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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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Sun. 11/10 vs. Florida A&M
Sat. 11/16 at Butler
Wed. 11/20 vs. Lafayette
Sat. 11/23 at Rice
Tue. 11/26 vs. George Mason
Sat. 11/30 at Bucknell
Sat. 12/7 vs. FDU
Wed. 12/11 at Rutgers
Sat. 12/14 at Penn State
Fri. 12/20 vs. Portland*
Sat. 12/21 vs. Pacific*
Tue. 12/31 vs. Kent State
Sat. 1/4 at Liberty
Sat. 1/11 at Penn
Sun. 1/26 vs. Kean
Fri. 1/31 at Harvard
Sat. 2/1 at Dartmouth
Fri. 2/7 vs. Columbia
Sat. 2/8 vs. Cornell
Fri. 2/14 at Brown
Sat. 2/15 at Yale
Fri. 2/21 vs. Dartmouth
Sat. 2/22 vs. Harvard
Fri. 2/28 vs. Yale
Sat. 3/1 vs. Brown
Fri. 3/7 at Cornell
Sat. 3/8 at Columbia
Tue. 3/11 vs. Penn
2,503 - B. Bradley, 1962-65
1,625 - I. Hummer, 2009-13
1,550 - D. Davis, 2008-12
1,546 - K. Mueller, 1987-91
1,451 - P. Campbell, 1959-62
1,441 - C. Robinson, 1979-83
1,428 - B. Earl, 1995-99
1,365 - B. Scrabis, 1985-89
1,321 - G. Petrie, 1967-70
1,292 - H. Haabestad, 1952-55
1,277 - G. Lewullis, 1995-99
1,239 - B. Taylor, 1970-72
1,207 - S. Goodrich 1994-98
1,133 - F. Sowinski, 1975-78
1,130 - R. Hielscher, 1991-95
1,122 - C. Thomforde, 1966-69
1,099 - T. Manakas, 1970-73
1,090 - J. Wallace, 2001-05
1,088 - C. Belz, 1956-59
1,079 - B. Hauptfuhrer, 1973-76
1,076 - B. Roma, 1976-79
1,071 - C. Mooney, 1990-94
1,064 - A. Hyland, Jr., 1960-63
1,062 - L. Brangan, 1957-60
1,057 - A. Hill, 1973-76
1,054 - D. Mavraides, 2007-11
1,044 - S. Johnson, 1993-1997
1,031 - J. Hummer, 1967-70
1,010 - W. Venable, 2001-05