Sunday News:

December 7, 2008 at 8:21 am
Filed under Basketball, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Richmond, Today's News

In addition to our recap (featuring an explanation of the very strange events pictured above), reports on last night's game can be found on goprincetontigers.com and gobonnies.com.

Georgetown (5-1) had no problem with American, 73-49.

How about Northwestern (6-1)? The Wildcats destroyed DePaul 63-36. Kevin Coble scored 25 points and was named the Waldo Fisher-Frank McGrath Most Valuable Player for a second time.

Richmond (5-3) got past Delaware State, 76-66.

Oregon State (1-5) fell at Iowa State.

Around the Ivy League: New Hampshire rallied from down 14 in the second half against Brown (3-5). Harvard (4-2) downed Colgate, 67-64. Yale (2-5) lost 83-74 on Staten Island to Wagner. Cornell (4-5) saw a 13 point second half lead vanish at Minnesota, as the Golden Gophers outscored the Big Red 43-14 in the final 20 minutes of a 71-54 final.

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St. Bonaventure 60 Princeton 53.

December 6, 2008 at 9:54 pm
Filed under 08-09, Audio, Basketball, Princeton

Box Score

Postgame audio - Coach Sydney Johnson:

St. Bonaventure scored the last eight points of tonight's game, pulling away from Princeton in the final two minutes of a come-from-behind 60-53 victory for the Bonnies.

Jonathan Hall's 18 points paced St. Bonaventure. Andrew Nicholson added 16 of his own, plus nine rebounds and eight blocks, repeatedly deflecting Tiger hook shots in the post.

Jason Briggs and Kareem Maddox each tallied 10 for Princeton. Briggs added a team-best seven rebounds in his strongest game of the season.

Princeton's leading scorer, freshman guard Doug Davis, recorded just two points on 0-8 shooting.

"We knew a day was coming where Doug Davis was going to miss shots, and we still wanted to be in the game down the stretch - and we were."

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Saturday News:

December 6, 2008 at 9:11 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

Today's Game: Princeton (2-3 / 0-0) vs. St. Bonaventure (3-3 / 0-0)
Location: Reilly Center - St. Bonaventure, NY
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Series tied 1-1.
Last meeting: Princeton 59 St. Bonaventure 55 - 12/29/76.

American vs. Georgetown - 1:00 pm ET - MASN
Oregon State vs. Iowa State - 2:00 pm ET - ESPNU
Del Tech vs. MCCC - 3:00 pm ET
DePaul vs. Northwestern - 3:30 pm ET - Big Ten Network
Delaware State vs. Richmond - 7:00 pm ET

Brown vs. New Hampshire - 1:00 pm ET
Harvard vs. Colgate - 2:00 pm ET
Yale vs. Wagner - 2:00 pm ET
Cornell vs. Minnesota - 7:00 pm ET - ESPN360

The Pioneers' Kyle Lewis hit a jumper with 1.9 seconds left as Denver (1-5) won for the first time this season, 67-65 over UT Arlington.

Georgetown welcomes American to the Verizon Center.

Oregon State is in Ames, Iowa for the Pac-10/Big 12 Hardwood Series.

Northwestern hosts DePaul in a crosstown clash.

Richmond faces off against Delaware State at home.

Two reports from Princeton recruits' games: Mack Darrow scored 15 points in Barrington's loss to Schaumburg. Jimmy Sherburne had 11 for Whitefish Bay in a 51-46 Blue Dukes victory over Milwaukee Lutheran.

Around the Ivy League: Penn (1-6) continues to struggle, as Navy walked out of The Palestra with a 76-65 victory over the Quakers.

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Friday News:

December 5, 2008 at 9:26 am
Filed under Basketball, Denver, MCCC, Today's News

Denver vs. UT Arlington - 9:00 pm ET - Karl Tyler Chevrolet Grizzly Basketball Classic

Navy vs. Penn - 7:00 pm ET

Denver (0-5) fell 63-44 at Montana. The Pioneers look for their first win tonight against UT Arlington.

Mercer (2-5) defeated Burlington County Community College 67-42. Steven Perry scored 20 points for the victorious Vikings.

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Three more site tweaks.

December 4, 2008 at 4:28 pm
Filed under Administrative, Basketball, Princeton

Three tiny changes to the princetonbasketball.com I wanted to point out...

1. By popular request, the font color here has been changed to a darker grey.

2. To the right of these words, you can see links to posts from a year ago at this time.

3. For those who post comments, you can now check a box in the comments field to get email alerts when someone else responds to your observations.

Hope these will help make use of the site even easier!

Anything else? Just let me know.

Jon Solomon
princetonbasketball.com

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Time Magazine - "The Best NCAA Upset"

December 4, 2008 at 10:16 am
Filed under Basketball, Pete Carril, Princeton, Sean Gregory, Video

In addition to the Oscar De La Hoya piece I posted yesterday, a number of other Sean Gregory videos have been posted on Time Magazine's YouTube page. The one-on-one with Lebron James package, I've linked to previously, but I had never seen the above interview with Coach Carril about the Princeton/UCLA game, full of still photos that were also new to these eyes.

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Thursday News:

December 4, 2008 at 10:07 am
Filed under Basketball, Bill Bradley, Denver, Northwestern, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

MCCC vs, Burlington - 7:00 pm ET
Denver vs. Montana - 9:00 pm ET - Karl Tyler Chevrolet Grizzly Basketball Classic

Northwestern (5-1) rewarded head coach Bill Carmody with his 200th career victory, using a 20-2 second half run to defeat Florida State in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge.

Richmond (4-3) could not complete their rally from down 17 points to Old Dominion, falling 65-62 to the Monarchs.

Denver is in Montana for the Grizzly Basketball Classic

Looking for something to do on December 11th? Bill Bradley will be on the Princeton campus to give a lecture titled "Russia: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow."

Around the Ivy League: Brown (3-4) lost their intracity rivalry game against Providence, 86-62. Columbia (3-4) bested Wagner, 84-69. Syracuse pulled away from Cornell (4-4) in the second half, handing the Big Red an 88-78 defeat. Harvard (3-2) fell at home to Boston University, 74-59. A hard-to-figure Yale (2-4) squad trumped Holy Cross 76-66.

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Sean Gregory vs. Oscar De La Hoya.

December 3, 2008 at 2:39 pm
Filed under Princeton, Sean Gregory, Video

Former Princeton basketball player and current Time Magazine writer Sean Gregory '98 visits Oscar De La Hoya for some boxing tips in advance of De La Hoya's December 6th bout against Manny Pacquiao.

Make sure to watch through the end credits...

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Wednesday News:

December 3, 2008 at 9:21 am
Filed under Basketball, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

Richmond vs. Old Dominion - 7:00 pm ET - Comcast Sports Net Plus
Florida State vs. Northwestern - 9:30 pm ET - ESPN2

Brown vs. Providence - 7:00 pm ET
Wagner vs. Columbia - 7:00 pm ET
Cornell vs. Syracuse - 7:00 pm ET
Holy Cross vs. Yale - 7:00 pm ET
Boston University vs. Harvard - 8:00 pm ET

In addition to our recap, reports on last night's game can be found on goprincetontigers.com, in the Trenton Times, the Trentonian, the Daily Princetonian, courtesy of the Associated Press, and on gogamecocks.com.

Northwestern hosts Florida State tonight as part of the ACC/Big Ten Challenge.

Richmond travels to Old Dominion.

With their losing streak over, Oregon State looks to move on.

Around the Ivy League: Despite a career-best 32 points from Alex Barnett, Dartmouth (1-5) fell 88-71 to Vermont. Penn (1-5) was no match for Villanova, 69-47.

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South Carolina pictures.

December 2, 2008 at 10:28 pm
Filed under Basketball, Photos, Princeton

Pictures courtesy of Stephen Goldsmith.

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South Carolina 84 Princeton 58.

December 2, 2008 at 9:34 pm
Filed under 08-09, Audio, Basketball, Princeton

Box Score

Postgame audio - Coach Sydney Johnson:

Four players scored in double figures for South Carolina as the Gamecocks handed Princeton a defeat by the largest margin of victory for a visiting team in the 40 year history of Jadwin Gym.

Devan Downey had 22 points, seven steals and six assists to pace USC. Zam Fredrick added 20 in the 84-58 win.

Princeton had clawed their way through intense early pressure to take a 24-23 lead with 5:58 left in the first half on a Zach Finley layup created by a penetrating Jason Briggs.

The Tiger advantage lasted all of 16 seconds as Evaldas Baniulis' scooping drive under the extended arm of Kareem Maddox would begin a 15-0 run that concluded the half.

“We got some shots that didn’t go down [during the South Carolina run],” said Princeton head coach Sydney Johnson. “We went through a woeful stretch there. They’re playing faster and their pace overwhelmed us. If we were able to continue to make some baskets, it might have been a different picture.”

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Tuesday News:

December 2, 2008 at 9:18 am
Filed under Basketball, Howie Levy, MCCC, Northwestern, Princeton, Today's News

Today's Game: South Carolina (4-1 / 0-0) vs. Princeton (2-2 / 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 3-2.
Last meeting: South Carolina 54 Princeton 48 - 12/20/06.

Dartmouth vs. Vermont - 7:00 pm ET
Villanova vs. Penn - 8:00 pm ET - CN8

Nick Lake made the Honor Roll of the Ivy Weekly Basketball Awards.

Lake and Coach Johnson also spoke to the Princeton Packet about the Tigers' victory over Fordham.

Two previews for tonight's game - the Trentonian and the Daily Princetonian set the stage.

TigerBlog debates which Princeton players might comprise an all-time Tiger squad.

With four Wildcats in double figures, Northwestern (4-1) defeated UC Riverside, 59-43.

The Trenton Times talks to Howie Levy about the season so far at Mercer County Community College.

Princeton remains stuck in 14th place in the latest Schuylkill 16.

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