A cross-section of YouTube hits to psych you up for the 219th installment of Quakers vs. Tigers.
Greenman to Conway, March 2006.
Footage from ESPNU's "Fiercest Rivalries" program.
The final moments of Princeton's 1981 playoff win over Penn.
Lead-in to a Princeton/Penn basketball game on Comcast. I believe this is from the 2002-2003 season.
The Tigers survive at the Palestra in 1992.
Today's Game: Penn (7-13 / 3-3) vs. Princeton (9-10 / 4-2)
Location: Jadwin Gym - Princeton, NJ
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: ESPNU
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Penn leads 121-97.
Last meeting: Penn 60 Princeton 47 - 3/11/08.
| Penn | Princeton | |
| 2-6 | Home Record | 5-4 |
| 4-7 | Away Record | 4-6 |
| 1-0 | Neutral Record | 0-0 |
| 232 | RPI | 270 |
| 247 | Sagarin | 259 |
| 233 | Pomeroy | 229 |
| 67.2 | Points / Game | 58.6 |
| 70.6 | Points Allowed / Game | 57.2 |
| .425 | FG% | .426 |
| .707 | FT% | .727 |
| .326 | 3PT FG% | .368 |
| 32.8 | Rebounds / Game | 31.8 |
| 9.5 | Off. Rebounds / Game | 8.3 |
| 14.9 | Assists / Game | 11.2 |
| 14.5 | Turnovers / Game | 13.2 |
| 3.3 | Blocks / Game | 2.7 |
| Bernardini: 14.3 | Points | Davis: 12.3 |
| Eggleston: 6.0 | Rebounds | Buczak: 4.6 |
| Rosen: 5.1 | Assists | Buczak: 2.3 |
| Bernardini, Rosen: 1.4 | Steals | Davis: 1.1 |
| Eggleston: 0.8 | Blocks | Maddox: 0.7 |
| Votel: .513 | FG% (Min: 10 FGM) | Buczak: .541 |
| Rosen: .828 | FT% (Min: 10 FTM) | Maddox, Mavraides: .805 |
| Belcore: .469 | 3PT FG% (Min: 10 3PTM) | Schroeder: .550 |
The Trentonian and the Daily Pennsylvanian preview tonight's game.
Dan Mavraides is the subject of the Daily Pennsylvanian's Opponent Spotlight.
Douglas Davis has his name on the Honor Roll of the Ivy Weekly Basketball Awards.
San Diego Padres pitcher Chris Young is speaking out against the use of steroids.
Princeton recruit Brendan Connolly scored 30 points as Father Ryan advanced to the the DII-AA East/Middle semis.
Lost in the Trenton Times' much-bemoaned site architecture is a piece from late last week by Harvey Yavener about Pete Carril and current Princeton coach Sydney Johnson.
The Tigers dip to 12th place in the new Schuylkill 16.
Sophmore guard Bobby Foley hit seven three pointers, including the deciding bucket with seven seconds remaining, as the Princeton JV defeated Mercer County Community College 81-78.
Foley's 26 points spoiled the homecoming of former Princeton assistant Howie Levy.
Forward Jason Liberman had 14 for the Tigers.
Stephen Elmore - a freshman Princeton baseball player who is the son of former Maryland standout Len Elmore, scored 12 in the post. The 6'6" Elmore's physicality makes him an intriguing possibility for a future varsity roster spot.
Zane Ma, who has not suited up for a single varsity game this season, was also in action with five points - including a coast-to-coast drive in the game's opening seconds after he picked off a Mercer pass on the wing. It was good to see him wearing something at Jadwin other than a suit.
Chris Petrie was an unexpected participant in Monday's game. Petrie recorded eight for the Tigers and gave the home team a 76-75 lead with a post move in the final two minutes.
Also on the floor down the stretch was a late-arriving Alex Okafor, who tallied six and picked up an assist on the game-winner when he dribbled to the left wing from half court down by one and set a dribble hand-off for Foley that put Princeton on top.
John Comfort, who scored 40+ in a JV game earlier this season, was off target against the Vikings - connecting just once from outside. This did not stop Levy from screaming "shooter!" to his team every time Comfort touched the ball on the perimeter. Comfort did have a nice individual play late in the first half where he faked a three and drove right to the baseline, dunking with both hands when help defense did not arrive.
While the Tigers ran numerous high screens for their shooters, Mercer looked to attack Princeton from the elbow and the free throw line extended to create backdoor opportunities.
Corye Payton's lefty drive put Mercer up 72-69 with three minutes remaining, but Foley took an Okafor pass that deflected outside and dropped it in to tie the score.
Okafor muscled up a bank on the left baseline to give the Tigers a two point lead. Payton connected from three after receiving a pass out of the post and the Vikings were back up one.
For those of you keeping score at home, Princeton started Petrie, Foley, Ma, Liberman and Comfort.
Rounding out the JV roster: Mystery Player #10 (two three pointers using an unorthodox delivery) and Mystery Player #12 (scoreless).
Pictures courtesy of Stephen Goldsmith.
MCCC vs. Princeton JV - 7:30 pm ET
The Daily Princetonian talks to Dan Mavraides about last weekend's losses at Yale and Brown.
There's a report on Friday's game in the Yale Daily News.
Another close loss for Northwestern (13-10). The Wildcats fell in overtime to Michigan, 70-67.
Michigan vs. Northwestern - 3:00 pm ET - Big Ten Network
In addition to our recap, there are pieces on Princeton's unexpected loss to Brown on goprincetontigers.com in the Providence Journal and on brownbears.com.
Georgetown (13-10) made an incredible comeback to force overtime, but could not finish off Syracuse.
Richmond (12-13) also had an impressive rally, but lost by six at Dayton.
Oregon State (11-13) surprised Washington State, 54-52. The Beavers used a 16-0 run to turn around a 12 point second half deficit.
Denver (11-14) knocked off New Orleans, 59-49.
Mercer (12-13) was crushed at Del Tech, 60-32.
Northwestern hosts Michigan.
Around the Ivy League: Cornell (17-7 / 7-1) escaped Dartmouth (6-16 / 4-4) in double overtime. Matt Bulger's basket with four seconds remaining gave Columbia (10-12 / 5-3) the one point win over Harvard (10-12 / 2-6). Penn (7-13 / 3-3) won over Yale (9-13 / 4-4) in New Haven, 68-63.
Postgame audio - Coach Sydney Johnson:
Postgame audio - Kareem Maddox:
One night after being out-muscled versus Yale, Princeton suffered through their worst loss at Brown since 1960, falling by 18 to the Bears - who were previously winless in Ivy play. The 61-43 decision was Princeton's fourth straight defeat in Providence and dropped the Tigers into second place behind Cornell in the race for the Ivy League title.
Center Matt Mullery led Brown’s “Iron Six” with 19 points on 8-10 shooting and six assists, one of three Bears in double figures.
Kareem Maddox had 10 points and six rebounds for the Tigers in defeat.
Brown combined timely outside shooting with high/low sets from the free throw line that allowed their big men to camp out deep in the lane for close, quality looks at the basket.
"We may have lost some confidence defensively, and that seemed to play out this weekend," said Princeton head coach Sydney Johnson. "Hopefully we can bounce back from that."
Today's Game: Princeton (9-9 / 4-1) vs. Brown (6-15 / 0-7)
Location: Pizzitola Sports Center - Providence, RI
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: N/A
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 91-23.
Last meeting: Brown 64 Princeton 57 - 2/29/08.
| Princeton | Brown | |
| 5-4 | Home Record | 5-3 |
| 4-5 | Away Record | 1-12 |
| 0-0 | Neutral Record | 0-0 |
| 248 | RPI | 314 |
| 230 | Sagarin | 301 |
| 197 | Pomeroy | 301 |
| 59.4 | Points / Game | 62.7 |
| 56.9 | Points Allowed / Game | 69.6 |
| .429 | FG% | .431 |
| .733 | FT% | .676 |
| .371 | 3PT FG% | .359 |
| 32.1 | Rebounds / Game | 32.0 |
| 8.3 | Off. Rebounds / Game | 7.8 |
| 11.3 | Assists / Game | 13.4 |
| 13.3 | Turnovers / Game | 15.0 |
| 2.8 | Blocks / Game | 2.4 |
| Davis: 12.4 | Points | Mullery: 16.9 |
| Buczak: 4.6 | Rebounds | Skrelja: 6.4 |
| Buczak: 2.1 | Assists | Skrelja: 3.6 |
| Davis: 1.2 | Steals | Williams: 1.3 |
| Maddox: 0.7 | Blocks | Mullery: 1.7 |
| Schroeder: .588 | FG% (Min: 10 FGM) | Mullery: .573 |
| Mavraides: .805 | FT% (Min: 10 FTM) | Williams: .865 |
| Schroeder: .611 | 3PT FG% (Min: 10 3PTM) | Kane: .565 |
Georgetown vs. Syracuse - 12:00 pm ET - ESPN
MCCC vs. Del Tech - 3:00 pm ET
New Orleans vs. Denver - 6:00 pm ET
Richmond vs. Dayton - 7:00 pm ET - MASN
Oregon State vs. Washington State - 7:00 pm ET - FSN NW
Dartmouth vs. Cornell - 7:00 pm ET
Harvard vs. Columbia - 7:00 pm ET
Penn vs. Yale - 7:00 pm ET
In addition to our recap, there are pieces about the Princeton loss to Yale on goprincetontigers.com in the New Haven Register and on yalebulldogs.com.
Still looking for the right chemistry after 22 games, Georgetown has a high noon showdown with Syracuse.
New Orleans visits Denver.
Oregon State heads to Washington State.
Dayton will be a tough road test for Richmond.
Princeton recruit Will Barrett had a huge individual performance as Central Bucks South won their school's first playoff game.
Ian Hummer was no slouch either, with 16 points and 15 rebounds as Gonzaga won over McNamara, 61-55.
Around the Ivy League: Cornell (16-7 / 6-1) set a school record with 31 assists in a 96-75 win over Harvard (10-11 / 2-5). Columbia (9-12 / 4-3) pulled away from Dartmouth (6-15 / 4-3) in the second half of a 65-52 victory. Penn (6-13 / 2-3) defeated Brown (6-15 / 0-7), 73-52.
Postgame audio - Coach Sydney Johnson & Douglas Davis:
The opening possession was a harbinger of the rest of the night.
After winning the opening tip from Princeton forward Kareem Maddox, Yale's Ross Morin got the ball inside and missed at point blank range, his shot was rebounded under the basket by the smallest player on the floor, 5'9" Bulldog Chris Andrews.
An undaunted Morin missed again, but this time Yale center Garrett Fiddler took the ball away as it went up for grabs. The action stuck down at the far end of the John J. Lee Amphitheater, Alex Zampier was off the mark for three. Morin snatched his second board, but still could not score in the paint, Fiddler controlling before the ball went out of bounds off Princeton.
Morin passed out to Andrews just inside the three point line for a jumper over an oncoming Marcus Schroeder, which opened the scoring and ended a sixty second stretch with the ball continuously in Yale's hands.
Those four offensive rebounds were a quarter of the 16 the Bulldogs would grab as they overpowered Princeton inside on their way to a 60-48 victory, sending the Tigers to defeat for the first time in five Ivy contests.
"It was a physical game," said Princeton head coach Sydney Johnson. "The physicality seemed to favor them."
Today's Game: Princeton (9-8 / 4-0) vs. Yale (8-12 / 3-3)
Location: Lee Amphitheater - New Haven, CT
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Radio: 103.3 fm WPRB
TV: YES
Internet: goprincetontigers.com
Series History: Princeton leads 138-80.
Last meeting: Yale 67 Princeton 59 - 3/1/08.
| Princeton | Yale | |
| 5-4 | Home Record | 4-1 |
| 4-4 | Away Record | 4-11 |
| 0-0 | Neutral Record | 0-0 |
| 246 | RPI | 241 |
| 230 | Sagarin | 265 |
| 179 | Pomeroy | 261 |
| 60.1 | Points / Game | 62.3 |
| 56.8 | Points Allowed / Game | 64.3 |
| .433 | FG% | .436 |
| .735 | FT% | .657 |
| .366 | 3PT FG% | .285 |
| 32.6 | Rebounds / Game | 33.7 |
| 8.5 | Off. Rebounds / Game | 10.0 |
| 11.3 | Assists / Game | 13.3 |
| 13.2 | Turnovers / Game | 16.3 |
| 2.9 | Blocks / Game | 3.0 |
| Davis: 12.5 | Points | Morin: 13.4 |
| Buczak: 4.8 | Rebounds | Morin: 5.9 |
| Buczak: 2.1 | Assists | Pinick: 3.1 |
| Davis: 1.2 | Steals | Zampier: 1.7 |
| Maddox: 0.8 | Blocks | Mangano: 0.9 |
| Schroeder: .613 | FG% (Min: 10 FGM) | Fiddler: .525 |
| Mavraides: .800 | FT% (Min: 10 FTM) | Zampier: .839 |
| Schroeder: .611 | 3PT FG% (Min: 10 3PTM) | Morin: .333 |
Dartmouth vs. Columbia - 7:00 pm ET
Harvard vs. Cornell - 7:00 pm ET
Penn vs. Brown - 7:00 pm ET
Today's must-read is M.A. Mehta's piece in the Star Ledger about Princeton's recent revival. The quotes he was given by former Tiger coach Joe Scott are particularly eye-opening.
Two game previews - See the Daily Princetonian and the Trentonian.
Last night's loss by Northwestern (13-9) still smarts. The Wildcats led for all but the final two seconds and had a nine point lead with just over two minutes left, but collapsed under Illinois' pressure.
Oregon State (10-13) trailed by just one at #24 Washington halfway through yesterday's game, but the Huskies came on strong for the 79-60 win.
Denver (10-14) fell by six at Florida Atlantic.
Ian Hummer and Gonzaga face off against Pitt recruit Talib Zanna and Bishop McNamara for the second time on Friday night.
Tigers head coach Sydney Johnson and princetonbasketball.com editor Jon Solomon sat down on Thursday morning at Jadwin Gym to discuss Princeton's sweep of Cornell and Columbia and to preview this weekend's difficult trip to Yale and Brown. The interview is 15:00+ in length.
Interviews with Coach Johnson appear on this site every week during the season.
A well-constructed Slope TV package of highlights and postgame interviews from last week's 61-41 Princeton win over Cornell. The defensive rebounding by Princeton's Zach Finley, Kareem Maddox and Pawel Buczak is worth your attention when watching.
