."

Joe Scott's childhood home was flooded by Hurricane Sandy. I sincerely hope that everyone reading the site today is fairing OK in the aftermath of the storm.

Dave Blatt has stepped down as head coach of the Russian national team. Could the NBA be next for Blatt?

Chris Mooney purposefully scheduled a road game in a small, hostile gym for Richmond's exhibition this weekend.

Fairfield is still scheduled to host University of Bridgeport in an exhibition tonight.

Northwestern's Bill Carmody previews his team's season.

Georgetown will be both young and mature this year.

Here's a transcript of Oregon State head coach Craig Robinson and senior center Angus Brandt's Q&A at Pac-12 Media Day. The Beavers were picked to finish eighth in their conference.

Dan Mavraides' contract with Sidigas Avellino has been extended for the full 2012-13 campaign. Last weekend Mavraides put up a great stat line as his squad defeated Mason Rocca and Bologna.

A memorial for Bill Sword will be held on Saturday morning at 11:00 am ET at Nassau Presbyterian Church (61 Nassau Street) in Princeton. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Princeton First Aid and Rescue Squad, Centurion Ministries and/or the Princeton Community Foundation.



Wednesday News:

I've added the CBS Sports projections to this season's collection of prognostications.

Which Princeton squad made Alexander Wolff's list of the most influential college basketball teams of all time?

The Tigers are purported to have a closed scrimmage this weekend.

Big Apple Buckets talked with Sydney Johnson about preparing for year two at Fairfield.

Jon Rothstein visited Georgetown recently. The Hoyas will have sharp new uniforms this season.

Bill Carmody previews the nine new members of Northwestern's roster.



Friday News:

Georgetown was picked to finish fifth in the Big East preseason poll and sophomore Otto Porter was named preseason first team All-Big East.

It looks like Kyle Koncz will be writing about the life of a Director of Basketball Operations this season.

Rant Sports previews the Ivy League.



2012-13 schedules.

The annual ordeal of tedious data entry is complete and I'm happy to report that color coded 2012-13 electronic calendars for each of the "Carril Cradle" teams are available after the jump! You can download any or all of the following to sync with your computer/PDA.

Each basketball schedule will be updated whenever a tip time is adjusted or new TV information is unveiled. If past performance is any indication, I expect multiple revisions between now and November 9. These links will work best with iCal but are importable into Google Calendar.

If you notice any errors with games/dates/times/locations, please let me know.

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YouTube potpourri LXXVIII.

Here's the latest collection of videos from various corners of the Princeton basketball family. Above, students polled by the Daily Princetonian seem to remember who Doug Davis is.

Six additional videos - primarily footage of recruit Spencer Weisz - follow after the jump.

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Wednesday News:

Former Tiger Noah Savage is the subject of a lengthy feature focusing on the life of an aspiring stand-up comedian.

Georgetown's Henry Sims will join John Shurna at the New York Knicks' training camp.

Fairfield is set to open the Preseason NIT at Virginia, with a potential matchup versus Penn in the next round.

Chris Denorfia and Will Venable have formed a potent right field platoon for the Padres.

Chris Young was among the Mets who met with families from Tuesday’s Children prior to Tuesday's game.

The Boston Herald is reporting that Harvard point guard Brandyn Curry will also miss the 2012-13 season. Andy Katz has more on how the situation in Cambridge will effect the Crimson on the court.



Friday News:

Princeton's concluded their exhibition series in Spain with a 1-3 record, falling 79-76 to Club Melilla Baloncesto. You can see a full box score here.

Four players found double figures once again for the orange and black, and Will Barrett had his second straight double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds. Lone starting guard Chris Clement scored 18 without a turnover.

The Tigers, who were outpaced 27-17 in the first quarter, shot 4-25 from three point range, just 1-12 after intermission. I'll look more at the estadísticas de Espana in a separate post. In the meantime, a single play from the game is embedded below.

Former Princeton and current Fairfield assistant coach Martin Bahar is raising money for the 2012 Light The Night walk, which supports The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Bahar's sister Madeleine suffered from plasma cell leukemia and passed away in 2009 at the age of 25. You can show your support for Maddie's team (and possibly even take them over their fundraising goal) by following this link.

Georgetown, Richmond and Dartmouth all unveiled complete 2012-13 schedules.



Wednesday News:

Before recording an out last night Chris Young surrendered two walks, hit a batter and then gave up a grand slam. Young would settle in, allowing five earned runs on four hits in 4.1 frames of work. The Mets rallied and bested Philadelphia 9-5 in 10 innings.

Will Venable continues to streak, hitting .389 in his last 10 games.

The Trenton Times has more on Princeton's trip to Spain.

Several returning Tigers will be wearing new uniform numbers in 2012-13.

There is a cute recap of Oregon State's journey overseas.

An old Butch van Breda Kolff quote shows up in an obituary of former Duke player Art Heyman.

Fairfield's Rakim Sanders signed a professional contract with Maccabi Tel Aviv.

Harvard’s Institutional Master Plan presentation includes a new basketball gym.



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