Princeton 64 Concordia (NY.) 44.

January 25, 2009 at 7:04 pm
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Box Score

Postgame audio - Coach Sydney Johnson, Marcus Schroeder & Patrick Saunders:

Returning to play after their traditional 17 day January break for final exams, Princeton methodically pulled away from Concordia in the final tune-up before the start of Ivy League play. Douglas Davis scored a team high 11 points, all in the first half, as the Tigers won their third straight, 64-44.

Samuel Batista had 15 for the Clippers.

"I think it was obvious from the start that we were just trying to get used to a game environment," said Princeton head coach Sydney Johnson. "I think that's important for us to do that before we go into an obviously pivotal weekend [at Dartmouth and Harvard]"

Concordia scored the game's first five points, but the Tigers countered with a 10-0 run and never trailed the rest of the day.

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Sunday News:

January 25, 2009 at 9:50 am
Filed under Armond Hill, Basketball, Denver, Georgetown, MCCC, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News

Today's Game: Concordia (5-13 / 3-5) vs. Princeton (4-8 / 0-0)
Location: Jadwin Gym - Princeton, NJ
Time: 5:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: This is the first meeting between the two teams.
Last meeting: This is the first meeting between the two teams.

Georgetown vs. Seton Hall - 2:00 pm ET - SNY/MASN
MCCC vs. CCRI - 3:00 pm ET
Richmond vs. St. Louis - 3:00 pm ET

Oregon State (8-10) led wire to wire, winning 72-60 at Stanford. The Beavers swept the Cal/Stanford weekend for the first time in sixteen years.

Denver (8-11) also had an impressive conference win, beating Western Kentucky 78-74. The backdoor layup that iced the game with 13 seconds to go was a thing of beauty.

Northwestern (10-7) lost 68-59 at Michigan. The Wolverines hit nine three pointers against the Wildcats' 1-3-1 zone.

Mercer (9-8) had six players in double figures and defeated Dean 93-84. We hear that Armond Hill was at the game.

Georgetown plays at the Prudential Center for the first time this afternoon, facing Seton Hall. Coach John Thompson III calls the Hoyas' loss to West Virginia on Thursday "a blip." Today will go a long way to proving if he was right or not.

Richmond is at St. Louis in Atlantic 10 action.

Princeton recruit Mack Darrow had 19 points in Barrington's loss to Fremd.

Around the Ivy League: Dartmouth (3-13 / 1-1) ended their eight game losing streak, getting past Harvard (9-7 / 1-1) in overtime, 75-66. Cornell (12-6 / 2-0) bested Columbia (5-11 / 0-2) for the second time in as many meetings, 83-72. St. Joe's pulled away from Penn (4-10 / 0-0) down the stretch, 80-68.

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Will Barrett observations.

January 24, 2009 at 10:18 pm
Filed under Basketball, Princeton, Recruiting

After enjoying an incredible late lunch at Blue Sage Grille on Saturday afternoon, I drove seven minutes up the road to Council Rock South High School so I could see Princeton recruit Will Barrett and Central Bucks South play.

This was my first chance to see Barrett in person. Detailed notes about this future Tiger follow after the jump. For features on all six members of Princeton's 2009 recruiting class, including interviews with their high school and AAU coaches, click here.

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Saturday News:

January 24, 2009 at 9:43 am
Filed under Basketball, Craig Robinson, Denver, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

MCCC vs. Dean - 3:00 pm ET
Northwestern vs. Michigan - 8:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network
Western Kentucky vs. Denver - 9:00 pm ET - FSN Rocky Mountain
Oregon State vs. Stanford - 10:00 pm ET - FSN NW/Bay Area

Columbia vs. Cornell - 4:00 pm ET
St. Joseph's vs. Penn - 7:00 pm ET - CN8
Dartmouth vs. Harvard - 7:00 pm ET

Northwestern plays at Michigan tonight. Bill Carmody was a guest on yesterday's edition of the ESPNU College Basketball podcast.

Oregon State visits Stanford. Andy Katz spoke with Beavers head coach Craig Robinson about his emotional week. While in the Bay Area, Robinson was also profiled by KGO-TV.

Denver hosts Western Kentucky.

Will Barrett scored 15 of his 22 points in the second half of a 63-48 Central Bucks South victory over Hatboro-Horsham.

Around the Ivy League: Yale (7-9 / 2-0) swept their season series with Brown (6-10 / 0-2) , defeating the Bears 57-55 in New Haven.

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Thoughts on the Top 40 Moments in Jadwin Gym History?

January 23, 2009 at 4:12 pm
Filed under Basketball, Princeton

All week the Princeton Athletic Department has been rolling out the Top 40 Moments In Jadwin Gym History.

Now that the full list has been released, what do you think? Are there moments you wish had been on the list? Moments you think have no place on this countdown?

A princetonbasketball.com reader made a great suggestion, which has already been referenced in a subsequent TigerBlog post.

I'll add one more to the list from ten years ago:

Dark Jerseys 78, Light Jerseys 77

Former Daily Princetonian sports editor Noah Trister has more about the final home appearance of the 1997-98 men's basketball team, an afternoon that was much more than just a intrasquad scrimmage.

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Gonzaga/DeMatha highlights.

January 23, 2009 at 11:16 am
Filed under Basketball, Recruiting, Video

Above, footage of Ian Hummer (#52) and Gonzaga defeating DeMatha by 10.

Below, postgame interviews of Gonzaga's "Big Three."

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Friday News:

January 23, 2009 at 11:03 am
Filed under Basketball, Bill Bradley, Craig Robinson, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Recruiting, Today's News

Brown vs. Yale - 7:00 pm ET

Oregon State (7-10) came from 11 points down with 10 minutes to play, surprising Cal 69-65. It was the Beavers' first conference road win since January 20007.

Georgetown (12-5) was humbled at home by West Virginia, 75-58.

Princeton recruit Ian Hummer scored a career-best 32 and grabbed 15 rebounds as Gonzaga beat DeMatha in Washington Catholic Athletic Conference action. Footage from this game should appear on the site later today.

Another future Tiger, Jimmy Sherburne had a game-high 22 as Whitefish Bay defeated border rival Nicolet, 60-44.

The Princeton Athletic Department is counting down the Top 40 Moments In Jadwin Gym History this week. Here's their Top 10.

The optimism of Northwestern leading scorer Kevin Coble is starting to pay dividends.

Video of Bill Bradley talking about President Obama.

NBC's Brian Williams has sent apologies for mistaking Craig Robinson for Obama's "body man," Reggie Love.

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Thursday News:

January 22, 2009 at 2:52 pm
Filed under Basketball, Craig Robinson, Georgetown, Northwestern, Oregon State, Princeton, Richmond, Today's News, Video

West Virginia vs. Georgetown - 7:00 pm ET - ESPN
Oregon State vs. Cal - 10:30 pm ET

Northwestern (10-6) ended Michigan State's 28 game home winning streak, shocking the #7 ranked Spartans 70-63. The win could very well be the biggest of Bill Carmody's coaching career. Highlights are above. It was also the first time in school history the Wildcats won back-to-back games versus ranked teams.

Richmond (10-8) scored 42 points in the paint as they defeated Rhode Island 78-75.

Georgetown welcomes West Virginia to the MCI Center.

Operating on little sleep, Craig Robinson is back on the west coach with Oregon State, who visit Cal this evening.

The Princeton Athletic Department is counting down the Top 40 Moments In Jadwin Gym History this week. Here's 30 through 21 and 20 through 11. How many did you attend over the past four decades?

Princeton Alumni Weekly has some more on Jadwin's 40th birthday.

Noah Savage appears to be fully recovered from his injury and back on the floor, scoring 15 points for SAM Massagno Basket in a 93-76 loss to BBC Monthey.

Former Princeton standout and Delsea assistant women's basketball coach Dave Orlandini has been reinstated after serving a six day suspension for throwing two desks during halftime of a game on January 13th.

Around the Ivy League: Penn (4-9) fell to 0-3 in Big 5 play with a 79-70 loss to LaSalle.

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Wednesday News:

January 21, 2009 at 10:00 am
Filed under Basketball, Craig Robinson, Northwestern, Oregon State, Pete Carril, Princeton, Recruiting, Richmond, Today's News

Northwestern vs. Michigan State - 6:30 pm ET - Big Ten Network
Rhode Island vs. Richmond - 7:00 pm ET

Penn vs. LaSalle - 7:00 pm ET

Lots of talk about Craig Robinson and his orange and black scarf that he wore during yesterday's inauguration.

While Robinson was in DC, his team was practicing in Oregon.

Northwestern heads to Michigan State tonight.

Trying to remember how to close out close games again, Richmond welcomes Rhode Island to the Robins Center.

Pete Carril is having mixed feelings about his new job.

The Princeton Athletic Department is counting down the Top 40 Moments In Jadwin Gym History this week. Here's 31 through 40.

Princeton recruiting news - Will Barrett scored 12 of his 16 points in the first half of Central Bucks South's win over Pennridge and Brendan Connolly went for 32 in a two point double overtime loss.

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Tuesday News:

January 20, 2009 at 9:26 am
Filed under Basketball, Craig Robinson, Oregon State, Video

For this Inauguration Day, two articles on Oregon State coach Craig Robinson, who is in DC for the festivities - one in USA Today and the other from the Oregonian.

The 10th installment of the Schuylkill 16 has been released.

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Monday News:

January 19, 2009 at 10:22 am
Filed under Basketball, Brian Earl, Judson Wallace, Mason Rocca, Northwestern, Princeton, Recruiting

Judson Wallace (left) scored 13 points with nine rebounds as Benetton Treviso moved to 9-6 following a victory over La Fortezza Bologna by 13.

Mason Rocca (right) totaled 12 and grabbed six boards in Armani Jeans Milano's 78-65 loss to undefeated Montepaschi.

Northwestern (9-6) used a 24-5 halftime-spanning run to defeat #17 Minnesota, 74-65.

Congratulations to Princeton assistant coach Brian Earl, who will be inducted into the Al Carino Memorial South Jersey Basketball Hall of Fame on February 9th.

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Minnesota/Northwestern highlights.

January 19, 2009 at 1:36 am
Filed under Basketball, Northwestern, Video

The Wildcats pick up their first Big 10 win, a 74-65 victory over #17 Minnesota.

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